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Hurry up and look before my friends freak out about having their preshhhussss on the big scary internet!
Cuteness, yes? This is what four babies look like when their parents, all eight of them, are dancing and whooping and laughing and clapping and turning cartwheels in hopes that 1) the four babies will stay on the couch, 2) the four babies will look at the eighty zillion cameras and 3) that they will smile. I think we'll shoot for smiles next year.
I'm going down to visit my mommy today. This is good because Jack is being a CRAP sleeper the last couple nights and I'm pretty sure that without help from the grandmothers I would be death walking. Also because I am supposed to start working and working right now means cranking out a website in one month. A website people will actually USE. I have never ever done this before and if I wasn't waking up to debate the finer points of sleeping through the night with my baby, I was waking up and saying to my poor stupid self, "WHAT HAVE YOU GOTTEN YOURSELF INTO?"
I'd externally process this new kind of neuroticness, but the boy is demanding breakfast. I tell everyone I love not having to go to an office and talk on the phone and go to meetings, but I've still got a boss and he's rather irrational about arriving on time...


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text: 1808 Wedemeyer St., Ste. 300 Share facebook twitter google+ email ADD TO iCal Google Calendar Page Content 1808 Wedemeyer Street, Suite 300, a full-floor space containing 7,656 square feet, is available for lease. This historic (circa 1932) Georgian Revival style structure was built as a dormitory to house nurses who worked at the neighboring Public Health Service Hospital. 1808 Wedemeyer Street has been fully renovated for modern office use.Suite 300 layout includes 5 larger, multi-use or conference spaces, approximately 15 private spaces for office or other uses, a private kitchenette and private restrooms. Elevator opens to the reception area.Suite 300 has views of the nearby Mountain Lake and the Southern Wilds of the Presidio. The suite's western windows have views of the Pacific Ocean. 1808 Wedemeyer Street is near El Polín Spring, the Lobos Valley Overlook, the Presidio Golf Course and the Tennessee Hollow Watershed.Tenant has access to a shared bicycle storage room and a shower on the basement level.Tours are available by appointment. Please contact a Leasing staff member for more information and to schedule a site visit, firstname.lastname@example.com or (415) 561-5335.Tenant expenses include parking, insurance, telecom and data. Basic office utilities and Service District Charge (SDC) are included in monthly rent in the first year of tenancy. SDC is a reimbursement to the Trust for a portion of municipal services such as police, fire, and emergency services, and road and other infrastructure maintenance. Tenant pays a pro rata share of any increase in building's operating expenses after first year of occupancy.The Presidio Trust welcomes interest from the San Francisco brokerage community. $2.00/RSF per year (up to $14/RSF) for each year of the initial term to procuring broker, payable half 30 days after lease execution and half 30 days after occupancy. Procuring requirements include, but are not limited to, the following: Broker must accompany the clients on the initial visit to the Presidio; Broker must provide written confirmation of an agreement between broker and tenant; Broker must have a continuing involvement in the transaction.The Trust leases commercial space within the Presidio, a national park. Pets, emotional support animals, comfort or other therapy animals which are not considered service animals by the American Disability Act (ADA) are not allowed on premises. Service animals trained to aid a person with a specific disability per the ADA are allowed in the Presidio's commercial buildings.The Presidio is home to a wide variety of commercial tenants. A proposing entity must meet minimum requirements to enter into a lease with the Presidio Trust. A commercial entity must be registered with the California Secretary of State. Proof of financial wherewithal to fulfill the financial obligations in the lease is also required, as lease underwriting. Low traffic, low impact tenants are preferred for Presidio spaces.The Public Health Service District is located in the southwest quadrant of the Presidio near the 14th Avenue Gate at Lake Street. Its history dates from the 1870s when a marine hospital was built here to serve international sailors. In 1921 the original wood-frame buildings were replaced by a gracious 36-acre campus that included a main hospital building, nurses' quarters and support buildings.1808 Wedemeyer Street was the first registered historic building in San Francisco to be gold certified in the LEED-CS (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design – Core and Shell) category as awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council.Today the district hosts a lively mix of homes, workplaces, and cultural destinations with the park's wild southern hills as the backdrop. The Public Health Service District is recognized as a "green neighborhood" by the U.S. Green Building Council's new LEED-ND (Neighborhood Development program) certification. It may be the first LEED-ND neighborhood in the country that is also a part of a National Historic Landmark District.1808 Wedemeyer Street is located near Muni bus lines and is the first stop on the PresidiGo Around the Park Shuttle which connects to the PresidiGo Downtown Shuttle route. The building is conveniently located near Highway 1 with easy access to the Golden Gate Bridge. Metered parking is available beside the building. Related Links Baker BeachBikingCelebrations and MeetingsCrissy FieldDriving and ParkingFood at the PresidioGolden Gate BridgeLive in the PresidioLodgingPlaces to VisitPresidio Officers' ClubPresidiGo ShuttlePresidio Tunnel TopsPresidio Visitor CenterPublic TransitTrails at the Presidio


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Real Talk with Raze: The Club & Longterm Lockdown
A question was posted on a message board I frequent last night...
"How often do you & your wife/girlfriend go clubbing without each other?"
...and it got me to thinking.
As a married man, I believe very strongly that despite the adage of "two becoming one" in a long term relationship, that both parties NEED to retain some semblance of individuality or said relationship is doomed. I believe this to be true because typically if one party has other interests/hobbies, but the other doesn't, one will "have sh*t to do" while the other will "have time to sit around bored thinkin about what sh*t the other is doing". Which can lead to all kinds of issues (jealousy, lack of attention drama, etc).
While you and your signif may have a lotta things in common, ultimately, you were still two individuals with your own groups of friends that did your own different stuff for "fun". Needless to say, a LOT of what was done for "fun" when you were single ain't exactly appropriate when you're NOT single.
Like, THE CLUB.
See, The Club is a meat-market. Nada Mas o Menos. Anybody that tells you otherwise is simply lying to themselves for a few metaphorical reasons; maybe because they like the attention of being viewed as a delectable slab of beef, admired and drooled over by would be carnivores? Perhaps they enjoy the popularity of being the most sought after pork chop, only a biscuit and a few ounces of gravy away from satisfying the hunger of their inner attention whore.
But...in the end, if you're in a long term relationship, going to the club without your significant other, is simply asking for "trouble...trouble...gone be trouble" [R.I.P. Bernie Mac]. I believe people psychologically condition ourselves to behave a certain way around certain people and in certain situations. For example; despite the past 11yrs of growth, experience and change, I STILL have the behavioral tug-of-war within myself when I talk to my daughters' mother to regress back to how WE have conditioned ourselves to act and treat each other...for the past 11yrs. When I'm in a club setting, my eyes and my penis have been conditioned to think and view women, bartenders, bouncers and coat-check broads a certain way. And in spite of being a married man, this is how I have been trained and have trained myself to act in this setting.
So now, after this psych101 lesson, why on Earth would it seem like a good idea to send your significant other off to the same setting he/she used to broker drunken "Cock Exchange" deals? Some may view this as having "jealousy or trust issues", but I assure you it's neither. And perhaps this has more to do with my view of ME than my signif, but it's definitely a respectful nod to human nature and basic behavioral psychology. The subconscious is a powerful S.O.B. and if/when you add mind altering substances (weed, alcohol, etc) to the mix, what you would justify as acceptable in your partner's absence vs what THEY would consider acceptable in their presence, can differ substantially. An innocent hug that's held half of a split of a piece of a second too long can be viewed as an "embrace" and then all it takes is a misconstrued, or exaggerated text message to your signif and it's "trouble...trouble...gone be trouble". Unless you & ur signif are into seeing each other "back dat azz up" on random club-goers (swinger type ish), that's most likely trouble in waiting as well...
So, I don't go to "clubs" anymore...without my wife. I have single friends, but ultimately out of respect for my relationship, I leave the "doin single sh*t" activities to them, and we find other stuff to do as friends.
Besides, dancing is a lot like f*cking with clothes on. And if ANYBODY is gonna "not get some" or be blue-balled by my wife, it damn sure BETTER BE ME.


