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Time's Halperin Raves: Obama Has Level of 'Sophistication and Skill' That Not One Republican Can Duplicate
It's rare when Chris Matthews is outdone in his praise of Barack Obama but Time's Mark Halperin, on Thursday's Hardball, managed to top the MSNBC host as he delivered a rave review of Barack Obama's performance at the National Prayer Breakfast. After playing a clip of the speech, Matthews merely offered a "That's pretty good" but the Game Change co-author did him one better, going as far to warn any GOP candidate considering a presidential run in 2012 to study the address because it had "a level of sophistication and skill that not one Republican on the field right now can duplicate."
(video, audio and transcript after the jump)
The following exchange was aired on the February 3 edition of MSNBC's Hardball:
(Begin clip)
BARACK OBAMA: And let me tell you, these past two years, they have deepened my faith.
The presidency has a funny way of making a person feel the need to pray. Abe Lincoln said, as many of may know, "I have been driven to my knees many times by the overwhelming conviction that I had no place else to go.
(End clip)
CHRIS MATTHEWS: That's pretty good. Anyway we're back. That was President Obama today at the National Prayer Breakfast, he's talking about his faith. He's also not shying away from a philosophical fight about what government can do to help people, as some Republicans think about running against him. Is President Obama already running himself? Is he off and running? We're joined right now by MSNBC's political analyst Richard Wolffe and Tim magazine's Mark Halperin. Gentlemen, it's great to have both of you. Mark, of course, is an MSNBC political analyst. I want to start with Rich and then go to Mark. Just, I'm - you guys are the experts. What's up here?
RICHARD WOLFFE: Well about this time a year, every year, he does a personal speech. A lot of this stuff is personal He goes to churches and maybe the Sunday before Martin Luther King Day. Obviously this was a prayer breakfast, but he's showing he's fluent in the language of faith. And he's showing that there is some kind of underlying value philosophy through his whole political career. He talked about civil rights, importance of religion there and how inspirational that was for him. But this is about him doing what he finds a very reluctant thing, which is to go personal and public.
MATTHEWS: Well what do you think? Do you think we should have a president explain his religion to people? Should we have a religious test?
WOLFFE: That's what, that's what people expect. No, that's what people expect.
MATTHEWS: Okay let me go to Mark. Are you comfortable with it? Where a president has to, defensively or offensively, talk about what he believes in terms of religion?
MARK HALPERIN: If it's what he believes in and that's what the President does. Anyone who's thinking of running for president against this guy should go watch that speech. It was more than just about faith. As Richard said, it was his philosophy, it was brilliant performance. This guy has game. If you want to add, make a long list - what are all the reasons Barack Obama is favored for being re-elected? Forget the Electoral College, forget the unemployment rate and earnings and all that. That performance has a level of sophistication and skill that not one Republican on the field right now can duplicate.
—Geoffrey Dickens is the Senior News Analyst at the Media Research Center. You can follow him on Twitter here
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Well . . .
Submitted by justbob223 on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 7:37pm.
If by "a level of sophistication and skill that not one Republican on the field right now can duplicate" you mean "lying," that is probably true.
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"sophistication and
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 9:01pm.
"sophistication and skill...."
I do not think it means what you think it means. -Inigo Montoya
This really is like the Emperor's new clothes.
No matter what he says, it's procalimed as genius.
Kind of like no matter what his wife wears, it's declared high fashion.
President Straw-Man.
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If by "sophisication and skill" he means stupid and incompetent
Submitted by merly1 on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 9:51pm.
then, OK!
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I think he just said he's the
Submitted by amyshulk on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 10:32am.
I think he just said he's the BS master of the world!!! I listened to him speak - really listened - and I noticed he sounded JUST like a conservative, until he'd get to the end, where I'd be left going HUH??? I guess most people don't catch the "blah, blah, blah, btw ..." part.
Since we'd suss out any R that tried that, Halperin is correct - there is no R that can "compare" on his level. Thankfully!!!
Ronald Reagan
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Height of sophistication
Submitted by StarAZ on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 12:34pm.
Did he really pray his daughter's skirts would not get much shorter? Did he really talk about HIS faith and so sad-too bad things doubters say? Yeah--that is pretty upscale all right. This was not about him!! I know--he can't see that. But it wasn't!!! He may be the biggest sophist--but Halperin didn't mean that, did he?
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→ It's true
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 7:48pm.
Not since the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand has one person effected this much change, in such a small time frame.
Cairo Speech in early '09 was the trigger. Apologizing for America is another way of saying, "Whatever you guys do is fine with me"
Ushering the Dalai Lama out the back past the trash bags was a stroke of diplomatic genius too.
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Cool I've given some
Submitted by jkwtrading on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 8:42pm.
I've given some thought to Obama bowing all the time..those are not bows as in servitude but he is being congratulated for his performance on the world stage of totalitarians and they are applauding him. he is accepting their applaud with a bow, like any good actor after a performance. his audience though is not a huge mass of people but only one or two.
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The service was OK
Submitted by Tomorama on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 7:48pm.
I speak in front of groups as part of my job, no prompter, just MY written words, sorry Marky and Tingles, that doesn't make me "Sophisticated or skillful" but I DID stay at a Motel 6 before...
It just means I am not scared shitless to speak in front of a group and unlike their hero, I don't have speech writers or a binkyprompter to help me out.
He turns into the "wizard of uh's" when he is away from his binkyprompter and his true colors........ also come out when he is off script.
You two d-bags then "explain away" what he really meant.
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That Obama! He's just so
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 7:49pm.
That Obama! He's just so gosh darn brainy! He's an intellectual you know! That's why he's so gosh darn smart!
Chris Matthews: The Joy Behar of MSNBC.
Bill Maher: The Joy Behar of HBO.
Paul Krugman: The Joy Behar of The New York Times.
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Ain't he, though?
Submitted by Newsbubba on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 8:23pm.
I'll believe he's "intellectual" when I see his transcripts, just like I'll believe he's a natural born citizen when I see his birth certificate.
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I want him to prove his
Submitted by jkwtrading on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 8:38pm.
I want him to prove his credentials too . I also want atty general Eric Holder to prove he can read. I am not convinced he can until he shows it.
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yup! he be so smRt that he
Submitted by Willis_Leon_Johnson on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 11:14pm.
yup! he be so smRt that he buyz that there gravy toss stuff by the buckets full....
End 'gun violence in America' - Require training and MANDATORY "Shall Carry" by every Citizen.
If harry reid is the best person to lead the senate, what does that say about the other 99 senators?
If harry reid is the best person to lead the senate, what does that say about the other 99 senators?
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It's easy
Submitted by 10ksnooker on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 7:51pm.
When you have no character and just lie ... Our WTF President.
WTF means win the future or something.
Sort of like working for the closet segrationisty Carter and not wanting anybody to know.
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MARK HALPERIN is such a
Submitted by nicksmith112 on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 7:58pm.
MARK HALPERIN is such a polite racist. Did he say he speaks well too??
I'm a refugee from the Democratic Party.
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Homo says what?
Submitted by sam12663 on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 8:00pm.
I looked up this phrase in the Liberal dictionary;
sophistication and skill; the ability to change ones opinion, stance and vocal range to meet the needs of a certain group, i.e. speaking ghetto when in front of a black audience.
It's also listed as 'the ability to bullshit and lie without batting an eye, even when you're on record as stating the exact opposite previously'.
Sounds like Obama to me.
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Definition of a finishing school.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 8:28pm.
A place where well to do families send their daughters to learn how to say "incredible" instead of "bull shiite" when someone says something obviously stupid.
As for Obambi having "a level of sophistication and skill" unmatched in the history of the world, I say "incredible!"
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Mark Halperin
Submitted by ProudAmerican58 on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 8:08pm.
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Sorry, Tingles
Submitted by ThisnThat on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 8:19pm.
....but sophistication and skill won't stand a chance against honesty and integrity in 2012.
Just as a 9.5% unemployment rate; the loss of Egypt and countless other countries in the Middle East; skyrocketing energy costs; oil drilling moratoriums; illegal immigration; the health care debaukle; union preferences; and countless insults and personal attacks on American citizens won't count much against a Republican who simply brings proven competance to the job. obama is going to go down big time. In his words -- a shellacking.
"Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
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I concur, but...
Submitted by jdripper on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 8:17pm.
what about the so called conservatives such as Steve Hayes. I dropped my subscription to the Weekly Standard because I could not handle Hayes anymore. Every night on FOX News Special Report he has become an apologist for BO on a scale that amazes me that he has not been given his own show on MSNBC. Steve Hayes is not a conservative. Yet he works for a supposed conservative publication and sits as a commentator on a supposed conservative news network.
I know that Hayes and Brit Baer were college roommates, but in this week alone he has uttered the following quotes about his beloved BO. After BO's speech re. Egypt he actually looked into the camera and spoke of "words of wisdom" from BO. Tonight he spoke of the "President's religion" and how he for one likes that the President "speaks of his religion". Before he was called on it for weeks he began every conversation sitting on the panel by saying, "in defense of the President". He has stated how beholding he is to Jay Carney for his help when he first came to Washington.
I love "Newsbusters", but some reason the very liberal Steve Hayes is given a pass.
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I find O'Reilly in the same
Submitted by Hunter12 on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 11:37pm.
I find O'Reilly in the same vein a lot of time. Obama will make some statement and they give him a pass. I guess you don't get Super Bowl interviews if you get the omnipresent Obama mad at you.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
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I always attribute that
Submitted by StarAZ on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 12:41pm.
I watch The Factor and when O'Reilly tries to be "fair" and glosses over ridiculous stuff the pres does, I think he is angling for an interview. It's so er...transparent. Also, he will sum up a hugely complicated debate--or as hugely complicated as they get on there--with a ridiculous blanket statement. My favorite was the other nite on the Egypt subject...he said something like, "OK, well, we will get someone in there who won't let the Muslim Brotherhood take over....next..."
By the way--a 15-min interview--isn't that almost an insult?
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Wow...that was some damn fine sucking up.
Submitted by NeoKong on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 8:17pm.
There must be a White House party coming up.
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Do the invitations to Zerobama's party
Submitted by Clutch1956 on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 9:53am.
include knee-pads with the Presidential seal on them? And litle bottles of mouthwash for "after"? Although I'm sure that these two don't want to rinse afterwards...
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Sophistication and skill
Submitted by Lentenlands on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 8:22pm.
Sophistication and skill have no meaning when you are a Rothschild puppet.
All I want to hear are three magic three letter words,
"End the Fed"
Every political candidate must be evaluated based upon this single all telling crucial issue. You are either with the People or you are with the Rothschilds and their agents, the international bankers.
This is the new American litmus test.
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The last animal I saw with
Submitted by jkwtrading on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 8:34pm.
The last animal I saw with same sophistication and skill as Obama was one big black ant crawling across the floor.
stomped on it fast too.
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My dad's cat
Submitted by jon_torlin on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 8:40pm.
My dad's cat has more sophistication than the Chairman.
But which would be the bigger p....er...kitty? (sorry, I really despise him!)
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Gee, was there a swordfight afterwards?
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 8:42pm.
I'd watch out if I were Halperin...
Tingle's nickname is "The Yellow Scimitar".
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Image rehabilitation therapy.
Submitted by drsamherman on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 8:56pm.
It will be very difficult to put Obama back into the populist column after he has habitually displayed such blatant detachment and narcissism. He may remain popular in the core circles of liberals that make up the Democrat party, but his popularity has slipped so badly among the independents that rejected his messaging during the midterms.
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For the sake of the country....
Submitted by ckc1227 on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 8:58pm.
....I hope we never again have such a skilled and sophisticated president.
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Gives an idea of how far gone the left is
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 8:59pm.
They cherish cult of personality, more then liberty
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...a level of
Submitted by PeskyDane on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 9:09pm.
...a level of sophistication...
Insect. Get off you knees. He's just a man. And not a very impressive one at that.
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He's Soooooooooooo Sophisticated.
Submitted by LibertyAtStake on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 9:12pm.
Barry the Sophisticate has now screwed up the American auto industry, the American mortgage industry, American health care industry, the American energy industry, American employment, air travel, relations with the Israel, relations with the UK, relations with the Arab world, relations with Arizona, relations with NYC, ...
Any more of this sophistication and we might have to call the Peanut Farmer out of retirement to finish the job.
"Because the Only Good Progressive is a Failed Progressive"
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When members of the media
Submitted by Smartypants on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 9:29pm.
When members of the media step this far out on a limb for a politician it is disgusting. There is little about B.O. that an objective person would call "sophisticated," certainly not to the point of saying that "no Republican" can measure up to it. Most of the aura around the guy is itself a creation of the media. If B.O. were a Republican, and had the exact same skill set he possesses now, rest assured nobody in the msm would be calling him "sophisticated" or skilled. I never heard a prominent member of the media refer to Ronald Reagan as "sophisticated".
The absurd aspect of the statement is that we know it is all based on politics. The man likes B.O. because he likes his politics, that's what makes him "sophisticated".
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Not sophisticated,
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 9:35pm.
Quality individuals dont do this to folks, or ignor the law, or steal from the people and give it to their buds. This crap puts the rest of us in jail
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"level of sophistication and
Submitted by dscott on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 9:35pm.
"level of sophistication and skill" is a liberal euphemism for zero principles and deceit.
If any Republican had the "level of sophistication and skill" possessed by Obama I would DEMAND that person be ejected from the Party.
As far as Obama's claim to being a Christian...don't think so, and he's no Muslim either, he is a self serving Narcissist who worships himself. Membership in the bigot Jerimiah Wright's church does not in any way confer Christianity anymore than the faux reverends Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton are men of the cloth. None of the things these four low lifes represent to the public in any way remotely is connected with Christianity.
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Only to the talking heads...
Submitted by TexasMom0517 on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 9:39pm.
Only to the talking heads does Obama have "sophistication and skill;" to the rest of us, he's a pompous poseur who is either so incompetent that he is destroying the country's economy out of ignorance or so evil that he is doing it on purpose. I wish someone in the media had asked him prior to the election of 2008 what EXACTLY he meant by "Hope and Change." All I can really say about the man is that he looks good in a suit or dinner jacket, but I think Will Smith would have been even better- and certainly more authentic.
Oh, and of course, Mobama is the new Jackie! ROFLMAO
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Spare Me
Submitted by easygoer on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 9:49pm.
When the Supreme Court strikes down Obamacare, Halperin, and the Dems can ponder the fact that Obama spent the better part of his first two years passing an unconstitutional law and losing his huge House majority to boot. A House majority that, because of redistricting, they will not regain for the remainder of the decade. All this to satisfy the infantile delusions of the left. Sophisticated and very skillful, indeed. Hilarious, too
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Halperin and his Babble`
Submitted by NVRAT on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 9:50pm.
So, the O-Boy has Sofhistication and Skill. Well, we know he lies better that most for an applause. He bows better that most for a smile, he is after all, a pretty good Puppet. Things will get better Geo. Soros has given him his marching orders and told him how to survive the Egyptian Insurrection. Wow, there must be two yellow spots on the floor now.
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What is 'sophisticated' or skillfull about a former community...
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 11:54am.
...cheeser-offer reciting speeches from the screen of a teleprompter that were written by someone else?
Big deal.
Vote for the American in November
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Option A - Sophistication and
Submitted by Edhenry on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 9:59pm.
Option A - Sophistication and skill -with unemployment, debt, marxism and misery
Option B - Flyover common sense with character and substance, with comcomitant freedom.
"I'm going with Option B"
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Yeah. No one can read
Submitted by Slyrr on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 10:03pm.
Yeah. No one can read teleprompter lines which he's never seen before like Obama can /sarcasm.
No one on this planet can stutter, stammer, dither and say 'uh... uh.... uh.... er.... uh.....' like Obama.
Let's all say it with Matthews and the rest of the liberal media puppets:
'Obama is a (sort of) god who stands above us all!' (faint)
'He can use a negro dialect (when he needs to)!' (swoon)
'Finally - a black man who's acticulate and clean!' (gasp)
'Looking at the crease in Obama's pants is all the proof I need to know he can rule the world!' (collapse)
'Looking at Obama gives me thrills up my pants!' (pant)
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The soft bigotry of low expectations.
