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This is the continuation of The Hematologist's interview with the chair and vice chair of the Society's Development Committee to discuss the newly formed ASH Foundation. Part 1 of this Q&A article ran in the September/October issue and focused on why an ASH Foundation is needed and how the Society will support it.
The Hematologist: Why is it important for members to donate to the Foundation?
Dr. George: If we are serious about curing blood diseases, we must ensure that there is a pipeline of new, talented hematology researchers and clinicians available to build on the remarkable advances that have already been made. While the Society has been able to provide seed money for programs that support the next generation of physician scientists and basic researchers, more needs to be done. That means that the hematology community must unite in support of these essential programs.
The Hematologist: What are the programs that the Foundation will fund?
Dr. George: The programs that the Foundation will focus on are those that are essential but do not generate self-supporting revenue. ASH needs a funding source to sustain programs for training its junior members and for supporting them as they begin their careers. Training and early-career support are at the heart of the matter for me, because we are a community in crisis, at risk of losing many talented investigators and clinicians who make our field so dynamic.
Dr. Bradner: "Community" is exactly the right word. This isn't about just one aspect of hematology; this is about the current and future state of research, practice, and the next generation of students, trainees, and junior members.
Dr. George: The following three areas will be the focus of funding: basic and clinical research, quality care and education, and career development. The ASH Foundation website lists the programs within these categories that are supported by donations. Some are new programs; others are existing programs that need new sources of support to continue, and others would benefit from an infusion of funds that would allow them to expand.
A key priority, referred to as "Where Our Need is Greatest," will focus on supporting the ASH Bridge Grants Program. In the previous issue of The Hematologist, Dr. Keating emphasized that there is a grave concern about the threat to research funds. We are on the cusp of translating significant breakthroughs into meaningful improvements in care; we cannot afford to lose momentum now.
Dr. Bradner: This overview of the ASH Foundation simply marks the start; we will continue to identify innovative ideas to address current and future concerns of the hematology community. As the challenges and opportunities in science and medicine are changing so rapidly, we must adapt as we address these issues and identify new needs.
I think it is important for donors to realize that 100 percent of their gifts given through the ASH Foundation will be spent directly on these programs, because ASH will be providing both start-up and ongoing funds in support of these programs and will continue to cover all of the administrative and management costs associated with both the programs and the ASH Foundation.
The Hematologist: What does the work of the Foundation mean to you?
Dr. George: The Foundation gives me comfort knowing that all of my donation will be spent on the wonderful programs ASH has developed to support and advance the careers of its members. The Foundation provides the promise that our established programs will endure, and it gives us the opportunity to do things we haven't done before.
The Hematologist: What inspires you to give?
Dr. Bradner: We have reached a pivotal moment in hematology, where the promise of new innovation is threatened by economic constraints. These same financial constraints apply to individuals who need to know that their unselfish contributions will be allocated expertly, efficiently, and transparently. Donors should expect that contributions will be spent solving important problems. Personally, ASH has supported key aspects of my professional training, education, and now independent research in drug discovery. I contribute to ensure that the next generation of hematologists will enjoy the same catalytic opportunities.
The Hematologist: What would you say to your fellow members?
Dr. Bradner: Please consider the ASH Foundation as a major step forward for the Society. We welcome any contribution of resources and ideas. The opportunity to shape the Foundation and the field of hematology is now.
Dr. George: Supporting the ASH Foundation with your donations is supporting the next generation of hematologists who have the potential to find new treatments or even cures for some of the most common and deadliest blood diseases.
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The Lewis Chessmen: Unmasked (Board book)
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The humorous and intricately designed Lewis Chessmen were discovered in 1831, one of the most significant archaeological discoveries ever made in Scotland. To preserve the hoard as intactly as possible in a public collection, the majority of the pieces were acquired by the British Museum where they are on permanent display. National Museums Scotland holds 11 pieces, again on permanent display. An exhibition of 30 pieces will tour Scotland from May 2010 to June 2011. This is the book produced to accompany the exhibition; it also stands alone. It looks at the mystery and intrigue surrounding the chessmen and their discovery, and shows how the characters reflected society at the time they were made.


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Biography (Critical Survey of Drama, Second Revised Edition)
Tomas Straussler was born on July 3, 1937, in the town of Zlin, Czechoslovakia, since renamed Gottwaldov. He was the youngest of two sons of a physician, Eugene Straussler, and his wife, Martha. Stoppard's parents were Jewish, although Stoppard did not know this until much later in life. Their religious background caused the family to move to Singapore in early 1939, on the eve of the German invasion of their homeland. In 1942, all but the father moved again, to India, just before the Japanese invasion, in which Dr. Straussler was killed. In 1946, Martha Straussler married Kenneth Stoppard, a major in the British army who was stationed in India. Both children took their stepfather's name when the family moved to England later that year. Demobilized, Kenneth Stoppard prospered as a machine-tool salesperson.
Despite this globe-trotting background—in one interview he called himself "a bounced Czech"—Stoppard has spoken and written in English since the age of five. His first school in Darjeeling, India, was an English-language, American-run institution. He attended preparatory schools in Nottingham and Yorkshire, leaving at the age of seventeen after having completed his "A" levels. In 1954, he began working as a local journalist in Bristol, rejoicing in the life of a newspaper reporter for the next six years. He did not consider becoming a playwright until the late 1950's, when a new breed of English dramatists, led by John Osborne and Arnold Wesker, asserted themselves on the London stage. Simultaneously, a new breed of actors emerged, prominent among them Peter O'Toole, whose blazing performances for the Bristol Old Vic repertory company...
