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Sometimes the work of a great filmmaker can hit all the right notes but not strike the right chord in audiences, critics or both at the time of the film's initial release. Such was the case with Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" (1941), Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" (1958), Francois Truffaut's "Shoot The Piano Player" ("Tirez sur le pianiste" - 1960) and of course most famously with Frank Capra's "It's A Wonderful Life" (1946).(1)
Although many films miss their commercial and/or critical marks, some films gain in reputation and commercial success only after repeated viewings, revivals and reappraisals by audiences and critics. I am not above such critical hubris as was the case when I first saw Michael Mann's 2004 film, "Collateral" in the theatre. At that time, I was unable to get past the fact that I thought that Jamie Foxx had been miscast as a milquetoast cab driver opposite a silver haired Tom Cruise as a hit man fulfilling multiple contract killings throughout a single night in Los Angeles. Fortunately, following my instincts that there is always something to admire even in the lesser works of great auteurs I purchased a DVD copy of the film when it was first released a decade ago, but I never found an occasion to watch it. Although "Collateral" can hardly be considered a critical or commercial disappointment at the time of its release, it is a film whose success is built in no small part upon the popularity of both Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx as its stars and Michael Mann's well known visual panache in shooting Los Angeles at night rather than for the depth of its story and themes. Hearing through social media about the film recently playing on cable and other secondary networks, I found myself watching my DVD and being astonished by my own obtuseness with regard to the utter brilliance of this film.
What struck me immediately about the work a decade after its release was how the circumstances and the relationship between the White hit man, Vincent (Tom Cruise) and the Black cab driver, Max Durocher (Jamie Foxx) could easily be interpreted as an action packed philosophical parable that attempts to transfer the morally suspect power of White privilege from a White character to a Black character. This interpretation, which I will explore here, first strikes the mind in an early fascinating scene between Vincent and Max in the cab after Vincent has committed his first murder and after he forces Max into a form of indentured servitude which will last for most of the film's story.
When Max's boss calls him to complain about the damaged cab and levies serious garnishments to Max's wages, Vincent commandeers the cab's radio microphone and instructs Max on what to say back to his boss to stop this unjust treatment. When Max protests that he cannot speak back to his boss so disrespectfully, Vincent abruptly speaks directly to Max's boss with an authority based on phony government credentials, a detailed knowledge of insurance liability policies, and a sense of White privilege that trumps the expected subordination inherent in White employer/Black employee relations. Vincent, playing the role of an aggressive take no bullshit Cyrano de Bergerac, instructs Max to call his boss an "asshole" and to say that," the next time you pull any shit I'm gonna have to stick this yellow cab up your fat ass." This is the first of many scenes where Vincent allows Max to borrow his White privilege as a form of collateral to insure his continued servitude throughout this intense night journey. The fact that Vincent has zip tied Max's hands to the steering wheel only adds to the interpretation that Vincent is both demonstrating and transferring to Max the very machinations of White privilege in circumstances where a Black male is unable or unwilling to exert resistance against the oppressor.
That Max is being oppressed by Vincent in this process is but a sweeter irony of our interpretation.
The very next scene which also underscores this idea of the demonstration and transference of White privilege is when Max while attempting to alert others of his predicament, is robbed by two White trash males and Vincent returns to unceremoniously kill them both and retrieve his briefcase.
Vincent tells Max, "You attract attention you're going to get people killed who didn't need to be, you understand?"
Each subsequent murder by Vincent with Max alternately as witness or unwitting participant demonstrates the violent force of White privilege and teaches Max how to perform "Whiteness"; that is how to lack empathy for others, pretend to possess credentials you don't actually have, violate, abuse and even kill others to attain money as the ultimate goal of a soulless human condition. The master's privilege is based on a dialectic of servitude enforced through heartless displays of violence and lies that take other people's confidence.
It must be said here that this interpretation of "Collateral" has a philosophical basis and it is found in the German philosopher G.W.F. Hegel's master-slave dialectic or what is properly translated as lordship and bondage.(2) Without delving into a long explanation or an untidy oversimplification, let's just say that Hegel after studying some reports concerning the violent Haitian revolution from French oppression (1791-1804), he noted that what defines the relationship between a master and a slave is death. The master is master because he does not fear death, but the slave is a slave because of his fear of death and as a consequence he enters into an agreement where in which his servitude grants him life and his disobedience will grant him certain death. What is curious both in this simplification of Hegel's master-slave dialectic and the interpretation of "Collateral" that is being put forth here is the notion that White privilege is ultimately based upon a White man's sociopathic lack of empathy for non-Whites and an absence of the normal fear of death.
Vincent represents a terminator-like grim reaper murdering people as professionally as possible for a pre-determined price, without shame, compassion, or most importantly without fear of his own death. Vincent as performed by Tom Cruise is the personification of a form of heartless White privilege that murders all the minority victims he has been hired to kill without remorse as a means of proving and maintaining a race based moral supremacy.
A powerful scene that demonstrates this transference of White privilege from Vincent to Max is when Max has to assume Vincent's identity and talk to Vincent's Latin employer Felix (Javier Bardem) inside of a Latin nightclub. As Max pretends to be Vincent he is surrounded by armed Latin guards who keep their hands on their weapons. As he traverses the night club all of the Latin club goers stare at Max with suspicion. The Blackness of Max's skin signals suspicion and inferiority to all of the Latin patrons, guards and even Felix the employer who has never actually seen Vincent before. After Felix tells the story of Black Peter and Santa Claus to Max as Vincent, Max uses the improvisation skills he has learned from the real Vincent to safely gather the information Vincent needs to complete his murders. When he leaves the club he is no longer looked upon with suspicion and inferiority by the guards or the patrons; he is protected by the cloak of White privilege.
By contrast, in the climatic and bold Asian nightclub shoot out sequence that is a major set piece within the film, Vincent as a White man traverses through the crowd of Asian club goers with an invisibility and an invincibility that is racially coded; that is to say, Vincent's Whiteness in a sea of writhing Asian bodies is not questioned, interrogated nor given a dirty look- because the aura of White privilege gives his presence a kind of "carte blanche" to walk safely through the social spaces of all other races held below Whites on the totem of racial hierarchy. Max benefits from Vincent's White privilege in this scene because Vincent protects him from being killed and exchanges glances with him that acknowledge the transference of White privilege as a protective cloak in exchange for his continued servitude. Even when the violence erupts and people are screaming and running frantically for the exits, Vincent's Whiteness allows him to kill his intended target, an Asian drug lord, and escape outside to Max's cab without so much as having to say," excuse me".
