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Seeing Red This Wordless Wednesday!
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My Dearest Nan
Posted in emotions, family, feelings, friendship, grief, life, loss, love, Me, memories, miscarriage, parenting, special occasions, thankyou, thoughts, understanding on June 22, 2012 | 15 Comments »
This was a very hard post for me to write, those that visit regularly will know that my Nan meant a great deal to me.
Last Saturday marked 7 years since she said goodbye to us and joined my Grandad in Heaven. On that day every year since that day back in 2005 I experience mixed feelings. Over the last 7 years I've spent alot of time writing these feelings down and a while back shared some in a poem I wrote to my Nan, The Final Goodbye.
I know I've shared this story before (here) so don't want to bore everyone with it all over again but as I've said (many) times before writing is how I deal with how I'm feeling. I keep going back to a few weeks before she died, we were out walking, (she in her wheelchair, me pushing), we made daisy chains, she was so happy and relaxed and when I placed a crown of daisies on her head I told her she looked like an angel………..she replied with "I'll always be your angel". Those words keep going around in my head, did she know what was about to happen, did she know what would happen over the next few months………..or years? My Nan had Alzheimer's and so at the time I thought it was simply "one of those comments" that she often made but a just few days later those words meant so much more to me and today I don't think I can put into words just how much those words that she said to me actually mean. A few days after that outing my Nan had a stroke, she fought so hard to stay with us but it was just too hard. I told her that it was ok for her to go and that we'd be ok, she looked at me with so much sadness in her eyes I could feel my heart breaking right there. I know people say that when someone they love dies a part of them dies too, well that day a part of me did die, I was broken and didn't know how to deal with my grief. Even now as I sit writing this I can feel a huge wave of grief washing over me, a part of me is missing and it's a part that I can never get back.
However the anniversary of her death is also the anniversary of the start of my pregnancy with J. 9 months after I'd lost a huge part of my life, an amazing and wonderful new part of my life entered the world. In a way he saved me, I was so lost in my grief when my Nan died and I wasn't coping, I just couldn't find a way to move on. When I discovered I was pregnant, although cautious after 4 miscarriages, I knew this pregnancy was going to be different, this baby was a precious gift from my Angel,my Nan. I've always known he was special, I just didn't realise just how special he was until recently. Going on to have another 2 miscarriages has meant me having a whole lot of tests being done, (and I'm back at the hospital next week), and I've been told that they're not sure why I keep miscarrying but they know it's me with the "problem" and that I may only have a 20% chance of having a successful pregnancy……………… See why that makes J even more special. :)
So with everything going around in my mind at the moment, I've had alot of mixed feelings about the anniversary this year. I miss my Nan everyday and if I could have one wish it would be to have just one more day with her. I know that feeling will never go away. I know that I've never really dealt with my grief and I don't know if I'll ever be able to fully deal with it. I know that I've often said to people that know me, J is my gift from my Nan and I've always believed that. But this year, with recent events in our lives etc I've really started to believe that. And I believe J was given to us for a reason, I needed something special and that something couldn't get any more special than my precious boy.
Last Saturday as I watched my precious little man running around a local park, my heart smiled as I watched how free and happy he was. He didn't know what a sad anniversary that day was but as I watched him I realised he was showing me that my Nan was free now, she's reunited with my Grandad and her babies, she's happy and at peace. And as I watched him those words rang out in my head once more "I'll always be your Angel".
I don't know what this means, maybe it means I'm finally beginning to move on and to deal with my grief. We'll go to the cemetery to visit my Grandparents tomorrow, I couldn't do that last week, the feelings were too raw, it was too hard to face them but this week I feel a little more at peace with it all now and it's all thanks to my special little boy.
My Dearest Nan,
I thank you for the gift of J
I thank you for showing me the way
I thank you for always be there
I thank you for loving enough to care
I thank you for memories to treasure
I'll thank you for your love forever x
I'm Predicting More Stormy Skies To Come This Wordless Wednesday
Posted in anxiety, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism, behaviour, challenging behaviour, emotions, feelings, life, nature, parenting, school, special needs, struggles, support, tantrums, the future, the sky, the weather, UK, wordless wednesday, tagged arts and crafts, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism, challenging behaviour, Family, Feelings, life, Nature, parenting, photography, school, special needs, the sky, wordless wednesday on June 13, 2012 | 10 Comments »
Autism, Anxiety and Worrying Yourself Sick
Posted in anxiety, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism, behaviour, challenging behaviour, children, coping with change, emotions, family, feelings, health, life, literal thinking, OCD, school, sickness, special needs, struggles, tantrums, tagged anxiety, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism, challenging behaviour, Family, Feelings, health, life, parenting, school, special needs, Tantrums on June 1, 2012 | 6 Comments »
I'm wondering is it possible to worry yourself sick?
J has had a rough time recently, he's had to deal with everything that been happening at home, (although he doesn't know the full story, he's still had to deal with it), but he's also had to deal with his biggest anxiety………. SCHOOL!
We had a great weekend last week and both bedtimes lasted for less than an hour…………….the Sunday night happened and every bedtime since then has been pretty hard going.
This has been a tough week for him at school. Monday he went to his first proper planned assembly/worship. Not only was this a huge thing but even before going there he had to deal with a big change……….. Every morning J has been dropped off at the school's reception and taken through to his classroom, on Monday he had leave 1/2 an hour earlier so putting his morning routine out and then he had to go into school through another entrance, straight from the playground into the classroom. Now I know to alot of parents this might not seem like a big deal but parents of ASD children will know this was huge………..really HUGE and alot of change all at once for him to deal with. He seemed to deal with it "ok" but by bedtime he was showing signs that he wasn't "dealing with it" quite as well as I'd thought.
Then on Wednesday he went in early again this time to have some one on one time with his teacher whilst the rest of the school were in assembly. Again he went in early, and through the door he usually exits school. However this time he had been promised that he wouldn't have to go to assembly…………………………the first thing he reveals to me when I pick him up that afternoon is "And I did have to go to assembly so you and Mrs H lied to me!" He wasn't happy about it! What had actually happened was he and his teacher had taken his class to assembly, where he had sat with them for a few minutes and then once they were all settled J and his teacher returned to the classroom for their 1:1 time. Ofcourse he wasn't happy, he had been promised that he wouldn't have to go to assembly and then he had been taken to assembly, despite not having to stay ……………. I can see why he thinks we lied. *sigh*.
When I picked him up from school on Wednesday we were also informed that his teacher would not be in school the following morning and that J would have a supply teacher for his 2 hrs at school. Sometimes I wonder what some people must think I mean when I say he needs to have prior notice of changes. Ok, so I know some can't be helped, people get sick etc but she was going on a course. I just don't understand why they couldn't have said something earlier in the week, instead we had almost no notice. J had a really tough bedtime and then morning. Yesterday he had a huge meltdown claiming to be dirty (which is part OCD and a huge part a way of showing his anxiety), he had tears, yelling, constant asking if he or the things he touched were dirty and then refused to touch anything, he sat on the bottom step with his hands in the air. (In fact, thinking about it, his "dirty" quirk has been a little overboard all week!) A few times before leaving for school he asked "what if the supply teacher doesn't know that I'm not having lunch at school and doesn't let me come home?" and "What if the supply teacher makes me do something that I can't do?" and …………..well you get the picture.