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LCD Television
Liquid Crystal Display technology or LCD technology for short has been around for many years through displays used in several common daily use devices. Whether it is displaying numbers in calculators, or time in digital clocks and watches, or letters and images in laptops, or setting the time and power in microwaves, or the favorite music number in a CD player all depend on LCD technology even though one may not be aware of its presence. Another gadget using LCD technology that is becoming hugely popular is the LCD television.
LCD televisions use LCD panels for displaying the images – thin and flat devices consisting of a no. of pixels or picture elements that illuminate depending on the signal passed through them. These pixels are made up of thin film transistors (TFT). The TFT is a kind of field effect transistor containing layers of metallic, dielectric and semiconductor material. The LCD technology functions differently from the LED (Light emitting Diodes), plasma or cathode ray tube technology for displaying images.
Early LCD technology had drawbacks like ghost images when images are moving fast, narrow viewing angles that made it hard to view even when positioned slightly away from the monitor, etc. but they have been overcome now. They compare favorably with plasma panel technology and have become very popular. LCD technology is also more energy efficient and less bulky than cathode ray tube televisions. The images are more pleasing and less strenuous to the eyes than CRT based displays. The images are distortion free and are of higher quality than the latter.
The panels can be conveniently mounted on walls thus saving space. The display sizes were small in the early years of development of LCD technology but large size LCD television screens have been recently manufactured by companies like Sony, Sharp, Samsung, LG-Philips, Westinghouse Digital etc. Seventh generation LCD panels as large as 45 inches have been available since October 2004, while even larger sizes like 65 inches have been introduced by Sharp Corporation, 82 inches by Samsung in March 2005 and LG-Philips introduced 100 inches panel in August 2006.
Recent LCD television is adaptable to the variety of display standards that are in vogue around the world today like NTSC, PAL and SECAM. They also have built in electronic transformers to handle various voltages like 110 and 230V, universal adapter plugs etc. The LCD panels apart from TV can be used as computer monitors that work with VGA and DVI signals and have wide variety of resolutions. The market for LCD television is expected to grow considerably in the next few years and the cost is expected to come down with various manufacturers investing heavily for producing these panels.


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We do what we must. Sometimes we can choose the path we follow. Sometimes our choices are made for us. And sometimes we have no choice at all. I had neither --- for now.
Things need not have happened to be true. Experience are the shadow truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot. I do not threaten, I merely advise caution. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: It is dearness only that gives every things its value. Everybody has a secret world inside of them. I mean everybody. All of the people in the whole world -- no matter how dull and boring they are on the outside. Inside them they've all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds ... not just one world.
and I lived mine.
' It is sometimes a mistake to climb; it is always a mistake never even to make the attempt. If you do not climb, you will not fall. This is true. But is it that bad to fail, that hard to fall? '
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Former Hart receiver Tim White is off to a good start at College of the Canyons. He had four receptions for 120 yards and two touchdowns including an 82-yarder Saturday in a 50-34 loss to Saddleback.
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AKIvisuals is a Torrance studio offering professional wedding photography throughout Southern California. The studio provides a range of wedding packages, including custom albums, and stand-alone engagement sessions. Owner and operator Andrew K Ito earned a Bachelor's Degree in photography and is also a professional graphic designer with experience working in the fashion industry. He uses a blend of traditional portraiture and photojournalistic styles and has been a photographer since 1990. Andrew is available for portraits, children, fashion, and fine art photography sessions as well.
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Beach City Photo is a full-service Southern California photography studio available to capture proposals, engagements, weddings, portraits, and corporate events. Owner and head photographer Jeff has a BFA in photography, is equipped with high-end gear, and is an expert image editor. He offers flexible options for weddings and engagements, including multiple locations and outfits, as well as an option post-wedding trash the dress session. Clients praise his positive attitude and ability to capture light and personality.
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Full-service Southern California photography studio Bellows Photography specializes in wedding photography services, along with family and child portrait sessions, publicity and headshots, and commercial photography. Past customers have praised the studio for being helpful, reliable, and fast to return photographs. They appreciate the studio's flexibility, accommodation of specific requests, and ability to capture beautiful images.
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Established in 2007, Long Beach wedding photographer Charla Blue Photography has been praised by previous clients for magazine-quality photographs. Charla is a full-time professional photographer and former teacher, and she is fluent in Spanish. She offers a range of wedding packages and an a la carte menu of services including engagement sessions, boudoir photography, custom leather or linen albums, gift albums, wall art canvas wraps, and trash the dress sessions. She is available to travel outside of Southern California for weddings and also offers family portrait sessions, child photography, maternity, and high school senior portraits.
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Founded in 2006, Christine Lee Smith Photography is a Southern California wedding photography specialist. The studio has expanded beyond a one-woman wedding and portrait studio, and now offers an experienced, well-trained team of lead, assistant, and apprentice photographers. Past customers have praised owner Christine and her team as kind, unobtrusive, patient, and punctual. The studio is professionally affiliated with area wedding planners, cosmetologists, DJ's, and videographers, and are available for wedding day coverage and engagement sessions.
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CoolShots Photography is owned and operated by Derek Goodlow, a professional commercial photographer working in the Long Beach area. He and his team specialize in creatively capturing the special moments in their clients' lives, including wedding days, engagements, and family portrait sessions. Their range of wedding photography packages include DVD's, custom albums, canvas prints, additional photographers and time, and bridal sessions. They also have a photobooth available, and can print photographs during the reception.
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Norm Roberts of Fifth Photography specializes in wedding photography for Long Beach area couples. He has been a professional photographer for nearly a decade and provides full-service wedding day packages that include a one-hour engagement session, a second photographer, and a trash the dress session. Norm also creates custom photo albums, canvas wraps, metal prints, cards, coffee mugs, and more. Norm is an expert photo editor and uses top of the line equipment. His previous clients praise him for being professional, punctual, creative, and able to return photographs quickly.
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Janice Owen Photography is a husband-and-wife Long Beach photography team that specializes in candid, relaxed lifestyle photography. The professional wedding photographers work throughout Southern California and offer wedding day detail photography and complimentary engagement sessions, as well as family, child, and maternity portraits. Past clients have described Janice as fun, patient, enthusiastic, receptive, and professional.
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John Cudal became a photographer to connect his clients with the emotions of their past. He prioritizes customer service, and only books one photography session a day, working in Southern California. John is available for weddings, portrait sessions, engagements, newborn and family photography, and event coverage. He uses a photojournalistic style to capture emotions and events without being obtrusive, and he offers custom price quotes.
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Koman Photography is an award-winning studio offering dreamy, documentary and portrait-style photographs for Long Beach weddings and engagements. Husband-and-wife team John and Marlene are the experienced photographers and artists behind Koman Photography. The studio has been named Best Wedding Photographers in California by ModWedding and CBS Los Angeles, and past clients have praised their skill, professionalism, availability, and easy-going manner. Koman Photography offers high-quality digital collections and customizable photo albums made from imported Italian leathers, fabrics, and paper.
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Lizzeth Noriega, owner and operator of Long Beach photography studio Lizztin Photography, specializes in emotional and candid pictures of weddings and special events. Working throughout the West Coast, Lizzeth photographs engagements, elopements, maternity portraits, family and individual portraits, and boudoir sessions. She offers a range of photography packages and is available for in-home sessions. Her previous clients have praised her as communicative, sincere, easy-to-work-with, and high-energy.
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Love to the Moon Photography is owned and operated by Andrea Moore, a Long Beach wedding photographer who has been a professional photographer since 2010. Andrea also offers engagement photo sessions, wedding day coverage, rehearsal coverage, bridal showers, trash the dress sessions, anniversaries, and more. Her services are customizable and a la carte, with fine art albums, online galleries, digital discs of high-resolution, edited images available to every customer. Andrea also photographs military deployments and homecomings, births, maternity, children, families, and high school seniors.
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Hugo Huitron is a trained, professional photographer and the owner and operator of Photography by Hugo, serving the Long Beach area. He is fluent in Spanish and English, and specializes in weddings, engagement sessions, quinceaneras, and creating custom flush photo albums. His clients praise his editing skill, particularly with different skin tones, as well as his artistic eye, punctuality, and professionalism. He is a member of the Professional Photographers of America and offers custom pricing.
