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Billionaire Mason Hawkins: There are more than 40 hedge fund billionaires in action today. Tracking the consensus picks of this group is the heart of the MarketWatch Insider Monkey Billionaire Hedge Fund Index [s:BHFI], which has outperformed the indices handily over its lifetime of nearly two years. Our research at Insider Monkey indicates that retail investors who follow the best picks of the best fund managers can beat the market by 18 percentage points a year over the long-term.
Within this elite group of billionaire hedge fund managers, George Soros, Carl Icahn and Dan Loeb are a few of the guys present, but one other lesser known name is Mason Hawkins of Southeastern Asset Management. Hawkins has a net worth of approximately $1.8 billion and manages roughly $32 billion in assets at his fund. Last week, Hawkins and Southeastern made a couple interesting moves that you should be aware of.
In a passive filing with the SEC on Thursday, Hawkins disclosed that his stake in The Wendy's Company (NASDAQ:WEN) had fallen just below the 5% level, representing about half of his total stake reported in Southeastern's most up-to-date equity portfolio (see it here). With shares of the fast food operator up more than 55% year-to-date and trading at an extremely overvalued price-to-earnings growth multiple above 17, it's quite possible the billionaire is taking his profits now. Wendy's last paid its quarterly dividend in mid-September and currently offers a yield of 2.3%, so Hawkins' decision to slash his holdings after this date makes sense.
Mike Vranos and John Burbank are a couple hedge fund managers that dropped their stakes in Wendy's entirely in the last round of 13F filings, but there's still a fair amount of interest here. We think it's best to see how Hawkins trades the stock in the next few months because even with the solid income and Wendy's restaurant transformation taking hold, there are better entry points into this stock.
Quicksilver Resources
Unconventional oil & gas play Quicksilver Resources Inc (NYSE:KWK) was another company cut by Mason Hawkins last week, this time entirely. In his last 13F, Hawkins reported ownership of $38 million in Quicksilver and he had held the stock since the third quarter of 2011. It's not crystal clear exactly why the fund manager decided to drop the long-term holding from his equity portfolio, but poor returns are a simple reason why a move might've been made.
Quicksilver's stock price had been squeezed by almost -50% over the past year as lower gas prices and above-average debt hasn't exactly endeared the asset-heavy firm to investors. A sale earlier this year of its Barnet Shale resources to Tokyo Gas led to a modest recovery in share price over the past few months, which may be why Hawkins decided to sell.


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Back in the character-based Stone Age of the personal computer, all IBM-compatible MS-DOS PCs started up with a C-prompt, the "C:\>" text with a blinking cursor. At least, all PCs that weren't broken.
Can we conclude anything from that? That "C:\>" is a reflection of some supernatural or transcendental truth? That it is an insight into God's mind? No—it's just a useful trait shared by this class of PCs. There's no objective meaning behind these characters. This text is useful (it shows the directory in which any typed commands will take place), so it was selected. There's nothing more profound than this behind it.
Human morality is like this. Almost all humans have shared moral instincts, not dissimilar from instincts in other animals. Through instinct, honeybees communicate where the nectar is, newborn sea turtles go toward the ocean, and juvenile birds fly. Training or acculturation can override human instincts, of course, but in general we have a shared moral sense—a shared acceptance of the Golden Rule, for example.
We think our moral instincts are pretty important, and that's understandable, but there's no reason to imagine that they are objectively true—that is, based on some supernatural grounding. Said another way, we think that our morality is true because it tells us that it's true, but we can't infer from this that it is grounded outside us.
We must not confuse universally shared moral instincts with universal moral truths.
Human moral instincts are what our programming says they are—it's no more profound than that. There's as much reason to imagine that they are a window into the transcendent as that the MS-DOS C-prompt is.
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- More on how our instincts are well tuned to the environment: Plantinga's Nutty Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kim Kardashian West was unharmed after being robbed at gunpoint and shut in a bathroom inside a Paris apartment Sunday night. She returned to the USA quietly on Monday and is said to be shaken by her ordeal.
The spokeswoman for Kardashian West said the reality TV star was "badly shaken but physically unharmed" after being held up at gunpoint by two masked men dressed as police officers.
She offered no other details.
A Paris police official confirmed that there was a robbery involving Kardashian but she was unharmed, and that an investigation was underway. The official was not authorized to be publicly named speaking about ongoing investigations.
Kanye West was performing at the Meadows Music and Arts Festival in New York at the time. He abruptly ended his set Sunday night after telling his fans had a family emergency.
"I'm sorry, family emergency I have to stop the show," West told the audience.
Kardashian West has been in Paris for fashion week. She attended the Givenchy show Sunday evening.
She was also ambushed last week by a serial celebrity accoster who attempted to assault her as she was entering a restaurant.
Kardashian West was also attacked outside of a Paris fashion week show in 2014. She wasn't hurt in either incident.
Paris has been a special place for the Kardashian West and her husband, who spent the weekend there before marrying in Florence in May of 2014.
It's unclear if the couple's two children, 3-year-old daughter North and 10-month-old son Saint, were with Kardashian West in the hotel room.
Associated Press writer Angela Charlton contributed to this report from Paris. This story was corrected a short time after posting to reflect new information.


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Eggplant are a bit out of season, but we're in 'merica, so you can find most vegetables all year round. I can't say that this is a good thing, they usually lack flavor since they were grown in a greenhouse, but certainly convenient, and we are a culture of convenience. These eggplant were bought in season and from a farm that isn't too far from where we live. Needless to say I have been distracted with other things, right now I think doing things that bring joy to myself, and hopefully others is the only way to move forward. This parmigiana was such a great find, hidden away in one of my Italian cookbooks from Puglia.
Dreaming of Puglia, we made this for the occasion of a dinner with friends who we met when we were living there. This was the first time we had invited them over for dinner and it was important that we made something Italian and specifically Pugliese. Instead of leaning on your typical primo, I decided to make a meal of antipasti, which were really special and abundant in Puglia.
It was always a delicious surprise when going to a new restaurant to try the antipasti della casa, even if you knew that you would end up too full for the pasta course or the main course. For our feast I prepared this parmigiana, along with a number of other antipasti. I had never had a parmigiana in bianco before and was worried when I made it that it would be bland, or dry, I was completely mistaken, it was none of those things and it is a recipe that I will be making again.
Parmigiana bianca
adapted and translated from Ricette di osterie della Puglia. Mare, erbe e fornelli Slow Food Editor
- 2 eggplant
- a few springs of Italian parsley, chopped
- a fistful of bread crumbs
- 2 mozzarella around 1 lb
- 3.5 oz grated aged Pecorino
- extra virgin olive oil, as needed
- salt and pepper to taste
Slice eggplant into 1/2 inch medallions, sprinkle each slice with salt and set in a colander to sweat. The sweating not only releases the water, but takes away its bitterness. Leave the medallions to sweat for about 30 minutes.
Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat, with a basting brush, brush each medallion with olive oil, this is the best way to apply it, let the medallions grill on both sides, pressing them to release their water and to cook evenly. Once they have been grilled on both sides, remove them to a plate and continue until you have grilled all of the eggplant. This can also be done on an outdoor grill.
Preheat the oven to 350°.
Grease a small casserole with olive oil and sprinkle with breadcrumbs to cover. Place part of the eggplant on the bottom of the casserole in a single layer, followed by a layer of mozzarella slices, sprinkle with the grated pecorino, breadcrumbs, salt, parsley and a drizzle of olive oil. Repeat until you have used up all of the ingredients, layering them on top of each other and covering the top layer with the pecorino, bread crumbs and the parsley. Drizzle with additional olive oil and place in the oven for 15 minutes, serve the parmigiana hot.
Two Years Ago: Polipo alla Pignata
Three Years Ago: Tagliatelle con speck, funghi e panna
Four Years Ago: Sweet Potato Biscuits & Pasta, Patate e Provola
Five Years Ago: Seed Crusted Pork Loin, Zucchini and Smoked Salmon Spaghetti & Carolina Gold Risotto with Pumpkin and Oil Cured Black Olives
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Former CIA Agent Gives His Reasons to Give Up On Our Democratic Society
The right never had any reason to fear a Bernie Sanders presidency… he would never have been able to do the things everyone loved to her him talk about. He best served as what he was… a straw man to move the conversation in the direction it should be going but never goes because the clout and monopoly of the public discourse on the right–where all the money and lobbying and PR emanates from most effectively.
Bernie simply did not have an espoused platform which was realistic in office. And, he has much less experience, as does everyone else in the field of contention, with the Executive Branch than Hillary Clinton.