Today it's the schools Jubilee Party. This should be a fun thing but for a kid on the spectrum it can be hell! His first panic was clothes…………. the children have been asked to wear red, white and blue…………. J's first response, "but my school uniform isn't red!" (he wears a blue jumper and a white t-shirt) and then "I can't wear my clothes, I have to wear my school uniform!" after we tried to explain he could were whatever clothes he wanted to school just for one day. After several conversations we gave up and told him he could just wear his school uniform and red boxers ;) One problem solved, we thought. Next worry was food. The party will be after lunch and there will be sandwiches and ice lollies…………. J's response "But I don't like ice lollies and we have to eat them Mrs H said everyone will be having them!" And "What if they have dirty hands when they make the sandwiches? They'll (the school) get cross with me if I don't eat them!" Convinced his teacher to tell him he doesn't have to eat anything if he doesn't want to. I thought problem 2 was solved, now I'm not so sure. Next problem, "What if it's too loud or if someone touches me?" …………………. ok the issues regarding today have gone on and on this week.
However last night he suddenly became ill. Coughing and saying his head hurt. He was awake several times through the night and then up at extra early this morning but just seemed very lethargic and lay on the sofa for the first hour of his day. He did however mention school several times too, asking if he had to go, if he was too sick to go, if the party would make him feel "more poorly" etc etc…….So I'm wondering is he really sick or has he made himself sick with anxiety. He had a temperature and you can't fake that ………… right? …………… I don't know but I'm wondering. He has had a really tough week with alot of changes and alot of "stuff" so I really am wondering if he's worried himself sick. He has made himself sick with worry before, again over school so I just don't know.
Anyhow as it's the last day of this half term and most of the day is the party so I've decided to keep him home, hopefully he'll relax a little over the next week and start to feel a little better.
Abit Of Therapy
Posted in emotions, feelings, grief, guilt, health, life, loss, Me, miscarriage, parenting, poem, struggles, Therapy, thoughts, Uncategorized, understanding, why?, tagged arts and crafts, challenges, Feelings, grief, health, life, loss, me, miscarriage, parenting, Poetry, pregnancy, therapy on May 21, 2012 | 10 Comments »
So over the weekend J and I had a "Therapy Day", to be honest we both needed it for different reasons.
We spent the whole day doing stuff together, we did some food therapy, used Theraputty, drew pictures, blew bubbles, did puzzles and even did some painting. It was a very busy and pretty tiring day but it was just what we both needed. J was very relaxed after his day of "therapy" and spent some time relaxing with Mario and then playing with his Dad before going off to bed. Whilst he was playing Mario I started writing some things down, just to clear my head. And then once he'd gone to bed I wrote some more. I wrote from the heart, as I've said before I'm not great with feelings but I like to write things out. I have a few more appointments coming up over the next month that I hope will give me some answers and maybe a little more hope……….. who knows maybe they'll even start to heal the mind games and grief that's troubling me at the moment.
But anyhow, this is what I wrote …………….
I don't know if I can, I don't know if I dare
Open my heart to begin to share
How I'm screaming inside, how I really feel
Because then I have to admit what's happened, it's real
I try so hard to lock my feelings inside
But sometimes they're too overwhelming for me to hide
The emptiness inside fills my heart with pain
As the thoughts in my head drive me insane
So many thoughts going through my mind
Trying to understand why life's so unkind
But as the words go around they hurt my head
And inside I feel nothing, I'm empty, I'm dead
To lose one baby too soon broke my heart
But to lose five more has torn me apart
My heart's trying so very hard to understand
Why we'll never get to hold their hands
It doesn't make sense, I keep thinking "why not?"
And then "Should we be happy with what we've got?"
But maybe, just maybe I want a repeat of the joy
That I get each and everyday from my special boy
But there's a pain inside, the scars run deep
It overflows and wounds begin to weep
I don't know what to do, again do we try?
How? When all of our hope has run dry
Not Sure What To Write……..
Posted in anxiety, Asperger's Syndrome, emotions, feelings, grief, health, life, Me, miscarriage, parenting, struggles, thoughts, Uncategorized, understanding, tagged Asperger's Syndrome, Family, Feelings, health, life, me, miscarriage, parenting on May 18, 2012 | 10 Comments »
So, I'm sat here staring at the screen wondering what to write. I've got a million and one things running through my mind but can't seem to find any of the words I want to write……… So I apologize in advance, this is likely to be another rambling post and if you want to stop reading now I'm ok with that, I' just trying to get some thoughts out.
We've had a tough couple of weeks and although I've written some things down I'm not sure I can share everything yet. I've only "spoken" with a few select people about what's been happening in the MumtoJ house but sharing and expressing how I feel is something I've always struggled with. I know it's not healthy to hold feelings inside but everybody deals with things differently. I've kinda shared how I've been feeling with myself. I like to write, I've written alot in the past couple of weeks, it's just my way of dealing with everything that's happened.
It's hard for me to express how I'm feeling but it's even harder when you're not sure how you feel. I have so many feelings running through me at the minute and so many thoughts that are playing games with my mind that I'm really not sure how to deal with it all. How do you deal with something that you don't have answers for but you know is your fault and yet there is nothing you can do to prevent it happening? And whilst dealing with the mind games I still have to be Mum, I have to be happy, smiley Mum. J's face was etched with anxiety when events of last week started to unfold, thankfully Hubby took him away from the situation before it all got so much worse. However since then he's been double checking things constantly, he's been much cuddlier than usual and so everything has to be ok, I have to be ok for him. I don't want him to ever feel the anxiety I saw on his face last week again. I should point out that I have a wonderful Hubby who has been very supportive but even his love and support hasn't stopped the mind games.
I guess it's the thoughts playing on my mind that are eating me up, the feelings inside I've had and dealt with too many times before but it's the "stuff" playing games with my mind that I'm struggling to deal with.
Ok enough rambling, sorry…………………… again! And if you made it to the end of this post, thanks for sticking with it…………again!
The Mug Says It All This Wordless Wednesday
Posted in emotions, feelings, life, Me, parenting, pictures, wordless wednesday, tagged challenging behaviour, Feelings, life, me, parenting, wordless wednesday on May 16, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Just Needed To Write Something Down……………..
Posted in emotions, feelings, life, parenting, struggles, Therapy, this year, time, understanding, tagged challenges, Feelings, health, life, me, parenting, random thoughts, stress on May 10, 2012 | 12 Comments »
I'm not really sure what to write, I not really sure what I want to say………….. in fact I'm not really sure of much at the moment :(
It's been a rough couple of weeks in the MumtoJ house, in fact it's been a rough couple of months. Right now I'm not sure I can explain it all, I've got so many thoughts and words racing through my head at the moment I just needed to write something down…………. anything! 'Cus my brain may explode if I don't write something down.
We seem to have had one knock after another and to be honest it's getting harder to hold it all together at the moment. I'm finding it hard to understand why we've had to deal with so much crap, (sorry but couldn't think of another word to use), and what we've done to deserve so much crap, (sorry again). We keep fighting but there's only the 3 of us against the world, hardly a fair fight is it? I often sit and chat to my Nan, crazy right? I mean she's been dead for almost 7 years, but she listens and I don't know who else I can talk to. If she were still here I know she would have understood. I don't talk about my faith and my beliefs very often but to be honest I'm not sure what they are anymore either.
I've always found writing theraputic and with everything that I've got going through my head at the moment I just needed to write something down. I know this is abit of a rambling post and to be quite honest I'm not sure I care whether you've made it to the end of this post, maybe you decided to give it a miss after the first line…………. If you made it to the end, thanks for sticking with it and sorry for rambling.
Time to put the smile on and hope everything really does happen for a reason …………….. a good reason!
Did We Do The Right Thing?