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Biography (Magill's Survey of World Literature, Revised Edition)
Tom Stoppard (STOP-ahrd) was born Tomas Straussler, the second son of Eugene and Martha Straussler, in Zlín, Czechoslovakia (now in Czech Republic), on July 3, 1937. His father was a Jewish physician who worked for the Bata Shoe Company. In 1939, to protect the family from internment when the Nazi invasion was imminent, the company transferred the Straussler family to Singapore. There the Straussler children attended a multinational American school until the Japanese invasion of 1942 sent them fleeing to Darjeeling, India. Stoppard's father, however, remained behind and was killed; his mother later married a British major, Kenneth Stoppard, whose name the Straussler children took. In 1946, the Stoppard family moved to England and settled in the Bristol area in 1950. Stoppard was educated at Dophin School, Nottinghamshire, and Pocklington School, Yorkshire, but did not continue on to a university. His knowledge of the theater and the dramatic arts is mainly self-taught.
Stoppard worked as a journalist for the Western Daily Press in Bristol for the next four years and then for the Bristol Evening World for two more years. He wrote feature articles, humor columns, and second-string drama criticism. This involvement with theater criticism led to a new career and is reflected in his rapier attacks on drama critics in The Real Inspector...
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Biography (Magill's Survey of World Literature, Revised Edition)
Tom Stoppard's major plays in many ways represent the times in which they were written. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is clearly in the style of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, a play out of the 1950's and the existential-absurdist tradition. Jumpers has the manic energy and outrageous non sequiturs of swinging London in the 1960's and early 1970's. Travesties, although written shortly after Jumpers, returns to a slightly more conventional format, while The Real Thing is on the surface a play from a much earlier time. The Coast of Utopia, in turn, reflects a twenty-first century attempt to reexamine the debates of the past in order to shed light on utopian yearnings. Yet first to last, these disparate works remain uniquely those of Stoppard, with his typical concerns for distinguishing illusion from reality, for finding one's way in a confusing and unforgiving world. Stoppard's work has the conservatism of comedy, keeping one foot firmly planted in the earthiness of the comic, as if in distrust of too many abstractions, too many high-flying ideas. Finally, each play is a linguistic tour de force, inventive, sometimes lyrical, and always hypnotizing.
Biography (Cyclopedia of World Authors, Fourth Revised Edition)
Catapulted to fame in 1967 with the National Theatre's production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (it was first produced in Edinburgh), Tom Stoppard (STOP-ahrd) emerged as a leading dramatist in the second of the two waves of new drama that arrived on the London stage in the mid-1950's and the mid-1960's. Writing high comedies of ideas with what critic Kenneth Tynan described as a hypnotized brilliance, Stoppard established a reputation almost immediately with dazzling displays of linguistic fireworks that evoked comparisons with Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, and James Joyce. His reinventions of William Shakespeare's Hamlet (pr. c. 1600-1601) in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest (pr. 1895) in Travesties, and August Strindberg's Fröken Julie (pb. 1888; Miss Julie, 1912) in The Real Thing are considered masterpieces. His linguistic caprices and his creative plagiarisms join forces with a love of ideas with which his characters play as much as they do with language.{$S[A]Straussler, Tomas;Stoppard, Tom}
Born Tomas Straussler to Eugene and Martha Straussler of Zlín (later Gottwaldov), Czechoslovakia, Stoppard was two years old when his father, the company doctor for an international shoe company, was transferred to Singapore on the eve of Germany's annexation of Czechoslovakia. Shortly before the Japanese invasion of Singapore—during which his father was killed—he, his mother, and his brother were moved to Darjeeling, India. There Martha Straussler managed a company shoe shop; she later married Major Kenneth Stoppard, who moved the family to England in 1946. Bored by school, the young Stoppard chose not to go to a university and, instead, became a news reporter in Bristol and later a drama critic for the short-lived magazine Scene. His early writing included a novel, some short stories, and a series of short radio plays.
His major early plays (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Jumpers, Travesties, Night and Day, The Real Thing, and Hapgood), although scintillating in their language, ideas, and plots, have frequently been criticized for the absence of emotionally credible characters and for their lack of social or political commitment. In other plays for stage and television—Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, which is about political prisoners in central Europe, Professional Foul, about freedoms in Czechoslovakia, and Squaring the Circle, about Poland's Solidarity movement—Stoppard entered the political arena. Although active in the anticommunist human rights...
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Biography (eNotes Publishing)
Tom Stoppard, born in 1937, is one of the most critically acclaimed, award-winning playwrights of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. His rich multicultural background has led him to write about a very diverse number of topics. He was born in Czechoslovakia, lived in Singapore and India for a short time, and was educated in England. His birth name was Straussler, but he took the name Stoppard when his mother remarried after his father's death. Stoppard quit school at the age of 17 and began working as a journalist. His first big success as a playwright came in 1966 with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. For the next decade, he wrote several other popular plays and translated dozens more. In 1977, after a visit to Russia with an Amnesty International member, his work took a decided turn toward the political. He began infusing most of his plays with themes about human rights. Another of his hallmarks is how he manipulates the perception of time and reality in his plays, which often deviate from a typical realistic, linear form. In addition to plays, Stoppard has written many articles and screenplays, including 1998's Shakespeare in Love for which he won the Best Screenplay Oscar in 1999. The Coast of Utopia trilogy earned Stoppard seven Tony Awards in 2007, the most ever won for a nonmusical. Stoppard has been quoted as saying that he wrote the majority of the trilogy while listening repeatedly to Pink Floyd's song "Comfortably Numb."
