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By the time I have the help of another nurse, it will have been 129 hours since the last covered shift. The kids are on "sick plan" – 8 scheduled nebs a piece, with additional nebs for break-through wheezing or congestion. 29-30 nebs every day, on average.
Tonight, for the first time in 2.5 weeks, all 3 are getting oxygen saturation reading of 99-100%. Maybe I will be able to drop off to the "regular" of just 6 nebs/day.
5+ days. 150+ nebs. Our last time trying 'baseline', my youngest spent half the night at 89…
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When Mavis Staples sang those words, she and her sisters took the song to No. 1 in 1972 for Stax, and she took over the White House for Memphis the other night. Even the wonks were wiggling when Mavis – the years falling away in perfect time – brought it home.
"(I'll take you there)Help me, y'all(I'll take you there)Help me now(I'll take you there)."
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Right up there on the White House stage with icon Sam Moore doing "Soul Man," and doing it so soulfully well that I screamed along out loud and drove the dogs from the room. Bridging the generations, our own Justin Timberlake did the late Otis Redding's "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay," and did it so soulfully well that the President of the United States and the First Lady sang along. The new Dave to Sam was 21-year-old Joshua Ledet, plenty enough soul man to honor and update the sound of Sam's late partner, Dave Prater, and then Percy Sledge with a room-rattling "When A Man Loves A Woman."
Eddie Floyd knocked on wood, Charlie Musselwhite blew the harp, and William Bell told us "you don't miss your water till your well runs dry." And through it all and behind it all, Booker T. Jones' fingers danced across the keyboard and Steve Cropper's across the frets – the unmistakable chops of the world's greatest house band, Booker T. & The MG's
When "In Performance at the White House: Memphis Soul" came on PBS, President Obama came on stage to "Green Onions" and opened with this:
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My flux pen recently bit the dust. Fortunately the raw material was close at hand. Making solder flux from rosin is a snap — and a pine tree near my house was oozing big dollops of gum.
Harvesting the gum was a furtive operation. Under cover of darkness, I crept out and scraped some into a tin. Then I covered it in 99% isopropyl alcohol, swirled it around for a minute or two, and left it overnight to dissolve.
The next morning I jury-rigged a filter from a juice bottle and a coffee filter. It spilled all over the place, but we're doing things cheap, right? That clear amber liquid is pure rosin flux. (Well, not quite pure. It is better to heat the resin beforehand to drive off the turpentine.)
I would have added a few drops of glycerol if there had been any nearby, but the flux was fine as it was. It cleans up with a little more isopropyl alcohol. An easy way to dispense the flux is from a 10 ml needle-tip bottle. All I need now is to brush up my soldering technique. :)
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Once again, conservatives have latched onto the bait tossed out by progressives in their never-ending campaign to grab guns from the hands of law-abiding citizens. Gun control is just one aspect of the progressive agenda; in essence, they want control of everyone and everything any way they can.
Toward this end, they will tell you anything to get what they want. For example, they say they are multiculturalists, right up until election season when cultures become pawns to move around the political battlefield. All non-compliant free-thinkers are dealt with accordingly.
Consider the war on women last year contrived to convince women the Democrat Party is the place for them. In the end, they made women look more like sex objects best left in the bedroom. It was demeaning to listen to all the noise made about free birth control at the DNC last summer; I fully expected to see birth control pills and NuvaRings rain down from the ceiling at convention's close. And how about President Obama's new near estrogen-free cabinet? The party for women? Hah.
So now they say we urgently need gun control. And, they are exploiting children the same way they exploit minorities and women to get it. The Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre is a means to an end. On MSNBC recently, guest Patricia Maisch said, "It's a shame we had to get to the 20 little martyrs" at Sandy Hook to take action regarding gun control. Little martyrs? Martyrs for what? The religion of gun control?
The time has come for Progressives to come clean about gun control. Drop the word "gun" and we'll be a little closer to having an honest conversation. But since they won't, please let me help. I recently visited one of my favorite progressive websites, where I ran across an article claiming gun control measures would do little to change anything because Americans at large are too evil and violent. It's hard to reconcile all the America-loathing out there, but there is a simple solution: Renounce your citizenship and purchase a one-way plane ticket.
The article failed to present an honest assessment of facts and figures, most likely to incite an emotional, rather than rational response, hence inspiring me to go fact digging, which led me to the FBI's Expanded Homicide Data Table number 8.
According to the FBI, in 2010, there were 8,775 gun homicides. Of those, 6009 were from handguns, 358 from rifles, 373 from shotguns, 96 by "other" guns, and 1939 "not specified." This breakdown doesn't bode well for those promoting re-regulation of assault weapons. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, most mass murders are committed with "firearms that would not be restricted by an assault weapons ban."
The same FBI report disclosed that knives and cutting instrument deaths (1704) quadrupled rifle deaths and 540 people died from blunt objects, similar to the Golden Globe award Anne Hathaway just received and labeled as a "lovely blunt object that I will forevermore use as a weapon against self-doubt." Knock yourself out, Anne.
Anyway, I digress. If one applied the same twisted logic as Vice President Biden who recently said, "If only one life is saved, it's worth it," then I suppose we need to ban big shiny club-like award objects. Or maybe we need to ban the use of appendages, since almost twice the amount of people who died from shotgun wounds were killed by hands, fists or feet. While we're at it, we need to do something about falling because, according to the CDC, 24,792 people died as a result, in 2009.
Progressives' logic on this issue is ridiculous and it is ridiculous for Conservatives to participate because in the end, Progressives may not get everything they want, but will get more than they should. In reality, according to the aforementioned FBI report, firearm murders dropped significantly from 2006 to 2010; while, according to Bloomberg Business, gun sales have exploded since 2009, meaning the real answer to less gun deaths is more guns.
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Liverpool's famous Epstein Theatre has collapsed into administration, but the company has insisted the show will go on over Christmas.
The historic playhouse, which first opened its doors in 1913 as Cranes Music Hall, has appointed FRP Advisory as administrator after falling behind on its rent payments.
FRP will continue to trade the theatre as normal, retaining all 30 staff, while a restructuring takes place.
A view over Liverpool, home of the Epstein Theatre (PA)
Lila Thomas, partner at FRP, said: "The Epstein Theatre doors remain open for the entirety of the Christmas season and beyond.
"Talks are at an advanced stage with key stakeholders for a financial restructure ensuring operations continue as normal for all current bookings, planned future shows and to place the theatre within a more sustainable structure to allow for another generation of successful performances across the spectrum of entertainment."
Liverpool Council owns the freehold to the building, but the ownership structure is complicated by the presence of a long leaseholder, Hanover Estate Management.
Liverpool Council awarded David and Rebekah Pichilingi an 18-year contract to run the theatre in 2012, but it is understood to have racked up losses for several years.
The 380-capacity, Grade II listed theatre was refurbished in 2011 and is named in memory of Beatles manager Brian Epstein.
FRP's financial restructuring is aimed at making the council the primary leaseholder of the property.
The Peter Pan Christmas pantomime, due to open on December 8, will go ahead with an unchanged performance schedule.
Ms Thomas added: "All theatre staff are being retained and paid as normal while a solution is finalised, and all existing contracts are being maintained for bookings, to ensure the show will go on for both theatre-goers and performers over the coming weeks while a transition to a new holding structure is agreed."