Posted in Asperger's Syndrome, Australia, Autism, coping with change, emotions, feelings, life, Me, memories, moving house, parenting, people, school, struggles, support, the future, this year, time, travel, would you?, tagged Asperger's Syndrome, Australia, Autism, change, Family, Feelings, life, moving house, parenting, special needs, support, The Future on April 17, 2012 | 9 Comments »
Part of me has found it nice being back in England. It's been nice catching up with some family and friends, I've enjoyed shopping a little more over here and Hubby has been seen by a spinal specialist already. However we seem to of had one bad thing after another happen during the last 3 months.
We didn't have a great moving day and we're still dealing with an issue from that day. Our container was also "delayed" in leaving and so missed the first ship it was supposed to be on, This has meant that not only has it arrived a month later than originally told but we have had to re-complete all of our customs forms too. Today we discovered due to the incompetence of our removal company in Australia and incorrectly labelled packages, Customs have opened some of our boxes/packages and have confiscated some of our belongings, despite the very same items being owned by us for over 7 years and so have travelled out of and into the UK on more than one occasion. Oh and we won't know which items have been removed until our shipment is delivered to us on Friday!
We've struggled to get J's diagnosis recognized in the UK. This has meant the school that we chose for him has had to source outside funding in order to provide him with support for the last term, however that funding has run dry and so this term it is expected that he will attend full time with no support. We also had to see the same Peadiatrician that refused to diagnose J before we left for Australia 2 years ago, it wasn't a good meeting and we're now waiting to see another Peadiatrician, 25 miles away! In Australia J had support however limited it was in school and he had support from an OT, Speech Therapist, Psychologist and Disability Services………….In the UK so far J will receive zero support.
Relationships with some family and friends have also not been as they were when we left 2 years ago. Time changes people and I guess being thousands of miles apart can also change a relationship too. I know it's partly my fault too, I know I've changed alot. Another thing that's forced a change in some of these relationships is reactions to J…………and my reactions to those reactions. What people have to remember is J doesn't remember the majority of these people and so they are strangers to him…………He doesn't react well to strangers unless he feels a connection with them, (like his best friend H). Then there's been the people who haven't been sure how to react to his behaviour and so once he has reacted negatively to them they haven't returned for a second visit or haven't been able to relax and be themselves around him on the next visit. And of course there have been the ones who still think our parenting needs work. Not everyone but some have and to be quite honest I just can't be bothered to worry about what they may or may not think about my son's behaviour or our parenting 'cus we're all doing the best we can and to me that's all that matters.
Ofcourse the weather's been up and down but we've felt the cold and we've all missed the sunshine that Australia gave us! And the icing on the cake………………… feeling cold is going to be even worse tonight, we had our boiler services today and was told it was leaking Carbon Monoxide and so had to be shut off for health and safety reasons, with the hope that it may get repaired tomorrow!
Then there's Hubby's back…………..the reason that we returned to the UK. We left Australia after being told there was nothing more Workcover would do and was told to claim financial support from the Australian Government, something that as non-citizens we couldn't do. Since arriving back Hubby has been seen by a spinal specialist quite quickly but has now been referred to a pain clinic. They now think he has had a trapped nerve that is no longer trapped but is sending pain signals to his brain and body…………………………….Seriously, we came all the way back to the UK for them to tell us that!!!
If you add all of the above to how we miss our nice big house in Australia, (you forget how much smaller houses in England are), our friends that we left in Australia, the beach and the life that we had over there, we're left questioning our decision. Did we do the right thing coming back? And where do we go from here?
It's Almost Here!
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After a comedy of errors and rather alot of stress our container containing almost everything we own is almost with us.
The day of removal/packing didn't go brilliantly and we still have an unresolved issue with our removal company, something that I can't go into at the moment, but needless to say it's an issue that's been (and still is) causing us a fair bit of stress. Our shipment/container was supposed to be on it's way to us almost immediately after being packed and should have arrived in England around the 4th March. Obviously it's April now, so you may have already worked out that, that didn't happen! Nope in fact we've had to fill out all of our customs forms again because it's come over on a different ship etc……. And to top things off the removal company in Australia didn't label some of our "packages" correctly and so this has also provided more problems now that it has all arrived in England!
We've been back in England for 3 months now and although it's gone really quickly and we've been extremely busy, we've started to miss little things. I've started to wonder if we packed the right things in our suitcases. We packed 4 cases, had 3 rucksacks crammed full as hand luggage and I had the biggest handbag I could find, as well as coats………….can you imagine the 3 of us (well 2 really, 'cus J didn't actually carry anything) trying to navigate check in at the airport and arrival in England with all of that luggage?!?! LOL
In the suitcases we packed the obvious – clothes and a few special toys, but we also had to pack J's car seat, he refused to get a new one or sit on a borrowed one so we had to pack his. This took up most of the space in one case. We also had to pack J's pillow, just packing his pillow case wasn't an option. We tried changing his pillow before we left and he refused to sleep on it 'cus he knew it wasn't his pillow and so decided although we were going to have our sleep issues there was no point in making it worse, we packed the pillow………………….this case I had to sit on in order to close it! And ofcourse we had to pack J's Ready Bed, we also packed sleeping bags for ourselves, (they took up less room and weighed less than blankets or quilts). We also packed a few of J's "therapy" items such as his bodysock and his therabrushes. As for toys, somehow, (I'm not sure how), we managed to convince J to only pack the essentials………….his Mario figures and castle (obviously!) and a few special toys and books. And clothes………..we knew it was probably going to be cold, much colder than we had been used to for the past 2 years so we packed several jumpers……………..Do you know how much room jumpers take up in a case?!?! Hand luggage was taken up with J's laptop and Ipad and all of Hubby's medical notes and J's medical and school notes.
When everything was packed we were just over our baggage allowance so couldn't possibly pack anything else but over the past couple of weeks I've started questioning whether we packed the right things. All of J's medical notes and school notes haven't made a blind bit of difference and we've been told his Aussie diagnosis and everything we've done with him over the past two years is worthless and not valid in the UK, (Ridiculous right?!), so was it worth packing? We started missing alot of things too……….. J is obviously missing all of his toys and books and ofcourse the Wii, (he's really missing the Wii!), but we're also missing our beds, airbeds are ok for a while but Hubby's really struggled to sleep on one and is now "sleeping" on the floor because it doesn't hurt his back so much and J misses his bed…………….me I'm happy just to get some sleep, I don't care where I have to sleep, just so long as I get a couple of hours rest! I miss my computer and I really miss my big fridge freezer, I miss being able to do a proper weekly grocery shop and it's costing a fortune having to go to the shop every other day, (we've bought a small fridge since arriving back just to keep milk in etc). I miss my wardrobe, wearing the same clothes every week is starting to bore me. And I miss my photographs! Some of them contain precious memories and it's a horrible feeling knowing that they're somewhere out there floating on the ocean, you just have to hope that everything will get to you in one piece.
Our container has been in the UK for almost 2 weeks now and we're hoping Customs won't hold it up for too much longer………….it's going to feel like Christmas when everything arrives!……………..Then we have to have a clearout, we'd forgotten how much smaller houses in UK are!!


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Images of Jews and Antifascism in East German Film
Das Beil von Wandsbek (The Axe of Wandsbek)
1951, East Germany (DEFA),
b/w, 111 min. Feature
The Axe of Wandsbek considers the role that common citizens played in Nazi crimes, at the same time as it portrays a social climate of conflict and contestation. This film adaptation of Arnold Zweig's novel (1947) is set in 1934 and tells the story of a man who accepts money from the Nazis to serve as a public executioner, and the moral denunciation of his community that drives him to a ruinous end.
