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Arrival at Dublin airport....Aer Lingus party plane from Chicago - complete with Irish leis provided by Tracy & Liam! L - R Suzette, Lucy, YT, Karen, Gary, Chris, Kelly : )
Welcomed to Tracy's home with bagpipe music!
The same piper that played at her wedding....the neighbors all came out to see what the excitement was!
Loving attention was paid to every detail <3
1st Official Group Shot
Hung on the O'Dwyer's staircase landing, a Lenten project that Tracy did with her daughter Emma in 2007. Could also work as a signed wedding momento ; )
My favorite part of it...."Mom" is cut off in the first line : /
Pretty park near Tracy's house wearing my "CM Ireland 2011 Aer Lingus Flight 124: Chris Gary Karen Kelly Lucy Margot Suzette" T-shirt made especially for us on the Chicago party plane by Chris-50555
Dingle & Berry in da house
Day One: Glendalough, founded by St. Kevin in the 6th century.
Even the rocks are green here
Cool cemetery @ Glendalough
Many, many of the headstones are blank because most people were illiterate way back when.
Church on the grounds
Glendalough with the bell tower in the background
Labyrinth @ Glendalough
Small model of how it looked in the heyday of the monastery. It was a center of learning for centuries.
Gate to the walled Glendalough. Back in the day it had a wooden roof.
Glendalough guided tour
Roomie Jackie looking saucy at Glendalough
Random tourist & tilted headstones @ Glendalough
More Glendalough
Yet more Glendalough
Roomie Jackie, aka "Berry"
Beef....we saw a LOT of it
Trail alongside the "lough" of Glendalough
Grass-fed beef @ Glendalough
More beef, more Glendalough
Food truck outside the monastery gate
Wright's Angler's Rest in Dublin, our first dinner in Ireland.
Our Gary playing bartenter
Gorgeous room
Beautiful fireplace. Michael Collins, the leader of the 1916 uprisings used to hold secret meetings here.
My first Guinness Stew
After dinner session
♫♪ Mush-a ring dum-a do dum-a da
Whack for my daddy-o. Whack for my daddy-o
There's whiskey in the jar ♫♪
Ruanne helping herself...LOL
Thanks Christina! : )
Our first Irish breakfast in Dublin before taking off to parts unknown (for us, anyway!)
The bathroom on the funcoach. Or as I referred to it, the cat box...lol.
Table on the funcoach where Tracy & Liam prepared our lunches every day : )
Ellen & Tracy
Green Rosary hanging from the funcoach r/v mirror
Approaching Rock of Cashel
paddywagontours. too bad they didn't have our Funcoach!
I guess they're remodeling? LOL
Sign outside Rock of Cashel. We didn't make it to the Famine Museum, but certainly did hear a lot about the famine on this trip.
Tracy's husband's moonlighting gig....lol
It gets windy up on this outcrop, once enough to take down the corner of this center structure.
View from Rock of Cashel
Oh, here's the corner of that building, still where it fell.
Hmm....I fergit what this was...lol! Anybody?
Impressive ceiling @ Rock of Cashel
Detail of wooden angel in ceiling.
Pretty medieval window
Obligatory castle tapestry
The weather there is so damp that it hastens the deterioration of buildings, and as you can see, mold is an issue.
Interesting heads @ Rock of Cashel
Inside the Rock of Cashel
Fabulous view thru a doorway, & me in my finest traveling chic.
Different sculpture of the Crucifixion
Playing dead
Another Crucifixion scene
Interesting carved face in the wall
Ta-da! Preparing to serve us our first lunch on the Funcoach.
These two are too cute!
View coming into Cobh, County Cork, where Irish passengers of the Titanic boarded.
It's hard to explain, but the water looked almost "layered", like there was a stream going thru the water in the bay. No idea how that happened, but it was interesting to look at.
Cobh (pronounced "Cove")
Palm trees in Ireland??!!
There were a LOT of Kelly's'!
It's a very pretty little town
Memorial to the rescuers, most who were just regular fishermen & villagers, who lost their lives after the sinking of the Lusitania, which also happened in this same area off County Cork.
Pub named after the sister ship to the Lusitania.
Pier where Titanic passengers took their last steps before boarding. It's a local controversy. Some want to demolish it as it is deteriorating. Some want to keep it as a memorial as long as possible.
The beautiful Cathedral in Cobh (pronounced "Cove")
View from the Cathedral, or as the locals say, CaTedral.
Cathedral detail
Group shot in Cobh...in front of the CaTedral
Red lemonade. Non-alcoholic & tastes pretty much like 7-up if you ask me
Lucy, Margot & Chris having a refresher in Cobh
Don't make me bring out the big gun!
We stopped here in Macroom, County Cork on day 3 for poor Christie in our group (who's luggage still hadn't arrived) to do some shopping.
More "layered" water
On the way to our next adventure!
In case you're wondering, taken for the bottom middle picture
Life Pregnancy Care Service
Blarney Castle
Young Ladies Bedroom
George climbing the spiral staircase @ Blarney Castle
The grounds @ Blarney are gorgeous
George kissing the stone. You have to hang backwards over open air three stories up....no thank you...LOL!
View from castle window
Suzette coming up (down?) the staircase
The "murder hole"
My L.A. homie Ruanne
I kissed the whole castle
Rhubarb is poison? Who knew!?
More Blarney
Yet more Blarney
And still more Blarney!
The dungeon @ Blarney
Random guys hunting for coins in the stream at.....Blarney!
Walking the short walk to the town square for dinner.
Day 2 dinner L-R Driver Con, Ron, Ithro, Hilda, George, Ruanne, Margot, Jackie
1st time I've ever seen a roasted potato on top of mashed potato....those Irish love their potatoes!
Ithro & Con
L-R Mark, Ruanne, George, Anna, Ron
Pile 'o peat.....bricks, I guess you'd call them?
For my childhood friend Ron Mulvihill
House @ the bog village
Loved this pub!
My first real Irish Coffee
He was a foxy fox
Pretty stop on the way to Killarney
Lucy, Jackie, me & more pretty views.
Mile after mile of spectacular views
Yet another spectacular view
Sightseeing stop. I think that's a golf course in the distance.
Picnic lunch stop on the way to Killarney. Not sure what town this is....maybe Sneem?