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 10:07pm.
This is right up there with Michael Beschloff's claiming that Obama's IQ was "off the charts" when he had NO IDEA what Obama's IQ is!
They just KNOW he's the smartest, most sophisticated, most skillful, bestest president EVER!!
This is the "soft bigotry of low expectations" that George Bush talked about.
They don't DARE evaluate him as anything less than amazing. They can't, because they would be racist in their own eyes.
Rush Limbaugh got crucified for saying that the sports media had too much invested in Donovan McNabb to let him fail.
Who will dare to say the same about the news media and Obama?
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Well observed. I once
Submitted by Slyrr on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 11:00pm.
Well observed.
I once compared Obama to a toddler with over-indulgant parents. Imagine an ignorant and thoughtless child, hammering away at the buttons on a control panel that was rigged to heavy machinery and explosives.
You KNOW that sooner or later, the kid is going to either blow something up, wreck something, hurt someone, or a combination of all three. And you know its going to be bad - real bad.
All the parents have to do is pull the kid away from the controls, slap his wrist and say 'No, no, NO! Don't touch those!' But in this case, the parents are the Democrat party and their liberal media. And they're smiling and nodding and clapping their hands, and saying 'Oh, look how clever our little boy is!' And not only that, they are blocking the people with common sense from intervening. Anyone who tries to pull the kid away from the controls before disaster and death strike is shouted down. 'No! Don't stop our clever little boy! You're racist!'
It's only a matter of time before the explosion and the carnage and wreckage with Obama the man-child slapping away ignorantly at the controls with that idiotic grin on his face. He has no idea what he's doing.
All we need is for someone to yank him away from the controls. Prepare well for 2012 - the liberal media is going to fight like demons to keep him at that control panel. What they did after the Tucson shooting will seem tame by comparison. They'll be calling for conservatives and republicans and tea party members to be executed as traitors.
Sound like an exaggeration? Would any of us have believed, after those shootings, that the media would say directly that Palin was guilty? Limbaugh was responsible? They're only going to get worse people - the more they get away with, the more they think they can't be touched.
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You know, motherbelt
Submitted by panzerakc on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 2:07am.
Beschloff may be right about Obama's IQ.
'Cuz I don't remember which side of the charts he said Obana's IQ was off of.
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Just plain foolish.
Submitted by Ashrak on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 10:05pm.
This type of thing only works when most folks don't know the man and take someone's word for it. Obama is long past that and has pretty much lied to everybody in the country about something or another. This drooling isn't going to help viewership/readership like it did in the past. I guess November showed them nothing.
Now, if they want to witness what it takes to gain a head of steam, take a listen to Mark Levin when he is on it like tonight. It was nice to finallly hear somebody put Dick Durbin in his place by just speaking the truth about his own actions. Levin tore Durbin up one side and down the other and all he really did was recount what Durbin had done.
I wonder what would happen to Panama Tingles if he actually tried doing that.
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Durbin is a tool and an
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 10:10pm.
Durbin is a tool and an idiot.
His logic is "The judge said it was unconstitutional; he didn't say we couldn't do it!"
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You know it used to be that
Submitted by dscott on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 8:49pm.
You know it used to be that it wasn't wrong until you were caught. Then it progressed to it wasn't wrong until you were convicted. Now it's not wrong until you are forcably tossed into jail.
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Time and Halperin Got One Right
Submitted by Boil It Down on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 11:37pm.
That "level of sophistication and skill" is not what the Rebuplicans or anyone else should be aspiring to in leadership. We need to aim a little higher toward wisdom. Look, Obama would make a great academic, or community organizer but neither are really who we need running our country.
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If this had been Bush, the
Submitted by CO on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 10:23pm.
If this had been Bush, the media would have eaten him alive. I can't take Obama seriously no matter what he says, since he has lied so much to the American people.
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I don't know, that quote from
Submitted by ant on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 10:25pm.
I don't know, that quote from Abe Lincoln was 100Xs better than Obama's, Lincoln was a Republican, wasn't he?
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You're actually SURPRISED
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 12:53am.
You're actually SURPRISED that the 'new Reagan' was using a quote for Abraham Lincoln, the man who started the Republican party and freed the slaves - neither event of which has ANYTHING to do with Boy Blunder????
As we all know......Barry Soetoro (SOROS-toro???) IS, WAS, and always WILL BE a total lightweight.............even though he somehow managed to make it to the 'top'.
And this guy Halperin..........I've read some of his other slobbering...............I think the Leghumper should be watching his own back(side) and not let Halperin steal his favorite knee-pads......
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Obama as sophisticate
Submitted by Timothy Norling on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 10:27pm.
Reagan was considered an amiable dunce (thank you Clark) during his tenure, and is now revealed as at least a sincere middlebrow/Bill Moyers style intellectual. Will Obama's legacy be the opposite?
Seriously, I have never heard him utter one profound, wise, challenging, original, surprising, stimulating, or otherwise distinctly intelligent comment, ever.
His utter lack of wit is a dead giveaway, although this may be due to his damaged psyche/narcissistic personality disorder. Still, underneath that suave, sophisticated exterior ( recall David Brooks' raptures over the crease in his trousers) lies the heart of a rigid boring left-wing idealogue apparatchik.
And what exactly is the liberal concept of sophistication? Sophistry?
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Here we go, how much traction will this get
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 10:27pm.
yea, it's a rhetorical question. But the impeachment word does get attention
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Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 10:38pm.
I have been asking that question for days around here, as well as a few other places..
If Obama colluded with the Camel-Washer Brotherhhod to oust an ally leader, and I have seen enough credible stories to suggest he might very well have done so, then it's a whole new ballgame when it comes to the former community cheeser-offer.
Vote for the American in November
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Well, Dave......did Boy
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 12:59am.
Well, Dave......did Boy Blunder actually say WHO or WHAT he got down on he knees for??? I mean, we KNOW what the Leghumper and Halperin are on their knees for, right?? And if Boy Blunder 'didn't hear' what the hell was going on in Rev' Wrights 'church' for 20 years, and he's claiming to be 'religious' or 'spiritual'............then who or what is he praying to?????
And, with regards to Abe Lincoln................do you think HE would have sat in Wright's 'church' for 20 years??? Wright outta be shining Lincolns' shoes.......................and SOROS-toro - well - he's got NO history to the American 'black' experience, so I don't want to hear a damn thing from his lying-ass mouth about it.................
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Submitted by Vic138 on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 10:56pm.
I bet he'd like to give obama a bj (and swallow.)
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Cleanup on Aisle 4.
Submitted by 26CX on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 10:59pm.
Cleanup on Aisle 4.
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Okay, folks...
Submitted by PrairieSky on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 11:34pm.
No need to get so graphic..."K"?
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
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Halperin has really been drinking the Kool-Aid and...
Submitted by PrairieSky on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 11:36pm.
appears to have completely crossed over to the "dark side," doesn't he??
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
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Someone put new bulbs in the
Submitted by Hunter12 on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 11:44pm.
Someone put new bulbs in the TOTUS.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
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When Republicans achieve
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 12:05am.
When Republicans achieve that same level of sophistication and skills they are usually voted out ot office. Or maybe he mean't sophistry.
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I have only one response to Halpern....
Submitted by Jarhead68 on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 12:28am.
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"Sophisticated"? Is that what
Submitted by rbosque on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 12:51am."Sophisticated"? Is that what the left calls "clueless" nowadays?
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Submitted by malthus on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 1:32am.
Never before in Americn history has a President enabled terrorists in the way Barry has. He told Mubarak he'd show him how to deal with Israel....well, at this point it appears Soetoro will let the Mooslim Brotherhood write their ticket.
When will enough be enough?
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Glad to see
Submitted by donabernathy on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 2:17am.
Mark is feeling Better
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Does it ever seem like some
Submitted by mostlymoderate on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 2:56am.
Does it ever seem like some of these people are nothing more than paid-for campaigners for Obama? Really, they say how great Obama is when in actuality, Obama has made nothing better, made a few things worse, and NEVER displays this "great intelligence" he is supposed to have.
Really, where is all this brilliance and when do we get to see it?
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Looks like
Submitted by HockeyKid on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 7:37am.
