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Messrs John H. Ford and Nicholas Hyland of Edward authorized to examine the estate and estimate the annual value inc. slaves, working beasts and stock of Mary Segars late of said County deceased now under the care of James Lake Administrator12 Feb 1823Valuation of estate of Mary Segars deceased now in hands of James LakeAnnual Value $30There is on the land a log dwelling house 18 ft by 20 in good repair also a small out house part finished 14 ft by 14a corn house 14 ft by 7 in tolerable good repaira small stable very bad orderan apple orchard of 75 treesit is supposed there is from 35-40 acres of cleared land enclosed with a tolerable good fence the residue of the land is in woods but very indifferently timbered, the whole track or tracks [sic] to contain 75 acres being part of two Tracks called Lumventure and Stone RangeSigned Jno. H. Ford, Nicholas HylandRecorded 7 March 1823
Original Lists are in the Scharf Collection at MD Historical Society and Hall of Records & include # of slaves, kinds of livestock and amt. of geld platep. 23 - Return of Abraham Cazier, 4th District, inc. South Milford and Elk HundredsMary Segars with 8 white inhabitantsp. 25 - Return of Abraham Cazear, 4th District, inc. Hundreds of South Milford and ElkMary Seagers - owner or claimant of pt. of Lum's Venture
Mary Segars - 76 acres @ $63, other $8
Mary Segar, 1 m 16 and older, 5 females
Mary Segar, 1 m >10, 3 f 16-25, 1 26-44, 2 f 45 and over
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Mary Segars of Cecil County, MD, for $200 paid by William Boulden of Cecil Co., MDsold to William Boulden "my negro girl named Sophia or Soph" and after she has served William Boulden his heirs or assigns for nine years from 1 Nov next to be free and clear of all service or servitude; if Sophia has children while serving William Boulden, they are to serve 30 years and then be free of servitude; if William Boulden sells the girl, it is not to be to anyone who will take her out of the state of MDsigned 5 Oct 1814, Mary SegarsWitnesses: Lewis Miller & N. L. Dawson
Segers, Mary, 1 female 10-16, 1 female 26-45, 1 female slave under 14
Indenture 17 Aug 1779Between Michael Lum of Cecil County, Province of Maryland jointerand Mary Segars widow of same placewho paid £1000 common money forPart of that Tract of Land called Stoney Range on the west side of Elk RiverBeginning a a marked apple tree standing in a field on the Division line between Jacob Lum [& me] and from thence Running west 172 perches then North 68 and 1/2 deg East 56 perches then East south East 170 perches then South West to the place of Beginning fifty-five perchesContaining 75 acres more or lessBeing the whole of Michael Lums part of that tract of land originally granted and pattented to Johanneas Arrant, Michael Lum, and Peter Boyer as will appear by a certificate of survey in the Land Office Bearing date 28 Aug 1751Signed Michael LumWitnesses Stephen Hyland, Thos. Hughes, Justicesand Elizabeth Lum, wife of Michael, acknowledged her right of dower to be the right and proper Estate of Mary Segars


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Diagnosis: Myotonia congenita
Synonyms: Congenital myotonia, Thomsen disease, Becker myotonia
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Myotonia congenita is an inherited form of muscle stiffness (myotonia). The disease presents as attacks of muscle stiffness brought on by physical activity immediately after a period of rest. In some cases the stiffness is accompanied by transient periods of muscle weakness. There are two types of myotonia congenita, Thomsen disease and Becker myotonia.
The disorder was first described in 1876 by the Danish physician Julius Thomsen who was affected by the condition himself, as were more than twenty of his relatives over several generations. In 1971, the German physician Peter Emil Becker described a variant with a different inheritance pattern, which frequently gives more severe symptoms.
International medical literature indicates that myotonia congenita affects approximately 6 individuals per 100,000 population. This means that there are between 500 and 600 individuals with myotonia congenita in Sweden. However, many of them have not yet received an accurate diagnosis. Becker myotonia is about twice as common as Thomsen disease.
Both variants of myotonia congenita are caused by a mutation in gene CLCN1, a gene which controls the production of (codes for) one of the proteins making up the muscle's chloride channel. This gene is located on chromosome 7 (7q35). The chloride channel can be described as a pore consisting of two matching sub-units in the membranes of muscle fibres. This pore normally opens to allow chloride ions to pass into the cell after a muscle contraction. It is essential that chloride ions flow rapidly through the pore in order to restore and maintain the difference in electric charge between the outside and inside of the cell. If the functioning of the chloride channel is impaired the muscle is not able to relax, leading to stiffness. More than 100 mutations in gene CLCN1 have been identified, associated with different inheritance patterns and varying degrees of severity.
The inheritance pattern of Thomsen disease is autosomal dominant, while Becker myotonia is an autosomal recessive disorder.
An autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance means that one of the parents has the disease, and so has one normal gene and one mutated gene. Sons and daughters of this parent have a 50 per cent risk of inheriting the disease. Children who do not inherit the mutated gene do not have the disease and do not pass it down.
An autosomal recessive inheritance pattern means that both parents are healthy carriers of a mutated gene. In each pregnancy with the same parents there is a 25 per cent risk that the child will inherit double copies of the mutated gene (one from each parent). In this case the child will have the disease. In 50 per cent of cases the child inherits only one mutated gene (from one parent only) and like both parents, will be a healthy carrier of the mutated gene. In 25 per cent of cases the child will not have the disease and will not be a carrier of the mutated gene.
A person with an inherited autosomal recessive disease has two mutated genes. If this person has a child with a person who is not a carrier of the mutated gene, all the children will inherit the mutated gene but they will not have the disorder. If a person with an inherited autosomal recessive disease has children with a healthy carrier of the mutated gene (who has one mutated gene) there is a 50 per cent risk of the child having the disorder, and a 50 per cent risk of the child being a healthy carrier of the mutated gene.
Symptoms of Thomsen disease commonly manifest in infancy, and in both forms of myotonia congenita onset is before the age of 15. However, there are cases where symptoms do not manifest until the individual is in his or her thirties. The predominant symptom is muscle stiffness triggered by strenuous exercise immediately after a period of rest. All voluntarily-controlled musculature can become stiff, even that which controls the movements of the eyes, face and tongue. The stiffness is relieved if the individual continues physical activity. This is often called "warming up." In many cases stiffness is accompanied by transient muscle weakness. Sudden loud noises or other unexpected stimuli may trigger severe muscle stiffness and weakness, sometimes even causing the individual to fall down. Muscle stiffness may also be triggered, or aggravated, by exposure to cold, stress, fasting, and fatigue. Muscle strength is usually normal between attacks, although some individuals may experience mild weakness of the neck, the lower arms, and the hands. Myotonic stiffness causes the muscles to tense even when the individual is at rest, and as a result the individual may have larger than normal muscles, particularly in the calves, thighs and buttocks. Muscle pain is common. The symptoms of Thomsen disease and Becker myotonia differ slightly.
Thomsen disease presents early (at between one and two years of age) and is not progressive. The symptoms affect all muscles including the face, tongue, and pharynx. The degree of muscle stiffness varies, even within the same family, and some people with the mutation are symptom-free throughout life.
Becker myotonia has a later onset (between the ages of 5 and 15), muscle stiffness is more severe, and it may progress slowly until around the age of thirty when it stabilises or becomes less pronounced. The stiffness is most severe in the legs, but may gradually spread to the arms and face. Unlike Thomsen disease, there is often mild muscle atrophy of the arms.
Muscle stiffness may increase as a result of certain medical treatments, such as some asthma medications (beta-agonists), medications used to treat heart problems and high blood pressure (beta-blockers), diuretics, and muscle relaxants sometimes used in surgical procedures.
For reasons as yet unclear, men often have more severe symptoms than women. The severity of the disease often varies greatly within the same family. Women commonly experience a temporary worsening of muscle stiffness during pregnancy. Muscle stiffness is also worse in cases where the metabolism is impaired (hypothyroidism).