Biography (eNotes Publishing)
Award-winning and critically acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard is widely considered to be among the most influential writers of the twentieth century. Stoppard was born in Czechoslovakia in 1937. His original name was Straussler, but he took the name Stoppard after his father died and his mother remarried. Growing up, Stoppard lived in Singapore, India, and England. His multicultural background is evident in his diverse work.
In 1952, Stoppard left school at the age of 17 and became a journalist. In 1966, Stoppard had his first big success with his play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. During the 1970s, he wrote several more popular plays and translated...
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Biography (eNotes Publishing)
Critically acclaimed and award-winning playwright Tom Stoppard is often called one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. Stoppard, born in Czechoslovakia in 1937, was originally named Straussler, but he took the name Stoppard after his father died and his mother remarried. As a child, Stoppard lived in Singapore, India, and England. His multicultural background is evident in his diverse work.
Stoppard left school in 1952 at the age of 17 and became a journalist. His first big success came in 1966 with his play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Throughout the 1970s, he wrote several popular plays and translated many more. Following his...
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Tom Stoppard is regularly cited as one of England's greatest playwrights, alongside such national treasures as George Bernard Shaw, Oscar...
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Biography (Drama for Students)
Tom Stoppard (pronounced Stop-pard, with equal accents on both syllables) was born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia on July 3, 1937. His...
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Tom Stoppard was born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) on July 3, 1937. His family moved to Singapore in 1939;...
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Tom Stoppard was bom Tomas Straussler on July 3, 1937, in Zlin, in the former Czechoslovakia, to Eugene Straussler (a physician) and Martha...
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Stoppard was born as Tomas Straussler on July 3, 1937, in Zlin, Czechoslovakia. In 1939, just prior to the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia...
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Tom Stoppard is one smart chap. All of his critically acclaimed, award-winning plays reveal a ferocious intelligence that forms the bedrock of his work. Despite having no formal education, Stoppard has written plays that have been lauded for their whip-smart dialogue and deep thought. His instant classic Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead upends the world of Hamlet by offering an absurd take on two relatively minor characters from the play. Shakespeare was also the subject for his charming historical fiction screenplay Shakespeare in Love. Stoppard's work frequently explores complex notions of time and reality. The era-hopping Arcadia is an example of the former, while his play-within-a-play The Real Inspector Hound typifies the latter.Essential Facts
- Stoppard was born Tomas Straussler. He gained the surname of Stoppard as a boy when his mother remarried.
- Stoppard had a multicultural childhood. A Czechoslovakian Jew, he relocated with his family to Singapore for a time, and he was later educated in England.
- As a young man working at the Bristol Old Vic, Stoppard crossed paths with two men who would also go on to achieve great success: director John Boorman and acting legend Peter O'Toole.
- For nearly twenty-five years, the Tom Stoppard Prize has been awarded to promising Czechoslovakian playwrights.
- Stoppard not only writes plays but translates them as well. He has penned translations of works by Vaclav Havel and Luigi Pirandello.
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Julian Agyeman on Just Sustainabilities
When: Thursday, May 03, 2012 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
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Just SustainabilitiesRe-imagining (E)quality, Living Within Limits5:30 PM Reception, 6:00 PM LectureBuilding on San Francisco's cutting edge efforts in sustainability, this event focuses on engaging the community in dialogue about the role of higher education in moving towards a more just and sustainable society.Professor Julian Agyeman's work challenges universities to go beyond the narrow approach to sustainability that focuses on measuring resources consumed. His message resonates with USF's social justice mission and our approach to sustainability that places social equity and diversity on par with the goal of sustaining ecological resources. For more information, please go to the Dean's Lecture Series page.Free and open to the public.This event is part of the 2012 College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Lecture Series on sustainability and social justice.
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A songwriting trailblazer from Paducah, Kentucky, Steven Curtis Chapman is one of Christian music's most prolific artists with 17 albums to his credit.
His latest single, "Love Take Me Over," off his new album Glorious Unfolding (September 30, 2013), is an upbeat song with a positive message- true to Chapman's form. Glorious Unfolding is Steven's 18th album and marks his first full-length record with original songs in seven years.
The album centers around how God is at work in our lives, even through the hard times. "As I've journeyed through this story, I'm more convinced than ever that God does know the plans that He has for us and He will finish what He started. God is telling an amazing, glorious, epic story. We have to decide if we will trust Him with it," he explains.
Before he was the household name in Christian music, Steven Curtis Chapman grew up in a tight-knit family in Kentucky playing the guitar and singing. Given his early love of music, it really wasn't a surprise when Steven traded in his pre-med major in Kentucky for a shot at pursuing music in Nashville.
After writing a track that was recorded by The Imperials, Steven eventually signed a songwriting deal and penned songs for other artists before releasing his first album, First Hand in 1987. Another project, Real Life Conversations, would follow a year later, and Steven officially had his breakthrough in the music scene.
It wasn't until back-to-back albums More to This Life and For the Sake of the Call that Steven truly became a household name. Not only did he score several #1 singles, but Steven won his first Grammy Award.