And just in case we might doubt the veracity of this race based interpretation of the film, Vincent suddenly kills a sympathetic Latino cop who had found and believed in Max's innocence while he was standing in the club's doorway. Max is appalled at this murder above all the others because it was both senseless and unnecessary. He is forced at this point to overcome his own fear of death and use the tools of White privilege to force his own violent liberation from enforced servitude. It could be that by putting this film in context with other recent popular slave liberation narratives like Tarantino's "Django Unchained" and McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" we can discern a greater depth and meaning in the film's story and theme than we could upon its initial theatrical release. It is in this way that we might think of Michael Mann's "Collateral" as a kind of slave liberation narrative that we might call, "11 Hours a Slave" since the film takes place between 6:30pm and 5:40am, according to the director himself.(3)
Vincent solicits Max's servitude in a variety of ways that become increasingly morally suspect and violent. First, he offers Max a substantial bonus for taking him to what would turn out to be his first murder and then he threatens to take Max's life when after the first murder he tries to remove himself from the situation. Vincent finally uses threats against Max's mother and the object of his affection, Attorney Annie Farrell (Jada Pinkett-Smith) as the means to secure Max's obedience. Since Vincent does not fear death he uses death itself as a means of attaining Max's servitude because those thought of as slaves love and respect life and the lives of others in such a way that the Masters could never understand or respect.
Yet these threats and the servitude they enforce only makes us certain that "Collateral" is a philosophical parable based on Hegel's master-slave dialectic, but doesn't reveal how Max is able to liberate himself from Black servitude via White privilege. To make sense of this liberation we must look at the character of Max Durocher as performed by Jamie Foxx. What I first mistook as an uncertain performance by Foxx as Max in the beginning of the film during its initial theatrical release, I now understand to be a part of Foxx's overall dramatic performance of a former bad-ass character trying to pretend to be timid and subservient to achieve his goal of owning his own limo company and being his own boss. In a sense Max was only pretending to be a slave so that he might one day be a master. Throughout the course of the film's narrative we begin to understand that Max Durocher is not as docile and timid as he pretends to be during the first act. What Foxx is really doing is constructing a performance within a performance much like Denzel Washington constructed as Det. Alonzo Harris in "Training Day" or as Cary Grant constructed as Roger Thornhill in "North by Northwest." Foxx is playing a character who himself is pretending to be something that he is not which is timid, docile and subservient because as the film progresses we see that he already had the tendencies inside that will be used to affect his own liberation; all Vincent is really doing is providing Max with an emotional road map through which he might tap into these primordial instincts that he must use to defeat his master.
This is what makes "Collateral" such a compelling film, it turns the master-slave dialectic on its head by revealing that it is the slave who is actually morally and intellectually superior to the master and that as the final shoot out in the darkness reveals, it is only by a twist of fate and our own perseverance that we are able to make other Whites recognize the illusion of White privilege as an evil enforced by violence. It is though violence that such evil must be brought to an end. This is no doubt what Hegel was noting in the bloody violence that attended the Haitian revolution and the killing of Whites that brought about Black liberation in the face of the atrocity of slavery.
By the end of the film, with Vincent dead on an empty train, his White privilege has been reduced to what Frank B. Wilderson III describes in his book "Red, White & Black," as "fungible".(4) We might define fungibility here as being no longer privileged and therefore replaceable in like or kind with other similar objects. In Vincent's last words he states," A man dead on the MTA, you think anyone would notice?" Vincent is no longer The White Man with special skills, privileges, and talents, but now just a man- a dead man who is replaceable, fungible, unimportant.
For some Whites the greatest fear concerning Black liberation is that they themselves might have to come to terms with their own fungibility; their own lack of importance in the earthy scheme of things. "Collateral" tells the tale of Black liberation via the transference of White privilege and in so doing it becomes a brilliant cinematic version of Hegel's master-slave dialectic in transit with a cab ride that ends on a train.
(1) "It's A Wonderful Life" is a film that David Graeber the author of "Debt: The First 5,000 Years" would probably describe as the most accurate depiction that was ever made of how "everyday communism" is exercised in a capitalist society. See page 100 of "Debt: The First 5,000 Years" for an explanation of everyday communism in capitalist societies.
(2) As H.S. Harris explains concerning Hegel's conception of lordship and bondage," The real Lord in the relationship is Death, which becomes the inevitable consequence of disobedience, rather than the uncertain outcome of an equal contest." Page 39, "Hegel: Phenomenology and System," Indianapolis: Hackett, 1995. For a simpler explanation of the master-slave dialectic see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master%E2%80%93slave_dialectic
(3) See reference note concerning an HBO interview with Michael Mann in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collateral_(film)
(4) Frank B. Wilderson III explains that, "the other misunderstanding I am attempting to correct is the notion that the profit motive is the consideration in the slaveocracy that trumps all others… in point of fact, slavery is and connotes an ontological status for Blackness; and that the constituent elements of slavery are not exploitation and alienation but accumulation and fungibility… (pg. 14, "Red, White & Black: Cinema and the Structure of U.S. Antagonisms," Durham: Duke, 2010).
Andre Seewood is the author of "SLAVE CINEMA: The Crisis of the African-American in Film." Pick up a copy of the book via Amazon.com HERE.
Perivi Katjavivi | August 24, 2014 9:42 AM
E. Night | July 15, 2014 6:03 AM
In reality, this movie is about existence and anonymity.
Sean | July 8, 2014 9:10 PM
My eyes usually glaze over when I read "white oppression", slavery, and especially of all, "white privilege". I don't agree with you, but I can see your arguments you made. Actually, with Cruise and Foxx in their respective roles, it does make the movie more compelling.
I'm not sure about the whole "transfer of white privilege" part from Max to Vincent, nor the fungibility of white privilege. Mostly because after Max and Vincent shot the hell out of train door, Vincent reached for another clip, and upon finding none, he just sat down and died. He became that dead guy doing laps on the MTA. It was like he recognized he his own fungibility, in some capacity, as early as the beginning of the movie. Max, instead of have some transfer if privilege, was enabled to grow a pair and defy Vincent.
Gah, never mind, I enjoyed he article nonetheless.
Tieuel Legacy | July 5, 2014 2:36 PM
I love Collateral. I see the points that you are making which is a different look at slavery and indentured servitude (interesting that this is the 2nd time I'm commenting on this today). I also see that Max is empowered and shown a way to be more assertive toward his dream of being a Limo Fleet owner and travel to the islands. And if kidnapping is slavery then the points are true as well. I just think that if Vincent encountered a white guy that was down on his luck or lacked "get up and go" he would do the same thing. He would use Max to get what he wants and show him that he is being mistreated by his employer. It's the same thing with roles reversed in The Big Hit with Cuba Gooding, Jr.
