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The Year in News
If we were cynical about the state of our city in 2006, we have become even more so after watching 2007 unfold. Our Top 10 list for last year included some pretty disheartening stuff, including allegations of racketeering and tax fraud against Baltimore County's retired Sen. Thomas Bromwell, feeble attempts by the Maryland General Assembly to mitigate a massive BGE rate hike, and reports that the real estate boom was finally turning into a bust.
Fast forward to 2007: Bromwell is being sentenced, the General Assembly still hasn't come up with any way to alleviate skyrocketing energy prices in the deregulated electricity market, the real estate bust has resulted in record numbers of foreclosures and an increasingly depressed housing market. Despite startlingly high murder and crime rates, few voters turned out at the polls this election season--and those who did voted the status quo back into office.
Slots are back on the table, state taxes are going up, Sheila Dixon is our mayor for the foreseeable future. Oh, and things we always thought of as safe and sound--kids toys, pet food, and novelty frozen foods--may contain poisonous substances like lead and GHB.
Here's hoping for a more fulfilling 2008.
1 Sheila Dixon Elected Mayor of Baltimore, Fires Everyone
Key Players: Mayor Sheila Dixon, former Police Commissioner Leonard Hamm, former Fire Chief William J. Goodwin, former Chief of Staff Otis Rolley, former Parks Director Connie A. Brown, former Mayoral Spokesman Anthony McCarthy, the mayor's sister Janice Dixon and her former employer Mildred Boyer, and Ronald Lipscomb of Doracon Contracting
The Plot: Dixon took the city's reins last January amid celebration and smiles, but she did so under the shadow of a state prosecutor's investigation into no-bid city contracts for her friend and campaign manager, Dale Clark (who has since pleaded guilty to tax evasion), and a company that employed her sister, Janice. Striking an imperial, almost regal pose in her campaign, Dixon easily fended off challengers, besting her main rival, Councilman Keiffer Mitchell, by 34,000 votes in the primary election. Thus she became the first black woman elected mayor of Baltimore.
But amid some laudable initiatives she embarked on as head of the city--paving long-neglected streets and brightening the city's parks--the problems Baltimore faces have mounted. The murder rate rose sharply in 2007 (though it has slowed as the year has drawn to a close), the fire department fell into crisis, and the city's housing department weathered critical reports from a city audit, the nonprofit Abell Foundation, and this newspaper. Dixon's administration has seen the sudden departure of her police and fire chiefs, her chief of staff, Otis Rolley, Parks Director Connie Brown and spokesman Anthony McCarthy, who left under an ill-defined cloud of allegations stemming from a county police investigation. Now the state prosecutor has issued new subpoenas--including one to the mayor directly--and raided the office of Dixon's friend Ron Lipscomb, head of Doracon Contracting. Dixon says it's all a witch hunt, but a year into her administration it looks as though she might get burned.
2 Murder rate in Baltimore rises
Key Players: Mayor Sheila Dixon, former Police Commissioner Ed Norris, former Police Commissioner Leonard Hamm, current Police Commissioner Frederick Bealefeld
The Plot: The pace for this year's crime wave was set early: The first recorded murder of the year was that of 17-year-old Leon Nelson, who was shot on New Year's Day at a West Baltimore carryout restaurant. His death was followed by the deaths of six other Baltimoreans killed in the first week of the year; by the end of the first 10 days of 2007, the city had counted at least 15 homicides. For a while, it seemed as if the city might be on track to break 300 murders, but things finally slowed down at the end of the year--but not enough to keep the 2007 murder rate below that of 2006.
Mayor Sheila Dixon, who inherited the city's problems when she took over Martin O'Malley's term after he was elected governor, announced in May that she and Police Commissioner Leonard Hamm had put together a crime plan to combat the crime wave in the city. Shortly after she released her plan, ex-police commissioner turned radio talk show host Ed Norris announced that he, too, had a crime plan for the city--and one of the key points in that plan called for the firing of Hamm. Dixon and Norris had a tête-à-tête to discuss his thoughts on the crime problem, and he must have said something that appealed to her, because by midsummer Hamm announced his resignation and Deputy Commissioner Col. Frederick Bealefeld was named acting commissioner.
In October, Dixon announced that Bealefeld was going to remain in the job permanently. But the murders kept coming. By the end of November, CQ Press, an arm Congressional Quarterly Inc., had ranked Baltimore as the 12th most dangerous city in America.
As of press time there were 270 murders (that's 17 more than there were as of this date in 2006).
We can't wait to ring in 2008.
3 Baltimore City Fire Department Falls Apart
Key Players: Fire department recruit Racheal M. Wilson, fire department Chief William Goodwin, Mayor Sheila Dixon, fire officer's union head Stephan G. Fugate, Henry Burris, head of black firefighters' group the Vulcan Blazers
The Plot: In February, firefighter trainee Racheal M. Wilson died during a training exercise in which she was fighting a fire set by her trainers. The incident set off a cascade of questions and unflattering reports about an unprofessional department, which was found to be using outdated training techniques, keeping secret accounts, violating safety standards, and cheating on promotion exams. All this was taking place amid an overlay of racial tension--twice in 2007 the Fire Department made headlines when allegations of racially charged incidents had to be looked into by officials. As a result of all the turmoil in the department, several training officers were fired and Chief William Goodwin resigned in November, leaving us wondering what's next for the city's beleaguered firefighters.