Over the years, Steven has continued to come up with fresh inspiration for project after project, and songs like "The Great Adventure," "Dive," "Live Out Loud" and "Let Us Pray" have been the soundtrack to many believers' journeys.
An outspoken advocate for adoption awareness, Steven and his wife Mary Beth adopted three daughters from China, Shaohannah, Stevie Joy and Maria Sue. In 2008, Maria was tragically killed when she was accidentally run over in the family's driveway. Steven channeled that pain and his ultimate hope in God into his album Beauty Will Rise, which featured "Heaven is the Face," a song written in remembrance of his daughter. Describing the songs as his "personal psalms," Steven was able to share his and his family's story of hope in the midst of sorrow in mainstream media outlets including "Larry King Live," "Fox News" and "People."
His reflections continued in his following album Safe In The Arms, as Steven worked with fellow Christian artist Matt Redman. The release was coupled with a tour with his wife Mary Beth entitled "A Night with the Chapmans," where she showcased her new book Choosing to See. The book discusses the journey of the Chapman's over the past few years, and the role of their faith and hope in God to get them through.
Steven's project, Re:creation, brought the loss of his daughter full circle, as it represents a new chapter in the Chapman's life as they emerge from the heartache of their tragic loss. The album consists of many of Steven's old hits, in addition to new music written by Chapman himself, "As God has been really recreating new life in us -my family and I- as we've walked through this time, it just seemed like something that made sense for me to re-share those songs," Chapman said to K-LOVE's Scott and Kelli. "And there are some new songs that I've written along the process that feel like they kind of begin to bring us into a new season of hopefulness."
This fall, Steven will embark on a fall 35-city, "The Glorious Unfolding" Tour with fellow artists, Laura Story and Jason Gray.
"I'm so excited and honored to have Laura Story and Jason Gray join me on the road," he says. "I can't wait to share these songs live and we're already praying God will use each and every night powerfully. I hope all our friends can make it out."
"I'm so excited and honored to have Laura and Jason join me on the road," he adds. "I can't wait to share these songs live and we're already praying God will use each and every night powerfully. I hope all our friends can make it out."
Steven also celebrated 29 years of marriage this October to his wife Mary Beth, and dedicated the first verse of his song "Together" to her. You can read the verse and the note he left her on his Facebook page.
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Without car chases, what would action movies be? Boring, that's what.
The intense passenger-dodging, the adrenaline-inducing swerves, and totally unrealistic freeway pursuits are sometimes the best (and most fun) parts of our favorite action flicks.
Living vicariously through the likes of Vin Diesel and Steve McQueen, we play out our "Grand Theft Auto" fantasies as they chase down the bad guys and flee the cops. To celebrate these many crazy cinematic chases, we narrowed down the scenes that made us grip our seats the tightest and drop our jaws the most. Ranging from classic two-car pursuits to the utterly ridiculous (tanks, torpedoes, and Toys R Us -- you'll see), these chases have it all, and then some.
Gallery | The 11 Most Extreme Car Chases in Movie History
- 'Fast & Furious 6' (2013)
Every "Fast & Furious" movie takes car chases to another level, but "Fast & Furious 6" goes to mind-boggling extremes. Why is this scene so insane you ask? First of all, there's a giant tank blowing everything up and crushing cars to bits. Then Tyrese rides on top of a speeding car, Vin Diesel magically avoids a falling bridge, and Paul Walker uses the rubble as a ramp (no big deal, right?). This is nothing compared to the end of the clip, which we'll let you see for yourself because explaining it might cause us to pass out from anxiety; it's C-R-A-Z-Y.
- 'The Blues Brothers' (1980)
A car chase has never looked more fun than when Dan Aykroyd is behind the wheel with John Belushi. John Landis's "The Blues Brothers" held the record for the most cars wrecked in a film for a long time (103 to be exact) and in this scene, we get a handful of those demolished vehicles. Aykroyd calmly drives as the two are pursued by hordes of cops, only to escape by (magically) flying over a cop car, leaving their pursuers to crash into one giant cop dog pile. We don't care how much "Grand Theft Auto" you play, Aykroyd and Belushi know how to outrun the fuzz with a bang.
- 'Bullitt' (1968)
There's no better location for a high-speed car chase than the bobbing streets of San Francisco. In this 1968 classic, Steve McQueen's Frank Bullitt races after a bad guy, swerving and dodging cars as he cooks up a thick trail of smoke behind him. The two cars hop along the hilly streets one after the other, like playing leap frog as the engines roar and the tires screech at every jolting turn. The greatest part of this chase is that it puts the audience right next to McQueen, making your stomach jump as he plummets down every hill like a roller coaster at free fall.
- 'Bad Boys II' (2003)
"Bad Boys II" has some pretty ridiculous moments, but the most insane is the freeway car chase. As if Michael Bay couldn't destroy enough cars on a freeway, he throws in a fully-loaded car carrier to make matters as messy as possible. As the machine gun-clad bad guys driving the carrier shoot Gabrielle Union up ahead, while Will Smith and Martin Lawrence race behind to catch up. And the worst part of chasing bad guys driving a car carrier? They use empty cars as ammo, shooting them off the ramp one by one. But hold on, dodging rolling cars at full speed isn't crazy enough for Bay, so he sends a giant sailboat down the freeway. We're not sure this car chaos will ever be topped.
