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A delicious meal, wine and great entertainment. Can't ask for more than that!
We could not attend for reasons beyond our control. Cause and effect of Paris Shuttle.
Very god food and wonderfull show!
We thoroughly enjoyed our evening at the Paris Paradis Latin Dinner show. The show was very well done with a variety of acts. The scenery, costumes and girls were lovely. We were very happy with our meal and the service was very good.. We liked the fact that we ate our dinner before the show began so we could concentrate on enjoying the show. Would recommend this as a lovely way to spend an evening in Paris!
My husband and I really enjoyed ourselves.
The meal was very good and the show was excellent.
We would recommend this 100
Excellent routines and satisfactory meal. A good night out
Excellent dinner and fantastic show! I do reccomend
Wait staff was excellent as was show!!! Highly recommend to anyone and well worth the cost!
Great show and excellent dinner for a reasonable price!
The cabaret was fantastic! Worth the time and money. Using viator for our ticket purchase was extrermly helpful and easy! Definitely recommend this to anyone going to paris!
Very good price and all fantastic... thx!!!!!
Excellent reception. Good lunch, vers good spectacle. Everything was perfect.
This Show is well Worth the money @!!!!!! Love it a must see for everyone
Enjoyed the show and dinner
This is fantastic. We had wonderful seats reserved and were greatly warmly before the show. Because of the Paris traffic we did not get there early as planned, but our reserved seats were waiting for us and we did not feel rushed at all. We had the festival menu and it was quite tasty and far better than we had expected for show food. Quite delicious actually, Another great Viator value. Great show, great price, excellent venue and service
We thoroughly enjoyed the dinner and show. The dancers and other acts were all first class and the guy on the one-wheeled bicycle was amaziing. We are looking forward to coming again next time we're in Paris.,
Wonderful food, good service, enjoyable show. In general an experience worth doing.
It was a completely different experience than the Lido.
More compact, more personal. Every one live from the serviceman to the artist to...
It was a good change...
It was a fabulous evening and the meal was very good.
The whole experience including food and show was fabulous, I would door all again , and recomend it to anyone !!
It was a great show. Both my wife and I loved it. Brian Bush
Tons of fun! I'd do it again.
The show and dinner was excellent.
Very entertaining show with great music and performances. Amazing venue built by Eiffel. Great ambience and it made a fantastic start to our first night in Paris. Well recommended.
Because of the Air France strike we were unable to make our scheduled reservation. Viator was very responsive and understanding, They made the refund so promptly and I was so impressed at the quick response. I will always trust Viator for honesty, value and integrity!
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1. Star Trek (1966–1969)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets.
Creator: Gene Roddenberry | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols
Votes: 49,734
2. Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Professional writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher uses her intellect, charm, and persistence to get to the bottom of every crime she encounters.
Creators: Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson, William Link | Stars: Angela Lansbury, William Windom, Ron Masak, Louis Herthum
Votes: 12,779
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
G | 149 min | Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Humanity finds a mysterious, obviously artificial object buried beneath the Lunar surface and, with the intelligent computer H.A.L. 9000, sets off on a quest.
Writers: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke | Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter
Votes: 425,570 | Gross: $56.72M
4. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Marshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in the rough and tumble Dodge City.
Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 3,302
5. MacGyver (1985–1992)
48 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The adventures of a secret agent armed with almost infinite scientific resourcefulness.
Creator: Lee David Zlotoff | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, Bruce McGill, Robin Mossley
Votes: 26,912
6. Ironside (1967–1975)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Wheelchair-bound detective Robert T. Ironside battles the bad guys on the streets of San Francisco.
Creator: Collier Young | Stars: Raymond Burr, Don Galloway, Don Mitchell, Barbara Anderson
Votes: 1,890
7. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A master defense attorney handles difficult criminal cases for his accused clients.
Creator: Erle Stanley Gardner | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins
Votes: 3,166
8. Charlie's Angels (1976–1981)
Not Rated | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The adventures of three sexy female private eyes.
Creators: Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts | Stars: Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith, David Doyle
Votes: 6,417
9. Hart to Hart (1979–1984)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The globe-trotting adventures of amateur detectives Jonathan and Jennifer Hart.
Creator: Sidney Sheldon | Stars: Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers, Lionel Stander, Lee Wilkof
Votes: 3,468
10. Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The investigations of Hawaii Five-0, an elite branch of the Hawaii State Police answerable only to the governor and headed by stalwart Steve McGarrett.
Creator: Leonard Freeman | Stars: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Kam Fong, Herman Wedemeyer
Votes: 3,979
11. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.
Creator: Bruce Geller | Stars: Peter Graves, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus
Votes: 5,393
12. The Six Million Dollar Man (1974–1978)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
After a crippled test pilot is rebuilt with nuclear powered limbs and implants, he serves as a unique intelligence agent.
Stars: Lee Majors, Richard Anderson, Martin E. Brooks, Lindsay Wagner
Votes: 5,530
13. Simon & Simon (1981–1989)
60 min | Action, Mystery, Drama
Two brothers of disparate tastes and manners run a private detective agency.
Creator: Philip DeGuere Jr. | Stars: Gerald McRaney, Jameson Parker, Mary Carver, Tim Reid
Votes: 2,796
14. The Fall Guy (1981–1986)
60 min | Action, Adventure
The adventures of a film stunt performer who moonlights as a bounty hunter when movie work is slow.
Creator: Glen A. Larson | Stars: Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, Heather Thomas, Markie Post
Votes: 3,913
15. Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two streetwise cops bust criminals in their red-and-white Ford Torino, with the help of police snitch, Huggy Bear.
Creator: William Blinn | Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Hamilton
Votes: 4,717
16. Splendor in the Grass (1961)
Unrated | 124 min | Drama, Romance
A fragile Kansas girl's love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.
Writer: William Inge | Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie
Votes: 13,523
17. Combat! (1962–1967)
60 min | Action, Drama, War
Combat!, a one-hour WWII drama series on television, followed a frontline American infantry squad as they battled their way across Europe. With mud-splattered realism, the show offered ... See full summary »
Stars: Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, Pierre Jalbert, Jack Hogan
Votes: 1,611
18. The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A veteran cop with more than 20 years of experience is teamed with a young Inspector to solve crimes in San Francisco.
Creator: Edward Hume | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Reuben Collins, Richard Hatch
Votes: 3,387
19. Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1954–1992)
Unrated | 120 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A Disney-produced anthology covering many different genres.
Stars: Walt Disney, Paul Frees, Clarence Nash, Slim Pickens
Votes: 1,039
20. The Bionic Woman (1976–1978)
60 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure
After fully recovering from her near fatal bout of bionic rejection, Jaime Sommers, the first female cyborg, is assigned to spy missions of her own.
Creator: Kenneth Johnson | Stars: Lindsay Wagner, Richard Anderson, Martin E. Brooks, Ford Rainey
Votes: 3,601
21. Night Gallery (1969–1973)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Host Rod Serling presents tales of horror illustrated in various paintings.