Halperin has gotten to the "S" section of his copy of Reader's Digest Expand Your Wordpower Volume MMXI.
Keep at it, Mark. You'll eventually learn what those words mean...
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Actually, any repub can duplicate it...
Submitted by mawendt on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 7:59am.
... if they were willing to drop some acid and hit themselves really hard with a sledge hammer.
It is apparent that if this president is the standard for future presidents, then, truly, anyone in the United States CAN grow up and be president.
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Gee, who would have guessed...
Submitted by BBallleaper on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 8:00am.
that a sophomoric, Palestinian-loving, leftist libtard self-hating Jew would feel this way? My daughter asked me yesterday why Jews always vote DemonRat. I told her NO ONE knows exactly, but that in the face of socialist and communist regimes which have historically murdered tens of millions of Jews over the last hundred years you would think they would know better,...but they don't.
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Matthews has been
Submitted by Iron Tigers Vet on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 11:11am.
Halperin has now taken over the top spot of "butt kiss" of the POTUS... aka WH Jester. Next routine will be a 3 pm when he juggles the deficit, Iran and HCR while standing on his head.
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Oh he's slick alright
Submitted by theduck6 on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 9:37am.
but who needs THAT much snake oil?
A sycophantic media is a wonderous thing to behold.
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That was not a speech about
Submitted by billb on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 10:32am.
That was not a speech about prayer, it was a campaign speech. I've never seen such a sophisticated dunce!
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Could it POSSIBLY be . . .
Submitted by ConservaSerb on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 1:28pm.
That the reason no Republican can match that spewing, living turd . . . is because no Republican in her/his right mind would be willing to stand up to a microphone and LIE as much as this commie-rat-America-hating-Radical-Muslim-loving bastard?
A wise & frugal government, which shall leave men free 2 regulate their own pursuits of industry & improvement, & shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government. T. Jefferson
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The one thing Obama ain't got...
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...that all these Republicans have...a valid U.S. birth certificate.
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Access America Transport, a leading third party logistics provider, announced Wednesday that Shulman has been hired as director of sales. The company is based in Chattanooga and was named one of the top ten "Most Promising Companies in America" last year by Forbes Magazine.
"Access America is a people company. We are constantly looking for people of John's caliber to make us better and keep our momentum going," Access America CEO and co-founder Ted Alling said in a statement. "And it doesn't hurt that John is best in the clutch and was nearly unbeatable as a coach if he had a lead in the final minutes."
Shulman spent nine years as UTC's head coach before the two parted ways in March. He said at the time he didn't know what his next move would be, but felt coaching was his true passion and calling.
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Access America Transport is coming off a record sales year in 2012 expects to exceed $550 million in 2013.
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A wildfire that broke out in Prescott National Forest Monday afternoon is now fully extinguished.
Park officials said it's too dark for firefighters to estimate how many acres were burned, so they'll go back Tuesday morning when they can get a better look.
The cause of the fire is unknown. Nobody was injured.
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Citizen Cane wrote:I would love to watch you trapped with no escape, maybe break in at the last moment before you choke to death from the fumes and smoke.
Looks like the fire service exists primarily to sweep up after the careless and the feckless based on the charm offensive stories being published in the BN. Come on - exactly how much damage was caused by this one, the article appears to be written in a way that bigs up something or nothing.
Your property would remain intact with very little fire damage and you would be dead.
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My Sportsman: Tennis player Rafael Nadal
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I never envisioned naming Rafael Nadal as my Sportsman of the Year, but I'm like most of Nadal's opponents. He wore me down.
There have been better tennis years than Nadal's 2013. But I can't remember one that impressed me more. In January, Nadal was finishing a seven-month layoff because of a left knee that seemed to shred a little bit with each match. He missed the Australian Open. There were legitimate questions about when he would play again, and more importantly, about how he would play again.
He finishes the year at No. 1 in the world. He won the French Open, because he always wins the French Open, and he won it with another epic performance in a career full of them: 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-7 (3), 9-7 over Novak Djokovic. Sure, it was the semifinal, but the final was just paperwork.
Nadal lost in the first round at Wimbledon, but that just made his French Open title seem more amazing; he was still not really back, but he won the French anyway.
Then, in September, Nadal dispatched Djokovic again, this time for the U.S. Open title, and it was the strangest sight. Djokovic dominated the points, but Nadal somehow dominated the match. Nadal had one ace. He had 27 winners; Djokovic had 46. He won because he just would not go away, under any circumstances. He stayed alive in points for as long as he could, any way he could, until Djokovic messed up.
Officially, Djokovic's errors were "unforced". We should know by now that against Nadal, all errors are forced. He forces them by refusing to make errors himself.
I don't know if Nadal is the best player ever. But in 2013, he convinced me: for one match, with my vital organs on the line, I would take him.
Again, I didn't think I would ever say that. For the longest time, I was a Roger Federer guy. I believed Federer was the best tennis player in history. His game was breathtakingly complete. He has won 17 Grand Slam events, but that is not even the most impressive Federer stat.
Federer advanced to the semifinals of 23 consecutive Slam events -- six straight years of consistent excellence, an astounding streak. It brings to mind one amazing thing about Federer's old friend Tiger Woods. At Woods' peak, regardless of the course set-up, he was the favorite. Links, tight tree-lined fairways, impossibly sloped greens, birdie-fest ... it never seemed to matter. If Tiger played well, he would probably win.
The only knocks on Federer were that Nadal often beat him, and that he was not dominant on clay. But I thought those were largely the same knock -- many of Nadal's victories against Federer have come on clay, where Nadal is the best ever, and anyway, Federer was still great on his weakest surface. Pete Sampras was a famous non-factor at most of the French Opens he played. For many years, Federer was the second-best clay-court player in the world, and when Robin Soderling stunned Nadal in the 2009 French, Federer won the tournament.
It has been written many times that Nadal's lefthanded power and high topspin neutralizes Federer's devastating backhand, and that has been Nadal's advantage when they play. Perhaps. But in 2013, we saw a more important difference.
Federer is so gifted that he never had to be as mentally tough as Nadal. Against 95 percent of Federer's opponents, the gifts were enough. Federer did not learn to win on guts and resourcefulness. This year, when his age showed, Federer did not have a strong enough mental foundation to save him. He just never had to build it. It almost isn't his fault. He was too good.
Nadal is a gloriously talented grinder; he fights his opponent with every shot. He is not as complete as Federer or Djokovic, and he isn't particularly graceful, but he is mentally sharper than either man.
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another pathetic umpiring decision by aleem dar today. perhaps the worst one of the day.
if players appeal like that, then you know it's most likely out! that should be a hint for the umpires.
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Indians can't bowl - Where has the rumour come from as I myself and many indian friends arwe competent fast bowlers ?
With the English bid I said: Let us be brief. If you give back the Falkland Islands, which belong to us, you will get my vote. They then became sad and left
Really, not sure how that wasn't given. Was about as plumb as they come.
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And smalishah's avatar is the most classy one by far Jan certainly echoes the sentiments of CW
Yeah we don't crap in the first world; most of us would actually have no idea what that was emanating from Ajmal's backside. Why isn't it roses and rainbows like what happens here? PEWS's retort to Ganeshran on Daemon's picture depicting Ajmal's excreta
Wtf is with Dar this match? Jesus.
Now, post UDRS, we know such deliveries go on to hit the stumps very regularly, but it's because of Hawkeye that we have this knowledge. India voluntarily abjure the system, so maybe he's of the opinion they can't have it both ways.
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The Marlins will play the Atlanta Braves in a 7:10 p.m. game against the Atlanta Braves to open the second season of Marlins Park. The publicly-financed stadium seats 37,000.
In 2012, the team opened the new stadium with a new team name, going from the Florida Marlins to the Miami Marlins, and a roster filled with big names and big contracts. It didn't pan out well. The team under performed and fans stayed away in droves. In fact, the team only sold out games two times last year.
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On the Move! Support the Move 9 on their 34th year of wrongful imprisonment
by Michael Davis Africa
We were all given a sentence of 30-100 years in a railroad trial. That 30-year minimum was up as of August 2008, and we were given our first parole denial. The parole board has denied us our freedom four more times, making it perfectly clear to all those that didn't understand their role that they fully intend to finish up where the cops and city officials left off.