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Since my last 10 movie stars are all women, I open this final installment with a note about actresses. Now while actresses in Hollywood have always had less opportunity than men, ladies in the Golden Age of Hollywood didn't have much better, especially with the morality clauses. Of course, a lot of actresses I've known during that period were in only a few known films and had less roles in movies I've never heard of as they aged. Yet, some who weren't cast for their youth and beauty tended to be confined to character and supporting roles. So it's no surprise that I didn't compile as many. Yet, in this final edition here are 10 more. First, we have Margaret Hamilton famous for playing the Wicked Witch of the West but was actually a rather nice lady followed by Mildred Dunnock a schoolteacher who later played Mrs. Loman in Death of a Salesman. Second, there are versatile actresses Geraldine Fitzgerald and Ann Southern who've both had long careers as well as Nina Foch who played the Pharaoh's daughter in The Ten Commandments (the one who found Moses). After them comes Dame Flora Robson though not pretty played roles ranging from maids, queens, and serial killers on stage and screen followed by Una O'Connor who mostly played maids. Then there's wholesome cute girl Jean Crain whom studios wanted to play teenagers for years. Next is Cyd Charisse best known for her long marriage to Tony Martin as well as her roles in movie musicals during the 1940s and 1950s. And last but not least is the first icy Hitchcock blonde herself, Madeleine Carroll. So without further adieu, here are 10 Oscar less actresses for your reading pleasure in this final edition I bring to you.
191. Margaret HamiltonPersonal Life: (1902-1985) Born in Cleveland, Ohio. Attended Wheelock College in Boston where she became a teacher. Made her stage debut in 1923. Made her first film in 1933. Married to Paul Meserve for 7 years and had a son she raised on her own. Retired in 1982. Died of a heart attack in Salisbury, Connecticut at 82.
Famous for: American character actress best known as the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz. Career spanned for nearly 50 years and usually playing spinsters, particularly of the New England variety. Notable roles are Madame Du Barry from Hat, Coat, and Glove, Lucy Gurget from The Farmer Takes a Wife, Martha Perkins from Way Down East, Agatha from These Three, Drugstore Lady from Nothing Sacred, Mrs. Harper from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Miss Gulch / The Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz, Martha Steele from Babes in Arms, Mrs. Gideon from My Little Chickadee, Mrs. Jackson from The Invisible Woman, Norah from Twin Beds, Mrs. Larch from The Ox-Bow Incident, Myrtle Ferguson from Johnny Come Lately, Norah from State of the Union, Teacher from The Red Pony, Mrs. Theresa Appleby from Bungalow 13, Elaine Zacharides from 13 Ghosts, Mrs. Nicholson from Paradise Alley, Miss Kaller from The Anderson Tapes, Daphne Heap from Brewster McCloud, and Mae from Rosie!.
Nominated for: Hamilton was never nominated for an Oscar.
Most Crushing Loss: Not being nominated for Best Supporting Actress in 1939 for The Wizard of Oz. Man, she was one mean and green witch.
Reasons: Trust me, you don't want to give a statuette to a woman best known for playing a notorious villain known to traumatize kids for generations. It's kind of a shame since she was a very nice person who cared deeply about children and frequently gave to charitable organizations. And it didn't help that many children believed she was mean in real life.
Trivia: During the 1930s, she never put herself under contract to any one studio and priced her services at $1,000 a week to support herself and her son. Garland visited her and looked after her son while she was recovering in the hospital after she suffered burns during her exit from Munchkinland filming. When she returned, she said, "I won't sue, because I know how this business works, and I would never work again. I will return to work on one condition — no more fireworks!" A stand-in for her wasn't so lucky. Son commented that she enjoyed saying, "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!"-that she sometimes used it in real life. Took roles in whatever medium she could get if she was free. Though she reprised her famous role on Sesame Street, her appearance hasn't been aired since 1976 as a result of complaints from parents of terrified children. Yet, she also appeared on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood where she explained that she wasn't a bad witch. Appeared in PSAs for organizations promoting the welfare of pets. Was lifelong friends with Ray Bolger. Served on the Beverly Hills Board of Education between 1948 to 1951, and was a Sunday school teacher during the 1950s.Said The Wizard of Oz was her favorite book since she was 4.
192. Mildred Dunnock
Personal Life: (1901-1991) Born in Baltimore, Maryland. Attended Goucher College. Was a school teacher who didn't start acting until her early 30s. Made her first film in 1944. Married to Keith Urmy for 58 years and had 2 children. Retired in 1987. Died of natural causes at Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts at 90.
Famous for: American character actress whose career spanned 57 years. Notable roles are Miss Ronberry from The Corn is Green, Mrs. Rizzo from Kiss of Death, Linda Loman from Death of a Salesman, Señora Espejo from Viva Zapata!, Mrs. Ruth Golding from The Jazz Singer, Martha Reno from Love Me Tender, Mrs. Wiggs from The Trouble with Harry, Aunt Rose Comfort from Baby Doll, Miss Elsie Thornton from Peyton Place, Sister Margharita (Mistress of Postulants) from The Nun's Story, Mrs. Wandrous from Butterfield 8, Pilar from Behold a Pale Horse, Mrs. Sherman from The Spiral Staircase, and Nellie from The Pick-Up Artist.
Nominated for: Dunnock was nominated twice for Best Supporting Actress in 1951 for Death of a Salesman and 1956 for Baby Doll.
Most Crushing Loss: Not being nominated for Best Supporting Actress in 1947 for Kiss of Death. I mean she should get something after what Richard Widmark did to her in that movie.
Reasons: Dunnock was nominated in very bad years and was burned out by the competition.
Trivia: Was a founding member of the Actors Studio.
193. Geraldine Fitzgerald
Personal Life: (1913-2005) Born in Greystones, County Wicklow in Ireland. Father was an attorney. Studied painting at the Dublin School of Art and the Polytechnic School of Art. Debuted on stage in 1932 and made her first film in 1934. Became a US citizen during WWII. Married twice and had 2 children. Married to second husband Stuart Scheftel for 48 years. Retired in 1991. Died in New York City of Alzheimer's Disease at 91.
Famous for: Irish American actress whose career spanned 59 years. Notable roles are
Maggie Tulliver from The Mill of the Floss, Isabella from Wuthering Heights, Ann King from Dark Victory, Marthe de Brancovis from Watch on the Rhine, Edith Bolling Galt from Wilson,
Ellen Rogers / Elaine Duprez from O. S. S., Gladys Halvorsen from Nobody Lives Forever, Elizabeth Grahame from The Obsessed, Marilyn Birchfield from The Pawnbroker, Rev. Wood from Rachel, Rachel, Mrs. Jackson from The Last American Hero, Jessie from Harry and Tonto, Grandma Carr from The Mango Tree, Maud Kennaway from Diary of the Dead, Martha Bach from Arthur, and Mrs. Monahan from Easy Money.
Nominated for: Fitzgerald was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in 1939 for Wuthering Heights.
Most Crushing Loss: Not receiving an honorary Oscar for her long and varied career.
Reasons: Perhaps it's due to that we're not sure who Michael Lindsay-Hogg's father who's said to resemble Orson Welles. Also was burned by the competition in 1939.
Trivia: Second husband was grandson of Isidor Straus who died on the Titanic. Was one of the first women to receive a Tony nomination for directing. Spent time as a cabaret singer in the 1970s. Mother of Let It Be director Michael Lindsay-Hogg but we're not sure whether his father was her first husband or Orson Welles.
194. Nina Foch
Personal Life: (1924-2008) Born Nina Consuelo Maud Fock in Leiden, Netherlands. Mother was an American actress and singer while father was a Dutch classical music conductor. Went with her mother to the US as a toddler after her parents divorced. Made her first film in 1943. Married 3 times and had a son to second husband Dennis de Brito. Lived at Beverly Hills for over 40 years. Died of complications from the blood disorder myelodysplasia (or kidney disease) at 84.
Famous for: Dutch-born American actress and leading lady in films from the 1940s to the 1950s. Played cool, aloof, and often foreign women of sophistication. Appeared in over 80 films and hundreds of TV shows. Notable roles are Nicki Saunders from The Return of the Vampire, Lois Garland from Shadows in the Night, Celeste from Cry of the Werewolf, Frieda Brenner from Strange Affair, Constantia from A Song to Remember, Milo Roberts from An American in Paris, Marie Antoinette from Scaramouche, Elena Cantu from Sombrero, Erica Martin from Executive Suite, Bithiah from The Ten Commandments, and Helena Glabrus from Spartacus.