T | June 27, 2014 11:43 PM
Very interesting... Except Mark Ruffalo's character is named Ray Fanning, and isn't Hispanic. Still an interesting read.
squeesh | June 22, 2014 5:15 AM
Dude,please---the reality is that black and white people do not go through life seeing the same things the exact same way, especially when it comes to minority-majority perspectives. Also, I'm tired of your "angry white man" stance---it's lame and tired as hell. Funny how white boys like you are always whining about AA, and never confess up to the fact that maybe some of you just couldn't cut in the corporate environment, and that's the real reason that black person got promoted over you---because they were better qualified to begin with, but your egos won't let you admit to that,apparently. The reality is, it's getting hard for everybody out here in the workplace, looking at their very real chances of getting laid off, and having to pound the pavement afterwards with no guarantee of finding a job right afterward. So save the "white victim" complaint for somebody who gives a damn
Frank | June 20, 2014 8:39 PM
Andre - ok, perhaps I am so ingrained to the "white privilege" viewpoint that I cannot see your pov. I don't think so, but perhaps I too am a racist. In corp America Blacks get the benefit of a tie and in many cases are promoted over more qualified people because of their color. That causes resentment. If you don't believe that you are not as aware as you seem. Being a white male in corp America is harder than ever because you have to be at least 20% better than others to advance. Corporate affirmative action. It's also brutally unfair to those African Americans who truly deserve promotion. It's True. No one wants to hear your bitching. Tragic ignorance? I don't think so. I do not see things from a victims pov but I'm not ignorant. Quit playing the victim card and perform... That really is what it's about. Whether or not you agree a vast vast vast amount of "whites" (and you can throw in Asians, Indians, and Hispanics) do not want to hear black Americans whining about things bring unfair. It's bullshit. It is a victim mentality and way past time for this to go away. Did Obama play that card? No.
Frank | June 20, 2014 7:23 PM
Andre, I failed to fully read your response. I get that you are not pointing out racism but rather an intriguing racial theme of master-liberator. I suppose my point, and many others I assume, is that looking at everything through a lens of racial-ness is tiresome. Now, I say that from the 'white privilege' vantage point, but regardless I think people don't want to hear it. That is why people are bitching. In corp America no one cares who or what you are - just perform and do t make excuses.
Frank | June 20, 2014 6:41 PM
I appreciate your perspective - I really do. In no way am I trying to be a dick. I am not sure how I even happened upon this article in the first place as all I was trying to do was look up something on Eddie Murphy.
In regards to the comment from "Up" - you could very well be spot on. I am a white guy and grew up in lilly white suburbs, went to a great big ten university etc... I had it pretty easy in retrospect. As a odd aside, I wasn't even aware of what racism was until I was well into my teens. Remember Larry Holmes? I was a big fan. He fought this white guy, Gerry Cooney. I was for Holmes and I vividly remember this guy I knew couldn't freaking believe that because "Cooney was White" ... that attitude struck me as so odd at the time I still remember it. But, I digress. Anyway, I certainly have my issues with others at times as I have made far too many stereotypical comments about others whether that be gays, other countries, races or religion. I count many people of all sorts as my friends and generally feel open-minded about other perspectives. But that really doesn't mean that I am.
I did quote Lauren, but I don't know her from a stack of books. You say she is black and I am trying to benefit from agreeing with her because she is black? She had a good point I thought.
All I am saying is that if you spend your time looking for a racist perspective you will find it. I can watch anything and make judgements and find some cause or reason, but honestly it doesn't mean it is really there. You are wasting too much energy and generating way too much negativity...it's not always there
Up In The Balcony | June 20, 2014 11:49 AM
OH BOY! I see another tasty morsel has flown in the web. A self proclaimed "white guy", Frank, has stop by with his... ahh... well... I wouldn't call it a critical analysis of Andre's article, so I'm left to define it as a white man's view. And oh my, did he show his whiteness. Now I'm not Andre but I am sure the following caught his eye.
"Sometimes it's best to just look at things as they are"
Really? And how are they? Is that not the gist of Andre's analysis? You know, to absorb, experience, reflect and look at films from different perspective? Geez, I think Frank is exhibiting the errors of white privilege. And check this, he even used the black chick, Lauren, in an attempt bolster his opinion. --> "I echo Lauren's comment about your unhealthy preoccupation about hidden agendas to substantiate your world view of relentless oppression"
"see, although I am a white guy, I'm agreeing with a black woman, so my opinion is not related to my skin color"
Really Frank? Andre has an unhealthy preoccupation about hidden agendas? So that's how you view a critical analysis of a film that differs from yours? Or maybe it's the "racial" element that has you crying foul?
Anyway, as the champ said in Harlem Nights "Don't tttt-take this aaaaa-ass whooping ppp-personally, but get ready b/c I believe Andre's bout to lay you out.
"I echo Lauren's comment about your unhealthy preoccupation about hidden agendas"
Frank | June 20, 2014 10:02 AM
PS. I echo Lauren's comment about your unhealthy preoccupation about hidden agendas to substantiate your world view of relentless oppression. Sometimes it's best to just look at things as they are and quit trying to subvert the narrative to support your mythical claims.
Frank | June 20, 2014 9:54 AM
Well written article, and interesting points....however I can't help but think that you can find what you want to see if you look. The Foxx character could have been played by anyone else and it wouldn't have changed the dynamic. Then I suppose you would have complained that the movie was racist because it was too white. What if the thieves who stole the briefcase were black instead of "white trash"..... Oh man, racism right? In movies these days street hoods are almost always white to avoid the tag. Ugh. C'mon man! I am a white guy and I feel like a totally helpless sap committed to the Man in today's corporate world. We all would have acted like Max and tried to survive.
UITB | June 11, 2014 1:23 PM
Another one bits the dust. Andre has slain another naysayer/detractor, Random Commentary.
Btw, has anyone seen Andre's first challenger, Ms. Lauren? I think she exited stage left when a few male heroes came to her rescue. Oh well, maybe she and a few other S&A readers have learned a little something about what to expect if they dare knock on Andre's door with mess on their minds.
Andre Seewood | June 11, 2014 12:35 PM
@Random Commentary. I fail to see the point of your rebuttal. Just because I didn't substantiate the fact that COLLATERAL was not a critical or commerical disappointment at the time of its release (a fact that can be checked via boxofficemojo, imdb, or rotten tomatoes) in no way supports your original assertion that I," attempted to write a close ended qualitative review which excludes any viewpoint that doesn't agree with [my] own." I mean I have to ask: Did I fall asleep and Wake up in a room full of stupid? Even a cursory glance at the biographical information about Michael Mann on wikipedia reveals that he studied history, philosophy and architeture while in college. Thus, the Hegalian philosophical subtext in the film could have been drawn from his early studies of philosophy. Yes as you say, the safest thing to say is that I saw a deeper subtext in the film than 98% of the average film viewers. Hence, that is why I wrote the article to draw our attention to this deeper subtext and augment the discussion of Black cinema past, present and future. If people don't like to think about movies seriously - particularly Black movies- then that is their perogative. Not all of us think alike and some of us don't think at all- but it besmirches no one else's character and stops no one else's daily routine if some of us find more in a film than 98% of the average film viewers and decide to write about it. I find it quite interesting that you think a film that has a White savior character that aides the liberation of a Black character (12 years a Slave) more interesting than a film where a Black character liberates himself (Collateral).
