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In the Science, Engineering and Technology Group, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT), Technology Cluster Electrical Engineering (ESAT), Campus Group T at KU Leuven there is a full-time academic vacancy (part of the senior academic staff) in the area of electronic design of sensor networks for health applications. We are looking for internationally orientated candidates with an excellent interdisciplinary research file and with educational competencies within the field of the design of embedded systems - both analog and digital circuits -, programmable logic and PCB design, strongly focussed on demand-driven research in close cooperation with health care institutes and health care companies.
The e-Media Lab is active on Campus Group T in Leuven and relies on a strong collaboration with the Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT) and the Department of Computer Sciences. For this vacancy, a strong collaboration is foreseen with the Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT). The e-Media Lab investigates, develops and implements novel techniques to enhance the human condition with electronic media. The lab builds systems that contain sensors that capture input from a human user or information from the environment, algorithms that analyze these data, and actuators that generate output that is meaningful to the end-user. Central to the research questions is how humans will perceive this output, and how they respond to it. Often fully interactive systems are implemented that are fun and engaging, and at the same time serve a serious purpose, such as serious games. Applications are found in the domain of health care, learning and entertainment. The e-Media Lab brings together expertise from different domains such as electrical engineering, signal processing, data analysis, machine learning, computer sciences, software engineering, social sciences and user experience design.
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Tolboom N, Ossenkoppele R, Yaqub M, Boellaard R, Scheltens P, Lammertsma AA, van Berckel BN. Longitudinal amyloid imaging using [11C]PIB: Choosing the right method. Human Amyloid Imaging 2011 Meeting Abstracts. 2011 Jan 15;
Abstract:This work was financially supported by the Internationale Stichting Alzheimer Onderzoek (ISAO, grant 05512), the American Health Assistance Foundation (AHAF, grant A2005-026) and the FP6 network of excellence DiMI (LSH-2003-1.2.2.-2).
Objective: To assess the effects of different analytical methods on observed changes in [11C]PIB binding over time.
Methods: Data from repeat (i.e. baseline and follow-up (FU)) dynamic 90 minutes [11C]PIB PET scans of 7 Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, 11 patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and 11 healthy controls were used (mean FU: 30}5 months). PET scanning was performed as previously described.1 Global cortical binding values were derived using standardised uptake values for the interval 60-90 min after injection (SUVr), reference Logan2 and RPM23 (basis function implementation of the simplified reference tissue model). RPM2 provides nondisplaceable binding potential (BPND). For the present comparison, however, results were expressed as BPND+1, as this corresponds to the outcome using reference Logan (DVR; distribution volume ratio) and SUVr. For each method percentage change between baseline and FU was calculated.
Results: SUVr values at baseline and FU were on average 12% higher than values obtained with RPM2 and 19% higher than values obtained with reference Logan. Percentage change between baseline and FU differed substantially between methods, especially in AD patients where SUVr (mean}SD) changed with -4}8%, while RPM2 and reference Logan values were relatively stable (0}6 and -1}5%, respectively). Differences were less pronounced in controls and MCI patients (SUVr: 3}4, 8}9%; RPM2: 2}3, 6}7%; reference Logan: 2}3, 5}6%. respectively for controls and MCI).
Conclusion: These data emphasize that for longitudinal imaging, data analysis using quantitative methods such as RPM2 and reference Logan, and thus 90 minutes dynamic scanning, is essential. The decrease at FU in SUVr values for AD patients suggests that this method is biased by factors associated with progression of disease, possibly heterogeneous flow effects. This has important implications, especially for the evaluation of efficacy of novel drugs aimed to lower amyloid load in the brain.
1. Tolboom N, Yaqub M, van der Flier WM, Boellaard R, Luurtsema G, Windhorst AD, Barkhof F, Scheltens P, Lammertsma AA, van Berckel BN. Detection of Alzheimer pathology in vivo using both 11C-PIB and 18F-FDDNP PET. J Nucl Med. 2009 Feb;50(2):191-7. Abstract
2. Logan J, Fowler JS, Volkow ND, Wang GJ, Ding YS, Alexoff DL. Distribution volume ratios without blood sampling from graphical analysis of PET data. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 1996 Sep;16(5):834-40. Abstract
3. Wu Y, Carson RE. Noise reduction in the simplified reference tissue model for neuroreceptor functional imaging. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2002 Dec;22(12):1440-52. Abstract
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Columbia. 95 minutes.
US general release: 11/22/55.
VHS release: 10/17/95.
DVD release (Columbia Classics): 12/18/01
DVD release (Sony Choice Collection): 11/5/13
Cast: Joan Crawford (as "Eva Phillips"), Barry Sullivan, Betsy Palmer, John Ireland, Lucy Marlow, William Leslie, Fay Wray, Katherine Anderson, Tim Hovey, Linda Bennett, Willa Pearl Curtis, Bill Walker, Olan Soule.
Credits: Based on the 1949 novel by Edna Lee. (Originally serialized in 3 parts in Woman's Home Companion, May - July 1949.) Screenplay: Ranald MacDougall. Director: Ranald MacDougall. Producer: Jerry Wald. Camera: Charles Lang. Art Director: Ross Bellah. Music: Morris Stoloff. Gowns: Jean Louis. Editor: Viola Lawrence.
Awards: 1956 Oscar nominations: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: Charles Lang. Best Costume Design, Black-and-White: Jean Louis.
Plot Summary: Queen Bee offers a stinging portrait of a mad, manipulative woman and chronicles her downfall and that of those around her in this dark drama. On first meeting, Eva Phillips (portrayed with delicious viciousness by Joan Crawford) is the epitome of Southern graciousness and charm. She and her husband, a textile magnate live together in a splendiferous Georgian plantation. Unfortunately, while others are easily beguiled by Mrs. Phillips, her husband knows what a ruthless she-devil she really is and loathes her. To cope with the pain of living with her, he has taken to drinking heavily. Trouble follows when the horrible Eva learns that her husband's sister is engaged to marry the manager of the estate, a man she once loved. Like the proverbial dog in the manger, Eva does all she can to destroy the relationship so she can have the manager back for herself. Unfortunately, she goes too far. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Ģ Joan purchased the rights to the Edna Lee novel and secured MacDougall as director before presenting the package to producer Jerry Wald.
Ģ This was Ranald MacDougall's debut as a director. He also wrote the screenplay. (MacDougall also wrote the screenplay for Mildred Pierce.)
Ģ The film began production in March 1955.
Ģ Though Joan had begun dating Pepsi president Al Steele earlier in the year, and the couple would marry in May 1955, Joan and co-star John Ireland had a fling on the set. The two would on occasion look too ragged after a night of "boozing and balling" (according to co-star Betsy Palmer) to be shot the next day.
Ģ Daughter Christina wrote that she hated the film: "That wasn't any acting job on Mother's part. It was exactly the way I knew her at home when she'd been drinking and was at her very worst....It gave me cold chills and I had to leave the theater." (MD)
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Bosley Crowther in the New York Times
The Screen: 'Queen Bee'; New Film at Loew's State Drones Along
Let's say the role that Joan Crawford plays in Columbia's "Queen Bee," yesterday's arrival at Loew's State, is that of a honey you love to hate.