4 No Surprises From Election 2007
Key Players: Mayor Sheila Dixon, City Councilman Keiffer Mitchell, City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, City Councilman Ken Harris, tens of thousands of Baltimoreans who didn't go out to vote on Election Day
The Plot: This year's election tells an all-too-familiar tale: Low voter turnout and high voter apathy create another year in which nearly all the incumbents running for office retain their seats. Dixon won the mayoral race handily, leaving her main challenger, City Councilman Keiffer Mitchell (11th District), in the dust. Likewise, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake did the same to Councilman Ken Harris (4th District), who was running against her for the Council President seat. A nice score for Dixon and Rawlings-Blake, but a blow for Baltimore, which loses two active and independent councilmen, Mitchell and Harris, who had to give up their seats to run for higher office.
5 Former Sen. Bromwell Pleads Guilty, is then Canonized by Friends and Media
Key Players: Thomas L. Bromwell, sympathetic supporters such as U.S. Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger and 1st Mariner Bank chairman Ed Hale
The Plot: OK, sure, former Sen. Thomas L. Bromwell pled guilty to racketeering and failure to file a tax return, and maybe he steered a few public contracts toward a company that fixed up his house and employed his wife in a fake business. Perhaps he even bragged about the whole thing in expletive-laden FBI recordings, but does that make him a bad guy?
Not to all the people who wrote letters on his behalf when it came time for the sentencing. Turns out that when Bromwell wasn't a shill for the overdog, he was a "rooter for the underdog," in the words of one supporter, Richard Dowling, executive director of the Maryland Catholic Conference. Ed Hale, chair of 1st Mariner Bank, wrote asking District Court Judge Frederick Motz to keep in mind Bromwell's generosity to at-risk children while he was chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. U.S. Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger and former Sen. Francis X. Kelly Jr. were among the 50 people who weighed in on Bromwell's behalf.
Former chairman of the Transportation Communications Union and longtime Bromwell supporter Anthony P. Santoro, Jr. wrote that although "Tom Bromwell was a bad decision maker," he wasn't a bad human being. James Simms, a lifelong friend, expressed his hopes the judge would see Bromwell in a different light--as "the bright young boy playing stick wiffle ball on the courts of Perry Hall Elementary School," and ignore the "rough language" that the media had played up so much.
In the end, The Examiner's Michael Olesker put it best in a column about Bromwell and his wife tearfully entering their pleas. There was no need to beat up on the Bromwells, Olesker said. "They awaken each morning and look in the mirror," he wrote, "and there isn't a curse in the whole world they haven't hurled at themselves."
Bromwell didn't leave his beneficence at the courtroom door. The Washington Post pointed out that the plea agreement doesn't require the former senator to name the names of any other politicians involved in potentially criminal activities, so at least no one else will have to suffer the embarrassment he has.
6 Slot Machines Take a Step Toward the Jackpot
Key Players: The Maryland General Assembly
The Plot: After years of bickering and partisanship, the Maryland General Assembly has finally decided to do something about slots. Specifically, it has decided to let the voters decide the issue next November, which ensures another year of hearing about how many of our hard-earned quarters are going out of state, when they could be used for, you know, the children.
Baltimore City made the short list of proposed slots locations, with an allocation of 3,500 machines near the intersection of I-95 and MD 295. If the slots referendum passes in November, it could bring in about $8 million to local governments in 2011, according to the state Department of Legislative Services, and $70 million in 2013. Roughly half of the gross revenue would go to an Education Trust Fund created by the bill, and about 9 percent (as much as $140 million a year) will go to the horse-racing industry
7 More New Taxes
Key Players: Gov. Martin O'Malley, Senate President Mike Miller, House Speaker Michael Busch.
The Plot: For 40 years the state income tax remained untouched. Instead of raising it, governors and legislators over the years increased the sales tax and the myriad fees that fill the government's coffers. Despite those sales tax and fee increases, though, a "structural deficit" of $1.7 billion persisted. Now--allegedly--that will be paid down with Gov. Martin O'Malley's plan to increase income taxes for the first time in decades. Maryland households earning $40,000 per year will pay only $7 more each year in total taxes, according to an analysis of the plan. Families earning $75,000 per year will have to cough up an additional $45, and people earning more than that will have to pay more. Families earning $150,000 per year would pay $196 in increased taxes.
All this doesn't include a $1-per-pack increase in the cigarette tax, meaning pack-a-day smokers will be charged $365 more--even as fewer and fewer places allow them to indulge their habit.
8 Mortgage Industry Meltdown
Key Players: Legions of house "flippers" and investors, you and us and everyone else who lives in a dwelling, major investment banks, pension funds and local banks, plus mortgage brokers and real estate investors.
The Plot: Like much of America, Baltimore City saw a huge run up in home prices between 2002 and 2006. City officials played up the spiraling prices, claiming it was a sign of urban renaissance and urging would-be investors to get in while it's hot. But this year the sham was revealed. In many city neighborhoods--but especially the Southeast area around Canton--foreclosures have increased exponentially amid plummeting sales prices. Meanwhile, high-interest "subprime" mortgages dominate in the neighborhoods of the city's northeast, and in the northwest sections of the city and out into the county.
The state's high-speed foreclosure process (as little as three weeks from first notice to lock-out) is the subject of possible reform legislation. Nationally, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has called for an interest-rate freeze on adjustable mortgages. So far most of the losses have been absorbed by small investors and home owners, while the big investment banks have written-off more than $25 billion in bad loans already, with little sign of relief. The Wall Street Journal reports that next year alone half a trillion worth of mortgages will reset to sharply higher rates, fueling more foreclosures. Since late 2006, 195 lenders have halted business, and the fallout will likely continue for years. Falling house values will squeeze every homeowner, while vacant homes attract the crime and grime for which Baltimore is known.
9 Toys, pet food, human food are hazardous to your health
Key Players: Consumers all across the country
The Plot: E. coli in pizza, lead in children's toys, melamine in pet foods--it seems that everything we bought this year came with a little something extra that was hazardous to our health.