- 'The Rock' (1996)
When Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage get behind the wheel, things are bound to get ridiculous. In this scene from Michael Bay's "The Rock," Connery's Mason steals a car and destroys literally everything on the San Francisco streets while police, and Cage's Dr. Goodspeed, pursue him. Connery hits a water delivery truck, blows up a few cars and some power lines, nearly kills an old lady, and then derails a cable car that blows up in a giant explosion. Just your typical afternoon drive.
- 'The Bourne Supremacy' (2004)
Jason Bourne car chases are great because instead of relying on explosions and gimmicks for extremity, they excel in delivering incessant, relentless tension. In this scene, Matt Damon's Bourne races a stolen taxi cab (not the most stealthy car) through the crowded streets of Moscow. We already know Bourne is skilled at the art of car-centric escapes (in "The Bourne Identity," he drives a car down a Paris stairwell), but here he gets caught in some pretty dangerous turns. He charges onto a packed speeding freeway, gets jolted by a semi, then, finally, pinned against a tunnel wall and shot at. But, of course, Jason Bourne always comes up with a winning plan.
- 'The Dark Knight' (2008)
The freeway chase scene from "The Dark Knight" is a great example of a superb bit of intense but simple filmmaking. When the Joker fires round after round -- and a torpedo -- at the SWAT truck carrying Harvey Dent, the only car suitable to save the day is Batman's Tumbler. Then, after demolishing a dump truck, Batman switches from the Tumbler to the Batpod, which he uses to tie up the Joker's semi in (maybe) one of the greatest action moments in recent movie history. Leave it to Batman to take it to the extreme with the coolest wheels.
- 'Drive' (2011)
A movie called "Drive" is bound to have crazy car chases and Nicolas Winding Refn's 2011 thriller certainly does. While the opening chase is sneaky and stylistic, this scene gets real intense, real fast. After getting set up, Ryan Gosling's Driver tries to lose his pursuers on a winding side road, but after some tire bumping, Gosling pulls a new trick out of his scorpion-jacket sleeve. Moving at full speed, Driver flips around and drives backward, only to suddenly spin back around again at the last minute. In a slo-mo, nearly silent shot, we see a terrified Christina Hendricks as the other car swerves and spins in mid-air. It's both beautiful and thrilling.
- 'The Blues Brothers' (1980)
"The Blues Brothers" destroys far too many cars to only get one spot on this list. In this sequence, which is just as hilarious as the aforementioned street-chase scene, Aykroyd and Belushi take their chase into one of the most unusual places: the mall. While it might be a great place to lose a pursuer on foot, such public places only cause disaster on wheels. The brothers plow through a Toys R Us (traumatizing for any child), hit a few mannequins, and escape as the cops demolish every inch of the mall, then get stuck spinning upside down. Awesome, ridiculous, and hilarious indeed.
- 'Ronin' (1998)
In "Ronin" a frantic-looking Robert De Niro and a hair-flowing Natascha McElhone race through the streets, tunnels, and bridges of Paris, leaving giant messes behind them. As De Niro pursues McElhone, the two cause numerous accidents, explosions, and serious chaos as they race on the wrong side of the freeway. Jean Reno and Jonathan Pryce also engage in a shooting duel (you know, just to keep things interesting).
- 'The Italian Job' (1969)
Not all car chases need suspense and destruction to build intensity. The gold thieves in 1969's "The Italian Job" zoom through a giant plaza in their trio of red, white, and blue MINI Coopers, drive down the steps of a subway entrance, hop along the tops of buildings, and even manage to grab some lunch while at it. The greatest part of this rather subdued chase is that the thieves remain blasé and relaxed as they drive through each ridiculous location, rarely going over the speed limit. These guys know what they're doing; road rage just isn't their style.


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Recently I heard a wonderful program on National Public Radio about Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. I was struck by one of his quotes: 'Some are guilty, but all are responsible.'
I pray for the victims and families in Newtown and Aurora and Virginia Tech and Red Lake and Columbine and Minneapolis and Norway and Webster and all the other lesser known atrocities — and for my country.
—John Patrick Egelhof, lead FBI agent of the Red Lake High School massacre, from his excellent if not challenging commentary in the Star Tribune. Read it.
The NPR program to which Mr. Egelhof is referring is On Being with Krista Tippett, which is the radio program I've edited and produced for the last nine years. The show he's culling from: "The Spiritual Audacity of Abraham Joshua Heschel."
One of the most gratifying aspects of working on this project is seeing this type of practical impact. Many times it's difficult to quantify the influence our work is having in the world; seeing a key law enforcement official who has faced unbelievable tragedy use these pearls of wisdom to inform his own thinking and being breathes new life into the work that I do. It's all the thanks I need.
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Amid nearly unanimous congressional opposition, the Defense Department says it needs to stop operating military facilities it no longer wants or needs.
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Subject: | The following topics will be covered: the role of liquidity forecasting in open market operations; an analysis of the central banks balance sheet, including currency in circulation, government balances and net foreign assets; the appropriate degree of publication of the liquidity forecast; a detailed review of how liquidity forecasting is conducted in the United Kingdom; and an introduction to software packages used in forecasting banknotes in circulation, and practical exercises, some of which will use participants country data. [gemäß den Informationen des Anbieters - according to site editor's information] |
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Jedi Master Saesee Tiin was released in a Walmart exclusive 3-pack (Commemorative DVD Collection I) in 2005 together with Anakin Skywalker (Tattoo) and a Clone Trooper. The figure is based on Saesee Tiin's appearance in the Genndy Tartakovsky Clone Wars TV show.