As the wife of a Southern mill owner whom she has driven to bitterness and drink by her ruthless, self-seeking machinations and frank infidelity, she is the height of mellifluous meanness and sleek insincerity. When she is killed at the end, as she should be, it is a genuine pleasure and relief.
The one blatant trouble with this picture, for which Ronald MacDougall is to blame, since he was the writer and director, is that the killing is too long postponed. Five minutes after Miss Crawford appears on the luxurious scene, acting the queen bee like a buzz saw and oozing her unctuous poison from every cell, it is evident Śno, it is mandatoryŚthat she should be taken out and shot or run off a cliff in an automobile, which is how it is finally done. This act of mercy is performed by John Ireland, who clearly has nothing to lose, since Miss Crawford has already driven his fiancķe, Betsy Palmer, to destroy herself.
As a matter of fact, Mr. MacDougall takes so long in getting this picture to the point that even a patient observer might entertain some lethal thoughts toward him. For an interminable time, he lets Miss Crawford flaunt her noxiousness and bad acting all over the place, while Barry Sullivan blinks and boozes as her husband and Lucy Marlow gawks and quakes as her disillusioned niece.
When the deed is finally done by Mr. Ireland, nothing has really been achieved except a mawkish manifestation of cheap dramatics. We've enough of those all over the world these days.
QUEEN BEE, screen play by Ranald MacDougall, based on a novel by Edna Lee; directed by Mr. MacDougall; a Jerry Wald Production presented by Columbia. At Loew's State.
William K. Zinsser in the New York Herald Tribune (1955):
[The film] takes its title from the lady of the hive, Joan Crawford, who stings her rivals to death so that she can have the drones all to herself.... Miss Crawford plays her role with such silky villainy that we long to see her dispatched.
Paul Mavis on DVDtalk.com (2013):
Crawford's performance here in Queen Bee is one of her best. Most critics remark on Crawford's capacity here to starkly delineate complete, vile, manipulative evilness in her Eva, which is quite true. However, they frequently fail to mention Crawford's careful attention to showing how Eva has been hurt by her victims. As in her other "monster" roles, Crawford, quite brilliantly, is able to somehow make us feel, if certainly not "forgiveness," then at least "pity," in this case for Eva, despite the terrible things she does to her family. Full review with screen shots.
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Chris Leonard (August 2019)
Rating: of 5
It's 1955. By this point, Joan Crawford had been gracing movie screens for 30 years, a length far longer than most of her contemporaries put together. Having seen off two long-term studio contracts with film giants MGM and Warner Bros., Miss Crawford was now working freelance, and considering she was now out on her own, so to speak, she had not been doing too badly. In fact, the 1950's would see a new Crawford feature for near enough every year of the decade. And for every vehicle, there was a different Crawford persona to match.
InQueen Bee, Miss Crawford takes on the role of, well, just that---the Queen Bee of the whole picture. In Eva Phillips, Joan portrays a woman who at first comes across so welcoming and charming that her latest houseguest, second cousin Jennifer Stewart, seems almost oblivious as to why the other company in the house seems almost, shall we say, slightly dead inside when it comes to the topic of Eva. This dolor even stretches to Eva's own husband Avery, a man for whom the phrase "worn down" was perhaps invented. Slowly but surely, though, the facade of Eva's niceness soon starts to crack for Jennifer to become well aware of. And unlike the others in the Queen's hive, this visiting relative is none too afraid to stand up to the Queen when needed...
Eva Phillips is, perhaps, Crystal Allen 16 years on, with a couple of a kids and a crumbling marriage. And, like Miss Allen, Eva is not afraid to allow a little thing like fidelity get in her way when she wants a man! At times, Eva is so cold and calculating that I went from being almost afraid of her myself to shouting at the screen for her harsh treatment of those around her!
It's only toward the very end of the film that we get a glimpse of why Eva is the way she is. But by this time, it's perhaps too little, too late. In more ways than one, considering how things end for this Queen Bee.
In all, Queen Bee, is a delightful way to pass an hour and a half. Not a Crawford Classic, but further proof of why Joan is just so good to watch. (As if we needed any, of course!)
Adrian Bettley (December 2014)
Rating: of 5
"One of the bitchiest roles I ever played" our Joan calls it in her autobiography and includes a screen shot of Eva confronting one of her victims. Joan must have realised how representative this was of her work around this time: Jenny Stewart from 2 years earlier appears on the same page!
By the time Joan Crawford made Queen Bee in 1955, she was drinking heavily--and it shows. Her hardening physical appearance and neuroses were put to good effect in the film, creating a star vehicle tailor made for Joan. It's been said that 50-ish Joan was too old for this role, but that's not really relevant and not even accurate. If Queen Bee had been made, let us say, in 1938 starring Joan, it would not have carried the same punch. It's an example of the right film at the right time, as with much of her work.
It's an extremely funny film to watch on several levels: the hilarious and somewhat stilted dialogue, the artificial situations, the over-melodramatic climax. There are some naturally light moments here, too, in the generally heavyweight proceedings, so quite a nice balance. Overall, Queen Bee is entertaining and does not seem overly dated when viewed today, given that it's nearly 60 years old. It's a bit sad that by the mid-'50s there simply were not the films being made in Hollywood for a star of Joan Crawford's magnitude. However, she always applies professionalism and utter conviction in everything she projects.
Queen Bee was the start of a short association for Joan with Columbia following long stints at MGM and Warner Brothers, followed by some freelancing (commencing with the excellent Sudden Fear, firmly re-establishing her as a top-ranking and incredibly durable star; she hated it when reporters referred to her durability, but that is her greatest asset).
Look out for cute little Tim Hovey, who plays Joan's young son in the film--an awesome responsibility for any child!
I think this film warrants three stars--and gold ones! Happy viewing!
Ricoh Vigen (June 2013)
Rating: of 5
Typical of so many of Joan's movies, everyone is so busy bowing down to The Lady and talking about how beautiful she is that that lack of credibility snowballs into much more that's not credible: Of all the people wandering about this Southern plantation, none have a Southern accent. Also typically, Joan's presence makes this ōbee movieö (bad pun intended) pretty watchable. ōAny man's my man if I want it that way." Sure Joan, but not because of your aging muscley-looking face or that ōfirst lady-from-outer-spaceö hairdo. Only because they're scared sh*tless. Wasn't this made around the time Joan got down with Marilyn? Yikes. A little champagne and riding crop go a long way.
Stuart Hoggan (March 2013)
Rating: of 5
After leaving Warners following her infamous cinematic comeback, the autumn of Joan Crawford's career seemed to find her grappling with material that either suited younger actresses or imitated greater projects. Point in case with Queen Bee, a psycho-sexual study of a three-dimensional bitch that Crawford plays with verve. In spite of a spirited role, Queen Bee lacks the profound polish of a first-rate domestic drama. Tennessee Williams this ain't.