The president simply does not have the power people assign him with. It's akin to the misunderstanding of corporate governance. In corporate governance, typically what is desired is not the CEO with "imagination" (= crazy ideas), but the guy who isn't going to try and change or veer the ship into unfamiliar waters. With the POTUS it is very similar. He is like a cheerleader who plots a course and then must motivate the electorate to put a noticeable fire under the ass of their congress people. This is why the crazy BS coming from the mouths of elected officials must be taken with a grain of salt. They are there to convey the best (that is the most sensible and coherent) wishes of their constituency. If their constituency is a bunch of uneducated, misinformed, medicated, imbeciles… then guess what those elected officials are going to sound like… and those politicians are going to be that much more beholden to the corporate entities who bought their dress and brought them to the ball.
Eisenhower was a rare exception. He was at the time the oldest man to ever hold the office of president… he had already accomplished a singular historical feat in his position as Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe… and by his own accomplishments as a low ranking officer with no family connections or name to aid him, he personally dismantled the pre-existing societal pattern–which still reigned during WWI–of the command staff being comprised of members of the aristocracy rather than of those of merit. He single-handedly accomplished within the armed forces the fight so hard fought and to no avail in the civilian sector for a more egalitarian society. And as one of our wisest American statesmen, not only warned us of the Military Industrial Complex, but took measures to mitigate it's effect and influence in the society which were highly successful. A single man had attained position, influence and with a plan he could implement to guide the ship of state out of the dangerous waters into which it was heading and onto a route which would see the creation of a middle-class who could educate their children enough and give them enough of a sense of empowerment and responsibility that they would end the next war.
Obama tried to do something in the same vein with much less to work with. His tackling of the Healthcare issue was taking on another of our domestic leviathans, the insurance industry. The insurance industry has managed to surpass the clunky structure of the monopoly with instead the Byzantine erection of an empire federation structure to the countless companies that make up the insurance industry. They have erected a structure of biblical proportions and scale to dominate our society with their narrow view of self-interest, market-share and societal obligation, a pyramid. By erecting a hierarchy of companies so impervious to challenge… market share is so solidly assured… that the only thing lost in the crumbs left to the lesser scavengers amount merely to a displacement of liability for catering to high risk markets. With this supreme accomplishment in organizing an entire industry with a guaranteed market-share… The Insurance Industry has managed to allocate unprecedented resources to and bring to bear a juggernaut of lobbying and political clout. So much so, that the industry has managed to attack the very foundations of societal thought on societal obligation that we are willing to see people live in poverty, suffering and deliberate neglect of their best interest when they are their most vulnerable for the sake of the quarterly earnings of an industry whose product is a necessity of life! The only reason being that they have grown too powerful to challenge. And yet, Obama challenged them. His fight with the insurance industry over the healthcare issue was never going to be fought and won in a single set of legislation. First, and this is what Obama care was intended to do and is slowly accomplishing, what was needed is to take down the structure of the Insurance industry's political and societal might by disrupting it's Byzantine Empire structure… By rocking the industry back on it's heals, Obama was merely seeking to set up the fight for the next punch… an effort which the nickle and dime carrot-top in office is trying desperately to squander.
Hillary Clinton would have been our best bet to deliver that next punch… and who knows how many others she might've got in before her time was up? She was the best person, in the right place at the right time… but as is often the case in human history, our collective idiocy carried the day. It seems we are determined to learn the same dummy lessons over and over again the hard way.


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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
All The Difference in the World
The last isn't a sarcastic restatement. It's what she actually said.
That fellow of many names, now serving a year in prison, is the only one to actually get locked up. The ringleader of the attack walks the streets of Benghazi freely. A drone could make short work of him, but no drones are coming his way. Instead a car bomb, planted by Libyan enemies nearly took him out. Some of the other Benghazi attackers were killed by the Algerian military during the siege; doing the work that Obama won't do. If the Benghazi terrorists finally die, it will most likely be at the hands of the French, the Syrian army or Libyan rival militias.
Benghazi, Obama said, during his appearance with Jon Stewart, the man of many grimaces, was a bump in the road. And that's all it was. The Obama campaign bus drove over four bodies and reached its destination in an armored parking garage somewhere in D.C. An irritated Hillary Clinton, who is prepping for her own bus tour in 2016, has every reason to demand to know what difference it makes now to discuss who lied about what and who failed to secure the Benghazi mission.
The election is over, and her testimony was delayed until after the fat lady held up her talking points at the debate and sang. Al Qaeda is dead, except for the parts of it rampaging across Syria, Iraq, Mali, Libya, Algeria and Pakistan, and a decade of war is coming to an end or just beginning. It makes no difference now which one of those it really is, just as it makes no difference, whether, as Clinton said, it happened "because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night decided to go kill some Americans?"
Dead is dead. The Benghazi four are dead. Stability in the Middle East is dead. Hope is dead. Victory is dead. It's time to discuss the serious stuff. Like finding the right title for Hillary's next biography, ghost-written and set for release around 2015, right after the Dems suffer a Congressional setback from angry NRA voters and just before the next election to position her as the new voice of hope.
"Bumps in the road" is one option. It really communicates that Hillary has been through a lot and driven over a lot of hard roads full of potholes and people who were only there because the Republicans refused to fully fund her infrastructure and outreach programs. But "What Difference Does It Make?" best captures the zeitgeist of the time. That sense that nothing matters once you've won.
What Difference Does It Make?: Hillary Clinton in Peace and War" will show up on shelves with a cover of her in some distant country looking out at the exotic landscape or surrounded by properly foreign children. It will be packaged along with a public speaking tour of colleges as Hillary promises to teach the leaders of tomorrow how they too can make a difference her way. The tour will use up Hillary's store of funny and inspiring stories from her meetings with foreign leaders and human rights activists, most of which will be made up, but what difference does it make?
Everyone will pretend to be inspired by her. Suddenly it will be of paramount importance (circa 2015) that young women have a president of their own to look up to. It'll all be fake, like her career, but what difference does that make. The real campaign slogan, at this point, might as well be, "Hillary, why not?" and "You know it's going to happen anyway."
Over in Cairo, leading senators visited Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood President, Mohammed Morsi and tried to explain to him that ranting about Jews being the bloodthirsty spawn of apes and pigs who must be driven out of the Middle East is "inappropriate" if he expects to be considered a force for stability in the region. In response, Morsi told the senators that he respects all religions and that the only reason the New York Times belatedly mentioned the story a month later is because the apes and pigs control the media.
Afterward Senator McCain called for $480 million in economic aid to the Morsi regime and Obama sent him a bunch of tanks and jets, because really what difference does it make?
Morsi knows that he can say whatever he pleases and still get the F-16s and Abrams tanks and the billions of dollars in aid, and so it makes no difference at all what he says.
Sure at some point in the near or distant future, Morsi might use those weapons to, "free the land from the filth of the Jews". And then the Christians. And when that happens, someone will sit down in front of a Senate panel and explain that they really do care a lot, that it wasn't their fault and that assigning blame makes no difference at this point.
Much as it might be nice to think that if Obama wasn't in office, that we wouldn't be sending planes and tanks and money to Morsi, that's wishful thinking. McCain would have embraced the Arab Spring in the White House, the way that he embraced it in the Senate. He would have bombed Libya and would probably have been bombing Syria last year. Romney might not have backed the overthrow of the Egyptian government if he had won in '08, but he would still be shipping the same goodies to Morsi in the name of maintaining regional stability if he had taken his inauguration oath this week. The difference is that unlike Obama, he wouldn't have known what he was doing or why.
Hillary Clinton knows it quite well. Most of her stories may as fake as her biographies, past and present, but she's served in the Senate and hung out in the White House. And if McCain had won, she would be sitting on a panel blasting whatever hapless McCain appointee was holding down the SOS desk for failing to properly secure whatever half-assed intelligence operation was taking place there.
This mutual hypocrisy makes any genuine concern difficult to sustain. It reduces all hearings to bouts of political investigations, to prospective 2016 candidates shouting at each other over what they would have done. And then there's nothing left, but to ask what difference would it make if she had secured the Benghazi mission, if Obama had dispatched timely rescue forces or if we had stayed the hell out of Libya. If would have made a large difference to the dead, but not a whole lot to Hillary 2016.
France is fighting in Mali now and it's getting about as much support from Washington, as the dead of Benghazi did. The drones aren't flying here either and neither is much of anything else. Obama Inc's people have said that they support the French operation but that they're still waiting to get a "clear picture" of the mission, the enemy and how much this will offend the Morsis of the Muslim world.
The quest for a clear picture was also the pitch made by Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice and Barack Obama whenever they were asked about the Great YouTube Trailer Terrorist Attacks of 2012. What some cynical people might see as lies or calculation inaction, was just an effort to fiddle with the rabbit ears of intelligence agencies to get a clearer picture.
The picture will never come in crystal clear, but then it's not meant to. Like one of those artfully stylized big box TVs showing test patterns in the window displays of retro boutiques, it just adds a little style and mystery to the careers of those responsible. The real story will go on dripping out bit by bit, and it will go on not making a difference.
