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|Project by Matt Stauffer
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Okay, I've been lurking on this website for a few months and just finished up my first project since high school woodshop (power tools based) back in 1993. It's based upon the Chris Schwartz sawbench. It's made of southern yellow pine with oak dowel rods at the critical joints. I haven't put any finish on it and probably won't, since it is a tool in itself. I had been using my clothes hamper to lay boards across for sawing. My other project that is in the works is the English style workbench from Chris Schwartz's book. I'm wanting to use a wooden screw for the leg vice on it, but it seems that the only person making them is backlogged.
-- Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. ~ John 5:24
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#1 posted 1388 days ago
Great bench Matt.
-- Having fun...Eric
#2 posted 1388 days ago
Very cool…....
Thanks, Michael Frey
#3 posted 1388 days ago
Very good! Another galoot among us. I made the same bench. I see you left your bottom shelf off as well – looked like just a dust collector to me. Piece of advice – make another one while you're at it. You may want to use a different pattern for the second one, but you'll definitely want two the same height.
I see we have similar taste in shop cats as well. Welcome aboard!
-- Robert - Visit my woodworking blog: http://littlegoodpieces.wordpress.com
#4 posted 1388 days ago
Okay I will ask, what is the groove for? I am thinking for handsawiing something, but Am I missing the point?
But overall, a very stable and well put together project
-- Richard Boise, Idaho
#5 posted 1388 days ago
The notch at the front is for ripping operations and scroll saw type turning cuts. Thanks for the comments.
-- Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. ~ John 5:24
#6 posted 1388 days ago
#7 posted 1388 days ago
Wow, awesome job on that bench, i made one a lot simpler, however i need another one i might make it a littel fancy then the first. Superb work.
-- Monty Q, Columbia, South Carolina.
#8 posted 1388 days ago
Yes a great job done.
-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.
#9 posted 1387 days ago
Try finding a screw box on ebay etc. to make your own screw. I got lucky and picked up a 2 1/2" monster. Roy Underhill describes how to make your own in one of his videos (http://www.pbs.org/woodwrightsshop) and in one of the books he has written. The title is "The Woodwright's Workbook".
Great saw bench!
#10 posted 1387 days ago
looks like you're very good with those saws. Welcome to LJ's. You'll have a blast, and find everything ya want to find about any type of woodin on here. You'll be hooked. I am
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#11 posted 1387 days ago
Good looking sawbench, my saw horses are leaning over so bad i'll need to replace them if you dont mine i'll borrow your design, Welcome to LJ's great people stay here.
-- A poor man has poor way's
#12 posted 1385 days ago
Nice looking sawbench.
-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker
#13 posted 1385 days ago
That looks handy.
Welcome aboard.
-- Ohh mann...pancakes and boobies...I'll bet that's what Heaven is like! ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣
#14 posted 1384 days ago
A great job Matt ,it looks like a very useful project
-- http://artisticwoodstudio.com Custom furniture
#15 posted 1384 days ago
I lover the joinery.I Just recently got into M&T joinery, so this really caught my eye. Wish mine were a neat and tight as yours. Great job on a long lasting addition to your shop. Rand
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The Charleston Town Center Mall looks a little different today. Without water, people can't perform some everyday tasks that many may have once taken for granted.
Chantelle Wilson is visiting from Buckhannon, WV. She told a story of how she and her mom started washing their hands with soap when they realized none of the sinks would turn on because of the water dangers. Luckily for them they had baby wipes.
Lack of running water is just one problem. Due to the contaminated water risks, nearly all restaurants in the affected areas are closed. Tiffany Tan with Hawaiian Grill says they are open because they care about their business. She can sell bottled beverages to customers, but they cannot serve food.
Wilson says they knew about the water ban and came prepared with bottled water. Unfortunately, Wilson says, "We haven't eaten anything other than snack foods" because no other restaurant is open.
Closed restaurants means closed cash drawers. Although staff at the Hawaiian Grill worries about the money they are losing from lack of food sales, some money is better than none. Tan says they have actually been fairly busy selling beverages to people. Restaurants that have bottled beverages or prepacked snacks are the only ones allowed to remain open.


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First Lady Of The Glades- Ruth Wedgworth May 10, 1903 – Dec. 9, 1995
By Joe Forzano
The word legend is overused. But it truly fits some people, such as Ruth Springer Wedgworth.
Mrs. Wedgworth was a leader in the Glades for 65 years. She built an agricultural empire in a time when women were expected to only cook the food. She established a day-care center for the children of migrant workers when many whites thought this was no concern of theirs. Until a year before she died, she still went to the family office every day, even though she had officially retired in 1986.
The Glades was still reeling from the hurricane of 1928 when Herman and Ruth Wedgworth arrived in Belle Glade in 1930. Eight years later, they had a 320-acre vegetable farm, a packing plant and a fertilizer plant. They were building an ice plant when Herman was crushed under an ice machine in 1938.
Under Ruth's leadership, Wedgworth Farms grew into 7,300 acres of sugar cane and 10,500 acres of pasture.
"I decided to carry on," she once said of her resolve when left a widow with three children. "I had a family to raise. There was nothing to do but go ahead."
A half-century ago, when Jim Crow still was the law, Mrs. Wedgworth led efforts to set up a 24-hour day-care for children of migrant workers. She served on the city's first biracial committee. And as a Palm Beach County school board member (1947-52), she pushed for migrant education.
"We stopped the labor buses and took the children off so they could go to school," she said.
She was well into her 80s before her son George could convince her to stop driving to West Palm Beach on the then two-lane State Road 80. "I've seen people rust out," she said in 1987, "I want to wear out."
In 1975, she was the first woman to be the Belle Glade Chamber of Commerce's "man of the year." In 1987, the Florida Department of Agriculture designated her as Woman of the Year in Agriculture. She was the first woman elected president of the Florida Horticultural Society, and she was inducted into the Florida Ag Hall of Fame in 1988.
Her greatest legacy, however, is a Belle Glade that is a better place for her efforts.
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Which brings me to my question. IF by chance that TR falls to the number 16th pick, do you believe the Jets will pick TR ?
I have been in many debates on the possible teams that would be interested in TR enough to pick and I believe the Jets would be one of the teams that would select him, if he falls to them.
I get Greene is a solid back, but by no means is he MJD or Peterson. And I believe he is going into his last year of his contract, right? So picking TR really isn't that big a stretch of the imagination. And it would be hard to pass up a top 5 talent at the 16th pick.
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Longtime BookPage interviewer Alden Mudge talked to Greg Mortenson for our December issue. Here, he shares his impressions of the best-selling author and a few of the more memorable quotes that didn't make it into the finished piece.
I am by temperament knee-jerk skeptical of heroes and hero worshipers. So for several years I resisted the Three-Cups-of-Tea fever that had infected a good number of my intelligent, well-read friends. Then I was assigned to interview Greg Mortenson about his new book Stones into Schools. Call me a believer.