Nominated for: Foch was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in 1954 for Executive Suite.
Most Crushing Loss: Not being nominated for Best Supporting Actress in 1960 for Spartacus. Yes, she didn't have enough screen time but her portrayal of a Roman aristocrat was one of the most historically accurate in movie history.
Reasons: Probably had to do with the fact she was in a lot of horror movies early in her career. Also burned by the competition when she was nominated. I mean it should've been clear that Eva Marie Saint was going to win.
Trivia: Taught at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts as well as spent time as an acting coach. Last name "Foch" rhymes with "Gosh" (I can see where mispronunciations can get out of hand).
195. Cyd Charisse
Personal Life: (1922-2008) Born Tula Ellice Finklea in Amarillo, Texas. Father was a jeweler. Took dancing lessons as a child to overcome a bout of polio. Auditioned and danced for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Went to Hollywood after the company broke up in WWII. Made her first film in 1943. Married twice and had a son to each husband. Married to second husband Tony Martin for 60 years. Retired in 2007. Died of a heart attack at 86.
Famous for: American actress and singer whose abilities were featured in 1940s and 1950s musicals and transitioned to straight acting in the 1950s. Notable roles are Lily from Something to Shout About, Deborah Andrews from The Harvey Girls, Ballerina from The Ziegfeld Follies, Conchita from Fiesta, Rosa Senta from East Side, West Side, Dancer from Singin' in the Rain, Gabrielle Gerard from The Band Wagon, Fiona Campbell from Brigadoon, Jackie Leighton from It's Always Fair Weather, Maria Corvier from Meet Me in Las Vegas, Ninotchka Yoschenko from Silk Stockings, Charlotte King from Twilight of the Gods, and Sarita from The Silencers.
Nominated for: Charisse was never nominated for an Oscar.
Most Crushing Loss: Not receiving an honorary Oscar for her career. Seriously, she's one of the best known dancers in 1950s musicals. Not to mention, she had to make herself look shorter than some of her co-stars like Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire which was no easy task.
Reasons: Charisse is best known for her dancing in musicals and her long marriage to Tony Martin but not much else. And basically only acted sporadically after the 1950s.
Trivia: Was listed under The Guinness Book of World Records for "Most Valuable Legs" because it's said MGM reportedly insured for $5 million, though she claimed this was false. Wrote a joint memoir with second husband Tony Martin. Stage name originated from her brother's nickname for her, "Sid" which was a mispronunciation of "Sis" and the last name of her first husband Nico Charisse. Awarded the National Medal of the Arts and Humanities in 2006. Daughter-in-law died in the American Airlines Flight 191 tragedy on May 25, 1979. Produced an exercise video targeted to senior citizens.
196. Una O'Connor
Personal Life: (1880-1959) Born Agnes Teresa McGlade in Belfast, Ireland to a Catholic Nationalist family. Changed her name when she began acting at Dublin's Abbey Theatre. Made her first film in 1930. Never married or had children. Retired in 1957. Died of a heart attack at 78.
Famous for: Irish character actress known for playing comical wives, housekeepers, and servants. Notable roles are Ellen Bridges from Cavalcade, Jenny Hall from The Invisible Man, Wilson from The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Mrs. Gummidge from David Copperfield, Mrs. McPhillip from The Informer, Minnie from Bride of Frankenstein, Mary from Little Lord Fauntleroy, Bess from The Adventures of Robin Hood, Miss Latham from The Sea Hawk, Mrs. Mulcahey from The Strawberry Blonde, Marie from Lillian Russell, Tobacconist from Random Harvest, Norah from Christmas in Connecticut, Sarah Leek from Holy Matrimony, Mrs. Umney from The Canterville Ghost, Mrs. Breen from The Bells of St. Mary's, Mrs. Foreman from Of Human Bondage, Duenna from The Adventures of Don Juan, and Janet from Witness for the Prosecution.
Nominated for: O'Connor was never nominated for an Oscar.
Most Crushing Loss: Not being nominated for Best Supporting Actress in 1957 for Witness for the Prosecution.
Reasons: She was basically typecast as the female comic relief. Also known to appear in a lot of horror movies and came from a Catholic nationalist family from Northern Ireland.
Trivia: Would not work on any radio program sponsored by a company that distributed or manufactured alcohol in any form.
197. Dame Flora Robson
Personal Life: (1902-1984) Born in South Shields, Durham in England. Came from a family of engineers and her father was a ship's engineer who noticed her talent at 5. Grew up in London and attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Made her stage debut at 19 but found it difficult to get parts because she lacked the conventional looks (she had a long face, big nose, and wide mouth). Made her first film in 1931. Private life mostly focused on her sisters so she never married or had children. Retired in 1981. Possibly died of cancer at 82.
Famous for: British actress and star of stage and cinema particularly renowned for her performances in plays demanding dramatic and emotional intensity. Range extended from queens to murderesses. Notable roles are Empress Elisabeth from The Rise of Catherine the Great, Livia from I, Claudius, Queen Elizabeth I of England from Fire Over England and The Sea Hawk, Ellen from Wuthering Heights, Angelique Buiton from Saratoga Trunk, Ftatateeta from Caesar and Cleopatra, Sister Philippa from Black Narcissus, Countess Clara Platen from Saraband, Nurse from Romeo and Juliet, Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi from 55 Days at Peking, Miss Milchrest from Murder at the Gallop, Mrs. Cassidy from Young Cassidy, Queen of Hearts from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and A Stygian Witch from Clash of the Titans.
Nominated for: Robson was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in 1946 for Saratoga Trunk.
Most Crushing Loss: Not being nominated for any roles in her better known films most notably for Best Supporting Actress in 1947 for Black Narcissus.
Reasons: Robson was better known as a British actress on the stage than in Hollywood films. Also, Saratoga Trunk wasn't a good movie according to critics. Not to mention being burned by the competition.
Trivia: Was of Scottish descent. Received an honorary doctorate from Durham University. Became a dame in 1960.
198. Ann Sothern
Personal Life: (1909-2001) Born Harriet Arlene Lake in Valley City, North Dakota. Mother was a concert singer and later vocal coach for Warner Bros. while father worked in importing and exporting. Grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At 4, her parents separated and would divorce in 1927. Started taking piano lessons at 5 and accompanied her mother in concert tours as long as school permitted it. Began voice lessons at 14. Attended the University of Washington but dropped out after a year and soon joined her mother where she won a role in a Warner Bros. revue. Made her first film in 1927. Married twice and had a daughter to second husband Robert Sterling. Contracted infections hepatitis after getting impure serum from England in the late 1940s which confined her to a bed. In 1974, she was injured in Jacksonville, Florida when a fake tree fell on her back which left her with a fractured lumbar vertebrae and damaged nerves in her legs. She was then subject to multiple hospitalizations, weight gain, back braces, depression, physical pain, and had to walk with a cane for the rest of her life. Retired in 1987 and moved to Ketchum, where she lived for the rest of her life. Died of heart failure at 92.
Famous for: American actress whose career spanned 6 decades starting from bit parts to starring roles. Worked on stage, radio, film, and television. Notable roles are Maisie Ravier from The Maisie series, Flo Adams from Brother Orchid, Joyce Harmon from Words and Music, Rita Phipps from A Letter to Three Wives, Crystal Carpenter from The Blue Gardenia, Sue Ellen Gamadge from The Best Man, Sade from Lady in a Cage, Mrs. Grace Argona from Sylvia, and Tisha Doughty from The Whales of August.
Nominated for: Sothern was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in 1987 for The Whales of August.
Most Crushing Loss: Not being nominated for Best Supporting Actress in 1949 for A Letter to Three Wives.
Reasons: Sothern was just burned by the competition during her nomination. Also, she only acted sporadically in her later years.