This really isn't about Benghazi, which could have been secured for a fraction of the $16 million that her State Department spent on overpriced Kindle book readers and the $4.5 million it spent on art in embassies. You could have dropped the cost for fully protecting the Benghazi mission into the billion that State spent on global warming. Or the dough that Howard Gutman, campaign contributor and Ambassador to Belgium who shares some of Morsi's views, spent renovating his embassy into a shining example of Green Sustainableness could have instead been spent on fortifying the mission.
This isn't even about Hillary 2016. It's about the Middle East where bad policies make a world of difference. And it's about a political establishment that rewards the Hillary Clintons for the disasters they make while punishing the Michele Bachmanns for the truth that they tell, because it is unable to come to terms with its own mistakes.
Carter gave us the Mullah-ridden Iran and began pouring money into the Pakistani terror machine of the ISI. Obama gave us a North Africa that is beginning to look like Iran and has shoved handfuls of cash, weapons and support at any Islamist whose views and affiliations stop just short of Al Qaeda, even if he happens to be Al Qaeda's best friend.
But what difference does it make when few Republican senators can discuss what the Brotherhood really stands for and its impact on the Middle East and the West? What difference does it make when Romney could not even begin to explain what was really going on in the region beyond a few talking points that he had memorized? What difference does it make when Hillary Clinton can give her performance, knowing it will get rave reviews from the media, and then look over her ghostwriters' latest proofs from the chapter on Pakistan that focus on microfinance and sustainable energy?
Reversing this process and reversing Hillary 2016 requires men and women who can show why what happened in Benghazi, in Cairo and across the region makes a difference. Why it's more than just another random occurrence that can be shelved until the end of time when the clear picture that Susan Rice, Hillary Clinton and assorted administration officials talk about finally develops. It will make a difference when there are enough people who realize that in the last four years, these policies have made all the difference in the world and paved the way for replacing the war of drones and hijackers with a global war on the scale of the first two.
Then the difference that Hillary dismissed and that her colleagues in Obama Inc. have held at bay for another four years will finally be made.
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I know that it does no good, and I know that it is wrong, but I truly hate these people.ReplyDelete
- rabbenu babelu24/1/13
rabbenu babelu says a wicked gem i wonder if dick morris will use your title on his 2016 hillary exposeReplyDelete
This is a very good piece, and my comment here is relatively unimportant compared to the points you are making, but I want to say that I don't share your low opinion of Romney.ReplyDelete
I think he has quite a good grasp of foreign policy, and excellent foreign policy advisors, and I do not think he would have supported Morsi.
This WSJ op-ed by Romney is not particularly deep, but I believe it supports my point: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444712904578024293333633994.html
I believe Mitt Romney is an exceptional human being, and a good man, but he was too beholden to the GOP, and he did not make a tough stand against the establishment politics. This hurt him politically because conservative Americans have had it up to our eyeballs with the establishment politics.
He would have continued playing the game as it is being played now, and that is not what America needs.
I know Daniel might disagree, but I think that America needs a Bibi Netanyahu.
China might make that very large scale war a reality in the near future.
When I heard the sound bite on my car radio of "What difference does in make at this point......guys out on a walk who decided to kill Americans.." I almost crashed. I lost my breath, my mouth hung open. I am so appalled!!! Later going over more of it, The Blaze has a montage of the Dems who used their time to bathe her in compliments, I was truly sick. Hillary said to the father of one of the Seals at the airforce base...."Don't worry we will get the person who made this film." !!!!!!!! I heard him say this in an interview...was he lying?ReplyDelete
How can we have as SOS a person who would say the above? What about the fact that it was the anniversary of 9/11? I feel like I am in some kind of crazy movie. I will work my fingers to the bone to make sure this ridiculous person does not become President.
I can't help wondering why, in the tiny window of opportunity they had, did the interrogators not ask the questions that the rest of us have asked since day one? It cannot be that our Congressmen/women do not have access to the internet, the alternate media and every available resource the common public has–can it?ReplyDelete
No, rather than believe they are all idiots, I, being a class A cynic, believe they are just performing for us - I really like the monkey analogy. ;-)
Again, that eery feeling of unreality, the magician (who happens to be SOS) pulls something out of the hat and pretends it is a rabbit, it sounds convincing and many believe it is ... except it is no rabbit at all.ReplyDelete
The name plate, "The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton" in the photograph caused me to chuckle. It should've read, "The Dishonorable Fat Lady," as she did the "wave" and tried to persuade the committee that she had nothing to do with anything, sounding like a scold and a frustrated spinster.ReplyDelete
- old girl24/1/13
Feel free to leave a comment. Please avoid spamming, cursing, shouting, throwing chairs, starting small fires and building barricades out of the rubble (unless you really have to).ReplyDelete
Speaking of building barricades out of the rubble
of racists who voted for Obama because he is black,
Alfonzo Rachel is begging us all not to let the Dems get one of their own elected as the first female president,
because, as you say,
it will be of paramount importance (circa 2015) that young women have a president of their own to look up to.
We can't say we weren't warned.
- ColKCS24/1/13
OMG...I have found a new site which I must now add to my myriad other great reads. Thank you for such an erudite commentary.ReplyDelete
The fact that SOS Clinton can get away with such comments before both the House and Senate sub-committees is indicative of why the congress is held in such low esteem by all thinking Americans.
God help us all.
Nothing makes a difference to a Progressive if it doesn't advance their ideology into practice. The "bump in the road", or lives lost is simply the collateral damage necessary for their revolution to proceed. Human life is always expendable when it is for the cause. People don't really matter to them except in how they can be manipulated and used as tools to help the Progressive.ReplyDelete
Clinton's performance -- and, and it was a performance in the best tradition of Saturday Night Live -- was not one of concern for the lives of four Americans butchered by barbarians, but rather of the annoyance and aggravation and bother of having to answer questions about her "performance" as Secretary of State in charge of everything and for which she apparently thinks she needn't answer for.ReplyDelete
Building blocks of reality (from Pilgrims and Founders): moral compass, self-reliance, The Bible, The Constitution, personal responsibility and accountability, family, tradition, patriotism, allegiance to the Flag, societal coherence, common language, culture, free speech, individual self-defense (guns), Rule of Law (equal justice for all), free self-regulated market, gold standard, protected borders, legal immigration (melting pot of cultures), coherent rational foreign policy (peace through strength), all contributing to strong, healthy, prosperous and lasting society.ReplyDelete
Building blocks of unreality (from the left): moral relativity, reliance on government (taking from others under some pretext like "fair share" of "social justice"), subversion, re-defined family, legalized infanticide, same-sex "Christian marriages" (opening Pandora box for other state approved and sponsored perversions), canceling gold standard, removing The Bible from public sphere, dismantling 10 commandments, "living Constitution", regulated speech (political correctness a.k.a. punitive conformity), disarming individuals (anti-gun laws and regulations for law abiding citizens), illegal immigration, mass legal 3rd world immigration, redefining word meanings ("sex" or "treason" or "victory" or "war" is what I say it is), incoherent irrational foreign policy (peace through disarmament), rule of man, some animals are more equal than others, socialized medicine, legalized death panels, endless violence, rivers of blood, high body count on TV, legal and illegal narcotics, pornography, mosques sharia "Islamophobia", all contributing to the demise of this once great country.
The above lists are not complete, and not necessarily in the right order, quickly compiled just to outline the number of well known things. Taking into consideration that America was built on Judeo-Christian values, and looking at the numbers (the overwhelming majority of people are Christians and non-religious, and only tiny minority are Jews), one can't help but wonder, what the real "foundational knowledge" proportion is these days (i.e. how much of the country's DNA is "Judeo", how much is "Christian", and how much is the rest). And why Christianity tends to peacefully surrender its spiritual and cultural territory, one more same-sex "Christian marriage" and one more gay in the military at a time, to the enemy who is very unlikely to be satisfied with any achieved level of "transformation", who simply does not know where to stop. In recent history the USSR was the country where the wildest dreams of the left were realized, they achieved all "transformation" they ever wanted, and still the whole thing ended very badly.
This is how far the country strayed from the initial course, conservative foreign policy vs. liberal-progressive foreign policy Diana West | Toward a 'conservative' foreign policy | Jan 20, 2013ReplyDelete
Seems like "Four dead in Benghazi" just doesn't swing as well as "Four dead in Ohio".ReplyDelete
After the bitter lil pill from November I have ceased really keeping up. Thank you Mr. Greenfield for this stinging dose of real politiks.ReplyDelete
Fore told is fore warned as another commentor has stated. And keeping one's powder dry isn't just a slogan.