The diagnosis is based on typical symptoms and by confirming muscle stiffness in physical activity after rest. Muscle weakness which follows a muscle contraction (myotonic muscular contraction) can often be stimulated by a light blow to a muscle with a reflex hammer.
An electromyography (EMG), which measures electrical activity in the musculature, will show typical muscle stiffness without indicating signs of any other muscle disease. Special tests where the nerve is electrically stimulated and the muscle response measured (decremental response or exercise test) can often establish the presence of changes typical of myotonia congenita.
A muscle biopsy, a procedure in which a piece of muscle tissue is removed and examined microscopically, is often performed. In myotonia congenita, the muscle biopsy is usually normal or displays only minor abnormalities.
Tests for the muscle enzyme creatine kinase (CK) can sometimes reveal elevated levels (two to four times above normal values).
DNA analyses confirm a diagnosis in more than 95 per cent of cases. At the time of diagnosis it is important that the family is offered genetic counselling. Carrier and prenatal diagnosis, as well as pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) in association with IVF (in vitro fertilization), are available to families where the mutation is known.
There is currently no cure for the disease. It is important to learn what triggers attacks of muscle stiffness. Physical activities should preferably be carried out at an even pace without long breaks, and lengthy periods without food should be avoided. As myotonic stiffness is relieved by repetitive muscular activity, it is possible to prepare for more strenuous activities by carefully warming up the muscles. Most individuals with the disorder learn to manage muscle stiffness, for example by avoiding exposure to cold. Since stress can induce myotonic reactions, it is important to avoid stressful situations. There should be contact with a physiotherapist for both general and specific advice about physical exercise.
Certain medications can reduce muscle stiffness, and many individuals with myotonia congenita use these drugs regularly or periodically. The most effective one is mexiletine. In Sweden the use of this drug requires authorization by the Swedish Medical Products Agency.
Under general anaesthesia, some medications used to relax muscles (depolarizing muscle relaxants, suxamethonium for example) may trigger severe myotonia and cause breathing difficulties. It is therefore important that the anaesthetist is informed about the disorder well before a planned surgical intervention.
Other medications which should be avoided if possible are adreneline, beta-adrenergic agonists, propranolol and colchicine as these can exacerbate muscle stiffness.
It is important for children with the disease to be in regular contact with a paediatric neurologist as they are growing up. Habilitation is available for those children who need it, and is planned according to their needs in collaboration with those close to the child. A habilitation team includes professionals with special expertise in how disability affects everyday life, health and development. Help is available within the medical, educational, psychological, social and technical fields. Habilitation may include assessments, treatment, assistance with choice of aids, information about disabilities and counselling. Information is also given about support offered by public services as well as advice on the way accommodation and other environments can be adapted to the child's needs.
It is important to provide psychological support to people with the condition and their relatives. Children and young people should be offered continuous support tailored to their age and maturity, and this should continue in adulthood.
It is helpful to be well-informed about the disorder when making choices about education and what games and sports to participate in. When deciding on a suitable career, it is important to avoid jobs requiring great physical exertion particularly outdoors in cold weather. Career guidance for people whose capacity to work is limited by disability is offered by the Swedish Public Employment Service.
Adults with myotonia congenita should be in contact with a neurologist.
Neurologists and paediatric neurologists at regional and county hospitals can confirm the diagnosis. At university hospitals in Gothenburg, Linköping, Örebro and Stockholm there are units which specialize in neuromuscular diagnostics.
Associate Professor Christopher Lindberg, Neuromuscular Centre, Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Sahlgrenska, SE-413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden. Tel: +46 31 342 10 00, email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Senior Physician Björn Lindvall, Muscle Centre, Örebro University Hospital, SE-701 85 Örebro, Sweden. Tel: +46 19 602 10 00, email: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Associate Professor Göran Solders, Neurology Clinic, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden. Tel: +46 8 585 800 00, email: email@example.com.
Professor Már Tulinius, The Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, SE-416 85 Gothenburg, Sweden. Tel: +46 31 343 40 00.
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The Punan often called 'Punan Ba' (after one of their longhouses in Rejang) to avoid confusion and distinguished them from unrelated nomadic group who are also called 'Punan' (Needham 1955a, 55b; Nicolaisen 1976; Rousseau 1990).
However, officially in Sarawak the term 'Punan' specifically refers to them while the once nomadic Punans – Punan Aput and Punan Busang or Vuhang is classified as Penan (see Table 1) and any reference to Punan hereafter refers to the Punan Ba group.
The term 'Punan' is an autonym or endonym, although it is an exonym in the case of the former nomads in Sarawak, Kalimantan and Brunei. Punan is a toponym originated from Punan River – a tributary of Ba River (Needham 1955 ; Langub 1975) located in the central region of Rejang River, where the Punan believed they were created times immemorial (Nicolaisen 1976).
And contrary to what former Punan Pandan longhouse chief Berasap told Needham (1955), the word 'Punan' has other meaning – 'people' in Punan language which according to Lars Kaskija (2002) also it common meaning among people in Central Borneo.
It is rather significant that Punan, as well as other group in Central Borneo, identify any people with a 'primitive' appearance – whether American Indians or Philippine Negritos – as 'Punan'. This identification is done by just looking at a picture. Physical appearance suffices to label anyone as 'Punan' (Kaskija 2002:62)
However, it usages is limited to describe group of peoples that the Punan otherwise unable to identify and in this context is not an inference that the latter; in term of social organization, history and language similar to the Punan .
The Punan becomes known as Punan Ba, after relocating to Ba River mouth from Punan River areas and those migrating to Kakus become Punan Kakus; to Pandan River, become Punan Pandan. The Punan always refer to themselves as 'Punan', although in the literature they are commonly refer to as 'Punan Bah' (Ling Roth 1896:37; Nicolaisen 1976) to distinguish them from the other so called "Punan" – Punan Busang and Aput (Needham 1955; Rousseau 1975; Langub 1975; Nicolaisen 1976).
The Punan has no memories of being nomad (Needham 1955a:31, Langub 1975; Nicolaisen 1976) although Bernard Sellato (1993) has different opinion. The Punan, just like the Kayan, Iban are shifting cultivators, rice grower, with their own territorial domain once spanning from Pelagus to Bungan rapids along the Rejang (Nicolaisen 1976; Rousseau 1988).
After 19th century that saw expansion of Iban into upper Pelagus rapids, and Kayan near Bungan rapids; the Punan in Rejang had since been confined to areas above Mikai rapid to lower Tukok rapid – in three longhouses (Punan Ba, Biau and Sama/Tepeleang).
Those found in Bintulu Division confined to Kakus River four longhouses (Rh. Ado, Jayan, Kitup and Kiah) and downriver at Mina River known as Punan Mina (Rh. Arjey), Pandan River – Punan Pandan and Punan Jelalong at Buoang River. Punan are longhouse dwellers; in the old days used to build their longhouses tall, supported by huge belian wood (Eusideroxylon zwageri), beautifully decorated with various carving motifs.
Though Punan are often confused for the Penan, there is little contact in between these two distinct groups over the decades. In the middle of Rejang, where the Punan are found in three longhouses, there are only two known, albeit recent cases of inter-marriages between Punan and Penan; in 1960s and 1990s among the Punan Sama .
Even after the Punan migrated to Kemena basin, where contact with the Penan have become frequent and regular, inter marriage between the two still a rarity. There is no known case of inter-marriage between Punan and the other so call Punan – Punan Vuhang/Busang and Punan Aput even to these days due to their geographical locations.
The Punans are also among the ancient inhabitants of Sarawak (Baring Gould-Bampfylde 1909; Rousseau 1974) and of Mongoloid stock (Sellato 1993). They have a unique burial custom of putting their dead aristocrats' remains in tajau – a Chinese jar store in a hut atop a pole or inside a hole dug into the pole – known as kelirieng.
These burial poles are fond at places where the Punans once had established communities such as Tatau, Pandan, and central Rejang region. And at Upper Ba River, the Punan homeland, these ancient burial poles are found to be more numerous, many could still be seen to these days.
