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Episode 148 — Michael Robbins
Michael Robbins is the guest. His debut poetry collection, Alien vs. Predator, was named one of the best books of 2012 by The New York Times, Slate, Commonweal, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and The Millions. Dwight Garner of the The New … Continue reading
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Come Early Especially during warmer months, the animals are more active in the mornings when it is cooler. We suggest an early start for your visit.
Be Comfortable Check the day's weather forecast before you arrive and dress appropriately. We recommend dressing in layers — come with a jacket for the cooler morning that you can peel off as the day warms up. And comfortable shoes are a must! With 65 acres at the Zoo and an additional 3 acres at White River Gardens, you'll be on your feet most of the day.
Back to Front If you arrive at the Zoo later in the day, you may wish to go to the Plains exhibit first to assure you have a chance to see all the animals of the African Plains before they go inside for the evening.
Go to the Dolphin Show The daily Dolphin Shows are one of our most popular features and they're included free with regular Zoo admission. However, seating in the Marsh Dolphin Theater is limited, so if you want to pick the show you attend, get your tickets as soon as you come through the gate! And if you choose to sit in the Splash Zone, be prepared to get wet by tucking away your smart phone or camera.
Have a Chat If you want to learn more about our animals, check out our daily Animal Keeper Chats. Sessions change seasonally, so as you enter, hold onto the schedule you receive along with your Zoo Map.
Enjoy a Snack We offer lots of dining option with foods to fit all tastes. The best time to grab a bite is just before and during the Dolphin Shows. You can also bring a lunch, and though visitors cannot carry food into the Zoo, we have picnic areas outside the Entry Plaza and along the Riverwalk behind White River Gardens. Seating is first-come, first-served, and we suggest coming at off-peak times to easily find a seat.
School's in Session We're fortunate to host lots of school field trips with students eager to learn about animals and conservation. Weekdays in May and early June are our busiest times for school trips, so during that time of year weekends (especially Sundays) are a great time to beat the crowds.
Getting Around Town During busy times of year, like Spring Break, end of the school year, ZooBoo and Christmas at the Zoo, have an alternate driving route will help you avoid traffic. When westbound cars begin to back up on Washington Street, we suggest approaching from the west. White River Parkway West Drive also offers a scenic view.
Make a Splash During the hot summer months, cool off at the misting stations in the Forests and Plains exhibits as well asat the Splash Park presented by Kroger. You may also wish to bring a change of clothes for the kids; they will get wet!
Stop and Smell the Roses No matter what season, there's always something in bloom at White River Gardens. Whether it's the indoor tropical paradise of the Hilbert Conservatory or the outdoor beauty of the DeHaan Tiergarten, you won't want to miss everything White River Gardens has to offer. Plus, admission is included with regular Zoo admission!
Take Note The Gardens are here to inspire! So if you're a gardening guru, we suggest bringing a notepad (or smart phone) to jot down any tips you collect from our Gardener's Notes signs or favorite plants you find.
Baby, It's Cold Outside Many of our animals love Indiana's cold winters (like our tigers, bears, walrus and more). But when the temperatures drop, some species prefer the comfort of their climate-controlled indoor facilities. The animals in Plains and many of the birds in Encounters will be back on exhibit when warm weather arrives.
It's a Sign Take advantage of the signs sprinkled throughout the exhibits that contain interesting facts, educational info and tips to become part of our animal conservation mission.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia would offer a 25-year break from property taxes to attract a new chemical plant fueled by the state's emerging Marcellus natural gas industry, under a proposal from Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin that debuted in the Legislature on Tuesday.
A second bill introduced from Tomblin's agenda would continue to exempt the state's ailing timber sector from severance taxes, while a third would repeal a tax on telecommunications services that no longer yields revenue.
West Virginia is competing with other Marcellus Shale states for a so-called "cracker" plant. This massive facility would convert (or "crack") ethane, a byproduct of Marcellus wells, into the highly useful chemical compound ethylene.
The state Department of Revenue estimates that a $2 billion plant would create 12,000 jobs, both direct and indirect as well as induced by the resulting consumer activity. Revenue officials say these jobs would provide $600 million in wages annually.
"We really see it as a way to revitalize manufacturing in West Virginia," Karen Price, president of the Manufacturers Association, said of a cracker. She added, "It won't just change the manufacturing economy, it will change the whole economy."
Tomblin's proposal would benefit a company that invests at least $2 billion to build a cracker. It would slash the appraised value of real estate as well as equipment and inventory to 5 percent of market value. It expands on a 10-year tax break passed last year, at Tomblin's request, to spur spinoff industries from drilling the natural-gas-rich Marcellus reserve.
Price's group supports the bill as a "great economic development tool," she said Tuesday.
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The Black RKP Bib
We're down to our last five pair of these black bibs from Panache. They need to go bye-bye ASAP so we can pay for a run of cycling caps emblazoned with the RKP logo.
I've been wearing these for more than a year and can say they are holding up exceedingly well. We have two each of Large and XXL and one pair of XL. If you have any additional questions, just drop us a note in the comments.
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Miley Cyrus, Bret Michaels duet on 'Every Rose Has Its Thorn'
Miley covers the Poison song on her new album, "Can't Be Tamed," which hits stores next week. She explains that Poison was the first concert she ever saw and that the ballad is her mother's favorite song, hence the reason for the cover: "I did this song mostly for my mom."
"GMA" gave Miley, its fellow Disney asset, a pretty big showcase on Friday, first with an interview segment (also a duet with Michaels) on the show's Central Park concert stage -- if the Perez Hilton photo controversy was addressed, we missed it -- and then a three-song mini-concert. She sandwiched "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" in between the single "Can't Be Tamed" and "Party in the USA."
Michaels looks and sounds pretty good too. In their interview, he again gives thanks to the people who helped him recover from his brain hemorrhage.
Michaels and Miley, incidentally, have a duet on his new album, "Custom Built," but her cover of "Every Rose" on her album is a solo effort.
Watch their performance below. Whatcha think?