Yet another beautiful vista from the Funcoach
Mack, Lucy & Ellen
Gary & Lucy
Photo stop - Ruanne & Jackie
Berry & Dingle...the early days
I wanted to hold the little pig (bottom right of photo) but the beggar said he's not so friendly : /
Looking out the Funcoach window. I can't tell you how many times it felt like we were going to either collide head-on or crush another car on those skinny winding roads!
I'm sure there was a reason I took this picture....LOL.
Another hair-raising moment....glad I wasn't driving
Our welcome at the Gleann Fia Country House. CM'ers had the entire place to ourselves!
CM'ers are in da house!
CM invasion 2011
Me bonding with the B&B kitteh @ Gleann Fia
Very cool chess set of golfers
guesthouse kitty : ) Notice the clover
Stream on the grounds
Margot & Liam, Tracy's wonderful husband wearing the T-shirt I got him
Ron in our breakfast (and dinner) room for 2 nights.
Glynne doesn't go anywhere without her hot sauce!
"It was about this tall"
Pub in Killarney
CM'ers in da house again. L-R George, Anna, Jackie, Teresa, Chris, Gloria & Gary
That Bulmers' really grows on ya!
Ruanne & new friends
Gary and his "cousins". J/K Gary....we love you!
Was tempted to buy the pink guitar, but it didn't have a very good sound.
Funny picture in Killarney
Guy in pink is a total stranger. Ladies are Teresa & Chris ("Pinkie 5")
Random peeps just showed up to be in our picture....LOL
Girls room @ Gleann Fia Country House, "our" B & B
Our free day in Killarney National Park. A group of us went to hike the Gap of Dunloe. They have these pony jaunt thingies for those that don't want to make the 3-hour trek on foot.
Rock climbers....thought of you Aaron & Robin
♫♪ I love to go a-wandering,
Along the mountain track,
And as I go, I love to sing,
My knapsack on my back.
My knapsack on my back ♫♪
Starting out
L - R Lynne, Suzette, Jackie, Margot, Ruanne, Teresa, Ron, Mark, Lucy & Susie
Margot & Susie & pretty water.
The sheep are marked w/ red or blue to denote ownership, or Republican or Democrat
The breathtaking Gap of Dunloe, taken by a CM'er with an obviously vastly superior camera to mine....LOL!
We hiked over this bridge in the Gap of Dunloe
On the bridge : )
Gap of Dunloe, on our way to the glacial lakes @ the other end.
♪♫ I love to wander by the stream
That dances in the sun,
So joyously it calls to me,
"Come! Join my happy song!"
My knapsack on my back. ♫♪
ISO an outhouse
with Ron in the Gap of Dunloe
Finally reached the other side of the trail for the boat ride across a crystal clear glacial lake. Lucy, Jackie & Ruanne.
Teresa, Margot & Susie
Teresa, Margot & Susie.....boat from the Gap of Dunloe to Ross Castle
it got cold
Teresa & "Dunc"
Our driver was straight out of Disney central casting, with a wicked Irish wit & a glass eye. He raised his left hand & told us everything he said was the Gospel troot, starting with that lever on his right was a Guiness tap....lol.
The boatman told us if we spit under this bridge you'll be married within a year. Do you think any of us did it? Nooooooo....lol
360 degrees of beauty
our destination on the other side of the lake, Ross Castle
taking an important call
What??!! It got cold!
Servant's entrance @ Ross Castle?
St. Mary's Cathedral in Killarney. We attended Mass here.
It's kinda hard to tell from this pic but the edges of all the stonework were unsmooth & unpolished. I found that interesting.
More un-polished-ness
Dang if I know what this is
Back 'home' at Gleann Fia singing Happy Birthday to our first Funcoach driver, Con
and breakfast
Muckross Estate
Jaunting car ride around the grounds @ Muckross estate
On our way back to the waterfall
The jaunting car drops you off & then there is a short hike back to the waterfall.
Jackie taking a picture of Connor in a moss-covered tree
green rocks in a 'dry' riverbed
Me with Connor & Jacke @ Muckross Estate
Listening to our intrepid leader before boarding the Funcoach for another adventure
More gorgeousness
...and still more beauty out of the bus window
My Little Pony!
Susie & the Shetland Ponies
Nature : )
Tall horse (or short me!)
Air knitting with Mack @ the working sheep farm house
Lucy & Jackie!
Nothing like a farmhouse lunch : )
Two cuties
George & a hungry baby lamb
Lucy & lamb
BEFORE - (the brown one)
The sheep are amazingly docile.....like sheep actually!
AFTER - Ahh....feels so good after a haircut!
raw wool....it feels surprisingly oily to the touch before it's cleaned
Thatched cottages in Adare
More pretty thatched-ness in Adare
Ridiculously pretty Irish houses
I'm in good hands
I was so happy to discover this at the Cathedral right across from our hotel in Ennis. I had much to thank Jesus for : )
I LOVED this painting of the Annunciation in the Cathedral at Ennis. The expression on Mary's face says it all.
The selection on the breakfast menu said Goat Cheese with Portobello Mushroom, but there was hardly any mushroom, just that little flat part at the bottom, and the rest was loaded with cheese. Yummy but way too rich to eat it all. The cheese was great spread on the Irish brown bread!
Photo stop on the way to Ennis
Hello moo-cow
Funneh boat name on the way to Inis Mor, the largest of the Aran Islands
Ron, Glynne & Courtnie
Hot & holy
Before we discovered that these outdoor benches were covered with wet, oily soot : (
Sleep-deprived revelers catching a few winks on the boat
Scenery on Inis Mor. I learned thatched roofs (or is it rooves?) need to be changed about every 7 years. This one looks like it's overdue.
Nobody is allowed to purchase property here unless they can speak Gaelic, and nobody is allowed to build unless they have family ancestry on the island.
The entire island is criss-crossed with these ancient stone walls, which were built simply to clear the land. Over the centuries they have been used to demark property ownership, but I was surprised that many of them don't even appear to have openings.
View of the stone walls
Hiking up to Dun Aengus, one of the most spectacular and dramatic prehistoric stone forts in Europe. That's Jackie taking a pic & Courtnie in the foreground.
Close-up of a wall. Look Ma...no mortar!
Approaching the fort
Jackie the Conqueror
I stole this spectacular shot from another CM'ers album. NO WAY IN HELL was I going to get this close!!!!!
Another shot I was too chicken to get
Inside the fort
L-R Christie, Mark, Yours Truly, Jackie & Ron
Teresa's NUTS!
Dun Aengus Fort - Crazy a** tourists!!