Stars: Rod Serling, Larry Watson, Joanna Pettet, Matt Pelto
Votes: 3,107
22. T.J. Hooker (1982–1986)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The weekly adventures of tough-as-nails veteran police officer Sgt. T.J. Hooker, who rides the beat with his rookie partner Vince Romano.
Creator: Rick Husky | Stars: William Shatner, Heather Locklear, Adrian Zmed, James Darren
Votes: 2,377
23. Superboy (1988–1992)
30 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
The adventures of the Man of Steel in his teenage years.
Creators: Joe Shuster, Jerry Siegel | Stars: Stacy Haiduk, Gerard Christopher, Peter Jay Fernandez, Zevi Wolmark
Votes: 792
24. Vega$ (1978–1981)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dan Tanna is a private investigator in the gambling town of Las Vegas, Nevada. Las Vegas can be seedy or glamorous, depending upon the point of view. This show is also notable for perhaps ... See full summary »
Creator: Michael Mann | Stars: Robert Urich, Bart Braverman, Phyllis Davis, Greg Morris
Votes: 950
25. Love, American Style (1969–1974)
60 min | Comedy, Romance
An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories or vignettes within an hour about versions of love and romance.
Stars: Stuart Margolin, Barbara Minkus, William Callaway, Mary Grover
Votes: 1,210
26. Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983–1987)
60 min | Adventure
The adventures of a housewife and a spy whom she fell in with.
Creators: Brad Buckner, Eugenie Ross-Leming | Stars: Kate Jackson, Bruce Boxleitner, Beverly Garland, Mel Stewart
Votes: 1,431
27. 12 O'Clock High (1964–1967)
60 min | Drama, War
This series chronicles the adventures--in the air and on the ground--of the men of the 918th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Eighth Air Force. First commanded by irascible General Frank ... See full summary »
Stars: Frank Overton, Paul Burke, Chris Robinson, Robert Lansing
Votes: 614
28. Trapper John, M.D. (1979–1986)
60 min | Drama
The Korean War MASH unit veteran operates as Chief Surgeon in a major city hospital with his colleagues.
Creators: Don Brinkley, Frank Glicksman | Stars: Pernell Roberts, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Charles Siebert, Gregory Harrison
Votes: 1,025
29. Hotel (1983–1988)
60 min | Drama, Romance
The misadventures of the staff and guests of the St. Gregory Hotel.
Stars: James Brolin, Connie Sellecca, Nathan Cook, Shari Belafonte
Votes: 793
30. Barnaby Jones (1973–1980)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The exploits of milk-swilling, geriatric private eye Barnaby Jones.
Creator: Edward Hume | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Mark Shera, John Carter
Votes: 1,367
31. Cannon (1971–1976)
60 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Frank Cannon is an overweight, balding ex-cop with a deep voice and expensive tastes in culinary pleasures; he becomes a high-priced private investigator.
Creator: Edward Hume | Stars: William Conrad, Patrick Culliton, Tom Pittman, Charles Bateman
Votes: 1,589
32. Matt Houston (1982–1985)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Matt Houston is a wealthy Texan who moves to California to oversee his family's offshore drilling enterprises but spends most of his time dabbling in his private investigator hobby.
Creator: Lawrence Gordon | Stars: Lee Horsley, Pamela Hensley, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Cis Rundle
Votes: 639
33. The Lieutenant (1963–1964)
60 min | Drama
The trials of a young US Marine Lieutenant and his comrades at Camp Pendleton.
Creator: Gene Roddenberry | Stars: Gary Lockwood, Robert Vaughn, Don Penny, Carmen Phillips
Votes: 100
34. Cover Up (1984–1985)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A fashion photographer and a veteran special forces soldier posing as her model go on intelligence missions around the world.
Creator: Glen A. Larson | Stars: Jennifer O'Neill, Richard Anderson, Mykelti Williamson, Irena Ferris
Votes: 318
35. Unbelievable!!!!! (2016)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi | Post-production
Writer: Steven L. Fawcette | Director: Steven L. Fawcette | Stars: Linda Park, Dina Meyer, Olivia d'Abo, Marina Sirtis
36. The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
60 min | Drama, Crime
The cases of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, Marvin Miller, William Reynolds
Votes: 586
37. Medical Center (1969–1976)
60 min | Drama
Located in the Los Angeles area, Medical Center was an otherwise unnamed hospital complex that was part of a large university campus. Dr. Paul Lochner was the chief of staff, an experienced... See full summary »
Creators: Al C. Ward, Frank Glicksman | Stars: James Daly, Chad Everett, Chris Hutson, Virginia Hawkins
Votes: 409
38. Dark Skies (1996–1997)
60 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
In 1960s America, a young couple struggle to expose the truth about a hidden alien invasion, while a secret government organization follows its own agenda in dealing with the threat.
Creators: Brent V. Friedman, Bryce Zabel | Stars: Eric Close, J.T. Walsh, Lackos, Megan Ward
Votes: 1,392
39. Movin' On (1974–1976)
90 min | Drama
A pair of big-rig truckers, one a crusty old veteran, the other a college-educated youngster, team up to haul cargo across the country.
Creators: Philip D'Antoni, Barry J. Weitz | Stars: Claude Akins, Frank Converse, Roosevelt Grier, Ned Austin
Votes: 227
40. Banacek (1972–1974)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The adventures of proud Polish-American detective Thomas Banacek.
Creator: Anthony Wilson | Stars: George Peppard, Ralph Manza, Murray Matheson, Christine Belford
Votes: 853
41. Star Trek Equinox: The Night of Time (TV Movie)
TV-PG | 48 min | Sci-Fi | Filming
Fifteen years after the destruction of the USS Equinox (approximate star date 2393) Captain Rudy Ransom, who was beamed from his doomed ship by the Krotownans, is held prisoner in the Delta... See full summary »
Writers: Camren T. Burton, Scott Fack, Charlie A. Rea, Gene Roddenberry | Director: David Winning | Stars: John Savage, Gary Lockwood, Garrett Wang, Celeste Yarnall
42. The Captains (2011)
97 min | Documentary
The Captains is a feature length documentary film written and directed by William Shatner. The film follows Shatner as he interviews the other actors whom have portrayed Starship captains within the illustrious science-fiction franchise.
Writer: William Shatner | Director: William Shatner | Stars: William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew
Votes: 1,949
43. Warlock (1959)
Approved | 122 min | Romance, Western
A famous gunman becomes the marshal of Warlock to end a gang's rampages, but is met with some opposition by a former gang member turned deputy sheriff who wants to follow only legal methods.