This unique burial custom set the Punan apart from hunter-gatherers – Penan and the former nomadic Punans (Needham 1955; Langub 1975). However, the tradition was discarded during the Brooke Administration which prohibited any form of human sacrifices – an important part in the tradition.
Punan kelirieng has several design motifs on their keliriengs, but two distinctive were the most popular the "Jalok" and "Inan Benyai" design motifs. The Jalok motif is a diamond-shape outside and fern motif inside, while "Inan Benyai" is a snake with human head – see pix 1.
The Punan used to practice a form of animism beliefs called "Adet Beyok" and "Savik". Savik religious ritual which also involved form of human sacrifice (head hunting) and just like kelirieng burial tradition, was discouraged by the Brooke Administration. In the 1952 Jok Apui visited Punan longhouses along the Rejang and converted them into his Bungan cult (Nicolaisen 1983).
This freed the Punan of their traditional 'Beyok' and other animism beliefs which are very restrictive, observing lots of omens and taboos; thus limit their freedoms. Although, a little bit slow in adopting Christianity, today, however, majority of Punan are Christians, with sizeable numbers still holding on to Bungan cult and Islam through intermarriages.
In the 1990s, the Punan was designated "Punan Atau Penan" or "Punan or Penan" with code 1010 by Malaysia National Registration Department. This new designation is seemingly appearing out of nowhere; illustrates the current state of confusion over the etymology 'Punan' in Malaysia. Punan confusion is partly rooted in the way term 'Punan' used by the Kayan and Kenyah in Sarawak referring to the hunter-gatherers and also the agriculturalist Punan groups – basically two distinct groups.
The Brooke Administration official Charles Hose , almost clueless when faced with the complexity of Borneo ethnicity (Rousseau 1975; Metcalf 2010) then, pick up the Kayan's usage of the term. In the early period of the Brooke Administration in which Charles Hose serving in a senior position – their ultimate concerned was to identify their subjects not so much of identifying them correctly (Jehom 1999). Thus, during this period there was case of extreme futile classification exercises such "Klemantan" derived from the Malay word "Kalimantan, Kalamantan, or Klemantan" (Haddon, 1901:321; Hose 1912).
The Klemantans that Hose and McDougall proposed include all the small – Punan, Sekapan, Kejaman, Berawan and other little known groups that they could not otherwise classify. Rousseau notes 'it is hard to under why they felt compelled to invent this term which corresponds to no social, cultural, geographical or historical reality' (Rousseau 1975:33).
The problem is also attributed to the fact that there is skewed interest toward the Penan and the once nomadic Punan Aput and Busang peoples in the headwaters of Rejang and Baram Rivers, obscuring the fact that Punan also refer to agriculturalist group in Kakus, Pandan, Jelalong and Ba River; thus perpetuated the confusion and misinformation on the Punan Ba in general – as also nomad (see Sellato 1993).
Starting in 1950, several authors sought to clarify the meanings of the term 'Punan': Tom Harrisson, Rodney Needham and Ian Urquhart, and continuing a little later with Tuton Kaboy, Benedict Sandin and Johannes Nicolaisen. In 1952, Needham took time off his regular work observing the Penan of Baram, for a trip up the Kemena River to meet two Punan chiefs Berasap at Pandan and then went further upriver to Jelalong meeting Adi .
Needham works 'Penan and Punan' a paper he specifically hoped to address the issue refined several of Hose inaccurate classification particularly on the groups he called Punans (1954: 73). The term Punan according to Needham applicable to only three groups: the Punan Ba, Punan Aput and Punan Busang. However, the Punan Ba is very different in language and social organization from both of the former hunter-gatherers.
Needham chose to use the term 'Punan Ba' referring to Punan arguing it is 'advisable to distinguish them from the nomadic Punan with whom they have been confused' (Needham, op cit. 1955a:24). Although Needham works, particularly his identification of the Penan as two distinct groups – Eastern and Western Penan fundamentally answered the Punan Penan confusion; he however had not addressed the confusion with the former nomadic hunter-gatherers Punan Busang and Punan Aput, which still linger on.
In 1973, a Danish postgraduate student Ida Nicolaisen travelled with her husband Professor Johannes Nicolaisen to Sarawak intended to study – what most scholars did then – the hunters and gatherers – Penan on the headwaters of Rejang. Nevertheless upon reaching Belaga, she was coaxed by her husband to go downriver to Punan Ba – to works on the Punan instead. Just like Needham, Nicolaisen, took the easy path by insisting the agriculturalist Punan should be called "Punan Bah" instead.
Nicolaisen works on the Punan spanning over decades – since 1973 to 2006, are the most extensive on the Punan yet – exploring almost every aspects: social, economy and political. Unfortunately, just like those before her, she focuses on the contemporary situations. The Sarawak Government after independent through Malaysia in 1969 adopted Leach's approached, by grouping the Punan as part of Kajang group, together with Sekapan, Kejaman, Lahanan, Kanowit, Sihan and Tanjong peoples (Rousseau 1975; Nicolaisen 1976).
In the 2005, under the Indigenous Peoples of Sarawak classification, the Sian, that Rousseau (1975) clearly stated as distant to the Kajang, has been reclassified as a group of its own. As for the Punan Busang and Punan Aput, they are becoming Penan. However, Rousseau (p.c. 2016) cautioned that 'one should not assume that the list (in Table 1) is correct!'
In 2016, Punan National Association members have initiated an informal linkage with the once nomadic Punan in Baram and also those in Kalimantan, particularly the Punan Aput, Punan Tubu in Long Sule, East Kalimantan with the objectives of exploring possible lineages between these distinct groups.


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Bye Bye Birdie is a 1963 musical comedy film from Columbia Pictures. It is a film adaptation of the stage production of the same name. The screenplay was adapted from Michael Stewart's book for the musical by Irving Brecher, with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Lee Adams.
Directed by George Sidney, the film version starred Dick Van Dyke, reprising his Broadway role as Albert Peterson, along with Maureen Stapleton as Mae Peterson, Janet Leigh as Rosie DeLeon, Paul Lynde reprising his Broadway role as Harry MacAfee, Bobby Rydell as Hugo Peabody, and Ann-Margret as Kim MacAfee.
The story was inspired by the phenomenon of popular singer Elvis Presley being drafted into the United States Army in 1957. Jesse Pearson plays the role of teen idol Conrad Birdie, whose character name is a word play on another pop singer of the era, Conway Twitty. Presley himself was the first choice for the role of Birdie, but his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, rejected the idea as he did not want Presley in any roles that were parodies of himself. Ed Sullivan appears as himself, host of the popular, long-running CBS TV variety show.
The film is credited with making Ann-Margret a superstar during the mid-1960s, leading to her appearing with the real Elvis in Viva Las Vegas (1964). Bye Bye Birdie opens with Ann-Margret singing a title song written especially for the movie. The soundtrack was released by RCA Victor in 1964.
In 2006, the film was ranked number 38 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 50 Best High School Movies.
Conrad Birdie (Jesse Pearson), a popular rock and roll star, receives an Army draft notice, devastating his teenage fans across the nation. Albert Peterson (Dick Van Dyke) is an unsuccessful songwriter, the family business, although he has a doctorate in biochemistry. He schemes with his secretary and long-suffering girlfriend Rosie DeLeon (Janet Leigh) to have Birdie sing a song Albert will write, but Birdie's conscription puts a halt to the plan. Rosie, however, convinces Ed Sullivan to have Birdie sing a song Albert will write called "One Last Kiss" on The Ed Sullivan Show, and then kiss a randomly chosen high school girl goodbye before going off to the Army. Once that is a success, Albert will feel free to marry Rosie, despite his widowed, meddlesome mother Mae's (Maureen Stapleton) long history of ensuring nothing will come between her and her beloved son.
Sweet Apple, Ohio, is chosen as the location for Birdie's farewell performance. The random lucky girl chosen is Kim MacAfee (Ann-Margret), who is thrilled. Kim already has a high school sweetheart, Hugo Peabody (Bobby Rydell), who is not so thrilled. The teenagers of Sweet Apple, blissfully unaware of their town's impending fame, are spending the "Telephone Hour" catching up on the latest gossip: Kim and Hugo have just gotten pinned. Kim feels grown up, and declares "How Lovely to be a Woman".