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Not too impressed with Miley's vocals. She sings too low at times. Personally, I'd just wish she'd disappear!
i personal like her voice in this song. she did very well.
keep up the good work miley! and cut her some slack people. she's growing up.
YAH,SHE'S GROWING UP,no name GROWING UP INTO A TRASHY SKANK!! SHE SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BIG TIME!! MILEY COULDN'T SING GOOD IF HER LIFE DEPENDED ON IT!!!!!!!!!HOPEFULLY HER ALBUM WILL BOMB, THEN SHE CAN DISAPPEAR!!!!!!!!
Wow she butchered that song, somebody throw her a bone and send her to the pound where she belongs.. When she sings she sounds like she is howling at the moon... Please dont let her perform again with that ugly haired lip,crooked teeth and slounching shoulders....
LEAVE MILEY ALONE!!!! She's a HUMAN!!!
I think that stroke affected Bret's good judgment... Miley should of not taken advantage of a talented artist like Bret when he was not up to par and suffering from a major brain hemmorage but we know Miley she is a bottom feeder...You dont see her with 50 cent or snoop dog do you....
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A showcase of man's ongoing struggle to right his wrongs in the Galapagos Islands, highlights of visiting the Charles Darwin Research Station include the adorable miniscule Giant Tortoise hatchlings and Lonesome George, the famed bachelor for whom all efforts to find a suitable mate are being made to assure the survival of his species. Life expectancy for Giant Tortoises can surpass 150 years of age, and Lonesome George is thought to be between 60 and 90 years old. So there is time!
Lava tubes offer fascinating visits into the geological history of the Islands. They are the remnants of molten lava that due the relationship between the rapid flow of the liquid mass and the cooling at the surface, created perfectly formed tunnels. On Santa Cruz you can visit the cavernous formations that tell a story of volcanic upheaval that lead to the formation of this unique archipelago. The Tunnel of Endless Love is 800-metres long and is so named because of the heart-shaped formation on top of it.
A great surfing destination, the beaches of Tortuga Bay also offer the perfect opportunity for sunbathing on pure white sand, or swimming and snorkelling with sea lions, pelicans and sea turtles in paradisiacal turquoise waters. Located in Santa Cruz Island, it is accessible from the town.
Another beautiful Santa Cruz beach fringed with red mangroves and stoic pioneer cacti, El Garrapatero is a wonderful site to swim amongst diving pelicans and Blue-footed Boobies, sea lions and perhaps even white-tipped sharks; a short walk away you also have a salt-water lagoon where sleek long-legged flamingos, herons, and stilts wade peacefully as they feed.
Pinnacle Rock has become an emblem of the Galapagos; resembling a jagged shark's fang, it jets out from the water in the most particular way. Penguins and sea lions kick back on the rocky base of this natural monument, and offer a spectacular snorkelling experience when they take to the water!
Isabela's unique Sierra Negra Volcano, which has the largest crater of the Galapagos Islands, and the second largest in the world, is geologically likened to the volcanoes of Hawaii. Views once you've reached the summit are spellbinding and are well worth the trek. The endangered Sierra Negra Giant Tortoise is a prime example of the National Park's efforts to breed and reintroduce this species.
Post Office Bay tells the most interesting of stories. It was a self-managed postal service in which travellers would drop off their mail so that other passing travellers could hand-deliver them. How the "Post Office" has come to survive to this very point in time since it was first set on the shores of Floreana in the 1790s is still a mystery. At that point it was merely a barrel lying in the sand. It has since been remade and secured in its original location and travellers continue to use it as they did hundreds of years ago.
This island is considered one of the best-preserved islands in the world, and the youngest of the Galapagos Archipelago. Alone it could very well compete as a wonder of the world, with its colossal slabs of cracked jet-black lava, the spectacular view of its continually active volcano (the last eruption dates back to 2007) and pioneer cacti, the first organisms to colonize any territory. No traveller is immune to the feeling of having experienced time travel in Fernandina. Yet what makes the experience is just how populated it is: cormorants, sea lions, several turtle species, crabs, thousands of marine iguanas, snakes, Galapagos hawks, Great Blue Herons, not to mention the marine wildlife that comes to feed on the nutrients that surge from current upwelling in this particular point of the Galapagos; a spectacle to behold!
One of the four major Galapagos towns, Puerto Villamil is a quaint white-sand beach town on the southern tip of Isabela, the largest island of the Galapagos Islands. Trekking, horseback-riding, walkways skirting mangrove, and sunbathing and snorkelling with sea lions or observing brackish lagoon wildlife such as flamingos and pintails are all highlights of this precious tropical hideaway.
1. Angermeyer Point's apple struddle
2. Constelations on a clear Galapagos night
3. Playing in the water with sea lion pups
4. Sunbathing with the iguanas
5. A Darwin's Finch eating from your plate
6. Snorkelling with sleeping reef sharks
7. Crossing the equator on a sailboat
8. Playing ship captain
9. Learning to make a traditional Galapagos ceviche
10. Stepping on Mars-red sand
Make sure you're as ready as you want to be for your Ecuador expedition
What to pack depends on where you are going, since one can experience all types of weather in Ecuador's different regions. We have prepared a list of things that you should pack according to the region:
General Packing List: Passport, travellers checks, medical prescriptions if needed, your usual health and toiletry supplies, sun hat with brim, sunglasses, plenty of high-factor waterproof sunscreen, insect repellent, anti-bacterial gel for hands, clothing for warm and cool weather if travelling between regions, sandals, raincoat, small backpack, money belt, watch with alarm, flashlight, cameras, extra batteries, and light comfortable, easy-to-wash clothing.
Check with your local Ecuadorian Embassy or Consulate. However, most visitors are allowed to stay up to 90 days, renewable for an additional 90 days. You do need a valid passport and it should be carried with you at all times.
Spanish is the official and main spoken language in Ecuador. However, the vast majority of people involved in tourism speak English.
You can use credit cards (with an additional 10% service processing charge), cash and travellers checks.
