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From an exhibitor point of view the show was a bust. It did not deliver on the buyer attendance and quality. E-cigarette manufacturers are better off spending their marketing dollars in other conventions in Las Vegas and orlando. Very high expectations of the show yet poor results. Tucson was a great location for an event like this, hopefully it can attract an industry group or association to bring a larger more established show to this great city that caters so well to business travelers.
Filled out the form that promised to contact me more than two weeks ago. Followed up with several phone calls, not returned. Any suggestions? Are they still in business?
One of their regulars came at me with a pool stick. He was pissed because I mispronounced his name. Now he came at me with this pool stick raised saying "I'm gonna kick your ass". I reacted by going at him. They kicked me out.
Seems the truth hurts, doesn't it, Billy? Your keyboard player didn't hold a gun to your head and make you drink, fall all over yourself and insult everybody in the place. In fact, he and the rest of the band finished the final set while you staggered off in mid-song, too drunk to finish the job you'd been hired to do by RJs. And here you are insulting everyone's intelligence by claiming you were the responsible one in the group? Suuure you were....
Please, I beg of you, do NOT go to their show. This production deserved NO stars. We went on 9/28, and I am still angry about losing $90.80 (incl tax). There were four "actors" who wanted to be somewhere else. A group of middle school kids could put on a better show. The acting was mundane without any flair or expertise whatsoever. It seemed to be totally impromptu and unrehearsed. Lousy Halloween costumes. The vampire didn't even bother to wear some convincing make-up. Unprofessional. They (or we) might as well have been reading on stage from a script. Little facial expression. The audience participation was the only good part. The tired old jokes were often crude and just not so funny. (Children were present.) Guppie was better as the inspector. The gypsy brought some enthusiasm to his work and at least dressed for the part. . . . . he had to because he is a man playing a woman. The story was stupid, unimaginative and ridiculous. The venue was the back room of a Chinese restaurant. Smelled. About 45 people stuffed into this small room next to the restrooms. There was NO stage, only a single backdrop, and 2 floodlights in back shown into the faces of half the audience. The meal was also a disappointing joke. Only water was served with the meal, and you had to ask for it. I went to the bar twice to get water for me and Mom. $2 for pop or iced tea. Not-so-fresh salad with same dressing for all. No bread & butter. Lots of noodles in a bland white (alfredo?) sauce. I think the chicken and rice in the breading was real. Half the people at my table of 8 barely touched their meal. Dessert was a TINY piece of cheap cheesecake, definitely not Cheesecake Factory. Please believe me, we were not the only people dissatisfied with the show and the meal. Those who purchased liquor or beer may have been happier. To add insult to injury, the actors said they were unpaid and asked for tips. Can you believe it -- at $42 a head for crappy acting and crappy food. PLEASE DO NOT PATRONIZE THIS BUSINESS! 10/07/13
I wasn't at this event, but I can assure you that Billy Templeton has been plagued by demon alcohol for many years. There are better bands - try Chance Romance.
What a totally crappy band! I want my money back!
If you like being insulted by a drunken lead singer/guitar player who can't even finish his sets because he's too drunk to stand up anymore (much less remember song lyrics), this is the band for you. Guy walked offstage in the middle of a song! Aren't there any better bands in town to hire?
I got 4 tickets to the Mystery Theater as a gift for my mother. This cost about $200 so I expected quite a lot. When calling into the theater the man who answered the phone was completely unprofessional and rude. He explained how the evening would go, how wonderful the food would be, how interactive and engaging the show would be etc. but was condescending and impatient with me. He made me feel as if I was wasting his time, but I assumed he was busy, so I went through with the transaction…
When my mother tried to schedule a time to go to the show she was treated very poorly. She called in and booked a Saturday night, but immediately remembered that she had a prior commitment, so called them back within MINUTES. The man almost REFUSED to let her change days! She wanted to change to the Friday and he said she could not and that it was too late to do so! She had literally just spoken to him. He finally agreed to allow her to change days but made her feel bad about it. I was in the room and immediately became really worried about how her evening would play out…
When I next saw my mother I asked how the evening went- she just groaned! Horrible food (NOT what was promised when I made the ticket purchase). NO interaction from the people on stage with the audience (I was told that the staff would drop of clues at the table while the dinner was being served and that the entire evening would be highly interactive). The show was tacky, boring and not funny. My mother said at the end they simply gave the audience a piece of paper and said, "Read this and write your answers down and don't forget to give us a tip." Wow! All 3 of her friends were completely appalled by the show and staff.
I am so disappointed that I wasted so much money on this gift and even more disappointed that my mother and her friends had an awful time. PLEASE DO NOT PATRONIZE THIS BUSINESS!
This place was terrible!!! Although the play itself was fun, it was a rip off! We called to get our money back before the show after we read a review and the person on the phone was so rude! He was yelling at us and saying some very shocking statements, and would not give us our money back! The tickets are $42 each! That is almost as much as a Broadway ticket! The tickets were no way worth what the price was even with a meal. Bringing up the meal, first there was a salad, which one girl at my table was given no dressing, and my husband had to ask the drink waiter multiple times to get his drink. After the salad, they gave us Mexican food?? The plate was not even full! There was one chip, with a little bit of beans, a tiny enchilada, and a little piece of corn bread. I was about ready to ask the waiters (actors) serving, if that was all we were getting! The room and table clothes were dirty, and the little favors of bubbles they gave us were empty. The humor was crude, the list goes on.
This does not appear to involve Doug Stanhope at all.
These listings BADLY need corrections links. The Weekly staff can't possibly claim to always be correct.
Nothing special. Older men tottering around getting "turned on." Wish I'd stayed home.
We went to this show and no one was there. Never say any cancelation and spent 2 hours of driving for nothing.
She touched me in ways I have never been touched before... Very unprofessional. I wouldn't wish this level of service for my worst enemy. So disappointed...
This is possibly the worst event I've ever been to. The photographer was bossy, rude, and incredibly unprofessional. Not to mention the fact that work quality was less than that of my 4 yr old. She does better with her Minnie mouse camera than this woman does her "professional equipment."
I would NEVER recommend her to anyone. My best advice to you is to stay as far away from this train wreck as possible.
Well Fox changed their schedule but didn't let you guys know apparently. That was a pointless 2 hour round trip
Worst karaoke dj ever! Me and my buddy spent an hour trying to figure out what song to sing, and then we went to smoke and came back to find the dj and what appeared to be his friends singing our song. He had like ten artists on tap and couldn't even play half of their songs. Shitty first karaoke experience.
Doug & Devon
I think this is 2 weeks in a row that RPM has had live music listed and both times - no band at all. Last night, no band (I drove cross town to see) and when you call to ask if "there is actually a band tonight" you get a recorded message telling you the person you are calling is not available. REALLY? Get it together RPM! (Love 80s and Gentlemen! - great dance band!)
Show is not good
As one parent I overhead said while walking around the crowded vendors' tables, "A bunch of people sitting behind tables!! This isn't fun!!"