Dozens of brands of major-label dog foods were recalled when it was discovered that tainted Chinese wheat gluten was used as an ingredient in the foods. Totino's and Jeno's pizzas were recalled due to an E. coli scare, and kids toys were recalled in droves when it was determined that they contained lead paint or other hazardous substances.
Aqua Dots, for example, a children's craft kit made in China, has earned its place in history as the most ill-conceived toy since lawn darts were pulled from the market. If the garden variety small-object choking hazard didn't get you, a coating on the beads turned into the date-rape drug GHB when ingested. This is good news if you are a member of an elite ninja death squad bent on assassinating a child emperor, but somewhat disquieting to the casual shopper.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, according to its annual report released in November, set a 10-year record for the number of voluntary recalls (472) and touted improvements such as translating U.S. safety standards into Chinese, where many of the recalled toys sold in the United States are made. The commission launched an initiative, according to the report, to tell the public that "despite our best efforts, there are still many recalled products in the hands of the public."
So check the toy bin--there might be something dangerous in there, probably next to the lawn darts.
10 BGE Rate Hikes Approved by PSC
Key Players: Gov. Martin O'Malley, the Maryland Public Service Commission
The Plot: Seems like this was last year's news, but the controversy over the Baltimore Gas and Electric rate hikes did indeed bleed over into this year. In February, PSC member Charles Boutin, one of two remaining commission members appointed by former Gov. Robert Ehrlich, resigned from the commission, giving Gov. Martin O'Malley--who was critical of the commission's cozy relationship with utility companies--more control over the state's energy future. The PSC embarked on a review of the 72 percent utility rate hikes BGE has been phasing in since 2006. Despite O'Malley's assurance that he'd do something to protect the public from having to cough up so much extra cash to keep the lights on, PSC announced in May that it had reviewed the proposed rate hikes and determined that they were indeed justified. On June 1 rates rose 38 percent, and by January 2008 BGE customers will be paying "market rates" for their electricity.
Earlier this month, however, the PSC announced that it was going to recommend a series of "interventions" to deal with energy pricing and shortages in the state. Among its interventions? A proposal to re-regulate the recently deregulated utility market.
The Year In Tracks (12/15/2009)
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The Year in News (12/9/2009)
The Year in Movies (12/9/2009)
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Thursday, 27 August 2009
Ready-Steady-STAMP! Challenge Four
16 comments:
- kjjc said...
oh wow I love this Sarah and to be able to leave this comment is great too. what did you change?
- Thursday, August 27, 2009
- Julie Ranae said...
I just happened to click to see what you did with the comments and found a new post. It takes, like, 2 hours for a post to come through on the list!
Anyway....love what you did here my friend...you are definitely keeping busy. xx
P.S....I know you won't be able to stay up late to read my post, so you will have to have your cuppa with you in the a.m. : )
- Thursday, August 27, 2009
- Lesley said...
Your envelope looks great, love the splodgy background! xx
- Thursday, August 27, 2009
- IsaNorris said...
Beautiful ! great take on the challenge.
The challenge was not set by Sue, but we are honored to have her as a guest designer
- Thursday, August 27, 2009
- scrapperjulia said...
Love this A collage, very creative!
- Friday, August 28, 2009
- Sue said...
Oh wow, just look what you did! I love it, great take on the ingredients.
- Friday, August 28, 2009
- Sarah Anderson said...
Karen (kjjc) hasn't been able to leave comments on my blog and we discovered last night that setting the comments page to open in a new window appears to work for her. So if anyone else couldn't leave comments, hopefully you can now!!
- Friday, August 28, 2009
- Tova said...
beautiful, good idea for the all letters "A" :-)
- Friday, August 28, 2009
- chris f said...
Great take on this challenge, Sarah. they are good fun aren't they?
Chris x
- Friday, August 28, 2009
- thekathrynwheel said...
Oooh very nice. Love the use of the borwn envelope :-) Kate
- Saturday, August 29, 2009
- Neet said...
Nice to see you joining in these Challenges - I love them. Like your brown envelope - love those "A's" and how you have incorporated everything.
- Saturday, August 29, 2009
- Svvaly said...
Très jolie réa.
- Sunday, August 30, 2009
- penny4thoughts said...
Terrific collage - Such a cool background on your envelope!
- Tuesday, September 01, 2009
- Rhonda said...
This piece is fabulous! Cheers!
- Wednesday, September 02, 2009
- 100drine said...
Très belle réalisation, très originale
- Wednesday, September 02, 2009
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A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 1: Physique, Archaeology, Domesday, Ecclesiastical Organization, The Jews, Religious Houses, Education of Working Classes to 1870, Private Education from Sixteenth Century
J.S. Cockburn, H.P.F. King, K.G.T. McDonnell (Editors)
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'Schools: Christ's College, Finchley', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 1: Physique, Archaeology, Domesday, Ecclesiastical Organization, The Jews, Religious Houses, Education of Working Classes to 1870, Private Education from Sixteenth Century (1969), pp. 290. URL: http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22127 Date accessed: 27 November 2014.
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In 1857 the Revd. Thomas Reader White, Rector
of Finchley, converted the Queen's Head Tavern,
near St. Mary's church, into a school, opened as
Finchley Hall School with three boys. By 1860
there were 150, all boarders, and a new building was
erected opposite on the east side of Hendon Lane.
After the first year or two White did little teaching,
but appointed himself 'Warden'. (fn. 2) The first headmaster, the Revd. T. C. Whitehead (1866-73),
believed in military discipline and constant supervision; the boys were known by numbers, were
marched to and from meals with their band, and
slept as many as 60 to a dormitory. (fn. 3) The Revd.