During a long phone call, I was utterly convinced and charmed by Mortenson. He was both forceful and self-effacing, remarkably candid, completely dedicated to his cause, and very opinionated. Not all of his opinions fit in the BookPage print interview, so I thought I'd offer a few outtakes here:
"I love to talk with students around the country, and one of the main topics we end up talking about is failure. As a society we're very loath to talk about failure. When I ask an adult audience 'who can tell me what the first chapter of Three Cups of Tea is called?' not one hand goes up. But if I ask college kids or high school kids, nearly all their hands go up. They know it's called "Failure." Kind of interesting. I think in order to succeed you need failure. If we could admit that we failed a little bit once in a while—especially our government—we'd be better off. I think the military actually gets this. They're willing to admit that in many ways they failed originally in Afghanistan."
"The Afghanistan government was set up at the Bonn Conference in December 2001. Eighteen countries met and decided how to rebuild Afghanistan. The problem was that it was set up as a centralized, deprovincialized system, very U.S.-oriented, very bureaucratic. But Afghanistan is a feudal, multiethnic society. Power is really with the shura, the elders. I've studied the Marshall Plan extensively. It was quite a brilliant plan. The main component was that it was provincialized and decentralized, especially in Italy and Japan. In Afghanistan the U.S. completely flipped it around, made it exactly the opposite. Only in the last two or three years—ironically through the military—has this started to change."
"What I try and tell the public is here's what you have to look at, the positive things and then negative things in Afghanistan. The positive things are: In 2000, which was nine years ago at the height of the Taliban, there were 800,000 kids in school, ages 5 to 15, and 99 percent were boys. Today there are 8.4 million in school, including 3.5 [million] females. The goal is 13 million, so that is like 60 percent of the way there. The Afghan army is at 80,000 and the goal is 180,000, so that's 40 percent of the way there. There is now a central banking system in the country, which started in 2006, which is huge. There's an Eisenhower-era road building program; the road now from north to south is completely done and the road from the east to west is about half done, so the roads are about 70 percent finished—the main trunk roads. If you go into a district court, the amount of women and men, but especially women, filing titles and deeds for landownership is just skyrocketing. So those are the positive things.
And the negative things are: the U.S. is taking more hits. A lot of that is because starting two years ago—it was actually General McKiernan and now General McChrystal—have put a huge emphasis on cutting down on bombings. There have unfortunately been some deaths from bombings, very tragic. But the amount of bombings has gone down 70 percent in the last three years—the number of bombs and the frequency and the weight. Two years ago the U.S. started deploying forward operating bases out into the very rural areas. Their job was to embed with villagers or with the Afghan army and build relationships. Unfortunately what that does is exposes the U.S. so we're going to take more hits, more casualties. But the alternative is to do more bombings. One thing that all the shura agree with—and they're very vehement about it—is that the top priority is not to kill innocent civilians. And their message is being heard quite loud and clear in the military. The military kind of has a choice—pull back our troops, put them in garrisons or compounds— but if they do that they're going to have to do more bombing and then the civilian casualties will go up and there will be public outcry both there and here at home. The other thing that I think the military and our government has done a very poor job at is telling the public that nearly half of these troops are trainer troops, or brainpower; they're not firepower. Eight thousand of the 22,000 troops that the U.S. put into Afghanistan this year are dentists, engineers, agronomists, horticulturalists, civil engineers, nurses, doctors, trainers, police trainers, anti-mining personnel. Of these 40,000 new troops they've asked for, they want approximately 15,000 of them to be what I call brainpower or trainer troops. I don't know if the public is aware of that."
"The first real relevant book I read—I was about eight—was called Reverence for Life by Dr. Albert Schweitzer. He was a medical missionary in the Congo. He talked about how all living things are sacred—animals, plants, and humans. It actually had a big impact on me. My first big book—I read it at about 11 or 12—was called The Territorial Imperative which looked at the animal kingdom and at how humans also are territorial. It was a pretty heavy read but it had quite a dramatic influence on me. So did Jonathan Livingston Seagull—remember that book?—about thinking out of the box. After I read those books I was really inspired."
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It's an exciting, even emotional moment. Those who have already experienced it can tell you. The touch of nature is so very important to all of us at Villa Campestri Olive Oil Resort that we are offering our guests a special experience. You'll not only find the perfect inn in the heart of the Mugello for families and their occasions, perfectly pet friendly, but you can add an unforgettable moment to take part in the very soul of Campestri: planting an olive.
As readers by now know well, Villa Campestri Olive Oil Resort has become an important gastronomic destination, with the Olivaia Restaurant headed by our indomitable chef Roberto Zanieri, a master who mixes the traditional Tuscan kitchen with modern touches. Villa Campestri resort is also the only retreat that not only has olive oil in its name, but also in its soul. Our very own olive oil, pressed in our own mill with olives from trees that surround the Villa, is a main feature of our outstanding kitchen.
In addition to the delicious olive oil-based menu that we offer our guests, (our Menu dell'Olio is featured in the gallery on our Facebook page) and special gift offerings (have you noticed the merchandising section of our website page?) we're also pleased to invite our guests to plant their very own olive tree in our olive grove.
When you plant your tree that will bear your name, with your own spade, you'll experience the pleasure of creating your own permanent contact with our beautiful countryside, a personal symbolic gift to a noble and generous plant as it begins its cycle of life.
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I've seen the term "ADA Complaint" come up a lot lately as it refers to sinks, faucets etc. I'm assuming its some kind of safety standard, can anybody elaborate? Thank you.
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American Disability Act. In the plumbing business it has to do with handicap access to bathroom facilities. Here is some reading for you.http://www.ada.gov/
When it refers to a toilet, it generally means that the bowl/seat is higher than standard toilets so that it is easier to get on and off of for people with disabilities. Not sure on the sinks-- but I assume it has something to do with being easy to turn on and off.
ADA compliant fixtures are nice to have but often cost more than standard fixtures (at least from what I've seen).
Also, to avoid any confusion, it is "compliant" or "compliance". If read quickly, seeing it as "complaint" could have caused some confusion.
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Pineapple Tarts
I use the ready made pineapple jam to prepare pineapple tarts, which I bought it from nearby bakery shop. This way really cut short the time to prepare pineapple tarts.
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- January 21, 2009 at 3:56 PM
- Bakeling said...
The ready made pineapple is a bit too sweet ! If DIY ,then it is troublesome . To balance out the sweetness of the pinepple , cut the sugar content of the skin, can it be done ?
- January 22, 2009 at 1:37 AM
- Emile Zola@life said...
Bakeling, me too, earlier I dont like pineapple tarts because it is too sweet. But this ready made pineapple i bought is not ready sweet, it is local made from Johor. The shop owner told me Thai brand ready made pineapple is very sweet.
Another way to reduce the sweetness is bake roll up type(like this one I baked) but not another type which place pineapple on top, this type is very sweet.
You may want to try to bake yourself, it is cheap and nice.
- January 22, 2009 at 10:20 AM
- JiWaWa said...
Good idea!
- January 22, 2009 at 11:30 AM
- Emile Zola@life said...
Jiwawa, Thanks for dropping by...
- January 22, 2009 at 6:03 PM
- dolphing said...
Wishing you and your family Happy Chinese New Year ^^
- January 23, 2009 at 3:55 PM
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If anything, the situation has been rather the reverse. My impression is that those who have had criticisms or reservations of Dr Sentamu's candidacy have largely kept them to themselves over the past couple of years, precisely because they fear that they may have been accused of racism if they expressed them. Political correctness has served Dr Sentamu well.