I think that sums it up. Nothing fun for kids to do, no activities other than some crowded tables with paper plates and popsicle sticks, no food or drinks except for Egees. The science part of the festival amounted to dropping tennis balls into a small flour filled box. With all the talented, intelligent students in the science, arts and dance department at the U. of A., this could have been a great event for kids but maybe this is why Tucson will always be a second tier city. A parakeet could have organized a better festival!


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STAGE PORTRAIT: Dan Lauria, John Bolton, Erin Dilly, Caroline O'Connor, Johnny Rabe in A Christmas Story
Acclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
This week Fallin captures A Christmas Story, The Musical, which is based on the film of the same name and is currently playing Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
Pictured below are (clockwise from top right) Caroline O'Connor, Erin Dilly, Johnny Rabe, Zac Ballard, Dan Lauria, Lilly, John Bolton and Luke Spring.
Ken Fallin began his career as an illustrator by lovingly mimicking the style of the late, legendary Al Hirschfeld for the poster art for Forbidden Broadway. Since that time he has been a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal as well as The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Hollywood Reporter, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune and The New Yorker.
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Great Ocean View, 3 Bedroom Townhouse and Walk to the Beach in Carlsbad
- bedrooms 3
- baths 2½
- sleeps 7
- pool yes
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed yes
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- community Alta Mira IV
- rates (USD) $ 2,600 - $ 4,200 / month
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Luxury and comfort at its best. Make this your vacation destinaion and enjoy cool ocean breezes and gorgeous sunsets from the large private patio or from the deck off of the master bedroom. King size bed in master bedroom queen bed in second bedroom and two twin beds in the third bedroom. Relax in front of the fire place while watching your favorite movie on the large 48 in. flat screen TV. King bed in master suite with his and hers closet and TV. Queen size bed in 2nd bedroom with private deck. Two twins beds in 3rd bedroom. Large fenced patio with BBQ and patio furniture. Fully equipped including linenes, beach towels, etc. High speed Internet, cable and all utilities are included.
Walk to restaurants, the Company Stores (outlet mall), Flower Field, Lego Land, Museum of Music and the Gemological Institute. Complex features, tennis, pool, jacuzzi, sauna and club house.
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Pool, jaccuzi, sauna, tennis courts, BBQ, patio furniture, linens, towels, cooking utensils, microwave, stove, fridge, phone, stereo, CD player, TV and DVD player and washer and Dryer.
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Beach, walks, surfing, hiking, fishing, swimming. Biking, kayaking, snorkeling and Golf. Walk
to "The Company Stores (outlet mall), Restaurants, Movie Theatres, Flower Fields, Lego Land and the Museum of Music.
A close drive to Seaworld, movie, supermarket, theatres and shopping centers. 40 minutes Drive to
Wild Animal Park, downtown San Diego and the Zoo. 1 Hour from Disneyland.
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June, July, August, September and Holidays: $4200 per month
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Top things to do in Carlsbad
- Museum of Music
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B106 Sapphire Beach-level Condo. A Gem! in US Virgin Islands
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Location, Location, Location...
Find yourself in "PARADISE"
Sapphire Beach "...one of the most beautiful beach's in the Caribbean..."
... your backyard SAPPHIRE BEACH has it all, Step Right out from your Private Patio onto Beautiful Crystal Clear Water, Great Snorkeling/Diving, Relaxing Atmosphere, Pool, volleyball, Tennis, Windsurfing, Kayaking, Marina were you can Rent a Boat and go to St. John's in 15 minutes, or a dessert Island, Sailing, Jet Ski's, Parasailing, Scuba, Fishing, Great Restaurant's and the Best Shopping of the Caribbean "no tax"...
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Walk out the sliding doors to the sand
Perfect Temperature all Year
activities and attractions in US Virgin Islands Caribbean
Aquarium Swim w/sharks or dolphins
Shopping no Tax.
Submarine/ Helicopter Tours
Tennis and Golf
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Dec 16 to Apr 30: $299/nt 3 nights min.
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Weekly Rates includes two complimentary room cleaning.
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Top things to do in US Virgin Islands
- The Most Amazing Sightseeing "view Points U.S.V.I
- Swim and Snorkel on Sapphire Beach
- Helicopter over Virgin Islands
- Go to Megan's bay Beach "one of the ten top beaches of the world
- Rent a Boat and go to a Dessert Island...
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- Drake's Seat
- Ferry to Other island's
- Magens Bay Beach
- Smith Bay Park
- Sapphire Beach
Top things to do with a family
- Helicopter Ride over Virgin Islands
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- Go See-trek or Swim with shark's at the Aquarium
- Trip to B.V.I "snorkeling and the Bath's
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GRANTHAM, Pa., December 3, 2005 - Springfield College junior Mike Gaeta (Manalapan, N.J.) and sophomore Elliot Smith (Richville, N.Y.) each captured individual titles in their respective weight classes (141, 184) as the No. 8 Pride finished second out of 11 competing squads at this past weekend's Petrofes Invitational, hosted by Messiah College.
SUNY Brockport won the team title with a final total of 160 points. SC finished second at 152.5 points, with Heidelberg coming in third at 122.5 points and host Messiah College rounding out the top four with 114.5 total team points.
Gaeta, ranked second in the nation at 141 pounds, won a 5-4 decision in the finals over Messiah's Matt Gorkos. Smith recorded a 15-5 victory in the finals of the 184-pound division over Bridgewater State's James Quinlan.
Other top performances for the Pride included junior Mark DeCiccio (Cranston, R.I.), currently ranked eighth in Division III at 149 pounds, who finished second in his respective weight class, and sophomore Greg Dussol (Amston, Conn.) who also finished second in the 174-pound weight division.
Senior Derek McNerney (Baldwin, N.Y.) defeated SUNY Oneonta's Scott Gorman by a 6-4 margin to take third at 125 pounds, and sophomore Jake Tyler (Gouverneur, N.Y.) defeated SUNY Brockport's Andrew Grillo, also by a 6-4 margin, to finish third at 157 pounds.
Senior Scott Faivre (East Islip, N.Y.) chipped in with a fourth-place finish at 174 pounds, and sophomore Scott Heinze (Miller Place, N.Y.) took fifth in the 165-pound weight class.
SC will next travel to Worcester, Mass., to take on WPI in its first dual meet of the 2005-2006 season on Wednesday, December 7.Final Team Standings - Petrofes Invitational - Hosted by Messiah College


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Susan Wright, Texas
Matt Rainwaters is an editorial features photographer, based in Austin, Texas. Photographer Lance Rosenfield told me, "Matt is a specialist at making portraits through bullet proof glass." For the past few years, Rainwaters has been the go-to-man in the lone star state for interview-room portraits. Collected, these portraits are the series Offender.
As well as Texas prison portraits, Offender includes some images from Rainwaters' 2010 trip to Guantanamo.
Of Rainwaters' Guantanamo images, I have never before seen photos like his shots of magazines with crudely redacted images of women inside the pages. The layers, scrawls and obvious surface of those images of images seem to encapsulate the malevolent drudgery that is the deadlock between disfunctional fundamentalism and more disfunctional American legal standards. When two resolute systems that cannot accommodate each other an create faint-compromise, they do so with results of zero utility. Perverse and pathetic.