R. W. Gallop succeeded Whitehead as 'Headmaster
and Chaplain' and became proprietor on the death
of White in 1877. In 1895, when numbers were
down to 65, mostly day boys, the school was bought
by the father of the new headmaster, J. T. Phillipson,
who aroused much opposition by changing from
rugby to association football; one result was that the
school had two independent Old Boy associations
for half a century. By 1902 numbers had decreased
to 50, but Phillipson nevertheless managed to get
the school taken over by the Middlesex County
Council on his own terms, with himself as headmaster, his existing staff, and Church of England
services in the chapel. Numbers rose and by 1914
there were almost 250 boys. In 1927 there were 380
on the roll, new buildings were erected, and the
chapel was demolished. Under the new headmaster,
H. B. Pegrum, who succeeded Phillipson in 1929,
the school continued to flourish, and by 1944 the
number of boys exceeded 500. (fn. 4) By January 1965
there were 582 pupils on the roll. (fn. 5)
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Christine O'Donnell, Delaware GOP candidate for the Senate, yesterday startled a Widener law school audience by frankly asking where in the constitution is the separation of church and state?
The Tea Party candidate inspired horrified gasps and laughter from the law school audience as it became apparent she appeared not to know that the First Amendment calls for barring the government from establishing religion.
When her Democratic opponent Chris Coons responded that the First Amendment bars Congress from making laws respecting the establishment of religion, O'Donnell asked: "You're telling me that's in the First Amendment?"
This ladies and gentlemen is you country under the Tea Party. Watch below.
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Since we mostly raid 25 man, Commanding Presence seems a waste (might and other wars Com Shout so mine isnt used) - opinions?
Thanks for your time.
|Ex Tank|
I've watched your video multiple times to see if I was doing anything wrong, because my dps remains low. I noticed that my hits are much lower than yours on the target dummy (you crit 6k and 7k often while i crit 4k-6k) would you pelase take a look at my armory to see what/if im doing somethingw rong? or is it just my gear sucks?
thanks in advance!
My Armory | Fury/Arms Warrior | KhilbronUI Compilation | Eternal Legacy - <Nathrezim - US - PvP>
If the RL (like myself) knows that you bring the best commanding shout buff, I am going to hold a place in the raid for you in my head. Im not saying they take you instead of a 6th healer, just that if its between you and a 3rd rogue, you might get the nod.
Get the max commanding shout buff and make sure you raid leaders know you will be responsible for it.
Deeps for show..... tank for dough.....
I've been Fury for a long time but for some reason i keep hitting a wall. My dps was going on great untill some new patches came, ever since i tried to find out what i was doing wrong. I used to output 10k dps and more (with less then 30% buff) but now i seem to be much lower(with 30% buff in icc) wich is really starting to bug me.
This is my Char with his current gear: http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sh...nd&cn=Zaphiron
Atm my current rotation is: WW > BT > (slamproc) > BT > (T10 2nd slam) > WW > BT > Tend to use HS for rage dump for 70 rage and up.
If anyone could tell me what i'm doing wrong i would be so thankfull.
Make your own thread do not clutter the stickies
I did yeah i saw but im not getting any responce
Hay TGM, I noticed in your video you had a rage counter in the middle. Is it using MSBT? If so, how can I make one for myself? I tend to forget about my rage and get rage starved
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If you wish do discuss my UI, please do it in my UI thread. Yes, I know it hasn't been updated in the lat century, but it's a pain to do. One day I'll get around to uploading my current one.
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"I am an elitist; I will never accept mediocrity and I openly show no respect for stupidity"
Ahh ok mate Thanks!
Going back to the Slam macro, whether or not the stop casting is a DPS loss. What if you just macro your Slam with a jump, or some other movement that would cancel the Slam cast. Would that eliminate the minor DPS loss and still keep the macro functional? Something like...
/cast Slam
(I'm terrible with macro writing)
Honestly it's easier to just learn to only hit slam when you have a Slam! proc, instead of trying to work around a macro.
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"I am an elitist; I will never accept mediocrity and I openly show no respect for stupidity"
If you just use >= 1 it stays up whenever you have it. So, for example, the t10 procs and you get a 2 stack and use one, the popup image will stay up until you use the second. And if you just get a normal proc it shows up and then goes away when you use it.
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There are hundreds if not thousands of different ways to track Slam! procs. How you track them isn't really important as long as it results in you using slam properly.
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"I am an elitist; I will never accept mediocrity and I openly show no respect for stupidity"
Elitistjerks deleted the fury warrior thread, and I need some help with Deep Wounds. My dps was huge this fight ( http://www.worldoflogs.com/reports/l...?s=2621&e=2816 ) and I'm hoping somebody can reiterate and elaborate on how I managed to get 18k DW ticks.


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When asked recently about Chris LaPierre, Virginia men's lacrosse coach Dom Starsia was quick to say the fifth-year midfielder has "always been one of my favorite guys."
"And there's just an element of toughness in the middle of the field that we didn't quite have last year," Starsia said. "And his presence, even in practice, is quite remarkable."
LaPierre entered the 2013 season as a two-time All-American, and the UVa lacrosse program's first solo captain since 1981. But a preseason knee ligament injury limited LaPierre to just three games, before the decision was made to cut his senior year short and apply for a medical hardship.
That hardship was granted last June, and now LaPierre and is back on the field with his UVa teammates, preparing for Thursday night's season opener against Loyola at Klöckner Stadium.
"I'm definitely one of the guys that likes to be the leader of the team, and likes to lead by example on the field. So it was definitely a different role for me, to try to help out off the field," said LaPierre. "It was a tough decision, like I said. But ultimately, I'm happy with the way everything worked out. And I feel as good as I'll ever feel, in my opinion, and I'm excited to get back at it."