While there has always been some debate about the guilt of the men, one fact that has never been disputed is the innocence of the women. Police on the scene, the D.A. and the courts all collectively agree that none of the Move women could possibly be guilty of the death of that cop.
Yet, they are still languishing in prison, victimized by the same cops and officials that dropped a bomb, brutally murdering their children on May 13, 1985. A heinous attack broadcast live nationally captured the cops murdering babies, unarmed Move women and men. Not a single cop or official was even charged.
Debbie, Janet, and Janine have spent the last 34 years of their lives in prison for a crime city officials know they could not possibly be guilty of. However, the parole board, at the insistence of Philadelphia officials, continues to deny their release. Even worse, the parole board actually gives the Move women longer sanctions than they do even the men.
One fact that has never been disputed is the innocence of the women. Police on the scene, the D.A. and the courts all collectively agree that none of the Move women could possibly be guilty of the death of that cop.
The issue is not what the parole board will do on the fifth or sixth time around. Anyone claiming to be conscious knows full well that the "decision" they claim to be contemplating in 2012 was already decided back in 1978 when we survived their murderous assault.
If people want to know just how the government can get away with giving Marissa Alexander a 20 year sentence for simply trying to protect herself in 2012, it's because the people were silent as the cops attacked in 1978.
If people want to know why Oscar Grant, Sean Bell, Trayvon Martin, and countless other Black, Latino and poor whites continue to be caught on film being brutalized and murdered with impunity, it's because the people seem to forget 1985, and every other atrocity, until it becomes their turn.
All those who sit back in the face of the oppression of your brothers and sisters, remaining silent as poor folks' children are murdered and sent away like slaves to the many prisons scattered throughout this country, refusing to support those who do resist and fight, only further encourage the system to keep assaulting. Because finally, people's apathy and silence is their permission.
People have to demand justice not just from the 1 percent, but also from the masses in the ranks of the 99 percent who will never fight to occupy anything other than jobs that exploit on behalf of the 1 percent. Cops, parole agents, prison guards, judges and all of the many others feeding from the bottomless trough of the law enforcement budget come directly from the ranks of the 99 percent. They feed their families by enslaving yours.
The army that enforces hegemony for the U.S. industrialists is made up of the 99 percent. The workers that foreclose on your home, that cut off all your utilities in mid-winter, that dispense poison chemicals into your food and water at the behest of the 1 percent come from the 99 percent.
Cops, parole agents, prison guards, judges and all of the many others feeding from the bottomless trough of the law enforcement budget come directly from the ranks of the 99 percent. They feed their families by enslaving yours.
So finally, how is the person who takes a job executing people any different than the person that legislated the racist policy. Try to make that distinction to the person being executed.
The people must close ranks to all agents of repression and demand justice for all our sisters and brothers.
Free our Move sisters! Free all of our soldiers! Free all political prisoners!
On the Move!
Michael Davis Africa, The Move Organization
Long live John Africa!
Send our brother some love and light: Michael Davis Africa, AM4973, P.O. Box 244, Graterford PA 19426.
No equality, justice in America!
Letter from Janine Africa of the Move 9 for the Sao Paulo Forum held July 4-6, 2012, in Caracas, Venezuela
This is Janine Africa, one of the Move 9, who were sentenced to 30-100 years for a crime we didn't commit. We've been in prison since 1978 and have been denied parole three times so far because we refuse to lie and say we're guilty.
Here are my thoughts on ending the U.S. blockade of Cuba: I feel the U.S. condemnation of the Cuban government is like the pot calling the kettle black! The U.S. government is doing the same things they're punishing Cuba for.
The economy is set to protect the rich. The majority in this country is struggling, living in cars, subways, alleys, eating out of trash cans. The conditions here are the same as the conditions in Cuba. Cuba is a poor country, so the conditions of the majority are harsher. The U.S. blockade is only affecting the poor who are already suffering.
This blockade isn't out of concern for the people or to "protect democracy." This is being done for political advantage. It's an attempt to bend the Cuban government to the U.S. rules. The U.S. only gets involved in other countries' affairs when it's something in it for them.
If the U.S. was truly against injustice, persecution, crime, it would show here in their own country. There is no equality, justice in America. The U.S. needs to clean up its own backyard first before trying to control other countries.
On the Move, Janine Africa
Send our sister some love and light: Janine Phillips Africa, 006309, 451 Fullerton Ave., Cambridge Springs PA 16403.
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Maiga Milbourne
Good work BayView, on posting these articles & continuing to shine a light on the MOVE 9 freedom fighters! Two things– the posted photo of Mike Africa is Mike Africa Jr., the incarcerated Mike Africa Sr.'s son. Good photo to post but a distinction should be made. Mike Africa Jr. was born to Debbie Africa in her prison cell during their trial.
Also, the photo listed as Janine Africa, the article's author, is her sister Janet Africa.
Thanks again for posting & keep up effort & attention!↓
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I hope and pray that each and everyone of you be released. I met debbie,janet and janine up state.i am an ex inmate hwo was wrongly put in prison and if I could be of any help in support of them quiens being released pleasr let me know.↓
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- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Chef's Table, Entertainment, Farm to Table, Full Bar, Gluten-free Menu, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Private Room, View, Wheelchair Access, Wine
- Private Party Facilities: On the Marsh Bistro offers private areas both downstairs and upstairs in the converted Barn circa 1800 for Private Events, Weddings, Rehearsal Dinners, Corporate Off Site Meetings, Wine Dinners, Bridal Showers etc.
- Private Party Contact: Alexandra Hennedy 2079672299x
- Entertainment: Live Piano on Friday and Saturday evenings.
- Special Events:
Weds. Prix Fixe Menu
Sat. Piano.
Gift Certificates Available.
Getting there
- Cross Street: Route 9
- Public Transit: On the Marsh Bistro is a destination restaurant and can offer recommended taxi service in the local area serving the Hotels and Inns.
- Parking: Private Lot
- Parking Details: On the Marsh Bistro has private parking on its three acre grounds for 200 cars, guests only. Valet Service is offered upon request three weeks prior to the event.