US dollars are used both in mainland Ecuador and on the Galápagos. Travellers- checks are accepted under special conditions. You can check with the captain or your guide onboard. You can also withdraw cash from ATMs located in Puerto Ayora, but only with VISA or MASTERCARD. Banking hours are: Mon - Fri 9:00am -16:00 pm, Saturday 9:00 am to 12:00 noon.
It is wise to watch your belongings at all times. Never leave your camera or other personal items unattended. Ecuador is considered one of the safest countries in the Andean region; however, it is always a good idea to be cautious during your visit.
• If you are not visiting the city with a guided tour, find out which sectors are unsafe and avoid them. Also, try to visit the touristic sites at normal hours.
• Avoid people who are too friendly or eager to help you, or who offer to show you around.
• Don-t wear expensive jewellery or wristwatches when walking around the city.
• It is recommended that you carry shoulder bags and purses in front of you (on your chest) when entering a crowded place.
It is recommended you make two photocopies of your passport, airline tickets, tour documents, travellers check's numbers and airline itinerary, so you can leave one copy at home with a friend or relative, and bring one with you separately from the originals. It is essential that you carry your passport at all times in Ecuador. However, you can leave the original in the safe box at your hotel and carry copies when on a day trip. While you are in Galápagos you can leave all your belongings in your cabin. However, if you plan to use travellers checks in Puerto Ayora you will need your passport.
If you are satisfied with the service, it is customary to leave a tip for the crew with the captain, and one for the naturalist guide. On the mainland it is also customary to tip the guide, driver or person serving you.
There are no vaccination requirements to enter Ecuador. However, in some specific regions there are mosquitoes that can transmit diseases. If you are visiting the rainforest please contact your local health centre for more information on preventive measures.
Onboard accommodation and meals, visits to the islands with a qualified naturalist guide, bus fares on the Galápagos.
The airfare to the Islands, National Park entrance fee ($100 cash), the INGALA transit control card ($10 cash) to be paid at the airport when you depart for the Galápagos, beverages, and gratuities for the crew and guide are not included in the cost.
The water on board is safe to drink and complies with all health regulations and international standards. For your convenience, there is a hot and cold dispenser on board for you to use at any time. Here you can refill your water bottle to take onshore or have with you in your cabin. In addition, a fresh bottle of water is placed in the bathroom of your cabin every day.
The food on board is completely safe and meets all international standards. However on mainland Ecuador and in Puerto Ayora, avoid eating uncooked food like salads and unpeeled fruits.
One piece of luggage (40 lbs or 20Kg) and a small carry-on bag that fits under your seat or in the overhead compartment in the airplane.
110V AC-60 cycles and 220V in certain social areas of the yachts (If visiting from Europe, bring adaptors.)
You don't need to buy anything, but all individual bar consumptions should be paid in cash or credit card at the end of each cruise.
• Children under 6 years are accepted under certain conditions. • Children under 12 have a discount (ask your travel agency) • Children under 16 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Informally! Shorts and a T-shirt are recommended, but we ask you to remove shoes on board and place them in the shoe box. If you have tender feet you can bring some kind of comfortable sandals or slippers, to be used on board only; otherwise bare feet are totally fine. From June to October, you might want to bring a light sweatshirt or windbreaker and light pants for the evening.
There are two main seasons on the islands: wet and hot, and dry and cool. December to May (inclusive) are hot and humid (28°C / 82.4°F average temperature); although it is warm during the day there might be heavy rain showers that can last for 20 minutes or more. That is why the islands can be very lush and green at this time of the year. Consider using insect repellent while visiting the islands. The water temperature is perfect for swimming and/or snorkelling. It is wise to use a T- shirt or dive top while in the water to prevent sunburn. Between June and November, it is cooler and windy (24° C/ 75.2°F average although at noon it can reach 33°C / 91.4?F). It is also the garua season (local term for occasional light drizzle) especially around the southern islands. You might want to consider bringing a light rainproof windbreaker. The water temperature is also cooler (20°C / 68?F) at this time of the year. This means it is the best time for snorkelling, since the cold waters are rich in nutrients for the marine ecosystem, but you might want to have a wetsuit to keep warm.
Sun hat with brim, sun glasses, good walking shoes, Teva-style sandals (for wet landings), swimsuits, plenty of high-factor waterproof sunscreen, snorkel and mask, windbreaker, light sweater or sweatshirt (especially from June to December), shorts and T-shirts, extra film, memory cards, batteries for cameras, underwater camera, binoculars, motion-sickness pills or bands, anti-histamine tablets or cream.
Again shorts, zip-off leg pants and T- shirts are fine for most visits on land. Sunglasses, hat with a brim and sun block are a must year round! Good walking shoes with a good grip are recommended; again if you have tender feet consider bringing sandals or Tevas for the wet landings. From June to October, you might want to consider a light waterproof windbreaker for afternoon visits. From December to April, long-sleeved, light cotton T-shirts might be a good idea if you have fair or sensitive skin.
01. ...For us this Galápagos trip aboard the Mary Anne was really the outstanding experience of our life and it will be very hard if not impossible to see anything what will come close to this.
Karsten Kramer
02. ...Let me reiterate that we had an unforgettable trip and will definitely recommend the Mary Anne...
Robert Siu
03. This trip on board Sagitta with multiple daily outings and activities was a dream come true and far exceeded my expectations.
04. We had a great time in the Galápagos and would definitely recommend the Sagitta - she was a beautiful boat and the guide and crew were lovely. Fantastic food and plenty of it, and a great itinerary - we really felt that we saw the best of the islands. It's amazing how quickly you get used to seeing the animals all over the place, we were lucky and managed to see quite a few giant tortoises in the wild, dolphins swimming alongside the boat and thousands of sealions!
Becky and Jon
05. Incredible. Our 6 days are over - it felt like 3 - and we've had the most amazing time. Many thanks for encouraging us to choose the Sagitta - sure it's your job! - but it was magnificent from Day 1 - 6. The crew, the guide, the food and especially the islands. Unforgettable. Blog updated with 6 days on the Sagitta. Many thanks again and the best of luck if you do decide to travel around the world at some stage.