"He's a special kind of athlete. He's the kind of guy who thrives in this level competition," said Starsia. "And I think having him back elevates us as a team overall."
The Cavaliers struggled with LaPierre on the bench in 2013, finishing 7-8, and missing the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in Starsia's 21 seasons as head coach. LaPierre's final appearance came in a 12-10 win over Vermont at Klöckner on March 5.
The Cavaliers lost their next six in a row.
"It definitely hurt us last year, not having him, with on the the wings, and ground balls. Because he's just been such an animal over the past three seasons with us," said senior defenseman Scott McWilliams. "It definitely took a toll on him last year, and I definitely think he's excited to get back on the field with all of us this season."
"I'm excited to get out there with my teammates," said LaPierre. "Especially the group of guys that we're with, we're all really close and we enjoy playing with each other."
And Starsia says LaPierre is looking like his old self again as the season approaches.
"Even a week or two ago I might have said he was at 99 percent," Starsia said. "I think it's taken him a while to come back. He finally took the brace off. That helped me a little bit, emotionally, not to have to look at the brace and stuff. And I would say he's just about back all the way now."


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I have covered the Belmont Stakes three years running now and each one was more exciting than the next. Drosselmeyer won in 2010, long shot Ruler on Ice took the third leg of the Triple Crown last year and Union Rags, after a bad trip in the Kentucky Derby, sat out the Preakness and won by a neck in the "Test of the Champion" on June 9.
But sadly, there was something missing: a chance at greatness.
With the scandals that surrounded the New York Racing Association (NYRA) and the formation of New York State's reorganization board on NYRA in the last few months, the sport needed a spark…but its trick knee gave out.
When I'll Have Another was scratched because of a leg injury and a chance at becoming the first horse since Affirmed in 1978 to take all three jewels of horse racing's biggest prize, the cloud that has hovered over NYRA became just a bit thicker.
When the colt took the Kentucky Derby, the attention he and relatively new jockey Mario Gutierrez attained was noteworthy but minimal at best. It wasn't until he came up the outside of the pack on the first Saturday of May in Baltimore at the last second to take the second jewel, that the racing world began to buzz.
The Preakness victory preceded NYRA being taken over by the state and after a betting scandal that saw two high-ranking racing officials fired, including President and CEO Charlie Hayward. This also followed the smack down of a 45-day suspension of the history-making hopeful's trainer Doug O'Neill and his involvement with allegedly doping one of his horses.
O'Neill will serve the suspension in July. However, he could appeal.
On the days leading up to the final race, the 107-year-old park was brimming with excitement, with fans, the media, owners and trainers geared up for the possibility of witnessing or spoiling history. The buzz ended before the horses even reached the starting gate.
"He's had an incredible run," said O'Neill, who announced the decision to scratch and retire the colt on Friday, June 8 after a mild tendon issue was detected in his left front leg. "Could we have run him [in the Belmont]? Yes. But would that have been the right move? No. I was proud of the whole team. It was unanimous in not running him. He's a once-in-a-lifetime horse. We're just focused on all the great parts of this journey he took us through."
As I'll Have Another posed for pictures in the winner's circle before the $1 million purse last week, the hopes and dreams of a new king of horse racing in 2012 went out with each camera flash. The 3-year-old colt hobbled down the path just south of the finish line, fading into the distance.
Following the photo-op, a fellow reporter said to me, "Maybe one of his kids will take the crown one day?" My answer: "I would name his kid Another Chance."


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With 4 million members and efforts in 100 countries, the World Wildlife Fund is the largest and, likely, the best-known environmental nonprofit organization in the world.
The WWF claims to do a great deal of good for endangered species and environmental protection efforts. However, when the Taxpayers Protection Alliance took a closer look at WWF funding, projects and scandals in a report released last week, a very troubling picture emerged.
The organization is a tremendous burden on taxpayers and a dangerous threat to the indigenous people in the areas where the WWF is active. Too often, the WWF does more harm than good to the animals and lands they profess to protect.
A 2011 documentary titled "The Pact with the Panda," exposed that the WWF was responsible for displacing more than a million native inhabitants in India in an effort to protect the local tiger population. This modern-day "Trail of Tears" is even more outrageous considering that the Indians driven from their lands under the guise of protecting tigers lived alongside the tigers for centuries. Not only did the WWF destroy the lives, culture and society of more than a million people, there are fewer tigers left in these areas now than before the atrocious displacement efforts began.
One reason for the failure of the WWF's efforts to protect the tigers might have something to do with what they did with the tigers' habitat after they drove away those pesky human from their homes. The WWF gives tourists who shell out about $10,000 the opportunity to pile in one of 155 jeeps and chase the few tigers that remain around their preserves for eight hours a day. This may be terrible for the tigers, but it's big business for the WWF, which seems all too happy with the millions of dollars brought in through this ecotourism scheme.
This troubling instance of the WWF forcing people to uproot from their homes in India is not even the most despicable example of forced migration by organization in recent years. In Nov. 2011, Prince Charles, who serves as president of WWF UK, visited Tanzania to present five local leaders with "Living Planet" awards for their work. According to an article in the London newspaper The Telegraph, "Shortly before the Prince's arrival, it was revealed that thousands of villagers had been evicted from the forest, their huts in the paddy fields torched and their coconut palms felled. This was carried out by the Tanzanian government's Forestry and Beekeeping Division, with which the WWF has been working."
Besides driving poor native populations from their land and destroying their homes, the WWF also keeps busy ensuring these people remain poor.