Crawford assumes the role of Eva Phillips, a southern socialite that resides in a self-made paradise with her wealthy husband and two children. The film's setting revolves around the family plantation; repleting this scenario of splendor is her husband's live-in sister, Carol, and the arrival of Eva's earnest cousin Jenny.
In spite of a glamorous facade (Crawford, as per usual, is gowned sophisticatedly and never looks one moment unmoored), a tension eats up the atmosphere: it becomes immediately evident that Eva's husband, Avery, turns to alcohol to cope with the strains of an unhappy marriage, while everyone else nervously panders to Eva's need for control over everything. Jenny is reliably informed of the illusion of perfection, but remains in absolute awe of Eva until she discovers her infidelity with her sister-in-law's man, Prentiss.
Events turn even more sour when Prentiss announces his engagement to Carol, who is unaware that her beau once enjoyed an illicit affair with her sister-in-law. Eva is incensed at the news and embarks on a campaign to sabotage the wedding, leaving Jenny at odds. Tragedy ultimately ensues as past revelations are blithely dropped throughout the story.
Ironically, Crawford's Eva is straightjacketed by the lifeless supporting cast. It's difficult to imagine the sultry Eva being dangerously attracted to the shabby charms of John Ireland's Prentiss. As Jenny, Betsy Palmer cuts a wet heroine in the palm of Eva's sting and feels more or less a mere cipher in the proceedings. Barry Sullivan could have done more with Avery if only the script permitted the character more development. Judging by the supporting characters, one might believe Eva's controlling ways even extended to the acting abilities of the cast.
Queen Bee's true downfall is the excessive dialogue regarding Eva's duplicity and not nearly enough examples of it. Too much time is devoted to pointlessly lamenting over Eva's beauty, and the mean spirit of which the characters describe her is only demonstrated as Crawford reels off one camp barb after another. When Eva does exhibit manipulative tendencies -- when she blackmails Avery into resisting divorce -- the subpar quality of writing renders the film into soap genre.
The key scenes in which Crawford imbues Eva with a sympathetic facet also fall out of context with the plot. It's unfortunate that these scenes are also the film's best moments. During an impulsive fit of rage, Eva brandishes a riding crop and swings wildly at Carol's ornaments in her room while bitterly lamenting over treatment toward her that has caused her to harden. For one elongated moment, Eva is genuinely terrifying. A crucial narrative twist later and upon hearing news of a death, Eva sobs manically while smearing the mirror with cream. These small instances of mental fragility are mere hints of a meatier story and are played up to perfection by Crawford's finest cinematic gift: those wide expressive eyes.
It's probable that Crawford's effective performance is related to the real-life battle she ceaselessly waged to remain on top of her career. That dogged determination was a psychic war wound evident in the entire catalog of her work. It's a characteristic that defines Crawford's singlehandedly dominating Queen Bee. Crawford was also very astute in her retrospective assessment of her work, and acknowledged where Queen Bee succeeded and failed. That is a characteristic that presumes an actress struggling for better material but soaking up the most out of what she is given. It's precisiely for that reason alone why Queen Bee deserves a look.
Steve Alva (February 2011)
Rating: of 5
From the music and placidity of the opening scene zooming down on old Victoria BarkleyÆs homestead, one feels a strong sense of foreboding as Cousin Jennifer (Lucy Marlow) meanders to the front door. The opening outburst in the movie is by Spoiled Brat Ted as he yells at Cousin Jennifer: ōI hate youö and "DonÆt try to make up no never mind." The latter was the first of many Southern expressions in the entire movie, and mind you, weÆre here in the Deep South -- Atlanta, Gee Aye, that is.
Cousin Jennifer is so "mousy" in this movie and, by being as quiet as a mouse, she overhears a row between Carol Lee (Betsy Palmer) and Judson (John Ireland); now, he didnÆt care who heard him and he wasnÆt about to make no never mind about that, ya heeeer! Next, all the parties are having just a jovial old time socializing in the parlor, including Sue -- or psychotically speaking, Sueinsania (pronounced SUE-IN-SANE-YA) -- (Fay Wray), her brother Ty , Beauty (Barry Sullivan), L'il Sis Carol Lee, and newcomer Mousy Jenn. Everyone, in unison, ceases in their jocularity and lollygagging when in walks The Queen Bee (Joan). Do note that when she enters the parlor, it's like a scene from The Twilight Zone in that everyone appears to have that shell-shocked, dumbfounded expression on their faces. Queen Bee enters, snatches BeautyÆs drink from him, slugs it down -- comparable only to a French sailor -- and comments, ōNow IÆm ready for people,ö only to go on to insult Carol LeeÆs tacky riding clothes.
Shortly afterwards, Carol Lee dishes the dirt to Mousy Jenn, telling her that The Queen Bee was responsible for SueinsaniaÆs mental breakdown that has left her senseless -- pathetic indeed -- after The Queen tricked Beauty into a shotgun marriage the day of Sueinsania and BeautyÆs wedding; no wonder she wanted to remain a Beauregard Stewart and no wonder Fay WrayÆs scream is still heard throughout the world to this very day. Even Sueinsania tells Mousy Jenn, ōCome sit with me and IÆll give you all the juicy scandal." When Beauty overhears this, he tells LiÆl Sis Carol Lee, ōNot all, I hope!ö
Fast forward to the bloodcurdling scream that wakes up quiet-as-a-church-mouse Mousy Jenn: Turns out Spoiled Brat Ted is having nightmares and The Queen is holding Carol Lee responsible for them. So much so that, with Mousy Jenn in tow, The Queen begins to decimate Carol LeeÆs bedroom with a riding stick. (I knew Victoria Barkley would make an appearance, if only by metamorphosis.) Carol LeeÆs boudoir may have been spared the wrath of The Queen if only those Southerners hadn't treated The Queen in such a ōnamby pamby" manner. And maybe, just maybe, the Queen would have only dumped one doll on the floor instead of clearing Carol LeeÆs entire mantle with that riding stick, which drove Mousy Jenn over the edge, as displayed by her holding on to that bedpost for dear life. Remember, The Queen yelled at Mousy Jenn when The Queen was trying to make time with Judson in the drawing room and didnÆt know Mousy Jenn was there: ōMy, weÆre going to have to put a bell on you.ö Prior to that, The Queen admonished Mousy Jenn to, on her date with SueinsaniaÆs brother, Ty, ōSmile, make character with people.ö
Fast forward again: Carol Lee and Judson announce to Beauty and The Queen their marriage plans. The Queen is infuriated to high heaven and when Mousy Jenn relates her thrill about the betrothal, she is met with a bitch-slap that landed her in the next county. It ōstungö so much, she couldnÆt join them for dinner -- and IÆm sure it was Poor White Trash macaroni and cheese for the entrķe -- poor thang. Another fast forward (come on, folks, youÆve got to see the movie for yourself): The Queen walks in on Mousy Jenn and Carol Lee and spills the beans that Judson was carrying on with The Queen in the past. Carol Lee canÆt believe this and walks out in a huff to the stables, only to be found the next morning by Judson and Mousy Jenn with only one shoe dangling on her foot from high in those rafters, probably the same rafters Klondike Annie packed in Nome, Alaska. Old Judson found his post to cry on rather quickly, but Mousy Jenn had to search for one before running out and telling The Queen what had happened. The Queen feigned ōbeing beside herselfö and reverted to her former ghetto ways and marked up her mirror in a most untoward fashion -- I guess she wasnÆt the fairest after all in this rather remarkable display of grief.