Random Commentary | June 10, 2014 9:41 PM
I read your review and all the comments prior to posting. Essentially you attempted to write a close ended qualitative review which excludes any viewpoint that doesn't agree with your own. MD said it very plain and simple. I agree. I appreciate the depth you went through to analyze a film you enjoyed. But ultimately you took a kiddie pool turned it into an infinity edge Architectural Digest swimming pool. The film wasn't that deep. If you broke down a film like 12 Years A Slave I would be more on board with the deeper review.
Donella | June 10, 2014 1:57 PM
I liked collateral, but the one up man hip during the miles David discussion (when Tom cruise's) character kills Shabaka irritated me because cruise's chracter came across like a know it all who memorized the notes, but still doesn't understand the music.
i've met some folks with encyclopedic knowledge of hip hop, but still don't understand what the lyrics mean or the cultural context behind their creation. i almost have to mute that part to get through the movie.
parsyeb | June 10, 2014 8:53 AM
I like these stabs at criticism, but the implementation of the theory here is really half-baked. Hegel's Master-Slave dialectic applied outside of the context of his philosophical project? The vaguities of privilege?
I'm not against theoretical readings (on the contrary), but I think some folks' animosity has to do with the way you write about it, as though it answers or shapes the film from within. When I've attempted to argue this way, I generally take a tone of "Here's what's in the film, what I can point to very literally" and then "here's an intellectual approach that might offer us a different perspective on it."
Of course, that's not going to help the mongos below who say "If it were two white actors, it'd be the same movie." Well, don't know what to tell you other than, "No, it wouldn't." It'd be different still if it were a different white or black actor in the role (the politics of Cruise ordering around Ving Rhames or Michael Clark Duncan, for example, would function much differently). But then again, people are really afraid of giving talk about race or gender much credence when it comes to their Hollywood auteur darlings.
Daryl | June 9, 2014 11:12 PM
Another great article Andre Seawood, I didn't see collaterall from this point of view but now that you brought it out it makes sense. I will have to go rewatch the film and reevaluate it. I thought it was a great film, but this adds another layer to it. This is what great films do add to your viewing experience after watching it the first time because it's more to it.
md | June 9, 2014 10:38 PM
Michael Mann had NONE of that bullshit in mind when he made that film.
Lauren | June 9, 2014 7:43 PM
Geeze sometimes a rose is just a rose really! If the movie had two white actors or two black actors, none of the dialog would have to be changed. The privilege your hung up on is more about occupation than race. Mr Cruise is a lethal hit man and Mr Foxx is a cabbie ergo the hit man has the gun and that means he has the power period. And btw Cruise was excellent in his steely portrayal of a heartless killer and should've been nominated for an oscar along with Foxx.


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Fred who she split with in 2010, gave an interview to Howard Stern last year in which he admitted to being a "terrible husband".
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America X Reader: Memory Loss CH 12"No, that's too much," you said to America, watching as he stood in front of the counter, pouring some sugar into a tablespoon. Below him on top of the counter was a large bowl containing other things such as wheat, eggs, and salt, already mixed.America continued to stand there, holding the spoon filled with sugar with a look of confusion on his face. An open sack of sugar stood on the counter next to the bowl."You're supposed to take out half a tablespoon of sugar, not a whole," you said to him as you looked over at the spoon he held in his hand.America continued to stare down at the spoon before he shifted his gaze to the side to look at you, a frown coming to his face, as he remained silent.You let out a huff as you lifted your gaze to look up at him. "Do you not know what a half of something is? Didn't Mr. Kirkland teach you any kind of math or anything?"America shifted his gaze so that it was able to lock on the spoon, and he stared at it a bit uncertainly. "Uh..."You sighed
America X Reader: Memory Loss CH 11You woke up with a rather heavy heart the next morning, your thoughts from the previous night sticking to you like glue. You had eventually broken down into silent tears after you thought too deeply of the situation, and you had ended up crying yourself to sleep. How silly were you to think that your days of crying over America's memory loss were done. You had known his old self for too long of a time for you to think you can just brush it all off and move on with the present.That wasn't how things worked for you.However, instead of sitting around and sulking like you would've liked, you knew that you had no time to just waste the whole day doing nothing. Now that America was living in your house, you were with the responsibility of taking care of him, and one of the most important responsibilities was to teach him how to handle living on his own and taking care of himself.Throughout the rest of that month, you had been able to teach America how to work around the house. He sometime
America X Reader: Memory Loss CH 10You had made an agreement with England to have America gather all his stuff and come live with you after the end of the next meeting, since it seemed like the easiest way to transport him from England's house to yours. The next meeting wasn't for another three weeks, so you still had time to prepare until America would've arrived. A part of you felt like you had nothing to prepare for, since you pretty much felt like you were already capable enough of taking care of him and there was nothing in the house that needed to be fixed. You already had a guest room set up for him, so you were able to spend the next three weeks relaxing.During that time span, you were able to detect a tiny feeling of loneliness that started to stir inside you. A part of you wanted these three weeks to be over and for the meeting to come already so America would've been able to live with you.But wait.America was going to be living with you. America. Living with you. Living with you. Livin
America X Reader: Memory Loss CH 13"Alfred, do you think you can do me a favor?" you asked softly after you opened the door to America's room and walked inside, finding him lying on the bed, propped up into a sitting position against the wall, reading a book.At the sound of your voice and your entry, America lifted his head to look up at you. "Yes, _____?"You approached his bed and sat down on the edge of it so that you were directly next to him, and your gaze was filled with seriousness and a bit of uncertainly as it met his. "Well, I didn't tell you this ahead of time much, but tomorrow I have to go to a meeting, and""Am I going with you?" America interrupted as he gazed at you with excitement and eagerness filling his eyes."Well, see, the thing is," you continued, raising your hand in his direction, "I want to see how well you can handle living on your own, so I'm leaving you here by yourself while I go to the meeting." America was about to open his mouth and protest, but you only continued. "I know you're proba
America X Reader: Memory Loss CH 7You lay on your bed one morning a few days after the last meeting, staring up at the ceiling and thinking about what you were going to do next with your life. Apparently, it seemed like there was no possible way to bring America's memory back. After all, if looking at the presence of all the other countries that he once used to interact with wouldn't help him get even the slightest remembrance in his head, then what will?You sighed as you continued to stare up at the ceiling, your hands folded and resting comfortably on top of your stomach. You have been lying there right after you had your breakfast seemingly a while ago, but already over an hour had passed and you still made no attempt to do something productive that day. Thinking about the past and figuring out what you were going to do with your life was all you ever seemed to spend your time on lately. It wasn't like you had anything better to do, anyway.By this point, you weren't as upset over the loss of America's memory as yo