Trivia: Maternal grandfather was Danish violinist Hans Nielsen and paternal grandfather was Quaker engineer and naval architect Simon Lake. Won a state sponsored contest for student musical composer 3 years in a row in high school. Was a classmate of Eddie Albert in high school and graduated in the same class with him. Converted to Roman Catholicism in 1952 and credited her faith with helping her get over her health issues. Had her own TV show. Opened the Ann Sothern Sewing Center in Sun Valley, Idaho which sold fabric, patterns and sewing machines in the 1950s. Had a cattle ranch in Idaho named the A Bar S Cattle Company. Owned Vincent Productions, Inc. as well as nightclubs in Las Vegas and Chicago. Also had her own music company called A Bar S Music Company and released albums. Mother of Tisha Sterling.
199. Jeanne Crain
Personal Life: (1925-2003) Born in Barstow, California and grew up in Los Angeles. Father was a school teacher. Was given a screen test opposite Orson Welles while in high school but didn't get the part. Made her first film at 18 in 1943. Married to Paul Brinkman for 57 years (though they were separated at the time of his death) and had 7 children. Retired in 1975. Died of a heart attack at 78.
Famous for: American actress whose career spanned for 38 years. Worked from bit parts to starring roles. Notable roles are Margy Frake from State Fair, Ruth Berent from Leave Her to Heaven, Marjorie 'Margie' MacDuff from Margie, Julia Rogers from Centennial Summer, Deborah Bishop from A Letter to Three Wives, Patricia 'Pinky' Johnson from Pinky, Ann Gilbreth from Cheaper by the Dozen, Deborah Higgins from People Will Talk, Deborah Young from O. Henry's Full House, Ruth Stanton Bowman from Dangerous Crossing, Connie Jones/Mitzi Jones from Gentlemen Marry Brunettes, Dora Temple from The Fastest Gun Alive, Diane Blane from The Tattered Dress, Letty Page from The Joker Is Wild, Laura Riley from Guns in the Timberland, Tenet/Nefertiti from Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile, Peggy Shannon from Madison Avenue, and Claudia Procula.
Nominated for: Crain was nominated for Best Actress in 1949 for Pinky.
Most Crushing Loss: Not being nominated for Best Supporting Actress in 1945 for Leave Her to Heaven. As Gene Tierney's adoptive sister, she manages to hide a large amount of angst underneath that veneer of smiles and wholesomeness.
Reasons: Crain was more or less burned by the competition. Also, her character was supposed to be black passing for white, which should've went to Lena Horne anyway. Not to mention, while she hoped her role in Pinky would give her more serious parts, 20th Century Fox had other ideas like casting her as a 13 year old despite being 25, married, and a mother. Being cast as cute girls would get her passed over for more serious roles she should've played.
Trivia: Also noted for her ice skating. Miss Pan Pacific at the Pan-Pacific Auditorium in Los Angeles while in high school. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, was nicknamed 'Hollywood's Number One party girl', and she was quoted saying that she was invited to at least 200 parties a year. Was earning $3,500 a week in the 1950s as well as her own dress line during the 1970s.
200. Madeleine Carroll
Personal Life: (1906-1987) Born Edith Madeleine Carroll in West Bromwich, Staffordshire in England. Mother was a French immigrant while father was an Irish professor of languages. Attended and graduated from the University of Birmingham and taught an all girls' boarding school. Made her first film in 1928. Married 4 times with second husband being Sterling Hayden. Had a daughter with fourth husband Andrew Heiskell. Became a US citizen in 1944. Moved to Paris in 1951 and would later move to Spain. Retired in 1955. Died in Marabella, Spain from pancreatic cancer at 81.
Famous for: British American actress who was popular in both the 1930s and 1940s. At the peak of her success she was the highest paid actress in the world, earning a then staggering $250,000 in 1938. Notable roles are Diana Cheswick from The Guns of Loos, Lucille de Choisigne from Madame Guillotine, Queen Caroline Matilde of Denmark from Loves of a Dictator, Pamela from The 39 Steps, Elsa Carrington from Secret Agent, Judy Perrie from The General Died at Dawn, Linda Stewart from Safari, Charlotte Dunterry from Virginia, Carol Delbridge from Bahama Passage, Karen Bentley from My Favorite Blonde, and Mrs. Erlynne from The Fan.
Nominated for: Carroll was never nominated for an Oscar.
Most Crushing Loss: Not receiving an honorary Oscar for her career and her distinction as the prototype for the icy Hitchcock blonde. Also, not receiving the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her tireless efforts during and after WWII.
Reasons: Well, for one, there weren't as many slots for Academy Award nominees as there are now in the 1930s (especially in the early years). Also, took an acting hiatus in WWII after her sister was killed in a German air raid during the Blitz and would be involved in the plight of European children some time afterwards.
Trivia: Was the first Hitchcock blonde. Was a Red Cross (and later US Army Air Corps) nurse during WWII after her sister was killed in the Blitz. Donated her chateau outside Paris to more than 150 orphans and arranged groups in California to knit for them. Awarded the Legion d'Honneur for her efforts by France as well as the American Medal of Freedom. Dwight D. Eisenhower said that of all the movie stars he met in Europe during the war, he was the most impressed with her and Herbert Marshall. Conducted a radio program fostering French-American friendship and helped in the rehabilitation of concentration camp victims after WWII. Formed a production company with her third husband which made several 2 reel documentaries with one strongly shown in Canada focusing on the devastation of children's lives in WWII Europe which became a prime source of funds of for the manufacture of artificial limbs for wounded children. First British beauty to be offered a major American film contract. Fourth husband was publisher of Life Magazine.


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I recently read A Unicorn Named Sparkle by Amy Young and it seriously gave me a case of the giggles.
I mean, it's a story about a little girl who orders a unicorn for 25 cents from an ad in the back of a magazine (whoever tells you that's not a dream come true is lying), but what shows up is a goat with an ice cream cone stuck to his forehead.
How can you not love this premise?
It's a delightful picture book that my children found to be fun and silly. The illustrations are bright and colorful and … sparkly.
Lucy's wild hair and polka dot shirt are painted with soft watercolors and dance across pages of wide white spreads, and the baby unicorn/goat practically dances right into your heart with his own little heart-shaped cutie mark.
Now, when Lucy imagines what kind of unicorn will be delivered to her, she pictures something perfect and pretty with a flowing mane and impeccable manners. When the goat arrives, with his scruffy mane and tendency-to-eat-things manners, she decides to return him.
The truck arrives to take him back, but, luckily, Lucy realizes her mistake before it's too late.
Because although he was not quite what she expected, "she had to admit: sometimes he made her smile and sometimes he made her laugh." And while friends might not always be perfect, they are certainly precious.
So if you or your kids love unicorns (or goats), check out A Unicorn Named Sparkle for a fun and charming story!
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September 12 was the 35th anniversary of the death of Steve Biko, an anti-apartheid activist and leader in the South African black consciousness movement, who died in police custody on September 12, 1977. (If you're a fan of Peter Gabriel, you may know of him through the song "Biko"; if you're a Denzel Washington fan, you may about Steve Biko from the movie about his life, Cry Freedom.) Biko's death was a watershed moment in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa.
Biko was also one of over 1,600 people who were "banned" in South Africa. A banning order severely restricted the person's movements and associations with others. Banning orders could restrict someone to a specific district or city, and sometimes placed the person banned under house arrest. Helen Joseph, a prominent white member of the anti-apartheid movement, was restricted to her home for years. She was not allowed to receive visitors on the weekends or at night, and was also restricted to speaking with one person at a time. Banning orders often prevented people from visiting family and attending events like weddings and funerals.
More information on banning orders is available in books in the Law Library such as Apartheid: A Documentary Study of Modern South Africa and online resources such as South African Apartheid Legislation, available through HeinOnline. A list of many of the persons banned, along with details about the banning orders, is also available from South African History Online.