Stranger, Ruanne, Tracy & Mary @ Dun Aengus....stay away from that edge!
Inside the fort. I was a-skeered to get too close to the edge. They don't know if it was built in a semi-circle or a circle originally, and the cliff fell away.
I'm pretty sure this is Inis Mor, a different part of the island....stole this shot from Christie. Thanks, Christie!
Waitin' for the boat back to the mainland. Lucy, Ron & Ruanne. I always think it says "droolin' only" for a second when I look at this pic...lol.
Jackie looking cute with her hat and me with my fetching Ireland apres-boat hair....LOL
a safe view of the Cliffs of Moher
Moher Cliffs of Moher
Susie & Gary are NUTS!
Ron with his CM t-shirt
The Burren. The stone ground there is so cool from erosion over the millenia. You have to hop over the gaps.
The Dolman. I was surprised at how small it was when it came into view from the Funcoach, I had pictured something like Stonehenge. Maybe they wrote the wrong measurements on a cocktail napkin.
Fred Flintstone was here
Christina & George
Group photo time!
En route to our next adventure......
Photo op along the way
Green as far as the eye can see
Passing by a castle
Next stop, the magnificent Kylemore Abbey
View from in front of the Abbey
Yet another huge building built by a man for the woman he loved. This was over the door, to signify it was going to be their nest.
The only time in my life I have seen formal portraits of nuns!
Real-life current resident of the Abbey....hey, I just noticed she kinda looks like the nun in that previous portrait!
Madonna's daughter Lourdes attended boarding school here until they closed the school. It's still an active Abbey.
Doorway into the walled garden
The gardener's quarters
It's impossible to capture the whole thing with a camera. This garden supplied / supplies all of the produce & flowers for the Manor
Cute donated bench on the Abbey grounds
After bearing 9 children, the wife died an untimely death on a holiday trip to Egypt. Contracted dysentary @ the age of 43. He was so devastated he embalmed her in a clear glass case & placed the case in a chapel on the grounds. It's said he would bring her out once a year to the Christmas table.
On our way to Croagh Patrick thru still more magnificent scenery.
That peak is Crough Patrick, where St. Patrick climbed and prayed & fasted for 40 days for the conversion of Ireland.
Another view of Crough Patrick
A memorial across the street from Crough Patrick to the famine victims that left Ireland. Those are skeletons clinging to the masts.
Back on the Funcoach. This is a book someone purchased showing a time lapse photo of the setting sun at C.P. Because of the rotation of the earth, it looks like the setting sun is "rolling" down the mountain instead of going straight down.
En route to Westport via the spectacular Connemara Region.
Arrival, Westport County Lodge. Complete with a bouncy castle!
Arrival @ our hotel in Westport....look, a jumpie castle!
Waiting for my prince
My first Baby Guiness. Mama, baby & Daddy.
The squirming slug that dropped out of Gary's salad. Mmm....fresh!
Ate dinner here in Westport
Matt Malloy's in Westport....owned by the flute player from the Chieftans. Excuse the crappy picture quality.
Jackie & Margot with their babies & Gary with his daddy.
Gary & random blond
They had a box of free books at this pub!
I could listen to this music every night....o wait, I did!
I liked this headstone because it reminds whoever is reading it to pray for the occupant below. Robin, take note!
Cong, famous as the setting for "The Quiet Man".
More Cong
I think this is still Cong. Many of the ancient cemeteries in Ireland are still in use.
Pretty scene in Cong
Glynne, Host Liam, Yours Truly, Hostess Tracy
Knock Shrine
Actual part of the wall where the apparition appeared
The Stations of the Cross in the Church were beautiful
Giant Rosary @ Knock Shrine
"..on life's journey, there are no strangers only fellow pilgrims." Perfect quote for this trip!
The shops outside the shrine all have saints' names
Susie & Jackie after I was evicted from sitting next to Jackie. Tracy had to split us up : Þ
Kilronan Castle
The Wedding Topper on the cake of our trip.....Kilronan Castle!
Roman pool @ the Castle. I couldn't bring a camera into the thermal baths....it was just too wet down there.
Note the crown on Jackie's head...LOL
Dingle & Berry, Inc.....all dolled up.
Our sumptious castle dinner : )
First course
Our hosts
Crappy photo, but there were dual harpists playing in the hotel sitting area. I dashed out there during dinner to see them.
Melt-in-your-mouth Irish grass-fed beef. We were told on the farm that hormones or giving anything artificial to the cows is worse than murder here.
Lemon Rosemary Creme Brulee & Limoncello Sherbet
The wait staff
Ithro & Jackie
Full text of our lovely young Christie's thank you speech in comment section below. She spoke what was in all of our hearts. I still can't read it without getting choked up.
Tracy was very moved with emotion....we all were!
Card signed by everyone presented with the Ikea gift card that we all contributed to.
My knight in shining armor (original, huh?)
Connor in his luxury suite @ the castle
After-hours card game in the dungeon
The Great Dalmuti
Mack w/ his little 'puter @ breakfast
Ron, Teresa & George
♫♪ Val-der-ri, Val-der-ra.....♫♪
Hiking around the lake @ the castle
George, Teresa, Ron & Courtnie. I touched a nettle for the first time ever in this forest....YOWZA that hurt!!
Don't ask....I never found out
It was cool how this tree was grafted onto the wall
Bellman @ the Castle
He had quite a grip!
Packing up the Funcoach to leave <sadface>
They had put up an American flag just for us!
I didn't take any shots of us arriving, but I'll never forget the sounds. As soon as Kilronan came into view the entire bus gasped, followed by a rising crescendo all together of "aaaaaaahhhhhh". One magical moment among many, many magical moments on this trip.
Arrival in Dublin - Phoenix Park, where JPII celebrated Mass for over a million people on 9/29/79. Liam was an altar server there!
Setting up the group shot....rear view
The Spire of Dublin, aka the "Stiffy by the Liffey", in front of our hotel.
The Shining Hotel....LOL
The Gresham, our home in the city for two nights.
For you, Carol!
Jackie & I met up with British Michael in front of ChristChurch Cathedral
Another view of ChristChurch
Bossy little place!
Our "Hop On Hop Off" bus
Hop On Hop Off Bus in Dublin
The IRISH Polish School of English
Margot & Jackie having a cider before the farewell dinner @ the Brazen Head, Dublin
Oldest pub in Ireland, home of our CM farewell dinner. Named for when during some conflict, a woman stuck her head out the window and it was promptly lopped off by a sword.