For Saesee Tiin, Hasbro shamelessly re-used the Obi-Wan Kenobi sculpt, including the pre-defined legs. The only difference now is the head sculpt, the paint application and the green instead of the blue lightsaber. The articulation however stayed the same with 4 swivel joints, including a swivel neck, 2 swivel arms and a swivel waist. Unfortunately, the figure stands shaky, and you will need to use the included stand to give it more stability. The only weapon included with Saesee Tiin was a green lightsaber, which fits well into both hands.
The paint application on Saesee Tiin is basic, but fitting for the Tartakovsky animated series. Like with all the Clone Wars figures in the Tartakovsky Clone Wars line, this version of Saesee Tiin was clearly made for children.


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Iroquois Theatre fire
The Iroquois Theatre fire occurred on December 30, 1903, in Chicago, Illinois. It is the deadliest theater fire and the deadliest single-building fire in United States history. At least 605 people died as a result of the fire but not all the deaths were reported, as some of the bodies were removed from the scene.
The theatre[edit]
The Iroquois Theatre was located at 24–28 West Randolph Street, on the North Side between State Street and Dearborn Street in Chicago. The syndicate that bankrolled its construction chose the location specifically to attract women on day trips from out of town who, it was thought, would be more comfortable attending a theatre located close to the safe, police-patrolled Loop shopping district.[1] The theatre opened in November 1903 after numerous delays due to labor unrest[2] and, according to one writer,[3] the unexplained inability of architect Benjamin Marshall to complete required drawings on time. Upon opening it was lauded by drama critics; Walter K. Hill wrote in the New York Clipper (a predecessor of Variety) that the Iroquois was "the most beautiful ... in Chicago, and competent judges state that few theaters in America can rival its architectural perfections ..."[4]
The theatre had three audience levels. The main floor (known as the "orchestra" or "parquet") was on the same level as the Foyer or Grand Stair Hall. The second level (the "dress circle") and the third level (the "gallery") were accessed through broad stairways that led off the foyer. The backstage areas were unusually large, with dressing rooms on five levels, an uncommonly large fly gallery (where scenery was hung), and even an elevator available to transport actors down to the stage level.
Fire readiness deficiencies noted before the fire[edit]
Despite being billed as "Absolutely Fireproof" in advertisements and playbills,[5] numerous deficiencies in fire readiness were apparent:
- An editor of Fireproof Magazine had toured the building during construction and had noted "the absence of an intake, or stage draft shaft; the exposed reinforcement of the (proscenium) arch;[6] the presence of wood trim on everything and the inadequate provision of exits."[7]
- A Chicago Fire Department captain who made an unofficial tour of the theatre days before the official opening noted that there were no extinguishers, sprinklers, alarms, telephones, or water connections; the only firefighting equipment available were six canisters of a dry chemical called "Kilfyre", which was normally used to douse chimney fires in residential houses.[8] "Kilfyre" is made out of bicarbonate-of-soda and powder. [9] The captain pointed out the deficiencies to the theatre's fire warden but was told that nothing could be done, as the fire warden would simply be dismissed if he brought the matter up with the syndicate of owners. When the captain reported the matter to his commanding officer, he was again told that nothing could be done, as the theatre already had a fire warden.[10]
Structural deficiencies in the theatre[edit]
There were also structural deficiencies reported, including:
- Large iron gates blocked off the stairways during performances to prevent patrons from moving down from the gallery to the dress circle or orchestra.
- Many of the exit routes were confusing.[11]
- Skylights on the roof of the stage, which were intended to open automatically during a fire to vent the heat and smoke, were fastened closed.[12]
- The asbestos curtain was not tested periodically, and it got stuck when the theatre personnel tried to lower it. [13]
The fire[edit]
On December 30, 1903, the Iroquois presented a matinee performance of the popular Drury Lane musical Mr. Bluebeard, which had been playing at the Iroquois since opening night. The play, a burlesque of the traditional Bluebeard folk tale, featured Dan McAvoy as Bluebeard and Eddie Foy[14] as Sister Anne, a role that allowed him to showcase his physical comedy skills. Attendance since opening night had been disappointing, people having been driven away by poor weather, labor unrest, and other factors. The December 30 performance drew a much larger sellout audience, with every seat being filled and hundreds of patrons in the "standing room" areas at the back of the theatre. Many of the estimated 2,000 patrons attending the matinee were children. The standing room areas were so crowded that some patrons instead sat in the aisles, blocking the exits.
At about 3:15 P.M., the beginning of the second act, a dance number was in progress when an arc light shorted out and sparks ignited a muslin curtain. A stagehand attempted to douse the fire with the Kilfyre canisters provided but it quickly spread to the fly gallery high above the stage where several thousand square feet of highly flammable painted canvas scenery flats were hung. The stage manager attempted to lower the fire curtain, but it snagged. Although early reports state that it was stopped by the trolley-wire that carried one of the acrobats over the stage,[14][15] later investigation showed that the curtain had been blocked by a light reflector which stuck out under the proscenium arch.[16] A chemist who later tested part of the curtain stated that it was mainly wood pulp mixed with asbestos, and would have been "of no value in a fire."[17]
Foy, who was preparing to go on stage at the time, ran out and attempted to calm the crowd, first making sure his young son was in the care of a stagehand. He later wrote, "It struck me as I looked out over the crowd during the first act that I had never before seen so many women and children in the audience. Even the gallery was full of mothers and children."[14] Foy's role in this disaster was recreated by Bob Hope in the film The Seven Little Foys. Foy was widely seen as a hero after the fire for his courage in remaining on stage and pleading with patrons not to panic even as large chunks of burning scenery landed around him.[18]
By this time, many of the patrons on all levels were quickly attempting to flee the theatre. Some had located the fire exits hidden behind draperies on the north side of the building, but found that they could not open the unfamiliar bascule lock. One door was opened by a man who happened to have a bascule lock in his home and two were opened either by brute force or by a blast of air, but most of the other doors could not be opened. Some patrons panicked, crushing or trampling others in a desperate attempt to escape the fire.[19] Many were killed while trapped in dead ends or while attempting to open windows that were designed to look like doors.