06. I just wanted to provide you with some feedback to our stay on the Mary Anne (trip C), which I am sure is consistent with what you generally hear. Overall, the trip was excellent. 1. Crew
- The crew was outstanding, particularly the naturalist guide, Carolina (perhaps the most competent guide I have ever had on any trip!)
- Attention to detail and the little extras that the crew provided was truly impressive
- The teamwork amongst the crew was equally a pleasure to observe
- The food was great (albeit some a little sweet for my taste, but the presentation spoiled us!)
2. SS Mary Anne
- In my opinion the most beautiful ship in the Galapagos
3. Excursions
- All were great, excellent variety, stunning animal / bird life
While I typically don't repeat the same trip, I can imagine that some day when my son is a little older, I would love to show him the Galapagos on the Mary Anne or another Angermeyer ship;-)
A sincere thanks for all your help! Greatly appreciated!!!
Cheers / viele herzliche Gruesse!
07. For a visit to the Galapagos Islands, 7 days are not enough!!! One would like to stay there half of life. Followed by the Galapagos Islands, the Easter Islands unfortunately fade a little… On the Galapagos Islands you experience such an untouched world, that you feel distant from reality. There are animals lying around all over the place and the art consists in avoiding to step on any of them, as they seem so unimpressed of humans. If one travelled on board of the "Mary Anne", one would not want to experience the Galapagos Islands again on board of any different vessel. The crew is fantastic, the food as well (by the way, no person is able to eat such enormous quantities…). I refused fish meals, and instead I was always attended with fishless meals, even on snacks and coffee-breaks. There was always free drinking water at disposition and no wishes remained unfulfilled. Our guide, Lars, was excellent. (although I should like to complain that our tour was not guided in "german" but in "swiss". As there was a swiss tourist in our group, we often had to ask him for translation…) Lars' knowledge was superb, we had a lot of fun and, most important of all, he transmitted the necessary respect for the Galapagos Islands. Also the crew people, who always brought us to shore or through the waves on board of the "Zodiak", were fantastic. There were always helping hands during landings and boardings. During snorkling activities they offered total attention and open ears. During this trip I simply always felt "safe". Further, the snorkel experience was fantastic, surrounded by sea-turtles, sea-lions and penguins. I even saw a shark. The pictures seem posed or backgrounded by a film-set: sea-lions among blue-footed boobies and sea-lizards. We could see a new-born sea-lion baby with his mother, while buzzards swallowed the placenta, lizards crawled around and we stood there amidst this world of life with an overwhelming feeling. Simply, one fantastic moment after the other!!! The impressions still hold on. While my body is sitting in my office again, my spirit still remains on the Galapagos Islands and has no wish to deal with these daily problems. One is for sure: Some day I should like to travel on the East-tour, but only on board of the same vessel and only with the same guide! But therefore first I have to save money.
I should like to thank you for the support, for the response to all our questions (yes, the Taxi-transfers worked perfectly), for the advise and implementation as well as for the nice welcome-package!!!
I send my greetings and will be pleased to answer all your questions.
Nicole König
The Galapagos Islands have directly inspired the whims of two major English-language novelists, Hermann Melville and Kurt Vonnegut, not to mention that its peculiarities served to enthral Charles Darwin, the scientist who fathomed evolution. Today, worldwide acknowledgement and publicity of the Galapagos as a world-class destination makes for there to be a wealth of material out there on the islands. Here is a more or less tentative list of Galapagos literature that may be of interest when preparing for your trip.
1. Charles Darwin. The Origin of Species: by Means of Natural Selection. Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1968. The 1859 classic scientific treatise, for those compelled to go to the source.
2. Charles Darwin. Voyage of the Beagle. England: Penguin Group, 1989. Written by the man himself, Darwin's adventures during his life-changing trip around the world.
3. Ned Deloach and Paul Humann. Reef Fish Identification: Galapagos. New World Publications, 2nd edition, 2003. If you'd like to know what you're seeing underwater, this is a useful choice.
4. Michael H. Jackson. Galapagos: A Natural History. 2nd Edition. Calgary, Alberta: University of Calgary Press, 2nd edition, 1993. A nice and practical, easy-to-read overview on the natural history of the Islands.
5. Ernst Mayr. Evolution and the Diversity of Life. MA: Harvard University Press, 1976. A compelling and insightful look on Life on Earth and human thought.
6. Hermann Melville, The Enchanted Isles. A poetic yet stark view on what the islands were like long before they became one of the world's top ecotourism destinations!
7. Herman Melville, Moby Dick. Life at sea like few have been able to describe it.
8. Swash, Andy and Rob Still. Birds, Mammals & Reptiles of the Galapagos Islands. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2nd edition, 2006. Full of pictures, useful in the field, a must have.
9. John Treherne. The Galapagos Affair. New York: Random House, Inc. 1983. An enticing read on some of Galapagos most infamous mysteries.
10. Kurt Vonnegut, Galapagos. An interesting, perhaps rambunctious take on the possibilities of evolution.
11. Jonathan Weiner. The Beak of the Finch: A story of Evolution in our Time. Random House Incorporated, 1995. A classic, from researchers Peter and Rosemary Grant immersion into the intricacies of finch speciation in the Galapagos.


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Today upon booting up an assembly in Inventor, I realized that now when I select a part, it is highlighted with just some blue outlines. It used to be solid blue when I selected a part. I looked through all of my options to no avail. What changed?
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Application options -> colors tab
In the lower left section called "highlight" is "Enable Enhanced Highlighting" box checked?
No, I unchecked that. Do I have to restart the program for it to apply?
No restart needed.
In my case if i have both checkboxes checked there i get a solid highlighting color.
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Thats odd i had both checked when I started and was getting the blue lines. Now I have them both checked again and I'm getting the solid blue highlight that I wanted. Either way, thanks for the help.