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HOTEL MODERN (Netherlands)
Pauline Kalker, Herman Helle & Arlène Hoornweg
Wednesday, November 11, 2020, 12 noon EST
"New Times need new Forms of Theatre." Bertolt Brecht
Pauline Kalker, Herman Helle & Arlène Hoornweg with Carol Martin
Join us for a conversation about curating, producing and presenting theatre and performance in the Time of Corona
Pauline Kalker graduated in 1992 from the Theatre School, Arnhem, where she learned acting and theatre making. After her studies, she immersed herself in visual theatre and writing film scenarios. In 1997, she and fellow actor Arlène Hoornweg founded Hotel Modern.
Herman Helle studied at Rotterdam Art Academy. At the end of the 1970s he toured venues for improvised music as a storyteller and trombonist with the Jozef Kip Quartet. Since 1986 he has been working on Being There, an ever-growing and all-embracing photographic portrait of the world. Besides his theatre work, Herman creates extraordinary scale models for urban planners and architects, including Rem Koolhaas. Since 2017, his 12mx12m scale model of the city of Frankfurt is on permanent exhibition in the Historical Museum in Frankfurt, Germany.
Arlène Hoornweg graduated from the Theatre School, Arnhem, in 1992. Since then, she has performed with various theatre companies and created her own productions. She formed theatre group Hotel Modern with Pauline Kalker. Besides her theatre work, Arlène occasionally creates stop motion animation films.
Carol Martin, Ph.D. is a Professor of Drama at Tisch School of the Arts, and Affiliated Faculty at New York University, Abu Dhabi. Her books include: Theatre of the Real and Dramaturgy of the Real on the World Stage. Her articles have been translated into French, Japanese, Chinese, and Polish. Her book series, "In Performance," includes international anthologies of plays and performance texts and is published by Seagull Books. Her guest-edited issues of TDR include: Documentary Theatre, Performing the City, and The Return of the Real. Martin has been awarded several fellowships including: Visiting Professor Fellowship at Tokyo University, Komaba, Graduate School of Arts and Science; Fulbright Senior Specialist Fellowship; a Fulbright to India; and a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Seminar Fellowship. She has been a keynote speaker at several international conferences.
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center is proud to announce the new line-up of its new global series, SEGAL TALKS. Since the beginning of March the series featured close to 100 talks with 150 artists from 50 countries. New York, US, and international theatre artists, curators, researchers, and academics will talk daily during the week for one hour with Segal Center's director, Frank Hentschker, about life and art in the Time of Corona and speak about challenges, sorrows, and hopes for the new Weltzustand— the State of the World. After a break in August the series will now also focus on Theatre, Performance and The Political, highlighting the Segal Center's 2022 New York International Festival of the Arts Project and the Center's Public Park Project. The Segal Center is the only theatre institution in NYC and the US creating new, original, daily content for the global field of theater and performance. The series was conceived, created and curated by Frank Hentschker in March 2020.
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Powerful Words from the New Orleans Poet, Sunni Patterson
"Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere"
A great note to end the week with, some spiritual brilliance from this internationally known New Orleans poet.
According to her bio, Sunni's mission is to aid in the awakening, the revival, and the remembrance of our gifts and voices, enabling us to move to a greater space of self empowerment, creativity and actualization.
I noticed the African words in the middle of the poem are names of the West African, Yoruba Gods. I think it's interesting that she chose to put them in the middle of the poem deliberately. On my blog you can also read more about Yoruba or the Gods of Yoruba.
We have not always found comfort in killers.
We have not always found solace being rocked
in the bosoms of those who silently pray
and openly destroy.
No, not always have we mistaken mimicry for mastery
or pretending for knowing
or enslavement for freedom.
But across my memory —-
across my memory marches millions -—
bold, regal, resilient, confident —-
unshackled feet stumping up spirits
to guide us through this fickle material world.
We like sun and moon folk,
universal souls praying our prayers,
singing our songs.
Eshu, Ogoun, Shango, Yemaja, Oshun, Obatala, Oya,
Damballah, Ayida Wedo, Loa, Nkongo, Olodumare and Yami.
We know all of you by name.
We are people of beginnings, of culture, of strength.
Not always have we given into the empty threats
and scare tactics of the powerless ones.
Not always have we allowed the blood of our sons and daughters
to color the streets while we're walking asleep,
marching to the beat of that siren song.
They're still wearing their sheets,
with nooses in reach,
showing their teeth and smiling, it seems.
But I hear in the breeze
in the rustle of the trees
and the dangling of the feet,
they say, please, don't let them ever forget.
You see, not always have we suffered from amnesia.
Not always have we forgotten how to conjure up spirits,
ancestor wisdom,
fix up a mixture,
spiritual elixir,
ancient traditions.
We, like magicians,
god-like vision, we -—
we are people of sight.
So, no, not always have we fallen
for this okie doke
or inhaled the hazardous smoke of the manipulators
or been satisfied with crumbs for meals
our hands have prepared.
Hughes said life for us ain't been no crystal stair,
but at least the steps are there
to push us up higher,
teach us how to go beyond the destroyer's disguises,
look them in the eyes and be able to see.
Because what's surprising when you know the nature of a beast
and especially when they've shown the same face for centuries?
So you tell me,
what's the difference between two sisters in New Orleans
shot point-blank in the back of the head,
and two women bound in their car in Baghdad?
Or government-sanctioned killings in Kenya,
and a sister held hostage in a house in Virginia?
Or poverty in Haiti, poverty in Jamaica,
rape in Rwanda or rape in Somalia?
A sweatshop in China or one in Guatemala?
Or small pox and blankets, syphilis and Tuskegee,
formaldehyde and FEMA, ethnic cleansing and Katrina?
I recall within a speech Dr. King made us aware,
he said injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere.
So they can spare us their drama, huh?
We got the heart of them field working mamas.
We carry the torch of that ancestor fire.
So with every fiber that flutters in our being,
with every find that comes from our seeking,
with every hearing that comes from our listening,
and every sight that comes from our seeing,
we must be faithful, strategic, victorious and free.


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Cubs headed to the playoffs
Amid the chaos in the Cubs clubhouse late Friday night was abig-screen television set that no one was watching.
While Carlos Zambrano was hoisting Kerry Wood up as if he were a rag doll, and team president John McDonough was getting his suit drenched,courtesy of a champagne shower, the TV, covered by plastic, showed images of somber Milwaukee manager Ned Yost during a news conference and brooding Brewers slugger Prince Fielder talking in front of his locker.
The Cubs are the National League Central champions.
They took care of business on the field with a 6-0 victory over Cincinnati in front of a crowd of 32,193 -- mostly Cubs fans -- at Great American Ball Park. San Diego overcame a 2-0 deficit to top Milwaukee 6-3 and Miller Park in a game that ended about an hour after the Cubs-Reds.
That gave the Cubs, who finished in last place in 2006, their first postseason berth since 2003 and just the sixth since the 1945 season.
"This is incredible," outfielder -- and former Thornwood High School star -- Cliff Floyd said. "Chicago. At home. With some of the best guys in baseball it doesn't get better."
Rookie pitcher Carmen Pignatiello, a former Providence Catholic High School standout, was in awe as champagne dripped from his hair.
"Starting the year out in Double A and now I'm celebrating with the guys," he said. "It's unbelievable. I've rooted for this team my whole life. Now to be here -- it's something a lot of guys can't experience. Some guys go through their whole careers and don't experience something like this."
After the game, the Cubs had a much more understated celebration on the field. After two rows of North Siders lined up for high-fives, some looked at the scoreboard, where San Diego held a precious 4-3 lead.
Then it was onto the clubhouse to wait and see if they were champions, or if they had to wait for another shot at it today.