When Albert Teetjen's Hamburg butcher shop and livelihood are threatened by modern competitors, he and his wife, Stine, worry about their future. Stine pushes her husband to ask his old war buddy, Hans Peter Footh, to help them out financially. Footh has become a Nazi officer and a bourgeois shipping magnate who is trying to force his Jewish competitor out of business. Unknown to the Teetjens, Footh is being pressured by local authorities and his superiors in the Nazi party to solve a local problem. Four communists, among them a Jew, have been sentenced to death after being falsely accused of the shooting death of a Nazi SA (Storm Trooper) officer, but the execution has been postponed because the executioner is ill. Meanwhile, Hitler is scheduled to visit Hamburg and his supporters have the execution carried out without further delay in order to eliminate any disquieting "loose ends" that might mar the Führer's upcoming visit. When Teetjen needs money, Footh offers him two thousand Marks to become the executioner and carry out "the Führer's will." Teetjen is conflicted at first, but feels his financial troubles leave him no choice. Using his grandfather's prized axe and disguised in a top hat, tails and mask, Teetjen beheads the four communists. Meanwhile, the innocence of the "Reeperbahn Four" becomes increasingly clear. Despite Teetjen's attempts to conceal his involvement, the residents of his neighborhood discover that he was a Nazi executioner. Customers shun Teetjen's newly-renovated store in disgust, and the couple's money troubles worsen. Stine is driven to suicide by her husband's lack of remorse, their financial ruin, and the community's moral condemnation. After finding his wife's body, Teetjen takes his own life.
The Axe of Wandsbek premiered on May 11, 1951 to positive reviews and was seen by over 800,000 people in its first month. After a few weeks, however, the film was pulled from theaters due to a controversy that had shadowed the production from its inception. During writing and filming, officials at the DEFA Studios had become worried that Teetjen's actions would be seen as the failure of an individual, instead of as the result of a criminal regime. They insisted upon the removal of the line "You poor dog" because it implied both sympathy and exoneration for the executioner. General Tschekin, a Soviet adviser to East Germany, noted that it was a mistake to have adapted Arnold Zweig's novel for the screen because "the film will have an undesired and deleterious effect on people in the GDR, as it does not depict hatred of fascism, but rather pity for the murderers" (Schenk 1994, 69).
Nine days after the film's premiere, East German newspapers began printing letters from outraged viewers who shared the officials' criticism. Shortly thereafter, The Axe of Wandsbek was officially banned. Bertolt Brecht summed up the reasons for the film's banning at a screening which took place at the Academy of the Arts in 1952: "The butcher appears as a pitiable fellow traveler who gets robbed by apolitical neighbors. It is important to emphasize that there can be no sympathy for a Nazi executioner. Behind the executioner there is a void. There is nothing further to discuss; sympathy must not be aroused through the soulful eye of a good actor."
The controversy surrounding The Axe of Wandsbek hit Falk Harnack, its director, especially hard. Harnack had been a stanch opponent of the Nazi regime. The film represented the directorial debut for Harnack, and yet was the last production he ever made for East German audiences. During the Second World War, Harnack (1913-1991) narrowly avoided execution for his participation in the renowned Nazi resistance group, the White Rose (Weisse Rose). His brother Arvid, and sister-in-law Mildred, however, were killed because of their involvement in the anti-Nazi activities of the Red Orchestra (Rote Kapelle). Furthermore, Mildred Harnack-Fish, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and scholar of Goethe, is the only American civilian ever to have been executed on Hitler's direct orders. On February 16, 1943 she was beheaded at Plötzensee prison in Berlin for her part in a failed assassination attempt on Hitler's life. During this time, Falk Harnack had deserted his post in the German army and had joined an antifascist partisan group in Greece. The end of the war brought Harnack back to Germany and back to his career in drama. Despite his steadfast anti-Nazi convictions, Harnack could not save his first film from intense public and official scrutiny. As a result, Harnack left the DEFA studios in 1952, and from then on directed only in the West, where he devoted his work to coming to terms with the past.
Even Arnold Zweig, author of the novel that inspired the film, did not intend under any circumstances for The Axe of Wandsbek to be sympathetic to Nazi murderers. Zweig had been labeled an enemy of the state by the Nazis, and wrote much of his novel while exiled in Palestine during the Second World War (Hermand: 1998, 241). Zweig's son Adam asserts that his father based the novel on actual events involving a Wandsbek butcher who was hired to execute four Communists condemned to death for protesting a port strike in 1938. Zweig, himself a German-Jew, apparently first encountered the story in a newspaper while in Palestine. The "Bloody Sunday" of July 18, 1932 that took place in Hamburg, might have also contributed to Zweig's story. On that day, members of the Nazi Storm Troopers marched into Altona, a working-class neighborhood of Hamburg that was home to Communists and Socialists, and provoked a violent clash. Sixteen people were left dead. As in the film, four communists were wrongly convicted over an altercation that killed Nazi Storm Troopers, and subsequently, were executed in 1933 by the Nazis with a hand axe. Zweig explained that the perceived empathy audiences felt for the executioner was a misunderstanding. His intention was to provide humanity to all of his characters, which he hoped would counter the "anti-Germanism" popular among right-wing Zionists in Palestine during the 1940s.
Following the film's banning, DEFA studios were left with the question of what to do with the movie. Their solution was to remove any scenes that elicited compassion for Teetjen, the executioner. Despite the additional editing, Harnack was refused permission to re-release The Axe of Wandsbek in theaters on the occasion of Arnold Zweig's 75th birthday in 1962. Ironically, the original version of The Axe of Wandsbek did return to theaters some thirty years after its cinematic debut; the occasion was Erwin Geschonneck's 75th birthday. Geschonneck played Teetjen, the executioner.
Born in 1913, Falk Harnack grew up in Jena and Weimar. From 1937 to 1940 he worked as a director, actor and dramaturge at the German National Theater in Weimar. He was active in the resistance movement against National Socialism which began with his membership in the resistance group "White Rose." He narrowly escaped being sentenced for his involvement in the group, but his brother and sister-in-law were not so lucky. In 1942 they were executed for their involvement in the resistance group Rote Kapelle (known in English as the "Red Orchestra") which undoubtedly solidified Harnack's anti-Nazi stance. After being forced into military service in 1941, he deserted the German army in 1943 and joined an antifascist partisan group in Greece. After the war Harnack returned to his directorial and dramaturgical career in various theatres and began his work with DEFA in1949 as art director.
The Axe of Wandsbek, based on a novel by Arnold Zweig and released in 1951, was his debut as a film director. Initially critics praised the film for what was perceived as a realistic portrayal of the Third Reich, yet a month after its premiere it was banned for what was deemed a sympathetic depiction of a Nazi executioner. As a result Harnack left the East German studio in 1952, and from then on directed only in the West, where he continued to center his work around the topic of coming to terms with the past. In rememberance of Harnack's work, Gerhard Schoenberner praised it by remarking, "At a time when West German postwar film had sunk to its artistic and political low, his work set new standards for the dictates of commerce and the false glorification of the past that had become fashionable during the Adenauer period as a result of the Cold War." He died in September of 1991.
Der 20. Juli (The Plot to Assassinate Hitler, 1955), Nacht der Entscheidung (Night of Decision, 1955), Anastasia, die letzte Zarentochter (Anastasia: The Czar's Last Daughter, 1956), Arzt ohne Gewissen (Doctor Without Scruples, 1959).