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Sara Cozolino is a versatile, professional photographer offering custom wedding photography packages in Southern California. She specializes in wedding photography, portraits, and pet photography, and is experienced with photojournalism, food and travel photography, and fashion and celebrity sessions. Her work has been featured in Elle: Decor, People Magazine, US Weekly, Marie Claire, and more. Sara is an active advocate for animal shelters, pet rescue, and clean water efforts. Past clients praise her professionalism, demeanor, and talent for photographing animals.
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A husband and wife team of experienced photographers own and operate Vadym Vasylenko Photography, a Southern California wedding photography studio. Vadym and Helena combine art photography and photojournalism to document wedding ceremonies, receptions, proposals, wedding day preparation, wedding details, and other special events. They also specialize in engagement sessions, bride and groom portraits, maternity and newborn sessions, and family photography. They offer a range of photography packages that include custom albums, high-resolution images, and multiple locations, promising customers and fun and relaxed experience.
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Southern California photographer Yessenia has owned and operated YOsnaps since 2008. She is a wedding photographer who also specializes in capturing life events, including births, engagements, quinceaneras, birthdays, and more. Her wedding photography and portrait packages include a range of services like photo albums, editing, multiple locations, and high-resolution printable digital images. She takes a casual and relaxed approach to photography to capture simple, natural, and unposed images. Yessenia takes pride in returning images to clients quickly, and they have praised her unique eye, ability to choose settings, and photographic skill.
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Long Beach photography studio Zoom Theory Photography specializes in love events, including same-sex and opposite sex engagements and weddings. The pair of professional photographers is available to travel for weddings outside of California. Zoom Theory is available for family portrait sessions, children, and work events. Zoom Theory's clients have praised the photographer for her skill and enthusiasm, and the studio as a whole for their flexibility and ability to turn around photographs quickly.
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Things are getting weird. Michael Kors purchased Versace for $2.3 billion and the hip-hop scene is becoming unrecognizable. Other than being odd, those two things are seemingly unrelated, but in actuality, they're both indicators of the same occurrence: a shift in culture.
Every generation has them. It's the time in which an era's trends are defined and in most cases, they come with some opposition. Change, especially in the things we hold dear such as music and family fashion business, is hard to accept, but not accepting it problematic. The spirit of the times, the zeitgeist, will persist, even if you disagree.
It's also worth noting that those changes are often less dramatic than we realize, but the fear of the loss of tradition can cloud judgment even when in reality, it's not that bad.
Concerns that Michael Kors' acquisition will ruin the brand are valid only when you don't consider the facts. Firstly, Versace was bought by Michael Kors Holdings, which will soon be changing their name to Capri Holdings, not the MK brand. Secondly, Donatella isn't going anywhere. She will remain creative director as well as become a shareholder in Capri Holdings and according to her, Versace will remain a luxury brand.
What is concerning, though, is Kors' plans to increases Versace's revenue by adding more stores. Exclusivity is an important element of luxury. But this is still only a minor issue as going from 200 storefronts to 300 is hardly the nose dive from caviar to McDonald's that Twitter is pretending it is.
Hip-hop is a different story. Accepting that shift is understandably harder because, for now at least, it's more evident. The vague and divisive term "mumble rap" has become a bane for hip-hop heads, icons such as Kanye aren't who they used to be and rappers have lost their sociopolitical voice.
It's clear that the genre has changed into something very different and arguably more careless. However, that change can also be viewed as growth. Maybe mumble is just a subgenre of hip-hop– maybe it's not. Maybe this really is a completely different phase in hip-hop's evaluation.
Either way, ignoring (or fighting) it is probably a bad idea. At some point, being a purist makes your viewpoint obsolete if you're completely unwilling to accept change. Yes, we'd all love for monumental names like "Versace" to maintain their grandeur and yes, we'd all love for hip-hop to always sound the way it did that summer we fell in love with it, but those things could only happen in a perfect world.
In the real world, things change and from the standpoint of a cultural critic, those changes are worth embracing and exploring. Finding the balance between appreciating how things were and appreciating how things are is just something we're going to have to learn to do or soon we'll turn into our parents, regularly reminding anyone following what's popular that "things just aren't how they used to be," and honestly, no wants to hear that.
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Today the Bills announced a move that was expected for some time, as the team announced that GM Buddy Nix is walking away.
Bills announced GM Buddy Nix is stepping down from his GM role. Will transition to being a special assistant.
— Adam Caplan (@caplannfl) May 13, 2013
The 73-year-old will take on an advisory role with the club. The move will open the door for the teams assistant GM, Doug Whaley, to take over the Bills GM spot.
Nix wanted to remain as the teams GM for the teams draft, a move that will forever be talked about as the club surprised many by taking Florida State quarterback EJ Manuel in the first round.


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John Zacherle, one of the first of the late-night television horror-movie hosts, who played a crypt-dwelling undertaker with a booming graveyard laugh on stations in Philadelphia and New York in the late 1950s and early '60s, died on Thursday at his home in Manhattan. He was 98.
His death was announced by friends and a fan website.
Mr. Zacherle, billed as Zacherley in New York, was not the first horror host — that honor goes to Maila Nurmi, the Finnish-born actress who began camping it up as Vampira on KABC-TV in Los Angeles in 1954 — but he was the most famous, inspiring a host of imitators at local stations around the country.
As Roland in Philadelphia (pronounced ro-LAHND) and Zacherley in New York, he added grisly theatrics and absurdist humor to the entertainment on offer, which more often than not was less than Oscar quality. He became a cult figure, making star appearances at horror conventions across the Northeast.
Dressed in a long black frock coat decorated with a large medal from the government of Transylvania, Roland introduced, and interrupted, the evening's film with comic bits involving characters who existed only as props in his crypt-cum-laboratory.
There was My Dear, his wife, recumbent in a coffin with a stake in her heart, and his son, Gasport, a series of moans within a potato bag suspended from the ceiling. A large blob of gelatin tied up in cheesecloth was Thelma, a high-strung amoeba who cheated at checkers and responded to the command "Heel!"
At intervals throughout the evening, Mr. Zacherle performed mini-skits with his stock company, treated viewers to recitations from his opera "Draculare" or taught conversational Transylvanian. ("The skull of my aunt is on the table.")
Sometimes, through camera trickery, he seemed to jump right into the film, appearing as a Tyrolean fiddler, a body on a morgue slab or, in "The Mummy," a mysterious figure in a fez behind a beaded curtain. At the end of the program, he would bid his audience farewell with the signoff "Good night, whatever you are."
John Karsten Zacherle was born in Philadelphia in September 1918. His father, George, was a bank clerk, and his mother, Anna, was a homemaker. He did not grow up on horror films — his father did not approve. He claimed not to have seen the original "Frankenstein" or "Dracula" movies until he showed them on television. In a bit of foreshadowing, though, his father tended cemeteries after retiring from his bank job.
After graduating from Germantown High School, Mr. Zacherle enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned an English degree in 1940. He enlisted in the Army at the start of World War II and served in England, Italy and North Africa with the Quartermaster Corps, rising to the rank of major.
Returning to Philadelphia after the war, he joined the Stagecrafters, a small theater troupe in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood. Before long he found work doing commercials for local drug companies.
"I guess my first horror gig was posing for before-and-after pictures for some new tranquilizer," he told The Daily News in New York in 2000. "In the 'before' shot, I was chasing my wife with a carving knife. Then, after I took the pill, I was a kind and loving husband."
In 1953 he began appearing as characters on "Action in the Afternoon," a live western series shot in a vacant lot behind the studios of WCAU. "The idea was to get somebody in trouble on Monday, and either get him out of trouble, shoot him or hang him by Friday," he told The Daily News in 1959.
One of his recurring characters was an undertaker named Grimy James, whose frock coat came in handy when the station bought a collection of 52 old horror films from Universal. The station manager, reviewing his new acquisition, decided that most of the films were so bad, he would have to build a show around them to add entertainment value.
Mr. Zacherle put on the frock coat and, in October 1957, went to work as the host of "The Shock Theater" (later simply "Shock Theater"), bringing with him an endless supply of sight gags and ad-lib patter.
A rabid fan base developed. When the station held an open house, expecting about 1,500 viewers to turn up, 13,000 stormed the studio to meet the Cool Ghoul, as Mr. Zacherle was known. In March 1958 he recorded a single, "Dinner With Drac" (a "Monster Mash" before the fact) — "For dessert there was bat-wing confetti, and the veins of a mummy named Betty" — that made the Top 10.