Unfortunately, when I spoke to Matt, I wasn't familiar with the redacted-image magazine images, so I didn't ask him about them. Darn! I hope they spark some inquiries of your own.
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PP: Recently, I spoke with Alan Pogue, a documentary photographer in your home city Austin. Alan said it's easy to get a photograph in a visiting room but if you need to get inside the living quarters and inside Texan prison facilities you pretty much need a lawsuit. What do you think about that?
Matthew Rainwaters (MR): I'd say that's fair. Getting access to the visiting rooms is fairly easy if you have a commission and if you have the media contact. Getting beyond that though I've never been able to.
The writer I work with and I have had great ideas for stories but getting past the visiting room is not gonna happen. There's been times when literally I could have walked just past the line and made a much more compelling portait, but it's just not allowed.
PP: How does one get access to the visiting rooms?
MR: If you go to the Texas Department of Justice website there is a 'media' section. Contact the media liaison with details of the publication that you're working for. Once you have the commission, you tell them the story and the prisoner that you're planning on working with. The negotiations are straight forward.
PP: In how many Texas prisons have you made portraiture?
MR: I've been to various facilities in Hunstville, TX; one in Palestine, TX; and I've been to four different facilities in East Texas.
PP: Are there any limitations on the equipment you take in?
MR:You are subject to a search every time you go in. I typically have my lighting kit – two strobe heads, a bag with stands and various modifiers, reflectors, cloths, back drops. I've never had a problem getting kit in and out.
PP: How do you shoot through reflective bullet-proof glass?
MR: There's a few tricks that you can use. Sometimes a polarizer will help. Sometimes if it's a small enough booth I can have an assistant stand behind me with a dark cloth and that will cut down on reflections and then from there it's just understanding the fundamentals of photography. Lighting, contrast, and trying to work with the available light.
Trying to use a strobe through glass is next to impossible.
From there it's just talking with your subject, getting to know them, and then trying to effectively communicate their story that the writer is also telling.
Wayne East, Texas
PP: Can you describe each of your subjects and their particular stories?
MR: I photographed Wayne East. He was convicted of a murder. This is a pretty compelling story. He spent 19 years on death row before a woman started championing his cause. Not incoincidentally, she was the victim's cousin who believed that East is innocent.
She raised a bunch of money, spent a lot of her own money and basically petitioned to get him off of death row. He was recently paroled. after 30 years for the crime.
PP: It wasn't a wrongful conviction?
MR: East has always said he is innocent. The question remains: Was he really guilty or is he innocent as she also believes?
The other story I was really close to was that of Susan Wright (top image). My images ran in Texas Monthly for an article titled 193. She was convicted of murdering her husband by stabbing him 193 times.
Susan Wright, Texas
MR: The story goes that Wright's husband would come home and beat her. The defense attorney never brought up battered woman syndrome.
Well, one day he came home and started rough-housing with their kid, slapped him around, and that's actually what drove her over the edge and she tied him to the bed and then ended up pulling a knife out and stabbing him 193 times. This whole idea of battered woman syndrome and her being psychologically damaged from years of abuse was never brought up during the defense. So she was up for an appeal for parole and I believe that's still pending. I don't know how that's played out.
PP: There's another compelling portrait of a female in that story was it the prosecuting attorney or the DA?
MR: Kelly Siegler, prosecutor in the Harris County district attorney's office.
The court proceedings were aired on Court TV and Siegler was a controversial character because she was very theatrical in her closing arguments. She ended up tying one of her law assistants to the table and climbed on top of him and proceeded to count out 193 stabs, every single one she simulated with her pen. All on TV. A lot of people believe that those theatrics are responsible for convicting Susan.
Kelly Siegler, District Attorney prosecutor, Texas
PP: What was your first prison shoot?
MR: Steven Russell. You may be familiar with him from the movie I Love You Phillip Morris starring Jim Carrey as Russell.
Russell is Texas' most notorious escape artist. He'll be in prison for the rest of his life, even though he was originally convicted of a white collar crime. Russell fell in love with a man in prison, escaped to be with him, and then continued to escape over and over again. So what could have been a relatively short prison sentence has been compounded by the crime of escape four times over.
Russell was in the most maximum security prison – the Michael Unit out past Palestine. He has one hour of sunlight each day. He's locked up in the same way as the most violent offenders, although he's a completely non-violent offender.
All four times that he escaped were completely nonviolent too, so it's sort of tragic. Does he deserve to be there? You know, that's questionable. He did escape but it's a sad story nonetheless.
Steven Russell, Texas
PP: Let's move from the US to the US' outlying territories? When did you got Guantanamo and why?
MR: I went to Guantanamo for Esquire UK in March, 2010.
PP: For how many days?
MR: It was a three day stay on the base.
There's a lot of misconceptions about Guantanamo Bay. The media portrays it as solely as a detention facility on the coast of Cuba but what I didn't realize until I got there it's been a functioning military base since 1906 – a lot of it's operations have to do with immigration and refueling point for US allies.
MR: We did the media tour of the prison facility. We went to some of the different camps. Saw how, in some cases, some of the inmates live communally, in other cases some of them are locked down. There's definitely a lot of secrecy still. It's not as transparent as they would have you believe. There's some camps that you don't have access to at all and there's some camps that they don't even admit to existing on the island and they don't show up on any maps. But it's been proven that there are certain inmates that are held there in a mysterious location.
MR: What is extremely frustrating about photographing at Guantanamo Bay is the strict security protocol. At the end of every day, you sit down with an officer and they look through every single photo.
Sometimes very arbitrary reasons or sometimes very good reasons, they will delete a photo. If they don't like the way it may represent the prison then they'll delete those photos too.
Every single photograph goes through this "filter." I had maybe 60% of the images I shot deleted before I came home.
PP: Is it fair to ask if there's any points of comparison between Guantanamo and the Texas prisons? Did you feel as though the monitoring is different? Did you feel as though the administrations understood your role as a media person differently? Do you find any irony in the fact that Guantanamo is one of the most secure and notorious prisons in the world but they provide these three days media junkets, something state prisons do not provide?
MR: Within the Texas prison system we're there to photograph a specific individual. So you're led into an interview room or booth. I'm there to take a photograph of that person whereas in Guantanamo Bay the subject isn't a specific person it is the entire facility.
PP: But in both cases, for different reasons, the authority is media savvy and happy to work with you?
MR: Yes.
Guantanamo Bay a lot of people believe, and quite possibly rightfully so, should be shut down because it is a publicity nightmare for the United States. Everything they're trying to do with the media at Guantanamo is to try and show how fair, how honest, how transparent, everything is and they're really trying to deflect this image of it being a detention facility that practices torture.
The institutionally genius part of Guantanamo Bay, from the administration standpoint is no-one is stationed at Guantanamo Bay. People are only deployed to Guantanamo Bay, so no-one stays there for longer than a year-and-a-half and that goes to the highest ranking people, including the admiral who's in charge of the Joint Task Force.
So, when you ask them about issues of torture or enhanced interrogation methods everyone can default stock answer over and over again. We kept running into, "I don't know, I wasn't here."