Writers: Robert Alan Aurthur, Oakley Hall | Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn, Dorothy Malone
Votes: 3,649
44. Police Story (1973–1979)
120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Classic anthology series, which details the personal lives of the men and women of the Los Angeles Police Department. The stories ranged from highly dramatic to extremely funny. Even though... See full summary »
Creators: E. Jack Neuman, Joseph Wambaugh | Stars: Scott Brady, Mel Scott, Don Meredith, Joe Santos
Votes: 512
45. It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
105 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Mike and Danny fly a crop duster, but because of Danny's gambling debts, a local sheriff seizes it. Trying to earn money, they hitch-hike to the World's Fair in Seattle. While Danny tries ... See full summary »
Writers: Si Rose, Seaman Jacobs | Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Elvis Presley, Joan O'Brien, Gary Lockwood, Vicky Tiu
Votes: 1,715 | Gross: $2.25M
46. The Highwayman (1987– )
60 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Series starring a big high-tech 18-wheeler. The driver, the title's 'Highwayman' was one of a team of federal marshals empowered to right wrongs "where ordinary laws do not reach" - and to ... See full summary »
Stars: Sam J. Jones, Jane Badler, Suzanne Casey, Clyde Kusatsu
Votes: 220
47. Bronco (1958–1962)
60 min | Western
A former confederate soldier wanders the old west and meets such famous characters as Jesse James, Buffalo Bill Cody and Theodore Roosevelt.
Stars: Ty Hardin, Robert Colbert, Mike Road, Morris Ankrum
Votes: 211
48. Firecreek (1968)
Approved | 104 min | Western
A peace-loving, part-time sheriff in the small town of Firecreek must take a stand when a gang of vicious outlaws takes over his town.
Writer: Calvin Clements Sr. | Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens, Gary Lockwood
Votes: 2,251
49. Onionhead (1958)
111 min | Comedy, Drama
After his girlfriend Jo refuses to make a commitment to their relationship, Al Woods decides to enlist and finds himself in the US Coast Guard. He makes it through basic training but a ... See full summary »
Writers: Nelson Gidding, Weldon Hill | Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Andy Griffith, Felicia Farr, Walter Matthau, Erin O'Brien
Votes: 402
50. Follow the Sun (1961–1962)
60 min | Adventure
The show follows the adventures of two free-lance magazine writers based in Hawaii.
Stars: Barry Coe, Brett Halsey, Jay Lanin, Gary Lockwood
Votes: 30

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April 21 news: GOP mercury; DOE to grant up to $130M for renewables; Carol Browner joins CAP
GOP Begins New Push to Delay EPA Rules on Toxic Power Plant Emissions
Under pressure from industry, Congressional Republicans are urging the U.S. EPA to further delay long-overdue rules that would limit more than 80 air toxics emitted by coal-burning power plants, barely a month after the agency announced them.
At least one lawmaker, Rep. Edward Whitfield of Kentucky "" a state which gets more than 90 percent of its power from coal "" has said he will soon introduce legislation to postpone implementation of the regulations.
The rules in question are EPA's air toxics standards to control mercury and other poisonous substances from power plants, as well as the Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) standards that govern hazardous emissions from boilers and cement plants.
EPA released the nation's first regulations for toxic power plant emissions on March 16. The boiler rules were announced in February 2011 and the cement standards in August 2010. All of the policies are mandated by the 1990 amendment to the Clean Air Act and originally set to be finalized in 2000.
According to EPA, the mercury and air toxics standards alone would prevent up to 17,000 premature deaths and 11,000 heart attacks each year.
DOE to grant up to $130M for renewable energy projects
The U.S. Department of Energy said today it will grant up to $130 million to renewable energy projects that can't find funding from private investors.
The projects the DOE plans to fund are riskier than their solar and wind power counterparts, focusing on the research and development of technologies that are not yet commercially viable.
The funding will come from the Advanced Research Programs Agency "" Energy (ARPA-E). President Barack Obama created the agency in 2009 as part of the stimulus package. The agency has so far received $363 million in federal funding, with an additional $650 million requested by the President in his budget proposal for next fiscal year.
So far, six projects funded by ARPA-E have received around $100 million in funding from private investors.
In U.S. Race to Reap Offshore Wind, Ambitions for Maryland Remain High
Massachusetts is officially poised to have America's first offshore wind farm, now that Cape Wind has won federal approval to begin construction. The news knocks Delaware, Rhode Island and New Jersey out of that heated title competition for now.
Maryland, for its part, took itself out of the Northeast wind war this month when lawmakers shelved a bill expected to unleash the state's offshore wind industry over cost concerns. It is likely a temporary setback.
Supporters insist that Gov. Martin O'Malley's wind bill will pass next year and offshore turbines will be added to the grid in due time.
In interviews with SolveClimate News, industry officials, environmental groups and the O'Malley administration all said they will work closely with lawmakers over the summer interim to address the uncertainties that held up the bill this session.
O'Malley, who was recently elected to his second term, has lobbied intensely to bring offshore wind to Maryland's eastern coast in an effort to boost the state's renewable energy profile and attract green manufacturing jobs.
NY to build solar power plants on capped landfills
New York City plans to build solar power plants on capped landfills and launch a loan program to help property owners pay for green energy efficiency upgrades.
The initiatives are part of an update to the city's 4-year-old PlaNYC environmental road map.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg plans to announce the update Thursday. His office released details Wednesday night.
The plan was launched Earth Day 2007. It aims to reduce the city's greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent by 2030. The city says emissions already have dropped 13 percent from 2005 levels.
Bloomberg's administration says building solar plants on the surfaces of landfills could generate up to 50 megawatts of power.
The city also plans to use $40 million in federal stimulus funds to launch the New York City Energy Efficiency Corporation to help property owners get financing for green improvements.
How much could climate change cost your state?
No idea why they got someone's dad to narrate this video, but the information in it is pretty startling. According to this group, the American Security Project, costs racked up by climate change could include:
$9.3 billion a year in lost agriculture revenues in the Plains states
$3.6-$6.1 billion over 20 years in infrastructure costs in Alaska
$60 billion by 2100 in increased energy costs in the Southeast
$2.3-$12.1 million in lost revenue in the Northeast just from losses to the maple syrup trade
$200 billion in repairs if a catastrophic hurricane flooded lower Manhattan
Now, a lot of this is worst-case scenario, but this much is clear: Spending a little to address the impacts of climate change now could let us avoid costs, potentially enormous costs, down the line.
ASP also has a map on their site that lets you download a report (warning, it's a PDF) on how much each state could save by addressing climate change — i.e. how much they stand to lose if they don't.
Carol Browner heads to think tank
Former White House climate and energy adviser Carol Browner is rejoining the Center for American Progress.
Browner was on the board of directors for the think tank before becoming President Barack Obama's top environmental lieutenant during his unsuccessful push to enact climate change legislation. She left the White House last month.
Think Progress, operated by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, tweeted the news about Browner's decision Tuesday afternoon. But they declined to provide further details until Wednesday.
"Carol Browner is an extraordinarily accomplished and talented advocate and with her years of experience in government and business, she will add a fresh perspective to all of CAP's endeavors," Daniel Weiss, a senior fellow and head of CAP's climate program, told POLITICO.
Browner's arrival adds to the roster of Democratic Party power players at the group.
CAP is headed by former Clinton chief of staff John Podesta, and former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle is a senior fellow.