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It is no task to relay the many strengths and innovations of Fritz Lang's Metropolis; its many laurels have been deservedly and numerously determined. Even in its age Metropolis retains an inherent mastery. The city's skyline extends past each side of the frame, and the view is stubbornly complex. Its magic retains no secret (a blemish attributed only to its age), though Metropolis is an episode in the history of cinema that displays a measurable growth.
Citing Metropolis' influence and historical value is redundantly necessary. Cinema has just past its rough centennial, and in its tenure has procured a handful of entries that are responsible, singularly, for gearing its evolution. Metropolis is one of the first. I am inclined to forward these familiar laurels, for viewing the film recently, some seventy years following its inception, supplied unexpected criticisms.
The titular city is divided laterally, into several layers that differentiate social strata: its aristocracy on its day-lit surface, its working class beneath the ground, employed in ten-hour shifts, and its king at the top of the towering Ziggarnaut. The film opens with a routine shift change in its subterranean factory. The locale is filled with complicated equipment (an abstract montage of close-ups of moving gears introduces the sequence). A whistle alarms, a block of workers enter the factory, and an equally proportionate group exits. The men move in robotic choreography, and are identical in dress.
The workers are largely indistinguishable from the factory that houses them. This is a visual pun that relays the dependency between man and his machine. Furthering this thought, the centerpiece of the factory is a device that resembles a clock. A worker assigns his hands to its, and must manipulate its movement accordingly — without the human operator, the device is useless; likewise, the machine is a necessity in Metropolis' operation, and must be used. Shaped circularly, it is a target at which man and machine converge. It is an abstraction used to forward the film's allegorical utility.
Although Metropolis is more concerned with socio-politics than science, a criticism for scientific dependency is apparent in the film. The film contains a wild scientist (who, with a similar incarnation in Bride of Frankenstein, supplies the template for future wild scientists in film) determined to bestow life to a machine — it is a familiar scientific motif, that the creator must face the responsibility of creation, for, according to myth, scientific progeny prescribes a curse.
The scientist's creation is a robot that, upon completion, resembles a woman. She has neither wit nor a moral conscious, and initiates savage lust in the men that view her. She is an object of lust that inspires sin. The robot is a manifestation of the dehumanizing aspect of the workers' city, the transformation of a man to machine. There is a virtuosic sequence in which the machine woman dances wildly as a concubine, and reaction shots find close-ups of glaring, hypnotized eyes.
The intent of the aforesaid scientist is a theme that mirrors the dehumanizing purpose of the underground factory (his creation mirrors the previous image of the clock device). Each is a surrogate extension of the same thought: that science and nature are burdened by their union, and will result in caustic repercussions. At the beginning of the film, these elements are balanced, and will conflict once the division between the upper and lower class is contested.
In tiers above the workmen is the Eternal Gardens, a leisure for the children of Metropolis' wealth. Freder, the son of the city's king, is seen in flirtation with a woman, until his eyes are distracted by the entrance of Maria, a rebel spokesman for the working class. On this particular day, Maria is leading a group of the workmen's children into the garden. Freder, borne of his father's political standing and wealth, has fallen for Maria, who lives among her like in the city's sewers. Their status prohibits any interaction.
The previous relationship founds the central narrative of Metropolis. It is an act of formulaic and romantic simplicity, obscured beneath the strength of the film's visuals. I speculate that this relationship is deliberately facile, for it achieves no depth, and is unconvincing and thematically ineffective. This plot is comparable to the feeble narrative clothesline that binds generic action films. It is, however, a forgiven fault. In service to this central romance the film combines other familiar narrative devices: Frankenstein myth, the religious martyr, biblical allusion, and the myth of transcendent love. They are familiar devices burdened, here, by heavy-handed collaboration. The film employs metaphors and over-pronounces them. The propagandistic slogan that opens the film ("The Mediator between the Head and Hands must be the Heart!") is supported by the "heart" machine that enables the factory operation.
Released initially at 153 minutes, Metropolis has been subsequently cut and distributed in various lengths. In the American release, entire subplots were deleted and never found. The recent Kino release of the film uses a restored 124 minute print of the film, and precedes the film with a harrowing disclaimer: "Over a quarter of the film has to be considered lost." Despite this impediment, the DVD is befitted by a crisp video transfer. Beads of sweat can be seen, as can warm breaths in cold air. Following numerous releases in every previous video format (a trend of most any film that is victim to the public domain), Kino's Metropolis is the best video presentation of the landmark film.
There are several shots in Metropolis, met by highlights in the scoring, that linger statically on a wide view of the city's active horizon. These shots I viewed like a hawk. Though its fabrication is obvious, Metropolis has a nascent visual strength.
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In our area, almost every single party my kids go to does not open presents at the party. Thank you notes are sent. We invite everyone in the class and some additional friends as well, so it would be chaotic, take too long, and potentially cause hurt feelings and jealousy. For a really small party with the older kids, presents are sometimes more likely to be opened together, especially at sleep over parties (which are just starting with my 9 yr old). But no, I don't think it is a horrible breach of etiquette to open presents in private. And the kids never seem to be upset that presents weren't opened in front of them because they don't expect it. And they LOVE getting thank you notes in the mail. Funny how different areas have different norms of behavior.
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Norman Olsen
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
I submitted my resignation to Governor LePage, effective at 0915 hours this morning.
As you all know from my confirmation hearing testimony, my interviews with some of you, and from repeated appearances before the Marine Resources Committee, I took this job with several aims, all of which I discussed with the seven-person committee that unanimously recommended me as the sole candidate for Commissioner of Marine Resources, and with the Governor when I met him December 30 and he offered me the job.
Among those aims were to manage Maine's marine resources for sustainability: of our resources, of our fishing industry, of our coastal communities, and for all the people of Maine.
The marine resources of Maine are, we should all recall, the resources of the people of the entire state, not just those who, by having been in the industry at the right time, now have not only the exclusive right to harvest lobster, scallops, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, and, in many towns, even clams, but enjoy, on their own and without recourse to other authority, the right to enact, and then alter as they wish, regulations to exclude all others.