The Queen then summons in none other than -- yep, you knew it was coming, folks; that nemesis to even Mercedes McCambridge -- Miss Breen to save the day; you know, old Breenie with that filthy, suspicious mind of hers! Anyways, Beauty finally puts his ōFruit of the Loomsö to work and threatens to "asscanö Breenie first thing in the morning, but The Queen puts a stop to that, as well. Beauty feels that if you can't beatÆem, joinÆem. He makes pals with The Queen, even buys her the Star of India bracelet for good measure, but old Judson, sour-graped by Carol LeeÆs death and still in a piss-poor mood, stumbles upon Mousy Jenn, who tells him The Queen was responsible for Carol LeeÆs death. Judson then becomes a flunky chauffer and takes The Queen on her last drive. ThatÆs all IÆm saying, folks. Yes, Mousy Jenn and Beauty wind up happily ever after, the way old Breenie envisioned.
Four stars here, folks: 1 to The Queen; 1 to Sueinsania for getting the shitty end of the stick; and 2 to Tiddely for being so brave (ya thought I forgot about that, dincha)!
Michael Lia (August 2010)
Rating: of 5
I am lucky to have a family that loves film and I am even luckier to have family that went to the first showing of some of Miss CrawfordÆs films (although my Irish grandmotherÆs favorite was Marie Dressler). My Aunt Dolores has a vivid memory of Queen Bee: ōOh ,she was so mean in thatö -- said like an 80-year-old woman -- ōI was so glad she was killed in the end!"
That really about sums up the movie and, to everyoneÆs credit, over fifty years later my aunt can recall that picture and Miss CrawfordÆs performance! Wicked! And wonderful!
Okay and away we go... Miss Queen Bee, Miss Joan Crawford, is very entertaining in this film and I am happy Columbia studio (Mr. Harry Cohn and Mr. Jerry Wald) filled the bill; most actresses were done for at this point in cinema history, so you grab what you can get when you can get it. (Fay Wray is an example here, accepting a ten-minute role; she is superb, however. Look at her face and eyes -- she is the character!!!)
It is nice to know the confidence and power that was still given to Miss Crawford. At this point in her career it is about age, as difficult as age isģ coming to ōgripsö with your age is a pain of strong reality -- I am finding that out too; I am now 46-and-a-Į!! So possibly I might do the same thing and accept a role that is ten years younger than my real age. Miss Crawford accepting this role was proof of her dogged determination to keep her age at bay, and the Hollywood system supported her as long as it could or until it did not exist any more. (Daisy Kenyon is another film where Miss Crawford was ten years too old for Daisy!!) It is still a cinema shame that in the 60s and 70s Miss Crawford had no one to believe in her any more. Is it also possible to think that by todayÆs trends Eva having children later in life does not make the character off balance?
Miss Crawford does portray a woman (dragon) who is miserable and solicits instigation and hate because she is so depressed and repressed. She controls, manipulates and screws everyone around her figuratively and literally, all in the most fabulous Jean Louis designs (her real co-star), sweeping and slithering across the room with evil elegance. Anyone and everyone is a potential target. (Has any one asked why?)
Eva is direct and an actress; she knows she is frosting on top of a glacier, cold, burning; she is going to spread it on thick for the crash course. She is one intense lady! If only she had tried Xanax. In any case, getting her man wasnÆt enough for her; she had to have more of everything and became a magnet, collecting love and sorting out her lust while at the same time running a clean and orderly house with staff. Only thing missing there was Butterfly McQueen!
Those that are in EvaÆs life and remain (they did not have to stay!) prepare for a daily battle of survival and play against the odds:
Barry Sullivan is one handy actor whom I thought was perfect for this moonlight madness. He tried to make Eva happy and that is what this movie is all aboutģ happiness.
Betsy Palmer worked with her talents and the script pretty well; I only wish she had more chances at good film roles. However, she has a great character in real life.
Lucy Marlow actually is not bad, even though I always think she is a dull actress; but after several viewings she does manage to pull it off with some sincerity and realness. I am sure she wishes she never came to town.
John Ireland is especially groomed for this role; he handles himself and the telephone cord and Miss Crawford with the cunning of a top-notch bad guy with a heart and soul.
(If I might, I have a personal note to add about Mr. Ireland: I was a bell boy at a ritzy hotel in San Francisco and some time in the late 80s I carried this old guy's luggage and, since I was always on the search for Crawford connections, I was excited that it was the John Ireland from Queen Bee! He happened to be writing his autobiography and I felt comfortable enough to ask about Miss Crawford. We talked and he gave me the rough working copy (his original) and let me take it home and read it! I was a few feet off the groundģhe was a cool old guy with a lot of character. He seemed like a painter more than an actor, and when I asked him about Miss Crawford, the only thing he seemed to enjoy telling me was how much he loved making love to herģI about died! I dutifully read the manuscript that night and returned it the next day to him. Mr. Ireland Æs candid personality and the little connection he gave me was a fun experience in my life and a fine memory. The book eventually was printed and I am positive there is a whole section on his romances with Miss Crawford!)
I will also praise the cameraman Charles Lang, who is a total pro, and the musical score and Ranald MacDougall for giving the direction a shot; it was fun! (But why did the dog have to die, too?? It looked perfectly happy and healthy to me... oh, I will let that one go.)
I also have to add that people like Eva do exist, only with different eyebrows but with the same iron will and style. It is a scary world when you have to watch out for people like Eva on the prowl for fresh meat or, in this case, honey.
Pam (February 2007)
Rating: of 5
[Warning! Spoiler!]
My mom had a collection of old books and during the summer I was 16, I read the book and loved it. When I saw this was coming on, I taped it on my dvr.
So disappointed!
This movie was not a good rendition of the book, at all.... For one thing, I always pictured Eva as very very blond and of course strikingly beautiful in comparison to her handsome but obviously scarred husband Avery (Beauty). Joan Crawford was such a miscast for the role of Eva! Of course all actresses think they can do anything on screen. This just proves them wrong. (Crawford's eyebrows are horrible and keep the movie-goer looking at them instead of listening to her talk.)
I would have preferred to see Burt Lancaster or a Clark Gable-type as Beauty and frankly, Betsy Palmer was more Eva in my mind than old-washed up Crawford. Such a disappointment.
And did they change the ending? I can't remember now, but I thought that it was Beauty who finally killed them in a fiery crash.
Jonathan from RI (July 2005)
Rating: of 5
Queen Bee--what a fun role for Joan. This movie is so campy and fun. Meet Eva Phillips, a manipulative domineering bitch who has to control everyone and everything. She camps it up as a glamour girl. The dialogue is hilarious. (She tells her cousin whom she didn't notice was in her room, "You're so quiet we'll have to put a bell on you.") Joan looks beautiful in every scene. She shines in this as does her husband Avery Phillips (Barry Sullivan). If you love camp this movie is a must. I don't know how anyone can't give this movie 5 stars. There is a reason it is on DVD; it's because it's a great movie. I would highly recommend it!