WWF led a lobbying effort to impose trade restrictions on Indonesian pulp, paper and palm oil products, ostensibly to protect the forests of Indonesia. In reality, the WWF was serving as a front group for North American, European and Australian competitors who produce the same products as the Indonesian companies, but were being threatened by the lower price of the Indonesian goods. The area of Indonesia responsible for producing these products is one of the poorest places in the world. Workers in the region were given the opportunity to make a decent living and provide for their families, only to see it taken away because the WWF worked in cahoots with developed nations to kill their jobs
In Dec. 2011, allegations of "inappropriate expense reporting" were reported in the WWF's Tanzanian office. The WWF commissioned Ernst & Young to conduct an independent investigation to get to the bottom of the accusations.
The audit found that more than $400,000 was "misappropriated by the WWF local staff who forged hotel [and] taxi receipts," according to the Daily News, a newspaper in Tanzania.
This widespread fraud related to the WWF's efforts in Tanzania resulted in the termination of eight employees and the resignation of six others.
It is a misfortune when a nonprofit organization has its money stolen by disreputable workers. It is an outrage when most of the money stolen came at the expense of taxpayers. According to the audit, on top of the $400,000+ pilfered by corrupt WWF workers, five more WWF employees in Tanzania stole money from a USAID-funded project.
In total, taxpayers were out hundreds of thousands of dollars because bureaucrats and elected officials were careless enough to shower the WWF with tax dollars, despite the organization's troubling track record.
A few hundred grand is, unfortunately, chump change compared to the tens of millions of dollars the federal government regularly hands out to the WWF. Since 2000, the WWF snatched up $97 million in federal grants and other handouts funded by tax dollars, according to the Taxpayers Protection Alliance's tally.
A lot of those tax dollars go straight in the pockets of the WWF's well-compensated employees. Carter Roberts, WWF's president, pocketed a $425,000 salary in 2009. The chief operating officer of the World Wildlife Fund, Marcia Marsh, earns over $300,000 in salary and benefits. "In fact, in 2009, no fewer than 18 U.S.-based WWF employees raked in more than $200,000 in salary and benefits," according to the government watchdog group responsible for the reports.
Perhaps most shocking for taxpayers is the fact that the WWF currently has $238.1 million in the bank. That means that taxpayers are forced to pour millions of dollars each year into an organization sitting on nearly a quarter of a billion dollars. The WWF is extraordinarily rich and certainly does not need an annual bailout courtesy of American taxpayers to keep its lights on.
The idea that tax dollars would go to support a rich international nonprofit might not raise red flags at first blush, but a closer look is enough to infuriate any hardworking taxpayer. It is simply unthinkable that, with the government $16 trillion in debt and tens of millions of Americans out of work, federal lawmakers and bureaucrats find it acceptable to hand out tax dollars to an organization that forces people from their homes, prevents some of the poorest workers in the world from earning a decent living, harms the endangered animals it claims to help and has proven irresponsible with money.
Congress should immediately stop wasting Americans' money subsidizing the WWF.
The president of the "nonprofit" WWF is paid $425,000, the CEO over $300,000, and 18 other "employees" more than $200,000 in salary and benefits and they have $238.1 in the bank, what a scam!!!
This "nonprofit" is a corporation that pays no federal, state or local taxes to include property taxes. Now isn't this typical of Liberals who seek "tax loopholes" to escape corporate taxes, pay one another exorbitant salaries, and all in the name of charity or a cause while making "obscene profits."
Conny, I don't watch or read enough politico news to know about this, and have yet to form an opinion, but the way you are describing it... kinda makes it sound like a church.
"nonprofit, pays no taxes, seeks tax loopholes, pay one-another exorbitant salaries, all in the name of charity or a cause while making obscene profits"
I don't know which would be worse, stealing tax dollars from the public pool, or cheating the money from trusting givers on sunday morn..
There seems to be some inaccuracies in this documentary. I have submitted the question to Snopes. The Charity Navigator does not support the notion of 238.1 million in bank-it just lists total assets at 267 million (that may not be $ in bank, but offices, vehicles, etc). It has a rating of 3 out of 4 stars-not the greatest but not horrible either. Government grants make up 18% of their income, and 85% of their funds go to programs. The CEO compensation is less than 0.25%. In comparison, I found a highly rated charity where the CEO's compensation was 2% of funds, and they appeared to receive roughly the same % in grants.
In short, there have been errors identified in the film, so until it has been thoroughly vetted, the whole film is suspect and not a good thing to accept without question.
How much tax payer money, in the form of tax holidays, has been given, say, to build NFL stadiums? How much money do NFL owners make? How much in tax breaks do, say, the very profitable GE and Exxon receive? How much do their executives make? How much exactly is the "tremendous burden on taxpayers" the WWF represents compared to the above two examples? Stirring up the ignorant and ill informed with ludicrous citations of miniscule expenditures of government funds. A true public service!
At least non profits receive their federal tax payer money legally. Look, for example, at Hospital Corporation of America. That's the company that pled guilty multiple felonies and paid almost $1 billion in fines for committing fraud against tax payer funded Medicare and others. Any idea what Rick Scott, their CEO at the time, is doing now? Talk about outrage. Hint, he's not in jail but he did get over $350 million dollars in cash and stock from HCA's board when he was forced to resign. That's American capitalism at work! (You try defrauding the federal government.) But, I digress.
So, it's not just those tax money sucking, deficit creating non profits that we have to worry about, although you'd never know that by reading this column. The TFP should immediately stop wasting subscribers' money and hire someone who is intellectually honest, a real conservative, not a Republican.
Charivara, what is "a real conservative, a real Republican." i guess you deem your self a real R. I have never met such a person that follows the entire platform of any party, unless they were absent a little IQ. In fact, the least informed people I know are blind party followers that cannot think for themselves.