At one point while most of the players were intently watching the Brewers game on various televisions in the clubhouse, manager Lou Piniella was trying to follow the game on his computer in his office, even though he was having mouse issues and isn't the most skilled guy at working with computers.
"How do you turn this thing off?" he said.
The Brewers had a bases-loaded, one-out situation in the bottom of the sixth. Piniella didn't need a computer to tell him what happened next. San Diego reliever Cla Meredith got Craig Counsell to ground into an inning-ending double play and the roar from the clubhouse and screaming was all Piniella needed to hear.
Later, when informed of the details about Meredith's heroics, Piniella said: "Who? I don't even know who he is."
As for the game that helped clinch it for the Cubs?
Zambrano became the first Cubs pitcher since Mark Prior in 2003 to win 18 games as Zambrano threw seven shutout innings.
"Thank God we won this game," he said. "I lost four games against these guys this season and the most important game was today and we did it."
Alfonso Soriano led off the game with a home run. It's the 11th time he's done that this season and the sixth time he's done it in September. He has 32 homers this year, including 13 this month, tying Ernie Banks' team mark for homers in September.
Soriano later gunned down Joey Votto at the plate. It was Soriano's 19th outfield assist this year, the most by a Cub since Hank Sauer's 19 in 1951.
Derrek Lee hit his 22nd homer of the season in the fifth and Jacque Jones hit a two-run double in the eighth.
The win-and-wait approach is not the conventional way of doing business. But veterans of the postseason wars have seen different unusual circumstances when it comes to trying to pin down a berth into the playoffs.
"One year with the Braves we won a game left the park and boarded the plane," Mark DeRosa said. "And the pilot announced the score of the other game and we started celebrating on the plane."
"We clinched on a day off," pitcher Jason Marquis said. "We celebrated the next day."
"With Cincinnati (in 1990), we played a Saturday afternoon game and we clinched while we were in a rain delay," Piniella, who managed that Reds team, said. "We had to finish the game and then celebrate."
Soriano remembers a New York Yankees' clincher that didn't go according to Hoyle.
"We lost a game and waited for the other team to play," he said. "They lost. So we lost and they lost but we clinched. That was weird."


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NETHUR offers an educational programme for PhD candidates and a collaborative programme of research by these candidates and their supervisors. Over a hundred individuals are currently preparing their PhD dissertation under its auspices. In addition, some 120 tenured staff members participate in NETHUR.
The Netherlands Graduate School of Urban and Regional Research is a joint initiative of the Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA), Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TU/e), Radboud University Nijmegen (RU), University of Groningen (RuG) and Utrecht University (UU), which hosts the secretariat. The graduate school is accredited by The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).


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Stay Tuned: Family friendly viewing for Thanksgiving Day
Pull on your stretchy pants and enjoy some holiday viewing this week with a celebration of man's best friend, giant floats in New York City and nostalgic celebrity visits home.
Dispatches: Weekly TV news
Iconic villain Lex Luthor is coming to the CW's "Supergirl" in the form of Jon Cryer. The "Two and a Half Men" actor will have a recurring role and will first appear as Luthor in episode 15 of season four, scheduled for broadcast sometime in 2019.
ABC is showing some big love to superhero drama "Marvel's Agents of SHIELD." The network has renewed the show for a seventh season, a mere six months after it was picked up for a sixth season, which hasn't premiered yet.
Contenders: Buzz worthy shows to watch this week
In "Escape at Dannemora," (Nov. 18, 10 p.m. ET, Showtime) Patricia Arquette stars as Clinton Correctional Facility employee, Joyce Mitchell, who aided in the real life 2015 escape of two convicted murderers from a maximum-security prison in Dannemora, New York. The bizarre story involves a love triangle, a jailhouse art ring and years of manipulation.
Dive into some glamour and espionage before overindulging at the holiday table with spy thriller "The Little Drummer Girl" (Nov. 19, 9 p.m. ET, AMC). Based on John le Carre's best-selling novel, the story follows an actress who gets entangled in spy games after she meets a mysterious man while on vacation in Greece.
On Thanksgiving Day, NBC will air "Macy's 92nd Thanksgiving Day Parade" (9 a.m. ET) followed by "National Dog Show Presented by Purina" (12 p.m., all time zones). With 24 million viewers last year, the annual parade was the no. 3 most-watched entertainment program of the year, behind the Oscars and the Grammys. Not far behind in viewership, the popular national dog show is including two new American Kennel Club sanctioned breeds this year: The Nederlandse Kooikerhondje (sporting group) and the Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen (hound group), bringing the total recognized breeds to 192.
On ABC, Thanksgiving Day gets nostalgic with "I'm Coming Home" (10 p.m. ET). Follow actress Kristin Chenowith, country music star Jake Owen and "Shark Tank's" Daymond John as they each visit their childhood homes.
It's jazz singers plus the Great American Songbook on "Tony Bennett & Diana Krall: Love is Here to Stay" (Nov. 24, PBS). In this "Great Performances" special, Bennett and Krall pay tribute to the songwriting duo of George and Ira Gershwin with interpretations of favorites including "They Can't Take That Away From Me," and "Nice Work If You Can Get It."
Because it's never too early for a holiday classic, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" kicks off the season on Nov. 23 (8 p.m. ET, NBC).
Report Card: A look at ratings winners and losers
Winners: CBS comedy "The Neighborhood" is performing for the network in the adults 18-49 demographic, rising above 6 million viewers last week. Fox's Tim Allen comedy "Last Man Standing" has little to worry about, with renewal almost guaranteed.
Losers: Comic book-based show "The Gifted" needs the gift of viewers. Its sophomore slump shows no signs of improving, while fellow Fox show, "REL," is also performing poorly.
— Melissa Crawley is the author of "Mr. Sorkin Goes to Washington: Shaping the President on Television's 'The West Wing.'" She has a Ph.D. in media studies and is a member of the Television Critics Association. To comment on Stay Tuned, email her at email@example.com or follow her on Twitter at @MelissaCrawley.


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The F100fd ushers in yet another new generation of Fujifilm's Super CCD HR sensor, now in its eighth incarnation.
This is backed up by Fujifilm's latest RPT (Real Photo Technology), a system that tweaks settings automatically to give you natural-looking digital images 'as the human eye sees them'.
Detailed photos
Photographing people is simplified with new, improved Face Detection 3.0, which detects up to ten faces in a scene and adjusts focus accordingly, all in the blink of an eye.
Further luxury comes in the form of two Portrait modes (one to additionally smooth out wrinkles and blemishes), and there are facilities to remove red-eye at the reviewing stage or as you shoot, in which case both the original and the corrected versions are saved to the memory card.
Throughout our tests, images were remarkably noise-free all the way up to ISO 800 and still only moderate at ISO 1600, although some fine detail was progressively lost as we went up the sensitivity scale, suggesting that the smoothing section of the camera's image-processing system was working overtime.
If you're willing to drop to 3MP image sizes, you can take the sensitivity all the way up to a staggering ISO 12800 but noise runs rampant as a result.
Streamlined features
Some old favourites from the F50fd have been retained, like the trick Natural Light mode for making the most of gloomy conditions without resorting to flash, as well as a Natural & Flash mode, which takes two shots in quick succession, delivering flash and non-flash images.
Sadly, other features have been dropped. For example, there's no separate mode dial, so you have to access all the shooting and scene modes through the four-way thumb pad and menu button, which can be a bit of a time-waster. Aperture Priority and Shutter Priority modes have been stripped out altogether.
As with so many compact cameras, the so-called Manual mode gives no control over aperture or shutter speed, in this case merely allowing access to somewhat fundamental photographic choices like alternative metering and autofocus modes, white balance settings and exposure compensation.
What's a real pain is that these basic controls aren't available in other shooting and scene modes. For example, why shouldn't you be able to apply exposure bias while also making use of Portrait mode for improved skin tones?
Sharp lens
Getting back to the good stuff, one excellent new addition is the Dynamic Range function.