Films for Television: Der Prozess Mary Dugan (The Trial of Mary Dugan, 1959/60), Jeder stirbt für sich allein (Everyone Dies for Himself Alone, 1962), Manchmal spielt der Himmel mit (Sometimes Heaven Plays Along, 1964), Peenemünde (Peenemünde, 1970), Ein Fall für Herrn Schmidt (A Case for Mr. Schmidt, 1971), Der Verfolger (The Pursuer, 1973/74).
Breitkopf, Regina. "Das Beil von Wandsbek." Beiträge zur Film- und Fernsehwissenschaft 2 (1984): 211-223.
Brysac, Shareen Blair. Resisting Hitler: Mildred Harnack and the Red Orchestra. New York: Oxford UP, 2000.
Hermand, Jost. "The Rohme Episode in Arnold Zweig's Das Beil von Wandsbek." Trans. Lisa A. Rainwater van Suntum. German Life and Letters 51:2 (1998): 240-249.
Pick, Erika. "Noch einmal zum Beil von Wandsbek". Beiträge zur Film- und Fernsehwissenschaft 2 (1984): 224-243.
Rülicke-Weiler, Käthe. "Weitere Bemerkungen zum Film Das Beil von Wandsbek." Beiträge zur Film- und Fernsehwissenschaft 5 (1984): 176-186.
Schenk, Ralf, ed. Das zweite Leben der Filmstadt Babelsberg: DEFA-Spielfilme 1946-1992. Berlin: Henschel, 1994. 67-70.
Schoenberner, Gerhard. "Vom Roman zum Film: Das Beil von Wandsbek." Arnold Zweig: Berlin-Haifa-Berlin: Perspektiven des Gesamtwerks: Proc. of the Third International Arnold Zweig Symposium, Berlin. Ed. Arthur Tilo Alt. Bern and New York: Peter Lang, 1995. 217-25.
Thunecke, Jorg. "The Economic Conditions of the Butchers' Trade During the 1930s: A Socio-Political Commentary on the Plot of Arnold Zweig's Novel The Axe of Wandsbek." Arnold Zweig: Berlin-Haifa-Berlin: Perspektiven des Gesamtwerks: Proc. of the Third International Arnold Zweig Symposium, Berlin. Ed. Arthur Tilo Alt. Bern and New York: Peter Lang, 1995. 141-62.
Walter, Hans-Albert. "Die Geschäfte des Herrn Albert Teetjen: Das faschistische Deutschland in Arnold Zweigs Exilroman Das Beil von Wandsbek." Neue Gesellschaft Frankfurter Hefte 36: 4 (1981): 49-62.
"'Was für Schicksale uns bürgerliche Menschen überfallen. Arnold Zweigs Das Beil von Wandsbek." Faschismuskritik und Deutschlandbild in Exilroman. Eds. Christian Fritsch and Lutz Winckler. Berlin: Argument, 1981. 131-151.
Zweig, Arnold. Das Beil von Wandsbek. Berlin: Aufbau, 1963.
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By admin ~ June 13th, 2013. Filed under: Current Issue.
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EXTRA! Interview
George Bellwoar, VP of Sales and Marketing, Perko
George Bellwoar lives out Perko's mission
to develop products that grow the marine industry
and help cruisers enjoy their boating.
by Laura Dunn
Founded in 1907, Perko prides itself on being committed to its customers' changing needs. Their original product line consisted of hand-formed and soldered navigation lights, ventilators and chart cases made from brass, copper and galvanized steel. Perko responded to their customers' changing needs by expanding into a variety of other modern manufacturing processes and materials, while never sacrificing individual attention to detail and craftsmanship.
SB: What attracted you to work for Perko and what keeps you excited to be working there?
GB: I like diversity. To me, nothing would be worse than to have to do the same thing tomorrow that I did today. Perko manufactures thousands of SKUs that span about seven entirely different businesses. We sell worldwide. While we are best known for our pleasure boat products, a significant part of our business involves commercial marine. You will find Perko products on tug boats, in commercial shipping and on the naval vessels of many countries. Plus we sell into general industrial markets. If you've ever ridden a motorcycle, used gas welding equipment or made a call on a pay phone, you've probably been in contact with something we made somewhere along the way. For someone who wants something different every day, it would be hard to find a better option.
SB: What do you love most about what you do?
GB: Without question, I love new product development. It is the lifeblood of every company. I have always been pretty good mechanically and I like working with my hands. In fact, I still have my first sports car and am just about finished rebuilding an old 1985 Trans Am as my new daily driver. Put those passions together with our manufacturing capabilities and you have a marriage made in heaven.
SB: What sets Perko apart from other competitors in the field? How has it accomplished this and how will it continue to do so?
GB: Perko is different from most competitors, and for that matter, from most companies worldwide in many ways. Family-owned and more than a century-old, we are almost entirely vertically integrated. We want to make as much of what we sell as possible. So we bring in ingot, plastic pellets and chemicals and ship completed components. This all happens from a single facility in Miami. So we have total in house control over design, quality and delivery.
SB: How has Perko made a difference in the marine industry? How has it directly helped boating enthusiasts enjoy their time on the water?
GB: I think we've helped in two ways. First, we support the industry and try to keep active in many ways. For years we've had people on NMMA, NMDA and ABYC boards and committees. We attend industry events and support industry efforts. Second, we try to develop products to make boating more enjoyable and easier. That is not always the easiest thing to do when your primary products are hardware related. But over so many years we have developed hundreds, if not thousands of products that have become fundamental boating items, which are found on boats and in competitors' catalogs worldwide. In recent years, I'd have to say that reduced glare lighting and vented fuel fills are among the more significant ones. Our latest product expansions have been into the new EPA regulated fuel systems.
SB: What's a "must-have" product or two you'd recommend for cruisers?
GB: That is actually a hard question to answer. Our line is a maintenance line, not an impulse line. No one buys a valve, a hinge or a bow light unless they have to. So there is no one product that I'd single out. My hope is that boaters who need to replace a part look for a brand name they can trust, not just the least expensive option on the wall. In the end, real cost is based on long-term value, not the shelf price.
SB: How has the company developed and changed over the years?
GB: One thing we know for certain, you don't last over a century without making a lot of changes. We'd need about four generations of employees to fully tell the story. So here's a short version. We began life as a tool and die shop in the Northeast. Our focus was on lighting for marine and railroad applications. In time we began manufacturing some of the lights we had been tooling for years. As we grew and our brand became a staple of the marine industry, customers convinced us to expand into distribution. We added marine hardware and also began selling products from bilge pumps to heads and stoves in addition to our own lights. As time went on, we became unhappy with some suppliers and began to contract with foundries and forge shops to produce our own versions, mostly of hardware items and valves. One thing led to another and over the years we built our own foundries, chrome plating facility and plastic injection molding operation. Our latest expansion is into investment casting, which will be operational by the end of this year.
SB: Are you still involved as a chairman with ABYC? What do you enjoy most about that?
GB: I'm still involved with the ABYC, but now as past chairman since my second term ended in March. I still hold a seat on the executive committee. My ABYC experience has been a good one. I developed what I know will be lifelong friendships. This has been an eye opener. ABYC is one of those few places where you get to see people make decisions based more on a concern for safety than to meet their company's financial goal. Involvement with a group that focuses on boating safety rather than the bottom line is rewarding. Without a doubt it has changed my perspective on new products.
SB: How involved in the boating and marine community are you?