Many of the pubs in Ireland have police badges on the wall to commemorate how many of them became policemen after the arrived in America.
Farewell dinner : (
My babies!
Our storyteller @ The Brazen Head
Our charming Funcoach driver Mick.
Music @ the Brazen Head
Tracy's farewell speech @ The Brazen Head, Dublin <sniff>
In the ladies' room
Michael & Ron
The Stag's Head pub in Dublin
Temple Bar district. I couldn't get away from here fast enough....too young & too loud!!
Kilmainan Gaol Museum, before going into the actual Gaol (pronounced "jail").
Shot thru the peephole of one of the cells
A better shot thru the peephole. Thanks, Michael!
Surprisingly pretty chapel at such a horrid place.
Women and children as well as men were imprisoned here for such "crimes" as stealing bread during the famine. Times were so desperate that the prison diet was luxurious compared to what was available on the outside.
Jackie, Michael, Ron & Margot in our own personal cell
Parts of "The Italian Job" were shot here. Another fillum (Irish pronuciation) I'll need to watch.
Painting of Our Lady by Grace Gifford, wife to one of the 1916 revolutionaries Joseph Plunkett. I believe they were both executed at Kilmainham. This cell was used for prayer services.
I was bummed the dungeon was closed for viewing because "it hadn't been restored". Huh? How and why would you restore a dungeon? I wanted to see how a prison could be even worse than the parts we saw.
James Connoly & others involved in the 1916 were executed @ this spot. He had been wounded & was already dying from gangrene, had to be tied to a chair to be supported before being shot.
VERY helpful Dubliner giving us detailed directions to the Guinness Storehouse
Irish summer
Our "free" 14 Euro Guinness @ the top of the Storehouse
Ron, Margot, Jackie & Michael
Jackie with a new friend made @ Guinness
Random silly tourists @ the Guinness Storehouse.
Residence of the President of Ireland in Phoenix Park, Dublin. There is always a light burning in the top window to the left of the centre. This is to welcome home all those Irish of the diaspora. (Thanks, Michael!)
Trinity College, home of the Book of Kells & the library which I swear looks like it was used in the Harry Potter movies. Unfortunately no pix allowed in library : (
Michael (background), Jackie & me @ Trinity College, Dublin
Yes Puppet Master
Never got there
Trendiest pub in Dublin, "The Church"
Yes, it's an actual former church (Church of Ireland, not Catholic)
The restaurant is in the choir loft
British Michael
1st part of the 10 Commandments
Us & the rest of the 10 Commandments
Mack after a drink....said he had wanted to touch the back of Jackie's hair all during the trip(!)
Quiet Mack really came out of his shell @ the end...lol
"This Do In Remembrance of Me". 'Twas a little weird.
There was just one hallway between the ladies' & gents' rooms, with too much visibility. Here's Michael washing his hands. TMI: Ireland
Tomb inside the church / pub
Final morning....saying goodbye and Mack enjoying Jackie's hair again.
Jersey John met up with me during my layover @ JFK and he already had framed a picture of CM Ireland!
Suzette from our group did this wonderful map of our travels, beginning in Dublin. Each day is a different color, and the towns we stopped in for at least 20 minutes are circled : )


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YOUNGSTOWN — Police have in custody a 15-year-old boy they believe fired the fatal shot that killed 17-year-old Braylen Collins last week.
Police and the Mahoning Valley Violent Crimes Task Force arrested the suspect, Shonqualin Hendrix, without incident at about 1:30 p.m. today at a house on Edwards Street, said Capt. Rod Foley, chief of detectives. He is charged with murder.
"Once we got there, he came out on his own," Foley said, adding that police found no weapons or drugs on the teenager when they arrested him.
After being questioned by detectives, Hendrix was lodged in the Martin P. Joyce Juvenile Justice Center on Scott Street. Police said they had multiple addresses of record for Hendrix, who had been a student at Chaney High School.
For the complete story, read Friday's Vindicator and Vindy.com
Kids killing kids. Terrible.
Good work by YPD and others involved.
What does the name Shonqualin mean?
It means yo' idiot a_ s is retarded
Where do they get these names?
mother should of went with Jimi
Stan is a good name for this type of low life

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Photos of the Day
•January 8, 2013
A roundup of today's best photos.
A roundup of today's best photos.
John: The best way to ease toward socialism is while the ability of the people to fight is compromised by major issues. The four of five households living paycheck to paycheck do not have the finances, enthusiasm or time to invest in social debate. Unfortunately, this forces them to rely on elected officials to maintain their right of limited government intrusion, as outlined in the Preamble of the Constitution. A 'blessing' both parties, including my ex-representative ted poe, reneged on a long time ago. The answer is in Lafayette, Indiana.


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- The Island Colony from a resident's perspective
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- Good location/small rooms
- Nothing fancy but ok
Maile Sky CourtWaikiki, Honolulu | 2 star hotelfrom $103
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Holiday Inn Waikiki Beachcomber Resort HotelWaikiki, Honolulu | 3 star hotelfrom $205
- In Waikiki, it's all about location
- Waikiki Beachcomber -- Decent
- If you have to stay in Waikiki the Waikiki Beachcomber is good value.
Waikiki ResortWaikiki, Honolulu | 3 star hotelfrom $156
- 1 block from the beach!
- Clean, comfy, and close to the beach
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Aqua Waikiki WaveWaikiki, Honolulu | 3 star hotelfrom $126
- Aqua Still Needs Work
- What a difference!
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Fundraiser, live music and cabbage throwing. That and more on tap this weekend
Published: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at 3:24 p.m.
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You can come jam with this group of Cajun musicians every Monday, except holidays.
Admission: Free.
When: 5-7 p.m. Mondays.
Where: Jean Lafitte Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center, 314. St. Mary St., Thibodaux.
Information: www.nps.gov/jela/wetlands-acadian-cultural-center.htm or 448-1375.
Art show
The Terrebonne Fine Arts Guild's annual parishwide School Art Show features artwork from students throughout the parish. Registration of artworks from each school is due by 3 p.m. Feb. 26 at the gallery. There is a delay because of Mardi Gras on March 4, at which time the gallery is closed.
Admission: Free.
When: Through March 21. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays.
Where: Downtown Art Gallery 630, 630 Belanger St., Houma.
Information: www.TFAG.org or email email@example.com.