America X Reader: Memory Loss CH 5You rang the doorbell to England's house a bit hesitantly, holding the bag that contained some of America's clothes tightly in one hand. You were able to feel your heart pound and your chest tighten in anxiety, and your hands were sweating enough so that you were able to feel your tight grip on the bag slowly start to slip.A few seconds after you rang the doorbell, you dropped your hand down to your side and grasped your bag with both hands, rocking back and forth on the heels of your feet. You felt like you hadn't seen America in a very long time, and you wanted to get a look at how much he had changed since he came to live with England.Your gaze was fixed on the ground when you heard the door unlock and open, and you instantly lifted your head so that you were staring directly into the eyes of England."Oh, hello, _____," he said before he stepped a little to the side, holding the open door with one hand and allowing enough space for you to walk in."Hi..." you replied a bit slowly
America X Reader: Memory Loss CH 9It was two weeks after you had treated America's stomach pains that you had to attend yet another meeting. A part of you was actually a bit excited to go, and once you had this thought, you quickly became surprised. You usually weren't very happy to go to a meeting and were more often than not reluctant to go, and you rather would've spent the day at home taking a nap or something instead of waking up at 3 in the morning and going off to some country. You suddenly wondered what caused you to get a sudden change of emotion, but you didn't pay much attention to it as you prepared to head off to the meeting.Another shock came to you when you arrived at the building where the conference was going to be held and you realized that you had arrived a whole hour early. This was a surprise to you, since you rarely seemed to arrive on time and more often than not were in a rush just because you were late, not because you just wanted to be there.When you arrived at the floor where
America X Reader: Memory Loss CH 4You stood outside the door to America's room, your back pressed against the wall of the hospital's fifth floor hallway. Canada and England stood in front of you, and you were having a somewhat important discussion with them. It had been almost two weeks since you had last seen America, and this morning you had gotten a call from England saying that the hospital people confirmed that he was well enough to leave. The only problem was that based on how he constantly needed to be watched and barely seemed capable of doing things on his own, it seemed like he was going to need somebody to stay with and teach him enough basic things until he would've been able to live on his own in his old house once again.Now, you were talking with Canada and England, deciding whose house out of the three of yours would've been suitable for America to live in."Why won't America live with you, Canada?" you asked, averting your eyes so that they were able to lock on him.Canada looked at both you and Englan
America X Reader: Memory Loss CH 14"Is this the place you told me about?" America asked, slightly tightening his grip on the bags he held in both hands.You nodded as you lifted your gaze and looked up a bit nostalgically at America's house, his old house, the house he had before he lost his memory. With just a tiny bit of hope, you turned your head around to look at him. "Why? Do you think it looks a little familiar to you?"He shook his head. "Well, it's pretty big. Are you sure you think I'll be able to handle living here?"You nodded, a tiny, forced smile coming to your face. "Of course, Alfred. It doesn't matter how big the house is as long as you know the door to every room and know how to take care of yourself."America nodded. "Okay. So...are we going to be going inside or are we going to stay out here forever?"You let out a tiny chuckle before you bent down and grasped some of his things in your hands. "Of course we're going inside."Once the both of you arrived at America's front porch, all of his stuff on th
AlfredxReader- Dear DiaryYou are about to finish the last few details on your drawing when the doorbell rang. You leap up from your seat and dash down the stairs."I GOT IT!" You yell at the top of your lungs. Not that anyone else was even trying to get the door. That was your job. You open the door to find a handsome young man with short blonde hair, a cute little cowlick and sparkling blue eyes awaiting you."Hey, Dude!" He greets you, holding up some video games, "I found these on sale at Game Stop. Want to try 'em out with me?" He asks, already knowing the answer."Hell yes!" You squeal, "But hang on just a minute, I have some chores that I was supposed to do. Make yourself feel at home though, Alfy." You walk inside, leaving him to close the door. "Snacks are in the kitchen and the TV in the den has the xbox set up. But whatever you do, stay out of my room." You instruct him over your shoulder.He couldn't go in your room. You had left the drawing out in the open
The drawing of him. A shiver ran up
AlfredxReader: It's More "_______" Alfred called. You walked out of the kitchen rubbing you small baby bump affectionately. "Yea hun!" You looked up and saw Al looking at a piece of paper that was in one hand and holding an envelope in the other. "Is… everything okay?" you asked hesitantly. He looked up at you and grinned that goofy grin you loved so much. "Yea, definitely. I just wanted to know if you wanted to go on a walk with me," he said sweetly. You smiled brightly and ran towards him. His eyes widened slightly behind his glasses and he caught you. "Careful babe, the baby." You kissed his cheek giggling. "I blame the hormones," you whispered seductively in his ear. He shook his head and set you down. "Do you wanna go now?" you asked. He nodded and grabbed your hand. "Only if you're up for it." He pressed a large hand to your stomach. You rolled your eye
Simple Wishes: AmericaXReaderDespite Rebecca Black's song tarnishing it's good name, Friday really was the best day of the week. It meant movie night, just you, your boyfriend, Alfred, a horror flick, and endless bowls of popcorn."Alfred, popcorn's done!" You announced, marching into the living room, a bowl of hot, buttery popcorn in your hands."Awesome, dude!" He said, flashing you a nervous grin as you sat down next to him on the couch. "This time I'll get through the whole movie, just you watch ____!" Sure this made his determination clear, he grabbed the bowl and stuffed handfuls of popcorn into his mouth.You rolled your eyes at his so called "enthusiasm"; you were 99.99999995% sure that, by the time the movie was over, he would be the one in your lap, holding onto you for dear life.Rolling your eyes again, you grabbed the remote and pressed play. The screen was pitch black, until a zombie with a mangled, bloody face flashed across the screen, arms outstretched, as though trying to grab you both through th
Neko!America x Neko!Reader- The Worst NightmareWaking up from your tiny catnap, you heard a loud, booming crash. The hair on your neck stould up as you dug your claws into the red, tea smelling sheets you layed on. You yawned contently, your rough little tough hanging out of your mouth slightly as you did so."Americacat?" You mewed, scanning your blurry, (e/c) eyes around the darkly lit room, a slight quiver detected in your little voice. "Englandcat?"Yawning once more, you blinked to try to adjust to the blackness that surrounded you. You looked beside you, not seeing any sign of your comrads. The window located beside you seemed empty, except for the lone blue flowerpot, decorated with a man's pink handprint, and a little boys purple one. Stretching, you jumped onto the windowsill with the gracefullness of..well...a stealthy cat. You peered out the window, seeing nothing but your backyard, a few gray clouds, and a tiny slit of a moon. You looked down, scanning the dead grass that pattered bits and pieces of the lawn. There was
Cursed-2 [America x Reader x 2p America]CursedChapter 2America x Reader x 2p America--------------------------------Not the Same"Its Fred you dumb bitch." Those words rattled through your mind as you lie there looking up at the brunette. Your thoughts reeled quickly as you tried to plan an escape from this so-called "Fred"."O-ok F-Fred...Sorry..." You softly apologized, "Um...can...I g--""NO!" Fred shouted, his crimson eyes filled with anger, "You came here on your own stupid will, so you're stuck here...with me."You slightly panicked, this definitely wasn't your friend Alfred anymore. No, this was like a whole new person entirely. There was no way you'd be able to reason with him in his current state.In an attempt to bring him back to his senses, you took a long, deep breath and sighed before looking him dead in the eye, mustering up all of your strength and saying; "Alfred F. Jones, get off right now. I'm not playing around."The crimson-eyed brunette just smirked darkly."Ah. Ah. Ahhh." He