The other 1.3 million residents of Maine who have been excluded from these fisheries and from the opportunity to make a living on the ocean should feel no less a sense of ownership of these valuable resources.
In managing for sustainability, I planned, and the Governor concurred, that we would take advantage of the vastly increasing offshore groundfish stocks and return to Maine the fleet of boats that has, for economic and regulatory reasons, migrated to Massachusetts -- taking with them hundreds of shoreside processing jobs.
We would also seek to adapt the laws and regulations by which interest groups exclude from their fisheries all competition and new entrants, enacting instead transparent means for new entrants to join each fishery, while prudently maintaining sustainable resources.
We would manage our resources based on science -- both biology and economics -- not based on how many lobstermen can fill a legislative hearing at the Augusta Civic Center.
The Governor was clear that those were his aims, as well as mine, and he pledged his resolve to pursue that course for the benefit of all the people of Maine. Speaking at the Maine Fishermen's Forum in March, he said "Commissioner Olsen is in charge."
Let me be clear. Had the Governor not been perfectly clear on those points of agreement, I would not have accepted the position. As you all know, I did, after all, grow up in this industry. Like my father, grandfather, and great-grandfather before me, I had my own boat by age 12. I worked my way up to a larger boat and fished 550 traps single-handed by the time I was out of college. I spent the first decade of my professional career deeply involved in fishing and fishery management. I knew the challenges of dealing with entrenched groups, particularly those who have taken public resources for their exclusive use, and who can intimidate lawmakers who question such exclusive privilege.
I was equally clear in my statements at my confirmation hearing before the Joint standing Committee on Marine Resources, which saw fit to unanimously endorse my nomination as Commissioner of Marine Resources. At that time, I also pledged both complete transparency, and my determination to maintain a constant dialogue with industry, a determination that I have fulfilled in working every single day since assuming duty January 26.
At the Maine Fishermen's Forum in March, I addressed completely and transparently every question put before me by an audience of some 400, including many members of the press and the Marine Resources Committee. The Governor told the same gathering, "Commissioner Olsen is in charge."
Regrettably, while I have maintained my commitments, the Governor's office has not maintained its resolve.
Since then, the Governor and his senior team have repeatedly given private audiences to groups and individuals objecting to my open discussion of the issues. While legitimate fishing industry representatives wait months for appointments, a single vocal individual with wild accusations can get through the door within days. A group with a photocopier can generate a hundred letters of complaint.
I learn about such meetings only when these individuals go back to their colleagues, or their fellow lobster zone council members, or, frankly, my own DMR staff, to draw from three known cases, to say that they got to the Governor and he's going to fire the commissioner.
Instead of backing me in our joint aims of managing Maine's marine resources for the benefit of the entire state, the Governor and his senior team cut me off. As a Commissioner of the State of Maine, I had to wait six full weeks, from early May to late June, to get a meeting with the Governor on time-critical issues of resource management worth tens of millions of dollars to the State.
When I did get a meeting, and presented my initiatives to the Governor, he rejected them all:
-- No further collaboration with the City of Portland to develop measures to return our groundfish boats to Maine, despite the work already done to secure the support of visiting Commerce Department officials. Portland was against him, he said, and we will not work with that city. Rather than work with Portland, he said, we'll build a new port somewhere.
-- No further collaboration with the Director of the federal National Marine Fisheries Service to secure emergency federal assistance that could help return the fleet to Maine.
-- No consideration of measures to properly and prudently manage the heavily overcapitalized shrimp fishery so that Maine could gain the most value-added from this resource.
-- No collaboration with the federal government to jointly manage resources in federal waters. Instead, he instructed his deputy legal counsel to find a way for Maine to supersede federal authority outside the three-mile limit.
Yet more disturbing, after that meeting in late June, the Governor sent his chief of staff and his chief of boards and commissions to threaten me with firing if I would not do whatever necessary to stop the complaints reaching him from special interest groups. I was not allowed to know the source of the complaints, or their content, but I was to back off. "If you don't turn this around by the end of summer, Commissioner Olsen, the Governor will have to make a hard decision, and you don't want him to have to do that, Commissioner Olsen."
In addition, the Governor has adopted a policy of prohibiting me from attending meetings that he has with industry members, even those for whom I initiated the meeting request. I learn the outcomes of these meetings -- and his positions on the topics that they raise -- from a staff aide who reports to me whatever she feels like reporting.
Finally, with the initiation July 1 of the still-ongoing top-to-bottom, all-agency review of the Department of Marine Resources by a team of outside experts, and the uncovering of deficiencies there, those industry members, grant recipients and DMR staff members who have collaborated for the past decade to their mutual benefit, and against the best interests of the State, have found common cause in attacking me. That's understandable, I suppose. It must be very uncomfortable when the Commissioner's investigations uncover the fact that your supposedly well-run program essentially doesn't exist.
In the latest development, a senior DMR bureau director has ordered key staff members to no longer provide me with information that I am seeking.
This morning, I asked the Governor for his direct support to take action. He urged me to do so, including via firings, and confirmed that I have led his agenda of responsible fisheries management and government reform, but he declined to go public with that support. Instead, his aide said, after Labor Day they would call unspecified people to get their opinions on me, and those poll results would determine whether I stay on as commissioner. If such support was evident from the telephone poll, then, the governor pledged, he would hold a press conference to voice his unequivocal support for me. If not, I would be relieved. In short, my future, and that of Maine's fishing industry, would depend on a staffer's telephone poll.
In that regard, and with me no longer here to ensure transparency, I urge each of you to insist on the publication of the review study, as required by law, and reject the attempt, already under way, at a cover-up. I am confident that the report will reinforce my own findings that the Department is in need of major overhaul.
I still find it amazing that a tiny faction of industry members seeking to protect their state-granted monopolies over a public resource -- perhaps a hundred and fifty out of some 12,000 marine resource license holders -- and signing pre-printed letters, can trounce a supposedly iron-willed Governor. But, clearly, they have done so.