You are so ill informed non profits. Just because a non profit works in the tax framework,that does not make them any more honest than any corporation.
aae1049 I didn't say that non-profits are more honest than corporations. I said that attacking non profits for "abusing" public funds without acknowledging that some for profit corporations do the same thing, usually on a much larger scale, is dishonest. And today's "Republicans" have more in common, in tactics and ideology with fascists, than traditional conservatives have. Lincoln, T. Roosevelt, Ike and even Ronald Reagan would not have been welcome in today's "Republican" party. How many "moderates" spoke, or even were invited to the Republican convention? Did you hear from, or even see Colin Powell, for instance? Wake up. This country is being hijacked by people who have pillaged it for the last 30 years and don't want to give any of their ill-gotten gains up. And they've duped people like you to support them.
conny said: "Now isn't this typical of Liberals who seek "tax loopholes" to escape corporate taxes, pay one another exorbitant salaries, and all in the name of charity or a cause while making "obscene profits."
Whaaaa? Is this opposite day? I thought in conny's world Liberals were all poor black people on welfare. Now they sound a lot like rich corporate CEOs seeking loopholes for their corporate taxes. Weird. Psychotic even.


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* Jay Fullam, McCallie: The two-star recruit signed with Vanderbilt originally but since has transferred to the Air Force Academy. Fullam has struggled with injuries, beginning with damaging a ligament in his right hand in preseason camp that caused him to miss two months of contact drills during his redshirt season in 2009. The next year he started the first three games at strong safety before injuring a shoulder that limited his action for almost a month. He ended up playing in 11 of 12 games and ended the season with 30 tackles and two forced fumbles. He had to sit out 2011 after transferring, then suffered a shoulder injury in preseason that would require surgery and cause him to miss the season. He has one season of eligibility remaining.
* Dean Haynes, Northwest Whitfield: Rated a three-star prospect by Scout and a two-star by Rivals, Haynes signed with North Carolina State. After a redshirt year in 2009, he was moved from defensive back to halfback two weeks before the beginning of the 2010 season and started the first eight games there. He suffered a head injury against Florida State and ended up missing three of the last five games but wound up third on the team with 320 rushing yards. After playing mainly on special teams in 2011, he transferred to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Haynes broke a bone in his left foot in his third practice with the Mocs and missed the first five games last season. He had 11 solos among the 18 tackles he was in on in the six games he did play. He has one season of eligibility remaining.
* David Jones, South Pittsburg: The Mr. Class A Football back was rated a two-star prospect and signed with Middle Tennessee State. After a redshirt year in 2009, he made the move from running back to linebacker in the spring. He played in all 13 games in 2010, primarily on special teams. He missed the Florida International game in 2011 but played in the other 11, including one start. He had 30 tackles and two fumble recoveries. Jones was then moved to safety last spring. He suffered a foot injury late in preseason camp and missed the first two games last season. He played in the other 10 with three starts and totaled 22 tackles to go with a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. He has one season of eligibility remaining.
* Eric McDaniel, Calhoun: The three-star recruit signed with Purdue. After redshirting in 2009, McDaniel has since played sparingly along both sides of the line. He appeared in three games as a reserve in 2010, then was moved from defense to offense in preseason camp because the Boilermakers were strong at defensive tackle but thin along the offensive line. After playing in two games as a reserve in 2011, he was listed as a guard coming into last season but moved back to defense, his more natural side, last November and finished the season there. He has one season of eligibility remaining.
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* Kevin Revis, Rhea County: Rated a three-star prospect, Revis signed with Tennessee. He redshirted in 2009 and played in one game during the 2010 season. After transferring to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2011, Revis has started every game at right guard the past two seasons, except one he missed because of injury. He will have a familiar face close by this season as younger brother Jacob, also an offensive lineman, signed with the Mocs on Wednesday. Kevin has one season of eligibility remaining.
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Best Western Monticello Gateway Inn
44 guest rooms. Inside entrances, elevator. There are some extended stay rooms with kitchenettes. Conference facilities including banquet room (350), meeting space/conference room, olympic size indoor pool and extensive outdoor deck area that is available for private events.
CITY: Monticello
Lake Shelbyville - Bo Wood Recreation Area
Most of the campsites in this 82 site campground are shaded. Located on Lake Shelbyville, beach nearby.
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Shelbyville State Fish and Wildlife Area
A 6,400-acre wildlife area on the north end of Lake Shelbyville. Hunting for waterfowl, forest and upland game is popular. Boat access is provided to accommodate anglers and hunters.
CITY: Bethany
The Polar Express at Monticello Railway Museum
Held at Monticello Railway Museum. Read along with the story as the train makes its round-trip journey to the North Pole. Meet Santa and enjoy caroling, hot chocolate, surprises and a treat. And, for those who believe, a special gift for each child. Children are encouraged to wear their pajamas! Nov 14-15, Nov 21-22, Nov 28-30 & Dec 5-6.
CITY: Monticello
Wacky Nackies
Gifts, decorative accessories, jewelry, candy - life's simple pleasures
CITY: Monticello
Corningware-Corelle-Revere -- Tanger Outlet Center
Dinnerware and cookware.
CITY: Tuscola
Marsha's Vineyard Bed & Breakfast
Built in spring 2000 by a local Amish contractor, this 1 1/2 salt-box cottage includes two spacious siutes, private baths and kitchen located in the heart of Illinois Amish Country.
CITY: Arthur
Arthur's Country Inn
Conveniently located on IL 133, this facility is a short distance from an Amish pastry and coffee shop, a cheese shop, woodcraft store, and a family restaurant. The 16 modern rooms are all moderately priced.