Institutionally it's set up in that way and that was probably the most frustrating thing as a journalist. No one can tell the whole story. The institutional memory of the place is at best a year old.
PP: Your work has a very distinct look. So, how would you say it fits in with other photography made in prisons? And I'm asking that in terms of like who has the power? How does it inform the public?
MR: I'm photographing individuals and as an editorial features photographer. Portraiture is mostly what I do so I'm trying to set up a dialogue with my subject that is fair to them and it's honest to the story. I have to quickly learn how to make people comfortable, disarm them, get them to open up to you so that you can be fair and honest to them.
I typically have an hour to work with a subject, it's a different thing than say a documentary looking at a place over and over again. I'm working work within the confines of limited time and semi-limited knowledge of the person and trying to break all that down and create a portrait.
PP: What is the reaction of your subjects? What do they think will come about through your interaction with the camera as a mediator?
MR: A mixture of skepticism and hope. They hope that telling their story will better the legal decision that may be looming. Maybe it's a plea for an appeal or they just want to tell their story. Maybe they feel like they haven't been able to tell their side of the story?
But there's also skepticism because they don't know necessarily the turns that the story may take and they don't know what the recent side of the victim's story, nor the reactions to it.
Imprisoned subjects can be guarded at first. Usually, there's 10 to 15 minute window where you're talking on the phone through the plexi glass. I've got my camera just sitting there and I'm not taking photos, just taking the pulse of the person and getting to understand them … and that will dictate everything.
Wayne East, Texas
PP: You're building what could be loosely characterized as a portfolio of visiting room prison portraiture. Is there a common aesthetic that runs through those that you're either conscious of or you've just started to notice as these projects mount up. Not in a pejorative sense, I want to describe Offender as creepy. Is that okay?
MR: Well, it's definitely that institutional aesthetic – you're so confined with time and space you literally have to learn to make do with whatever's thrown at you.
Now that I've done it quite a few times I know what to expect; "Am I shooting through plexi-glass today or am I shooting through a screen? Do we maybe have an open room to work with which maybe means I can actually set up a back drop and maybe a light or two? Am I free to interact with the person without talking on a phone?"
It's a dark subject but it's also mostly working with honest stories – fascinating stories, but yeah, creepy at times. Ultimately, these are stories that need to be told and that's why I enjoy photographing, I believe it's some of the most honest work that I do.
PP: Thanks Matt.
MR: Thank you, Pete.
Steven Russell, Texas.
© Julia Ziegler-Haynes
There are many photography projects that image the last meals of America's executed. Here's the pile. Here's Julia Ziegler-Haynes' photographs.
Thanks to David Naugle for the tip.
I Heart Gordon Stettinius' humour. Especially in light of the horrendous Olympian portraits, this work seems like a good time to reflect on why and how we make (bad) portraits.
© Sye Williams. Gertha Griffin is serving time for assault with a deadly weapon. She shares her poem, "Waking up in a Cold, Dark Room."
Friend of the blog and former PPOTR interviewee, Sye Williams has launched a new website. The images from his Women in Prison series are crisper and there's a few images – such as the one above – that he had not published before.
Last week, for her photos of representations of death row prisoners' last meals, Helen Grace Ventura Thompson won a Sony Photography Award in the Still Life category.
Last year, I listed a swathe of projects that photographed similar representations.
© Helen Grace Ventura Thompson
Despite these numerous projects, execution is still an invisible act. Perhaps rightly so – it is very gory. But it is gory paid for by tax dollars. The many projects focusing on last meals are reflex actions to this invisibility.
Sometimes the most interesting discussions can arise from the most left-field of questions. In that spirit: We can learn the last words of the executed, but what if we saw a last photo?
A Guardian gallery explains Thompson's work, "The idea behind the project was to juxtapose the morbid context surrounding the meal with the relative mundanity of the food itself."
The dissonance between morbid and mundane may jolt people. I hope that a jolt may kickstart conversations, because without a debate to follow then Thompson's images and those like them are little more than studio experiments.
Food unites us all so we should be compelled by these images, one would think. What would you choose to eat before being fried or poisoned? Yet, for me, food photography is so ubiquitous it's boring – I'm as uninterested by commercial gigs with painted food-props as I am by Instagram shots of my friend's friend's appetizer.
I also feel a little uncomfortable with the reverence laid over the photos of last meals, especially in light of the ultimate act of violence unleashed shortly after that last bite. Prisoners I have spoken to always talk about the inescapable noise of prisons. Photography is a quiet medium and these photographs are quieter than most.
I accept that Thompson's job wasn't to meet my unorthodox wandering thoughts, but I feel short-changed by her images. I wonder who makes the meals that Thompson references? And where do they get eaten? We've seen photographs of electrocution and gas chambers; bullet-ridden firing squad chairs; video tours of death houses; portraits of condemned men; and a photograph of a stainless steel table at which a last meal is eaten, but never see a photo of someone actually chowing down their last meal. Does anyone sit down with them?
Thompson's style mimics fine art painted still lives and as such the reality, the noise, and the act of eating (or in some cases, a prisoner's choice not to eat) are lost. Time is lost. Scott Langley has done the best job of reinserting time into a body of images documenting the most final of events.
Would a photographer following the acts (and meal) of a condemned man or woman be as distasteful as people witnessing his or her death from behind mirrored glass? If so, what's the alternatives? Could we imagine allowing a condemned man or woman – with a disposable camera – to document his or her own murder, should they choose to? We see images of, and by, dead people all the time. The environment for executions is so controlled and sanitised they'd be quite boring pictures … until the subject turned the camera on him or herself. That'd be dripping with emotion; that shot would have a time stamp. That type of shot falls the other end of the scale to Thompson's distantly crafted images.
Think about it. The media formula for executions is to report the last meal, the last words, the last breath and the last body spasms. Wouldn't you be far more interested in seeing the last image? An image made by a person who knew they were about to die? Isn't that the shot that no one else could ever get?
April 4th is the United Nations' International Day for Mine Awareness.
Raphaël Dallaporta's Antipersonnel is a typology of these little fuckers that take doors off armoured vehicles and dice humans into small bloody portions.
Photographed against a black backdrop with the high production value of advertising photography, Dallaporta in some ways disarms us ('xcuse the pun). Dallaporta's work has some of them looking more like Tamagotchi's than instruments of war. If we're not careful, we might forget that for most of their existence these objects are either being put together in a factory, stored in cache or waiting to blow. They're a one purpose gadget with only negative outcomes.
Human's piece the deathly components together and then bury them under shallow soil in full knowledge they'll exist quietly, perpetually, until someone or something presses down a medium amount of load. Yes, it's all or nothing for these little fuckers.
But, I am anthropomorphising. These objects are not to blame. We are to blame. You can fire 1000 rounds from a gun and you cannot know how many will achieve their destructive purpose. But 1000 landmines are going to rip apart 1000 lives. They're a guaranteed return. They are the absolute in nihilism and hate. That's why it is important to distinguish antipersonnel mines from other weapons and that is why it is good the UN leads an effort to see them banned.
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Since the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, commonly known as the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention opened for signature in 1997, 156 countries have ratified or acceded to it. More than 41 million stockpiled anti-personnel mines have been destroyed, and their production, sale and transfer have in essence stopped.