- lowercase elaine25/1/13
Okay, so Hillary failed to keep our mission in Benghazi safe, even though that's the job she's paid to do. What difference does it make at this point?ReplyDelete
So she and everyone else in this administration lied constantly from the outset about the cause of the attack. What difference does that make at this point?
So the media was complicit in pretending this was a nothing burger story. What difference does that make at this point?
So we gave weapons to Libya's "freedom fighters" in their struggle against Qaddafi even though they were some of the same people we were fighting against in Iraq a few years earlier. But really, what difference does that make at this point?
For all we know, some of those same weapons we gave these "freedom fighters" were used to kill our personnel at the mission in Benghazi. What difference does that make at this point?
What exactly are we supposed to learn from any of this at this point?
Okay, sure, four people wouldn't be dead; but honestly, who could've foreseen the attack? No one, except everyone in the administration who was warned about the lack of security at the Benghazi mission. So, really, what difference does it make to dredge it all up yet again? Haven't the families of the victims suffered enough?
I think we don't really need to worry too much about what the 2016 election will look like. I doubt there'll be a cohesive republic at that point...
America urgently needs a conservative party true to the Christian and authentically federalist principles on which it was founded. A governing majority of the people are still loyal to those principles. What they lack is a political standard round which to rally in order to reclaim and conserve their God-endowed liberty. When will they leave the elitist faction henchmen in the moribund GOP alone in their house of sand and fog? When will they build a political ark suitable for a people of faith, who are willing and able to deserve the decent freedom God endows? Alan Keyes | NEEDED: A PARTY THE FOUNDERS WOULD JOINReplyDelete
Indeed, when will they [majority of the people still loyal to those principles] leave the elitist faction henchmen in the moribund GOP alone in their house of sand and fog?
But what if it goes way deeper, maybe "lax entry level standards of Christianity" and the above mentioned "GOP in their house of sand and fog" are connected, pretty much like cause and effect, one leads to another. If it is true, then just leaving GOP in their aforementioned "house of sand and fog" and starting a brand new conservative party is unlikely to help much, IMHO.
Hillary's 'what difference does it make' comment is more of an l'etat cest moi moment. The particulars don't matter to the Obama administration. It's not about Bengazi. It could be an attack somewhere or a farm subsidy bill or gun laws or just about anything. And none of it matters because Obama's fundamental assertion is that HE is the state. Laws don't matter, Congress doesn't matter, the courts don't matter. Certainly the governed don't matter. All day every day we're told to shut up and sit down as Reichsminister Chris Matthews shouts "WE won you lost you have no right to dissent or even suggest that discussing anything at all is a legitimate thing to do!" (I paraphrase; Matthews has never uttered a sentence that long). Hillary's what does it matter diatribe is truly an "It does not matter because YOU do not matter" statement. Obama's motto has never been anything but ROMA LOCUTA CAUSA FINITA.ReplyDelete
And that is the darker secret behind all of this.
As always fine insight. After long thought, I have determined there is no reason baying at the red moon. Individuals must prepare for a quick exit, for unrest, and remove their children from public school. As for a political action this is simple. FIrst, do not buy the NYT etc, do not pay for movies, and best of all, cancel your cable as it funds the enemy. Second - VOTE IN PRIMARIES. Forget elections where there is little choice. The country is ruled by the primaries and very few people vote there. Your vote is multiplied by ten. For that matter, vote in a Democratic primary if the GOP remains the party of fatted cows. Pessimism is sometimes very wise.ReplyDelete


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There are some things you don't know until you become pregnant with your first child: That you can see your baby's heartbeat in an ultrasound long before it can be heard. That the twitch in your side is the beginning of a kick. That some people think it's a good idea to eat your own placenta after the birth.
Yes, that last one seems to surprise many mothers.
I first came across the idea of placentophagia, as it is known, during one of my prenatal group sessions at the Family Health and Birth Center near Capitol Hill. While discussing things we might address in our birth plans, one of the midwives brought up the option of keeping our placentas.
"But why?" we all wanted to know.
Indeed, that is the question.
In some cultures, people bury the placenta and later plant a tree over it to honor new life. Other mothers make prints of the placenta, either with its blood or with colored paint, as keepsakes.
Then there are those who believe that the placenta's nutritional value can benefit the new mother after childbirth.
There is a certain logic to the placenta's being the perfect postpartum superfood. Throughout pregnancy, the organ transports blood, oxygen and nutrients from the mother to the baby. Some call it "the tree of life," both for its many branching veins and its life-sustaining force.
The most commonly cited benefit of placenta consumption is that it helps balance hormones and thereby combats postpartum depression. Some also claim that it boosts milk production, helps the uterus contract and replenishes lost nutrients after childbirth. Web sites suggest using it in recipes like any other organ meat, pan frying it or cooking it in lasagna. Some strong-stomached mothers have used it raw in smoothies.
If all this sounds a bit too cannibalistic, there are "placenta encapsulation specialists," often midwives or doulas, who transform the placenta from its messy postpartum condition into neat, sometimes even flavored, pills. "Mad Men" actress January Jones told People magazine that she began taking placenta pills after giving birth last fall and credits them with helping her to bounce back quickly. "It's not witchcrafty or anything! I suggest it to all moms," she told the magazine. "Your placenta gets dehydrated and made into vitamins. It's something I was very hesitant about," but she ended up taking the pills daily.
Hospitals consider the placenta biohazardous waste and dispose of it as such unless an arrangement to keep it is worked out beforehand. Sibley Memorial Hospital in the District, for instance, provides a protective container in which to store the placenta if a mother asks. But with 3,500 births a year on average, the hospital has only had only two mothers make such a request in the last year and a half, hospital officials said.
Doula Tabare Depaep is a placenta lady. She works out of her Annapolis kitchen, and said a placenta feels "like a big rump roast." She doesn't find it any worse than handling meat. (Depaep is a vegetarian.) "I actually feel warmer toward the placenta because it grew a baby," she said.
Many proponents of placenta consumption trace the practice to Chinese herbal medicine, where it is known as zi he che. One of the traditional preparations involves dehydrating the organ and then grinding it into a powder, which is basically what placenta encapsulation specialists do. Growing up in a Chinese family, I can recall taking sheep placenta pills once on the advice of my father, who practiced acupuncture. I just assumed it was for general health and well-being, like many of the herbal concoctions I grew up taking (sometimes believing it was better not to know the ingredients).
Scientists, however, tend to be skeptical about the benefits of placentophagia to humans.
"Most of the assumptions [about human placenta consumption] come from extrapolations from animal work, anecdotes and suppositions. But none of it comes from scientific data," said Mark Kristal, a behavioral neuroscientist at the State University of New York at Buffalo who researches placentophagia in animals. (Humans are among the few mammals that don't routinely eat their own placentas.)
The main benefit of the practice for animals, Kristal said, is that substances in the afterbirth appear to enhance pain relief during delivery, especially in the case of multiple births. (Amniotic fluid, available early in labor, also helps in pain relief.) But Kristal points out that cooking the placenta would destroy some of the beneficial aspects of the protein in the placenta, and that any positive outcomes mothers experience are likely to be a result of the placebo effect.
Part of the reason why there are no scientific data on the matter, Kristal explained, is that it is difficult to find women who haven't already formed an opinion about the matter which would affect their perception. And even if the practice is found to have benefits, Kristal believes it would be better to analyze the healthful components of the placenta and then synthesize them into pharmacological products rather than eat the unprocessed organ.
"Periodically you get this back-to-nature feeling. People say, 'Animals do it; we're animals, so it's got to be good for you.' Well, animals do a lot of things we don't do; not all of them would be good for us."
"Personally, I don't think moms are drawn to this because of scientific research," said Depaep. "This helps them feel they've done something to avoid the baby blues and to help milk production. Part of [avoiding] postpartum depression is that it requires vigilance. I think moms like to know they've done what they can about it instead of feeling helpless."
Depaep said the number of women wanting placenta encapulation services is on the rise, with about 20 percent of her clients of late asking for it as opposed to about 10 percent who maybe were interested it a few years ago. "It's still a small number, but it's growing," she said.
Amanda Baerwaldt, a Frederick mother, wasn't worried about the lack of evidence when she opted to have her placenta encapsulated after giving birth a few months ago.
"I wanted to avoid the baby blues if I could, and I wanted to stay away from conventional medicine," she said. She felt joyful after giving birth, but a few days later, the what-ifs began to flood her. She started taking her placenta pills, and within 24 to 48 hours she felt better. "I felt a lot of energy," she said, "like Wonder Woman. If I took it at 5 p.m. I couldn't sleep all night."
"Even if it is a placebo effect," she added, "it still works. It's the perfect balance for just you. You can freeze the pills, and they'll last even up to menopause."
I spent an entire childhood eating such Chinese delicacies as duck tongue, pigs' blood and chicken feet, so most strange foods do not faze me. But I have to admit I felt queasy looking at those placenta recipes online, and I just wasn't enthusiastic enough to spend money on encapsulation.