The dancers on stage were also forced to flee, along with the performers backstage and in the numerous dressing rooms.[20] When the performers and stagehands went out the back exit, the icy wind rushed in and made the fire substantially bigger. [21] Many escaped the theatre through the coal hatch and through windows in the dressing rooms, while others attempted to escape via the west stage door, which opened inwards and became jammed as actors pressed toward the door frantically trying to get out. By chance a passing railroad agent saw the crowd pressing against the door and undid the hinges from the outside using tools he normally carried with him, allowing the actors and stagehands to escape.[22] Someone else opened the huge double freight doors in the north wall, normally used for scenery, allowing "a cyclonic blast" of cold air to rush into the building and create an enormous fireball.[23] As the vents above the stage were nailed or wired shut, the fireball instead traveled outwards, ducking under the stuck asbestos curtain and streaking toward the vents behind the dress circle and gallery 50 feet (15 m) away. The hot gases and flames passed over the heads of those in the orchestra seats and incinerated everything flammable in the gallery and dress circle levels, including patrons still trapped in those areas.
Those in the orchestra section were able to exit into the foyer and out the front door, but those in the dress circle and gallery who escaped the fireball were unable to reach the foyer because the iron grates that barred the stairways were still in place. The largest death toll was at the base of these stairways, where hundreds of people were trampled, crushed, or asphyxiated.
Patrons who were able to escape via the emergency exits on the north side found themselves on the unfinished fire escapes. Many jumped or fell from the icy, narrow fire escapes to their deaths; the bodies of the first jumpers broke the falls of those who followed them.
Students from the Northwestern University building located north of the theatre tried bridging the gap with a ladder and then with some boards between the rooftops, saving those few able to manage the makeshift cross over.
Corpses were piled ten bodies high around the doors and windows. Many patrons had clambered over piles of bodies only to succumb themselves to the flames, smoke, and gases. It is estimated that 575 people were killed on the day of the fire itself; well over 30 more died of injuries suffered over the following weeks. Many of the Chicago victims were buried in Montrose, Forest Home, and Graceland cemeteries.[24][25]
Of the 300 or so actors, dancers, and stagehands, only five people - the aerialist (Nellie Reed), an actor in a bit part, an usher, and two female attendants died. The aerialist's role was to fly out as a fairy over the audience on a trolley wire, showering them with pink carnations. She was trapped above the stage while waiting for her entrance; during the fire she fell, was gravely injured, and died of burns and internal injuries three days later.[26]
In New York City on New Year's Eve some theaters eliminated standing room. Building and fire codes were subsequently reformed; theaters were closed for retrofitting all around the country and in some cities in Europe. All theater exits had to be clearly marked and the doors configured so that, even if they could not be pulled open from the outside, they could be pushed open from the inside.[27]
After the fire, it was alleged that fire inspectors had been bribed with free tickets to overlook code violations.[28] The mayor ordered all theaters in Chicago closed for six weeks after the fire.[29]
As a result of public outrage many were charged with crimes, including Mayor Carter Harrison, Jr.. Most charges were dismissed three years later, however, because of the delaying tactics of the owners' lawyers and their use of loopholes and inadequacies in the city's building and safety ordinances. The only person convicted was a tavern keeper charged with grave robbing.
The exterior of the Iroquois was largely intact. The building later reopened as the Colonial Theater, which was torn down in 1926 to make way for the Oriental Theater.[30]
A bronze bas-relief memorial by sculptor Lorado Taft without any identifying markings was placed inside the LaSalle Street entrance to City Hall.[31] On December 31, 1911, The Chicago Tribune described the marker as depicting "the Motherhood of the World protecting the children of the universe, the body of a child borne on a litter by herculean male figures, with a bereaved mother bending over it". The memorial was located in the Iroquois Hospital on Wacker until the building was demolished in 1951. It was placed in storage in City Hall until it was installed in its current location, near the building's LaSalle street entrance, in 1960. On November 5, 2010, the memorial was rededicated and a descriptive plaque was donated by the Union League Club of Chicago. The dedication was attended by members of the Chicago City Council, the Union League Club and Taft's granddaughter.[32][33]
Chicago held an annual memorial service at City Hall, until the last survivors died.[31]
The Iroquois fire prompted widespread implementation of the panic bar, first invented in the United Kingdom following the Victoria Hall disaster. Panic exit devices are now required by building codes for high-occupancy spaces, and were mass manufactured in the US following the fire by the Von Duprin company (now part of Ingersoll Rand).[34]
A second result of the fire was the requirement that a fireproof asbestos curtain (or sheet metal screen) be raised before each performance and lowered afterward to separate the audience from the stage. (Not common practice and not code in many jurisdictions—not for every performance.)[clarification needed]
The third result was that all doors in public buildings must open in the direction of egress, but that practice did not become national until the Collinwood School Fire of 1908.[35]
In popular culture[edit]
In 2011, the Neo-Futurists theater company in Chicago produced a show called "Burning Bluebeard" by Jay Torrence, which recounted the story of the Iroquois fire from the perspective of the performers, including Eddie Foy. The play received critical praise and was named one of the "2011 Best of Fringe" by the Chicago Tribune,[36] one of the "Top Five Funniest Shows of 2011" by WBEZ Radio [37] and one of the "Twelve Outstanding Ensembles of 2011" by Time Out Chicago's Kris Vire.[38] It was remounted in 2013 by The Ruffians theater company with the original cast.