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Channel Four in the UK has launched this controversial ad campaign for a new series of 'My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding.' Image by Ross McCullough.
This post has nothing to do with prisons, but as you know I'm appalled when imagery is not used responsibly.
In the past 24 hours I've come across two advertisement campaigns that are beyond indecent. I am incensed.
The situation is more galling given the fact that both advertisers are groups that I'd expect to have an enlightened approach to the politics of representation.
In the UK, the usually responsible Channel Four has launched a controversial ad campaign for a new series of 'My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding.' Emblazoned across image of gypsy youth are the words: BIGGER. FATTER. GYPSIER.
Matt Daw, Projects Manager at PhotoVoice today said:
The first two words just seem inappropriate. The last is inconceivable in today's world. In short, the advert presents a boy's recognisable face and asks us to make a huge number of assumptions about him based on his being a member of an ethnic minority. No other context is offered.
Members of the Hackney Traveller community have said:
These adverts are stigmatising us by the words and pictures they use. This programme is turning us into something that we are not'.
Manchester-based journalist and photographer, Ciara Leeming who has worked extensively with Roma (European travellers in the UK) groups tweeted that the campaign was "downright racist."
Photovoice will be picketing Channel 4 today.
Meanwhile, the animal rights group PETA wants to fight cruelty against animals by making light of violence against women.
The premise of their latest TV campaign is ludicrous: If your boyfriend becomes vegan, he'll immediate be such a "stud" that you should be ready for sex marathons so violent, he'll put your head through the wall … resulting in a neck brace. After that he'll send you down the road – in your underwear – to buy post-coitus vegetables.
This is the latest of PETA's "ads" produced for web distribution with the intention to shock and no hope of making it on to TV. But still.
What is wrong with you people? Oh yeah, you're single minded advertisers with dollar signs obscuring your view of the sensible and right.
Matt Bors, my favourite Portland-based cartoonist batters PETA with his post, PETA Targets No One Ever With Its Latest Campaign: "I'm big into not injuring the women I have sex with or bashing their heads into walls."
Sye Williams will tell you himself he is not political-engaged in prisons issues. He wanted to shoot a photo-story in a prison and wanted to provide viewers "a slice of life" of the female prisoners at Valley State Prison for Women (VSPW) in Chowchilla, California.
Sye likes to get inside of sub-cultures. In the past, Sye has shot teenage wrestlers, fringe sports-folk and even adopted the persona of a journeyman fighter in order to get inside the world of the amateur boxing circuit. He lost his first bout, but returned a second night with dyed hair and different (leopard skin) shorts to fight again.
Sye, whose film photographs from VSPW have an eerie blue-green institutional patina, visited the prison in 2000. His first impression was that the prison looked like a vocational college. Still, Sye says, "I didn't see a lot of optimism. [...] Everyone always talked about coming back."
Over five days Sye felt he (and his writing partner and assistants) had virtual unhindered access. Furthermore, he praises the accommodations made by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for his project. It is unusual for prison photographers to report such freedom within the walls.
Sye is also one of the very few prison photographers to have made multiple portraits of prison staff. He attributes this to the more relaxed atmosphere in a women's prison. Due to fewer incidents of violence, Sye's impression was that staff considered work at a women's prison as a step toward retirement.
Sye's curiosity leads him to wonder what has happened to the women in the interim ten years and, given the opportunity, he would like to make portraits of them now (whether they are incarcerated or not) a decade on.
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01-16-2013 13:55:02 | More by Thorpe429
3.64/5 rDev -7.4%
This poured out as a hazy looking orange color with a white head on top. The retention settles quickly leaving a thin white film over top of the beer. There is a scattered lacing on the glass but nothing too fancy looking. The smell of the beer has large amounts of ripe banana aromas with a generous sweetness as well. The taste is fruity with a hint of some tangy spice in the finish. The mouthfeel of the beer has a pretty good amount of body to it. There is a good carbonation and goes down smooth for a higher ABV beer. Overall this beer is pretty good, it almost reminded me more of an "Imperial Hefeweizen" in some ways. Not a bad beer to try though.
01-14-2013 14:58:17 | More by Knapp85
3.71/5 rDev -5.6%
First had: on tap at the brewpub
A "strong holiday saison."
Hazy, golden-amber pour, with a frothy white head that left dabs of soapy lacing on the glass. Aroma was light, notes of spicy yeast and stone fruits. The taste was similar, ripe stone fruits, pale malts, saison yeast, hints of peppery spice and mint, some boozy heat trying to peak through. Nothing that really made me think "holiday ale," but then again, that's a pretty broad scope there. About medium in body, moderate carbonation, decent drinkability.
01-15-2013 00:12:14 | More by Rifugium
3.63/5 rDev -7.6%
Served in a tasting glass.
Pours a cloudy golden amber with a layer of white head that leaves lace on the glass. I'm getting a strong herbal note in the smell along with a sweet citrus component. The taste isn't quite as sweet. There is a slight wine like tartness. Herbal notes combine with malt sweetness through the finish. I would have liked the flavors to be abut more delicate. The carbonation was tingly with a dry finish.
02-07-2013 06:16:55 | More by oline73
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01-20-2013 00:25:34 | More by yourefragile
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01-14-2013 17:40:31 | More by orangesol
4.09/5 rDev +4.1%
1-liter growler into a matching Tired Hands oversized wine glass. The brew appears a clouded golden yellow with a rich and frothy white cap that holds with about a finger and fades leaving a full wall of webby lacing effect sticking to the glass. A swirl revives about a half finger back to the surface that again fades to a thin layering across the top.
The aroma is mildly spicy with suggestions of clove and pepper with a fruity inclusion that is minorly lemon-like. There is some bready quality about this that is quite pleasing coupled with an herbal hop element that is somewhat grassy. Trace amounts of bubblegum emerge as the brew warms up.
The flavor is bready with a flavor of wheat that provides a soft touch of something tart before the onset of fruity pear or apple skins. Some spice like pepper and clove is also present with a soft herbal hop flavoring to contrast. The aftertaste is somewhat fruity like lemon miked with that fresh grainy quality that was quite abundant initially in the aroma.
This is a medium bodied brew with a modest amount of carbonation. It is packed full of flavor that is well blended and rounded. That 8% abv is well masked. Style-wise this might be the first Tired Hands offering that was restraint enough to be familiar even though I never had it before. I dont know what they did to make this a "holiday" saison but quite frankly I dont care. This was very enjoyable.
01-31-2013 01:20:03 | More by stakem
4/5 rDev +1.8%
01-14-2013 15:38:52 | More by BARFLYB
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01-17-2013 14:59:19 | More by ShanePB
3.94/5 rDev +0.3%
on tap at the brewpub
Golden orange pour, hazy hue, thick tuft of white head. Fades into solid retention with sticky lacing.
Inviting nose with citrus peel and orange. Light tartness, softly funky, tones of cracked pepper and lemon peel. A bit malty and warm.
Funky and spicy up front with lemon peel. Sweetness from the malty backbone with biscuit notes. Peppery spice, toasted grain, familiar saison yeast and alcohol warmth.