Lately, it's true that some of his critics have concluded that their views are as valid and innocent as if he were a white man. And so I've heard these words: Capricious, impulsive, vain with the media and quick to temper (as well, I might add, as words such as prophetic, inspirational, generous and kind). None of these words has anything to do with Dr Sentamu's ethnicity.
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1. dwstroudmd+ wrote:
One comment is worth repeating because of its implicit judgment of the current incumbent, "We really shouldn't have another Archbishop of Canterbury who doesn't want to be."April 24, 10:34 am | [comment link]
2. billqs wrote:
#1 While I think that adequately speaks of ++Rowan, I think it's wishful thinking by this author and other media types as it would apply to +John Sentamu. One doesn't recuse oneself from the CAC and have surrogates go out to handle PR if one is not interested in the job.
It appears "church chatter" has been remarkably quiet these last several years and that perhaps York and Canterbury have had some significant disagreements in private, despite their unified public front. That's the only logical explanation I can deduce from this stream of left-leaning media blather and apoplexy. (Of course, the left-leaning media and church folk could be "irrationally nonexuberant" I suppose.)April 24, 11:12 am | [comment link]
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George Pitcher spends much of the article trying to negate the race card. Fine, whatever. His substantive comments about Sentamu seem to be as follows:
They are certainly relevant points. But lets face it, the real reason why many liberals both within and without the Church of England do not like Sentamu is because there are times when he has deviated substantially from the liberal line of Rowan Williams. I don't necessarily think Sentamu is the best choice, but he would be far better than a repeat of Williams' foolish promotion of liberalism.
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So what? Firstly, your church is going to be facing major crises long before Lambeth 2018. Secondly, there is no objective reason to think that a 70-year old cannot run an effective Lambeth - it depends on the 70-year old. Do you really think he can't do better than the meaningless effort by the 58-year old who ran it last time?
Oh please. He has recused himself from the CNC. There is only one reason for doing that, apart from imminent death.
But ++Williams did want to be ABC when he was first chosen - its only after he saw the results of his promotion of liberalism that he wanted out.April 24, 10:35 pm | [comment link]
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A new briefing paper by VOCAL-NY's Policy Director, Matt Curtis, outlines evidence-based approaches for policymakers to end the overdose epidemic in New York. The report is available online.
New York has a drug overdose crisis. Now the leading cause of accidental death in the state, overdose death rates have soared alongside increasing prescription opioid use and as people transition from pills to heroin. Heroin-related deaths have increased by 70% in New York City in the past two years, and cocaine poisoning continues to be involved in about half of deaths.
It doesn't need to be this way. For better or worse, people will continue to use drugs. It's past time to own up to the fact that we can't arrest our way out of that problem. What New York needs are drug policies based on public health and scientific evidence.
New York already has the tools and know-how to greatly reduce overdose deaths. We only need the political will. Our new briefing paper outlines approaches to prevent overdose deaths value health over punishment and are based on decades of experience and public health research.
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It's time for your first (or second, or third) dermatologist appointment! OK, while you may not feel like celebrating, it actually is a big deal. This appointment is the first step on your path to clear skin.
If you want to get the most from this appointment, don't go unprepared. A bit of preparation beforehand will ensure that you feel confident in your treatment plan, and help you get the results you want.Here are a few easy things you can do to get ready for your upcoming dermatologist appointment.
Write down all your questions.
Before you go see the dermatologist, make a list of any questions you have. Then, bring that list with you to your appointment.
When you're in the exam room, it's hard to remember everything you wanted to ask your dermatologist. You don't want to be out in the parking lot after the appointment before realizing you forgot to ask a question or two that you desperately wanted answered.
Bringing along a list of questions helps make the most of the limited time you'll have with your dermatologist.
Be prepared to answer some questions, too.
Your dermatologist will have some questions for you too. Like, how long have you had acne? And, what treatments have you tried so far?
Be ready to answer questions about your medical history, even issues that don't necessarily have to do with your skin.
Bring a list of all acne treatments used, both past and present.
Make a note of any treatment you're currently using for your acne, both prescription medications and over-the-counter products. It's more important to list the active ingredients in your OTC products than the actual name brand. For example, instead of just writing down Oxy, note that the active ingredient is 5% benzoyl peroxide.
You should also be prepared to tell the dermatologist everything you've previously tried, how long you used it for, and what type of results you got.
Bring a list of all other medications you're taking.
You dermatologist will also need to know about any other medications you're using, even if they have nothing to do with acne.
If you don't know off the top of your head the specific names, check the label and write it down prior to your appointment. This sure makes it much easier than trying to remember during the visit.
Consider taking a picture of yourself.
This is helpful because acne tends to wax and wane. You want the dermatologist to see your acne at its worst. If you're going through a really bad breakout, take a few photos of yourself. A snapshot on your phone will do.
Even if you're not especially broken out on the day of your appointment, you dermatologist can get a fairly accurate impression by taking a look at the pic. (Ladies, this is a particularly good option if you break out only around the time of your period and your skin is relatively clear the rest of the month.)
Go bare.
If you're used to wearing makeup all the time, the thought of going out without it might send you into a state of mild panic. But on the day of your appointment, go with no makeup. It's so much easier for the dermatologist to see what's going on with your skin. Remember, the dermatologist and staff aren't going to be judging your makeup-less face.
Also, don't load your face up with moisturizing cream, douse yourself with astringent, or scrub like crazy at your face. The morning of your appointment, a simple wash with a gentle cleanser is all that's needed to prepare your skin.
Bring along a notebook.
You'll more than likely be getting a lot of information during a very short period of time. It can be overwhelming.
Yes, you can take notes during your visit. Bring a small notebook and a pen along to jot down any important bits of information.
To get great results, treating your acne exactly as your dermatologist asks you to is extremely important. The notes you take during the appointment can be super helpful down the road in to ensure your following your treatment plan precisely.
Bonus: research some of the most common acne treatments.
All you over-achievers may want to spend a little time in the days before your appointment researching some of the more commonly prescribed acne medications. It's not necessary, but being familiar with the medication being prescribed to you will help you to ask more directed questions about your treatment.
With just a few minutes of preparation on your part will help you get the greatest benefit from the time spent with your dermatologist.
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Film '42' tells important story well
By JEFFREY WESTOFF - email@example.com
Rating: 3 Stars
Writer-director Brian Helgeland approaches every scene of "42," the story of baseball barrier breaker Jackie Robinson, as if it were a history lesson.
Nothing is especially wrong with this. Robinson, who in 1947 became the first black man to step onto a Major League ball field as a player, is a key figure of the 20th century. In simple terms, his bat struck the first major blow for Civil Rights – "42" can't help being a history lesson.
Helgeland, who won the Oscar for his "L.A. Confidential" script, can point to recent precedence. Steven Spielberg also framed every scene of "Lincoln" as a history lesson. The difference comes in the presentation. With "Lincoln," Spielberg presented history like a college professor. With "42," Helgeland presents history like a middle-school teacher.