Browner, the EPA administrator during the Clinton administration, promised POLITICO in late March that she would soon be heard from again after a brief hiatus upon leaving the White House about a month ago.
"You'll see," she said. "I'll reemerge."
Here is the full CAP release:
Carol M. Browner Joins the Center for American Progress as Distinguished Senior Fellow
WASHINGTON, D.C.""John Podesta, President and CEO of the Center for American Progress, announced today that Carol M. Browner will join the Center as a Distinguished Senior Fellow.
Browner's work for American Progress will focus on domestic and international policy development. She will also serve on CAP's Executive Committee, which oversees strategic planning and management of the institution.
"Carol Browner is an extraordinary public servant and CAP will benefit tremendously from her vision and experience," said John Podesta. He continued, "She understands the intersections of how policy interacts with politics and how government helps shape strong markets for investment and innovation. Having that sense of integration is key to understanding how to improve the lives of the American people, which is central to the mission of CAP."
Most recently Browner served as an assistant to the president and director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy, overseeing the coordination of environmental, energy, climate, transport, and related policy across the federal government. During her tenure the White House secured the largest investment ever in clean energy and established the national car policy that included both new automobile fuel efficiency standards and first ever greenhouse gas reductions.
In 1993, she was confirmed as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency where she served for eight years. As administrator she adopted the most stringent air pollution standards in our nation's history, set for the first time, a fine particle clean air standard, spearheaded the reauthorization of the Safe Drinking Water Act as well as the Food Quality Protection Act. She was known for working with both environmentalists and industry to set scientific-based public health protections while providing businesses important flexibilities in how to meet those standards. She worked across the agency to ensure a focus on protecting the most vulnerable, particularly children. These efforts earned her various accolades including being named "Mother of the Year" in 1997 by the National Mother's Day Committee and Glamour magazine's Woman of the Year in 1998.
From 2001-2008 she was a founding partner in the The Albright Group (now Albright Stonebridge Group), a global strategy firm. From 2003-2008 she served as a founding Board Member of CAP.
Browner received a B.A. and a law degree from the University of Florida in Gainesville. She headed the Department of Environmental Regulation in Florida from 1991-1993 where she launched the largest ecological restoration project ever attempted in the United States to restore the natural flow of water to the Everglades.
Founded in 2003, the Center for American Progress is a nonpartisan research and educational institute dedicated to promoting a strong, just and free America that ensures opportunity for all.
23 Responses to April 21 news: GOP mercury; DOE to grant up to $130M for renewables; Carol Browner joins CAP
A new study from Michigan State University shows that Democrats and Republicans have become increasingly divided on the subject of climate change.
The first of its kind research, led by Aaron McCright, an associate professor of Sociology, showed that the gap between Democrats and Republicans who believe global warming is happening increased 30 percent between 2001 and 2010.
McCright used data from Gallup's annual environmental poll to show this growing gap.
Back in 2001, 49% of republicans polled believed that the effects of global warming had already began. By 2010, that figure dropped to 29%.
Back in 2001, 60% of democrats polled believed that the effects of global warming had already began. By 2010, that figure increased to 70%.
UGA tests hair to find toxin levels
University of Georgia scientists are testing hair samples from across the country to identify people who have dangerous levels of a toxic metal in their bloodstream and help them find ways to reduce that exposure.
They are doing it for the Sierra Club who are testing at risk people downwind from coal fired power plants.
It seems that the Repubicans, such as Burton, have never heard of Bioaccumulation, also known as biomagification is something that our conservative legislatures seem to completely ignore. Mercury is one of those toxins that is greatly concentrated at each trophic level (or step in the food chain).
Mercury is already at dangerous levels in certain large open ocean/continental shelf fish such as swordfish. I love sea food and eat quite a lot, but I have given up on swordfish due to high mercury levels. I will be including data on mercury biomagnification in my lecture tomorrow for a nonmajors biology class. It would be nice if the conservatives knew even a little about how food chains work.
Another good post for those interested in the comparison of the GHG emissions for shale gas and coal
Thanks, BillD, mercury has always been under reported.
Conservatives don't much care about the food chain. Go to a barbeque in Texas sometime- you won't find any fish or organic produce. It's all about steaks, fries, ice cream, beer, and Dr. Pepper. They figure these items are all safe from whatever is going on everywhere else.
Raindog, the Clean Skies Initiative that you quoted in #3 is a utility and gas company industry group. They tossed off the Howarth study without addressing his specific concerns about methane fracking emissions, and repeated without real evidence their own claims about relative gas GHG emissions.
Why would you post fossil fuel industry greenwashing here on Climate Progress? That material is more welcome on WUWT, Climate Audit, and Climate Depot. We don't pay much attention to oil and gas industry bullshit here.
Interesting article over on the Guardian:
Fossil fuel firms use 'biased' study in massive gas lobbying push
Basically the big fossil fuel energy companies are getting into gas and bringing all their power and bad habits on their target of clean energy.
Small quote "Senior executives in the fossil fuel industry have launched an all-out assault on renewable energy, lobbying governments and business groups to reject wind and solar power in favour of gas,"
This article included the US. On a related point, during an analysis of GE's earnings this morning the person doing the analysis said that "Wind in the U.S. is dead" – presumably few new installations are being drawn up, just building out existing ones that were started previously.
This fits right in with the extreme Paul Ryan Budget and the resurgence of the "Culture War" issues that the Republican House has focused on. It's not about jobs, the economy or the budget, it's about ideology and winning the next election. Whoever is running against Whitfield is probably going to lose, but they should still be a firebrand and let the voters know that Whitfield authored a bill to put more mercury in the air and water.
Mercury–it worked for the mad hatter–although I'm not sure the symptoms were as benign as depicted in "Alice in Wonderland" (if even those symptoms could be described as benign). As far as I know, we are no longer using mercury for curing hat bands.
To Joe (and others at CAP, as well as the broader audience):
I've been somewhat inactive on CP in recent weeks, trying to get some stuff done here. But upon seeing this (on Carol Browner), I wanted to raise a point and question for consideration.
First I'd like to say that I applaud CAP's efforts, and your efforts, Joe, and I admire what you folks are doing and trying to do. But as an outsider to Washington, and as someone who lives on the opposite coast, I feel a nagging question, and I think (or assume) that many others must be feeling it too.
It boils down to this, perhaps: With so many brilliant and previously-influential Dems at CAP, why are Obama and his Administration not listening well to CAP — at least, that's the way it seems from here — and why is the Administration stumbling and failing so?? To a Washington insider, perhaps the answer to that question is apparent and not-very-surprising. To a Washington insider, perhaps the answer to that question is not even concerning? But to people who aren't Washington insiders — and the vast majority of Americans aren't — to those of us who are deeply concerned about climate change and other stuff, the question is a nagging one, at least to me.
If CAP consists of brilliant and influential Demo and Progressive thought-leaders, and if CAP is right there in Washington, a walk or short cab ride away from the White House and other centers of power, then what the [heck] is going on? I mean really.