GB: I'm about as involved as time will permit. ABYC now takes up less time than before. But the jewels the EPA keep dropping on us eat up some of that time. I always enjoyed my involvement with the NMMA and hopefully I'll be able to get little more involved there than I have been in the past few years.
SB: What kind of boat do you own? How often do you get to use it?
GB: I've had boats most of my life, all quite small. The list has included numerous jonboats, a Long Island Sneakbox, a 14' wooden Scotchcraft, and two small hydroplanes, a 12-footer and a 16-footer. I did a lot of product testing using a 23' sailfish & a 31' fountain. My current boat is a 12' aluminum boat with a 1956 Johnson 10-hp. Don't laugh… it has a trolling motor, down looking/side looking sonar, battery switch, LED navigation & spot lights, bilge pump, 4 rod holders & enough cup holders for a 6-pack. The cup holders get used a lot.


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The RTJ Capitol Hill Golf Course is Prattville is preparing for a big week of golf as the Navistar LPGA Classic kicks off later today. The best female golfers in the world are either on their way or will soon be in Prattville to take part in the tournament.
It will be a busy week on the Senator course. The tournament itself starts on Thursday, but today there is a qualifying round for the final two spots in the tournament. Practice rounds begin tomorrow, with the Pro-am tournament set for Wednesday.
17-year-old Lexi Thompson, the defending champion will be back. Her victory at last year's Navistar LPGA made her the youngest winner in LPGA tour history. She'll be up against Yani Tseng of Taiwan, number one in the world, and Stacy Lewis of the U.S., second in the world.
Bill Lang, RTJ Director of Public Relation says, "we have the top two in the world coming who have been battling it out all year for the number one spot. Plus we have Lexi Thompson who made history last year as a 16-year-old, the youngest to ever win. Locally, Karlin Beck of Montgomery will play her first professional tournament at the course with the LPGA, so we're hoping she does really well."
Navistar is providing free admission and free parking to the tournament and those who attend are invited to make a donation to the Wounded Warrior Project, the benefactor of the event. This charity helps wounded service members adjust back to normal life, empowering and honoring them at the same time.
The LPGA Navistar Classic is a family-friendly event. The golfers take the time to talk with fans and sign autographs, especially during the practice rounds early in the week.
In addition to the serious golf fans, there will be a lot of school groups out there and kids who come with their parents hoping to get an autograph from every golfer.
Lang explains that "the LPGA has come up with a slogan of, It's different out there, and it is. These are people who are professional athletes who are amazing, but they are fun and they're interactive. It's a great, low-key, not a snobby, hush-hush atmosphere. We want big crowds and fun crowds. Players, when they hit a good shot love to be cheered, so come and be loud at the right time. If they're putting, we'll be quiet."
It's a great opportunity for folks to take advantage of a world class golf tournament coming to the area.
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ The number of acres devoted to corn is expected to shrink about 4 percent this year as farmers devote more of their land to soybeans.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its annual forecast Monday of what farmers plan to plant.
The USDA says it expects 91.7 million acres of corn to be planted this year, down from 95.37 million acres last year.
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Oh, Oprah. She did one of her "Where Are They Now?" editions and it turns out Christine, a woman who had been in a marriage in which both husband and wife would come out as a gay, later met a woman named Jacki.
Jacki and Christine fell in love. Awesome.
Jacki transitioned to male. Also awesome.
But while being interviewed on the show they said that Jacki transitioned in order to marry Christine, and so they "looked into transgender" and found out that "just like that" their marriage would guarantee that Christine would receive Jacki's pension and social security.
Just like that.
M guess is that the story is being wildly misrepresented: that in fact Jacki already had some gender stuff going on, a latent or not so latent need to transition, and in these days of defeated DOMAs and lifted bans and stays on ceremonies and the murky, uneven status of same sex marriages, they thought transiton + marriage would guarantee them certain rights they could not be as sure of as a same sex couple.
The first red flag for me: Did anyone notice that Christine says Jacki is "the most authentic person I know"? I mean, is that not in the "things cis people say about trans people" list?
Which maybe it will, for them. I hope it provides them the stability and recognition of their relationship everyone deserves.
What bothers me, of course, is the way it's been framed as the "shocking steps" one couple took. Not shocking. When people try to gain the legal rights afforded others, it's not shocking at all. It's entirely normal and should be totally expected. And if transition itself is still shocking to anyone — holy crap, come out from under your rock.
The problem is that many, many trans people have found their marriages declared legally null over the years – and it is far more likely for a marriage like theirs, in which both people's sex declared at birth is the same. The status of my own marriage — which is the type that is legally upheld by the courts because we had different sexes listed on our birth certificates and got married long before my wife took the legal or medical or even social steps to transition — still makes me nervous precisely because of all of the legal details of the status of some marriages in this country.
What I suspect – and what I don't know for sure – is that Jacki is one of very many people whose gender was already masculine of center, before meeting Christine, and whose life as a masculine woman often brought a ton of bullshit – barred entry to the ladies' room, issues with clothes shopping, misgendering, etc. Dealing with that, plus his love for Christine maybe encouraged him to legally change his gender precisely because living with a non normative gender can be such a pain in the ass legally and otherwise. That is, there are plenty of people for whom a legal transition to male is not a huge undertaking because they are already men in so many ways. My wife's legal transition was definitely influenced by the fact that it was getting more and more difficult for her to deal with TSA and other boneheads who had the right to judge whether or not her gender on her ID sufficiently matched her gender in person. So despite leaving for years as a woman with a male ID, we went through the legal hullabaloo to get hers changed.
The way they are presenting their story reminds me of the woman who claimed being stung by a bee caused her to transition (and who, in all fairness, said the anaphylactic shock set off a hormonal reaction, etc. etc.).
You don't need a reason, folks. You're trans and transition because you are.
You're in love and want to be married because you are and you do.
Let's please stop making excuses for gaining recognition for our lives, identities, relationships and families.


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More than 50 teams of architects, builders and designers are gathering in Washington to construct one of the nation's largest gingerbread towns, and it will be on view to the public this week.
This year's "Gingertown" will be a built Monday evening as a "Gingertown University." It will be on display through Friday downtown at 1133 Connecticut Avenue NW.
Organizers say this year's gingerbread town involves more than 250 pounds of gingerbread, 100 pounds of icing and 10 pounds of gumdrops. It will include buildings such as the "IM Pez Library," the "Swedish Fish Boat House" and "Cadbury Egghead Library"
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How did this happen? Where did THIS come from, and do we deserve it?
No…we don't.
I love this band, and you do too. This collection of songs has been put together over the years in many studios in many countries with songs co-written by many people over a period of time when nobody was thinking of them. Sneak attack. I feel like a 10 year-old on the playground that just got suckerpunched by a girl who liked me-shocked, and pleased…
The songs…you have the riffs, the beats, the soul…there is a STRONG emphasis on SONGS here…Vernon keeps his much-loved SKRONK to a minimum…and to SUPERIOR effect. Corey sounds truly AWESOME, while Doug and Will lay the foundation down SOLID.
Long story short-for me, this is a record I continue to return to time and again…4 plays in one day by a guy with thousands of cds (yeah, I still buy those plastic things…call me a luddite).
Living Colour in 2009…who knew??? The production is warm and fuzzy, and the vibe is anything BUT funny…(sorry). The sound of great musicians getting together when the feeling is right…and getting it right.
Woulda been 5 stars…but come on…"Time's Up" only happens once a career, if at ALL.
Thanks again Will, Corey, Doug and Vernon…you still got it, BIG TIME.