So, I am leaving, not for health reasons, and not to spend more time with my family, and not to pursue other interests, which are all the commonly used themes for such resignations, but because this administration is more interested in pacifying special interest groups than in responsibly managing Maine's marine resources for the benefit of the entire state. I cannot be part of that. The legacy of my fishermen father, grandfather and great grandfather will not allow it.
I leave with regret for the people of Maine, who have allowed public resources to become the private domain of a select few, and especially for those other Mainers who have been prevented from earning a living.
Finally, I regret leaving that portion of DMR employees who, in the face of their supervisors' and colleagues' intransigence and willful disregard of the State's greater interests, try their hardest to manage our state resources and enforce our laws for the benefit of all Mainers. To them I give my heartfelt thanks and my best hopes for avoiding the retribution that they are even now facing.
"We would also seek to adapt the laws and regulations by which interest groups exclude from their fisheries all competition and new entrants," he wrote, "enacting instead transparent means for new entrants to join each fishery."
Olsen wrote, "We would manage our resources based on science -- both biology and economics -- not based on how many lobstermen can fill a legislative hearing at the Augusta Civic Center.
"The governor was clear that those were his aims, as well as mine, and he pledged his resolve to pursue that course," Olsen wrote. "While I have maintained my commitments, the Governor's Office has not maintained its resolve."
Members of the marine resources industry were reluctant to weigh in on the situation Wednesday, and many were surprised to hear of Olsen's departure.
James Markos, president of the Maine Seafood Alliance, said Olsen had "been very responsive to any questions that I've had."
"With any newcomer, you really want to wait and see ... how things settle in, and for me that period of time had not yet been achieved," Markos said. "I was really surprised to hear" that Olsen resigned.
Glen Libby of Cundys Harbor, who fishes for shrimp and groundfish, is a member of the Department of Marine Resources' Advisory Council and the New England Fishery Management Council. He said the commissioner's job is a tough one for anybody.
"(Olsen) had his own unique style. I thought he was straightforward, he didn't beat around the bush and he seemed real honest," Libby said. "In any type of fishing, people want to be left alone. So it's a tough job."
The Maine Lobstermen's Association issued a statement saying it had no comment.
Patrick Keliher, who was acting deputy commissioner of the department, has been sworn in as Olsen's replacement, according to a release from the Governor's Office.
Two other members of LePage's Cabinet have resigned in the first year of the administration: Philip Congdon, from the Department of Economic and Community Development, and Darryl Brown, who left the Department of Environmental Protection and became head of the State Planning Office.
In April, Dan Demeritt resigned as the governor's communications director.
MaineToday Media State House Writer Rebekah Metzler can be contacted at 620-7016 or at:


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Should funeral homes wear pink to raise breast cancer awareness? (Photo: Wearthepink.com)A company that provides clothes to funeral homes has come out with special pink blazers that they say are meant to honor families who have battled breast cancer. But while the light-pink clothing met with rave reviews among funeral directors, the general public seems to think that Wear the Pink might go beyond the pale.
"Personalization and Service are two key components in the ever-changing funeral and cemetery industry," FD Suits, says on its Wear the Pink website. "Wear the Pink is a unique way to provide an optional serve and product to families who have battled breast cancer."
The pink blazers were introduced at the National Funeral Director's Association International Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, in October. Wear the Pink's website prominently displays the pink-ribbon badge that many consumers associate with breast cancer research.
Critics are calling it yet another example of "pink washing" -- when companies take advantage of the color and cause to boost sales -- and point out that families whose loved ones have died of breast cancer are probably the last people who would want a reminder about the deadliness of the disease.
"Because breast cancer victims totally want to be remembered exclusively for the thing that killed them," one Buzzfeed reader quipped.
"Is this cause marketing at its worst? No, but it's still distasteful," another commented. "I think the Yoplait deal with the [yogurt] tops still beats it. You'd have to buy $30 of yogurt to get a buck donated to" breast cancer research.
Dave Kelley, owner of Georgia-based FD Suits, pointed out that "up to 12 percent" of the proceeds from each $195 blazer will go to the Funeral Service Foundation and the American Cancer Society. "In fact, we have already pledged $25,000 to FSF" he in a statement.
When asked why the pledge went to the Funeral Service Foundation instead of the American Cancer Society, Kelley said that the $25,000 donation "is a mirrored amount."
"That's just half," he told Yahoo! Shine on Tuesday. "The first push was to the funeral industry, because that's where we do the bulk of our business." He expects to be able to donate another $25,000 to the American Cancer Society sometime in 2013.
"We're tracking on that now," he said. "So I'm very very hopeful."
In regards to "pink washing," Kelley pointed out that the blazers are being sold to funeral homes, not the general public. "What we're trying to do really is offer this to a pretty staid industry," he said. "It's really just a service option that they can offer to families if the deceased has had breast cancer."
"I think it's just a good thing," he added. "We're thinking of doing other colors, for other causes."
Readers, what do you think? Smart marketing or pink washing?
Company Offers Pink Breast-Cancer Awareness Blazers for Funeral Home Staff
By Lylah M. Alphonse, Senior Editor, Yahoo! Shine | Work + Money – Tue, Nov 20, 2012 4:55 PM ESTMOST POPULAR
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June 2012
Send in the Clones
Christopher Sawyer
New planting of the Old Wente clone at Sangiacomo family's Kiser Vineyard in Carneros.
Chardonnay fans unite! Each year, an abundance of birthdays and anniversaries are celebrated in the wine industry. Many of these events are retrospective tastings or festive occasions highlighting the achievements of a winery or a particular winemaker over a series of decades. But very rarely does a specific year represent the symbolic anniversary of a special clone that helped lift the Chardonnay grape variety to star-status over the past one hundred years of cultivation in the New World.