James (March 2005)
Rating: of 5
Reviewing this film is difficult, mainly because watching it made me feel sad. Not sad as in ōtouchingö or "moving," but sad in the sense that it was unpleasant to watch the great Joan Crawford reduced to working in what was nothing more than a down-market ōBö picture dressed up with ōAö costumes. The cast, other than Joan, is entirely unremarkable, the script and direction are weak, and the plot is a misguided attempt at Tennessee Williams, minus any intelligence or point (think ōCat on a Hot Tin Roofö meets ōDynastyö and that pretty much sums it up).
The story concerns a rich southern family, but not one of the actors in the film speaks with anything resembling a southern accent. This is a glaring omission, and right away indicative of trouble ahead. The family members are nasty and thoroughly dislikable: the alcoholic husband shoots the dog, the children spit on nannies, and the wife (JoanÆs character) is a vain, insufferable bitch who beds any man she fancies and enjoys being cruel to those who oppose her.
In many ways, the movie is a vanity piece centered around Joan: there are umpteen references to how ōbeautifulö she is, and even when JoanÆs not on-screen, the other characters do nothing but talk about her. And Joan seems to lap it all up, preening absurdly before mirrors and sashaying around in glamorous but much too tight Jean Louis gowns. The sad part is that Joan was fifty years old at this point in her career, and she looked it. This movie was made near the beginning of JoanÆs ōscary eyebrowsö period, and the dreadful hairdo she wears (which looks like one of Jane WymanÆs old wigs) emphasizes her thick, dark brows, making her appear unnecessarily hard and severe. She was clearly too old to be playing the mother of small children (in Strait-Jacket itæs at least funny, in Queen Bee itæs just dumb), and even though her figure was still good, the overtly sexy costumes she wears look ridiculous (especially the skin-tight sequined dress, which reminded me of a cast-off from Jayne Mansfieldæs closet).
Another drawback about the tight, structured costumes is that Joan comes across as stiff and wooden at times, almost as though she was restrained by her clothes (the clothes seem to be wearing her, instead of the other way around). There are a few strange moments in the film where she barely moves and resembles a mannequin, and then when she does finally move it seems like sheÆs posing uncomfortably instead of acting. At other points, she moves as though sheæs in a fashion show, turning this way and that while she fusses with her skirt or her belt. Her performance, in my opinion, suffers greatly because of this and all you notice are her clothes.
The only times she comes alive are during four key scenes (which, not coincidentally, are also her best moments in the film): when she trashes a room with a riding crop, when she slaps Lucy Marlow at the bottom of the staircase, when she breaks down in front of a mirror and smears cold cream all over her reflection, and the scene in the car where she struggles for control of the steering wheel. Otherwise, her performance seems stiff, self-conscious and contrived.
Which leads me to something else which becomes painfully apparent while watching Queen Bee: Faye Dunaway obviously used this movie as ōHow to be Joan Crawford 101ö in order to prepare to play Joan in Mommie Dearest. Christina Crawford wrote in her book that her motherÆs performance in Queen Bee was the way Joan was in real life, and Ms. Dunaway clearly took this suggestion to heart. The scenes I mentioned above are the most glaring examples of Fayeæs over-the-top mimicry, and the immediate connection between Joan smearing cold cream on a mirror in Queen Bee and Faye playing Joan with cold cream smeared on her face during the infamous ōno wire hangersö scene in Mommie Dearest made me wince. As well, the set designer on Mommie Dearest blatantly copied the lay-out of the entrance foyer and staircase in Queen Bee, dressing it up as ōart decoö instead of ō50Æs southern chicö in order to represent JoanÆs home. Even the crinkly sheer curtains on the windows are the same, and as Joan paused on the staircase in a black gown in Queen Bee, I again winced at the mental image I flashed of Faye standing on the staircase holding baby Christina like an Academy Award in Mommie Dearest.
Queen Bee is not a movie I would recommend. It fails, in my opinion, as a period piece or even as a ōcamp classic." Joan is woefully mis-cast (Lana Turner or Susan Hayward, who were the right age at the time, wouldæve been much better choices for the role), the plot is muddled and absurd, the supporting cast is weak, and the unavoidable comparisons to Mommie Dearest (and possibly to JoanÆs own life) are uncomfortable and rather off-putting. Bedeviled by middle age, bad scripts and competition from younger actresses, and desperately in need of a talented hairdresser and a good pair of tweezers, Queen Bee only emphasizes the fact that the 1950Æs were indeed very unkind to Joan Crawford.
Memorable Lines
ōOh, theyÆre so smug and namby-pamby!ö [Swings riding crop violently and knocks trophies off the mantle] ōI wish I could get rid of them as easy as this trash!ö Eva to Jenny.
ōYouÆre like some fancy kind of disease. I had it onceģnow IÆm immune.ö Judson to Eva.
ōWhatever you are, Eva, youÆre on wheels.ö Avery to Eva.
Stephanie Jones (January 2005)
Rating: of 5
Hampered by the most distractingly bad hairstyle of her 45 years in film, Joan as Eva Phillips nonetheless manages to ride roughshod over her family members, with methods ranging from the mental (cutting remarks) to the physical (riding crops, phone cords/scarves around necks, jabbed pencils). Eva's carryings-on are all very outrķ---suggesting, perhaps, to a serious-minded '50s filmgoer that she was in need of a comeuppance, but today probably inspiring sentiments more along the lines of "You go, girl!"
Eva is the Queen Bee of a Southern household that is painfully obsessed with her. Even when she's not in the room, all talk centers around her---what she's done in the past, how wicked and cruel she still is. Newly arrived, innocent cousin Jenny (Lucy Marlow), sent for by Eva, doesn't believe a word of it. She staunchly defends Eva, brings her breakfast in bed, runs her baths, allows Eva to arrange her clothes and her dates...
Jenny's wide-eyed idealism is crushed, though, once she sees Eva and the husband-to-be (Judson, played by John Ireland) of Eva's own sister-in-law (Carol, played by Betsy Palmer) in a desperate clinch and witnesses Eva's later machinations to keep the two from marrying. All the sordid family secrets are then revealed: Eva's stealing her own husband Avery (Barry Sullivan) away from the as-a-result-addled Sue (Fay Wray); Eva's tricking Avery into marriage and driving him to drink and being the cause of the scar on his face; Eva's long-term, ongoing affair with Judson... Why, that Eva really is hard and wicked! (And interestingly kinky... Check out the scene where she's calling a friend to beg off attending a party, while simultaneously looping the phone cord around Judson's neck and tugging on it!)