Again, nothing is especially wrong with this. Children should see this movie. They should learn why Robinson deserves to be remembered and revered. They should learn the horror of the institutional racism that once dictated life in much of the country and of the ingrained racism that influenced life in the rest of it.
"42" is no dry and boring recitation of history. It features excitement and humor. Children will be entertained by it, especially those who love baseball. But while their children learn, adults may get antsy with "42," waiting for a few lessons to be pitched at their level. Such lessons come, but it takes a while.
With "Lincoln," Spielberg at least assumed his audience knew of the Civil War. Helgeland assumes his audience knows nothing about Robinson's era. "42" opens with a quick vignette narrated by African-American baseball writer Wendell Smith (played by Andre Holland), who quickly explains the post-war years, Jim Crow laws, the Negro Leagues and the solid-white state of Major League baseball.
With that scene set, Helgeland cuts directly to the offices of a certain ballclub as general manager Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford) bluntly tells his subordinates, "I'm going to bring a Negro ballplayer to the Brooklyn Dodgers."
Of all the players in the Negro Leagues, Rickey settles upon Robinson (Chadwick Boseman). Amusingly, even though Rickey is painted as a hero of integration, he is drawn to Robinson through a different form of prejudice. "He's Methodist," Rickey says. "I'm Methodist. God's Methodist."
Statistics show Rickey that Robinson is a superb athlete on the field. But he needs to know that Robinson has the Herculean inner strength to bear, and bear with outward serenity, the task before him. Robinson must endure what no person should endure, the racial hatred of a nation focused directly at him. And if he shows anger, he will be tagged as the aggressor.
As Rickey famously tells Robinson, "I want a player who has the guts not to fight back."
"42" concentrates on the years '46 and '47, Robinson's season with Brooklyn's farm team in Montreal and his rookie season with the Dodgers.
In its broad strokes, "42" covers material familiar to even someone like me, who doesn't know much about baseball's past except the Cubs haven't won a World Series since 1908. While crowds howl the n-word at Robinson from the bleachers, he finds enemies in his own locker room. During spring training a handful of Dodgers circulate a petition to keep him out of the club.
Some hang on to their hatred, but overall resistance thaws as players recognize the superior skills he brings to their club and recoil from the abuse other teams hurl at him, from epithets to beanballs.
Shortstop Pee Wee Reese (Lucas Black) drapes his arm around Robinson during a game in Cincinnati, sending a message to the fans from his native Kentucky who crossed the river to watch him play.
Helgeland is sending a message, too. He transfers the moral "we're all on the same team" from baseball to life too glibly, a reminder that"42" is aimed primarily at a younger audience.
It's in the details and the performances that "42" rises above a script that tends to be too calculated and academic and a tone too indebted to "The Natural." Boseman is phenomenal, with a soulful performance matched by credible big league baseball skills. He makes a more convincing screen Jackie Robinson than the genuine article, who played himself in the quickly made "Jackie Robinson Story" of 1950.
Helgeland's slyest piece of casting is Alan Tudyk as Philadelphia's manager Ben Chapman. Tudyk ranks among the most amiable of supporting actors, which makes it that much more shocking when he stands outside the Philadelphia dugout like a one-man Klan, pelting Robinson with every vile slur ever conceived to describe a black man.
Tudyk's appearance reminds us that even people we like and admire can surprise us with a hidden well of bigotry. This is a disturbing and subtle lesson.
"42" is an admirable film that tells an important story well, but it wears its nobility too conspicuously.


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He hates getting any kisses from them. No good night, no bye-bye love. He will play in short spirts with them. It's more than a little jealous and possessive of me. He shares his feelings, but doesn't seem to care that he has an effect on others. Should I be worried? Should I talk to a doctor about it? Anybody have this happen and did the child grow out of it?


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Lost in they hype of Bonds leaving the Giants is the fact that Vizquel perhaps played his last game for the Giants today. He hit a homer in last at bat and played errorless baseball at short, capping what could be another Gold Glove campaign.
Omar's reign at shortstop hasn't occurred during the best years for the Giants, but watching him play shortstop has truly been fun for me, as he is a magician at the position.
I would like to see him back next year, despite the decline in his offense this season. Given our lack of options at shortstop next year, it certainly is a possibility, especially if he'll consider a 1-year deal.
If not, the pleasure has been mine.


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This Housing Gauge Fails to Build Confidence
The quality and longevity of the housing recovery remains questionable. Against the backdrop of a sluggish economy and affordability issues, housing starts in the United States fell below expectations once again last month.
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, builders broke ground on houses at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 946,000 units in March, up 2.8 percent from the revised February estimate of 920,000 units, but still 5.9 percent below the March 2013 rate of 1,005,000 units. On the positive, housing starts have improved on a month-over-month basis for three consecutive months.
The results for March were worse than expected, which has been a common theme over the past year. On average, economists expected housing starts to come in around a 973,000-unit pace last month. The January reading for housing starts posted the biggest miss of expectations in seven months.


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2012-to date: Setup/ management of TERENO-MED network of observatories in the Mediterranean
2011-to date: Coordination of Helmholtz Water Network
2009-2013: Setup work for the Water Science Alliance initiative
2010-2013: Scientific planning and organisation of the Water Research Horizon Conference
2010-2012: Project leader of "Analysis of Water Research in Germany"
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Coordination of non-governmental organisations within the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (ICPR/IKSR/CIPR)
Project work on public participation for the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive (funded by "Agence de l'Eau Rhin-Meuse")
Project work promoting biodiversity protection activities (INTERREG project: "Protection de la nature sans frontières")
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Master thesis ("Diplom"): The Behaviour of Fluorescent Dye Tracers in Hypersaline Saturated Media and Environmental Tracers Marking the Fresh-Saline Water Interface in the Western Dead Sea Margin
2006: Research stay in Sde Boker, Israel (Ben Gurion University)
2005: Research stay in Chennai, India (for Institute for Geography, University of Freiburg)
2004: Research stay in Patras (Dep. for Civil Engineering, University of Patras) and Anavyssos (Hellenic Centre for Marine Research), Greece
Krueger, E and Teutsch G, 2013: International viewpoint and news: The Water Science Alliance initiative: Germany's researchers join expertise to face global water problems. Environ Earth Sci. DOI 10.1007/s12665-013-2280-8 (in press).
Krueger, E; Borchardt, D; Barthel, R, 2012: Water Research in Germany: Research Fields, Centres, Competences. Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig (Edt.), November 2012.
Kalbus, Edda; Kalbacher, Thomas; Kolditz, Olaf; et al., 2012: Integrated Water Resources Management under different hydrological, climatic and socio-economic conditions. ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES, 65/5, SI, 1363-1366, DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1330-3.
Krueger, E, 2012: Conference Report-3rd Water Research Horizon Conference and new Developments of the Water Science Alliance. HYDROLOGIE UND WASSERBEWIRTSCHAFTUNG, 56 .5, 277-279, 2012.
Bogena, H et. al. 2012: TERENO - Long-term monitoring network for terrestrial environmental research. HYDROLOGIE UND WASSERBEWIRTSCHAFTUNG, 56.3, 138-143, 2012.