I suppose there's always next time.
Wan is a freelance writer in Washington.


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Did you wake up this morning the proud/confused/intimidated owner of something small, electrical, and vaguely rectangular? Did you smile meekly last night while your loved ones looked on with bated breath as you apprehensively ripped open the packaging and did they cheer and clap their hands welcoming you into the technological age?
And did they notice when you reached for that glass of single malt and took a gulp instead of a sip? Thousands of years in the future, archeologists will discover that man had a propensity to collect random items and leave them in their boxes. Often, they will propose theories to skeptical crowds, these gifts ran off of some obtuse energy source which was, no doubt very rare, since these gadgets seem to be hardly used.
Furthermore, they will note, primitive humans had a propensity to acquire the same gadget with slightly better features despite barely understanding the gadget's predecessor.
Have another sip of scotch. Oh, I forgot it is the morning after. Well you can always lace your cereal if you do it discreetly.
We are all entering the technological age, whether through brave adventurism, or without choice. You might as well take a deep breath and plunge in. Who knows, you might actually enjoy it.
Such things as cell phones and iPods seem to be accepted by all but a brazen few, even if the desire for the latest phone has nothing to do with actually making a call. The battle, for now, is over the tablet. The world (at least those of us who don't need to worry about the little things like a roof over our heads, food at our next meal, or what's in the water supply) is divided into three groups.
1. Embracing the technology. These people don't just read on their iPad, Kindle or Nook, they embrace it, often with an annoying missionary zest. They don't take it out of their bag at the coffee shop or on the bus, they brandish it, like a mighty sword from days long past.
They are liable to chastise you, often in a smug, sympathetic way, as you balance your hardcover on your lap. "Oh," they whine in true Bob Dylan style, "How many trees does a Luddite reader fell…" When dealing with these people, it can be advantageous to note that the hefty hardcover has a distinct advantage over the light, sleek screen – it is far more effective when you take a swing at aforementioned pretentious individual.
2. Luddite Conviction. No way! We are already spending too much time on screens. A book is more than just words on paper. You can smell it, feel the page crackle as you move through the novel, feel the weight of the author's perseverance as you hold his/her masterpiece in your hand… And then the classic, yet oft-doomed line: It will never catch on.
3. Dithering in the Middle. There is some middle ground. I have to admit that I love my Kindle. It is light, convenient, and I get a kick about the environmental aspects. However, I do also miss the feel and smell of the book. I love the art of a well thought out book cover, and I also love reading while soaking in a hot bath. My bookshelves are an important part of my identity in our house and I hope sets a certain tone with my family.
So, some Advice for The Morning After:
Firstly: Don't Panic! Take a deep breath, slowly unwrap the gadget and take it out of its box.
Then: Go on your computer and find either the website for the company or go to You Tube. There are some really good, simple, step-by-step videos for people like us. I know, half of my readers are men and we read instruction manuals like we ask people for directions (by the way – you might have a GPS navigator on your tablet).
Finally: Have another whisky. It is the holiday season after all. And take note: if you are reading this blog, then you have already embraced the blogosphere: the cutting edge of the Internet. You are already firmly in the 21st century, dude. YOU CAN DO THIS!
Ebooks are a revolution: They allow us to carry them around with ease, read them with backlight, pay a reasonable price, and most of all, it's good for the trees…and our children will need trees if they are to continue reading books, whether ebooks or tree books.
Oh, and if you did receive a Kindle, iPad, or whatever, this might be a good first book to read on your gadget (couldn't resist!). In fact, how else can you stack up with an award-winning epic fantasy trilogy for just $9….Just saying!
Which might be a good time to share that Tourmaline Books will make the Wycaan Master series available on all digital platforms in the coming month, not just the Kindle. You can download At The Walls Of Galbrieth, here.
Happy Hols' to you and your family.
Alon Shalev is the author of the 2013 Eric Hoffer YA Book Award winner, At The Walls of Galbrieth, and five other Wycaan Master books all released by Tourmaline Books. Calhei No More is the final novel in the series and was released in November 2016.
More at http://www.alonshalev.com and on Twitter (@elfwriter).


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Audi Dublin International Film Festival's "Behind The Scenes" strand will consist of Industry Panels, Seminars and Master Classes. This strand enjoys a broad focus, whether you are a filmmaker, film student or film enthusiast, touching on subjects from film programming, screenwriting and cinematography to history on film, emerging technologies, classification and music composition. Notable guests are Oscar-nominated screenwriter and celebrated playwright David Hare, Oscar-winning composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek and double Oscar-winning cinematographer Chris Menges.
History on Film is a key theme throughout the programme and will be the subject of a panel discussion hosted by Pearse St. Library. Seen, but Unnoticed is a reunion event for those who took part in the production of Michael Collins, reuniting 20 years on to share memories and anecdotes from their time on set. 1916 At The Pictures will see City Hall turned into a cinema for a triple bill of Charlie Chaplin films that were screening in one of the many cinemas on O'Connell St at the outbreak of the Rising.
This year ADIFF is presenting not one, but two exhibitions of photography. Patrick Redmond, 25 Years will celebrate the work of the Festival Photographer and his extensive catalogue of wonderful guest portraits dating back to the early 1990s. The second photography exhibition #Setlife aims to highlight and celebrate skilled and hardworking crews working on location and on set for very long hours through key moments snapped to allow audiences a view of life in production.
MASTER CLASSES in association with Screen Training Ireland
David Hare: "Telling Details" – A Writer's Master Class
Saturday 20th February at 11:00am
The Teachers' Club, Parnell Square West, Dublin 1
Tickets: €25 apply via email@example.com
Host: Malcolm Campbell
A unique opportunity to hear directly from one of Britain's most prolific writers for both stage and screen. This is a fantastic opportunity for writers both of original screenplays and anyone seeking to adapt works for the screen. As part of this Master Class the components of plot, character and structure will be dissected and explored. This Master Class will focus on approaches to screenwriting and delve deeply into the various elements that are integral to the delivery of a quality screenplay.
Chris Menges: "Scenes Being Believed" – A Cinematographer's Master Class
Sunday 21st February at 12:00pm
The Lir Academy, Pearse St, Dublin 2
Tickets: €25 apply via email@example.com
Host: Irish Society of Cinematographers
This Master Class will draw on Chris Menge's vast experience working across different genres, formats, locations and environments (including The Mission and The Killing Fields). The aim is to bring this knowledge to bear in a context that will teach the participants about collaborative dynamics between a director and their cinematographer. It will also aspire to touch on a cinematographer's tools of the trade, traditional methodologies and how story and character should influence the look of the piece as opposed to format or the latest technological toys.
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Rebellion: From Script to Screen
Monday 22nd February at 13:30
The Teachers' Club, 36 Parnell Street West, Dublin 1
Tickets: €7 / Book Online at diff.ie
The divisive television production Rebellion marked the beginning of RTE's 1916 centenary programming. Boasting a starry cast led by Charlie Murphy and Sarah Greene it focused on various female protagonists from different backgrounds, loyalties and ideals, in the days surrounding the Rising, occasionally weaving in the actual heroes of 1916 amidst locations such as Dublin Castle, the G.P.O. and Collins Barracks. Writer Colin Teevan, Producer Catherine Magee, Costume Designer Alison Byrne, as well as some of the key crew, look back on the shoot and discuss the various production stages beginning with script, casting and scheduling right through to principal photography and post-delivery, including location shooting during the summer in Dublin's city centre.
Wednesday 24th February at 13:30
The Teachers' Club, 36 Parnell Street West, Dublin 1
Tickets: €7 / Book Online at diff.ie
It has been said that constant mobile device usage is isolating and restricts human contact. But, like it or not, mobile devices are now an integral part of daily life. While some people simply long for a time when phones simply made and received calls, the reality is fast moving toward the virtual, or even the augmented. Google Cardboard, vlogging, 360° video, mojo journalism, even the film industry itself with films like Tangerine, are all now extending the use of mobile devices and pushing boundaries daily. Hell, you can even buy a camera drone for £50 and give your short film aerial photography now. A panel of experts will discuss how new cutting edge apps will rapidly become the thing you cannot live without.
Explicit Content
Friday 26th February at 13:30
The Teachers' Club, 36 Parnell Street West, Dublin 1
Tickets: €7 / Book Online at diff.ie
With the landscape of broadcast and cinema constantly changing, approaches to classification and content regulation require constant appraisal. This panel discussion aims to take an in-depth look at the various factors that must be applied to both film classification and content regulation for broadcast. Issues like classifications on youth targeted films, depictions of violence on television, or codes of fairness will be explored in a unique opportunity to see how and why decisions are reached. Experts from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, the Irish Film Classification Office and the media will discuss the various aspects of managing complaints, adhering to regulations for youth audiences and freedom of expression. Just don't expect a serious discussion of why Rebellion opted for a hard R-rating thus invalidating its use as an educational tool unlike either HBO's John Adams or BBC's 37 Days.