The overt wickedness does abate in a few instances, which make the movie interesting and keep it from being too one-note obvious: First, there's a brief early scene where Jenny brings Eva breakfast in bed. It's lifted pretty much from the newlywed breakfast scene in 1952's Sudden Fear, and Joan gets to play drowsy-and-cute and human. And the scene where Eva and Jenny are clearing out Carol's room---Eva starts out just plain mean, walking around casually knocking Carol's knick-knacks from shelves, and she's pretty scary when she picks up the riding crop and begins to really whack things with it... But in between the destruction, as Jenny quivers in fear, Eva also tells Jenny about what has driven her to this point. Apparently, in the back-story that we don't get to see onscreen, the family that she married into has tried to hurt her: "You don't know the things they've made me do trying to protect myself." Having seen Eva at her worst, we don't quite know whether to believe this, but in this context her rationale for her behavior seems at least partially plausible.
A final human note comes near the end of the film, after Eva has threatened Avery with blackmail (and poked him with a pencil!)---she'll reveal his and Jenny's mutual attraction to the papers if he tries to leave her. A scene or so later, Avery does an about-face and pretends to be the doting husband. Eva's overt gratitude for his sudden attention (and her obliviousness to his obvious act) is rather moving and sad. She really has loved him the whole time and has been hungry for his affection, which he's withheld for years in favor of drinking himself into a constant stupor...
In a later interview with Lawrence Quirk, Joan said of the film: "No, it's not Eugene O'Neill. I suppose there are contrived moments, silly spots. But I have no apologies. It was a study of a woman who makes everyone around her miserable because of her own unhappiness, and on that level it works." It does indeed work on that level. Unfortunately, Eva's moments of humanity are so few and far between that what we're mostly left with is an onslaught of outrageous behavior that's fun for viewers today who are well-atuned to the camp angle, but ultimately depressing and harsh when viewed purely as a straight (so to speak) narrative.
Memorable Lines
"There. Now I'm ready for people." Eva, after making her grand entrance and downing a drink.
"My, Carol, you look sweet. Even in those tacky old riding clothes." Eva to sister-in-law.
"You're so quiet, we'll have to put a bell on you." Eva to cousin Jenny.
Jenny about Eva: "She feels guilty. She's punishing herself."
Carol: "Don't worry about it. She'll be gentle."
"Don't come between me and my liquor. You'll get knocked down." Avery to Eva.
"Eva does it better. She does everything better." Judd to Jenny as she primps before a mirror.
Avery: "I've made a decision."
Eva: "Really. A whole decision all by yourself."
"Any man's my man if I want it that way." Eva to Carol.
Movie Posters:
Above, top row: US one-sheet (27 x 41 inches), three-sheet (41 x 81), 40 x 60 inch poster, insert (14 x 36)
Above, bottom row: US Style A and Style B half-sheets (22 x 28 inches)
Above, top row: Posters from Belgium, France, Sweden, UK.
Above, bottom row: Italy, France, unknown.
Lobby Cards:
Above: US lobby cards. Below: German lobby cards.
Misc. Images:
Above: Joan's check for rights to Queen Bee.
Above: Queen Bee trade quad ad, 12 x 18 inches, plus close-up of Joan's portion.
Above: Queen Bee costume sketches by Jean Louis.
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Thanks to Zomato & Qortoba invitation, opportunity to try a place you would instantly fall in love with it. The place for starts located in a great area and got a breathtaking view. The food well for me whatever you choose from their specialty dishes you wouldn't be disappointed. So for a first time obviously I had to select collection of unique and special dishes with the usual suspects like Hummus. Here's a bit detailed information on the dishes chosen.
Armenian Taste in a cosmopolitan street
It seems appropriate that my debutant review for a restaurant on my official blog is an Armenian restaurant in Hamra street where I'm proud to call my birthplace. When I first entered to Onno Bistro first sight you see is the waiters' smiles welcoming you to a place you feel it will be your second home. First with their introduction it's the only Termus which some might find as cheap of them, but for me especially when you try their Mezza cold or hot even the average ones you know they want you to have taste of all the outrageously excellent plates from mouthwatering sausages with Debes el reman to out of this universe kabab bel karaz. Their sweets as well will blow you away. Onno without a doubt a place to try and have it as your home away from home.
Nasma: Fusion of local and international
On Monday I went with couple of friends to the village dbayeh, and after few drinks we wanted to have a bite at some restaurant and we were told to try Nasma which is considered duo style restaurant Lebanese and western menu. I had my doubts at first because of the duo issue but it was some bite.


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I woke up to a beautiful white blanket of snow on the ground, it was stunning. It looked like a perfect Christmas morning. Because of where I grew up I rarely got to see snow, much less wake up to the magic of it.
The power of God to change the look of our world while we are sleeping to awake to a new world, a different world, to say the least, was exhilarating.
The problem with this day of God's magical hand was that it wasn't Christmas and I was sleeping outside on a job site. To wake up to snow when you're sleeping in it, is much different when you gaze upon it from the warm shelter of a home.
It was 1981, Midland Texas. Our country was in a tough economic recession. There weren't many jobs available anywhere, so us, the unemployed went wherever we had to for employment opportunity.
I worked in three states in less than one year in order to survive. Circumstances that we live through certainly have a bearing on our perspective.
When I was a boy I loved to go camping. We didn't do too much of it, but when we did I truly enjoyed it. What kid doesn't? My parents had a big tent that the six of us could sleep in. I remember in detail the smell and feel of the brisk mountain air as my mom fried bacon in a skillet over the open campfire.
My perspective as a child was if or when you could sleep outside and be camping, life would be perfect! As an adult, I'm not a big camper. Having been forced by the financial reality of life to sleep outside with camping as a necessity for survival, put a new perspective on how I enjoyed "the great outdoors."
Sleeping outside, showering 2 or 3 times a week at the YMCA at a buck a pop is somewhat of an adventure. The perspective is usually determined by circumstances. Do we have a choice or is it a necessity?
Many people in our country are making difficult choices due to our present economic meltdown. The choices we make now will help shape our future perspectives.
I guess in 1981 I had a choice. I could have stayed at home and tried to get a government handout. Maybe I could have begged on a corner. I didn't think I had a choice. At the time, I never considered anything except trying and never giving up.
I'm not saying I'm exceptional for having done so. It is what was expected of me from my family and my country, the way I viewed it at the time.
My wife and I have friends that have had to move across the country to find a way to survive. A husband of one of the couples has been working out of town for over a year. He just got relocated to California. This time it is for a promotion. If he never had to navigate the tough times he would never have reached a goal he's dreamed about since I've known him.
My wife's other friend sent pictures of the ocean in Connecticut that she now lives four blocks from. She told my wife she can't remember being this happy in years. This couple had lost a business here, and yet now she's happier than she's been in years.
I don't know of anyone who hasn't had adversity in their life. I'm convinced that the ones who fight through on their own or by the grace of God and don't give in or give up, are the ones who receive the most blessings.
Maybe not riches, but something of more value than silver or gold.
They earn what money can't buy or what anyone can give, not even at Christmas… Self-respect.
I think I'll go camping again… This time I'll be taking a tent… and bacon.


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Netflix is taking on the Disney+ threat by partnering with kids' entertainment giant Nickelodeon, which will produce original content, including films and TV shows, for Netflix's streaming service. The company announced this morning it has entered into a new, multi-year output deal that will produce animated feature films and shows that will include both Nickelodeon's well-known library of characters as well as all-new IP.