Teutsch G and Krueger E (eds), 2010: Water Science Alliance White Paper: Priority Research Fields. Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, November 2010.


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The Old Farmer must be seriously reassessing his position. His 2014 Almanac, if I read it right, called for heavy rains in January, up to and perhaps including this very day.
So how can we believe him when he tells us that we will have heavy rains in February?
Now that the drought is official, we really need to talk about the weather. Not the current weather, of course. There are plenty of people doing that already. We need to talk about times past, other weathers, other years. It might be a comfort to know that the Old Farmer isn't the first to be fooled.
Robert Thompson, the 19th century's chief Sonoma County booster and its first historian, wrote that "The season of rain commences in October and ends in May, though it sometimes rains in June. It is rare that it rains longer than two or three days at a time. And the intervals between rains vary from a few days to a month or six weeks. Californians consider the winter the most pleasant part of the year."
Californians have never been realistic about weather. Like Thompson, we seem to be more Chamber of Commerce than Weather Bureau.
I guess the main problem with Thompson's weather report — in which he ascribes February as being "a growing month ... as pleasant as May" is that he just wasn't here long enough.
The Thompson brothers (his brother was the long-time editor of the Sonoma Democrat) rolled into Sonoma County from Virginia in the mid-1850s. If he had hung around for the February of 1986, he would have seen roofs blow off and the barns blow down and the Russian River rise so high in Guerneville that people had to be helicoptered out from the top of the town's only hill. "Pleasant as May" indeed! He also missed the January and February of 1975 when it rained 40 days and 40 nights, a winter of Biblical proportions.
Some of us make the same mistake, believing, as we tend to do, that history begins with our own earliest memories. We talk as if this drought, just declared official by Gov. Jerry Brown, is the first time California has dried up around us. And we like to blame it all on overpopulation.


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CSC's Baily does it again
For the eighth time in his career, Chadron State College's Ryan Baily has been named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Coach of the Year following the conference meet.
Baily, a native of Scottsbluff, helped guide the men's team to a runner-up finish at the RMAC Championships Tuesday in Golden, Colo. The Eagles scored 183 points and had their best finish in school history.
In just four years at Chadron State, Baily has led the men's and women's teams to four second-place finishes and he's been named both the Women's and Men's Coach of the Year twice.
In his career, he's coached over 45 RMAC champions, 41 All-Americans and three national champions.
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Best First Date Ideas in Greater Manchester
Manchester has often been called "the most romantic city in the North" and offers something for everyone, and with a bustling singles scene it's the perfect spot to ignite the spark of romance. With its variety of hang-outs and hotspots, Manchester is a popular dating scene for both teenagers and adults alike. Whether you like music, the hectic city scene or a casual, serene atmosphere, you can find it all tucked into or around the city centre; you simply need to know where to look!
Where To Go On a First Date In Manchester
A first date can be filled with uncertainty as to what the other person might like, where to go or what to do. Located on Tib Street in the heart of Manchester there lies 'Matt & Phred's', a charming and classic jazz club and a popular spot for first dates. Locals say that the club's relaxed atmosphere, delicious menu and smooth entertainment makes it the perfect setting for getting to know someone. One patron even described it as 'Jazz Soul Funk Heaven'! But even if jazz isn't your scene there are plenty of opportunities to pay the joint a visit and soak up the vibe on evenings when there is no live entertainment, simply background music to set the mood, making it the perfect place to woo somebody.
Where To Go On An Online Date
The only thing that is potentially more nerve-wracking than a first date is an online date. It's perfectly natural to worry that online chemistry may not translate to face-to-face interaction. This is why 'Font Bar' is a great place to take an online date. The menu offers an incredible variety of cocktails at great prices, and all the fun drinks can create fantastic conversation starters. You can try new things together and it's a great way to discover likes, dislikes, similarities and differences. Different drinks may even lead to sharing funny stories from the past, for example 'oh, the last time I drank rum…' Jumping off points for conversations are essential with an online date because meeting in person for the first time can be awkward, and conversation may not flow as smoothly as it does online so it's good to be prepared. Font Bar is conveniently located near St. Peter's Square, and you can visit briefly to break the ice before moving onto somewhere else, or stay there all night. But do remember to watch how much you drink; the evening should be about conversing, not getting wasted, and nobody likes having to carry their date home!
Best Romantic Dates In Manchester
When two people are in a long-term relationship, it's still important to take time out to be together. Romantic dates are great for keeping the spark alive, and they don't have to break the bank! 'Bella Italia' provides all the necessary ingredients for some romance, and the reasonable prices mean that you won't need to spend all of your savings. The authentic Italian cuisine does not disappoint; it's cosy, the lights are usually slightly dimmed, and parts of the restaurant are quite secluded if privacy is what you're after. Alternatively, you may also choose to be seated next to the wide open shutters which offer a complete view of Piccadilly Gardens, which is certainly recommendable during the summer.
Best Adventurous Dates In Manchester
If romance doesn't capture your mood, then perhaps an adventurous date will take your fancy. If you've never heard of 'Chill Factore', take a look at what's on offer on www.chillfactore.com. Available activities include indoor skiing, snowboarding, and rock climbing and teachers are available for couples. Unfortunately it is not located in the city centre; however, it's not far from the Trafford Centre which is a major Manchester attraction and offers shops, restaurants and even an arcade. Heading there to relax could be the perfect end to a fun afternoon of hitting the slopes.
Best Casual Date In Manchester
Adventure isn't for everybody; some like to find a middle ground. If you'd like a casual date during the day, why not try 'Paradise Island Adventure Golf'? This is also found in the Trafford Centre, rather than the city centre, but with plenty of public transport available and car parks that stretch further than the eye can see, it's easy to get to for that laid back afternoon that you've been looking for.
Also located outside of the city centre is 'Heaton Park', which is a few easy Metrolink stops away from Piccadilly Gardens. Contained within the park is an animal centre, a golf course, beautiful scenery and much more, as well as a small train which you can hop on to travel around the entire plot. It's also free to enter, and can offer hours of peaceful enjoyment. If you'd prefer to remain within the city centre museums are always a good option, especially the 'Museum of Science and Industry' near the Deansgate-Castlefield Metrolink stop. The Xperiments Room can be a lot of fun as it's free, has lots of experiments to try and even overlooks the set of beloved Manchester soap opera – Coronation Street. Or if you're the artsy types, check out the Art Gallery on Quay Street.
Where To Propose In Manchester
If you're getting serious and it's time to pop the question, there are a few spots that could be perfect, but one that seems to stand out amongst the word of locals is tapas bar 'La Viña' along Deansgate. Visitors have described it as 'deliciously superb' with nice surroundings, friendly staff and reasonable prices. If you get down on one knee there, how could they say no?


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Tyler Perry was honored by Civil Rights Activist Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network this past Wednesday. According to The Washington Post, Sharpton lashed out at the critics of the highest-earning man in Hollywood, calling them "proper negroes" "who don't really understand regular black folk". Sharpton praised Perry for providing work to under appreciated actors in Hollywood and for creating his own empire.
Sharpton was quoted saying, "This man never apologized for who we were, the ultimate pride is where you don't have to bend and adjust for others to accept you. ... He didn't go mainstream, he brought mainstream to us."