Fuller medium body, higher carbonation, bubbly and creamy on the tongue. Tasty combination of citrus, sweetness and alcohol, making it an enjoyable fit for the "holiday season" even though it's already passed us by.
01-16-2013 14:17:06 | More by xnicknj
New Jersey
3.98/5 rDev +1.3%
Hazy golden orange in color, medium cap of white froth, decent lacing. Scent of spicy yeast hits before musty grain, light herbal notes with some fruity esters. Taste begins with musty grain and peppery spice, mild herbal and leafy qualities present, lightly sweet and fruity esters. Medium bodied, nice coating, dry. Solid, full flavored saison.
02-11-2013 15:54:33 | More by rfgetz
New Jersey
4.23/5 rDev +7.6%
Growler poured into a tulip
A hazy, orange infused golden yellow body with a two finger off white cap. Good staying power, settling to a layer of foam with some spider web lacing.
The nose is of white wine, straw, lemon peel, pepper, doughy yeast, and grapefruit. Prominent wine notes with and underlying musty/earthy funk from the straw notes.
Earthy, musty funk up front before a wave of white wine, doughy yeast, pepper, and citrus. The finish is a balance of juniper, straw, and earth, giving way to wine and citrus. A little bit of bitter citrus coats the mouth and lingers around for a while.
Medium body with a smooth feel.
A bit of a different spin on a saison, bringing in wine notes and borderline hefeweizen notes. The musty, earthy funk from the straw flavors helps balance this out. This is a damn fine saison. I really enjoyed this.
01-19-2013 03:34:50 | More by ColForbinBC
4/5 rDev +1.8%
Pours a clear golden honey color with a white head.
Smells of honey, mild spice, sweet white grape juice, hibiscus and maybe other flowers, some booze detectable. Complex and enticing.
Taste is sweet honey and flowers again, lemon zest, some interesting peanut/peanut butter flavor, booze. Again, complex and very tasty.
Strong well carbonated mouthfeel, very appropriate for the style, fairly thick and syrupy though, the 8% abv shows a little.
Great beer, complex and unique but still within expectations for the style.
02-10-2013 05:00:16 | More by AlexFields
4.75/5 rDev +20.9%
01-19-2013 22:40:44 | More by Gatordaddy
4/5 rDev +1.8%
02-05-2013 17:08:56 | More by Jspriest
3.25/5 rDev -17.3%
01-15-2013 03:07:01 | More by brez8791
3.75/5 rDev -4.6%
03-29-2013 14:40:26 | More by baybum
4.25/5 rDev +8.1%
01-20-2013 15:59:19 | More by garuda
4/5 rDev +1.8%
01-31-2013 23:02:49 | More by callmemickey
3.75/5 rDev -4.6%
05-06-2013 13:21:12 | More by Jason1337
4.5/5 rDev +14.5%
02-13-2013 03:00:57 | More by comfortablynirm
3.25/5 rDev -17.3%
07-15-2013 02:29:54 | More by Retail1LO
4/5 rDev +1.8%
01-14-2013 19:31:41 | More by fdig23
3.75/5 rDev -4.6%
02-10-2013 00:28:31 | More by RichardMNixon
3.75/5 rDev -4.6%
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JUPITER, Fla. -- Juan Encarnacion and Damion Easley each homered, and the Marlins rode the arm of Josh Beckett to a 3-1 win over the Nationals on Thursday at Roger Dean Stadium.
Florida's Opening Day starter, Beckett breezed through his final Grapefruit League outing. The hard-throwing right-hander gave up one run on five hits in seven innings. Extremely efficient, Beckett threw 74 pitches, striking out three without issuing a walk.
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A WARD manager at Basildon Hospital used a colleague as her personal handyman, a nursing tribunal has ruled.
Abiola Apara got a clinical support worker to mow her lawn, fix a leaking tap and install a new washing machine while he was supposed to be on duty.
She also got him to take her car for an MoT and fit new lights at her home.
The jobs became so regular colleagues at nicknamed him "Mr AA just for Miss Apara".
The committee heard on one occasion he was two-and-half hours late for his shift, because he had driven Ms Apara to Ikea.
He made a complaint in January 2007.
It is among a series of offences which occurred between 2002 and 2007 while Ms Apara worked on the hospital's Lionel Cousins ward.
Ms Apara denied the misconduct charges claiming they were part of a trumped up "conspiracy" by her former colleagues, but the panel found there was no evidence to back up this claim.
The tribunal also found Ms Apara had behaved inappropriately to other staff members by ignoring a ward sister for five weeks and only communicating by notes left in the staff room.
Ms Apara had argued the allegations could not be true as she held regular meetings with them.
A claim Ms Apara had also asked a staff nurse to provide a reference for her daughter, whom she had never met, was also accepted by the panel.
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The Costume Institute's Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations show opens to the public on Thursday, following tonight's red-carpet gala. The press preview this morning provided an early look at an exhibition that juxtaposes the fashions of two of our industry's most provocative practitioners with videos of imagined conversations between them. Miuccia Prada plays herself and the late Elsa Schiaparelli is brought to life by the actress Judy Davis using real quotes from the designer's autobiography, Shocking Life. The clips, which were directed by Baz Luhrmann, riff on not only Vanity Fair's 1930′s column "Impossible Interviews" but also Louis Malle's 1981 film, My Dinner With Andre.
The designers are both female, Italian, and feminist, but they disagree more often that not. Schiaparelli: "Dress designing is to me not a profession, but an art." Prada: "Fashion designers make clothes and they have to sell them. We have less creative freedom than artists. Maybe nothing is art. Who cares?"
Still, the curators Harold Koda and Andrew Bolton often make compelling connections between the designers' work. The overlaps, for example, between Prada's Fall 2012 Ugly Chic printed pantsuits (which, of course, reference her own 1990′s take on the 1970′s) and Schiaparelli's circa-1930′s version are uncanny despite the nearly 80 years that separate them. The exhibition is divided into themes. In "The Surreal Body," the show's final section, dresses from each designer are encased in Lucite and juxtaposed with photos of the other's work. "Schiaparelli is pulled out of the past, made more relevant, and Prada's contemporary aesthetic is given a rich resonance," Koda said during the preview, citing production designer Nathan Crowley's "crisp, timeless" sets. He was nonetheless quick to point out that Prada resists the comparisons. "She was struck by the similarities between two pleated dresses, her own trompe l'oeil and Schiap's 3-D. But she told me the eras that she looks at, that's she's interested in, are the fifties, sixties, and seventies. 'I really don't look at Schiaparelli,' she said."
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Rumor mill running rampant on new UT coach
The rumor mill has been running at full strength for a while now concerning the head coaching position at the University of Tennessee. The newest rumor is just a few minutes old, but it is sure to get the attention of all UT fans.
A very reliable source close to the program in Knoxville has just reported that Lane Kiffin is on the golf course with a prominent UT booster. Most speculate that the prominent booster is Jim Haslam.
Of course everyone knows how rumors are, and most are just topics for discussion at best. We really only know two things for sure. Lane Kiffin is a candidate for the vacant position, and that he is in Knoxville today. Via a tweet.