The shows will be aimed at kids and families around the world, Netflix says.
The deal is an expansion of Nickelodeon's existing relationship with Netflix. Already, Netflix streams a number of popular Nickelodeon titles, including animated specials like "Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling" and "Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus." It's also soon to add specials based on "The Loud House" and "Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles."
The deal news comes only a day after the launch of Disney+ in the U.S., which will be one of its largest markets. Disney+ has been positioned as a potential rival for Netflix, with some forecasts even stating that Netflix could lose subscribers to the family-friendly streamer. One report from market research firm AudienceProject out today, in fact, claims that 33% of U.S. consumers who are planning to sign up for Disney+ are considering canceling their Netflix subscriptions at the same time.
To retain customers, Netflix will need to have more kids' content that will appeal to families -- a powerful demographic that all streamers today target with investments in original programming and other licensing deals.
"Nickelodeon has generated scores of characters that kids love, and we look forward to telling wholly original stories that re-imagine and expand on the worlds they inhabit," said Melissa Cobb, vice president, Nickelodeon, in a statement. "We're thrilled to continue collaborating with Brian Robbins, Ramsey Naito, and the creative team at Nickelodeon in new ways as we look to find fresh voices and bring bold stories to our global audience on Netflix."
"Nickelodeon's next step forward is to keep expanding beyond linear platforms, and our broader content partnership with Netflix is a key path toward that goal," said Brian Robbins, president, Nickelodeon.
"The Nickelodeon Animation Studio is home to the world-class artists and storytellers behind some of the most iconic characters and shows ever made, and our head of Animation, Ramsey Naito, has been building on that legacy over the past year by ramping up development and production exponentially. The ideas and work at our Studio are flowing, and we can't wait to work with Melissa and the Netflix team on a premium slate of original animated content for kids and families around the world," Robbins added.
Netflix didn't offer any details on which iconic Nickelodeon IP would be involved in the new programming, or what sort of new characters may be under development. Nor did it speak to the number of titles it expects the multi-year deal to produce or when the first shows or movies would arrive. Instead, today's announcement was more focused on taking the wind out of Disney's sails following its big (and sometimes glitchy) U.S. launch.
Nickelodeon isn't the only new partner in the children's and family space working with Netflix, as part of the streamer's larger strategy to challenge the Disney+ threat. As The New York Times recently reported, the streamer has been amassing a number of creators and executives as part of its counterattack strategy, including former Pixar and Disney animators, and others. It also recently worked with the Jim Henson Company to produce "The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance."
Netflix also touted to The NYT the value of kids' programming to its service, noting that around 60% of Netflix's global audience watches the service for children and family content on a monthly basis.
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The new Nickelodeon programming will be a part of the Netflix Animation division, which currently includes family animated feature film "Klaus" from Sergio Pablos (streaming November 15), kids animated series "Dino Girl Gauko" from Japan (streaming November 22), adult animated film "I Lost My Body" from Jérémy Clapin (streaming November 29) and "Fast & Furious Spy Racers" from DreamWorks (streaming December 26), among others.


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"You can always count on Americans to do the right thing – after they've tried everything else."
Winston Churchill
"Our policy is to create a national health service in order to ensure that everybody in the country irrespective of means, age, sex or occupation shall have equal opportunities to benefit from the best and most up-to-date medical and allied services available."
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Veering away from the usual topics covered in this blog, I thought about some recent articles I saw about the attempt to repeal and replace, or to simply repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which the current political regime wants to do.
The first article, in yesterday's [failing] New York Times, warned that repealing the ACA would make it harder for people to retire early. Those who retire early, before reaching 65, can get retiree coverage from their former employers, but not many companies offer that coverage.
Those early retirees poor enough could turn to Medicaid, and everyone else would have to go to the individual market. Without the ACA, health care coverage would be more difficult to get, cost consumers more where available, and provide fewer benefits.
According to the article, if the ACA is repealed, retiring early would become less feasible for many Americans. This is called job-lock, or the need to maintain a job to get health insurance.
This is one of the concerns the ACA was supposed to address, in that it would reduce or eliminate job lock. Repealing the law could, according to the article, affect employment and retirement decisions.
The second article, from Joe Paduda, also from yesterday, reported that improving healthcare will hurt the economy, and Joe lays out the arguments for doing something or doing nothing to improve health care and what effect they would have on economic growth.
For example, Joe states that healthcare employs 15.5 million full time workers, or 1 out of every 9 job. In two years, this will surpass retail employment. As Joe rightly points out, those jobs are funded by employers and taxpayers. He suggests that some experts argue that healthcare is "crowding out" economic expansion in other sectors, thereby hurting growth overall.
But Joe also points out that by controlling health care costs, employment will be cut, and stock prices for pharmaceutical companies, margins for medical device firms, and bonuses at health plans will also be affected.
So, if cost control and increasing efficiency works, these lost jobs, reduced profits, and lower margins, Joe says, will hurt the economy. The economy will suffer if the health care sector is more efficient, and since healthcare is also a huge employment generator and an inefficient industry, fixing that inefficiency will reduce employment and growth.
Thus, the title of this article, "Damned if you do, damned if you don't."
But wait, there's more.
Yesterday, a certain quote has been making the rounds through the media. It was uttered by Number 45. "Nobody knew health care could be so complicated."
Yes, it is complicated and complex, but does it have to be so? If we consider the second Churchill quote above, and realize that the UK, France, Germany, Canada, and many other Western countries have some form of single payer, then one must conclude that it is only the US that has complicated and made too complex, the providing of health care to all of its citizens.
There are many reasons for this, which is beyond the scope of this article or blog, but there is one overriding reason for this complexity…GREED. Not the greed of wanting more of one thing, but the greed of profit, as one executive from an insurance company stated recently.
This brings me to the last of the articles I ran across yesterday. It was posted on LinkedIn by Dave Chase, founder of the Health Rosetta Institute. He cited a segment on the Fox News Channel's Tucker Carlson program, in which Carlson interviewed a former hospital president who said that pricing was the main problem with the US healthcare system.
Mr. Chase does not solely rely on Carlson's guest in his article, but cites other experts in the field as evidence that pricing failure is to blame.
If we are to except this as true, then it buttresses my point that the overriding problem is greed, for what else is the failure to control prices but a symptom of greed inherent in the American health care system, and something that does not exist elsewhere in the Western world.
Which brings me to Churchill's first quote above. Since we Americans have tried the free market system of health care wanting, and have tried a reformed free market system, perhaps it is time to go all the way to a government-sponsored, Medicare for All, single payer system.
The bottom line is: we're damned if we do, damned if we don't. The question is, which is the lesser of two evils.
UPDATE: Here is Joe's take on what will happen to the ACA in the next two years. I agree with his assessment.


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Mr. Sterling's downfall came because of overtly racist statements. This rapidly brought him condemnation from politicians, celebrities, and pretty much anyone with a microphone or Twitter account. People lined up around the block to announce they would boycott Clippers games if he wasn't removed, and team sponsors jumped ship fast.
So, guess who can't boycott Mr. Sterling? I can't. Or anyone in the healthcare field.