Ladies night
The eighth annual Ladies Night Out is a breast-cancer fundraising gala sponsored by the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center at Terrebonne General Medical Center. Celebrating life and inspiring others to take action is what, organizers say, the annual Ladies Night Out breast-cancer fundraising gala is all about. The proceeds generated from the gala will be used to provide necessary care and comfort items and services for cancer patients in the community that are undergoing cancer treatment. Some of these items include durable medical equipment (chair cushions and seat-belt pads), nutritional supplements, household bills, wigs and comfort bags filled with essential items which will be of use to the patient while undergoing treatment.
Admission: $50 per person or $400 per table.
When: 6:30-10 p.m. March 21.
Where: Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, 346 Civic Center Blvd.
Information: 873-4616.
Stomp into weekend
The sixth annual Louisiana Swamp Stomp Festival includes a lineup of Cajun, zydeco and swamp pop acts like Treater, Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band, Corey Ledet, Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band, Don Rich, Geno Delafose and French Rockin' Boogie, and more. The Swamp Stomp also features the annual Bayou Education Program, or "Tresors du Bayou," a popular attraction for thousands of local primary and secondary school students. The Southeast Tourism Society has named the Swamp Stomp Festival among its "Top 20 Events in the Southeast" for March 2013. Launched in 2009, Swamp Stomp spotlights local and regional musicians; features a variety of south Louisiana foods; offers presentations on the history, culture, and economic development of the region; and showcases artisans demonstrating their crafts and selling handmade items.
Admission: $10 per day or $25 for the entire weekend. Children 11 and under are admitted free.
When: March 21-23.
Where: Next to John L. Guidry Stadium on the Nicholls State University campus in Thibodaux.
Information: nicholls.edu/swamp_stomp.
Sport shooting
The Friends of South Terrebonne High School's third annual Gatorland Sporting Clay Classic, put on by alumni, sponsors, friends and volunteers of the school, will donate 100 percent of all proceeds to the Million Dollar Band from Gatorland's Band Booster Club.
Admission: Varies.
When: March 22.
Where: Tri Parish Sporting Clays in Houma.
Parade time
The annual Irish-Italian Parading Club's parade, formally known as the St. Patrick's Day parade, will start at West Park Avenue and Westside Boulevard, turn onto Hollywood Road, continue down Main Street, turn onto Barrow Street and disband at Town Hall, 805 Barrow St. There will also be a post-parade celebration at the Houma Municipal Auditorium. Krewe members will hold a Mass and sit-down breakfast at Cannatas before the parade. The parade will feature a 250-member krewe riding 12 throwing floats. The procession will also feature truck bands, dance teams and car clubs showing off their antique cars. There will be a grand marshal leprechaun riding with his pot of gold. Different from Carnival parades, parade-riders throw items that revelers can take home and cook such as cabbages, potatoes, onions, carrots and turnips.
Admission: Free.
When: Noon March 23.
Where: Houma.
Race time
MAX Charter School's sixth annual "Race for Their Future" 5K run/walk is a fundraiser to help fund important projects and materials needed that are not fully funded by the state, including technology software and hardware, library books, recreation equipment for students and professional development for teachers. For registration forms, visit www.mymaxcharterschool.org.
Admission: $25.
When: 9:30 a.m. March 29.
Where: John L. Guidry Stadium on the Nicholls State University campus in Thibodaux.
Information: the school at 227-9500, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call Vanessa Benoit at 414-0058.
Come show off your hot rod
Relay for Life's fifth annual Classic Car, Truck and Bike Show and Cooking for a Cure features all makes, models and years. The event includes food and drinks, arts and craft booths, a 50/50 raffle and more.
Admission: Registration costs $25.
When: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 29.
Where: Thibodaux Civic Center, 310 N. Canal Blvd.
Information: Corinthia Reulet at 859-7821 or 633-9812.
Art show
The Terrebonne Fine Arts Guild's 51st annual Spring Art Show will feature an exhibit from the area's talented artists. A show prospectus is available at Downtown Art Gallery 630.
Admission: Free.
When: March 30 through April 22. Registration is from noon to 5:30 p.m. March 26.
Where: Downtown Art Gallery 630, 630 Belanger St., Houma.
Information: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Arts and crafts
The bi-annual Southdown Marketplace, sponsored by the Terrebonne Historical and Cultural Society, features more than 300 vendors selling handmade arts and crafts. Organizers say it's a family-friendly atmosphere with Cajun cuisine, plantation tours, music and more. All proceeds benefit the operation and repairs of Southdown Plantation and Museum.
Admission: $5 and children 12 and under are admitted free. There are additional fees for food and museum tours.
When: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. April 12.
Where: Southdown Plantation, 1208 Museum Drive, Houma.
Information: 851-0154.
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Time To Reauthorize Weatherization Assistance Program, Which Returns $2.50 In Savings For Every Dollar Invested
Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Jack Reed (D-RI) introduced S. 1213 on June 20th to reauthorize WAP and continue its track record of saving families an average of $437 per year on energy.
"This bill isn't just about reauthorization, it is also about modernization," said Sen. Coons during the Energy Subcommittee hearing on June 25th. "For every dollar invested, the Weatherization Assistance Program returns $2.51 in household savings."
WAP has benefitted families — particularly the elderly, disabled, and families with children — since it was created in 1976 under the Energy Conservation and Production Act. However, it has not been until recently that WAP has been able to weatherize a significantly higher number of homes. In 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) contributed $5 billion towards the program's goal of weatherizing 600,000 low income homes by the end of 2012. The program surpassed its objective by a substantial amount: weatherizing over one million homes through the end of last year.
In each home the program accepts, energy auditors implement plans to reduce energy costs by increasing insulation in key areas, as well as installing storm windows, smoke alarms, and carbon monoxide detectors. These retrofitting actions have led to numerous success stories all across the country.
The Conn family of eastern Kentucky is just one household of millions that has benefited from WAP. The program turned their once drafty, unbearably cold house that used approximately 1,400 kilowatt hours of power per month into to a warmer, safer home that only uses 500 kilowatt hours per month.
Low income families typically spend 20 percent of their combined income on heating expenses annually, while those below the poverty line can see up to 40 percent of their wages covering their energy costs. With the weatherization program's ability to cut utility bills by, "as much as 50 percent," according to Shaun Wright, the Executive Director of Michigan's program, families who receive this assistance can use the money they save on other basic living expenses.