Its sequels, "Eighty-Two Tombstones," "I Was a Teenage Caveman" and "Monsters Have Problems Too," were less successful.
In late 1958, Mr. Zacherle moved to New York, "flapping in on leathery wings of fame," as The Journal of Frankenstein, a monster magazine, put it. He took over "Shock Theater" at WABC, Channel 7, and added a "y" to his name to avoid confusion about how it should be pronounced. After the show tripled its ratings in the first year, it was renamed "Zacherley at Large."
When WABC had run through its stock of horror films, Mr. Zacherle took his act to Channel 9 and then Channel 11, where he became the host of "Chiller Theater," "The Mighty Hercules Cartoon Show" and, briefly, "The Three Stooges Show."
In 1965, WNJU, a new UHF television station broadcasting from Symphony Hall in Newark, put him in charge of an afternoon dance party called "Disc-O-Teen." The show simply grafted Mr. Zacherle's "monster of ceremonies" persona onto a low-budget version of "American Bandstand." Somehow, it managed to attract well-known groups like the Lovin' Spoonful, the Young Rascals and the Doors during its three-year run.
"Jim Morrison looked at our weird set and mumbled, 'This is the damnedest TV show I've ever seen,'" Mr. Zacherle told The New York Times in 2012.
He moved to the New York album-rock radio station WNEW-FM in 1967 as a morning D.J. and two years later began hosting a program at night. He later worked at another rock station, WPLJ, and in 1992 joined WXRK, known as K-Rock. That job ended four years later when the station changed its format from classic rock to alternative rock.
Mr. Zacherle, who leaves no immediate survivors, wrote introductions for the horror anthology "Zacherley's Midnight Snacks" and a sequel, "Zacherley's Vulture Stew." He also provided the voice of a drug-dealing, brain-eating parasite in the 1988 horror comedy "Brain Damage," and appeared as a weatherman in "Frankenhooker" (1990), dedicating his forecast to "all you mad scientists out there."
"I can't imagine how it all happened," Mr. Zacherle told The Philadelphia Daily News in 2015. "I look back on it and say, 'My God, I'm 96 years old, what the hell have I been doing all these years?'"


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Opening: Bestellen gives the viewer a front row seat as up and coming chef/owners lay everything on the line to create an ambitious restaurant from scratch.
After almost winning Top Chef and watching a few of his close friends open highly successful restaurants on their own terms, Rob Rossi decided it was his turn. Rob left his executive chef position with a restaurant group and along with a partner, mixologist extraordinaire Ryan Sanfield, signed a lease on a run down space that was once a grocery store. They knew that it wouldn't be easy opening Bestellen, a casual and energetic eatery that would serve simple and honest food inspired by local farmers with a special cocktail list. The restaurant of their dreams would in fact be more difficult to start than they could ever have imagined.
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Toxic Femininity: 'Badass' US Women Demand Right to Torture, Maim and Kill for Empire...Just Like Men/
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Thanks to a new wave of feminism and its call for equality, it isn't just toxic men who can kill, torture and surveil in the name of American militarism and empire, women can now do it too!
This past weekend was the third annual Women's March, which is a protest originally triggered by Donald Trump's defeat of Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election that encourages women across America to rise up against misogyny and patriarchy.
As sincere as these women are in their outrage, in their quest for power they are inadvertently reinforcing the immoral and unethical system that they claim to detest. This is most glaringly apparent when this new feminism boldly embraces the worst traits of the patriarchy in the form of militarism and empire.
The rise of the #MeToo, Time's Up and the anti-Trump Women's Movement has brought forth a new wave of politically and culturally active neo-feminists. This modern women's movement and its adherents demand that "boys not be boys", and in fact claim that the statement "boys will be boys" is in and of itself an act of patriarchal privilege and male aggression. The irony is that these neo-feminists don't want boys to be boys, but they do want girls to be like boys…at least the morally degenerate boys.
The inherent contradiction of that ideology was on full display recently when the American Psychiatric Association (APA) put out a guide to treating men and boys. In the guide's summary the APA makes this extraordinary claim, "Traditional masculinity – marked by stoicism, competitiveness, dominance and aggression – is, on the whole, harmful."
These APA guidelines blatantly turn "traditional masculinity" and "toxic masculinity" into synonyms, and never once mention testosterone, revealing a staggering ignorance of male biology. The APA is in essence blaming the bull for his horns. Further diminishing their credibility, how can anyone look at the mess that is the current emotional state of our world and think we need less stoicism and not more?
The hypocrisy of the APA guidelines are glaringly evident because everywhere you look nowadays girls and young women are constantly being urged to be more competitive, dominant and aggressive. I guess when women do it, it is empowering, but when men do it, it is dangerous.
Women, and some men, often tell me that if women were in power, the world would be a better and safer place. But that old trope, which obviously animates the feminist movement of today, is foolishness. I mean have none of these people ever heard of that pernicious beast Margaret Thatcher? And does anyone think that Hillary Clinton's proposed no-fly zone over Syria or her tough talk about Russia would have led to more peace and less war?
Another example of the vacuity of this ideology is the group of Democratic women with military and intelligence backgrounds who won seats in Congress in 2018. These women, who have dubbed themselves "The Badasses", how toxically masculine of them, are being touted as the "antidote to Trump".
No doubt these former military and intelligence "badasses" will be so much less toxic than their male counterparts when they demand the U.S. "get tough" by militarily intervening across the globe to further American interests. This sort of star-spangled belligerence is no less toxic in a pantsuit than a three-piece suit, and will only lead to more victims of America's "competiveness, dominance and aggression" around the world.
Other toxically masculine women in government are also being hailed as great signs of women's empowerment. Gina Haspel is the first female director of the CIA and women now also hold the three top directorates in that agency. Ms. Haspel proved herself more than capable of being just as deplorable as any man when she was an active participant in the Bush era torture program. No doubt the pussy-hat wearing brigade would cheer her "competitiveness, dominance and aggression" when torturing prisoners…most especially the traditionally masculine ones.
Hypocritical Hollywood has long been a haven for toxic masculinity, be it in the form of depraved predators like Harvey Weinstein or Woody Allen or counterfeit tough guys like John Wayne. Hollywood has also long been the propaganda wing of the American military machine. It is well established that for decades Hollywood and the Department of Defense have worked hand in hand in creating films that tout muscular American militarism and empire.
Now Hollywood and the Department of Defense are using the social justice calling card of "diversity and inclusion" to take the next step in indoctrinating young people with the noxious ideology of American exceptionalism and aggression…but this time they are targeting girls and young woman.
The latest product of the Hollywood and D.O.D. propaganda machine is the Disney/Marvel movie, Captain Marvel, which comes out this March. The film, which has a budget north of $150 million and stars one of the leading feminist voices in Hollywood, Academy Award winner Brie Larson, tells the story of Carol Danvers, a former Air Force pilot who "turns into one of the galaxy's mightiest heroes."
With Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans set to potentially leave their roles as Iron Man and Captain America respectively, Disney is positioning itself to replace them as the face of the multi-billion dollar Marvel Cinematic Universe with Brie Larson's Captain Marvel, who is described as a "badass superheroine"…one more flag-waving, baddass lady for the girls to look up to!
The movie has been described as "the recruiting tool of the Air Force's dreams", and will no doubt be a huge boost to female recruitment, much like Tom Cruise and Top Gun boosted male military recruitment in the 1980's.
The Department of Defense has been partnered with Marvel since 2008's Iron Man. The D.O.D. and Air Force demand that any film project with which they assist "portrays the Air Force and military in an accurate way and that it is in the service's interest to partner on the project."
It is good to know that ultra-feminist Brie Larson is cashing in by partnering with the Air Force to make a movie that indoctrinates millions of American kids, specifically girls, with the dream of being able to bomb innocent brown people across the globe from miles up in the sky and look really "badass" while doing it.
I'm sure Ms. Larson, a public and outspoken advocate for abuse victims here in America, has meticulously weighed the pros and cons of being a recruitment tool for the U.S. military, who in recent years have aided and abetted, or been directly responsible for, the murder of women and children in Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya and elsewhere.