On the day Birdie arrives in town, the teenage girls sing their anthem to him, "We Love You Conrad", but the boys despise him for their girls' love for him ("We Hate You Conrad!"). Sweet Apple becomes a very popular place, but some of the local adults are unhappy with the sudden celebrity, especially after Conrad shows off his hip-thrusting moves while his "Honestly Sincere" causes every female to faint. Under pressure from the town's notable citizens, Mr. McAfee is unwilling to allow his daughter to kiss Conrad on television, but Albert placates him by telling him that their "whole family" will be on Sullivan's TV show ("Hymn for a Sunday Evening"). Albert reveals to Mr. McAfee that he is actually a biochemist who has developed a miracle supplement for domestic animals that will make a hen lay 3 eggs a day; they test it on the family's pet tortoise, which speeds off out the door. McAfee, a fertilizer salesman, sees a great future for himself in partnership with Albert marketing this pill.
Hugo feels threatened by Conrad; Kim reassures him that he is the "One Boy" for her. Rosie, meanwhile, feels like Albert does not appreciate her, so Albert persuades her to "Put on a Happy Face". Albert's mother shows up, distressed to find Albert and Rosie together. Harry (Paul Lynde), Kim's father, is also agitated, not liking the way Conrad is taking over his house. They lament what is wrong with these "Kids" today.
During rehearsal for the broadcast, an impatient Conrad kisses Kim and she faints. Hugo is hurt and ends the relationship. Albert is told that, for unknown reasons, the Russian Ballet has switched to a different dance that needs extra time, therefore eliminating Conrad's song and farewell kiss to Kim. Their plans for the future could be ruined, so Albert goes to the Ballet manager to request to have their performance shortened so that Conrad Birdie could sing his song. The arrogant manager, probably unable to understand the importance of the song's inclusion, refuses to have it shortened, believing that cutting time would mean "artistic sabotage" to such a classic piece of work.
A defeated and dejected Albert decides to drown his sorrows at Maude's Madcap Café and finds his mother there, playing canasta with Mr. Maude, the cafe's owner and a widower himself. Rosie, fed up with Albert and his mother, also goes to the café for "a night to remember". After ordering three drinks (but only gulping down one), Rosie goes into another room where a Shriners convention is taking place. She starts dancing and flirting with the men ("Sultans' Ballet"), but when the scene gets too wild, Albert rescues her from the crazed Shriners.
Next day, Rosie comes up with the solution to get back Conrad's spot on The Ed Sullivan Show that evening. She slips one of Albert's pills into the milk of the orchestra's conductor which speeds up the ballet, amusing the audience, offending the Russians and placing Birdie back on the show to sing "One Last Kiss". However, just as Birdie is about to kiss Kim, Hugo runs onstage and knocks him out on the live telecast.
Kim and Hugo reunite. Albert is free to marry now ("Rosie") and his mother agrees, revealing that she is now married to Mr. Maude. All three couples live happily ever after. Kim, now wiser, bids Conrad a fond goodbye in "Bye Bye Birdie (Reprise)".
- Janet Leigh as Rosie DeLeon
- Dick Van Dyke as Albert Peterson
- Ann-Margret as Kim MacAfee
- Maureen Stapleton as Mae Peterson
- Bobby Rydell as Hugo Peabody
- Jesse Pearson as Conrad Birdie
- Ed Sullivan as himself
- Paul Lynde as Harry MacAfee
- Mary LaRoche as Doris MacAfee
- Michael Evans as Claude Paisley
- Robert Paige as Bob Precht
- Gregory Morton as Maestro Borov
- Bryan Russell as Randolph McAfee
- Milton Frome as Mr. Maude
- Trudi Ames (uncredited) as Ursula
- Linda Kaye Henning (uncredited) as Nancy
- Peter Menefee (uncredited) as Harvey Johnson
- John Daly (uncredited) as himself
- Kim Darby (uncredited) as Teenager
Musical numbers
- "Bye Bye Birdie" â" Kim
- "The Telephone Hour" - Sweet Apple Kids
- "How Lovely to Be a Woman" â" Kim
- "We Love You Conrad" - Kim, Ursula, Hugo, Sweet Apple Kids
- "Honestly Sincere" â" Conrad
- "Hymn for a Sunday Evening" â" Harry, Doris, Kim, Randolph
- "One Boy" â" Kim, Hugo, Rosie
- "Put On a Happy Face" â" Albert, Rosie
- "Kids" â" Harry with Mae, Albert, Randolph
- "One Last Kiss (Gym Rehearsal)" â" Conrad
- "A Lot of Livin' to Do" â" Conrad, Kim, Hugo, Sweet Apple Kids
- "Shriner's Ballet" â" Rosie (non-vocal dance number)
- "One Last Kiss" â" Conrad
- "Rosie" â" Albert, Rosie, Kim, Hugo
- "Bye Bye Birdie (Reprise)" â" Kim
Differences from stage musical
Several significant changes were made in the plot and character relationships in the film from the stage version. The film was rewritten to showcase the talents of rising star Ann-Margret, adding the title song for her and dropping songs by other characters.
The name of the character Rosie Alvarez was changed to Rosie DeLeon. In both versions the character is a positive portrayal of a Latina; however, the song "Spanish Rose", originally performed in the stage musical by Chita Rivera in a comic, exaggerated Hispanic style to irritate Albert's mother, was dropped for this film.
In the film, Albert is not Birdie's agent nor an aspiring English teacher but a talented research chemist. He contributed to Birdie's initial success, and therefore Birdie "owes" him a favor. Albert has not written "One Last Kiss" when Rosie pitches the idea to Sullivan.
The film version of "A Lot Of Livin' To Do" features Pearson, Ann-Margret and Rydell in a colorful song-and-dance number that is staged to suggest that Kim and Hugo are trying to make each other jealous, but there is no suggestion during the number or after it that any under-age drinking or sexual activity is going on.
The songs "Baby, Talk to Me", "What Did I Ever See in Him", and "Normal American Boy" were omitted from the film, as was the "100 Ways to Kill a Man" ballet.
The plot structure is altered so that The Ed Sullivan Show broadcast is at the end of the movie; in the stage musical, it is at the closing of the first act. The film version also ends on a brighter note. Hugo prevents the "last kiss" by running out on stage, knocking Birdie out with a single punch on The Ed Sullivan Show. In doing so, he wins Kim's heart, and the young couple is reunited. There is no suggestion that Conrad got tired of show business, or that he suffered anything other than the embarrassment of being knocked out before an audience of millions of viewers. Albert's mother shows up with a man in tow, informs Albert and Rosie that she has married him, and gives Albert and Rosie her blessing for their long-postponed wedding. Albert and Mr. McAfee agree to become partners selling Albert's chemical formulas. The film then ends with Ann-Margret singing a slightly revised version of the title song: "Bye Bye Birdie, the Army's got you now...."
According to Ann-Margret, she was cast when director George Sidney saw her dancing while on a date at the Sands Casino on New Year's Eve 1961.
Box office performance
Bye Bye Birdie was the 13th highest grossing film of 1963, grossing $13,129,412 domestically, earning $6 million in North American rentals. The film was, rather surprisingly, given a Royal Charity Premiere when released in the UK on 7 November 1963, at the Odeon Marble Arch in the presence of H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh.
The film was nominated for two Academy Awards.
- Music (Scoring of Music â" adaptation or treatment)
- Academy Award for Best Sound (Charles Rice)
In popular culture
- In 1964, the Carefrees made a novelty record with a song called "We Love You Beatles" based on the song "We Love You Conrad" from Bye Bye Birdie. Released on the London International label #10614, the song peaked at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100. At the base of the Plaza Hotel in New York City, where the Beatles were staying for their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, scores of Beatles fans sang the song out so their voices would reach the band in their rooms up above.