Although WAP immediately benefits the families whose houses get renovated, it also spurs job growth and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. In Colorado, the weatherization opportunities have led Veterans Green Jobs to begin training military veterans on how to convert a house into an energy efficient machine.
The EPA states that buildings are responsible for 65 percent of this country's electricity consumption. With over one million homes completed, the program has certainly attempted to decrease residential energy consumption which is a win-win-win: saving families' money, creating jobs, and preventing the release of greenhouse gases into our atmosphere.
In order to continue reducing energy costs for low income families and therefore shrinking our energy usage as a nation, Congress needs to stand behind the re-authorization of this program and enact S. 1213.
Matt Kasper contributed to this blog.
10 Responses to Time To Reauthorize Weatherization Assistance Program, Which Returns $2.50 In Savings For Every Dollar Invested
The problem is that the "savings" go to the "wrong" "We the People." If I recall correctly, some months ago there was a CP post pointing out the ROI to government lobbyists was in the neighborhood of 40::1. It is plain to see where big money loyalties reside.
Weatherization is certainly a good idea but the better idea is to have building codes that set minimum standards for insulation. These codes – which have been keeping Europe's houses more efficient for ages – should apply first and foremost to developers. One drive by a new housing development shows that the walls are a joke – the heating and cooling cost are not. But who cares, as they're borne by the future owners, not the builders.
I very happy to see this post on energy efficiency in buildings.
I am mystified there are not far more because of the incredible benefit/cost ratio and the rapidity with which it can be implemented and the rapid payback in most cases.
Rocky Mountain Institute (Reinventing Fire p 79, says American buildings use 42% of America's energy and 72% of its electricity and a large percentage of that is wasted.
I did a crude search/count of Climate Progress posts on June 11 and found a total of 370 (all subjects) since April 1, 2013.
1) I found only 2 or 3 posts on energy efficiency. And those posts generated very few comments and of those, several were dismissive. I expect the same for this post.
2) I found 42 posts on clean energy – solar power, wind energy, etc. That's 20 to 1.
3) A number of reputable sources say it's imperative we cut CO2e emissions and equivalents by large amounts essentially immediately. This CANNOT be done by any clean energy. It COULD be done by cuts in energy demand.
4) The Rocky Mountain Institute says Empire State building cut 33% of energy use AND payed for it in 3 or 4 years with savings. And tenants were much more comfortable.
5) My 93 year old house now uses less than half the energy it used when I bought it as result of adding foam insulation to walls and attic.
There is NOTHING we can do faster that has remotely the rate of return as improving building energy efficiency. Yet all I hear about is renewable energy – which will require years to become a big player.
We have an planetary emergency and the lack of emphasis on this incredibly effective tool is appalling.
More affirmation that poor people first is one of the most important strategies for stopping accelerating climate change.
Any program that aids the poor in any way, let alone disproportionately compared to those wealthier, will be loathed by the Right, and will be destroyed, or seriously amended so as to make it less offensively 'communistic'. Just look at the UK for a text-book example of Rightwing social savagery, with the greatest cuts inflicted on the poor and helpless, even the disabled.
Without Uncle Sam's largesse, operating nuclear power plants would not be possible.
The Price-Anderson Act sets the amount of liability insurance a nuclear power plant needs to carry, currently about $400 million. It also creates an insurance pool, backed by all the U.S. nuclear plant operators, of about $12 billion. Any liability claims beyond that are backed by Uncle Sam.
It is not possible to buy enough insurance to cover a Fukushima-scale disaster. $12 billion is a drop in the bucket. Yet it would be foolish to let one operate without insurance.
So the U.S. government subsidizes the nuclear industry by providing the insurance that can't be bought on the open market.
Nuclear plant operators complaining about the wind tax credit are mongo dishonest. Uncle Sugar's largesse is the bedrock of their business model.
(Even the nominal $12bn self-insurance pool is suspect. They don't hold that money in reserves. But after a Big One, it is possible that all those other plants in the pool will be suddenly worthless.)
Most weatherizing products are inert. Some are not. SPF insulation, roofing, and sealant are extremely toxic, costly to remove or keep sealed, and flammable. I am one of its victims, a survivor that hope to steer other away from this dangerous product. Two dozen children were injured at the school where I was teaching. Our injuries from this product are serious and permanent. As a result, I developed severe asthma, required surgical removal of burned and scarred sinus tissue, have scarred lungs, and brain-stem damage. http://childrensepa.blogspot.com/2013/06/chemical-chaos-drill-chance-to-practice.html
I submitted the above comment at 1:30 pm. At 4:30 it was still in moderation. By then there were several new blog posts with more comments than this post meaning virtually no one saw my comment.
Am I that far out in left field in thinking this is so important? If so, why does "Reinventing Fire" harp on it so much?
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The terrible moral corruption you describe will be eradicated when poverty is eradicated .
Action speaks louder than words.
I agree, although I suspect that the moral corruption must be overthrown before equality and justice can blossom.


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I've never really done much with the built-in WordPress media library. I tend to create a full size and thumbnail version of my photos with Paint.NET and upload both sizes to a folder and link to the full size from the thumbnail version.
I'm setting up a blog for some people who don't want to have to use an image editor like Paint.NET to generate thumbnails.
After clicking "Add an Image" when editing a post or writing a new post, I select the image I want to upload. It uploads, says it's crunching and all that good stuff. Eventually it's added to the gallery for that post.
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By Craig Holt CORRESPONDENT
December 12. 2012 6:00AM
Wachusett Regional laid some damaging defense on North High in last night's season opener for both teams, and the Polar Bears suffered the consequences.
The Mountaineers built a 32-point lead by halftime by not allowing a field goal for the entire first two quarters and forged a 63-12 victory before a large crowd at the Wachusett gym.
Senior guard Zack Berman paced the Mountaineers with a game-high 14 points, most coming on jumpers and drives. He also sank two 3-pointers and delivered several crisp passes in jump-starting Wachusett's balanced offense.
Senior guard Jesse Maresca contributed 13 points, draining a pair of 3-pointers. Sophomore guard Jeremiah Perez came off the bench to toss in eight points. Eleven players scored for the Mountaineers.
"Wachusett basketball is all about defense and playing together." Maresca said. "I think we also have very good chemistry this year. On defense, we force turnovers, we get out and we go. Then we try to get ready for our offense. We have a lot of talent — everybody is right up there with each other. And winning that first game is always good."