The cacophony of feminist voices in the public square has effectively challenged some minds about some things, but not the right minds about the right things. The mendacious U.S. establishment and its virulent military industrial complex have co-opted this current feminist moment and are using it to further solidify their deadly stranglehold on the American consciousness and Brie Larson is now an accomplice to that crime.
Is this what the new wave of feminism is all about, putting lipstick on the pig of American empire and militarism and calling it a victory for equality? If so, I'll pass on that toxic femininity. I'll stick with traditional masculinity, you know, the stoic kind, whose adherents, principled men like Martin Luther King Jr., Cesar Chavez, Daniel Ellsberg, Pat Tillman and Edward Snowden, among many others, all did the right thing in the face of enormous opposition, and who didn't tout themselves as "badass", didn't start fights but finished them, didn't torture, didn't spy and didn't bomb innocent women and children into oblivion.
I strongly believe that men and women should be equal in their rights and opportunity, but I also believe that regardless of gender, no one has the right to kill, maim and torture for American empire.
This article was originally published on January 25, 2019 at RT.com.


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Does Nick Robinson not understand the role of a state broadcaster in a democracy?
The BBC faces an unprecedented problem with its credibility as a purveyor of news. So much so that one of the BBC's senior news presenters, Nick Robinson, has issued a something in response.
Sadly, Robinson's ill-judged tweet flippancy does not address whether it targeted at the criticism of 'establishment' pro Government pro Tory bias from guests on the BBC or from staff at the BBC, especially from senior staff. We'll presume both, as both represent serious editorial bias.
Robinson used to be the political editor for the BBC, a role currently occupied by the highly criticised Laura Kuenssberg. Kuenssberg was found guilty by the BBC Trust of breaching their rules of impartiality when she edited an interview with the leader of Britain's opposition to falsely represent his views on an issue related to policing and security.
Sadly, Nick Robinson has confused his job with that of the BBC. Possibly, Robinson has done some of the public a favour. There is the BBC and its role and there are people like Robinson and his fellow presenters and they have a job too.
The BBC's role, as the single state broadcaster in a democratic country is to provide the people with a balanced political viewpoint and, where appropriate, to hold the government accountable. Much of the criticism of BBC presenters like Robinson and Kuenssberg are actually misdirected criticisms of the BBC. If, from the perspective of the public, Robinson and Kuenssberg are Tory lickspittles well, they may just be doing their job; it is up to the BBC to ensure balance and that is clearly where the BBC has been falling down.
Does it matter if there is political bias at the BBC?
Why is the BBC's coverage of the news, especially politics, vitally important? The majority of the public presume that the BBC present balanced news. People take for granted that, if it is on the BBC, that it is likely true and, to some degree, impartial. In a way that no other outlet of news has such credibility in Britain, the BBC is the respected voice. It is then the gravest of breaches of trust when, as has happened with BBC News, the outlet becomes an arm of Tory (or government/establishment) propaganda.
The current investigations of #ToryElectionFraud are a case in point. The investigated fraud by the Tories have been reported as 'mistakes' by Laura Kuenssberg. The exceptionally serious cases of fraud that are consuming the Tory party have been intentionally downplayed by BBC News, having all but ignored them for over a year. Where Robinson asks, rather patronisingly, for the public to suck it up, I have to wonder if the BBC intentionally attempting to influence public opinion on ongoing criminal investigations isn't, itself, criminal.
Robinson's pleas for the public to button it ring a little hollow if senior BBC News staff have sailed too close to the wind and have actually crossed the line from merely saying things some might not want to hear, to the outright lies of Kuenssberg, and potential interference in criminal investigations or attempts to pervert the course of justice for future criminal prosecutions.
I'll guess the vagueness of Robinson's tweet holds no answers. It is fairly clear that the corruption of the BBC News, introduced through appointments by David Cameron will have to be addressed. The capability for governments to compromise the BBC News's integrity will require robust measures in place to resist it in the future.


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Weatherford International's CEO said the company is acting "brutally realistic" as it makes more U.S. job cuts, but that the worst should now be in the past and the company can slowly regain market shares worldwide.
Weatherford will make another 1,000 job cuts, mostly in its U.S. support staff, as its onshore shale business continues to suffer with low oil prices, said CEO Bernard Duroc-Danner in the company's second-quarter earnings conference call. That will give Weatherford 11,000 job cuts globally for the year and about 18,000 reductions in the past 18 months, leaving the company with 45,000 workers worldwide, he said.
"We tried to be as brutally realistic as what we need to do as we can," he said, especially with U.S. shale. "Land people took it on the chin first — people like us."
The oil field services firm operates out of Houston, but is formally domiciled in Ireland and has its tax residency in Switzerland.
Duroc-Danner acknowledged that the company had failed to manage its U.S. business well and that there was little cost efficiency. Weatherford was struggling financially even before oil prices began to dip last year.
"It isn't desirable," he said. "The U.S. had a heavy cost structure and many layers."
Weatherford spokeswoman Sandra Pham said the company will not say how many of the job cuts are in the Houston area.
Weatherford took a $159 million impairment charge on its U.S. pressure pumping assets after taxes because they were largely sitting unused.It also closed three manufacturing and service facilities in the second quarter, and has shuttered 60 percent of its operating facilities in North America so far, and plans to close 30 more facilities by the end of the year.
But he emphasized that Weatherford has not made cuts into its muscle and that it will be leaner and more efficient going forward.
"This market is an opportunity as much as a punishment," Duroc-Danner said.
While he expects the market to remain "sideways" for now, he said the worst has passed now that the second quarter is over and that Weatherford is positioning itself to rebound after making its final cuts. He said the company is focused internally and not obsessing over how to gain market share from the planned Halliburton-Baker Hughes merger.
While Weatherford's second quarter revenues in North America were down 51 percent from the same quarter last year, its international revenues only dipped by 16 percent.
"International continues to do well," Duroc-Danner said. "North America deteriorated further."
Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. analysts Byron Pope and Jeff Tillery said in a note that Weatherford's results seem good enough for its stock to "start to regain some of its dramatic lost ground."
While Weatherford's earnings were weak as expected, they were slightly better than many believed because of greater performance in Latin America and eastern Europe, including Russia, said analyst Bill Herbert of Simmons & Company International in a note.
The company's second-quarter profits came in at a net loss of $489 million, or a loss of 63 cents a share, compared to a loss of $145 million, or 19 cents a share, in the April-June period last year. Revenues fell from $3.7 billion to $2.4 billion.


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This article is written by Bishop Emeritus Gracida of the Diocese of Corpus Christi. It is about the recent filibuster of a pro-life bill by Texas state senator, Wendy Davis and how Ralph McCloud of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) (which is an agency of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)) helped her get elected when he was her campaign treasurer.
In the last three paragraphs of this article Bishop Emeritus Gracida explains why he refused to allow the annual collection be taken for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) and asks all Catholics, "If you have been in the habit of contributing to the annual collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, I urge you to stop…"
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 28, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Texas state senator has emerged as a "national hero" and "rising Democratic star," in the words of mainstream media outlets, after she carried out an eleven-hour filibuster this week that paved the way for the failure of a sweeping pro-life bill. Pundits are musing about Sen. Wendy Davis' chances at taking on Gov. Rick Perry in the state's 2014 gubernatorial contest, and some zealous media supporters are even charting her path to the presidency.
But amidst the abortion lobby's love fest with Davis, some Catholic bloggers and pro-life activists are pointing out that a senior official at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) played an official role in getting her elected to the Texas State Senate in the first place.
Ralph McCloud, director of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, an…
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A couple of weeks ago, I attended a Flickr session at the Non-Profit Technology Conference. A common question asked was "How can we use Flickr to reach new audiences?"
A lot of nonprofits have started using Flickr to increase their visibility online. Flickr has become a popular social media tool because it allows nonprofits to upload their photos and supports an active community where people share and comment on each other's photos. But what truly sets it apart is its tagging feature. Tagging (keywording) your photos makes them easily findable on Flickr and the web.