Cinema Snapshots / With Sunday Miscellany & Dublin City Libraries
Sunday 7th February at 09:10, radio broadcast and online podcast on RTE.ie
Going to the cinema is a unique and sometimes magical experience. It can transport you out of your seat; at Q&As your mind can be opened up to the worlds of the director, the actor, the screenwriter. Writers and poets involved with Dublin City Libraries writing groups shared their experiences of cinema in Dublin. Sunday Miscellany on Sunday the 7th February at 9.10am is a special edition that will hear the winning submission from those Library groups and also feature well-known Irish filmmakers, lecturers, presenters and writers (including John Connolly, Ciaran Carton and Ruth Barton) providing their own perspectives on what the cinema and film in Dublin means to them.
#SetLife / Photography Exhibition
Thursday 18th – Sunday 28th February
Lighthouse Cinema
#SetLife is an exhibition of photography from behind the scenes of various Irish film and television productions. Presented in association with Lovemovies.ie on behalf of the Industry Trust for IP Awareness, this exhibition will run in the Lighthouse and will display a selection of photographs taken on Irish sets by various cast and crew members of day-to-day life on set. #SetLife aims to capture the scale of work that goes into bringing something from script to screen, and the army of people across various departments who work tirelessly to make it all happen.
Dublin Here, Dublin There
Saturday 20th February in Dublin Public Library, Dublin Texas
Friday 26th February in Dublin Arts Centre, Dublin Ohio & Pulaski County Library System, Dublin Virginia
ADIFF has a strong history of successful outreach programmes and has a fantastic reputation of working with festivals around the world. In 2016 ADIFF has allied with the communities of Dublin in Ohio, Texas and Virginia – who have each offered their knowledge, resources and venues to help share a programme of the best Irish shorts with audiences in the US. The project aims to strengthen Dublin's connection with these communities to bring awareness, as well as Ireland's love of cinema, to the greater worldwide diaspora.
Programming for Programmers
Friday 19th February at 14:00
The Teachers' Club, 36 Parnell Street West, Dublin 1
Tickets: €7 / Book online at diff.ie
Chaired by Hugh Murray (Pavilion Theatre).
Mark Adams (Artistic Director, Edinburgh Film Festival), Nashen Moodley (Festival Director, Sydney Film Festival), Gregg M. Schwenk (CEO and Executive Director Newport Beach Film Festival) and Ania Trzebiatowska (Artistic Director PKO Off Camera & Manager of Acquisitions for Visit Films) will provide insight into the world of programming as an international Artistic Directors. From the moving puzzle of international distribution to inviting guests and the challenges of the red carpet, these experts will discuss the subtlety of programming. This event is a networking opportunity for new and advanced programmers to meet each other and to gain perspective from top festival professionals.
Pat Redmond, 25 Years / A Celebration
Tuesday 16th February – Wednesday 16th March
The Georgian Society, 58 South William Street, Dublin 2 and The Powerscourt Centre, 59 South William Street, Dublin 2
In a world increasingly dominated by the snap, selfie and speed shot, this exhibition will celebrate the work of a true master of the art of film portrait photography, who has provided Dublin's film festival, in its numerous guises over the past quarter century, with an indelible photographic record of the eclectic array of filmmakers who have graced the festival.
Seen But Unnoticed / A Reunion of the Background Artists and Extras of Michael Collins
Saturday 20th February at 12:00
The Teachers' Club, 36 Parnell Street West, Dublin 1
Tickets: Free event / Please email firstname.lastname@example.com to register your interest
They came by the busload, graciously offering time for free (in a move that saw Hugh Leonard award Neil Jordan his 'Cute Hoor of the Year' Award) and supplementing the period costumes with clothes they brought themselves in order to participate in one of the most ambitious undertakings of Irish Cinema history, Neil Jordan's Michael Collins. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of this remarkable production ADIFF invites those who took part in the production to join a special reunion and retrospective of the amazing shoot.
History on Film / Film on History
Tuesday 23rd February at 17:00
Pearse Street Library, 144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2
Tickets: Free event, book online at diff.ie
In this year of anniversary and commemoration a panel of filmmakers, academics and journalists will discuss the relationship between cinema and history. A full list of films included in the 'History on Film' strand will be accompanied by talks and discussions. The nettle that might not be grasped is the baneful effect of films like Zero Dark Thirty on popular understanding of historical events even as they attempt to win Oscars by virtue of their historical cachet.
1916 At The Pictures
Wednesday 24th February at 14:00 (81 minutes)
City Hall, Dame Street, Dublin 2
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ADIFF will recreate the cinema of 1916 as it was, by representing the films which would have been shown in the cinemas of Dublin on that fateful Easter week. Archive research has uncovered cinema listings from April 1916, including screenings at old venues on O'Connell Street such as the Picture Pillar House. From within the list of archive titles a restoration of some classic Charlie Chaplin films from his early career shows the beginnings of some of his most beloved and remembered characters including the Tramp.
The Bank: Charlie the janitor loves Edna, the pretty bank secretary, but her sweetheart is another Charles, the cashier.
The Champion: This comedy has Charlie finding employment as a sparring partner who fights in the prize ring and wins the championship match, with the help of his pet bulldog.
The Tramp: Charlie saves a farmer's daughter from some thieving toughs and subsequently stops their attempt to rob the farm.
Interview with David Hare and 'The Hours' screening
Saturday 20th February
15:00 Interview (60 minutes)
16:30 The Hours (114 minutes)
Tickets: €9 each or €15 for both events. Tickets also available from IFI Box Office, www.ifi.ie
Host: Sean Rocks
David Hare is well known for his work in theatre, having written more than thirty plays including Plenty, Pravda, Skylight, The Judas Kiss, snd a version of Ibsen's The Master Builder currently running in the Old Vic. He has also been widely honoured for his long list of credits for the screen. He has written more than twenty screenplays for film and television including Plenty, Paris by Night, Weatherby and Damage. As a screenwriter he has twice been nominated for Oscars for his adapted screenplays on The Hours and The Reader, each of which also earned him nominations for a Golden Globe. His haunting drama Weatherby won him a Golden Berlin Bear in 1985 and he has directed many actors to win awards for their work across his formidable back catalogue. ADIFF will present a screening of his adaptation of Michael Cunningham's novel The Hours, where he will participate in a pre-screening interview with Sean Rocks of RTE Radio 1's Arena.
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek / Composing For Film Seminar
Saturday 27th February
Royal Irish Academy of Music
Tickets: €15 Book Online at diff.ie
Host: Bill Whelan
Jan A. P. Kaczmarek is a composer with a tremendous international reputation that continues to grow. His first success in the United States came in theatre. After composing striking scores for productions at Chicago's Goodman Theatre and Los Angeles's Mark Taper Forum, he won an Obie and a Drama Desk Award for his music for the New York Shakespeare Festival's 1992 production of John Ford's 'Tis Pity She's A Whore, starring Val Kilmer and Jeanne Tripplehorn. Having composed music for films in Poland, he achieved recognition with scores to Total Eclipse, Bliss, Washington Square, Aimée & Jaguar, The Third Miracle, Lost Souls, Edges of the Lord, Quo Vadis and Unfaithful. In 2005 he won a Best Original Score Oscar for Finding Neverland.


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By Joel Francis
The Daily Record
The first volume of R.E.M.'s "MTV Unplugged" collection is a perfect storm of both the band and the zeitgeist.
In 1991, "Unplugged" was just starting to take off, thanks to the success of Paul McCartney's official bootleg from his appearance on the show. The show was gaining a reputation for a place where classic rock artists could rekindle their audience by playing stripped-down versions of hits and a venue for newer, but still established, bands could expand their palette.
The year was also a watershed for R.E.M. Signing with Warner Bros. and a massive tour for "Green" had catapulted the quartet from cult status. "Out of Time," the follow-up to "Green" became R.E.M.'s first No. 1 album, and produced their biggest hit, "Losing My Religion."
"Out of Time" was also uniquely suited for "MTV Unplugged." After building success with riff-heavy arena-ready songs like "The One I Love" and "Orange Crush," the band decided to scale back. Mandolin, acoustic guitar and organ dominated songwriting process and, in turn, the final recordings.
It seemed inevitable that R.E.M. would appear on the popular MTV show. The surprising part is that it took 23 years for the performance to see proper release. After surviving for nearly a generation as old, dubbed VHS copies and bootlegged CDs, R.E.M. "Unplugged" was finally released. It debuted in April as a Record Store Day Exclusive vinyl set paired with an encore 2001 "Unplugged" performance. Several months later, stand-alone editions of both shows were released in multiple formats.