On some days I think that CAP is fighting the good fight. And almost always, I admire the efforts. But I must admit, on some days, sometimes, I wonder if, or imagine that, all (or nearly all, including CAP) Democratic think-tanks and leaders are actually part of some unconscious or subconscious 'conspiracy' together aimed at not being as effective as we claim we want to be. I know this sounds silly and ridiculous, and I quickly dismiss the notion whenever it comes up, but the INeffectiveness of Obama, the Administration, and the Dems and Progressives these days is striking, frustrating, demotivating, and nearly debilitating. And CAP is right there, in the middle (at least geographically, in Washington) of it.
Is it possible — or would it be impossible, politically — for CAP to speak to all of us candidly and honestly about why the Administration is blowing it and why CAP is (apparently) ineffective at fixing that problem? To some of us, I think, the time is approaching when we'll either need to hear that answer, candidly, or CAP itself will start losing credibility.
I realize, of course, that (to an insider) the answer may seem obvious: 'Although we are CAP, the Administration doesn't listen to us, and we can't influence it much.' But you are full of brilliant and (presumably) influential people. How can influential people not have influence, in their own party?
This is a problem. Maybe I'm the only one feeling it or beginning to feel it, but I doubt it. If and as more and more people feel it, there are large things at stake, including votes (in the next election) and also CAP's own credibility. The question is, Why isn't CAP having much more influence, and why can't it?
I'm a fan — but a confused and frustrated one. What can you tell me that will both be true and ring true?
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Jeff H., you have to realize that while Obama is a progressive, he is also a pragmatist. I'd ask you the question, "Who would you rather have in office, an Obama or an ineffective idealist that fights battles they cannot win, squanders political capital with needlessly partisan speeches and generally discredits their cause by appearing like a loser?" The alternative to Obama in my question is George W Bush, and although a lot of people want to see Obama pull some ideas from the GWB playbook, you do remember how badly those 8 years turned out, right?
With congress the way it is, there is NO WAY a climate bill is even going to be marked up before the election and even with a much more climate-friendly congress back in 09, a climate bill failed to pass. Obama will drop some hints on his climate agenda through the campaign but it will never become a big issue unless the Greenland Ice Sheet disintegrates or they have to invent a Category 6 to describe the massive hurricanes that might develop that summer.
Our job is to twofold:
1. Get as many democrats elected to congress as possible while making sure they are GOOD ones and not "Manchins"
2. Build awareness of climate and energy issues locally and nationally as much as possible to produce a sustained public pressure for climate action that will overwhelm the fossil fuel and corporate media noise machine.
"Climate science has basically been at the receiving end of the best-funded, best-organized smear campaign by the wealthiest industry that the Earth has ever known—that's the bottom line," Mann told me when I visited him at his Penn State office last November. Near his desk, Mann keeps an actual hockey stick, signed by Middlebury College's championship hockey team to show the school's support for his work.
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@Jeff. I hope this isn't too cynical, but the short answer to your question about CAP's seeming lack of influence is surely, "Money."
While there are many opinion leaders at presitigous institutions, if, as one important example, one looks objectively at Harvard's internal governance and external influences over the last few decades, the economic and financial theories that have left humanity essentially at the mercy of Wall Street and the global monied elite have been dominant. Harvard's world-leading endowment has tracked the rise, fall and re-birth of these theories. Harvard's ability to fund all the other good and important work that it does is subservient to this system of wealth creation. Everything else, even environmental issues that threaten human civilization, are secondary. Because wealth creation solves all problems it has absolute primacy over all other human endeavors.
A very large percentage of our best and brightest in both politics and the private sector hold MBA's or JD's and have been trained to serve and be served by this system. It would be a miracle for altruistic NGOs such as CAP and 350.org to drastically change this because it is fundamental to our dominant culture. However, without question, these organizations can and do influence both culture and policy. Selfless leaders (including you, by the way), and others holding degrees from prestigious institutions such as Bill McKibben (Harvard) and Dr. Romm (MIT) can and do shape opinion in critical ways through the persuasive power of their arguments and ideas. However (and I think Bill and 350.org have this absolutely right), it will take people power (literally tens or hundreds of millions of people worldwide) to move the entrenched DC/Wall Street culture enough to matter in the fight against climate change.
CAP has always had the truth and good policy on its side. That has been enough to be influential, but not enough to achieve the cultural shift we need to put humanity back on track.
Cost of climate change by state seems like a good strategy for those that measure everything by $ but I wonder if it may have more impact if it used real costs so far rather than speculative ones that people can ignore until they happen, ME
What did Carol Browner do and say during the BP/Cameron/Transocean Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill? I seem to remember her making a few comments.
Dear sault (Comment 13),
President Obama's so-called "pragmatism" isn't being effective: it's not working. Haven't you noticed that? The comparison I'm making is not some sort of idealism vs. some sort of effective pragmatism. Not at all. Instead, I do not agree with HOW President Obama is treating climate change, talking (or mainly not talking) about it, letting the deniers get away with 'murder', figuratively speaking, and so forth.
"Pragmatism" is supposed to be what's effective, i.e., what gets the job done effectively. Do you think we're getting the job done effectively? Do you think we're even anywhere close to getting the job done effectively? What are the signs? We're getting trounced, and part of the reason (a big part) is President Obama's approach. The sooner we realize that, the better, and the sooner he'll change, if he has it in him to change. If he doesn't, he shouldn't be President for another term, in my view.
I hope he'll get his act together. But I won't vote for him again unless he demonstrates a completely new approach to climate change in THIS term.
Jeff #20 re sault #13. Please understand how representative democracy works.
There is no point in tilting at windmills. The time is not yet right to appeal to the people on the immediacy of the threat.
But it will be soon, hang on in there, ME
Dear Merrelyn Emery (Comment 21),
Merrelyn, thanks for your comment, and I hope you are having a nice Earth Day.
I'm afraid I have to disagree with you, if I understand your comment correctly. The point I'm making has nothing to do with "tilting at windmills". Climate change is not a "windmill", imaginary or otherwise. And we should be doing much, much more than "tilting" at it by now. You're correct that the "time is not … right": We should have been doing much, much more than we're doing now ten or fifteen years ago. We are WAY behind schedule, as I'm sure you can appreciate, and so is our "political discourse" on all this stuff.
Thus, my way of "hanging in there" at this point will be to expect and indeed demand a much better strategy, and more vigor, from President Obama on climate change — and to require that he exhibit his change in strategy THIS TERM if he wants my vote for a new term. If I hear another mere "promise" from him about what he'll do NEXT term, if elected, before I see real action from him THIS term (e.g., using the bully pulpit rigorously and effectively, and so forth), he'll lose me as a supporter. He needs to understand this sort of message, because many, many other people are feeling this way.
Today is Earth Day, and I'm embarrassed by the incredible lack of progress we've achieved in the last two years and more.
I wish the situation were different, but we need to do much more than wish. We need to DO, and we need to demand and expect more. At least that's my feeling.