Inspired by the many ideas and conversations I had during the session, I thought I'd share them with you. So here are five innovative ways that your nonprofit can use Flickr to reach new people and build a rich online community:
1. Run a photo contest
Use your organization's Flickr album as an engagement tool and run a photo contest on Flickr. Invite your supporters to post their photos, add a link to your Flickr group on your website and offer a photo RSS feed so when a new photo or comment is added they are immediately notified. For example, The Nature Conservancy ran a photo contest for individuals to contribute their own nature photography. Winners were featured online and in a calendar and over 7,000 photos were posted. Contests like these encourage many nonprofits to use Flickr where images can be posted, organized and discussed all in one place. It also allows for some great feedback from the community. Another great contest I'm reminded of is the March of Dimes flickr contest that asked people to photograph where they kept their change because a handful of change is what a premature baby weighs at birth.
2. Tell your story through Flickr
We all know the phrase "A picture is worth a thousand words" so why not let them tell your organization or cause's story. Setup an account at Flickr, post pictures about your cause and spread your story that way or connect with your supporters and start a Flickr group. Groups can be private or public and can be organized around an event, subject, theme or pretty much anything you want the group to be about. Encourage everyone to comment and give their feedback on the photos. Don't worry if you are a small nonprofit and don't have a lot of pictures to post. Even a few will help demonstrate to supporters your work towards your mission. Camera Rwanda is a great example of storytelling using Flickr. Here are the stream of photos on Flickr and a post with an interview.
3. Promote your event
Upload your event photos and encourage your attendees to do the same. Adding photos and organizing them on Flickr is really easy too. You can create sets or sub folders within your Flickr account to showcase your event photos and share them with everyone. This will help you reach a much wider audience than if you just posted them on your web site. As an example, here are Flickr photos from the NTEN conference.
4. Launch a campaign
A great example of a fundraising campaign on Flickr is The Children at Risk Foundation. They are asking supporters to donate $10 per person to support their street kids programs and to contribute their own photos to their Flickr group. The photos and the conversations they generate show how a small amount of money $10 can make a huge difference. There are many advantages to launching campaigns on Flickr . They can be easily done on a low budget; nonprofits could really increase their visibility, provide an interactive community for supporters and engage new audiences.
5. Engage your volunteers
Encouraging volunteers to share photos, ideas and stories allows your nonprofit to take advantage of the creativity of as many people as possible and engage them in your cause. Volunteers are an asset for all nonprofit organizations and they are always willing to help. You'll be amazed by how fast they can connect with your members and potential supporters.
What are some other ways that Flickr has helped your nonprofit?
You're right, Flickr has a ton of potential for all kinds cool social applications for clubs, charities and associations. My favorite is using a photo pool for a conference along with one of those Flash badges to shuffle and display those images on a web page. I actually still have one up from ASAE2006 at my blog, about half way down the nav bar. I just don't understand why more people aren't using Flickr. I spoke to a group of about 30-40 association execs a few weeks ago, and none of them had a Flickr account. Are people frustrated with the 200 picture ceiling for free accounts? My wife finds Flickr to be cool for sharing photos, but not all that easy to use when she wants to order prints. Is Flickr for those who lean a little to the geek side, and photobucket, snapfish, and kodak gallery for the person who wants to share pictures with just a few close friends and do heavy printing? I read recently on TechCrunch that Flickr has only some small percentage of the users that photobucket has.
Two other good photosharing sites are bubbleshare.com (very user friendly and tons of cool ways to embed its albums into your site) and SmugMug.com (also very nice and easy to use, they offer free Pro accounts to non-profits).
We received the following comment in response to a recent post about " Five ways nonprofits can use Flickr
You've identified the key difference between photo sharing sites like Kodak Gallery and Flickr. Kodak Gallery and the others are more like online photo printing services, with less emphasis on the sharing. Flickr is a social networking site, with an emphasis on the sharing part. I've always thought that flickr interface was really well designed, but then again maybe I'm leaning on the geek side.
Great post summarizing what you learned during the session which I think might be the Flickr Affinity Group? No?
Anyway, thought you might be interested to know that there was also a companion post filled lots of other resources and examples, including the ones you point to above.
Beth, thanks for the resources and yes I learned this during the Flickr Affinity Group session at NTEN.
Another way is to tap into meta sites which aggregates pictures with certain keywords. We have a <a href="http://beyondborders.wordpress.com"> small youth organisation </a> in Sri Lanka, and whenever we have a sizable event we'd post a jpeg of a flyers/posters in our Flickr with the appropriate keywords so that a popular blog-aggregator site gets syndicates it. we have found this to be more effective than actually printing the flyers and distributing it. All this at no cost, perfect for a small org with limited budget :)
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Britt Bravo of Have Fun * Do Good has an excellent post about using the social web for social change.
If cost has been one of the barriers to using Flickr in your nonprofit's outreach efforts, this may tip the balance. The photo-sharing service announced today that it has teamed up with TechSoup, in a new program called Flickr for Good, to give away 10,000


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When considering an individual's identity within the social context, several factors deserve consideration and careful scrutiny resulting in clearly defined standpoints. The subject of language and its correlation to identity however results in widespread debate with individuals maintaining two different positions. The two fundamental schools of thought argue either for or against the premise that individuals lose touch with their identity when they use a second language. This essay will attempt to fortify the position against the premise in a systematic and logical fashion.
Identity in its most rudimentary form cannot easily be defined since there are numerous factors (such as language, traditions, culture, religion, belief systems and perhaps even ones position in society) which contribute to its formation. Therefore it is a plausible assumption that identity is comprised of a multitude of many factors. Despite Ngugi's statement that "language is thus inseparable from ourselves" (Ngugi wa Thiongo, 1986 : 16) it can be said that language is truly only one aspect of the individual's identity.
By suggesting that identity is defined by the individual's first language and that the introduction of a second language would jeopardise the core identity, the influence of additional factors on identity is rendered inconsequential. The conclusion drawn by Smith (1983) asserts that "that language and culture may be inextricably tied together, but no one language is inextricably tied in one culture". This implies that rather than consider language as the primary indicator of individual identity, we should perhaps infer that identity is linked to the personal culture that one chooses to subscribe to.
The use of additional languages or a language that is not inherently associated with an individual's native culture, merely allows for access to the alternate culture (Smith, 1983 : 7). This access allows for interaction with the individuals and institutions...


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What do they eat? For killer whales, the answer is....practically everything. That makes it sound like they'll eat anything, and they will, but not always willingly. Orcas in different parts of the world eat different things, and that's all they eat. The obvious example of particular eating is the residents (salmon-eaters) and transients (mammal-eaters) of BC. But orcas in other parts of the world are also specialized eaters, and this is what makes them unique. Since other countries haven't studied orcas as extensively as BC, much of what we know of orcas around the world has come from their diet. This page will explore the hunting methods employed by orcas around the world, and some of their prey.
This is the killer whale at its deadliest and, in some cases, most magnificent. Their hunting techniques are so outrageous, so amazing, and often so intelligent they boggle the mind. But watching them hunt, even in photos, can bring back the old fear humans used to harbour for these amazing creatures. If nothing else, it should make you give them a lot of respect. This is the orca at its most raw and brutal moment-the moment of the kill. Not to be mistaken for the most important moment of course, but certainly the bluntest.
WARNING: Some of these photos might be considered graphic. Orca hunts can get pretty violent, and that's what these pictures are of.
Salmon is at the heart of BC's coastal ecosystem. They are also the heart of a resident orca's diet. Resident orcas eat mostly salmon, though they'll feed on smaller and deeper-dwelling fish if they have to. They LOVE salmon. 96% of fish eaten during spring-fall are salmon. They seem to like Chinook salmon the best, because chinooks make up 65% of the salmon observed being eaten. When foraging for salmon, residents typically spread out and move across the area in a way that looks like they're sweeping the area for salmon. They stay in constant vocal contact, and use echolocation to locate the unlucky fish. Fish are generally eaten individually, though sometimes a mother and calf shares a salmon. Orcas who eat salmon (BC residents) also eat squid, lingcod, halibut, and other types of similar fish.
Above: A Southern Resident in BC with a half-eaten salmon, scanned from Killer Whales by John Ford, Graeme Ellis and Kenneth Balcomb.