Wachusett's man-to-man defense harried the Polar Bears into a lot of off-balance, low-percentage shots throughout the first half. At the other end, the Mountaineers worked the ball around, hit the open man on cutters, and shot well from the perimeter.
"But we wanted to set the tone defensively and we were able to do that," Wachusett coach Tom Gibbons said. "Our focus was really sharp and forced them into some difficult shots. We've got to do a better job on the glass. Our offense, in glimpses, was OK but we're going to pride ourselves on our defense, and try to get better every game."
Five different players scored for Wachusett in the first quarter, which ended with the hosts leading, 14-1, after Berman buried a jumper with 1:22 left.
The Mountaineers continued to click in the second quarter, using a 14-0 blitz at the midpoint of the period to grab a 32-2 lead. Freshman guard Tyler Dion and Maresca hit treys in the run. Senior center Alex Cooper, senior forward Zack Knapp, Berman and Perez added hoops. Wachusett led, 36-4, at the half.
The Mountaineers will need plenty of hot shooting and defense in their next game, which takes place tomorrow night at Doherty. The Highlanders, one of the top Division 1 teams in Central Mass., knocked Wachusett out of the Central Mass. tournament last year.
Gibbons anticipates a tough battle with Doherty, but also knows he has the horses to battle the hoop heavyweights.
"We've got a good group of kids and we've got the leadership," Gibbons said. "We've got some nice pieces. They're working hard and they're working together. Doherty on the road will be a huge challenge, and we'll try to get ready for that (today)."


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For in-depth information, see WebMD's article on Nasal Sprays for Cold Relief.
What's the deal with cough syrup and medicine?
Not all doctors agree about the best way to treat a cough. Some don't think cough medicines are that effective.
There are three common types of over-the-counter cough and cold medicines:
They can be used to either stop your cough or loosen thick mucus to help you cough it up. When that's not enough, your doctor may prescribe a strong prescription cough medicine.
For in-depth information, see A Guide to Cough Medicine.
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A fever may be a good thing. It helps fight off an infection by curbing the growth of bacteria and viruses and activating the immune system, your body's defense against germs. Doctors no longer recommend trying to lower a fever, except for young kids, the elderly, and people with certain medical conditions such as heart disease or lung disease.
If your fever makes you uncomfortable, though, it's fine to take medicine for it. Young people, including those in their early 20s, should avoid aspirin. Acetaminophen or other medicines like ibuprofen are your best choices.
Each medication has its own risks, so check with your doctor to see which is best for you. Be careful not to overdose. These drugs are often mixed in with other cough and cold medicines you may also be taking. Your pharmacist can help you make the right choice.
If you have severe body aches or a fever over 102 degrees, you may have the flu. Call your doctor to see if you need flu medicine or if something else might be causing your symptoms.
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Miami Hurricanes Still Have a Chance at ACC Coastal
Published: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 9:46 p.m.
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CORAL GABLES | There's been one victory in five games since September. The stat sheet shows the worst defensive numbers in school history. And there's still the lingering issue of whether a postseason trip would be forfeited because of the ongoing NCAA investigation.
These are not the best of times for the Miami Hurricanes.
That is, except for this not-so-insignificant nugget: The Hurricanes might still finish the season with a winning record — and also have a chance to call themselves champions.
It was back-to-practice on Monday for Miami, still smarting from the 41-40 last-second loss at Virginia over the weekend. The Hurricanes (5-5) play their home finale on Saturday against South Florida (3-6), then end their regular- and Atlantic Coast Conference season at Duke on Nov. 24. Win the Duke game, and at the very least, the Hurricanes will be able to declare themselves co-champions of the ACC's Coastal Division.
"We're still preparing," running back Mike James, who played for Ridge Community, said. "We're still working. We still have things we need to do and want to do."
The trip to Virginia was bad all the way around for Miami, which announced just before the game that it suspended wide receiver Rashawn Scott indefinitely and left linebacker Eddie Johnson and special-teams-standout Gabe Terry home because they didn't fulfill their football-related responsibilities for making the trip. Scott remains suspended, and there's been no indication whether Johnson or Terry will play against the Bulls.
On top of all that, Miami was up 38-28 with 6 minutes left, and went home with a one-point loss.
"It hurts," James said.
After having last season completely overshadowed by an NCAA investigation — which still isn't over — and now the chance of the school self-imposing a second straight postseason ban in anticipation of sanctions for compliance violations, it seems like nerves are fraying more than a little bit at Miami.
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Guidelines for the Series Approaches to Teaching World Literature
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The principal objective of the series Approaches to Teaching World Literature is to collect within each volume different points of view on teaching a literary subject such as a work, a tradition (e.g., metaphysical poetry), or a writer widely taught to undergraduates. The series is intended to serve nonspecialists as well as specialists, inexperienced as well as experienced teachers, graduate students as well as senior professors.
The preparation of a series volume begins with a proposal. Once the proposal has been approved by the MLA office of scholarly communication, the volume editor or editorial team prepares a wide-ranging survey of instructors, which is posted online. The survey enables the volume to include the philosophies and approaches, thoughts and methods of numerous teachers. The result is a sourcebook of material, information, and ideas.
Each volume is divided into two parts: "Materials" and "Approaches." (A short preface to the entire volume may appear before part 1.) In the first part, the editor or editorial team, drawing from personal knowledge and experience as well as from the information and issues that emerge from the survey, presents a guide to the most helpful available materials related to the subject of the volume (e.g., preferred editions and translations; essential reference works, critical studies, and background materials; and useful teaching resources). The discussion of editions or translations should state what uniform edition or translation is being used in the volume and why. If contributors are using different editions or translations, the editor or editorial team should explain why.
Part 2 comprises essays written by instructors, describing their approaches to teaching the subject of the volume. Volumes are broadly representative in the range of their contributors; in the critical orientations presented; and in the types of schools, students, and courses considered. Editors are responsible for addressing all major issues and approaches relevant to the subject. The essays in this part are preceded by an introduction by the editor or editorial team that gives a rationale for the volume, a conceptual framing of its topic, and contexts for the essays. The elements that should appear in this introduction are described below in Elements of the introduction.
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Rationale for the volume: Discuss why the volume is needed, why it was undertaken, why teachers should read it.
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Conceptual framing of the volume's topic: Discuss cultural, historical, and theoretical concerns and scholarly controversies relating to the topic of the volume.
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Translation issues: If contributors discuss teaching translated versions of works, the editors should address issues relating to teaching in translation and the selection of appropriate texts.