While accepting the honors, Perry had some words for those who argue his works reinforce stereotypes of the black community:
"When you start out and you're doing things and you're trying to do the right things, and you find these attacks happening, and you try and figure out, 'How do you handle this? How do you deal with this? How do you go there?' So to have someone like you who has done all that you have done and have inspired and encouraged and fought for so many people, to stand here and to give me this award, this is really, really awesome."
"I stayed with who we are, and what I wish I could get us to understand as a people is that instead of getting your education and running from us, you need to ground and root yourself in who we are. Every other culture in this country knows the value of us as black people but we don't know it ourselves. Somebody said to me about the 'House of Payne,' 'Why do you have fat black people on television?' Because there are fat black people in the world. It's not a stereotype. This is who we are, we need to stop running from our parents and our grandparents and our uncles, we need to stop running from them and embrace them."
Perry acknowledged his character Madea was silly, but continued to emphasize his films carry important messages. He considers himself the "ear of the people" and his work a God given gift, which he refuses to walk away from "because somebody out there, a few people out there, have a problem with it."
There you have it folks.
Don't shoot the messenger. TGIF! :-)
WTF IS ALL THIS ABOUT! | October 25, 2011 9:09 AM
You all sound dumb as hell! I have been sitting here reading all of you all's messages and ya'll sound a hot mess.
@Landlocked -What the hell u mean by "embarrasment to my race." Al Sharpton Marched for yo dumbass and you sitting there saying stupid stuff. STFU. (shut the f*** up) You sound dumb.
I aint fully representing TP, but the man is actually help African-Americans get jobs in this struggle of our economy right now. I am so sick of hearing about the criticizing to and from others on TP. Damn! I can't stand uneducated people. His movies are not to promote the loud mouth, ignorant, pot-smoking Madea, but the value of Family. I don't care if he is making a billion dollars or a penny a day. Even though he has a different way of expressing the message it is still there. I respect Lee, Singleton, and Toure. Even though Toure starting to hate on TP because he make more money than he does, but that is besides the point. We need to stop criticizing each other and start giving each other encouragement, not because you might like it, but to say 'Hey, brother/sista I respect that you are doing something with your life' and if you don't like his/her work or what they are doing don't make it public or bash on that person, be like 'Hey, man, I see what you are trying to do, but I think you should make some changes, and I would like to state OPINIONS...NOT CRITICISM!
I understand ya'll opinions but you all are stating them in a very wrong way and that's why people don't have respect for them! DIDN'T MEAN TO BASH ON YA'LL...JUST TRIED OF HEARING THIS! I REPEAT I AM NOT TAKING SIDES.
urbanauteur | October 24, 2011 6:53 AM
Whatz the difference between Cognac & Cornbread,earl(hunchington) & Al? this mealy-mouth charlatan loves to placate petti-bougie platitudes, but behind close doors, he wax poetic like his boy(don king) while greasing his head and palms with blood money & pie-in-the-sky nirvana, he's a psedo-Ralph Bunche! with dookie braids!, its funny b/c TP gave his outfit $200,oo0! on his way out, makes one wonder if it was`nt already coming?.
Justin | October 24, 2011 5:02 AM
So frustrating to hear one of our leaders dismissing criticism of Tyler Perry as the complaints of "proper negroes."
The only thing worse then to see the same centuries old stereotypes garnering so much acclaim is to be shamed for not accepting them.
Jug | October 23, 2011 8:49 AM
Misha, how is it problematic? When someone like Oprah at once considers herself Black and a citizen of the world, it would be kinda ridiculous to only give her time, energy & resources to for Black people. It was the same argument about her opening her school in Africa instead of the United States, someone is always going to see issue with someone's actions when they want it to benefit ONLY them. That upsets some folks, but to each their own...
If that is problematic to you, well,...oops LOL
misha | October 23, 2011 3:35 AM
"R U upset because Oprah chooses to help ALL people, which thereby helps Black people? Hmm, sounds reminiscent of those who say 'Obama ain't doing enuff for BLACK people'".
Well this statement is problematic but whatever...not really on topic so I won't even dare to expound. LOL
Anyhow, U of I Alum, I'm glad you apologized because I was about ready to call you a troll. :D
U of I Alum | October 22, 2011 6:58 AM
@ Darla & Mark once again:
Ironically, I recall watching "Tora! Tora! Tora!" years ago with my father; I was bored stiff.
Oh, I forgot:
FATHER: A man in relation to his natural child or children.
U of I Alum | October 22, 2011 6:51 AM
@ Darla & Mark again:
I'm just surprised you didn't refer to the Robert Redford film as,
"A River Be Running Through It."
U of I Alum | October 22, 2011 6:45 AM
@ Darla & Mark: You asked, "Anything else you want to know about my movie habits?"
Actually, yes, just one thing: What the hell is "Toro, Toro, Toro"?
I'm familiar with the 1970 war film, directed by Richard Fleischer, about the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor -- it's called "Tora!, Tora!, Tora!" -- but I've never heard of "Toro, Toro, Toro."
You sound as if you're trying to call your shiftless baby's daddy from across the back alley! "Toro, get yo' no good ass over here and take care yo' responsibility!"
One would think you'd know how to correctly spell or pronounce one of your so-called "all time favorite movies."
Lord, what a joke you uneducated T.P. fans are -- even when you put forth the effort, you still embarrass yourselves!
Darla & Mark | October 22, 2011 5:55 AM
I doubt it 'Who Is Afraid of Virginia Woolf' is my all time favorite movie, one educated movie.
Other educated movies I love
Doctor Zhivago
Toro, Toro Toro
Three Days of The Condor
So many more, still planning to watch 'The King Speech' love Collins Firth acting since 'Pride & Prejudice'
'A River Run Through It' was just boring.
Anything else you want to know about my movie habits?
U of I Alum | October 22, 2011 5:51 AM
@ Darla & Mark: Don't know who you are, but after sleeping on the offensive comments I made and directed at you, simply because you showed support for TP (which I still see as somewhat justifiable on my part), I realize the bite and sting of them were completely unnecessary and unjustified -- and I'm amazed at your refusal to stoop to my level -- which says so much about you, your dignity, and the points you initially attempted to make. Your self-esteem is admirable. And I do apologize for my foolishness/inappropriateness; TP discussions indeed tend to bring out the worst in me.
I won't say it about the filmmaker in question, but in my book, you are clearly a credit to our race.
Again, sorry -- and best to you and yours.
And yes, I did consider "Midway" kind of dull.
Darla & Mark | October 22, 2011 5:16 AM
Mother and Father got marry in 1952, grew up with both parent in the household.
Had one pregnancy one live birth, daughter had both parent in the household until the father died of heart problems.
I guess Midway is also boring to you...
U of I Alum | October 22, 2011 4:47 AM
@Darla & Mark -- so, essentially, what you're saying is, one has to be uneducated to fully understand TP?
Damn my "proper negro" parents for making sacrifices to ensure that my siblings and I were college educated!
And, another thing, Darla & Mark: you sure Robert Redford's other film's simply weren't over your uneducated little ghetto-weaved head?!