Large Whales
Orcas around the world have dined on large whales. In fact, its this prey which gave them the name Killer Whales. Whalers saw a pod of orcas attacking and eventually killing a large baleen whale, and called them 'whale killers'. Somewhere along the way, someone messed up the translation and they ended up being called Killer Whales. There are many species of whales that orcas attack and kill. In Mexico, there was a very well-documented case of orcas attacking and nearly killing a blue whale, the largest animal on earth. Minke whales are often seen being killed by orcas in BC. Fin whale killings are also sometimes seen in BC, as are humpbacks. Killer whales prey on grey whales in California so often I gave them their own section (see below). Other whales attacked are: bowhead whales, sei whales, and right whales. The orcas also are daring enough to attack the powerful sperm whale, occasionally succeeding in taking one down. In other words, pretty much all of the great whales have been eaten by orcas. They are known for their exclusive tastes; when orcas take down a great whale, they take off the lips, and especially the tongue, which seems to be a sort of delicacy. Sometimes that's all they take; other times they take as much as they can before the whale sinks. This preying on baleen whales, in fact, earned the orcas a friendship with-of all people-whalers in a certain Australia bay:
Above: A minke whale is attacked by transient orcas off Vancouver Island, BC, scanned from National Georgraphic, the April 2005 edition.
Below: A group of orcas attack a mighty sperm whale (the big tail in the middle), scanned from the Blackfish Sounder, issue 6.
Porpoises are fast little buggers. They're hard to catch-but they put up a lot less of a fight than sea lions. Which is probably why BC transients like them. Both Dall's Porpoises and Harbour Porpoises are targeted; not only in BC but most often there. Dall's porpoises, being more abundant, are often the victim of transients' attacks, as well as their 'games'. Porpoises are hard to catch, because they're faster than orcas; to get around this little problem, transients trade off the chase. One whale will chase the porpoise, then that whale will stop and another one will pick it up. A little porpoise is no match for the orca's cooperative hunting, though sometimes their speed does help them get away. One caught, orcas will propel the porpoise out of the water, throwing them in the air and hitting them with their tails. Transients can strip a porpoise down in less than two minutes, leaving nothing but the skin or the lungs behind. Contrary to the transients, Dall's porpoises have been seen swimming peacefully WITH residents. In fact, one Alaskan pod of orcas played host to a Dall's porpoise, which swam with them for nearly a year. However, residents aren't always so gentle with porpoises. They have occasionally been seen harassing the little cetaceans, though they'll never eat them. The most notable instance of this is the A36 incident, when the three brothers harassed a porpoise for quite a while, before letting it go, apparently unharmed.
Above: A North-Pacific transient knocks a Dall's porpoise out of the water during a dramatic hunt, scanned from the book A Catalogue of Prince William Sound Killer Whales.
Below: An Alaskan transient shoots a Dall's Porpoise into the air, scanned from the book Marine Mammals of the World, a National Audubon Society book.
JAWS promoted the idea that Great White Sharks (which don't really look that much like the one in JAWS, which was mechanical and much bigger than normal great whites...hey, its Hollywood!) were the master predator in the sea. Ruling king of the oceans. No one messed with these guys. Right? WRONG! Orcas are the top predator in the ocean, and their reach even extends to the few deer they pluck off when the deer swim from island to island. Just proving the fact that orcas reign over sharks, a great white was killed by an orca around 1998. 30 km west of San Francisco, near the Farallon Islands, a nature cruise headed out to find 2 orcas that had been spotted earlier. They found the whales-and a 3-4 metre shark as well. Most scientists presumed sharks and orcas, as top predators, ignored each other. But suddenly, one orca charged at the shark underwater, then surfacing with the dead creature and parading around with it for the next 15 minutes. Maybe she was trying to prove that orcas really are the top predator! After that, she (who was later identified as CA2) and her companion began to eat the shark. Similarly, in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, a group of orcas killed and ate a Mako shark, something never seen before. Sharks are actually quite important to an orca's diet in New Zealand, as are sting rays, which they sometimes use as frisbees!
Above: An orca, probably CA2, shows off the great white shark in its jaws, scanned from the Blackfish Sounder, issue 6.
Below: Orcas eye a Mako shark, which they later killed and ate, in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. This photo from the April 2005 National Geographic issue.
Hunting on the Beach (In Patagonia)
Its one of the most dramatic, exciting, and well-known styles of hunting orcas use. The stategy that gets on tv and in books-a difficult and dangerous manoeuvre. And it only happens 1, maybe 2 places in the world. Stranding on purpose.
The best-known place for this type of hunting is Patagonia, Argentina. There, a specific type of orca (despite popular belief, not ALL orcas in Argentina hunt this way) has a very special way of hunting. An orca will patrol up and down the beach where all the sea lions are hauled out. Pups play in the breakers, vulnerable and slow. When the orca sees its chance, it charges up onto the beach, erupting from the water onto the sand in a dramatic explosion of spray, snapping the pup into its mouth. The poor little sea lion's horrifying adventure doesn't end there though. The Patagonian orcas enjoy playing games with the little creatures, throwing them in the air, and most impressively, hitting them so hard with their tails the pups fly into the air. This amazing stategy is very tricky and is treated with caution-females do it mostly, since males, being much bigger, could get stranded for good. And its not fool-proof; some orcas DO end up trapped. Its taught very carefully to the youngsters. The orca doing the attacking with charge up the beach with the calf a little farther back. Once the orca catches a sea lion, it throws the pup back to the calf. Most of the time, one orca will get a pup, or even a fully-grown sea lion, and take it back to the family in deeper water. They also take elephant seals. This takes lots of practice to perfect, and often, Patagonia orcas will hunt with other, safer ways.
Above: A massive bull orca charges up the beach to catch a sea lion pup-not the one fleeing for its life in the photo, but another one unseen under water. Scanned from Killer Whales by Mark Carwadine.
For more beach-hunting photos, go HERE
Hunting on the Beach (in the Crozet Islands)
There are two places in the world you can see the magnificent and slightly terrifying display of power described above. Above, it was about Patagonia, Argentina. The other place in the world is the Crozet Islands. Here, the orcas target sea lions, and...penguins. The sea lion pups, after they outgrow their mothers and the mothers leave, play in the surf and on the beach until instinct calls them to the water. Its rather pathetic-they see the orcas, but they don't understand what it means. Until the orcas charge out of nowhere and eat them. Here, the Crozet orcas use the beach for a lot of things. Once, an attack on a Minke whale calf escaladed to the calf throwing itself on the beach. The orcas simply went up on the beach, grabbed it, and pulled it back into the water, stripping it down to a skeleton in 25 minutes. Clearly, Crozet orcas aren't to messed with. There are about 100 Crozet orcas who use the beach-technique. They teach it to their calves as well. Juvenile orcas are lined up parallel to the beach, and the other orcas push it up to the beach until the youngster wiggles away into deeper water. Then they repeat.
Above: A Crozet orca eyes some penguins while the penguins warily eye the orca, scanned from the Blackfish Sounder, issue 7.
Below: A lone orca patrols the beach while penguins watch anxiously, scanned from Killer Whales by Mark Carwadine.
Grey Whales Off California
Off California, migrating grey whale mothers have to be especially careful. Orcas there have developed a taste for their calves. While this occasionally happens off Washington and BC, and probably other places, it most often happens off California. The grey whales are especially venerable there, bringing all their newborn calves along the same route. A route the orcas have learned to trace over time. The orcas go to practically any length to get the calves. They do their best to first seperate the calves from their mothers, then drown the calf and feast. However, the whales do practically anything to protect their babies, as well. One grey whale mother placed her calf on her stomach, rolled over, and arched her back so that the baby was out of the water! Eventually the orcas gave up, left, and the two grey whales triumphantly continued on.
Above: A transient off California leaping on a grey whale calf to drown it, from The Blackfish Sounder, issue 10.