America x Reader - I Promise"It's over." the sandy blond man said bluntly."W-what?" you asked as tears begun to form in the corners of your big (e/c) eyes. You two were happily eating dinner at your apartment.The American pushed up his glasses that had become askew. "I'm just not into you anymore," he rose from his chair and headed for the door. "to be honest, I never really was into you." and with those final heart crushing words, he left.You and the American boy named Alfred have been dating for the past 2 years. Things have always gone so great! You loved him and he loved you. Or so you thought.Now you sit in your chair. Too stunned to move or feel the hot tears running down your cheeks. What did you do? What happened to cause this?Thousands of questions raced through your mind. You stood up and stumbled to your bedroom, flopped on the bed and cried your eyes out.----Alfred P.O.V-----I closed _______'s door behind me and sank to the floor. I can't believe I actually broke up with her! Just because every
RomanoXReaderXItaly - Her Voice Resides C4You woke up the next morning disoriented and confused. Next to yo, you saw a man with brown hair and a curl to the right and he was facing you, shirtless, the blanks pulled up to under his arm. It took you a few seconds to realize that it was Lovino sleeping next to you. You relaxed and then you stiffened again. What was Romano doing in bed with you!? Didn't he say that he was going to sleep on the couch?You stared wide eye at the Italian man in bed next to you. He stirred, groaning a little bit, and then opened his eyes, blinking a few times. When his eyes focused on you, he gave you a small smile. The first real one you've seen since you've know the angriest of the Italian twins. Though it may have been a little awkward, it was still a cute smile."Boun giorno, angelo." He said and sat up also, rubbing his eyes. "How'd you sleep, bella?"You got a good look at his bare chest. He had muscles, bit not a lot and they weren't overly burly. They were nice, tones,
America x reader- Just Another Day~You drive me crazy~You heard a crash from the kitchen. Oh great... You thought."Hey, ___!" You hear your boyfriend shout from where the sound came from."Don't tell me you broke something!" You shouted back.It went quiet for a moment, then you heard him nervously call, "T-totally not! Heh..."You sighed, getting up and walking to the kitchen, peering in. There you saw America sitting on the counter, a bunch of glass on the floor below him. You put your hands on your hips, glaring at him."You're never allowed in the kitchen again." You stated."But ___!" He whined, "I was getting some coke and it just fell!"You gave him a look, making him speak up again, "Ok fine, I accidentally hit it when I turned around!"You smiled at his innocence, then noticed his hand was bleeding. "You tried picking it up, didn't you?""Shut up..." He said, looking at his hand.You jumped up on the counter in the middle of the kitchen to avoid stepping on glass, moving over to the other count
Nice Guys America x Reader~'Nice guys finish lastthat's, why I'll treat you like trashIt's not what I really want to do butYou only date bad guys so, I'll give it my best tryto treat you the way you want me to'~You were so excited for your with your long time crush, Alfred. He was always so sweet and happy all the time. You loved it! It would be good for you to get back into the dating game. It was a month after breaking up with that egotistic Prussian! He was considered a 'player' or a 'bad boy'.You wore your (f/c) top with your (f/c) skirt and black heels. You curled your (h/l) (h/c) and put in your lucky hair clip.Once you were ready to go, it was about time for Alfred to pick you up. He arrived about 30 minutes later and irritatingly knocked on your apartment door. You answered it with a smile but it faded in shock when you saw what he was wearing. His dress shirt was half open with a shiny gold chain attached. His ripped blue jeans falling off his waist and his nike sneakers covered in dirt."Hey __
America X Reader: Memory Loss CH 6You stood with your back pressed against the wall, tapping your foot a bit impatiently against the fancy carpet floor. You were standing in the hallway of the floor of the building where the meeting was supposed to be held, and you were waiting for England to arrive with America. You had convinced England to come shortly before the meeting started so they wouldn't have had to spend so much time waiting for all the other countries to get there. Besides, you figured, if America was going to remember everything that happened before the crash just by looking at the countries, he had to do it in a way that would've captured all of them and all the memories that went along with them instead of one at a time.You continued to stand there for the next few minutes or so, examining your nails and looking down at your feet, until you finally lifted your head and shifted it to the side so that you were able to stare down the hallway. Instantly, your gaze brightened when you saw two figures heading
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The Bush administration is weighing an executive order that would eliminate a union-preferred method of labor organizing at large government contractors, according to people familiar with the situation.
Labor leaders prefer a card-check system in which workers can form a union if a majority of them sign a union-authorization card. Companies generally prefer a secret-ballot election.
The issue has become a factor in some Senate races and the presidential campaign. Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee, supports legislation favoring the card-check approach. Sen. John McCain, the likely Republican presidential nominee, opposes such legislation.
The executive order would require large government contractors to use secret-ballot elections for union organizing or risk losing government contracts, say people familiar with the order. Though companies typically prefer secret ballots, some are willing to accept card checks to avoid a fight.
It isn't clear if the order would apply to a company's entire operations or only those operations serving the government. According to a person familiar with a draft of the order, it would exclude companies with small government contracts.
White House spokesman Tony Fratto declined to comment on the matter. It is possible President George W. Bush would choose not to sign the order being prepared by lower-ranking officials, people familiar with the matter said.
Union leaders believe the order, if issued, could derail some current organizing drives. Gregory Junemann, president of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, said his union is negotiating a card-check agreement with a large defense contractor and the order "could very well affect us." The union represents 75,000 engineers and technical workers at Boeing Co. BA -0.24% Boeing Co. U.S.: NYSE $126.80 -0.31 -0.24% Aug. 29, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2.95M AFTER HOURS $126.67 -0.13 -0.10% Aug. 29, 2014 7:33 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 83,181 P/E Ratio 18.87 Market Cap $91.37 Billion Dividend Yield 2.30% Rev. per Employee $525,220 08/29/14 Bombardier's CSeries Jetliner ... 08/29/14 Boeing Struggles to Find Buyer... 08/29/14 Good News: Bad Lawyers Pay More quote details and news » , Lockheed Martin Corp. lmt -0.06% Lockheed Martin Corp. U.S.: NYSE $174.00 -0.10 -0.06% Aug. 29, 2014 4:01 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1.52M AFTER HOURS $174.00 0.00 % Aug. 29, 2014 4:23 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 13,298 P/E Ratio 17.43 Market Cap $55.23 Billion Dividend Yield 3.06% Rev. per Employee $389,878 08/26/14 Fighting Space Junk: The Next ... 08/25/14 Boeing Tanker Problems Don't C... 08/12/14 Two Industry Teams Progress in... More quote details and news » and General Electric Co. GE -0.12% General Electric Co. U.S.: NYSE $25.98 -0.03 -0.12% Aug. 29, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 20.82M AFTER HOURS $25.96 -0.02 -0.08% Aug. 29, 2014 7:57 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1.10M P/E Ratio 18.07 Market Cap $260.68 Billion Dividend Yield 3.39% Rev. per Employee $471,622 08/29/14 Buffett Gets to the Meat of th... 08/26/14 Judge Rejects Momentive Perfor... 08/25/14 French Economy Minister's Exit... More quote details and news » , among other companies.