As a time capsule, "Unplugged" stands somewhere between essential and curiosity. The 17-song set is dominated by "Out of Time." More than half the album is present, along with one outtake. As such, the album does a great job fleshing out this under-recorded era. Because the band abandoned touring and focused on television appearances and music videos, "Unplugged" stands as one of R.E.M.'s longest sets of the early '90s.
That said, most of the arrangements stick pretty close to the album versions so there aren't any big revelations present. The best songs include a jangly, sing-along version of "End of the World" and an energetic reading of "Radio Song" sans KRS-One that leans heavily on guest Peter Holsapple's organ. A low-key, less urgent "Disturbance at the Heron House" is a rare revision of an electric number and makes me wish the band had tried a few more ("These Days" and "Driver 8" spring to mind).
Five bonus tracks that never made it to air follow the full broadcast performance. Driven by Bill Berry's congas, "Get Up" takes on a new life. "Swan Swan H" and "World Leader Pretend" mirror their album counterparts. "Fretless" represents the one song that doesn't work unplugged. The studio version of this "Out of Time" outtake foreshadows the direction the band would take on "Automatic for the People." Robbed of electricity, it lacks the sense of suspicion and dread that fuels the track.
R.E.M. did themselves a disservice by waiting so long to release this set. It undoubtedly would have sold better 20 years ago when the band was at its peak and fans were anxious for new material. While die-hards and completists have owned this performance for years, the improved sound and bonus tracks make it a worthwhile addition to the catalog. Ultimately, "Unplugged 1991" is a nice complement to a band working at peak convergence of popularity and artistry.
Disclaimer: The Daily Record was sent a complementary review copy of "Unplugged 1991" from Soundstagedirect.com in exchange for promoting the site. Readers may purchase this album, or any other, with a 10 percent discount using code KWS10. Soundstagedirect.com is not the only online retailer carrying this title.
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Mina's Dish
X Marks the Spot
Oddball landmarks lead to good eats
Maybe it was a premonition of things to come that big, weird landmarks were a happy part of my childhood. At 25-feet high, the Michigan Stove Company's giant stove marked the entrance to the Belle Isle Bridge on Detroit's riverfront. The monument was built in 1893 for Chicago's Columbian Exposition and was moved to celebrate a merger with Detroit Stove Works in 1927. To me it represented family picnics at Belle Isle—food!
Restaurant Review
El Mezquite
Where the first language is meat
If you haven't been inside one of the many Mexican markets around town, you're missing out. They're enclaves of culture as well as food, filled with goods and services to make their customers feel at home, not unlike an Asian supermarket or a Whole Foods. Some Mexican markets have developed a loyal following among the English-as-a-first-language demographic as well; because in addition to the fresh papayas, phone cards and goat-milk candy, they have restaurants with great Mexican food. Today we explore the culinary offerings of the locally owned El Mezquite Market chain, with four stores in Albuquerque.
Chowtown Restaurant Guide
Nursing It Back
Little Sir Dan, sat with his hands, aloft over keyboard with a frown. Along came his boss, and with a crumpled note he did toss, asking "Hey, we doing a Chowtown?!"


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Blog Archives
Game of Thrones: Inside The Episode "What Is Dead May Never Die" (S02E03)
Game of Thrones Review/Reaction: "What is Dead May Never Die" Season 2 Episode 3
If there's one character in Game of Thrones you would want to have as a friend it would be Sam. In a world of back stabbing, hidden motives and deception, he's compassionate, caring, honest and means what he says. His crush on Gilly is endearing and played with such glee by actor John Bradley. It was a bit silly offering his mother's thimble to Gilly but that's what makes Sam so likeable. I believe it when he promises to come back and rescue her. After taking the oath of the Night's Watch, including celibacy, it will be interesting to so how far their relationship will develop.
Meanwhile, Theon has chosen family over his friendship with Robb Stark. To Balon, Theon symbolizes his failed rebellion, something he can never come to terms with. In a culture that prides itself on pirating and taking from others, his only surviving son was taken from him and held as a hostage by the Starks. That's got to hurt! What makes Theon so intriguing to watch is despite his character flaws and the despicable way he treats women, we understand his need for acceptance, belonging and recognition. His sister Yara may not directly say she cares for Theon, but when she warns him of the fisherman's nets it shows that beneath the her stern, cold exterior she's not without a heart.
Game of Thrones: Inside The Episode "The Night Lands" (S02E02)
"The Night Lands" is another highly entertaining installment of Game of Thrones. Much like "The Kingsroad", the second episode of the first season, "The Night Lands" set up characters on their journey, establishing their motivation, the conflict they must overcome and what's at stake. Every scene is designed to help the audience understand the inner monologue of each character and to build towards the major events of the season to come.
If there is a quibble in how Game of Thrones episodes are structured, is that very little of note actually happens until the final scenes. Although the story moves from location to location touching base with characters, one never gets the feeling that the episode itself is moving towards a revelation, turning point or resolution. Something important does happen (more on this later) but it serves as a cliffhanger to give the viewer a reason to watch what happens in the next episode rather than something the character has overcome or confronted. Unlike a procedural crime show where the episodes are self-contained and have an immediate resolution, Game of Thrones is incredibly ambitious, challenging viewers to invest in the journey and in hopes that the endgame will payoff.
Game of Thrones: Inside The Episode "The North Remembers" (S02E01)
"The North Remembers" lays the foundation to what promises to be an epic and riveting second season for the award winning medieval fantasy series Game of Thrones. The settings are incredibly diverse and spread over different continents from the desert of the Red Waste to the cold Haunted Forest beyond the Wall. As a red comet blazes overhead, each character's journey and narrative, no matter where they are in the world are interconnected like strands on a spider web or ripples on a pond. The aftermath of King Robert's death and Lord Ned Stark's execution continues to unravel as Tyrion Lannister arrives in King's Landing to assume the position of the new Hand of the King, Robb Stark sends him mother to forge an alliance with King Renly Baratheon and Stannis Baratheon declares his right to the Iron Throne after receiving Ned's letter that King Joffrey is the inbred spawn of Queen Cersei and her brother, Jamie the Kingslayer.
Watch the Game of Thrones Season 2 – Inside The Episode with series executive producers providing insight on Robb Stark, Jon Snow and much more.
The fictional geography, religions, history, family lineage and cultures make Game of Thrones a richly complex, engrossing and fully realized world. Seven hells, I might even do the next review completely in Dothraki! (Just kidding). One of the challenges of adapting a 1000 page book into a 10 episode season is hiding the exposition usually disguised while characters are playing a drinking game, gutting a steer, taking a bath, shaving a chest or plainly having sex. It's easy to be overwhelmed, gloss over a detail or forget what previously happened whether your new to the TV series or finished reading the book a long time ago. After watching the TV episode, check out some interesting tidbits and brief thoughts below to enrich your viewing experience. (These are intended to be spoiler-free up to the latest aired episode).
Review: Spartacus Vengeance: "Wrath of the Gods", Season 2 Finale, Episode 10
Warning: Major Spoilers Ahead.
The thirst for vengeance is an appetite that can never truly be sated. The desire for retribution or the balancing of a wrong, cannot undo the initial harmful act or make the perpetrator feel the loss or agony of the original suffering. In history, religion, society, literature and in life, acts of vengeance often beget a cycle of retaliation where the original intent, whether it be for social justice or simply "an eye for an eye", is lost and the victims seeking punishment become the very thing they want to destroy.
Game of Thrones: The North Remembers, Episode 1 Preview; New Characters of Season 2
If there's one thing we learned from the first season of HBO's Game of Thrones is that the quest for power is dangerous and unforgiving. A simple error in judgement, strategy, or character flaw such as gluttony, impatience, arrogance, pride, or even nobility can be fatal. So with the passing of King Robert Baratheon, Viserys Targaryen, Khal Drogo, Lord Eddard Stark and many more into the afterlife we welcome and introduce new characters of Season 2. Know your enemies, know yourself, know you have no allies or die with your head upon a spike! Minor Spoilers ahead:
Review: Spartacus Vengeance: "Monsters", Season 2 Episode 9
Glaber discovers the location of the rebel camp in the latest episode of Spartacus Vengeance!
All That Remains
In Season Two, Spartacus, played by actor Liam McIntyre, hasn't had the emotional resonance of the first season when he tragically lost his wife, killed his best friend Varro as commanded and fought each day for his survival. Spartacus' journey this season of becoming a leader of the rebellion that could possibly bring down the Roman Empire has progressed slower than expected. Although the rebels have freed Naevia from the mines, rescued Crixus and Oenomaus and burnt down the arena in Capua there hasn't been much in a way of a strategic plan of action other than recruiting German slaves to their cause. On the other hand, Spartacus' philosophical and moral beliefs have been well-defined this season but some of his actions are questionable. His belief that every life has its worth is underscored by the fact that hundreds of people died in the destruction of the arena although one could argue that the citizens of Capua who cheered for the execution of rebels Crixus and Oenomaus are not innocent bystanders.