It's a remarkable tale that began at Wente Vineyards, a prestigious winery founded in 1883 by Carl H. Wente in the Livermore Valley. At the turn of the last century, the two main white grape varieties planted in the region were Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon; so while attending University of California Davis in 1912, second-generation family member Ernest Wente began researching the background of Chardonnay, a unique white grape variety made famous in the Burgundy region of France.
Viticulturalist Rob Sorenson plays a very important role in cultivating the Wente clone at the Wente estate.
After learning about the qualities of the variety, Wente worked with his family and Leon Bonnet of U.C. Davis to import cuttings of Chardonnay from the vine nursery at the University of Montpellier in France. Around the same time, he also sourced budwood from Gier Vineyard in Pleasanton, CA. After decades of experimentation, the two sources formed the basis of what is now called the "Wente" clone of Chardonnay. 1
With fruit from the 1936 vintage, Ernest and his brother Herman Wente went on to release the nation's first bottling with the varietal name Chardonnay printed on the label. In the 1940s and 1950s, the Wente clone was planted by other influential California wineries, including Stony Hill, Louis Martini and Hanzell. At the Martini family's Stanly Lane vineyard in Carneros, Dr. Harold Olmo and other staff members at U.C. Davis ran special trials to separate variations of the clone.2 Some of the popular clonal selections planted in Napa Valley and Sonoma County were the main components used to make the Chateau Montelena 1973 Chardonnay, the wine that triumphed over France's most prestigious whites at the famous "Judgment of Paris" tasting in 1976.
With success in the vineyards and fanfare from the media, the plantings of Chardonnay in California increased from 2,700 acres in 1970 to 45,000 acres in 1988.3 Today, there are almost 100,000 acres of the variety planted in the state4—a majority of which is either Wente Clone 4 or special variations of its genetic cousins, including clones 5, 17, 72, 97 and the Hyde-Wente selection. 5
A Wente clone reaches the bud break stage at one of the Sangiacomo family's Sonoma vineyards.
Carrying on the Tradition
In comparison to the newer Chardonnay clones imported from France, the classic Wente clusters produce smaller berries with a high concentration of flavors. Its fashionable profile often includes rich flavors and aromas of apple, pear, peach, apricot, Muscat and tropical fruits. And depending on the site where the vines are planted, the clusters can also provide winemakers with natural nuances of fresh citrus, candied ginger, cracked pepper or nutty characteristics that add more layers of complexity to the finished wines.
As a result, many distinguished wineries have sought out and planted cultivars of the old Wente clone, including Peter Michael, Spring Mountain Estate, Donum Vineyard and Kestrel in Washington. Some of the younger clones (commonly known as Hyde-Wente selections) are also favorites of maverick winemakers like David Ramey, Steve Kistler, John Koonsgaard and Andy Smith of DuMol.
Wente's Nth Degree and Eric's Chardonnays are made entirely from the Wente clone.
To keep the tradition alive, the Wente family farms nearly 850 acres of the clones at their vineyards in Livermore Valley and Arroyo Seco in Monterey County. According to fifth-generation winemaker Karl Wente, the success of the clone comes down to three important factors: the health of the vines, the quality of fruit and the flavorful taste of the grapes. "At the end of the day, I'm looking for the 'delicious' and 'feel good' factors the grapes can provide for complete sensory experience."
Currently celebrating his tenth vintage as head winemaker, Wente says he's learned that the secret to working with the clone is to pick the grapes when there is a perfect balance between the levels of sweetness and acidity, usually between 22 to 23 brix. The other important factor is the level of pH which provided the wine with a nice level of freshness. "You just can't fake pH," said Wente, who bottles four separate wines made with the Wente clone.
The Popularity of the Wente Clone Continues
Another fan of the clone is winemaker James Hall of Patz & Hall Winery, who has worked with material planted at the Hyde Vineyard in Carneros for many years. "It's a clone that we pick at low sugar because it has so many flavors, a lot of mineral and texture, a low pH and a natural color that is off the charts" he said. "In my opinion, it's the fountainhead of all Chardonnay clones grown in California.
The Wente clone is used for the major portion of Wente Vineyards' Morning Fog and Riva Ranch Chardonnays.
In Sonoma County, Steve Sangiacomo and his family have the Wente clone planted in different blocks in their vineyards. According to him, newer plantings of the clone are in high demand by producers with a reputation for making sophisticated wines for consumers. "As a single clone, it has the greatest possibility of making a high-class wine."
Vineyard blocks planted with the Wente clone can also survive for a long period of time. Celebrating his 66th vintage this year, Mendocino County grape grower Charlie Barra still works with the gnarly block of the Wente clone planted at his vineyard in Redwood Valley in the late 1950s.
"When I wanted to plant new vineyards back in the 1950s, the Wente family, Robert Mondavi, Louis Martini and Christian Brothers all paid me more money per ton to work with the high-quality Wente clone," says Barra. "As a farmer, one of the smartest things I ever did was to follow their lead!"
1 Philip Wente
2 Nancy Sweet 2007
3 Wolpert et al. 1994; Robinson 2006
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Zaheer makes the hard climb back to the top
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- Current Google search results inside of JUB, except for the first page of a thread, are all invalid. Is there a reason that JUB no longer wants to let Google see the forums? I personally like that when I do a Google search it may include a JUB thread.
- In the past, when you saved a page of a thread, the the full thread name and the page# were included in the filename being saved. Now, when I save a page of a thread it is saved with a file name of "pageYY.html", which tells me nothing about which thread the page is from.
This is the second time that j.u.b. has changed the URLs for the various threads for no apparent reason and with no notification. I would like to see it changed back. See Bryce's explanation about why you don't allow threads to be renamed. It should apply here.
I'm also assuming that this is also why jumping into the middle of a thread is now broken. (See the thread titled "error when looking at old threads".)


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Michael Levoff's bosses have tended toward the conservative—he has served as a spokesman for Michael Bloomberg, Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman—and so does his taste in real estate. The PR professional and current vice president for public affairs at the Partnership for New York, a network of the city's top business leaders, just picked up a fifth-floor condo on the Upper East Side.
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