Sure, I can refuse to go to his games, or live in one of his buildings. But if he shows up in my office or hospital, I wouldn't turn him away. And neither should any doctor or nurse.
This is one of the hardest things in medicine. Regardless of how we may feel about a person, or disagree with their beliefs, we still have to do our best to help them when they need us. I've taken care of neo-nazi white supremacists, militant black supremacists, dirtballs who shoot police or kill innocent people just because they don't like them... the list goes on. Sterling's condescending boardroom racism is minor league compared to these guys.
It's part of the job. Whether they come to you in the office, or you're seeing them in the hospital, you have to set aside your personal feelings and do your best to help. Dr. Samuel Mudd spent 4 years in prison for providing medical care to John Wilkes Booth - a conviction yet to be overturned.
I never discuss politics with patients, as it's bad for the relationship. But that doesn't stop some from bringing it up, sometimes expressing blatantly racist or antisemitic views. I've had people tell me all blacks should be shipped to Africa, or Jews or homosexuals killed. Do I agree with this? Hell no. But I also believe that part of being a doctor is caring for anyone who seeks my help, regardless of personal feelings for them.
In hospitals they have it even worse. Nurses and doctors there have to deal with people who are drunk, high, verbally abusive, and sometimes violent. And, again, they do their best to help those no one would want to. As professionally as possible.
Like most people these days I don't support or like Mr. Sterling. But that wouldn't stop me, or any number of doctors, nurses, or paramedics from doing our best to help him if he needed us. Because that's what we do.


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NEW BRITAIN >> Connecticut utility regulators are planning a series of public hearings to learn more from consumers about their experiences with electric suppliers.
The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority decided to hold the meetings after experiencing a spike in consumer complaints against various suppliers in recent months.
Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz urged members of the public with comments or concerns to attend one of the five meetings. She said her office has received complaints about skyrocketing electric rates from people who felt they were taken advantage of. She said PURA is conducting an investigation and the hearings are opportunity for consumers to share their experiences with the regulators.
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Friday, December 4, 2015
Empowering the enemy and bitching about it later. Gottlieb and cronies condemn that which they did so much by their failures to bring to fruition.
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Quoted from the article: "That can pretty much be said about all the gun control schemes pushed over the past few years by the current administration, Second Amendment advocates believe. It's all window dressing, and as Gottlieb noted, it "penalizes law-abiding citizens while the criminals laugh and ignore it.""
WRONG! The Armed Civil Disobedience of Non-Compliance means almost EVERYONE laughs and ignores it, not just the criminals. And that's the rub....totally nullified laws with gubmint officials to scared shitless to enforce them.
Their move. Still.
- December 4, 2015 at 2:26 PM
- Steve Miller said...
Well said my friend. Decrying the results of their own efforts. I still not-so-warmly recall during those pre-election days here in WA circa November 2014 where I was told, in response to my anti-594 AND 591 (18 page background check initiative vs. 1 page background check initiative)that all sorts of calumny would happen since I opposed convicted felon Gottlieb's efforts and those of his servants. I count myself proudly NOT to be a member of that latter group.
- December 4, 2015 at 5:38 PM
Judenräte Gottlieb with his I-591 campaign guaranteed the passage of I-594 by splitting the resources of those opposed to more gun control. Making everything more confusing is just what Bloomberg ordered, don't ya know!
- December 4, 2015 at 6:25 PM
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Thank you Captain Obvious.
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Day 2 of Esomar 3d brought many wonders. As expected, every dessert was a wonderful treat – chocolates and cakes and oh my, I ate as much as I possibly could. This conference had the best desserts of any conference I've been to. And with more glow sticks and coloured voting cards, there was fun to be had too.
Day 2 also brought animal delights. A flock of hundreds of turkey vultures floated effortlessly in the sky, a pelican landed 15 feet away from me as I swam in the ocean, jellyfish at my feet, jellyfish stinging my arm, and far too many sea shells and coral to pack in my carry on.
Day 2 brought tears to my eyes with a presentation by Koki Uchiyama and Michio Mutoh who spoke about The Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan. It was an inspiring case study about using research for good, not just to sell more soap. It was a wake up call to remember what really matters in life.
As with any conference, I hated the last hour. It's a sad hour that marks the end of inspirational talks that remind us why we're in market research to begin with. Two days of chatting with like-minded passionate people is a hard thing to leave behind but once again, I'm refreshed and newly inspired and eager to take on all that comes my way.
I say good-bye to you Esomar, but I look forward to seeing you in Atlanta.
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Spreading the word about the growing presence of progressive Alaskans and their powerful ideas on the web
Monday, February 18, 2013
Sourdough Bread and the New Snowblower
Above, a loaf of sourdough bread I baked. One of my new year's resolutions is to become adept at bread making. So far, the results are spotty.
Below, is my new snowblower, a tracked 26-inch wide, 9HP Troy model. It is the third one I've owned in 23 years. The last one before this was a 28-inch wide Craftsman, wheeled model that I disliked from day one. This one is sweet.
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- Dan said...
Sweet, but I prefer my 1 Ton Dodge with 8 foot Western Plow on the front!
- February 18, 2013 at 5:52 PM
- Anonymous said...
I need some sourdough starter. When can I get the good stuff?
- February 18, 2013 at 6:09 PM
- Philip Munger said...
I like this recipe. It's the one I'm now using:
- February 18, 2013 at 8:59 PM
- English-Polish military said...
I do understand whole wheat but what are those big white spots in the picture? It looks strange.
- February 19, 2013 at 7:23 AM
- Philip Munger said...
the spots are from corn meal and flour put on the outside of the loaf to keep it from sticking to the roasting pan.
- February 19, 2013 at 11:11 AM
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I have been cracking lot's of jokes about being the outbreak monkey, having the plague, or since recently reading My Lady Jane for a book club I have "The Affliction" or someone has been "poisoning my blackberries". But I couldn't help myself when it came to the above photo.
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I finally made it to the Gumeracha Medieval Fair, after having seen advertisements for many years. Set in scenic Federation Park in Gumeracha in the Adelaide Hills, the themed marquees, the central town square for entertainments and the large number of costumed participants and attendees made this an interesting variation on the town fair. Seeing a monk or a damsel in medieval costume texting on their i-phone made for an interesting look!
Federation Park features some amazingly large gum trees set around a creek. The fair covered both sides of the creek with a wooden foot-bridge to cross from one side to another. The food stalls were themed (sausage rolls became rat in a roll), a central "tavern" tent served spiced Mead and old-fashioned soft drinks, and in addition to the many stalls offering things for sale, there were also displays of wood-carving, knife-sharpening, blacksmithing and spinning. Displays of medieval warcraft including archery, catapults, and knights battling it out in sword-fights to win the hand of a "not-so-fair" maiden (turned out to be a man in drag) were complimented by displays where the exhibitors talked about how various weapons and household implements were made and used. Helmets and chain mail were available to try on – and to buy.
So all in all quite a fun day (it actually ran all weekend), although late afternoon light rain seemed to call the end of the fair slightly before the advertised time.
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