- In an episode of the television series Mad Men (Season 3, Episode 2), the opening sequence of Bye Bye Birdie is shown (twice), and later the ad agency's Peggy Olsen sings the tune to herself in front of a mirror in an attempt to emulate Ann-Margret's appeal as somebody who can "be 25 and act 14". Later, in Episode 4, the ad man Salvatore Romano directs a knock-off parody of the sequence for a commercial for Pepsi's new diet drink, Patio.
- In the episode "The One with All the Poker" of the TV show Friends, during a game of Pictionary, Monica tries to draw the movie title.
- "One Last Kiss" was featured on an actual episode of The Ed Sullivan Show from January 1967, featuring Gary Lewis & The Playboys. It was one of Lewis' last performances before going into the U.S. Army, so Sullivan chose a girl from the audience to come up to the stage. Lewis sang "One Last Kiss" to her and received that "one last kiss".
- The animated TV show Family Guy has made four references to this film. In the episode "Petarded" (Season 4, Episode 6), when Peter is first assessed as having learning difficulties, this news is passed round in "Peter is Slow", a song parodying "The Telephone Hour". The second reference is made when Harry MacAfee makes an appearance in "Peter's Progress" (Season 7, Episode 4). The third reference is made by the title of the episode "We Love You Conrad" (season 7, episode 14). Fourth is the episode "New Kidney in Town" (Season 9, Episode 8) when President Barack Obama, who is visiting Chris and Meg's school, appears in a gold jump suit and performs "Honestly Sincere".
- In Bye Bye Boyfriend, a Two of a Kind book, the White Oak Academy puts on a school play based on Bye Bye Birdie. Ed Sullivan is mentioned many times, and Mary-Kate wins the part of Kim, even though she auditioned for Rosie. In the book the characters and the soundtrack of the movie as well as some of its songs are mentioned.
- In the episode "How Munched Is That Birdie in the Window?" of the TV series The Simpsons at Bart's bird's funeral Nelson Muntz, Milhouse Van Houten and other children sing "Put On a Happy Face". Bart thanks them for singing it to cheer him, and then asks about the song's origin. The nerds reply, "It's from Bye Bye Birdie!"
- In the episode "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy" of the TV show The Simpsons, Dr. Hibbert is delivering a speech for the opening of the Springfield Center for Geriatric Medicine and is interrupted by the crowd of elderly people who want to see the guest of honor, TV's Matlock. When Matlock comes on stage, a couple of elderly women start singing "We love you Matlock, oh yes we do..." an altered version of the song from Bye Bye Birdie.
- In the episode "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken" of the TV series The Simpsons, the kids, adults, and seniors of Springfield perform a musical parody of the song "Kids" from Bye Bye Birdie.
- In the episode "Welcome Wagon" of the TV series Veronica Mars, upon observing lead character Veronica Mars making out with her boyfriend Logan Echolls, Kendall Casablancas remarks "Did he pin the pin on, or was he too shy?" referencing the song "The Telephone Hour".
- The first scene shown in the opening credits, after Ann-Margret "Bye Bye Birdie" musical number, is shot in New York, Avenue of the Americas, in front of Radio City Music Hall, where we can clearly see the two skyscrapers at 1271, the Time-Life Building, and 1285 Avenue of the Americas. After that scene, there is another shot of New York City showing the Guggenheim Museum.
Further reading
- Monder, Eric (1994). George Sidney:a Bio-Bibliography. Greenwood Press. ISBNÂ 9780313284571.Â
External links
- Bye Bye Birdie at the Internet Movie Database
- Bye Bye Birdie at the TCM Movie Database
- Bye Bye Birdie at AllMovie
- Bye Bye Birdie at Rotten Tomatoes
- Description of the film


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Western lawmakers have renewed efforts to remove Endangered Species Act protections for the gray wolf, reigniting a debate over whether the iconic species has fully recovered in the region.
Montana Sen. Jon Tester (D) in a letter yesterday to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar requested that the agency approve his state's proposal to hold a "conservation hunt" in order to reduce the number of wolves preying on other big-game species including elk, deer and moose, as well as livestock.
"A regulated hunt of wolves is well within the scope of the Endangered Species Act, and will enhance the management of wolves in the state and throughout the region," Tester said in his letter. "It will reduce actual and perceived pressure from this species on Montana's ecosystem and agricultural economy, while honoring our state's hunting heritage."
Tester added that his state in 2009 successfully managed the first wolf hunting season in decades -- a plan that was halted last August when a federal judge ruled that federal protections could not be removed only in Montana and Idaho, because its habitat also includes Wyoming.
In September 2010, Montana asked Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service to authorize a statewide conservation hunt of 186 wolves to reduce a population it said had far surpassed the agency's original recovery goals. FWS Deputy Director Daniel Ashe -- who was recently appointed to become the agency's new director -- denied the request less than a month later, saying FWS supported sport hunting of wolves but feared a legal challenge if it approved the hunt.
Tester asked Salazar to re-evaluate his agency's dismissal of the request and work swiftly to implement a conservation hunt in Montana.
Also yesterday, Montana's lone representative, Denny Rehberg (R), introduced two bills to restore wolf management to states.
"The gray wolf isn't endangered, which is why Republicans and Democrats alike are joining forces to end the misuse of the Endangered Species Act to advance extremist policy agendas," Rehberg, a rancher from Billings, said in a statement.
The first bill is co-sponsored by Republican Reps. Mike Simpson and Raúl Labrador of Idaho and would permanently remove wolves from federal protection and return wolf management authority to Montana and Idaho.
The second bill -- which is co-sponsored by five Democrats and 10 Republicans -- says the ESA shall not apply to gray wolves anywhere in the country.
"Increasing numbers of wolves in Idaho show that protection under the Endangered Species Act is no longer needed," Labrador said in a statement. "The endangered species act is a tool to recover a species, not a program for infinite and never-ending federal oversight."
Environmental groups that sued to restore federal protections to wolves have said that scientists call for a minimum of 2,000 animals in the tri-state area of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming in order to ensure genetic diversity among the region's packs. Currently, there are roughly 1,700 wolves in the northern Rockies.
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Videos: Left 4 Dead & Gears of War 2 Multiplayer Glitches Found
A rather frustrating game ending glitch has been found in Left 4 Dead on the Xbox 360. It essentially ruins to the game, just skip to about 4:30 on the first video below to view the glitched part.
Additionally, gamers are complaining that Gears of War 2 should have had more testing on it prior to release due to the glitch in the second video below.
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Neurogenic claudication
Could you please explain the symptoms of neurogenic claudication in the legs that is caused by arthritis in the spine? Can the spinal cord or nerve roots be compressed anywhere at any location in the spine? Can this occur in the thoracic, cervical or sacral area? What are the symptoms at the actual nerve or cord compression site? (Would there be stiffness and tightness, but not actual pain?) Thank you.
Thank you for your question. Neurogenic claudication is not typically associated with compression of the spinal cord, but of the nerve roots in the lumbar spinal canal. Therefore it is primarily associated with lumbar spine disease.
The most common cause is a cascade of events in which the intervertebral disc and facet joints both begin to wear out (doesn't really matter which one starts first, because once one of them starts to wear out the other usually does too).
This is a gradual process that usually takes years, which is why the problem is much more common in older people. As the disc wears out it begins to bulge, causing narrowing of the spinal canal. As the facet joints develop arthritis they hypertrophy (fancy word for getting bigger), causing more narrowing of the spinal canal.
Finally, a ligament called the ligamentum flavum begins to hypertrophy (thicken), taking up even more room in the spinal canal. The combined narrowing of the spinal canal causes pressure on the nerve roots as they traverse the area of narrowing - this is why the symptoms can be more vague, and more difficult to localize, than a simple herniated disc, which typically affects a single nerve root only.
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I hope this answers your questions. Take care, and stay well.
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Thursday, Target announced that it has tapped former Sam's Club (a division of Walmart (WMT)) President and Chief Executive Officer Brian Cornell as its first outside leader of the company. Effective Aug. 12, eight days before Target's second-quarter earnings release, Cornell takes over the reins from interim chief executive officer John Mulligan, who has led the retailer since the departure of Gregg Steinhafel on May 5. Target made no mention regarding Mulligan's status with the company following the arrival of Cornell in August.