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GB win bronze in the women's 4x100 freestyle swimming
Great Britain have won a bronze medal in the women's 4x100 freestyle swimming 34 points.
The race was won by Australia in a world record time of 4:20.39 whilst Great Britain were very narrowly beaten by the United States.
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The LA Times reports:
With highly touted Fairfax High big man Renardo Sidney set to announce the college of his choice on Sunday, it appears that UCLA has dropped out of the running, sources said.
As recently as a few days ago, the Bruins were thought to be a frontrunner to sign the 6-foot-11 senior, who is widely considered to rank among the 10 top prep players in the nation.
There was some question about whether Sidney, who has not taken the SAT, could qualify academically. But little more than 48 hours from his announcement, it was not confirmed why the Bruins lost interest. The sources who said UCLA was out of the picture required anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
Sidney might now be headed across town to USC. Sidney and his parents met Wednesday with USC Coach Tim Floyd, Athletic Director Mike Garrett and two other school officials. A source with knowledge of the situation who asked to not be identified said Sidney is very interested in the Trojans.
That makes more sense because the Trojies can always come up with some kind of "deal".
BTW I find it bizarre that an athletic director has to meddle into a basketball coach's recruiting meetings. When was the last time you heard DG teaming up with Howland to meet basketball recruits?


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An attractive Saturday program begins with an inscrutable race – anybody can win the opener – and if you're playing rolling exotics we suggest you use as many as you can afford to. #4 Second Time and #7 Clearly Confused both have credentials but neither one is trustworthy. The former once could run a bit but hasn't been out since November of 2012 while the latter has failed twice in a row as the favorite. They could run one-two or end up nowhere.
The second race finds both #3 Addendum and #5 Quinnette well-placed for top efforts and both are "must uses" in rolling exotic play. Addendum has the perfect style for seven furlongs and just earned a career top speed figure when beating $20,000 claimers across town. She's protected today in starter's allowance company by Cerin and Talamo stays aboard. Quinnette turns back to an extended sprint for Ellis and is a perfect one-for-one over the Santa Anita main track while exiting a first-level allowance affair. She switches to Smith, likes to win races, and figures to be rolling in the final furlong.
The third race is a better-than-par $20,000 claiming sprint with several contenders to consider. #1 Courtside got away with a crawling pace last month at Hollywood Park and rolled all the way to the wire; he's up a notch today but catches another fairly favorable pace scenario and could be tough right back, low-percentage connections notwithstanding. #2 Newfound Gold exits a killer race and returns to reality today for Machowsky following a 10 week vacation; he's been burning up the track of late and has run well fresh in the past, so a top effort can be expected. These are the two we'll prefer but feel free to go deeper if you can afford to.
The Pick-6 begins with the fourth race, a weak bottom-rung maiden claimer. #8 Right On Schedule lost whatever chance he may have had when squeezed back at the start in his debut and then had a mild late bid to finish fourth in an abbreviated sprint. He gets an extra furlong and a half to work with today and if he leaves cleanly the Walsh-trained gelding should be a strong factor. #12 Cuneo has back numbers that can win and comes off a solid runner-up try at the level; he, too, should be doing his best work late. In this league anything goes, but we'll try to survive using just these two.
The Megahertz Stakes over a mile on turf for older fillies and mares, lost a major contender when #2 Moone's My Name was scratched. That's good news for #6 Fanticola; the Mitchell-trained filly has won three straight from softer foes while improving her speed figures to a level that now makes her the one to beat. She's a versatile sort that should draft into a good stalking spot and if she can produce yet another forward move she'll be hard to contain in the final furlong.
A good group of maiden 3-year-olds sprint five and one-half furlongs in the sixth race; Baffert has two bullets to fire and both must be taken seriously. #8 Pimpernel has burned money in both of his career starts but today removes blinkers and gets Lasix so the Elusive Quality colt deserves one more chance. #11 Roger Rocket has been tearing up the track in the morning and appears cranked and ready to go; Nakatani doesn't ride all that often for this outfit but we'll still assume this colt is very live. In addition to the Baffert pair we'll also toss in the Ellis first-timer, #4 Ferocious. A $300,000 Barretts May Sale graduate, he was quite impressive when he breezed a furlong in 10 seconds flat during the preview session and the son of Tale of the Cat may offer considerable value at 10-1 on the morning line. This stable doesn't win often with first-timers but this colt may be the exception to the rule.
A strong group of entry-level fillies and mares at a mile on grass meet in the seventh race, with a pair of Callaghan-trained European imports worthy of strong consideration. #1 Clear Path was a minor handicapper in England with modest Racing Post ratings last year but she's trained well for her U.S. debut, gets Lasix, and could easily be better than the form shows. This trainer is superb with these types of runners, especially first time out. Stable mate #6 Bee Brave won her only outing in Scotland in August of 2012 at odds of 50-1; she gets Lasix and Bejarano for her U.S. debut and has done plenty of good work in the morning. We'll use both in our rolling exotics along with #8 Moulen de Mougin, a talented Curlin filly who'll be trying two-turns for the first time. A recent mile workout in 1:39 3/5 (in which she dusted off Polytechnicien) gives every indication that the added ground won't be an issue.
The featured Strub Stakes – originally called the Santa Anita Maturity – used to be contested at the classic American distance of a mile and one-quarter. It was shortened to nine furlongs in 1998 and now the race is a mile and one-sixteenth. At this rate it'll be a sprint by 2030. #3 Shakin It Up has been terrific around one turn – his opening day Malibu Stakes score was superb and earned a giant speed figure – but he is unproven around two turns. The son of Midnight Lute continues to impress in the morning while giving every indication he can handle any distance and at 7/2 on the morning line the Baffert-trained colt offers considerable value. The two main contenders both come from the Hollendorfer stable; #4 Zeewat finished a strong second in the Malibu and last year won two stakes over a route of ground, while #6 Hear the Ghost returns to 4-year-old only company after an excellent second in the Native Diver Stakes last month across town to subsequent San Pasqual winner Blueskiesnrainbows.
The finale is a moderate maiden turf miler for 3-year-old fillies that could be won by yet another Euro-import, this one from Gallagher's barn. #10 Practising, second in a pair of decent races last summer in England, shows up with Lasix and Bejarano and should be more than fit enough following a steady series of solid workouts. The known element doesn't look inspiring though #3 Dancinginthestreet may improve as a first-time Lasix user while #8 One More stretches out, switches to turf and removes blinkers, enough reasons to toss her in at 15-1 on the morning line.


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Chippewa Falls (WQOW) - Using
the power of music, a band of brothers hopes to help out those in need.
Rosewater, a group started by two Owen-Withee brothers, will hold a concert
this weekend with a unique twist.
Darrell and Chauncey Marrier are
performing with their band this weekend, helping out homeless veterans in need.
Two western Wisconsin
brothers are hoping their music can help silence a growing problem.
"Yeah, we've heard
off and on that homeless vets, that was an issue, but to hear the numbers,
ranging from 76,000 to upwards of 200,000 homeless vets on any given night, and
even just in the Minneapolis area there's over 4,000 homeless vets," says
Chauncey Marrier.
"You couple that with
that the phrase itself, you know, shouldn't exist. It shouldn't be a problem in
the first place. But to one of that large degree, it's just something that we personally couldn't ignore,
so you just kind of figured a way to make an event and kind of shed some light
on it," adds Darrell.
On Saturday, their band Rosewater
will be holding a unique concert.