See also[edit]
- Notes
- ^ Brandt, Nat (2003). Chicago Death Trap: The Iroquois Theatre Fire of 1903. Southern Illinois University Press. pp. 11–13. ISBN 0-8093-2490-3.
- ^ Hatch, Anthony P. (2003). Tinder Box: The Iroquois Theatre Disaster, 1903. Chicago: Academy Chicago Publishers. pp. 7–12. ISBN 0-89733-514-7.
- ^ Brandt, pp. 11–13.
- ^ Quoted in Hatch, p. 18.
- ^ Brandt, p. 5.
- ^ The concrete arch above the stage.
- ^ Quoted in Hatch, p. 12.
- ^ Hatch, pp. 13–14.
- ^ Brandt, Nat (2003). Chicago Death Trap: The Iroquois Fire of 1903. Carbondale, Ill.: Southern Illinois University Press. p. 31.
- ^ Hatch, p. 14.
- ^ "Iroquois Theatre Fire". Eastland Memorial Society. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
- ^ "Fire Inquiry Discloses: Skylights Reported Opened After the Disaster—Cannot Find the "Asbestos" Curtain—Usher Arrested". The New York Times (NYTimes.com). 5 January 1904. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
- ^ ""What is a 'Fireproof' Screen"". Chicago Tribune. January 2, 1904. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
- ^ a b c "A Tragedy Remembered" (PDF). NPFA (National Fire Protection Association) (July/August). 1995. "Actor Eddie Foy's personal account"
- ^ Secter, Bob (December 30, 1903). "The Iroquois Theater fire". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ Hatch, p.88.
- ^ Quoted in Hatch, p. 150.
- ^ Hatch, pp. 81–87.
- ^ Brandt, pp. 41–51.
- ^ Brandt, pp. 28–40.
- ^ Eastlandmemorialsociety.org
- ^ Brandt, p.39.
- ^ Brandt, p. 40.
- ^ Brandt, p. 90.
- ^ "Jane Doe of the Iroquois Theatre Fire gravesite". Findagrave.com. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
- ^ Brandt, pp. 36–40.
- ^ Bob Secter (19 December 2007). "The Iroquois Theater fire". Chicago Tribune (Chicagotribune.com). Retrieved 2011-12-05.
- ^ Brandt, pp. 126–130.
- ^ Brandt, p. xviii.
- ^ Brandt, p. 139.
- ^ a b Zasky, Jason. "Burning Down The House: The 1903 Iroquois Theater Fire". Failure Magazine. Retrieved October 1, 2009. "The Iroquois Theater advertised itself as "absolutely fireproof," it went up in flames six weeks after opening"
- ^ "Historic City Hall Plaque to be Rededicated". WBBM-TV News (CBS Chicago.com). 4 November 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ^ "Iroquois Theatre Fire Victims Remembered". Theatre Historical Society of America. 7 November 2010. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
- ^ Schweyer, Jenny (2008-11-05). "Exit Devices: Von Duprin Changes the Face of Commercial Security". Article Alley. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
- ^ "Collinwood School Fire". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. 27 March 2008. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
- ^ Metz, Nina (2011-12-21). "Best of Chicago's fringe theater scene in 2011". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
- ^ Molzahn, Laura (2011-12-21). "2011's funniest and best-dressed Chicago shows". WBEZ 91.5. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
- ^ Vire, Kris (2011-12-25). "Twelve outstanding ensembles in Chicago theater". Time Out Chicago. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
- Further reading
- McCurdy, D.B. (1904). Lest We Forget: Chicago's Awful Theatre Horror. Chicago: Memorial Publishing.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Iroquois Theater Fire. |
- "The Iroquois Theater Fire". Eastland Memorial Society. Retrieved July 27, 2007. "The screams of the children for their mothers and mothers for their children I shall carry in my memory to my dying day. — Frank Slosson, Secretary-Treasurer of the Bain Wagon Works, survivor"
- Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Marshall Everett, 1904, includes photographs, at Internet Archive
- Chicago's Awful Theater Horror, Chapter One, a LibriVox audiobook.
- Hucke, Matt. "Iroquois Theater Fire Memorial". Graveyards (of Chicago). Retrieved July 27, 2007. "... photograph of memorial at Montrose Cemetery, Chicago ..."
- "Iroquois Theatre Fire." Eastland Memorial Society, 2007. Web. 1 Oct.
- www.eastlandmemorial.org/iroquois.shtml.
- Verdict of Coroner's Jury
- "Contradictions in reports about Iroquois disaster. Discuss what really happened on December 30, 1903".


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