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Mixing Cpp and C
I am trying to compile a program with three parts main.c, file1.c, and file2.cpp. Main.c and file1.c use MIT Kerberos, krb5, functions but no cpp statements. File2.cpp uses MPIR classes so I need to use the g++ compiler. I don't know if these libraries are important, but I include them for thoroughness.
If I compile and link everything with g++, I get a link error 'undefined reference to krb5_read_message' which is in both main.c and file1.c. I even tried changing the file extensions of main and file1 to cpp - no change.
If I compile main.c and file1.c with gcc, and compile file2.cpp with g++, then link with g++, I get a link error 'undefined reference to MyFunction' which is in file2.cpp.
I don't know if the krb5 build is compiled with gcc or g++, but would it help to force the krb5 build to use the g++ compiler? If so, how do I do that?
I'm sure you can grok someone else's makefile for ideas
One way might be to set it up in the Makefile as 2 targets, or 2 directories.
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Then run make target1; make target2; make install
The object files between C and C++ use different name mangling. C prepends an underscore, whereas C++ mangles in some argument type info.
To call C from C++ you need to put your your C function declarations (in the header included by C++) inside of an 'extern "C" { .... }' block.
Calling C++ from C is more problematic as the C++ class initialisations for globals may not get called properly without some work. The overloading of functions for differing argument types is likely to upset your poor old C compiler somewhat.
Should be possible for you to write a C++ main() and rename and wrap you C main(). You'll need to do some work to ensure that C is called from C++ and not the other way around.
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I have no idea what grok is. I tried business_kid's suggestion as best I could understand it and it did not work. Make said target1 was already up to date, or something like that.
Jmajor's suggestion seems very complicated. Thanks, but I'm not trying to make a library.
What I found works is to either change the file extensions from .c to .cpp, or add the compiler option -xc++. Then compile everything with g++.
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Lady Gaga gave her Little Monsters quite a show in Rio de Janeiro!
The 26-year-old "Born This Way" singer stepped out on her hotel balcony Wednesday, Nov. 7 wearing nothing but black underwear. However, the singer did conceal her breasts by carrying a strategically-placed coconut and holding a striped towel.
Gaga walked across the balcony with a smile on her face, and showed off the tattoos on her thigh and back. But she later properly greeted her fans by throwing on a denim shirt, black shorts and lace-up platform boots.
After telling fans she gained 30 pounds in September, Gaga launched a "Body Revolution" to encourage others to embrace their shape.
"I thought, well I don't really care if they think I'm fat, because, quite honestly, I did gain about 30 pounds," she told Stylist UK last week.
And while she's happy with her new curves, Gaga doesn't think it's fair that she's receiving attention for it -- while a fellow curvy pop superstar goes unnoticed.
"Adele is bigger than me -- how come nobody says anything about it?" she asked of the British singer and new mom, 24. "She's so wonderful and I think her confidence is something I have to match. She has set the bar very high for a lot of women."


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A GWENT-BORN strongman who raised a total of £45,000 for charity after the death of both his parents from cancer is retiring after almost 20 years.
Michael Williams, born in Griffithstown, Pontypool, has represented Wales nine times in international power lifting championships as well as having completed 10 truck pulls and 10 double decker bus pulls.
The 48-year-old strongman, who later lived in Cwmbran for 15 years, also has two marathons, a sky dive, two boxing matches and the Great North Run to his name.
But now Mr Williams, who attended the then-called Trevethin Secondary Modern School in Pontypool and used to train in Cwmbran Stadium, is giving it all up.
Mr Williams, who once did a charity truck pull outside the Asda in Cwmbran, said he will still continue training and has been passing on his knowledge to younger powerlifters.
He said: "I will carry on training, and have been training boys who have entered the Welsh Championships. I want to pass on my knowledge and to help people.
"If one person has been saved from cancer because of my fundraising, then that was my motivation to keep going. Helping people is important. I think everyone should do something for charity.""My dad died of cancer when I was 20 and then in 2005 my mother died. I've got no regrets really. If one person has been saved from cancer because of my fundraising, then that was my motivation to keep going."
Mr Williams, who now drives delivery vans for Terry Howell Timber and Builders Merchants in Risca, said he first got into power lifting through a friend.
He said: "The training is very intense, 320 kg on the deadlift."
But despite giving up the fundraising truck and bus pulls, Mr Williams said charity is important and at the heart of his motivation.


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There's a lot going on at PyCon this year. If you've paid for tutorials, you have those to keep track of. Then there's the free sponsor tutorials. Then there's 95 talks going on in 5 parallel tracks. Then there's open spaces. Then there's evening stuff. Lots of stuff!
When you pick up your badge at registration we'll have paper schedules available, but as you can imagine with paper, it's not live and doesn't tell you when things update or give you reminders. That's where Guidebook comes in.
We have once again partnered with them to provide an excellent web and mobile schedule for you to keep track of everything at https://guidebook.com/guide/31995/. They also have apps for Windows, Android, and iOS available in your platform's app store.
Once you've opened the Guidebook app, search for PyCon 2015 and it'll be right at the top. Choose to get that guide and you'll be in sync.
Once you have the book loaded, you can view the master schedule all at once, or breakout schedules on topics such as "talks" for the Friday through Sunday presentation, "other events" for things like the PyCon Dinners, the PyLadies Auction, and more.
If you see something you don't want to miss, click the + button to the right and set a reminder and it'll be added to your personal calendar. While I used to highlight all of the sessions I wanted to attend, the Guidebook app makes it a million times easier, especially with the reminders. If you need a reminder to wake up for Saturday's 5K Charity Fun Run, Guidebook can do that.
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Alpenglow Sports' second installment of their Winter Film Series will feature Greg Hill's 2 Million Reasons and The Manaslu Disaster. The event will be hosted at Squaw Valley's Olympic Village Lodge on December 13, 2012, and entry is free. The show starts at 7 p.m.
Greg Hill is a renowned ski mountaineer who has summited over 190 mountains, pioneered the Northern Monashee Traverse and climbed and skied 9 of the 10 highest peaks in the Selkirk Mountains.
In 2010, Hill sought his toughest challenge yet, to climb and ski over two million vertical feet in 365 days through some of the wildest places on earth. Hill's slideshow features some huge descents and the struggles along the way. His adventure included covering an average of 5,500 feet per day, climbing 71 mountains, and skiing 1,039 runs in four different countries.
In September, Hill was on hand on Nepal's Mt. Manaslu when the avalanche swept through Camp 3 and killed 11. Hill reflects on the disaster, the rescue effort and some lessons learned from the tragedy through a slide show and question and answer session during the second half of the show.
There will be a raffle with awesome prizes from sponsors Salomon, Arc'teryx and Black Diamond, and all raffle proceeds benefit the Sierra Avalanche Center (SAC).
For more information or questions, call Alpenglow Sports at 530-583-6917.


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Craft beer trend continues
- Contract value totals £850k between the 13 breweries
- Asda stores across Scotland will now stock over 75 Scottish beers, ales and ciders
- New supermarket relationship with Craft Beer Clan
The trend for craft beer continues, and no more so than in Scotland, with 100 plus breweries, it's clear the demand for Scottish real ale and craft beer is still bubbling away. Particularly for 13 Scottish breweries who are all celebrating after securing new deals with Asda to stock a variety of beers in stores across Scotland, with a contract value of £850k between them.
With a total of 25 new lines launching on shelves from the 13 suppliers, Asda aims to lead the way in supporting the Scottish brewing industry as the demand for craft beer continues in Scotland.
The new deal means that Asda stores across Scotland will now stock over 75 Scottish beers, ales and ciders, as customers look for more premium drinking experiences from local brands.Read more


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Colin Craig and vanity political party
Hello, New Zealand voters. I'm Colin Craig. You may remember me from failed election campaigns such as the 2011 New Zealand general election.