"It's a themed live
show, it's based around a shotgun wedding. So basically we're having a shotgun
wedding reception, and we're asking people to come dressed up for the
reception, and this can include vintage clothes, uniforms, anything like that,
and then we're also asking that they bring a wedding gift, which is items for
homeless veterans," says Darrell.
Donations like sleeping bags,
jackets and socks can go a long way, and will be given to homeless veterans
both here in the Chippewa
Valley, and in the twin
"It's a fun event,
it's supposed to be fun, people can come out, dance, have some fun, dress up,
but the heart of the whole thing is to help the vets out," Darrell says.
For this duo, giving back is nothing
new. Through their foundation they've been helping veterans, and others in need
in our area, for the past decade.
"Through the Hands
Foundation, we've already been able to give out over a thousand quilts, along
with 5,000 different winter items. The quilts are really important, because for
the vets, when they see someone personally made them an item, it really means a
lot to them," says Chauncey.
Their band Rosewater plays what they
call "outlaw bluegrass". They say it's a combination of blues, rock and
roll and bluegrass music.
The concert
is this Saturday night at the Heyde Center in Chippewa
Falls at 7 p.m. The
concert will last until 11 p.m., and they'll hold a "reception" afterwards.
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So, I just got back from the awards dinner. Unfortunately, no Sheets announcement (as someone posited earlier) but some fun nonetheless.
There was a ventriloquist performing before the awards got handed out. Kinda lame at first, but then she got Jim Sundberg up on the stage and dressed him up as a baby and made him "sing" and dance. He swears payback.
Vernon Wells was there to present FOTF with the Marvin Miller award. Nice thing to do, even if he did say "and this year he won a Gold Glove - oh yeah, that was at shortstop".
The other really notable thing (this is for you, Micah!) was that Richard Durrett got up to intro Chris Davis for the Rookie of the Year award. He said that Chris asked him to be sure and let the ladies know he was the most eligible bachelor in the Texas Rangers organization. Then Chris got up and said that he "totally did not ask him to say that - even though it's true". Later, Eric Nadel said that he was glad Richard didn't say that Chris was the most eligible bachelor in the room because of course *that* is Evan Grant (also in attendance).
Also there was a "fashion show" where some kids modeled the new uniforms. They had some stuff for sale but I didn't really look that much because we'll be at FanFest tomorrow and we'll check out the Grand Slam gift shop then.
I'll have some pics up on my flickr page later tonight, though I think almost all of them came out terrible (haven't looked at them yet).


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Shumlin announces new TIF legislationBy DAVE GRAM
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Gov. Peter Shumlin discusses new TIF district rules at a news conference Wednesday. Shumlin says he wants to forgive about $6 million that the state auditor last year said several Vermont cities and towns owe the state in connection with special tax districts designed to promote economic development. Shumlin said his administration will introduce legislation shortly that would clarify the rules governing so-called tax increment financing districts.WINOOSKI Gov. Peter Shumlin said Wednesday he wants to wipe the slate clean on about $6 million that a former state auditor said three Vermont cities and a town owe the state in connection with special tax districts designed to promote economic development.
Shumlin said the goals of legislation now being drafted would be to forgive the debts that then-state Auditor Tom Salmon said last year were owed by Milton, Burlington, Winooski and Newport to the state education fund. Shumlin said the legislation would clarify the law governing the districts so similar disputes dont arise in the future.
The municipalities dispute Salmons finding.
Shumlin was joined by several mayors and other local officials as he announced the legislation outside a major downtown Winooski redevelopment project.
Two systems are in play on the front line of state and municipal finances in the tiff over TIFs or tax-increment financing districts.
One of the two is the statewide property tax Vermont uses to fund its public schools. The tax was created in the late 1990s and tweaked about a decade ago to address a historic complaint that some towns those with ski resorts or big manufacturing plants had an easier time raising money from property taxes for schools than those where taxpayers were mainly private homeowners.
Meanwhile, the TIF program allowed communities meeting certain criteria to create the TIF districts, the downtown redevelopment zones where bonds are issued for things like new streets and other infrastructure improvements and paid off by diverting some of the property taxes collected in the community.
Officials said a natural tension exists between the two systems: More money going to pay off TIF bonds means less going to the state education fund.
A key finding in Salmons report was that municipalities retained several million dollars in incremental property tax revenue that should have been paid to the states education fund.
Some of the findings related to the starting date, and what counted as the starting values, for properties about to undergo big improvements. If initial values of downtown properties were underestimated, Salmon said, there would be more new revenue generated after the properties were improved and it was that new revenue that could be diverted from going to the state education fund.
In Miltons case and Milton accounted for $3.4 million of the nearly $6 million Salmon said was owed Town Manager Brian Palaia said the auditors complaint was that the town paid cash for $2.8 million in improvements instead of borrowing the money through a bond issue.
We paid directly costs to a vendor for an eligible TIF project instead of borrowing the money, Palaia said, adding that the decision saved $600,000 in interest costs that would have been paid by the state.
Burlington drew criticism from Salmon for using TIF funding to refinance a project on the citys Lake Champlain waterfront that was originally financed in 1991 four years before Vermont passed its first law allowing TIFs.
Shumlin and the local officials agreed that despite the disputes, the TIF program should continue.
Steve Jeffrey, executive director of the Vermont League of Cities and Towns, said the programs had given municipalities in the state of Vermont the answer to the chicken-and-egg problem of economic development. We can have economic development if only we had the public infrastructure and public investment that we need to be able to serve those new businesses. But without the tax base to do it, we cant get the public infrastructure built.
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Steady offtake likely to cap fall in cashew prices
G K Nair
Kochi, Aug 9
Cashew kernel prices are unlikely to decline this year, though there could be small dips when the market is quiet. Such a situation could be attributed to the fundamental factors coupled with the peak consumption in Asia in August-November and the regular buying pattern by the US and Europe for few months at a time.
Therefore, "we can expect good activity in next two to three months," Mr Pankaj N Sampat, a major Mumbai-based dealer, told Business Line.
Asian Consumption
Although consumption in some markets in 2010 will be lower than 2009, overall offtake is unlikely to be affected due to good Asian consumption. "End of 2010 will see lower than normal inventories, especially in the major importing countries, which have been buying few months' needs at a time," he said. Tightness in supply will ease in the second half of 2011 only if the northern crops are good, i.e., above normal, or, if there is going to be a big drop in demand in the first half of 2011.
"We might see a price decline in second or third quarter of 2011 but it will depend on crops and first half demand," he said. The only other reason for a reversal of current firm trend would be external factors (economic and financial situation) or a big drop in prices of other nuts.
"Although we are not overly bullish about the long term (too many variables and change in market structure make it difficult to predict the trend beyond a few months) we do feel that market will continue to move around the current levels with possibility of some price increase in the next 2-3 months — any dip in the meantime would be an opportunity to cover part of the needs (at least for next 2-3 quarters)," he said.
Cashew market was quiet this week. Some processors in India and Vietnam sold W320 few cents lower than last week. But in general, price levels were unchanged — W240 was between $3.3 and $3.35, W320 around $3.15, W450 between $2.95 and $3, SW320 around $3, SW360 around $2.8 , Splits/Butts were at between $2.65 and $2.7 (f.o.b).
Large processors in both origins were not willing to accept bids at lower levels — either nearbys or forwards, traders said.
Raw cashew nut market was steady with afloat/spot parcels of Ivory Coast being traded at around $950 a tonne and Guinea Bissau at around $1,150 a tonne (c&f). It is too early to say anything about the East African crop/prices. However, it is more or less certain that Tanzania will increase export duty, the traders said. Prices for early shipments from Indonesia are very high, they added.
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