Cheers for now, and Be Well,
Jeff #22. I have endured years of frustration and anger at the inaction of our political system to do anything effective about CC but finally, finally, we have movement on this although as any Aussie who posts here will tell you, it is too little, too late and hedged about with all sorts of trade-offs and uncertainties that may render it useless.
The point is that rep dems work on the numbers and no PM or President is going to take on a fight he or she knows they can't win at this point in time. They wait for the right moment.
In Oz at the moment we have a gathering recognition that all is not well and now is exactly the right moment to capitalize on that. So we hear more from our PM and Minister for CC and Energy.
I don't doubt the sincerity of your President in this matter and I am sure that at soon as he has the ammo to start a real war which he knows he can win, he will go for it.
You can help him by supporting him in his clean energy campaign and organizing as much visible support from the voting public as possible. Quite frankly, I don't want to wake up one morning to a future where the USA has another Republican President, particularly given your recent political history.
PS. I had a lovely Earth day and won a couple of arguments about CC as well as how the human body works, in concert with my daughter, ME


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According to Parton, Cyrus' character takes off her blond "Hannah Montana" wig and reveals her true identity as Miley Stewart.
Parton says the media were then saying bad things about Miley - "just the same way they're doing now in the real press."
Cyrus has recently stirred controversy with two videos, including one that showed the 17-year-old bumping and grinding with "So You Think You Can Dance" judge Adam Shankman.
Parton says she asked Cyrus: "Do you feel like we're just living out the show we did? And (Miley) said, 'Yeah, but that's great, because I was at least braced for it."'
"Hannah Montana" season four premieres in July.
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What Telltale Learned from Bone
Cover Story:Why Telltale's latest comic adaptation trumps their first.
oor Bone just can't get a break; though Jeff Smith's award-winning fantasy comic earned great success and much acclaim during its 13-year run, attempts to adapt this beloved property to another format have resulted in nothing but false starts. Fans grew excited for the possibility of an animated film in the late '90s, but meddling from execs at Nickelodeon Pictures -- which included the insistence of adding boy band songs to a story that features a mix of elements from Pogo, Disney's Uncle Scrooge and Lord of the Rings -- had Bone's creator rightfully running for the hills. But in the mid '00s, when the comic finally reached its conclusion, hope seemed just over the horizon; the newly formed Telltale Games had purchased the rights to Bone, and planned to retell the story through a series of episodic adventure games. If you happened to love Jeff Smith's comic and that dearly departed genre at the time, this project promised to be peanut butter meets chocolate: The Next Generation.
Unfortunately, the results weren't so great; though all the pieces seemed primed to fall into place, something just felt off about the whole production. And, evidently, Telltale thought so, too; after just two episodes, Bone quietly faded into the background as the company began working on the LucasArts revivals that brought them a great deal of attention during those rocky early days. Seven years of successes later, and Telltale has recently struck gold with The Walking Dead, another comic adaptation that's gone incredibly right, and has received its share of praise since launching in April. So -- aside from its lack of immensely popular TV tie-in -- what did Bone do wrong that The Walking Dead did so right?
In the earliest stages of promoting The Walking Dead, Telltale made sure to point out that their episodic series would be based on the world of the comics, but wouldn't be a direct adaptation. Bone, on the other hand, stuck incredibly close to the source material, with each episode devoting itself to a chunk of the story tied to the re-release of the series in color by Scholastic Books. There's no question as to why Telltale decided to remain so faithful to the original comic; it's a masterwork, with nearly every panel contributing something of value to the whole -- in other words, the comic features very little superfluous content. Tampering with Smith's world would no doubt raise the ire of Bone fans, so the company played it safe by lifting dialogue and scenes straight from the original story, while shoehorning puzzles in places where they wouldn't disturb the narrative.
Though Telltale's respect for Smith's work should be commended, the resulting game felt like a needless retelling of the Bone story. Granted, altering the plot to make it more puzzle-friendly could have produced a better game, but Smith and his fans' protectiveness of the source material wouldn't have made this plan go very far. And, unlike The Walking Dead, Bone tells a tightly-knit story about a small group of characters, with no real interest in what's happening in the world around them. Sure, Bone features a small amount of lore and backstory, but Smith thankfully keeps this information on the periphery, since he knows readers are most interested in the goings-on of the story thus far. That's not to say The Walking Dead has an inferior story -- it's just more realistic, and concerned with the terms of the world as we (mostly) know it. So while a game could easily portray the comic's zombie apocalypse from just about any vantage point, adapting a game around the Bone series proves much more difficult. Smith's story features little wiggle room, and adding unnecessary elements would tamper with an immaculately plotted series of events.
Telltale's Bone adaptation also suffered from a problem that their games have only recently overcome; to put it gingerly, until their recent Tales of Monkey Island series, Telltale's productions have looked low-budget -- not bad, but you could certainly tell they were a small studio still grappling with the rigors of game development. And, unfortunately, the graphics and animation of their Bone series had a lot to live up to; Jeff Smith excels in expressive, gorgeous 2D art, which triple-A studios sometimes have trouble translating well. The two Bone episodes feature the same hitchy, awkward animations that Telltale eventually phased out of their games completely, but even back in those simpler days of 2005, something about the characters just felt wrong. Though Telltale has since advanced their tech, The Walking Dead features stylized humans and semi-realistic environments -- much easier to sell than the cartoony characters of Bone, where Smith could change their emotions drastically with a single line from his pencil.
The insane success of the Lego series show that people regularly enjoy playing through truncated versions of their favorite stories in a new context, but Bone stood as project that didn't have the same freedom as Star Wars or Harry Potter, and features a story that just can't be translated to the world of video games without losing what makes the comic so special. A planned trilogy of animated movies -- still in the throes of pre-production, mind you -- may finally give the gift of Bone to a wider audience, which is a fantastic prospect. Still, we shouldn't blame Telltale for their inability to adapt Smith's creation into an interactive format; if anything their attempts show that not every comic can make the transition from printed page to playable product.
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Not sure I can fully buy thatPosted: Jul 11, 2012 12:00AM PST by nsonic79
My only source to refute this would be my "Little One" who learned about the Bone books in school. She instantly fell in love with them and couldn't wait till she could get ahold of the next book in the series. When I informed her that there was a Bone game, she couldn't wait to try out the demo. And once she did she was instantly sold on the idea, only to be bummed to find out they didn't make an entire series. That was the only thing holding her off in buying the games, not the graphics or the restrictivness of following the plot, but the fact that the games were never finished. Sure it was rough but it had potental (the overusing of some yells did bother me at times).
If Telltale continued with it I'm sure many would've bought it. How do I know this? Upon learning of the Bone games, my "Little One" shared this knowledge with all of her classmates. And every single one of them that had a PC went to try the demo. That's over 20 4th graders! So far my "Little One" has filled the void of no Bone with Sam and Max And Strong Bad's Cool Games for Attractive People.