Darla & Mark | October 22, 2011 4:34 AM
A director can be a genius at directing but he or she better have a compelling story to tell with their directing, if not, that director will lose its audience.
Robert Redford is an Academy Award winner Director; love his 'Ordinary People'.
Like me and so many others, find the stories he has directed since then boring.
Tyler is not the best director however to his audience his stories are compelling and that is what yall educated people don't seem to understand or don't want to.
U of I Alum | October 22, 2011 3:53 AM
@Whatever, Man -- you "matriculated" at NYU, huh? Bless your heart. (And the English instructors didn't teach you to put a comma between the words nigga and bye? Obviously, you dropped out too soon!)
@ Darla & Mark -- you didn't put the figurative firecracker up my ass; it was actually your ignorance and the alacrity with which you relish it.
Oh, again, I forgot:
Alacrity: cheerful, willing readiness.
Again, you TP-loving coons!
Whatever, Man | October 22, 2011 3:34 AM
"...Tyler Perry fans who pride themselves on "keeping it real" and being uneducated and improper."
Unlike you, TP knows his fan base and it's racially and socioeconomically diverse. I matriculated at NYU. Nigga bye.
TP Fan | October 22, 2011 3:00 AM
@U of I Alum:
This is the Jack & Jill shit Sharpton is talking about. It's a blog, not Composition 101. While you're trying to figure out a way to pay off all those student loans, TP is making multiple movies each year. 20 years from now he will be lauded by the same folks downing him. Just like Singleton, Hughes Bros, and at times even Lee.
And S&A, take JMac's suggestion. 2 TP posts in one day is too much even for you. There must be other topics out there that can rile people up.
Darla & Mark | October 22, 2011 2:59 AM
I know I am not the best writer but what I wrote sure put a fire cracker up your ass.
Zeus | October 22, 2011 2:51 AM
@ U of I Alum -- LMAO!!!
U of I Alum | October 22, 2011 2:41 AM
@ Darla & Mark & WTF! -- you two defenders of Tyler Perry's oeuvre have some of the worst writing skills I've encountered on the S&A site. But I guess that's typical for Tyler Perry fans who pride themselves on "keeping it real" and being uneducated and improper.
Oh, I forget:
OEUVRE: a substantial body of work constituting the lifework of a writer, artist, director or composer.
Coon asses!
AccidentalVisitor | October 22, 2011 2:23 AM
If being turned off by Perry's porous movie-making skills makes me a "Proper Negro" then I will wear that badge of honor with pride. Give me the damn t-shirt already.
Besides a black man like Sharpton who has straightened his hair for most of his life is probably not in the best position to be judging the legitimacy of other black folks.
Glad to see Rev Al still holding on to the view that black people who don't share the same views and likes of other blacks are somehow fraudulent. Keep it classy.
Darla & Mark | October 22, 2011 2:16 AM
There were and still is excellent movies made by black people for black people but for some odd reason black people aren't and still ain't interest in those kind of movies,
Tyler Perry is not the best director however his audience don't care about camera angle, lighting, position, etc they only care about the story being told.
Out of forty three million black people in America, only four to five million go to Tyler movies, thirty eight million blacks are left, so why don't they go to non-Tyler movies.
You can bet all the rice in China there are a lot of well education women in that four to five million in that bunch.
B.Young | October 22, 2011 2:11 AM
I would advise Tyler Perry, to go watch Spike Lee's classic film "Bamboozled". I think he could learn a thing or two!
JMac | October 22, 2011 1:29 AM
Don't know about Chris Rock but I think I read that TP gave Reverend Al six figures. Not surprised.
I'd respect TP if he was more original and if he stopped acting as if his works are from God so no one should criticize them or him. That argument may hold sway for some people but the rest of the world has common sense. And yes - treat your workers right if you're a man of God, damn it!
An aside:
It'd be nice if we could suggest topics from time to time rather than have specific posts about the same cast of characters. [I know - not too many of our people doing anything on a large scale.]
For example, a few weeks back Rita Morena did an interview on PBS about being the "utilitarian ethnic" and playing hispanic stereotypes in old Hollywood and Diahann Carroll said a few strong words at the MLK memorial. It would be interesting to take their remarks and apply it to recent issues/topics on S&A, particularly the Devious Maids and Shonda Rhimes posts and re-examine which arguments they would support and why there is such a clash between the older and younger generations on racial progress in entertainment. One usually hears discussion about remarks from Belafonte, Cosby, Glover, Poitier but no one pays as much attention to actresses of that era who are still around and have just as much relevance (if not more so) concerning these topics.
Just a suggestion.
Back to TP
Neziah | October 22, 2011 1:27 AM
Damn, Orville got blasted. LOL!
Ghost | October 22, 2011 1:10 AM
Perry is giving black actors work when NOBODY else is, he OWNS his OWN studio, this man is helping blacks.
So did these people-
The late Dwayne McDuffie who was doing it BEFORE anyone heard of Tyler Perry
Brian Hooks
Master P
Ralph Farquahar
Mara Brock Akil
Jaleel White
Kenny Blank
The WAYANS family
And many others who are not doing coonfest stuff.
Miles Ellison | October 21, 2011 12:44 PM
Perry is giving black actors work when NOBODY else is, he OWNS his OWN studio, this man is helping blacks.
Andrew Monroe Lincoln Perry (Stepin Fetchit) was one of the first black film actors to earn one million dollars. He directed his own scenes in movies. He got other black actors into Hollywood. He also created stereotypes that were so disgraceful, racist, and offensive that the films were eventually banned.
The fact that rich black people are producing minstrel trash and hiring black actors doesn't justify its existence. This issue seems to be less about the offensiveness of the images and more about who's controlling them. The issue should be whether there is a need for this kind of imagery in entertainment at all. I see no need, but clearly a significant portion of the black audience does, and that is a shame, but it is what it is.
LandLocked | October 21, 2011 12:42 PM
@ That Dude: What did Chris Rock say?
Admittedly, I was too busy reading the comments of ignorant, obviously uneducated "improper" coon negroes like ORVILLE to concentrate on Rock's comments.
that dude | October 21, 2011 12:29 PM
What's crazy about this article is that no one is reporting Chris Rock's comments when he spoke to the audience. I heard about what he said and that's a bigger story than what they are running now!
Jug | October 21, 2011 12:13 PM
@Zeus- *sigh* LMAO
Zeus | October 21, 2011 12:00 PM
Might be one of the dumbest comments I've seen in a while.
Good luck Jug. I tried to give facts to Orville to support why that is a bullshit statement but facts don't matter when one insists to anoint TP the MLK of black cinema.
Orville feels that TP underpaying black folk is cool and is better than nothing. Pimping black writers to the point where the WGA comes after you is better than nothing.
Jug | October 21, 2011 11:15 AM
Orville, I was allllmost there with you till this statement:
<<"Perry is giving black actors work when NOBODY else is, he OWNS his OWN studio, this man is helping blacks.
I don't see Shonda Rhimes or Oprah doing much for black people lately.">>
Might be one of the dumbest comments I've seen in a while. First off, Tyler is "doing so much for black people", like when he was screwing his BLACK writers of their union benefits & wages because he is the only game in town in Georgia. Same thing with the actors from his first series. Don't believe me, go Google how the writers picketed the opening of his OWN STUDIO.