Emphasis of essay abstracts on pedagogical issues
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The introduction to part 2, "Approaches," in the manuscript should thoroughly address all the elements listed above in Elements of the introduction.
Preparing the manuscript
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Liz Smith: "Hope Springs" is Seriously Charming
"ALWAYS A godfather; never a god!" said the late Gore Vidal,delivered in his usual pithy manner. More on this anon.
BUT FIRST, let's give a thumbs up verdict to "Hope Springs" — a rare little movie that is really about something, starring Meryl Streep,Tommy Lee Jones and Steve Carell. I guess this is a "comedy" but quite a lot of it is serious and might make you cringe.
If you can believe that the woman who played both the dynamic domineeringMargaret Thatcher and the deliciousJulia Child is a hopeless, despondent and put-upon matron — well, that's the theme of "Hope Springs." Her bullying, complaining, golf-loving husband isTommy Lee Jones and he seems very much his real self here. But both of the protagonists remind us over and over of how gifted they are.
It is always fabulous to watch real artists working at being something they really are not! Meryl, in this movie, is determined to solve issues of boredom, lack of intimacy and no sex. Tommy Lee becomes belligerent, then bewildered and ultimately, shocked and needy. A great deal of "Hope Springs" isn't comedy at all; it's heartfelt, heartbreaking and some of it is hard to take. (Sex counseling for lack of contact among older souls who've lost hope is not the "fun" some people expect from comedy.)
Steve Carell is solidly convincing. Some think his "straight and non-comedic" performance doesn't work. But I think it does. He reminds me of a number of "shrinks" I've known personally.
"Hope Springs" offers us two of the best Oscar-winners in movie history, together for the very first time. Their co-star is one of the big funny success stories in Hollywood today. You owe it to yourself as a movie-goer and fan to give the three of them a chance to quarrel, kiss and makeup in a little film.
But I guarantee it will make you both applaud inwardly just as it makes you a wee bit uncomfortable.
If you are tired of explosions, guns and crash bang, this is for you.
I'VE PRINTED a lot of Gore Vidal quotes here since he died, but he was very much on my mind coming from a wonderful lunch in Michael's celebrity restaurant where I met with two of Gore's agent friends.
One is Boaty Boatwright, Gore's real keeper of the flame. And she diverged from remembrances of Gore so we could discuss the late Sue Mengers whose ashes, along with those of her director husband — Jean-Claude Tramont — Boaty will soon be charged with distributing. Where? I'd rather not say; there may be a law against it.
My other host was one of the funniest guys I know, the L.A. agent Michael Black. He is the man who taught me to simply say "Suckez-les oeufs!" to critics. We had a bang-up lunch! (I am a sucker for anyone who can really, authentically, imitate Bette Davis.)
ON AUGUST 23, the producer Jeff Richards whom I've known since he was a little boy in short pants and who is now the producer of Gore's "The Best Man" on Broadway, will host a remembrance of Gore at 12 noon in the Schoenfeld Theater. Should be quite a treat; full of the people Gore disdained, abused and did not quite approve of. But in the kindness of his heart, Gore was always a gentleman, and he wouldn't deny access to his "betters" because he didn't feel he had any. His play is, again (I think) the best drama on Broadway, full of portent for our times.
I AM left thinking that I have suffered some real losses this year. While awaiting the 2012 Apocalypse, so many talented and beloved souls have died. Maybe it's no more than the year's usual, but it feels worse.
For instance, I picked up USA Today this week to find a takeout on Julia Child. My impulse? To call Nora Ephron and ask what she thought? But Nora has left the building.
Also gone, with shocking suddenness — the man who always introduced himself to me as "your accompanist." I mean the mighty multi-award winning and winningly sweet songwriter Marvin Hamlisch. (Because he played for us when Barbara Walters and I tried to raise money for charity, this is how Marvin styled himself.) He won everything there was to win in entertainment, worked like a dog every single day and would do anything for you if you just asked.
Then there is the inspired great writerRobert Hughes. If you never read Mr. Hughes, get thee to a bookstore and pick up his masterpiece, "The Fatal Shore," which tells the amazing tale of how the British populated Australia with convicts and n'er-do-wells.
Robert was a dashing historian who putTime magazine on the map with his take on culture. His latest book is titled "Rome" and it is magnificent. Perhaps Robert wasn't so horrified at leaving this life … he is released from what he deplored as the "dumbing down" of the civilized world … the crass pop moment of what is laughingly passing as "art" … the specific anti-intellectualism that we are mired in.
Then there was Ben Gazzara, one of the nicest men ever born and a helluva actor … the nightclub cabaret keeper of that flame Don Smith … the agent to the stars Sue Mengers … actor James Farentino … singers Whitney Houston and Etta James and Kitty Wells andDonna Summer … Robin Gibbs of the BeeGees … actress Ann Rutherford,almost the last of the stars from "Gone With the Wind" (the great Olivia de Havilland is still with us) … the feisty man who reduced Ethel Merman to silence, Ernest Borgnine … and my pet boss and mentor Mike Wallace. Oh yes, Dick Clark.
Yesterday came word that the once powerful movie critic Judith Crist has gone, which reminds me, another loss this year was the intellectual cinema examiner, Andrew Sarris. Both of these critics lived in a time when movie criticism was important. Today, nobody cares.
This column originally appeared on NYSocialDiary.com on 8/9/12
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Ever since Kramer vs. Kramer, I have watched everything Meryl Streep has been in. There were a few disappointments along the way, but mostly she has delivered quality performances for over three decades.
Thanks for letting us know about her latest, Liz.
Susan Gabriel
author of The Secret Sense of Wildflower
People now of course are wondering just where the ashes are going to be spread. The possibilties of course are endless to those with wondering, or should that be wandering, minds.
Though I generally avoid films of the "rom-com" genre, I have always had infinite respect for Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones. Add Steve Carell, an actor who has a much deeper well to tap than many modern comedians, and who shows a remarkable subtlety in the films in which I've seen him, and I have been drawn by "Hope Springs". I am delighted to read your very positive review, as it supports the opinions I've developed just from watching the trailers. It looks like it will neatly sidestep all of the cliches and fluff, and saccharine pseudo-drama/half-wit sappy sexual comedy that plagues the genre. No Oprah-book-club, hand-wringing, angst-filled, Emo whiners here, and I hope "Hope" will be the fine, subtle, full story that you've indicated it is. Thank you Liz.