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The First Half. . .Posted: Jul 10, 2012 12:00AM PST by Pacario
. . .of Bone was an excellent story filled with great characters drenched in a rich, whimsical world. But the second half, with its convoluted plot points and endless running from place to place, seemed to lose sight of what made it originally so appealing. Perhaps it's just as well Telltale never finished the epic.
it's really too badPosted: Jul 10, 2012 12:00AM PST by GrayWolf323
Bone is awesome and deserved a better game


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I've been looking into resources in Arabic talks about these kinds of industries but unfortunately I was not able to.
However, I've looked for some resources in English and I found some interesting websites talk about the Petrochemical while I'm very interested to know what can be made out of the Oil in order to clarify my investment image when it comes to Petrochemical industry.
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Consequently, the Petrochemical prices have fallen over 60% since last October where lots of investors would have some pessimistic assumptions that the petrochemical market is not that useful in term of long investment. However, based on the many products that can be made out of it … I would strongly say it is the real investment for the long run.


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The dispute between Kantians and Humeans over whether practical reason can justify moral reasons for all agents is often characterized as a debate over whether reasons are hypothetical or categorical. Instead, this debate must be understood in terms of the distinction between agent-neutral and agent-relative reasons. This paper considers Alan Gewirth's Reason and Morality as a case study of a Kantian justification of morality focused on deriving categorical reasons from hypothetical reasons. The case study demonstrates first, the possibility of categorical agent-relative reasons, and second, that inattention to this possibility has caused considerable confusion in the debate between Kantians and Humeans.
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Comments about 'Commentary: Texas lineman Desmond Harrison is responsible for his ineligibility, not BYU'
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Who am I sir?
Exceptionally well stated!
What we are seeing on this board is a perfect example of how people are treated who voice opinions that are contrary to what is considered acceptable thinking regarding byu. So far I've been told:
I am "foolishly attacking" (this from an attorney)
I was rejected by byu
I was scorned
I am Sour grapes
I am envious
I was denied admission (my personal favorite)
I am unable to "capitalize byu" (whatever that means)
I have a secondary agenda
I am not as bright as byu students who easily transfer to the Ivy League (epic fail)
I have not experienced the academic rigor of byu (this article is about byu's online courses that kids sleep through for high school credit)
Without question, the most amazing part of these comments...I am a faithful member of the same church as the people who are saying this to me.
I too, am a Utah Man.
- 12:54 p.m. Aug. 17, 2013
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STuFOO, per your request...
-Max Hall-gate
-byu Football player with DUI played 5 games
-byu coach (Lamb) and a player making unfounded accusations about Air Force
-byu baseball coach encouraging his players to, and participating in, a fight
-Students throw trash at referees (ostensibly because the refs deserved it)
The result of these events? Not one word of apology from the school...not one.
Compare that with the prank that SDSU students pulled on byu when they dressed up as missionaries. The byu collective stamped their feet, screamed "religious discrimination," and demanded an apology. byu received an exceptionally well worded, thought out, and sincere apology from SDSU.
Now, Stufoo, I'm not saying that byu has never apologized for their short comings. But I have demonstrated here that byu has, in fact, made its share of mistakes. Further, I will unequivocally state that I personally have never seen a formal, substantive apology from byu regarding any matter.
As for this article, I am not as quick as Mr Teeples to absolve byu of some measure of culpability in this matter. Again, the NCAA needs to conduct a thorough investigation of byu's online courses and make a call.
- 1:43 p.m. Aug. 17, 2013
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Any school or program can place eligibility requirements for those taking a class or course it offers. This is routinely done.
Harrison or his counselor willfully ignored the plain statement on the BYU IS website that the credits are not eligible for student-athlete NCAA qualification.
Texas' primary complaint is that other athletes have used the courses to gain NCAA eligibility, therefore so should Harrison. If other athletes did this then they too lied when they took their courses. BYU relies on the honesty of the student to declare whether or not they are a student-athlete. BYU does not double check.
In this case, someone outed Harrison to BYU. Texas might want to look at some of their conference foes or recruiting rivals as the culprit.
- 3:04 p.m. Aug. 17, 2013
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SLCWatch has this one exactly right.
- 3:19 p.m. Aug. 17, 2013
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The negative nancies are missing the point. IS classes at BYU are meant to be taken by the person who enrolled in the class. It is called CHEATING to have someone else do the the work for you. That was the problem and that is what spurned the change. BYU is a solid educational institution. To state otherwise is disingenuous and uninformed. Why would BYU have an average ACT score of 28 for entering freshman if they were a glorified high school?
- 3:26 p.m. Aug. 17, 2013
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Who Am I Sir?
I always get a good chuckle from someone who went to Utah then claims they were exposed to so much "diversity" there. You need to get out more.
So when did you take a BYU IS course that makes you such an expert? There are two Texas fans on UT Boards right now who say they've taken courses from BYU IS and support their legitimacy.
As for BYU not taking responsibility, only 3 of the 5 examples you shared could be laid at the feet of the institution.
BYU player played 5 games after getting a DUI: As soon as BYU found out, he was suspended. Contrast this to how Utah treated Brett Ratliff's situation.
Not only did Lamb and Jorgensen complain about AFA's blocking techniques, a whole bunch of other schools did too (and about Navy's as well). To date, no complainant has offered an apology. It was their opinions.
BYU's baseball coach did not encourage nor participate in a fight. He was reprimanded after a UNM-BYU postgame scuffle when he said he felt that UNM provoked it.
You'll have to do better than that.
- 3:40 p.m. Aug. 17, 2013
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Classic case of blaming the school for the fact that you just did not fit there. Stop blaming BYU and accept the fact that no one forced you to enroll. If you can't accept reality, stop blaming BYU and man up and move on with your life then you are the real loser. Your bulloney carries zero credibility. I attended BYU for four years and loved every minute of my time there. I never once regretted my choice to enroll at such a great University. On point, the fact remains that the BYU honor code is in force and folks in IS can cheat if they choose to cheat. Honorable individuals will benefit from these courses while cheaters are only hurting themselves. Rules is rules and these athletes need to be held accountable for their lack of integrity.
- 6:16 p.m. Aug. 17, 2013
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I did not say all the examples merit a public apology. So, of the three incidents that can by laid at the feet of the institution, which ones did byu stand tall, acknowledge, and make right?? Let's review...
The comments made by Lamb and Jorgensen were despicable. The ole' others said the same thing doesn't cut it. Is byu responsible for its actions or not? Think about it.
If byu's coach did not encourage or participate in the fight (not the story I read) what what he reprimanded for?? Of course he "felt" the UNM provoked what you characterize as a "scuffle" (excellent word choice to minimize what occurred). What else would he say?
Now...about Max Hall-gate and fans throwing trash at referees...
I know it's shocking to some (i.e., Stufoo) but byu does, in fact, have it's blunders. SDSU stood tall and made their gaff right. byu? Not so much.
Stufoo wanted examples, there they are.
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BYU is a solid educational institution. To state otherwise is disingenuous and uninformed. Great. No problem with the NCAA taking a look, then.
- 6:50 p.m. Aug. 17, 2013
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"If you can't accept reality, stop blaming BYU and man up and move on with your life then you are the real loser."