A word from On The Marsh Bistro
On the Marsh Bistro resides in a converted barn and farmhouse circa 1800 on 3 acres of plantings alongside a tidal salt marsh. Wine Spectator Award of Excellence, James Beard Presenter 2011, NECN Platinum Plate, Voted Most Romantic and one of the top ten restaurants in Maine. Great for European style Weddings, Rehearsal Dinners and Corporate Meetings. For the Adventuresome, try the table in the kitchen: bright lights, dirty dishes passing by and a peek behind the scenes of culinary skills at its best. Or try The Owner's Table where Exec. Chef Jeffrey A. Savage will create a menu especially for you paired with Wine. Requires one month notice. For our most romantic settin, request Table #16 and be tucked away with your loved one. You are invited to dine in a captivating interior with Antiques, Collectibles and Art, all available for purchase. Menu changes weekly. "It is around the table that friends and family best understand the warmth of being together..." Denise Rubin, ProprietressContinued
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- Diners' Choice WinnerBest Overall
- Diners' Choice WinnerBest Ambiance
- Diners' Choice WinnerBest Service
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On The Marsh Bistro reviews from OpenTable diners
72 reviews since May 5, 2014
- Food4.6Service4.8
- Ambiance4.8Noise LevelQuiet
romantic (66)special occasion (63)scenic view (44)fit for foodies (43)neighborhood gem (24)notable wine list (22)good for groups (6)great for brunch (3)vibrant bar scene (3)great for outdoor dining (1)late-night find (1)Show More
- special restaurantitsmebostonVIPDined on 8/29/2014We went to celebrate our 33rd anniversary. The staff was so friendly. Everyone made us feel very comfortable. The food was terrific and the ambiance added to make for a memorable occasionSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A Rare FindjackscriticDined on 8/27/2014The food was excellent and the price was right. Three course price fix of 35 pp. the food was the best so far in kennebunk. It was a wonderful dinner and a must in the area.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Good but not greatOpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 8/26/2014Entrees are hit or miss. The poached lobster was amazing and the oysters were fresh, but the duck confit put my stomach in knots as it was dry and hard. The server didn't seem to care as she told me that's how it comes. Worth a visit but choose your food carefully.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- We said WOW!HR100813Dined on 8/24/2014We were struck by the decor and the first impressions. The entrance vestibule was beautifully decorated with lit candles to great you. The restaurant is rustic and in a very romantic setting with many candles or oil lamps burning. We asked for a nice table location due to a special occasion and we got the table right at the window overlooking the Marsh and the little old sailboat. The twinkle lights on the sailboat after dark improve the atmosphere. The food was so gourmet. Every course was beautifully presented and delicious. Our only disappointment is that the chef came out to chat with a large party and chose not to meet us and other guests. The service was excellent! Our friends suggested On the Marsh and were so correct. Great place.Special Features:
- Consistently delicious!foodfanVIPDined on 8/21/2014Another wonderful dinner at On the Marsh. They may not have the draw of ocean views, but the food and service are the highlights. Not only are the dishes flavorful and well presented, it is the details like warm bread, an amuse bouche, and a complimentary sweet at the end that makes dining here special. The servers are warm and attentive to your needs. I highly recommend trying it out!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Maine GemLuvNYDined on 8/14/2014Wonderful restaurant..great food and atmosphere..highly recommended.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great AtmosphereDiningfanaticDined on 8/14/2014I don't know why but lately the up and coming restaurants are so loud you can hardly have a conversation. Maybe they want it to be a "happening place", my husband and I don't like that. This place was a gem. Very quiet atmosphere, beautiful gardens and scenery abound. Also, the food was absolutely amazing. It is pricey, but my husband and I both agreed well worth it.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- DisappointingPed42Dined on 8/13/2014We have dined here on several occasions when in the Kennebunk area. Previously we were very pleased. Tonight's visit was marred by several serious flaws. My wife's salad had no dressing, her salmon had not been salted, desserts were large but not that good. Our entrees took forever to come out of the kitchen while tables around us were promptly served. Managers excuse was the chef did not understand our waitress when she requested our entrees. No adjustment offered. They do not take American Express. No excuse, their prices would easily cover Amex fees. Probably our last visit. Too many dependable restaurants in the area to risk dining here.Special Features:
- savoirfaireDined on 8/10/2014It was a wonderful dining experience. We loved the ambience and the food. Service was great, too. The setting is very romantic as well.Special Features:
- Oppi328VIPDined on 8/7/2014On the Marsh Bistro has a very old-fashioned but charming dining room. The setting on the marsh is very beautiful. Both the maître d' and our server were very customer service oriented. The food was very fresh, homemade, and delicious! I ordered a small tomato soup and a small salad for my appetizer. Both were delicious. My husband was very happy with his salad, too. We split two entrées. They were the duck and the salmon. We were very pleased with both! We recommend this restaurant!Special Features:
- On The Marsh is worth it!MickeyHerbDined on 8/6/2014Friendly wait staff, excellent healthy food, nice ambience, beautiful marsh, away from madness of Dock SquareSpecial Features:
- Our favorite in Kennebunkport, MeLadyaliceDined on 8/6/2014This restaurant has everything, great food, wonderful service and a lovely ambiance. We have been to every top restaurant in Kennebunkport and without a doubt this is our favorite. The menu has excellent selections, we started with a tomato appetizer, followed with lobster dinners and then a lovely dessert. Even the amuse bouche (a cold watermelon soup) was very good. We returned on Friday evening for a 5 course wine pairing dinner and we loved it.Special Features:
- on the marshjaxxDined on 8/6/2014we had a most extraordinary dining experience here, from our greeting by John to our Waitress Rebecca. The food was divine and the background pianist added ambienceSpecial Features:
- A delightful eveningEllenDined on 7/29/2014It was our first visit and we will definitely return when we are back in Kennebunkport. The gardens surrounding the dining room are beautiful and a pleasure to explore, the service ideal and the food excellent. Perfect for any occasion.Special Features:
- Excellent restaurant.RonneartVIPDined on 7/29/2014We have to On The Marsh 4 times. Each time we visit Kennebunkport we make sure we eat here. The menu is excellent, the food well prepared and served. The ambiance is the best. Yes, we will return again next yer. GSHSpecial Features:
- Very nice dinningRIChris2014Dined on 7/23/2014While on vacation in the Ogunquit area we dined on our last night at this restaurant. It was a very nice experience. Not only was the food excellent, the service by our waiter and Maître D was attentive and amusing. Having last dined there over 15 years ago when it was a different establishment, the transformation of the building was remarkable. Adding the fact that there is easy parking at the site truly makes it a winner!Special Features:
- Fantastic everything!bostonfoodguyDined on 7/19/2014My girlfriend and I have driven by this place countless times, but finally made plans to go there. And, boy, were we glad we did. Everything about our dinner there was fantastic! The decor, ambience, service, food - everything. I highly recommend visiting this restaurant.Special Features:
- LobsterAlintofoodDined on 7/16/2014Experience was good enough. Was a Birthday celebration. Started with apps and salad. The Wedge Salad was one of the best I've ever had. Duck appetizer was good, duck was a bit dry, but sauce was spectacular. Unfortunately didn't find anything interesting on entrée menu so stuck with apps and decided to move on for rest of meal. Service was adequate, not overbearing.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Davelin6Dined on 7/15/2014We had not been back to Pn the Marsh for ad real years We found the food beautifully presented and delicious The service was outstanding To noise level was so low that we could hear the beautiful background music and still carry on a conversation at our tsbleSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Totally Relaxing and EnjoyableDCTravelerDined on 7/13/2014My wife and I joined another couple for dinner to celebrate my friend's 60th birthday. Our friends had been to On the Marsh in the past and had mixed experiences. On this occasion, our experience was outstanding. The service was attentive without being stuffy. The host and wait staff were upbeat and all had a good sense of humor (which we enjoyed). The food was very good, as well. At the end of the evening, our friends agreed that this visit was superior to the other times that they had dined at On the Marsh. As this was my first visit, I can say without hesitation that I will return on our next visit to the area.Special Features:
- Great atmosphere, mediocre foodhrainVIPDined on 7/12/2014Heard wonderful things about this place and, upon arrival, found the atmosphere lovely and very inviting. I had the scallops while my girlfriend had the beef tenderloin. From best to worst - scallops and blueberry kuchen dessert were excellent, salads were OK, beef tenderloin was mediocre, the cauliflower (w/beef) was bland and the red quinoa (w/scallops) had a very strange taste. For $100/person, I was expecting much better food. That said, shoutout to the host who sat us (Saturday night at 8:30p) - he was particularly entertaining and friendly. I think his name was Josh or John.Special Features:
- MichaelDined on 7/11/2014We had a nice meal with a lovely view. Very relaxing.Special Features:
- An enchanting eveningjbeanDined on 7/3/2014From beginning to end our first visit to On the Mash was enchanting! The walk through the garden to the front door set the stage for a wonderful, unhurried evening. Terrific service, wonderful food and the outstanding view made it an evening to remember! We will be back!!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A bad night at a good place?OpenTable Diner Since 2005Dined on 7/2/2014We were a bit disappointed in what had been a favorite restaurant in the area for the past few years. Our waitress seemed a bit distracted, forgetting items she had to be reminded of more than once. It took her so long to ask for our dessert selection we decided against it. Food seemed to be pricier than we remembered, as well.Special Features:
- New favorite in MaineriduckmanDined on 6/29/2014We tried On The Marsh for the first time Sunday night. (6/29). John, friendly and helpful, greeted and seated us. The menu, while not large, certainly had plenty of choices. We both selected the swordfish and agreed that it was delicious and was one of the best ever preparations. The service was good. The restaurant is romantic and diners have a view of the marsh. Will definitely return!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- beetsanovaVIPDined on 6/29/2014an outstanding restaurant with a very affordable bar menu, great service and generous barSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2011VIPDined on 6/29/2014We celebrated our 23 anniversary at On The Marsh. The service was excellent and the food delicious! I would highly recommend this restaurant. In fact I have already told many friends about it!Special Features:
- Wonderful nightDHDinerDined on 6/28/2014We found On the Marsh through Open Table before our Kennebunkport trip and we're delighted in every way. Our table overlooking their beautiful garden helped the relaxing process from our travel day begin. Our server was knowledgeable and attentive. The menu changes daily which is a sign of freshness in interesting choices and ours didn't disappoint. The lobster was excellent and the wine list offered excellent choices. Chef tasting samples were offered from a smoked salmon appetizer to a amaretto and cream after dinner. On the Marsh is a place we will return to and recommend.Special Features:
- Fine Dining with a ViewOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 6/12/20145 star dining with a lovely view. Grounds are beautifully landscaped and you indeed view a marsh but a pretty one. The food was superb. Started with pork pate (from humanely raised pigs), delicate and delicious. I ordered the scampi which in other places can be just a mouthful of garlic. Not here. It was artfully seasoned with just enough garlic to be tasted but not overwhelm the delicate flavor of the gulf shrimp. The pasta was perfect and again not just garlic. My mother ordered the haddock which was sensational. The service was friendly without being overbearing and it wasn't stuffy like another 5 star in Kennebunkport. I heartily recommend On The Marsh for dinner or a special occasion You won't be sorry.Special Features:
- Fantastic MealwakawakawakaVIPDined on 6/1/2014Truly a great meal from start to finish with fantastic service - talk about a hidden gem along Maine's coastline! I highly recommend the butter poached lobster and the creme brulee of the day, but my DCs' meals were all great as well. Also, the decor is farmhouse-chic - very comfortable and relaxing while still feeling upscale.Special Features:
- Great dinner!!OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 5/31/2014We went for dinner for the first time and I can't say I have any complaints. Our waitress was friendly and attentive, view of the marsh at sunset was beautiful. The good was fabulous and if you like mussels they ae a must have. The portions are a reasonable size and we saved room for dessert. The chocolate fund cake was delicious. I will go back again when traveling back to Kennebunkport!!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- add us to the list of surprisedHalmulVIPDined on 5/30/2014like other reviewers, we have been in the area for 20 years and finally stopped for dinner. We have always been nervous about the pricing. I had the lobster, my wife had salmon with great veggies we had soup, dessert and a $45 bottle of wine and the total for a great dinner was about $200.Special Features:
- Great restaurant on many counts.2datenightersVIPDined on 5/28/2014This restaurant is perfect for a date night setting. It's quiet, nice view. The menu is limited but there is something for everyone. Delicious food. Not really a family restaurant. And if you're looking for deals, this is not the place. You get what you pay for here. Loved it! There is a bar menu also. I will definitely be back with my husband.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- on the marshefburkejrVIPDined on 5/24/2014Nice quiet and romantic. Our table was a bit late in arriving, but we were nicely accommodated at the bar until the table turned. Excellent small touches to nibble on before our meal (soup) and dessert (amaretto and whipped cream). Scallops were delicious.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Nice FindOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 5/17/2014We had excellent service. The dinner was very good and our dessert (Blueberry bake) was outstanding. Great place to have a relaxing date night.Special Features:
- Fabulous Dining ExperienceOpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 5/14/2014We have passed here at least 20 times in our 8 visits to Kennebunkport. We finally decided to try it, based on a recommendation. We went for our 31st anniversary celebration and give it a 10 on 10. Our biggest regret is not having tried it sooner. We can't wait for the opportunity to go back to Kennebunkport in a summer month, so that we can eat outside.Special Features:
- RomanticChubbyDined on 5/14/2014A great facility coupled with excellent service and very nice people. My wife thought her lobster tasted old and fishy however my dinner was excellent !Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- great experiencemaine1Dined on 5/10/2014We have lived in Kennebunkport for years and have always wanted to try On the Marsh...so glad we did. Don't know why we waited so long. The wait staff was very attentive but did not hover. The food was excellent and the atmosphere was as well.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Outstanding dining experienceCarolDined on 5/8/2014I have dined at On the Marsh on two different occasions--once with girlfriends and once with my significant other. It can be fun and friendly on the one hand and romantic on the other--the ambience covers it all. I love the decor, the drinks, the food, the view, and the outstanding service. A table with a view of the Marsh and the boat is my favorite--so far. I am returning later in the Summer with a group of 5 girlfriends--3 of whom have previously dined there and feel the same way about the place as I--it's a charming place where one can truly experience fine dining.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- The following 249 reviews are from the On The Marsh Bistro reviews archive.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2010VIPDined on 4/26/2014Always terrific! Best food in town! Quiet atmosphere, very relaxing and never rushed!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.


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As reported early this month, six Los Angeles City Council candidates running for the Council District Three seat will participate in a town hall in Woodland Hills Wednesday.
Candidates expected to participate in the town hall are business owner Elizabeth Badger, Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield, business owner Cary Iaccino, attorney Joyce Pearson, city personnel deparartment investigator Steven Presberg and commercial real estate broker Scott Silverstein. Silverstein also serves as chairperson of the Woodland Hills-Warner Center Neighborhood Council.
The primary election will take place March 5, with the general election on May 21 if no candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote.
The town hall—which is presented by the Woodland Hills-Tarzana Chamber of Commerce—is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 30 at the Westfield Promenade shopping center in a vacant retail space formerly occupied by Dick's Sporting Goods, which was located at 6100 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Suite 1300.
The Woodland Hills-Tarzana Chamber is accepting questions via its website. Send them to CEO/Executive Director Diana Williams.
Council District Three incorporates Woodland Hills, Tarzana, Canoga Park, Reseda and Winnetka and is currently served by Dennis Zine.
If you're planning to attend, take photos and videos and post them under Patch's Pics & Clips tab.


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Warning: If you have to go to the bathroom at Radius Pizzeria & Pub, brace yourself for a serious challenge to your willpower. Youll have to walk past the open kitchen, where owner/chef Mick Carroll and his crew are pulling pies from a stunning copper-clad, wood-fired Italian pizza oven. Its all too easy to get hypnotized.
Ooh, theres the Pizza del Mar, topped with achiote-marinated shrimp, black beans, mozzarella and cilantro on an olive oil base. Now hes scattering diced avocado across the top, the final touch before setting it in the pickup window.
Here comes the Gardener, a vegetarian cornucopia of house-roasted red peppers, organic spinach, artichokes, kalamata olives, tomatoes, red onions and feta on a foundation of smoked eggplant puree. And the Old Reliable S&P (sausage and pepperoni) must have been ordered by a traditionalist. And that one must be tonights pizza special: duck and sage sausage, roasted red peppers, mushrooms and fontina cheese.
And wait a sec is that the Paddys Pie you ordered? And The Cyclist? Uh-oh, better get a move on, or they may be cold by the time you get back to the table.
Once you do get back, youll discover that the pizzas at Radius are every bit as good as they look. Paddys Pie is a kaleidoscope of petal-thin slices of rosemary-roasted Yukon gold potatoes, thick crunchy house-cured bacon, cheddar cheese and chopped scallions. The Cyclist onion marmalade, chicken, mushrooms, scallions, mozzarella and parmesan is likewise a champ. Toppings on both are generous, but not so heavy-handed that they overburden a thin, blistery crust made with a naturally fermented dough of Italian 00 flour that is the pizza aficionados gold standard.
Consistency of execution has improved markedly since Carroll opened Radius in late March with his wife, Kate (she runs the front of the house). In the first few weeks, underdone crusts were evidence that the kitchen was still learning the ropes of the notoriously temperamental wood oven. But Carroll, an Irish-born chef who cut his culinary teeth on the West Coast (including the Ritz-Carlton and Four Seasons in San Francisco), has clearly gotten a handle on things.
Thats not to say that there isnt still the occasional off-night like the time it took forever to get an appetizer order of roasted garlic mussels, which were overdone and too heavily breaded when they did finally arrive. Turns out we shouldnt even have gotten them. The chef had eighty-sixed the mussels earlier in the evening as not being up to snuff, but our server hadnt gotten the word.
Thats an anomaly, though, based on my recent experience. On another night, fried calamari commendably tender in a fragile, crisp breading were served with a well-matched truffle marinara sauce. And sweet potato fries were as good as Ive had anywhere.