This works in a similar way to Active D-Lighting on some of Nikon's latest cameras, 'intelligently' interpreting the contrast in a scene and adjusting the dynamic range so that highlights aren't blown and dark, low-lights don't turn into black holes. Manual mode brings the extra bonus of enabling you to dial in varying amounts of dynamic range control.
The lens is super-sharp and resistant to ghosting, flare and chromatic aberration, while offering a generous 5x zoom range, equivalent to 28-140mm.
Barrel distortion is pronounced towards the wide-angle end but there's almost no distortion from mid-zoom onwards, while telephoto usefulness is extended by a dual image-stabilisation system. This combines a CCD-shift anti-shake system with auto ISO adjustment to great effect.
In a nutshell, it's hard to get a blurred picture out of the F100fd.
Fabulous quality
Typical of Fujifilm's newer cameras, colour rendition is beautifully natural in standard colour mode and richly vibrant at the Chrome setting.
Couple this with generally faultless matrix metering and the F100fd's smart range of image processing features, and you're assured of consistently fabulous picture quality, straight off the camera.
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Behind The Scenes, Negotiations Between Argentina And Hedge Funds Are Going As Badly As You Can Imagine
After the Supreme Court upheld a lower Court's ruling that Argentina must pay a group of hedge funds over $1.3 billion worth of bonds, it seemed the Republic was finally done fighting.
But c'mon — after over a decade of Court battles, tons of heated political rhetoric, and the fact that President Fernandez was forced to fly private to avoid getting her jet impounded — did you really think Argentina was just going to roll over?
"Argentina's professed willingness to negotiate with its creditors has proven to be just another broken promise," said Jay Newman, senior portfolio manager at Elliott Management. "NML is at the table, ready to talk, but Argentina has refused to negotiate any aspect of this dispute. There are no negotiations underway, there have been no negotiations, and Argentina refuses to commit to negotiations in the future. Argentina's government has chosen to put the country on the brink of default. We sincerely hope it reconsiders this dead-end path."
Doesn't sound like it at this point, though. One of President Fernandez's deputies, Carlos Kunkel, told the Argentine press that he was convinced that Judge Griesa — the man who handed down the ruling that the country must pay — is forcing negotiations because he'll get a cut of the payout.
In case you missed last week's lack of action, Judge Griesa appointed a Special Master to facilitate negotiations, and Argentina vacillated between whether or not they would show up to the table (they don't have to, legally).
Meanwhile, the Republic also tried to do exactly what it's not supposed to do according to Judge Griesa's ruling, and attempted pay bondholders who restructured the same debt that NML holds. If some parties get paid, everyone has to be paid, and at this point that all still has to happen by July 30th.
Argentina tried to get a stay placed on that payment during these "negotiations" but that got thrown out last week as well.
Based on Argentina's action, and transcripts of negotiations discussions reviewed by Business Insider, it's not hard to see why the Judge might be getting frustrated. Usually he's on vacation at his family ranch this time of year (something attorneys present at the negotiations apologized for).
In the transcript, Judge Griesa acknowledged Argentina's greatest fear — that other parties that hold the same bonds NML does will try to get a full 100 cent on the dollar payout too. He ended the meeting by saying he wouldn't sign any orders to pay them for the time being, but that could change.
With that calamity staring it in the face, Argentina has called a special meeting of the Organization of American States. The Fernandez administration knows that time is running out, and they'll likely try to use the body to put pressure on Judge Griesa to sign an order to stay payment until "negotiations" are finished.
The negotiations would probably have to start first, though.
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Resting comfortably next to religion and politics, what you put on your hot dog remains one of the most polarizing things anyone can discuss.
Sadly, we must have that discussion today, as word comes that the Detroit Tigers have dismissed their singing hot dog vendor because he chided fans who would dare put ketchup on their hot dog.
Tony Paul of the Detroit News (h/t For the Win) reports Charley Marcuse—a man known as the Singing Hot Dog Man because he, well, sings—has been fired.
Paul's report states there is no specific cause given from concession vendor Sportservice, but he has sources who believe they know the reason:
There are rumblings the real reason was ketchup — or Marcuse's disdain for it. Marcuse, at the ballpark and on Twitter, has been a strong crusader for only putting mustard on a frank. And some fans thought he got combative when they asked for ketchup. There were complaints filed.
Asked whether condiments actually were behind his dismissal, Marcuse was vague.
"It was general employee conduct," he said, relaying the reason he was given. "I've vended the same way for the past 15 years, so there's nothing new to any of this."
To put a face to such villainy, we present a video of the hot dog man in action:
Full disclosure: I'm a big ketchup guy. I put it on my burgers, eggs, hot dogs, corn dogs and anything else I can think of that might make you mad.
Look, it's 2013, and people are putting fries on burgers. It's time to get off our high horses and accept that some people just like their dogs with ketchup. It's amazing that in this day and age we can still be so intolerant to one another.
It makes me sad.
And really, the lot of you who hate mustard just end up looking like a grumpy Dirty Harry (video NSFW):
With that said, Marcuse does say he has been working in much the same manner for 15 years. As Ted Berg of For the Win notes, selling hot dogs during the summer is hardly the easiest job in the world. It's hot, boring and monotonous, unless you think outside the box and bring some spice to the job.
Perhaps Marcuse gave fans a lighthearted hard time about asking for ketchup. There's nothing wrong with that.
However, if he stepped across the line and made them feel like they couldn't eat their collection of pig parts in tube form like a civilized human being, he should be taken to task.
As a brief aside to this story, we should warn that it's never a good look to have two shticks. You can be the singing guy or the mustard curmudgeon, but not both.
Fine, I will listen to you regale us with an operatic "Hot dog!" but then I want my overpriced hot dog and extra packets of ketchup, and I want them now.
When it's all said and done, we are all just people. Some of us put ketchup on hot dogs, and some of us eat our candy bars with a fork and knife.
At some point, we just have to accept and move on. Only then can we concentrate on things that truly matter, like figuring out why everyone freaks out over beach balls at baseball games.
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Do you or your children spend a lot of time playing video games? Do you worry about all that time wasted? Maybe it wasn't wasted after all..
Please welcome guest reviewer Alan Smith to Books on the Brain! He's reviewing Reality is Broken by Jane McGonigal as part of its TLC Book Tour. Alan, take it away!
First, I would like to thank Lisa for the opportunity to guest post on her blog, it is a great honor to do so.
According to a rough estimate by Jane McGonigal in her new book Reality is Broken, if you were to take the sum of the total hours that humans have spent playing World of Warcraft, it would be approximately 50 billion collective hours or 5.93 million years (which also happens to be approximately the same amount of time that humans have been walking upright).
So why do many people play video games so often? What can we learn from video games to make reality a better place? Are there ways that we could put the real world skills that the millions of game have obtained by playing games players to good use? All three of these topics are addressed in the book.
I have been a gamer for most of my life. One of my earliest memories was sitting at my parent's Apple II computer with a green monochromatic screen playing Conan: Hall of Volta as a kindergartener. More recently, I have currently logged over 2400 hours playing Guild Wars (please note that many of these hours have been logged while I was still logged into the game, but not actually playing). Despite enjoying my time spent playing video games, I have always had a nagging sense that my video game playing has been largely a waste of time.
In addition to a long time gamer I have recently been trying to look at my life to see how I can use my talents and skills to benefit other people. I was very interested in the notion that the skills I have acquired by playing video games may be used to help others. Because of this, I had a very optimistic outlook on what this book might hold.
Games seem to fulfill some basic need that we are not obtaining in reality, whether it be the elation of overcoming a difficult and otherwise unnecessary obstacle, permitting a gamer to accomplish more satisfying work, immersing oneself on an epic scale, or a list of other such basic needs. Games in general help us to fulfill those needs in our lives and as such, may help us to enjoy reality more.