Another tweet: caseypeters @BCKnoxify | ESPN is reporting John Gruden so who knows at this point. Can we get Lane Kiffin to come this far East though? 35 minutes ago from web in reply to BCKnoxify
Why would Tennessee want a coach that appears primed to battle in court with Al Davis over his Raiders contract? Do we want a coach with that as a distraction?
I thing Jon Gruden should be the main focus of this replacement not matter what is costs.
General Neyland, Coach Dickey, Coach Battle, Johnny Majors, Coach Fulmer, and now introducing "LANE KIFFIN!" I bet he could show us a thing or two about the spread offense. Have things gotten this bad and our boosters this blind?
1 - Cowher
2 - Gruden
3 - Kiffin
Lane Kiffin is the way to go! I hope the vols go out and get this guy. Recruiting coordinator for USC for 4 years is all i need to know. No 18 year old boy wants to play for chucky.
Why do we want a coach from the professional ranks? We are the University of Tennessee! We should be able to get ANY coach in the country.
well there a few reasons to get a coach frm the pros..how about Saban, Spurrier, Patrino, Brooks.. They seem to be doing pretty good
Kiffin may be good, but I'd prefer some proven successful head coach experience. He'd be a bit of a gamble at this point. Gruden would be good, though not my favorite. However, in response to Mikey, there would be no shortage of 18 year old boys who would want to play for him. All he would need do is dangle the super bowl ring in front of them and say "I can show you how to get this." The great majority of elite recruits are focused on their NFL career. College is a stepping stone. They can choose to have fun playing a wide open Urban offense, or they can play for a guy that has been at the top of the NFL ranks and knows what it takes to get there. My concern with Gruden is not recruiting, but whether his scheme can be understood by college players. My first preference is Mike Leach if we would also ante up for a top notch defensive coordinator.
1. Will Muschamp
2. Lane Kiffin
There is no three, these two men are exactly what the Tennessee program needs right now. Both young, intense, and proven coaches. Both have not been proven on the head coach level but, both are undoubtably ready for the big stage. Plus recruiting masterminds. I have said I would like Gruden as well but, with time not on our sides with recruiting he will take far to much time. Plus Gruden has never managed a group of young men or been on the recruiting trail.
Kiffin or Muschamp for UT head football coach!
1. Will Muschamp
2. Lane Kiffin
There is no three, these two men are exactly what the Tennessee program needs right now. Both young, intense, and proven coaches. Both have not been proven on the head coach level but, both are undoubtably ready for the big stage. Plus recruiting masterminds. I have said I would like Gruden as well but, with time not on our sides with recruiting he will take far to much time. Plus Gruden has never managed a group of young men or been on the recruiting trail.
Kiffin or Muschamp for UT head football coach!
I have heard by the rumormill that John Gruden has a filty mouth. If so, I don't think he would be our man. If this is not true, someone let it be known.
Based on discipline issues we have had, a filthy mouth may be just what we need to get players in line. Chucky would be a good fit.
Does a filty mouth mean that he can't coach football? From what I have seen it seems like most coaches have filty mouths. Why do you care? If he is our man, it will be a while before we can hire him. The NFL season does not end until the very end of the year, and TB will proabbly be in the playoffs, so we are talking about at least Mid Jan. signing day is the first of Feb..that makes Kiffin attractive because we can hire him now, and he can start re-recruiting. I think he would be a good coach and be able to hire a great staff because of all his ties.
i heard gruden and his wife are gonna be in knoxvile for the homecoming game. Hey i could Kinin as Offinsive corridator and gruden as head coach. but hey who knows. bill cowher could be in the mix too.
i heard gruden and his wife are gonna be in knoxvile for the homecoming game. Hey i could Kinin as Offinsive corridator and gruden as head coach. but hey who knows. bill cowher could be in the mix too.
If the above is true...
Jon Gruden was a Graduate Assistant here back in 86-87, and his wife is a UT Alumi. (and thought I read somehwere a Cheerleader too).
So they both do have ties here, and it so happens this is TB's Bye week.
If he does come for the game, the media will definitely let us know about it!!!
Being a California Vol, it is well known that Kiffin wasn't even the Raiders first choice for Head Coach from the USC staff. Al Davis wanted Sarkisian, but he said no. Kiffin was tabbed as the OC at USC when Chow left, but then after the first year they bumped up Sarkisian to Co-OC with him. It was because the "Kiffin run offense" wasn't producing like they though it should. Then he goes to Oakland and the offense "just doesn't produce like it's supposed to". Makes me want Sarkisian before Kiffin, and Sarkisian isn't even my first choice.
I live in florida and very familiar with the Buc's. Leave Chucky in Florida. He doesn't deserve to been on the Neyland Stadium sideline. He went to the super bowl with Tony Dungy's team!!!
I think Lane Kiffin should be our next head coach. He was offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator at Southern Cal for a few years when they had 3 straight #1 recruiting classes and were averaging 50 pts per game. Also, his dad is Monte Kiffin. If I was Mike Hamilton, I would try to get Lane in sort of a packaged deal with Monte as our defensive coordinator. He is one of the best defensive coordinators ever and Lane is a young offensive minded coach.
How about Dave Christensen?
Peterson from Boise State is your guy. How can anyone recruit players to play on a blue field in Idaho and qualify for a BCS game in his first year? TN can pay three times what he is making now and he would still be a deal. Obviously he is young, energetic, and knows how to recruit and motivate players. He does not play SEC calibur teams, but he beats those calibur teams when it counts, in the bowl games. What is there not to like??
i think mike sould go after bill cowher or chris peterson bill as won two super bowls and he knows how to recruite bill cowher would be the best choice for this team.
Peterson is a stud. If he can beat a National Championship caliber OU squad at Boise, he can win at UT. While Gruden and Cowher are both proven coaches, I don't know if they could deal with college kids. Muschamp and Kiffin are good, but Peterson is our man.
Since we got rid of a coach with a 750% w/l record all these has beens or wanna be coaches will do just fine. It will take us 5-7 years to crawl off the bottom
I have heard that Pete Carrol from USC has always wanted to coach in the SEC beacuse it is more of a challenge than the Puk 10 or i mean the PAC 10. He obviously knows how to win and bring Kiffin as the OC, just like ol times in Cali....sounds like the west coast O in the East to me.
I think BillCowher has a potty mouth too LOL since when did this become a issue with a coach? The only way Gruden comes here is if his wife tells him she wants to be the big lady on campus
gruden, cowher, kiffin. In that order. Here is the deal, fulmer was asked to resign because he wouldn't keep up with the times and college football is a changin. Now if you want champion calibar players you have to have a coach that not only recruits better than anyone else but will develope their skill sets, one thing fulmer never could do. The qb is the most important position on the field, who developes qb's better than gruden. If your a tennessee fan and cant understand this, please become a vandy fan cause we don't need fans who don't understand football, and a lot of you dont, and winning is more important than anything else you can do, unfortunately, so come on chucky, kill the gators,dogs,the tide, and anyone else that comes in our way. Gruden epuals sec and national champs in three years guranteed. Oh and haslam, just pay the man and watch us win. Go vols
UT Football needs Frank Beamer who would best represent what UT Football has traditionally stood for and should stand for in the future. Do whatever it takes to get him to Knoxville as soon as possible.