Those looking for an alternative to pizza (though, for the life of me, I cant imagine why) are offered an assortment of panini, with options ranging from Heavenly Mushroom (marinated portobellos, garlic pesto hummus, spinach and mozzarella) to The Cowboy (grilled hanger steak, arugula, roasted red bell pepper, onion marmalade and horseradish cheddar). My only quibble is that the sandwiches could be grill-pressed with a little more authority to ensure that theyre cooked through.
A nightly entree special tempts with the likes of Cuban marinated pulled pork tacos, or house-made smoked kielbasa on a potato pancake. The featured dessert peanut butter and banana cream pie, say, or flourless chocolate cake with Nutella cream cheese is worth yielding to temptation.
Make no mistake, though: Pizzas are the star attraction.
And the bar plays a solid supporting role with a well-chosen selection of draft beers and cocktails such as the Honeysuckle (rum, lime and wildflower honey) and Paloma (tequila, grapefruit, lime and hibiscus syrup) crafted with fresh-squeezed juices and house-made syrups.
The atmosphere is suitably casual and warmly inviting, with colorful local art adding vibrancy to the brick walls of a space that was formerly home to a bank. Bicycle wheels and chainrings, set into a partition wall, are a clever play on the restaurants name, echoing the image of Radius specialty wood-fired pizzas.
When the weather is fair, a courtyard patio nestled between the restaurant and a neighboring building beckons, offering a charming view of historic downtown Hillsborough. If you time your meal right, youll get to see the sunset over those historic buildings, and watch as swifts by the hundred return to their chimney roosts for the night.
Its almost as bewitching as watching those pizzas come out of the oven.


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- An applicant must submit a JCC application and a program specific application. Applications must be received in the Student Services Office by March 1st of each year. The College reserves the right to extend the application period when warranted. The Sonography Programs begin the fall semester of each year.
- Official transcripts from high school and all colleges attended must be on file by March 1 to process the application. The applicant must have a high school diploma or equivalency and meet the minimum requirements for ENG 111 and MAT 080.
- The applicant must have attained a minimum grade of "C" on two science courses (biology and advanced biology, chemistry, high school physics or the equivalent). Effective fall 2012 applicants applying to the Sonography cannot use a college level physics to meet the admission requirements.
- The applicant must have attained a minimum grade of "C" on one algebra course (high school or college level) regardless of math placement scores.
- Current and unrestricted verification of certification on the NC Nursing Assistant Registry is required by March 1. Applicants with a Bachelor or AAS in Nursing or an Allied Health-related patient care field do not have to have CNA I certification.
- The applicant must complete the first three phases of the application process before March 1st.
- The applicant must complete a Health Occupations Test by March 1. The test may be taken only one time per academic year and must be taken at JCC. Scores from other schools will not be accepted. The Academic Skills Center offers an admissions test prep program. Applicants may take the admissions test once per academic year and test scores are valid for two years.
- The student must possess a current Health Care Provider CPR (adult and child) certification. The CPR certification cannot lapse while enrolled in the Sonography program.
- A completed Student Medical Form (physical examination by a physician) is required prior to registration.
- If admitted, the student will submit to a criminal background check and drug screening as directed by affiliating clinical agencies. Enrolled students are subject to random drug screens as directed by affiliating clinical agencies. Clinical agencies reserve the right to deny students access based on criminal background. This denial may result in the inability of the student to successfully complete the program. Certifying agencies may deny certification eligibility due to a criminal background.
- Additional points will be given on the point ranking sheet for applicants who have completed a medical terminology curriculum course or a high school health occupations course with a "C" or better.
|For more information, contact:
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|Cathy Godwin Daniels
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Two Gentlemen of Verona: The Musical, the John Guare-Mel Shapiro adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy, features self-adulating characters who love their mirrors and who travel, sometimes in disguise, to pursue other passions. Written during the Vietnam era, it included the rousing number, "Bring All the Boys Back Home." It might have been too dated to warrant productions since it won the Tony for best musical in 1971. Alas, it isn't dated anymore.
The space at Centerstage, which did the current production, presented an immediate challenge for scenic designer Chris Barreca. "The exits are classic SL and SR," he says. Where could people hide and appear unbeknownst to one another? How would they enter?
"We batted ideas back and forth," says director Irene Lewis, a process that she says involved "wild, wild thinking." The design would have to be abstract, clean, and theatrical, they agreed. It would have to surprise. How about creating scenic pieces that do tricks, never repeat a trick, and create entrance possibilities? But what, exactly?
Characters can enter from below, above, and through inventive doors. An elevator comes up halfway to become a desk, sinks so people can climb out of it, and also serves as a platform. The band, always in view, comes in on a motorized platform on a fixed track that can roll from UL to center and down to the audience.
Two units, each with five mirrored panels that serve as doors, provide multiple entrances through which characters — including an 8' bear with red nails, suggesting danger and whimsy — can weave in and out without seeing each other. The units pivot into assorted positions, as needed and can meet to create a wall of ten doors. Actors can fly in on painters' scaffolding, getting off onto the units, onto rolling ladders that sometimes meet it, or onto the floor when the scaffolding comes all the way down.
"I learned from Robin Wagner that it's often how you get from one thing to another as opposed to what it is when it gets there," says Barreca, who believes scenery needs to be part of the movement of a musical. "The challenge is to get the scenery to be intrinsic to the performers' action," he says. "But what happens when you solve, if you will, the design challenges, if you then create challenges for the technical artists," adds Barreca, who wasn't worried. "Tom Rupp is one of the best TDs in the country. He doesn't expect me to solve all the problems. He enjoys the process of figuring it out," he says.
Meanwhile, back in the shop, Rupp and his staff thought about how to get actors safely from a motorized flying scaffold, 40' wide and 1,600lbs., that travels from the grid to a midlevel position, 8'4" off deck, and onto two intersecting pivoting mirrored units. The motorized units would have to bear weight adequately, be easy to manipulate, and interact smoothly with each other.
Rupp says they need to develop a linear guide system to stabilize the scaffolding so actors could work on it without swinging uncontrollably. The scaffold, on cables going to a five-horsepower cable drum wench system, had to meet walls that pivoted beyond the downstage from an upstage position when in line with the scaffold.
"We had to break our track system and provide tolerance for the air lift system that's in the pivot units, translating that to the tolerance we need for the pivot unit to still move underneath the guide system," says Rupp.
"Each pivot unit has tracks on it. The scaffold rises above, breaking at the handrail at the upper level of the pivot unit and allowing a quarter-inch gap between the two. The track continues and ties into the catalog system," says Rupp. "The casters need to be up because of a break in the track system. There's a short moment in time when the unit is passing over that gap, and we offset the casters so we can maintain the control of it.
"The guide system is basically wheels, 2" in diameter, which travel on a 2"×2" steel tube, similar to the guides they use in elevators. That gives us some resistance to the give and take of casters, so it won't bind as it gets close enough to take the swing out of the unit."
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2014: A Year of Transformation for P&C Insurers
In a stabilizing economy and armed with strong capital positions, P&C insurers should increase their focus on establishing competitive advantage through innovation, according to Deloitte.
INN Breaking News, January 9, 2014
For P&C insurers, premium volume rose in 2013, catastrophe losses were comparatively modest, and the industry's capital position is at record levels, according to 2014 Property and Casualty Insurance Industry Outlook - Transforming for growth - Innovation leading the way, from Deloitte.
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"On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow."
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Although I am in the midst of frantically typing a paper and studying for my Physics midterm tomorrow (today I guess), I thought I would take a few minutes to talk about the importance of persistence. I had applied for a competitive national scholarship, for which I was unsuccessful. For the past few hours, I kept thinking about the late nights, how much effort I had put into the application, preparing for the interview, and how all of that had been a waste. But, the thing that I kept ignoring was how much I learned about myself from my application. The questions made me ponder about the next forty years of my life, where I wanted to be, and what I wanted to do. They helped me shape my vision for international medicine; gain a clearer picture of my goals and aspirations. It was heart-wrenching to know that I had failed to advance in the competition, but it was heart-warming to see that my passions for global health, human justice, and ethics have been intricately interwoven into every aspect of my life. Sometimes our efforts will be in vain, but our hard-work will never go to waste. I think that's the beauty of perseverance.