Rick Berman runs the Washington-based Center for Union Facts, which opposes card-check campaigns. He said he was aware of the order and called it "long overdue." He said the order shows "the government is not going to promote the hijacking of democracy through their government-contracting process."
Labor officials who have heard of the plans criticized the idea. "This is politics at its worst," said Bill Samuel, the AFL-CIO's director of government affairs. He called the order a gift to the business community "from the most antiunion administration that we've seen."
Both sides said Sen. Obama would likely revoke the order if elected. A Democratic-controlled Congress could also override it, and the order could face a court challenge.
It is easier for unions to get workers to sign cards because organizers can approach workers repeatedly, over a period of weeks or months, until the union garners enough support. Employers argue that the card system could lead to workers being pressured to sign by prounion colleagues. Unions counter that employers often unfairly pressure workers prior to elections.
Sen. Obama has declared his support for a proposed federal Employee Free Choice Act that would let unions use card checks anytime they wished.
Companies currently can insist on a secret-ballot election. Business groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are advertising in states with key Senate races to oppose the legislation.
John Raudabaugh, a National Labor Relations Board member during the George H.W. Bush presidential administration, says he thinks such an order would be designed to bolster Republicans' opposition to card checks. "I think it's in response to the incredible amount of effort that the unions have put into pushing the Employee Free Choice Act," he said.
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Salamat Correspondent Celebrates Egyptian Armed Forces Day
Sunday, 6 October 2013 | Salamat
This week your host Sabi Atteyih celebrates the poem "The Confession Chair" from Muhammad al-Maghout of Syria and connects with his correspondent in Alexandria, Egypt. Sabi also reports on Damascus, Syria, The Wisconsin Center For Peace and Justice, and the book Obama and the Middle East by Faraz A. Gerges. Music this week from Arabica II: Voyages into North African Sound. Photo by Stefan Geens more »
Salamat Arabic News Update Includes Tasty Home Fries Recipe
Sunday, 29 September 2013 | Salamat
This week your host Sabi Atteyih features poetry by Muhammad al-Maghout from Syria, news about the Madison-Rafah Sister Project City Benefit to furnish the library in the Rachel Corrie Cultural Center for Children and Youth in Rafah, United Nations Day events, the movie "The Citizen", and an easy recipe for homemade home fries. Photo by Scott Bauer more »
Salamat Interviews Egyptian Correspondent Under Curfew
Sunday, 22 September 2013 | Salamat
Your host Sabi Atteyih hosts a live report from Alexandria, Egypt. Topics this week include Obama and immigration reform, the new electronic hookah, the International Festival in Madison, and The Freedom Theater of Jenin Refugee Camp touring play "The Island," coming to the United States. The show includes poetry from Mahmoud Darwish and music by Radio Tarifa from the CD Temporal (1996). Photo by Nasser Nouri more »
Detroit Celebrates Arabic Heritage
Sunday, 15 September 2013 | Salamat
This week Sabi Atteyih reports on The Muslims Are Coming! documentary, the Detroit Heritage Works project to promote dialogue with the Arab-American Community, the Detroit Arab-American Museum's YallaEat! Walking Tours, current events. With music by Arab Idol host Ragheb Alama. more »
Syrian Unrest Stirs Deep Emotions
Sunday, 8 September 2013 | Salamat
This week your host Sabi Atteyih celebrates Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani's theme of love for country and reports on Syrian issues, UN Security Council actions, international law violations, and the Americans For Democracy in Egypt demonstrations in Michigan. Also, news from Tunisia, Turkey, Lebanon, and the Syrian village of Ma'loula. With music from Iraqi American oud musician Rahim AlHaj. Photo by Kunal Palkar more »


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Fire station open day
5:00pm Wednesday 27th August 2014
Preparations are under way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Abingdon's fire station in Ock Street.
Leisure centre upgrade starts with parking
5:00pm Wednesday 27th August 2014
NINETY-nine new spaces are being added to the car park at the White Horse Leisure and Tennis Centre in Abingdon.
Garden centre targeted by burglars for third time this month
12:16pm Wednesday 27th August 2014
THIEVES attempted to steal a safe and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash after breaking into Millets Farm Centre near Abingdon.
Commercial Feature: Join the World's Biggest Coffee Morning with Macmillan
12:00pm Wednesday 27th August 2014
Join people in your area for the Worlds Biggest Coffee Morning on Friday 26th September – all in the name of Macmillan Cancer Support.
Santa's elf recruiters are feeling festive already
8:30am Wednesday 27th August 2014
IT MAY still be August, but Father Christmas has just started a recruitment drive.
Police investigate a "crime series" after another attempted break-in at Millets Farm in Frilford
1:31pm Tuesday 26th August 2014
BURGLARS have now tried to break into Millets Farm three times this month.
Parking upgrade starts
8:00am Tuesday 26th August 2014
Work starts today on the expansion of the White Horse Leisure and Tennis Centre's car park.
College in deal with British Gas over trainees
7:10am Monday 25th August 2014
BRITISH Gas Oxford will recruit 10 apprentices in a new deal with Abingdon and Witney College.
Broken down vehicle causing delays on A34 near Abingdon
11:04am Saturday 23rd August 2014
A BROKEN down vehicle is causing delays of about 30 minutes on the A34 near Abingdon.
Abingdon after-school club shut down after Ofsted investigation
9:00am Saturday 23rd August 2014
Club accused of failing to report abuse allegations and of other failures. Read the report in full here
Dad's peaks bid to help ill daughter
10:20pm Friday 22nd August 2014
Young cancer survivor busks it for charity
6:00am Thursday 21st August 2014
A SCHOOLBOY who overcame cancer raised money for two of the charities that helped him by busking in Oxford with his sister.
Concern for historic bridge as weight limit unenforced
TRAFFIC cameras to catch lorries flouting weight restrictions on a 14th century bridge have been broken for months.
Skye's family want better brain cancer treatment
8:40am Wednesday 20th August 2014
Parents of a toddler who may have just weeks to live have criticised the lack of research into brain cancer in children.
Allotment holders grow a cash crop
6:00pm Tuesday 19th August 2014
ALLOTMENT holders have been selling off their spare vegetables to raise cash.
Some like it hot... others clearly don't
6:00pm Tuesday 19th August 2014
SOME of the spiciest chillis in the world were on the menu at the first Oxfordshire Chilli Festival.
Skye's the limit as loom band appeal heads for stratosphere
8:30am Tuesday 19th August 2014
ALL across Oxfordshire, groups of children are working to fulfil Skye Hall's dying wish to make the world's longest loom band.