The author then discusses that we have millions of people playing video games throughout the world. This is possibly a huge and relatively untapped resource that the world has. What if we were able to tap into a gamer's desire to play games to help the common good of society? Many people are already doing this. The author mentions http://www.freerice.com as one such website. Through the collective efforts of gamers and the sponsors, http://www.freerice.com has donated almost 80 billion grains of rice to the UN World Food Programme. I would urge you to play http://www.freerice.com next time you would otherwise play solitaire or some other game pre-installed on the computer to pass a few minutes.
The last section of the book looks into how we can use the brains of gamers and the abilities that they have gained from playing games, to try and solve the world's problems. Not surprising, there are people already doing this too. A few games have set out to try and see how gamers would react to certain world catastrophes and other such events, in order to collaborate and figure out possible strategies for either averting or solving these worldwide problems.
My one critique of the book would be that many of the world changing games that are mentioned in this book have long since ended and while you can still read about these games online, it is not the same as actually playing them. However, with that said I am still interested in researching any future games which may come up in order that I may participate in them.
Personally, the big take away from this portion of the book was that I do not look at my real world daily achievements the way that I look at the achievements I have in my games. Since starting to read this book, I have tried to look at each assignment I finish at work, or the dinner I make or the myriad of other daily accomplishments as an achievement in and of itself. While that may not be the main thrust of the book, it has brought a lot more happiness into my life and I am grateful for that.
In summary, your video game playing has not been a waste of time, maybe an untapped resource, but not a waste of time. It would be better to think of the time you've spent playing the video games as training you for games which have the potential to change the world. Now is an exciting time as we may be able to collectively put our gaming skills to good use.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who has played video games at all, or to anyone who is looking at trying to change the world (I think almost everyone probably falls into either one or both of these categories).
Alan Smith is married to the brilliantly talented Danielle aka The1stdaughter at There's A Book and has two crazy kiddos, Turkeybird and Littlebug. When he's not chasing them around or curtailing his wife's incessant need to "be involved" in everything possible, he loves playing basketball, serving at his church, and playing online games. Oh and the rest of the time, he's an attorney for a small banking law firm on the Central Coast of California.
To enter the giveaway for Reality is Broken, simply leave a comment on this post by Wednesday, Feb. 2nd. The giveaway is limited to US/Canada only (sorry).
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Thursday, September 8, 2011
First Day: The Review
"How was the first day of school?"
"It was great! I love school!"
"That's fantastic, Bob! What was the best part?"
"The best was snack-time and the snack I brought from home."
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If only we all had our priorities straight like the wee one.ReplyDelete
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you always make my day :)
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I get A's in snacking, Bob.
Food is always the best part.ReplyDelete
His first day at school...wow...all the best!ReplyDelete
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Burger King says it will join McDonald's in charging for kids meal toys to comply with San Francisco's ban on toy giveaways with fast food.
Kristen Hauser, a spokeswoman for Burger King, said Wednesday the toys will be available for an additional 10 cents, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
The new law, which went into effect Thursday, bars chain restaurants in San Francisco from giving out free toys with menu items intended for children that don't meet strict nutritional standards, the newspaper said.


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Bleach 502 really shows what can happen when a captain goes down. From the Senbonzakura attack on Byakuya, he is nearly dead! Renji gets pissed out and starts fighting As Nodt. Rukia notices that Byakuya is nearly dead, she runs to her when she's met by a Stern Ritter who attacks her. Zaraki appears with a butt load of dead Stern Ritter, he meets the Vandenreich Leader, he of course wants to fight him!
We start Bleach 502 as it's continued from last weeks chapter. Byakuya is seen to fall to the floor as blood! He is nearly dead, As Nodt tells him that he cannot do anything else because he cannot win against his own Bankai with his Shikai. Renji quickly starts to attack As Nodt in his Shikai which again does no effect on him.
He tells As Nodt that a bastard like him is not worthy of using Senbonzakura! He attacks but it seems that it hasn't done any effect on As Nodt. Rukia notices that Byakuya's reiatsu has disappeared. She runs towards him but one of the Stern Ritter's tells her that she should not turn her back at the enemy during a fight because then she must be underestimating him. She is attacked by her opponent.
Renji attacked with his Shikai but failed as As Nodt quickly blocked it with his own hand! As Nodt uses the power of Senbonzakura to insert all the petals in Zabimaru, it covers the whole Shikai sword when it reaches Renji. We see Byakuya stand up with his last effort, but As Nodt quickly uses Senbonzakura to direct all his attack at Byakuya! It all covers Byakuya and literally cuts at every point it can hit him. He falls to the ground.
Renji desperately calls out for As Nodt to stop this but they just keep going. Renji shouts to his fullest for As Nodt to STOP!! then goes to shout Bankai, when he's struck by one of the Stern Ritter members. Renji is hit hard! As Nodt calls him an idiot because they could have caught another Bankai, he tells him that he thought that only captains could use the Bankai. As Nodt tells him to go home and reread the daten his majesty gave them.
Byakuya stands there, calls for Renji and Rukia. His sword cracks into a million pieces then tells them to forgive him for not protecting them. Somewhere else, the Vandenreich Leader and an Unnamed Stern Ritter notices that Byakuya Kuchiki has died. The Stern Ritter member tells the Leader that it's dragging on as thought, the Leader tells him that their Stern Ritter's are too permissive, it's only their fault.
The Unnamed Member notices a great force behind them. They see Zaraki Kenpachi! With two or three or even four members of the Stern Ritter on top of him! All stabbed by his sword! He asks if they are the boss of these punks, referring to the Stern Ritter. The Leader looks at him, Bleach 502 ends here!
My reactions to this surpasses any word in any dictionary! I just can't believe that Byakuya is dead! or is he!? Tell me what you think! It's certainly awesome seeing Zaraki kick some Stern Ritter ass and go straight to the Leader! Zaraki is certainly going to get his ass beat by the leader! Can't wait to see what happens in next week's Bleach 503 chapter!


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U.S. home construction in 2012 highest in 4 years
WASHINGTON -- U.S. builders started work on homes in December at the fastest pace since the summer of 2008 and finished 2012 as the best year for residential construction since the early stages of the housing crisis.
The Commerce Department said Thursday that builders broke ground on houses and apartments at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 954,000. That's 12.1 percent higher than November's annual rate and nearly double the recession low reached in April 2009.
Steady growth in home construction is the latest sign of a housing recovery that is gaining strength.
For the year, builders started work on 780,000 homes. That's still only half of what is consistent in healthier markets. But it is an increase of 28.1 percent from the 608,800 homes started in 2011. And it is the most since 2008 -- shortly after the housing market collapsed in late 2006 and 2007.
In December, the pace of single-family home construction, which makes up two-thirds of the market, increased roughly 8 percent. Apartment construction, which is more volatile, surged 23 percent.
Applications for building permits, a sign of future construction, inched up to a 4 ½ year high.
Steady job gains, record-low mortgage rates and a tight supply of new and previously occupied homes available for sale have the housing market recover.
Confidence among homebuilders held steady in January at the highest level in nearly seven years. But builders are feeling slightly less optimistic about their prospects for sales over the next six months, according to a survey released Wednesday.
The survey came at a time of improving fortunes for homebuilders, many of which have seen sales improve over the past year amid the best market for newly built homes since the housing boom in the middle of the last decade.
In November, sales of previously occupied homes rose to their highest level in three years, while new-home sales reached a 2 1/2-year high.
Those factors have helped make homebuilders more confident and spurred new home construction. But homebuilders' are still warily watching the current standoff in Washington between President Barack Obama and Congress over several approaching budget deadlines, including the need to boost the nation's $16.4 trillion borrowing limit.
Though new homes represent less than 20 percent of the housing sales market, they have an outsize impact on the economy. Each home built creates an average of three jobs for a year and generates about $90,000 in tax revenue, according to data from the homebuilders association.