And here you are calling someone a "loser" because they disagreed with you.
Please read my comment above (12:54pm). This is a classic example of what byu people do when others do not conform to their accepted way of thinking...name calling and bullying. The point made by Who am I sir? is displayed right here on this comment board.
I shared these comments with my wife, a byu undergrad and now holds a PhD and prepares students in her field. She is still laughing at the sense of superiority in which you people wrap yourselves like a security blanket. She is grateful for her education at byu and felt prepared entering the workplace. However, she noted that she was no more prepared than any other student from any other institution.
She is not the least bit impressed with the arrogance of byu fans.
- 7:14 p.m. Aug. 17, 2013
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I got an undergraduate degree from BYU, then a graduate degree from Northwestern
Of course the graduate degree was harder than undergraduate - duh! Most are where ever you go. But the undergraduate education at BYU prepared me very well to work for a doctorate at one of the best universities in the Country.
On the surface it seems fair to give anyone credit for these classes. But on further reflection -- it makes more sense to only give credit to BYU athletes where they can be monitored and assisted in progressing in their studies. Many universities don't care if their athletes go to class or progress toward graduation. BYU does care. This is one of the programs BYU uses to help lesser students learn to work better to catch up to become real college students.
- 8:52 p.m. Aug. 17, 2013
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The only one being aggressive and attackin is you... Most of the negative responses I read are a result of your attacks against an institution that we are all proud to have attended and one that we believe has very high academic standards... When you call it a "Glorified High School" you are probably going to get that reaction... So please, stop with the whole "Poor Victim " thing.
You claim that you have worked "for", "with", and have even "supervised" BYU Grads and "none of them taught you anything"... I would submit that that is more a reflection on you than them...
In fact, if I were recruiting for any of the Corporations that I have worked for and I was considering someone who had worked with or for you (just based on what you have written here) I wouldn't even bother checking you as a reference because I would know that your evaluations and opinions are far from accurate and bubbling over with personal bias.
The fact that both you and your wife are no longer students at BYU it appears that we have a win-win situation for all.
- 11:26 p.m. Aug. 17, 2013
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So much of the comments are about my University is better than your University
and missing the whole point of the matter!
This is about HONESTY. What was intended here. Look at what the real problem is. If there is a problem with BYU it is that they are too trusting of people. Is that so wrong? I would much rather be trusted and accomplish things in life honestly than to be dishonest and have to live with that and fight those feeling and try to justify myself when faced with reality.
So spin all you want, but when you look at the facts and the heart and soul of the problem, it comes down to the individual and what their intentions were (are).
- 7:30 a.m. Aug. 18, 2013
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Sure, student athletes should be held accountable. But why the double
You can get credit if you are not a student athlete, but if you are a student athlete you can't, unless you are a BYU student athlete.
Give me a break. That is like playing poker and you can't get an inside straight except on Tuesdays.
If the student did the work and earned the grade then they get credit.
If the course is not rigorous enough for University credit, then fix it or delete it and nobody gets credit.
- 9:34 a.m. Aug. 18, 2013
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I accepted scholarship. I agreed to conditions. I complied. I moved on many reasons - some were listed. NO BLAME. I just matured.
" Please do not say things that are not proven. Thank you"
My proof was rejected twice as "duplicate"; however, the original response has yet to be posted. Here is another abrieviated attempt. "BYU "Character Education" courses that merely required Oher to "read a few brief passages from famous works ... and then answer five questions about it." Lewis dubbed the process "the great Mormon grade-grab." (Blind Side book) and "Some of those athletes and their suitors or coaches have been caught cheating, especially with BYU correspondence."
"Students trying to get or stay eligible to play sports ... have been found to have improperly taken BYU correspondence courses. ... some athletes didn't know coaches enrolled them in the BYU courses." (Trib article)
Most posters have blamed peoples honesty - not BYU. Well, BYU is responsible for the difficulty disclosed in Oher's book. And if BYU places that much faith in IS students honesty - I can't comprehend what little control is placed on regular students efforts! NO other school implements zero controls.
- 3:43 p.m. Aug. 18, 2013
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At 6:50 on 8/17 you say: "I did not say all the examples merit a public apology" but at 1:43 you complained: "The result of these events? Not one word of apology from the school...not one".
So, which is it?
BYU's comments about AFA blocking techniques do not merit an apology and nobody other than you has ever asked for one.
Baseball Coach Vance Law was reprimanded by the league for accusing UNM of provoking the fight. Look it up. View the video of the event. It was a scuffle. Perhaps you should apologize for accusing him of starting and participating a fight when he did neither.
Max provided his own apology for his own actions.
Which school has ever "apologized" for throwing trash on the court? None. BYU did apologize for the jumbotron incident with USU a few years ago, however.
And SDSU did not offer a "well worded apology" to BYU. The student leader of "The Show" said that if his sign offended Jimmer, then he apologized. Period.
And what again makes you an expert on BYU Independent Study?
- 11:19 a.m. Aug. 19, 2013
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"Makes me wonder what you studied??" Sorry for not providing you with enough details: BYU, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 3.91; U of U, MBA, 4.0. Is that sufficient? BTW, congratulations on your Ivy League degree... "Makes me wonder what you studied??"
@Who am I Sir?
I'm sorry if you had a hard time with the rules (rules you knew about and committed to follow before enrolling). I'm also sorry if you only "heard" one truth. I heard many, and I'm guessing you just didn't hear one you liked (the progressive definition of academic freedom and tolerance).
- 2:02 p.m. Aug. 19, 2013
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What a cheap shot taken at Urban Meyer. Has he had athletes who have violated the law and come back to play for him yes. Were they just given their second or third chances without any kind of "repentance"? No! They have all taken personal responsibility and earned their way back onto his teams. Every group, company or team etc has people who screw up, make mistakes. some are grievous and intentional others are minor and innocent most are somewhere in between. Do I believe people should get an infinite amount of chances for repeating offenses, no, but they should be given a few. People mess up!
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Where is Chris?
- 2:50 p.m. Aug. 19, 2013
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Some of you are really having a hard time with this concept. Let me try and
summarize this so that you can understand.
1) Michael Oher and others used BYU IS classes to make up high school credits in order to be eligible for college. The NCAA expressed concerns about how fast they were able to take those classes. It was also concerned about over site, namely whether or not those student athletes were really taking the classes. Mainly because of the over site issue, they decided to prohibit student athletes from using such classes as a means to become eligible.
2) BYU, after looking over their IS program, decided to take further steps to insure student athletes are not abusing the system. They prohibited any non-BYU athlete from taking BYU IS courses as a means of becoming eligible since BYU could not provide over site. This is not a problem for BYU students, since BYU can provide over site for IS classes.
3) Desmond Harrison ignored this BYU rule and took a class anyway. Now he and his coaches are upset because BYU is enforcing the rule.
Not sure how BYU is in the wrong here.
- 3:12 p.m. Aug. 19, 2013
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this is old story of how long ago? Move on
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