Traffic lights in Frilford not working after lorry collision
7:55am Tuesday 19th August 2014
THE traffic lights in Frilford are not working after a lorry crashed into them yesterday.
Breakdown delays
7:00am Tuesday 19th August 2014
One lane on the A34 was blocked yesterday after a breakdown.
Man is guilty of rape and indecent assault
7:00am Tuesday 19th August 2014
A 30-year-old man has been convicted of two counts of rape, six counts of indecent assault and one of attempted rape.
Delays after lorry hits traffic lights in Frilford
4:29pm Monday 18th August 2014
A LORRY has hit traffic lights near a service station causing delays on the A338 in Frilford.
Update: Broken-down vehicle causes A34 tailbacks
9:24am Monday 18th August 2014
A BREAKDOWN that was causing tailbacks for motorists has been cleared.
Luke's a winner at Transplant Games
12:00pm Saturday 16th August 2014
A TEENAGER who had to endure two bowel transplants has brought home three medals from the Transplant Games.
Brave Skye gets wish licked with fun-filled ice cream surprise
8:30am Saturday 16th August 2014
ONE of Skye Hall's dying wishes came true yesterday as he said a big 'thank you' to the people of Oxfordshire who stepped forward to help him.
'Marathon walk was homage to my war veteran ancestor'
8:00am Saturday 16th August 2014
WHEN Adam Wheeler discovered documents about his great-grandfather during the First World War he wanted to pay his respects.
Calmness of mum's writing 'rubs off' on an autistic son
5:00am Saturday 16th August 2014
MUM-OF-TWO Alison Pindar spends a lot of her time worrying about the behaviour of her autistic son Tom.
Chilli festival should be hot stuff, say organisers
9:30am Friday 15th August 2014
CHILLI fans are invited to spice up their lives as Abingdon hosts the Oxfordshire Chilli Festival this weekend.
Arson attacks on cars 'could have killed us'
6:30am Friday 15th August 2014
A COUPLE said they could have been killed when their two cars were torched.
Bad break can't knock Philippa out of her stride
6:30am Friday 15th August 2014
SITTING your A-Levels is hard enough without falling down a flight of stairs and breaking your ankle during your exams.
Bid to chart village's future
5:40pm Thursday 14th August 2014
LONG Wittenham villagers are seeking permission to set up their own Neighbourhood Plan to help chart future development.
£390k leisure centre parking plan under way
5:00pm Thursday 14th August 2014
A £390,000 project to improve parking at an Abingdon leisure centre will start soon.
Opening up the world of robotics
2:00pm Thursday 14th August 2014
A £15.6m centre in Culham, for training engineers to use robotic arms, has lodged plans for a 3,000sqm facility.
Police search for man over indecent exposure incidents
9:10am Thursday 14th August 2014
POLICE say a flasher exposed himself in front of four women in two days.
Treasured bike stolen as soldier's widow sang at First World War memorial service
6:00am Thursday 14th August 2014
A SOLDIER'S widow had the bicycle he gave her stolen during a First World War memorial service.
Opponents fight housing plans for a second time
6:00pm Wednesday 13th August 2014
A SECOND bid to get nearly 160 homes built in Abingdon has been labelled "a scandalous waste of public money".
Hush-hush factory that helped to win the war
5:00pm Wednesday 13th August 2014
Hidden beneath the trees in Tubney Wood outside Oxford, staff at a munitions factory – mostly women – manufactured a crucial piece of weaponry for the Second World War, the Bofors Gun. A book examines the history of the 'hush-hush' 15-acre factory that was so well hidden it was never discovered by the Luftwaffe. ANDREW FFRENCH reports
Bouncing back from leukaemia to be Ace busker
9:00am Wednesday 13th August 2014
AFTER spending three-and-a-half years in and out of hospital for cancer treatment, Ace Manthey had grown tired of watching films and playing video games.
Big-hearted readers help Skye tick another item off his 'bucket list'
8:30am Tuesday 12th August 2014
SKYE Hall has had to postpone ticking one more item off his bucket list until later this week.
Fancy dress scooter run raises money in Freddie's memory
7:20am Monday 11th August 2014
DOZENS of people rode scooters in fancy dress from Abingdon to Didcot on Saturday as part of a fundraising day in memory of 10-year-old Freddie Perry.
Skye all set for his next activity on bucket list
6:50am Monday 11th August 2014
YOUNGSTER Skye Hall is just hours away from ticking one more thing off his bucket list after Oxford Mail readers stepped forward to help the brave lad.
Dad's tribute to 'my best friend, best man and best son'
9:00am Saturday 9th August 2014
THE father of former Chelsea youth team player Jordan Tabor has paid tribute to his "best friend" after his son was laid to rest on Tuesday.
Young cyclist airlifted
8:30am Saturday 9th August 2014
A girl was taken to hospital by the air ambulance after falling off her bike.
Readers are eager to help Skye's wishes come true
8:30am Saturday 9th August 2014
THE family of youngster Skye Hall have been inundated with calls since their appeal in the Oxford Mail to help the dying youngster's wishes come true.
Pair accused of theft
8:00am Saturday 9th August 2014
A man and a teenager have appeared in court charged in connection with the attempted theft of lead from the roof of a church.
Repairs to close lock
8:00am Friday 8th August 2014
Abingdon Lock will be closed from November 3 to December 19 for repairs.
Sky is no limit as company expansion creates 100 jobs
8:00am Friday 8th August 2014
Anti-bullying film benefits from the Hollywood touch
7:00am Friday 8th August 2014
WHEN Sam Johnson wanted to make a film about bullying he didn't have far to turn for expert advice.
Delays on the A34 northbound between Milton and Marcham due to broken-down car
6:19pm Thursday 7th August 2014
DELAYS are reported on the A34 northbound this evening after a kit car broke down.
First aid sisters win care award
4:00pm Thursday 7th August 2014
TWO teenage St John Ambulance volunteers have been honoured for assisting people in need of medical help.
Officers told: 'I'm too busy dealing drugs to come to the police station
11:00am Thursday 7th August 2014
A 19-YEAR-OLD who told police "I can't come to the station because I'm busy in Oxford dealing drugs" has avoided a prison sentence.


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Any idea what bird this is? I thought it might be a juvenlie starling, or cowbird, or something unexciting, but the clors just don't fit. Any help will be appreciatred. Seen in late May in the Galveston, TX area.
Brownish bird ID
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Posted 01 July 2012 - 10:21 PM
Looks like an exciting juvie starling to me.
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Agreed, juve Starling.
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Very tall wall on the right side of the middle fork, quite close to the campground.
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Walk up the middle fork trail, past the campsites, across the streambed, and past a small clearing. Looking to the walls to the right, you'll see a massive pine tree sticking out of a cove. Grease & Grime is just to the left of this tree and slightly closer to the streambed. The approach trail is about thirty paces past the clearing, and dips down into the stream bed. It exits the stream bed across from a pine tree with exposed roots, and then goes up the hill. Grease & Grime is the first wall on the left after you exit the stream bed.
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