Shonda Rhimes & Oprah..did you really have the gumption to say that?! Really??! C'mon Son, go head with that bullshit! LOL (Love Ed Lover). The writers, actors & directors of color & specifically FEMALE that Shonda & Oprah have put the hell on is sick. I can't even name them all. If you're feeling froggy, you can go to Imdb & look up writers & directors of Grey's Anatomy (especially Chondra Wilson, who wasn't even supposed to be on the damn show bcuz her role was written white, has directed MULTIPLE episodes).
R U upset because Oprah chooses to help ALL people, which thereby helps Black people? Hmm, sounds reminiscent of those who say "Obama ain't doing enuff for BLACK people". Again, C'mon son...all of the Legends Balls she throws & gives honor to those that came before her? Really, Oprah?!? The millions she gives away annually to charity, for education, giving a Worldwide access to celebrities, professionals & dignitaries of color to speak thoughtfully on subjects where in other arenas they would just be asked "So, what's on your iPod right now?"
I am actually sitting here laughing as I type this because I'm..rather shocked you could type that & hit "Submit".
Jug | October 21, 2011 11:14 AM
Yes, I think folks should lay off Tyler as far as calling him chitlin' circuit & cooning & what not. It is devisive & ultimately elitist & it obscures that fact that he's not a very good filmmaker. So what that people like it, people like Adam Sandler and ya know what, he's horrible but he's a millionaire. They don't have to be mutually exclusive. I credit his business acumen all day long AND celebrate that he has succeeded in giving Hollywood the finger and having a nice segment of it bend to his will. VERY hard to do, for ANYONE. Will I give him a free pass on the CONSTRUCTION of his films? HELL NO! Not once he's $150 Million strong & can make a better quality product-not the content, but sheer construction of it-can be better because he can go to someone & learn a thing or two. But he won't, & do you know why? Because he knows his Brand & he knows his audience. The "simple, regular, non proper folk" above. See, the sickening part is the idea that people who crave a better story, with better acting & creative visuals are "proper folk". Hmm, guess these same "proper negroes" musta hated A RAISIN IN THE SUN, A SOLDIER'S PLAY, WOMEN OF BREWSTER'S PLACE, COLOR PURPLE, BEST MAN, LOVE JONES, SPARKLE, DREAMGIRLS, RAY, MALCOLM X, DO THE RIGHT THING, THE PIANO LESSON, COTTON COMES TO HARLEM, SHAFT, BLACK CAESAR, THE PREACHER'S WIFE, SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG.....well you get the picture.
I get you're mad bcuz Tyler is your hero. But please, for the sake of balance in the Universe, don't say stupid shit like that anymore. It makes it reeeal hard to give you any sort of credit....
Orville | October 21, 2011 10:50 AM
Tyler needs to stop apologizing to the uppity black people out there. Yes, the black community is diverse BUT when will the uppity blacks respect the rest of US that LIKE Tyler's work. I don't like John Singleton nor do I like Spike Lee their movies are boring and don't interest me.
Obviously, Perry is doing something right when Forbes Magazine named him as the top male entertainer in Hollywood and he made $130 million dollars. This is incredible because Perry's audience is mostly of black people and his movies are hardly released in international markets.
Perry is giving black actors work when NOBODY else is, he OWNS his OWN studio, this man is helping blacks.
I don't see Shonda Rhimes or Oprah doing much for black people lately.
voss | October 21, 2011 10:27 AM
interesting... Tyler must be paying for Al's hair to stay fried... expensive perms are... smh.
LeonRaymond Mitchell | October 21, 2011 10:25 AM
I don't think in all serious focus we as Black folk truly care, he is making his money and there is a large segment of us as people of color that really want to get on to making real quality films, with his help or with out it. And I think the large segment of true lovers of cinema feel that, that is is corner and scope and we want to create a process that will allow us to make films. I keep hearing that there is no BLACK HOLLYWOOD and it is wrong to state that it is, well we need to band together then and create a Black Hollywood and not get bent and slapped down to make our films of quality. He is free to make the projects he wants, and there is a large segment of us that want more on a higher level. This has nothing to do with him, it has more to do with moving forward. All these actresses who state when asked why do you do his films "Cause he was the only one who called" speaks to us as a roaming group of filmmakers who have not come together to create content, who need to push forth more projects and employ us and people of color .
Jug | October 21, 2011 10:17 AM
WOW! Another comment "missing"...
Startin' to get all X-FILES up in here LOL
Boycott | October 21, 2011 10:09 AM
Selling our people down the river for a cheap laugh
tee | October 21, 2011 9:47 AM
Aww Tyler you were okay with me until you decided to throw "This is who we are" in your speech, that's not who I am and neither where my parents. I didn't grow up around loud mouth fat people, so get your head out of the white man's azz and start writing something of substance, if that's even possible.
Tovah | October 21, 2011 9:37 AM
So, "who we are" is antithetical to getting an education?
...Suddenly his work makes sense.
Jug | October 21, 2011 9:36 AM
Hmm, I'm actually wondering what happened to the one Pro-Perry comment that came after mine, but has since disappeared....
Anwar | October 21, 2011 9:31 AM
Tyler Perry makes money. He has success. I never will fault him for that. But he needs to stop dwelling on any kind of criticism he gets. Everyone won't like you. People think he's a poor filmmaker. I've never really truly had a problem with what he shows or depicts in his work, I have a problem with the craftsmanship. But that's just my opinion.
I just want to say to him "Tyler, you are successful and no one has stopped you from doing what you want to do and how you want to do it, so...and I say this nicely...shut up." He irritates me with this constant whining as if every black person will appreciate him. If he thinks he's doing right by black people, then just do it and don't worry about what a bunch of other people think.
blah blah | October 21, 2011 9:21 AM
Also, I wouldn't be surprised if Sharpton's comment was slyly directed at Toure, who recently got on television to bash TP.
blah blah | October 21, 2011 9:18 AM
Class warfare within the black community. This should be interesting *grabs popcorn*
Seriously though, I wish he stop talking about the criticism of his work. All filmmakers are criticized for one thing or another. And black folks are not monolithic people. Deal with it.
LandLocked | October 21, 2011 9:08 AM
I'd rather be a Tyler Perry Movie-hating "Proper Negro" any day, before being an ignorant, clueless, shucking & jiving embarrassment to my race--and to mankind in general! And doesn't pimp-perm wearing Al Sharpton have anything better to do? He's all over the place; he needs a new cause. Hey, Al, I heard Tawana Brawley was attacked again!
And to Tyler Perry: I don't care how much money you're allowed to earn for pandering to and promoting negative images of African Americans--(while still hiding in the closet, well aware that the same backwards-thinking demographic for whom you claim to make films would be just as vehemently critical of you if your gayness was confirmed)--I still wouldn't want to be you!
Embarrassments, both!
Jug | October 21, 2011 8:48 AM
Shame of it all, is that to the tune of $150 Million, Sharpton might be right.
"Who is more fool, the fool or the fool who follows the fool?..."
C. | October 21, 2011 8:37 AM
i just can't with him right now...


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