More photos of attacks on Californian grey whales HERE
Dolphins and Other Small Whales
In many parts of the world, dolphins play a large part in the orca's diet. Pacific White-Sided Dolphins in BC have a two-sided relationship with orcas. Pacific White-Sideds, or lags, often travel and bow-ride along the wake of the resident orcas, jumping around them, stealing scraps when they hunt the salmon, and sometimes driving them nuts. However, when the BC transients show up, the dolphins practically disappear. As illustrated in the photo above, transients aren't so friendly with the playful creatures. Orcas also take the rarer beaked whales in deeper waters, but because of the rareness of the beaked whales, we don't have positive information about it. Since orcas inhabit every ocean, practically all (oceanic)dolphins have reason to fear them. Dusky dolphins are taken off New Zealand's coast, bottlenose dolphins are taken from practically everywhere...you get the picture. Other small whales are also taken by orcas. In the far north, belugas and narwhals have been preyed upon, though not as frequently as seals, and in open ocean, pilot whales and bottlenose whales are taken. Typically, the orcas will rope one whale off from its pod and chase it until it tires out or they do. Then they ram it with their heads or tails, sometimes thrusting it out of the water, and its all over.
Above: A BC transient (unseen behind the spray) tosses a Pacific White-Sided Dolphin into the air near Port Hardy, from the Blackfish Sounder issue 7.
Below: Off Kaikoura, New Zealand, a dusky dolphin is rammed into the air, scanned from Killer Whales by Mark Carwadine.
Above: Three orcas spyhop around a vulnerable-looking Ross seal, from the book Killer Whales by Mark Carwadine.
Below: A group of orcas spyhopping around a rather unfortunate Weddell Seal, while a Leopard Seal looks on, from Issue 13 of the Blackfish Sounder.
Herding Herring In Norway
Another remarkable hunting technique hails from Norway. Off the Norwegian coast, the resident (not resident like fish-eating, resident like they live there) orcas prey off the huge schools of herring that pass by. The pods have elaborate strategies and movements that they use to herd the schools into a tight ball. Then they use more methods to control the herring while individual whales smack the fish with their tails. The stunned fish float out of the massive ball of herring, and the whales eat them.
Above: A Norwegian whale herding herring, from Killer Whales of the World by Robin Baird.
Sea Lions
Sea lions are very popular prey for orcas-but they're also almost just as vicious in a fight as the transients that eat them. Of course, I'm taking about Stellar Sea Lions here-big, strong, and clawed. It takes a whole pod of orcas to take down one of these guys-and the orcas have the scars to prove it. No matter how big the fight, though, the sea lions still often go down. Harbour seals are often targeted (they put up less of a fight), and many other pinnipeds as well.
Above: The T7 BC transient family attacking a sea lion; one orca is tail-slapping with the sea lion, scanned from Transients by John Ford and Graeme Ellis.
Photo of juvenile transient orca charging a bird
Birds aren't actually prey of the BC transients-as far as we can tell, they're practice tools...or toys! Birds, often rhinocerous auklets or common murres. Other victims have included black brant ducks, cormorants, western grebes, surf scoters, and even common loons! Usually, it's the juvenile transients who do this-attacking the bird and, usually, letting it escape or leaving it to die. Once in a while, they eat the bird, but usually they seem to use their winged victims for playtime and practice for the bigger prey.
Photo of Orca Hunting Stingray
In New Zealand, orcas have developed a unique way to play with their favourite treat. While the orcas there also eat blue sharks and penguins, their favourite delicacy is stingrays. And boy, do they enjoy them! Then dig up and flush out the stringrays from the sandy bottom, then grab them and flip them in the air. They then toss them like frisbees to close by whales, and commence a toss-the-stingray-around game with other whales. Later, the stingray is ripped up and eaten.
Above: A New Zealand orca with a tasty stingray, from Issue 8 of the Blackfish Sounder.


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As families gather around the table during the holidays, it's wise to consider foods that should not be given to children 5 and under.
Young children can choke to death on whole grapes, warn doctors writing in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
Food accounts for over half of fatal choking episodes among children 5 and under, with whole grapes coming in third after hot dogs and candy. But public awareness of the hazard isn't widespread. While there are warnings on the labels of small toys, there are no choking hazard warnings on foods.
The doctors in Scotland document three choking cases involving whole grapes consumed by a 5-year-old, a 2-year-old and a 17-month-old. Only the 2-year-old survived after paramedics intervened, but the child spent five days in intensive care. Despite efforts by paramedics, the other two children died.
Grapes tend to be larger than a young child's airway and once they become lodged, they form a tight seal. It's difficult to remove them without medical equipment. Even, then it's often too late.
Young children also don't have a full set of teeth to help them chew properly; their swallow reflex is underdeveloped, and they are easily distracted. All of those things put them at risk of choking, the authors say.
What's the solution? Chop grapes and similar foods, such as cherry tomatoes, into quarters and closely supervise small children when they are eating.


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Wood Identification for the Infestation Surveyor
"Excellent, informative course." (course delegate)
Who is this training course for?
This course is for delegates who need to understand how to identify the most common structural timbers found in house construction, using a variety of methods, and to help them develop the necessary practical skills. Delegates should have prior background knowledge and experience of working in this area.
How is the training course structured?
The course is run over one day and incorporates classroom based learning backed up by the use of timber samples to help delegates put their new knowledge into practical application.
Topics covered include:
- Introduction to trees, wood and its structure – softwoods and hardwoods
- Different approaches to identifying woods e.g. history, colour, smell, shipping marks (leaves, flowers, seeds are the only certain way)
- The tools available – cutting tools e.g chisel, microtome, razor blades
- Preparation of specimens – sampling and pitfalls (e.g misaligned cutting, paint, glue, dirt, corrosion and rot)
- Use of the hand lens
- Use of the microscope, from low power to high power, improving contrast by staining
- The features of hardwoods and softwoods – a 3-D view with the scanning electron microscope
- Identifying common hardwoods by recognising key features
- Softwoods – features to be observed
Delegates receive a certificate of attendance after completing the course.
Wood Identification Training Dates
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|Thurs 12th
|November 2020
|Thurs 26th
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|Caroline Azar in She Said Boom
While United in Anger (dir Jim Hubbard) takes great pains to show the great width and breadth of actions ACT UP undertook and the emphasis on social justice many of its campaigners pursued, David France's How to Survive moves into the narrow stream of one faction of the group, the Treatment and Data Committee, and its quest to get drugs fast-tracked through the bureaucracy. But, drugs for whom?
In effect, it ends up being the split that devastated the group, between what came to be characterised as the angry HIV-positive white boys and everyone else. I must say that after viewing How to Survive, I felt curiously unmoved. After seeing United in Anger, I felt a great sense of pride: it was a struggle I participated in, albeit across the country in San Francisco, and I felt I had tapped into my activist heritage seeing the archive footage and hearing people describe their reasons for being there and what it meant to them. By contrast How to Survive seemed highly clinical (in both senses of the word) and a bit smug: "We did this", said its small band of protagonists at the end. Neither film really acknowledges the grassroots nature of ACT UP. It was never centralised, but each chapter had its own methods, issues and strategies, which came together brilliantly at the VIth International Conference on AIDS in San Francisco in 1990 (an episode skipped in United and reduced to a conference speech in How to Survive). It laid the groundwork for many other activist movements, including Queer Nation and to some extent Riot Grrrl, as well.
Activism seems to be having a cinematic revival at this festival, and I wonder if that means the community is awaking from its long slumber. I had two more excursions into reminiscence, with the documentaries Lesbiana and She Said Boom. The first is Myriam Fougere's recollection of lesbian separatist culture in the 1970s and 80s: women's land, womyn's festivals, etc. I wondered if there would be arguments afterward in the Q & A but everyone seemed quite respectful and impressed by the film, which featured recent interviews with women Fougere had first met 25 years ago on her travels as an artist along the Eastern Seaboard of North America. So, there was a lot of material from her hometown of Quebec, as well as New York and the southern states. Women's land still exists, but it seems to have become retirement communities for the Second Wave. I don't know whether to be pleased or depressed.
But, to end on a high note, She Said Boom. Swoon. Kevin Hegge has done a fine job of memorialising Toronto's foremost queer punk feminist band, Fifth Column, who emerged alongside the advent of homocore (a movement named by band member GB Jones). I had no idea what a turbulent history the band had, with members coming and going and a prickly relationship between core members Jones and singer Caroline Azar (a marriage proposal was mooted and rejected at some point. Ouch.).
These days, Hegge revealed, the former members of the band don't speak. But their attempts to ally feminist politics with cinematic and artistic points of view, while positioning themselves in the punk scene take some beating. I do believe this day at the festival pretty much covered my twenties.