There is something you should know about me. I am a millionaire. This basically means I am better than most people.
You wouldn't understand. You are not a millionaire. Unless you are, in which case: OOBLY GOOGLY WIBBLY SKIBBLE DIBBLE! Ha, millionaire in-joke.
What I mean is because I am a millionaire, I am able to do what very few non-millionaire-Kiwis can do: finance my own vanity election campaign.
I did really well, I am sure you remember. I spent a mere $1,878,337 and I got 2.65 per cent of the party vote. That's just $31.71 per vote! All it took was a website featuring stock photos of smiling people and a total of three policies. A bargain at any price.
I'm Colin Craig. I talk about myself in the third person. I say things like this: "Zacchaeus was a short man, unable to see through a crowd. He resolved that problem by using his initiative and climbing a tree."
The principle is finding creative solutions to solve a problem – something that helps us succeed in business. I'm a great believer in people talking responsibility, and finding creative solutions for life's challenges.
I say things like this too: "Why should a 70-year-old who has had the same partner all their life have to pay for a young woman who wants to sleep around?"
See that? That's just the kind of thing I say. What does it mean? I have no idea. Sounds good, though, doesn't it?
Someone will see that, and they'll agree with it.
"That's right," someone will think. "Young women do sleep around too much. Seventy-year-old women do not, unless they are very genre-specific pornographic actresses.
"Ooh, a shiny object. I will vote for Colin Craig."
See that? That's how a Conservative voter thinks.
How do I know? I am a Conservative voter.
I'm a Christian. Your opinions on Christianity may differ, but mine is the correct one. To me, it basically means I'm just better than most people.
Sometimes people say things like, "Colin Craig, did you know that it is easier for a rich man to pass through the eye of a needle than enter heaven?"
I ignore these people. They are socialists who ignore the wider context of Jesus' message, which is: God loves free markets, he wants you to be rich and to oppress the different.
Do you know what the opposite of a Christian is? Someone with different political views from me.
New Zealand is a nanny state. It is too involved in our lives, except where it should be even more involved, which are the areas that the voice of God in my head tells me to care about – areas like gay marriage, gay adoption, voluntary Youth in Asia, abortion and how much sex women have.
I'm Colin Craig. I think New Zealand women are the most promiscuous in the world.
How do I know this? A survey by a condom company told me.
Women should be less promiscuous. Why? God hates sluts, except he loves them. Let's be honest here. God is watching us, all the time.
I can feel his loving eye roving over me right now. I am naked before him – naked, and supplicant.
I love you, God. You're like Edward fromTwilight, watching me as I sleep. So remember this, you harlots, you loose women: every time you take a fresh young boy from off the streets, seducing him with your feminine wickedness, making him unclean, God is watching you. All the angels and the saints are too.
But he will reward you for being celibate.
My God is like an all-powerful webcam who is also Santa Claus, beaming up to heaven on a supernaturally fast broadband sleigh.
I'm Colin Craig. I led the March for Democracy, when the Labour Government installed civil unions and removed a loophole in the law that had allowed some parents to get away with viciously beating their children.
It's against the natural order of things. It's against God's law. Spare the rod and spoil the child, says my Bronze Age life-instruction manual.
Naturally, New Zealand demonstrated in force, with up to 0.125 per cent of the population protesting in Auckland. I only spent $450,000 on the march. That's $90 per attendant. A bargain at any price. Amen.
Joshua Drummond is a Hamilton freelance writer who would love to bankroll his own vanity political party.
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LUDLOW races will not seem the same after after Bob Davies, the long-serving clerk of the course, retired last week after 30 years in post.
He has handed over race-day duties to another former jockey, Simon Sherwood, the Bredenbury based Cheltenham Gold Cup winner.
Previously, in a successful riding career Davies, 67, was champion national hunt jockey three times, sharing it in 1968-69 with Terry Biddlecombe and winning the title outright in 1969-70 and 1971-72.
He also picked up one of the best spare rides in the history of the Grand National when he rode Lucius in place of the injured Dave Goulding to win the 1978 running for trainer Gordon Richards. Davies recalled: "Believe it or not I'd never ridden Lucius before the getting a leg up on in in the paddock-not even on the gallops. In fact I only sat on his back twice - once in the National and once when we posed for the photograph for the following year's Schweppes calendar."
After this success, the following year, he picked up another spare for then fledgling trainer Nicky Henderson, this time on runner-up Zongalero, whilst overall his career in the saddle featured over 900 winners and other big-race wins including the Imperial Cup, the Black and White Gold Cup, the Grand Annual Chase and the Great Yorkshire Chase.
Davies was, he recalled recently, one of the first professional jockeys to go into racecourse management, previously studying agriculture at Wye, then part of the University of London.
Davies commented that when announcing to his then Headmaster he would become a jockey his headmaster replied: 'No you're not, you'll go to university. I'll get the forms, you fill them in."
Whilst at college Davies remained active riding taking 203 rides one season and being effectively first jockey to West country trainer Les Kennard.
At the time the Jockey Club stewards vigilantly policed the status of amateurs and enquired how he could remain an amateur given his student status, he replied: "I get a student grant, my father pays my petrol and as the principal spends more time hunting than he does in college, he doesn't mind."
Davies has been clerk at Ludlow for 30 years but that is the only hat he is giving up, as he will retain the role of company secretary, race planning and receptionist at Ludlow. He will of course remain a stalwart of the local point to point scene, officiating at a number of meetings in the Welsh Border area.


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An example of areas of concern for the CFPB is the process of transferring of servicing from one company to another. When loan servicing rights are sold, borrowers sometimes have difficulty communicating with the new servicer and errors can be made between servicers, causing great stress for borrowers. Antonakes said to MBA members, "We expect you to pay exceptionally close attention to servicing transfers and understand we will as well."
Antonakes also said servicers have had "more than a year to work on implementation" of new rules. Here's his detailed description of the CFPB's new rules for the foreclosure process:
For consumers in trouble, getting the runaround is not just frustrating, it can be disastrous. So our rules require mortgage servicers to let consumers know about available options to save a home or to work out a problem in making payments. We are also restricting "dual tracking" by barring servicers from starting foreclosure proceedings until the borrower has been delinquent for more than 120 days. If the borrower timely submits a complete application for loss mitigation more than 37 days before a scheduled foreclosure sale, no foreclosure sale can occur until all other options available through the owner of the loan have been considered, such as loan modifications, short sales, and deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure. And servicers cannot foreclose on a property once a loss mitigation agreement has been reached, unless the borrower fails to perform under that agreement. We expect these simple protections to help prevent needless foreclosures, which is best for borrowers, lenders, and our entire economy.
Antonakes went on to say that the CFPB had already "ordered the return of more than $1 billion to consumers and mandated another $2 billion in foreclosure relief."
So what will the increased scrutiny of mortgage servicers by the CFPB and other regulators mean for the formerly high-flying mortgage servicing sector?
FBR analyst Paul Miller, who is generally upbeat about mortgage servicers as investments, wrote in a client note on Thursday, "We continue to believe that specialty servicers are much better prepared to meet the servicing goals outlined and should continue to benefit from servicing transfers. However, the increased scrutiny, especially on transfers, could certainly become a speed bump."
Miller wrote that Antonakes' speech was "notable in its aggressive tone, which was outside the norm for speeches by CFPB officials and in stark contrast to recent speeches by CFPB officials promising leniency for originators adopting to new mortgage origination rules."
Looking ahead, the analyst still feels the trend will be for more large transfers of servicing rights to be made, to the benefit of the non-bank servicers, but that the transfers will take much longer.
And there's another dark regulatory shadow on the horizon. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which together purchase the great majority of newly originated mortgage loans in the United States, pay an annual servicing fee of a quarter point to loan servicers. Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt is considering lowering the servicing fees paid by Fannie and Freddie. That would instantly lower the value of mortgage servicing rights for banks and non-bank servicers alike, and also "could make it harder for smaller servicers to have the economy of scale to service loans," according to Miller.