I think it'll be Gary Patterson from TCU.
Excellent record as HC at a smaller school, but with access to Texas HS football players. The right age - not too young, but young enough to be around for 15 years.
And he'll keep Chavis in place.
if lane kiffin comes to UT, he will most likely bring his dad monte with him from tampa bay to run our defense
Gruden is an a-hole. we don't want him
forget about kiffin and cower. ut has the cash, to get the best. Pete Carrol, Bob Stoops are my top 2 canidates.Rumor has it both are interested in coaching in the sec.
I have one question.....WHATS WRONG WITH KEEPING CHAVIS?!?!?!? our defense has been the only thing worth a crap in the last 5 years....they spend 3/4 of the game on the field, of course they get tired and give up points.....chavis should stay


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A few Latino groups met with Orange County School Board Members Thursday evening to talk about renaming Colonial High School. Advocates for the name change want to rename the school to a famous baseball player, Roberto Clemente. Colonial High School is one of the biggest schools in Central Florida. Nearly 4,000 high school students attend and the majority of the students are Latino."Colonial has been Colonial forever. Once you say colonial everybody knows, oh it's that school," said a former student Unique Gonzalez."I think they should leave it alone because Colonial has been like that forever. They should never change it," said another former student Odelias Echevarria.So why the name change? Puerto Rican Education Fund Chairman Raul Ramos says there are a lot of reasons. "The school has a lot of negative images so we want to turn that around," said Ramos. "By changing the name to Roberto Clemente, students are going to be able to identify themselves with a Latino who is not a politician but who was a humanitarian."But these moms say community advocates should be focusing on investing inside the classrooms rather than what's going on the outside."Focus on the students and the teachers and everything not about the school name," said Echevarria. "It's not going to change anything. It's not going to make a difference at all."
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An excerpt from the recently updated edition of The Big Book of Writing, available as a comprehensive guide to writing (click right) or in sections (click images below).
In 2008, a computer science professor at Carnegie-Mellon University named Randy Pausch attracted national acclaim with his "last lecture." Dying of pancreatic cancer, Pausch spoke with joy about life and learning, family and friends. As his journey ended, he celebrated life.
Pausch talked about "brick walls," the barriers that we all face in our everyday lives. Those brick walls could be trivial (a traffic jam) or profound (a cancer diagnosis). Rather than lamenting them, Pausch called them essential parts of our growth and development:
Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want something badly enough. They are there to keep out the other people.
What happens to your characters when they hit brick walls? How do they deal with barriers? Do they get angry or accept facts? Do they embrace responsibility or cast blame? Rational calculation or creativity? Team spirit or scapegoating? Do they hit the wall again and again, without changing their approach? Do they give up, admitting defeat—or try something new? Do they devise a strategy to climb over the wall? Do they seek help from others?
By facing a series of crises—brick walls—heroes and other characters stretch themselves to accomplish extraordinary feats.
All of literature's great characters—Odysseus and Oedipus, Hamlet and Macbeth, Don Juan and Tom Jones, Jane Eyre and Carrie Meeber, Santiago and Tomas, Oblomov and Ivan Denisovich, Rabbit Angstrom and Holden Caulfield, to name a handful—battle both external and internal foes to realize their potentials. Each faces daunting problems with limited powers.
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Haverhill, — Marjorie A. Brewer passed away on Wednesday, December 26, 2012. Born 96 years ago, the oldest child of a British immigrant, James H. Smith, and Annie P. Smith from Nova Scotia, Canada. A strong woman far ahead of her time, she dedicated her life to her family and volunteerism. Marge lived in the Riverside section of Haverhill, MA her entire life.
Graduating from Haverhill High School in 1935. She worked as a bookkeeper and managed the family business, J.H. Smith Grain, from 1934-1942 following her father's death when she was 16 years old. Married Irving L. Brewer in 1937. Marge was employed at McGregor-Smith Bus (a company owned be her youngest brother Milton Smith) for 45 years prior to her retirement in 1966 at the age of 80. Marge was then employed by Companion Care of Newburyport and did in home visits for the elderly, and provided transportation to their appointments (all of her clients were 20 years younger than she). Marjorie is a lifelong member of Riverside Memorial Church, 83 years, and is Deaconess Emeritus. During her membership she served on nearly every committee of the Church. She was instrumental in bringing the first Cub Scout Troop to Riverside and was presented the Distinguished Citizen Award by the Boy Scouts of America in 1999. Past President of the Woman's City Club, Hale Hospital Auxiliary, Treasurer of Haverhill Woman's Club, created the first chapter of the Order of Rainbow for Girls in Haverhill, Past Worthy Advisor and Mother Advisor. Marge was Past Patron, and 60 year member, of the Order of Eastern Star, Fidelity Chapter #90. She was past Director of the Protestant Guild for the Blind and served for over 40 years. Served on the Board of Directors of the Penacook Nursing Home for nearly 30 years. Marge served as a consultant for the Association of American's with Disabilities.
Marge organized and conducted endless planned events: fund raisers for the church including The Riverside Horse Show for 35 consecutive years, "May Pole", "Here Comes the Bride", minstrel shows and the locally famous Thom Thumb Wedding, once in a lifetime trips for the John T. Berry Club (which she organized for mentally challenged adults). They took a trip to Washington, DC where they were guests at the White House, and went to Disney World Florida. In recent years she could be seen every Monday night at the Senior Center helping with the Community Meal Program and distributing clothing she personally collected to those in need.
Marge has been recognized for all of her dedication and volunteerism by many organizations. Two of the most meaningful were the 1994 WOMAN OF THE YEAR selected by the YMCA and the D. Raymond Taft Award in 2005.
Marge was preceded in death by her husband, Irving L. Brewer, her son, Irving "Skip" Brewer, Jr., brothers, Milton H. Smith, formerly of Merrimac, MA, Burton "Bud" Smith, formerly of Haverhill, and sister, Virginia Rowe of Portsmouth, NH. Her children are Donna Brewer, Haverhill, MA, Cynthia A. and her husband Donny Adams of Newton, NH, Arthur Brewer, 11 and his wife Kathleen of Hartly, DE; nine grandchildren, Marsha Waterhouse and Melissa Palmer of Portland, ME, Alicia Robertson, Heather Murray and Cybill Beaudoin of Haverhill, MA, Brewer Adams of Lehighton, PA, Amanda Payson, Kailey and Conor Brewer of Hartly, DE; 11 great grandchildren and 3 great great grandchildren.
ARRANGEMENTS: Relatives and friends are invited to the funeral service on Saturday at 12:00 noon at the Riverside Memorial Church. Calling hours will precede the funeral from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers the family is requesting donations be made to the Marjorie Brewer Memorial Fund, c/o Riverside Memorial Church, 278 Groveland St., Haverhill, MA 01830, or the American Cancer Society, 30 Speen Street, Framingham, MA 01701. Online condolences may be sent to www.dcsfuneralhome.com