Game of Thrones: You Win Or You Die – Inside the HBO Series
Watch the 22 minute special on HBO's Game of Thrones featuring exclusive interviews with series executive producers and cast members including Kit Harrington (Jon Snow), Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) & Emilia Clarke (Daenarys Targaryen) as they give insight on the hit television show, highlight key moments from Season 1 and give teasers for Season 2.
When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die.
Game of Thrones: Best and Bloodiest Kills – Video -IGN
If you are not already pumped up about Season 2 of HBO's Game Of Thrones returning April 1st, check out the nastiest, bloodiest and most gruesome moments from the first season in the video below. Warning: The video contains major spoilers, so if you haven't watched Season 1 yet … hurry up, what are you waiting for? 😉 When I first saw Viserys get his "crown of gold", I had to cover my eyes and look away … it's that gross.
Based on the best-selling book series called A Song of Ice and Fire from author George R.R. Martin, Game Of Thrones is a dark, gritty medieval television drama with fantasy elements about many families and people vying for control of the Iron Throne which rules the seven kingdoms in the fictional continent of Westeros.
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Bears sign QB McCown
Lake Forest, IL – The Chicago Bears signed veteran journeyman Josh McCown on Tuesday in the wake of quarterback Jay Cutler's concussion.
Cutler missed the second half of Sunday night's 13-6 setback to Houston and his status for Monday's game in San Francisco is uncertain.
McCown, 33, is familiar with the Chicago offense, having started the Bears' final two games last season after Cutler was sidelined with a broken thumb.
Selected by Arizona in the third round of the 2002 draft, McCown has thrown for 6,998 yards with 37 touchdowns and 44 interceptions in 50 games (33 starts) with the Cardinals, Lions, Raiders, Panthers and Bears.
To make room for McCown, the Bears waived tight end Brody Eldridge.


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Ever since my post in June Never marrieds piling up I've been curious what the data would look like for 2012. The US Census has the data posted, and I've updated the charts. I've also added two new charts at the end which show the breakdown by race. As I shared previously, the first two charts are time series for white women going back to the last year I have easy access to data for, 1999. Here is the chart for ages 25 to 49:
I left the 20-24 age bracket off the chart above because the never married rate for that group has been fairly flat the last few years and it changes the scale of the chart. However, I have created a version of the chart including that age group for your data analysis pleasure.
Here is a zoom looking just at the 30-49 age groups:
My basic analysis of the data hasn't changed since my previous post, but the additional data reinforces that something very important is happening.
More and more women continue to postpone marriage past their late 20s, and those who do so are finding it harder to marry in their 30s. The changes in the later age groups likely dramatically understate the eventual impact of the existing choices because there is a delay before the changes in each age bracket fully cascade into the next older bracket. Note that the same situation exists between the early and late thirties brackets which we saw with last year's data, only more pronounced. The late thirties group has been increasing even though the corresponding values for the same group five years earlier were constant. This indicates that marriage rates for women in their mid thirties have been declining over the last five years.
At the same time, we see that women in their early thirties now are starting off with significantly lower marriage rates than just a few years ago. Putting this together, more women are ending up in their early thirties having not married, and fewer women are able to marry in their thirties.
Note that the women currently in the 35-39 bracket have a 15.4% never married rate. When these same women were in the 30-34 age bracket 5 years ago they had a never married rate of 18.5%. However, the women currently in the 30-34 age bracket have a much higher never married rate of 25.1%! It seems unlikely that today's early thirties women starting from this much higher number will be able to drop down to 15% in five years, especially since we know the rate of marriage for that group has dropped considerably. They will probably be lucky to drop down to 20%. However, the cascade doesn't stop there. Today's early thirties women left their late 20s five years ago with higher marriage rates (39.3% never married) than today's late 20s women (47.5% never married).
Where this will eventually come to rest depends on too many variables to try to predict, but at the very least we know that a significant amount of reduced marriage rates are already loaded into the system. It would take a very strong increase in later marriage rates to merely cause the values for women in their 30s and 40s to level off.
As these changes become evident, it is very likely that we will see a power shift in the "marriage market" as the husband shortage for marriage delayers becomes obvious. The psychology of markets tends to revolve around fear and greed. For the last 40 years, the marriage market has been characterized by greed on the part of would be brides and fear on the part of would be grooms. This is why women have felt so comfortable making marriage a last priority, behind education, career, and casual sex. The recent history of the marriage market can accurately be summed up as 40 years of ultimatums by women, with men backing down in the face of each new ultimatum. The nonchalance by women towards marriage has been misinterpreted by many as a lack of interest in marriage, but I believe that it is reflective of an assumption that marriage will be theirs for the taking, so what is the rush? The statistics above tend to bear out the logic of this position. Young women look at their late 30s and early 40s aunts and see that all but a handful managed to marry. But the same stats which explain their current level of comfort show why that comfort will soon be coming to an end. At some point as more and more thirty-something women find themselves unable to marry the mood of the marriage delayers will turn from greed to fear. Instead of looking for reasons to reject men, they will focus more on holding on to the men they can get. This will be a change on the margins, but it will be enough to be noticeable. This will have the follow on impact of changing the prevailing mood of late 20s and thirty-something men from fear to greed, as they notice a sudden embarrassment in SMP options.
I was also interested in the breakdown of these figures by race. I've focused on marriage rates for white women when looking at time series to simplify the analysis. I don't have the time to chart out the different races year by year, but I have pulled together some snapshots showing the same basic data by race. Here is what it looked like in the year 2000 (source):
Here is what it looks like now (source):
Edit: I've exported the spreadsheets I used to create these charts to excel format (originals in Libre Office). Here is the file with the time series for White women. Here is the file showing all races. As always, please let me know if you spot any errors in my calculations.


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Canadian Military History Gateway
Resource Type > Document
Wilfrid Laurier's penchant for compromise allowed him to remain in power for 15 years, earning him the nickname of the "Great Conciliator". But in 1911, this talent proved inadequate to the task of winning elections.
Parks Canada
A list of Canadian vessels that participated in the Battle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in World War II: Royal Class frigates, corvettes, Bangor minesweepers, wooden minesweepers, armed yachts, auxiliaries, and Fairmile motor launches.
Veterans Affairs Canada
Throughout his career, compromise would remain the main political strategy Laurier used to settle conflicts. A staunch defender of national unity, he was called on to solve a series of major controversies which set Canadians against one another.
A list of ships lost in the Battle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Listed beside each ship is the number of lives lost (where known), the date the vessel sunk, and the U-boat that was responsible.
During the First World War nearly 3,000 Canadians became prisoners of war.
National Defence
VE Day marked the end of the war in Europe. Canadians still overseas in Paris and London as well as those at home danced in the streets. The Hamilton Spectator archived articles dealing with reactions in Eastern Canada.
Canadian War Museum
Louis Riel was born in Saint Boniface in 1844 and was educated in Montréal. When he returned to the Red River Settlement in 1868, he found the community anxious and divided over its political future.
The Battle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which saw German U-boats penetrate the Cabot Strait and the Strait of Belle Isle to sink 23 ships between 1942 and 1944, marked the only time since the War of 1812 that enemy warships inflicted death within Canada's inland waters. The battle advanced to within 300 kilometres of Québec City. A war that pervaded people's lives but was still somehow remote, had become immediate, threatening, and very real. This site outlines the story of this battle.
Despite their disunity, the staff of New France agreed on one thing - the need for more fighting men to defend the colony. During the winter of 1756-57, Governor Vaudreuil reorganized existing resources, and two more battalions from the French metropolitan army were dispatched.
For Canada and Canadians the Second World War began in Parliament. Canadian newspapers documented the changes in government and social platform during World War Two.


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It's funny what you come across, when you aren't even looking. Yesterday, while visiting the Throne Room in the Palace of Prince Albert II, the reigning Sovereign Prince of Monaco (Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi), I happened to notice a painting of of his great-grandfather, Prince Albert I, hanging to the left of the throne.
The 1894 painting of Prince Albert I is by Léon Bonnat. Bonnat was not only a teacher of my grandfather, Paul de Launay (a Valpinçon descendant through his paternal grandmother, Marie de Valpinçon) while he was at the Luxembourg, but was a teacher of his cousin Gustave Caillebotte as well. Paul de Valpinçon was a cousin of both Caillebotte and de Launay. Paul de Valpinçon's lifelong friend, Edgar Degas, was also a student of Bonnat. Paul de Valpinçon and Gustave Caillebotte died in 1894, the same year as this painting.