As part of the regulatory pile-on against the banks, Rep. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.) -- the ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee -- has "added her voice to the debate in a letter to regulators asking for a review of servicing transfers to non-banks," according to Miller.
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HAI held its seventh Heli-Expo Job Fair on Sunday from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. in three ballrooms on Level 3 of the Anaheim Convention Center. Some 30 companies sent human relations personnel, recruiters and others to talk employment with what turned out to be a steady stream of job seekers.
HAI Convention News went to the ballrooms when the doors opened and found groups of people lined up to or crowded around nearly every company table. When we went back at 4:15 p.m., the crowds were thinner, but several companies still had lines, including Bristow Helicopters, Evergreen Helicopters, Papillon Helicopters, Reach Air Medical Services, ERA Helicopters and Temsco Helicopters, which actually had a line of people right up to closing time. As the lines disappeared, we could talk with some of the employers' representatives.
"I brought 1,000 business cards to Heli-Expo and handed them all out here and downstairs this morning at the AgustaWestland stand," said Alan Hancock, manager of staffing and talent at AgustaWestland. The helicopter manufacturer is looking to fill 30 positions at its Hagerstown, Md. and Reston, Va. facilities, including engineers, sales people, marketing staff and "touch labor," which he said are A&P mechanics and avionics technicians. Holding a stack of 150 résumés, he said, "It's been a great show. There are a lot of qualified people here."
Michelle Glancy, director of human resources for Reach Air Medical Services, said several hundred people came to her company's table, but only about 15 percent were qualified. "As an EMS operator, we require 3,000 hours minimum for pilots, and we saw a lot of low-time pilots," she said. Reach is based in Santa Rosa, Calif., and has operations all over California and in Oregon. "We're opening a new base in Lancaster [Calif.] so we need five pilots there," she said. This is the fourth or fifth year Reach has participated in the job fair and Glancy said she considered it very successful. "We're seeing an influx of military pilots who are about to leave the service and some former corporate helicopter pilots looking to get into EMS," she added.
Ed Tomko, HR manager at Keystone Helicopter/Sikorsky, said "an engineer is worth his weight in gold" to him and he would have been happy if he found one. He got two. Both had second interviews with one of Keystone's vice presidents and will be flown to Keystone's Coatesville, Pa. facility for final interviews. "Keystone is expanding and therefore has a huge requirement for engineers and we're also looking for good A&P mechanics and composites technicians," he said, "but not pilots at this time."
Erickson Air Crane is looking for mechanics, pilots, sales reps, contract managers and a computer programmer, said Shane Scribner, Erickson supervisor of rotor blade repair. "We got a few résumés for the sales rep positions, a few people with contract experience and a lot of pilot and mechanic résumés," he said. He estimated he had collected about 50 résumés.
Jeff Andes, MD Helicopters human resources, said he expected to see more engineers at the job fair. He estimated that about 80 percent of the people he saw were pilots, 10 percent were mechanics and 10 percent were engineers. "I didn't find anyone with the qualifications we need," he said, explaining that MD wants CFIs with at least 2,000 hours. Civil pilots right out of training have only a couple hundred hours, he said, while ex-military pilots have maybe 900 hours. He also mentioned that MD does not pay relocation expenses for mechanics. Because it is hard to sell a house in southern California right now, this likely limited the number of mechanic applications, Andes said. Nevertheless, he found the job fair worthwhile because he was able to network with other HR people.
At the FlightSafety International table, Mary Condie, corporate director of recruitment, said she had seen a steady stream of people throughout the afternoon.
FSI is looking for instructor pilots and mechanics and marketing people, and Condie said she spoke with some good candidates. "We want pilots with at least 2,000 hours and CFI, because they will approve type ratings," she explained. "It takes four to six months to train an instructor, so we look for people who are considering a career change, not just a stepping stone to another flying job."
The line in front of Papillon Helicopters was one of longest throughout the afternoon and diminished only toward about 4:45 pm. Training director Michael Gullotti told HAI Convention News that pilots who've built time while flight instructing are attracted to Papillon because they can transition to flying turbine-powered helicopters, which leads to other, better paying jobs. He estimated he had collected about 100 résumés. Papillon currently has 48 pilots at two bases, Las Vegas/Boulder and South Rim on the Grand Canyon. The former is not hiring, but the latter needs 15 pilots. South Rim, however, is a seasonal operation, Gullotti said, flying only during the summer tourist season.


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From the royal courts of Renaissance Europe to the rock stars of the '60s, these cases of famous incest will make your skin crawl.
Taboos are rarely black and white. While one person or group may consider a certain act socially unacceptable or downright immoral, another may see it simply as a part of life.
Incest, for one, has long remained one of the world's most unmentionable taboos.
Nevertheless, some especially interesting cases of famous incest—from the royal families of Ancient Egypt to celebrities of the 20th century—demonstrate that there always have been and always will be people willing to climb the family tree to reach forbidden fruit.


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Winning the state's top tourism award Wednesday kicked off what promises to be a big year for the Golf.com World Amateur Handicap Championship.
The competition, which attracts thousands of golfers to the Grand Strand every year, is planning an even bigger event this year as it marks its 30th anniversary. Expect more celebrity appearances, a return of the expo and beefier goodie bags for participants. Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday, which organizes the competition, didn't have more specifics Wednesday, but said details would be announced likely in March.
"This is a big year for us," Bill Golden, president of Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday, said after picking up the Governor's Cup award Wednesday. The 30th anniversary is "a big opportunity for the event. We want to raise the bar."
But Wednesday was about celebrating how far the event had already come.
It was one of two statewide award winners from the Grand Strand during the annual Governor's Conference on Tourism & Travel, which wrapped up Wednesday at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center with the awards luncheon and a visit by Gov. Nikki Haley.
During a brief speech to the roughly 400 attendees, Haley touted progress in the state's $15 billion tourism industry and emphasized the state's new plan to promote undiscovered gems in rural areas throughout South Carolina to move the industry forward.
"Now we have to look at undiscovered South Carolina," Haley said. "It makes South Carolina look that much better."
The World Amateur championship took home the state's top tourism award for its $5 million economic impact and contributions to the state's $15 billion tourism industry. Unlike the game it revolves around, the championship boasts high numbers: 3,100 participating golfers last year, roughly 20,000 lodging room nights and 18,000 rounds of golf.
In 2012, players came from 49 states – Idaho was the only one not represented – and 24 countries including China, South Africa and Germany. About 60 Grand Strand courses participated in the weeklong competition last year.
It also attracts national coverage on TV networks such as ESPN and CNN and in publications such as USA Today and the New York Daily News.
Golden credited the golf courses that lend their greens for competition play, the volunteers and businesses that chip in for the event with keeping it around for so long. And the golfers that participate -- a dozen have played in it every year since its start, he said.
"The award speaks to the longevity," Golden said. "The secret is the community. It's just a wonderful formula."
The Grand Strand also took home the award for S.C. Hospitality Employee of the Year. Ronald Bessant, 59, won for his generosity as a server at the Original Benjamin's Calabash Seafood restaurant in Myrtle Beach, where he tries to keep kids happy -- even keeping a stash of stuffed animals, children's books and other items to give them.
"It's just been in my system for years," said Bessant, who has worked at the restaurant since 2009. "If you can make the children happy, the parents will be happy."
And that's only half of it.
Bessant also works at Kingston Plantation, where for 19 years he's aimed to keep meeting and convention organizers and participants happy by helping set up meeting rooms for conventions on the property and giving guests tips on what to do around town. Bessant also served on the Horry County School board from 1990 to 2008.
Several hospitality students from the Myrtle Beach area also were honored.
Colette Eshleman, who will be graduating in May from Horry-Georgetown Technical College, received a new award given for a student's contributions to nature-based tourism. The Richard Mikell Scholarship award recognized Eshleman's proposal on ways to improve marketing of the niche segment of tourism.
Two other local students were among eight around the state recognized for high academic achievements: Kara Yeomans of Coastal Carolina University and Nicole Ramey of Horry-Georgetown Technical College.