CITY: Arthur
Famous Footware Outlet -- Tanger Outlet Center
Shoes for the entire family.
CITY: Tuscola
Unique Suites Hotel
For this locally owned hotel, showing guests special attention is our goal to make your stay as comfortable as possible. We have connections with caterers and plenty of ballroom area to host your next party or conference. We are a 77 room hotel with ballroom facilities, seasonal swimming pool, free WIFI and continental breakfast. Located in Charleston, Illinois near Eastern Illinois University.
CITY: Charleston
Riverbend Retreat
Riverbend Retreat is a fully renovated 1919 bungalow farmstead surrounded by the Embarras (Embraw) river valley, pasture and farmland. The house is divided into two suites, one on each floor. It features original wood floors on the first floor, mission light fixtures and furniture, and free use of the washer/dryer and foosball table in the basement. Outside features include picnic tables, a grill, two campfire circles, outdoor lighting (60 amber bulbs) and a riverfront lawn. Wedding, reunion or other big get together coming up? Put up the family at Riverbend Retreat, cook some of your own meals and have a great time!
CITY: Tuscola
The Lil Cottage
Located between Arthur and Arcola in the small group of houses called Chesterville. This is a one bedroom house, with living room, full kitchen and bathroom. The bedroom has a queen size bed and the living room has a queen size sofa bed. It also has air conditioning and a washer & dryer, it is newly remodeled.
CITY: Arthur
Buxton's Garden Farm
Open year-round and offering annual and perennial flowers, mums, fall decor, pumpkins, squash, and fall treats. Known also for the 7 acre corn maze, haunted maze and mind twisted maze. School tours and groups welcome. Christmas trees and wreaths offered in winter months.
CITY: Sullivan
Harry and David -- Tanger Outlet Center
Fresh fruit, nuts, and candies.
CITY: Tuscola
Simply Amish
Many Styles. One Standard. Amish isn't a style. It's a standard of excellence—desired by many and practiced by a very rare few. It's in the fine details of solid wood drawers, hand-finished, inside and out. It's in the skill of genuine Amish craftsmen, passed down from one generation to the next.
CITY: Arcola
Villa Galleries
Fine art located in the heart of the Illinois Amish country. The Villa Galleries has dedicated its gallery to local artists who have ties to the central Illinois area either through living situation or artwork subject. Photography, watercolors, colored pencil, oil and acrylic, stained glass, and pottery are just a few of the mediums featured in the gallery.
CITY: Arthur
Bath & Body Works -- Tanger Outlet Center
Integrating health, beauty and well-being. Combining the introduction of spa products that are easily used at home with the incorporation of simple rituals into daily life, Bath & Body Works is committed to helping consumers improve their emotional and physical being. Purchase lotions, creams, hand soap and more in a variety of scents.
CITY: Tuscola
Illinois Amish Center
Recently relocated to Rockome Gardens in the countryside near a prominent community of Old Order Amish, the largest in Illinois. The museum originally opened in 1996 and features exhibits on most aspects of Amish life, as well as an introductory video about the Central Illinois Amish. Through the museum, tours can be scheduled of the Amish countryside, Amish homes, farms, businesses and meals in Amish homes.
CITY: Arcola
Bon Worth -- Tanger Outlet Center
Women's casual wear - Petite and misses sizes.
CITY: Tuscola
Monticello Railway Museum
View various pieces of steam and electric railroad equipment. Offers vintage train rides on Sat. and Sun. May through Oct., as well as a number of special events throughout the year.
CITY: Monticello
Shady Crest Farm Market
Come visit this working Amish farm and apple orchard. They have a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables for sale, plus fresh honey, apple butter and maple syrup. A Deli filled with 15 different Country-Cured Meats & 24 different Cheeses is also available Monday - Saturday. While you're there, enjoy a hand-dipped ice cream cone. You can also find Fresh Baked Goods every Thursday - Saturday. Open year round.
CITY: Arthur
Tri-County Auctions
Authentic, mix-with-the-Amish experience. Auctions held at Vernon Yoder's farm near Arcola.
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McGrady Inn Bed and Breakfast
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Coyote Cabins - Fishing Lair
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FireFly Lodge
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Amish Country Tours with ACM Tours
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The 200 Acres
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Allerton Park & Retreat Center
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text: Top 25 Left-Wing Films: #15 - 'Born on the Fourth of July' (1989) by John Nolte 28 Dec 2010 post a comment Share This: We went to Vietnam to stop communism!... We shell women and children! Why it's a left-wing film This is another in a long line of Hollywood films that qualify as a Cambodian Holocaust denier, something I elaborate more on here. Using the true story of Ron Kovic, an all-American kid born on the 4th of July who grew up in Long Island during the idyllic 1950s and eagerly joined the Marines in order to fight for his country and against the scourge of communism in Vietnam, co-writer/director Oliver Stone is able to hide behind the credentials of an autobiographical true story in order to create yet another one of his deceptive soda straw looks at America's role in defending the South Vietnamese from the communist North. Through Kovic's story we witness American Marines accidentally massacre an innocent Vietnamese family after panicking under the confusion of battle, the military cover up a horrible friendly-fire incident after Kovic mistakes one of his own men for the enemy, and Vets home from the war unable to psychologically make peace with themselves. Are these the truths surrounding the formative events that eventually helped to shape Ron Kovic into a high-profile anti-war activist? Sure. But in a larger historical context, it's not the truth about the war or in any way representative of what really happened over there or how our military behaved. And yet, with rare exception, this is the only way this war and the brave men who fought it are ever portrayed on film. The other benefit of choosing this particular story is how it allows Stone to tell his critics how wrong they are by cinematically molding those of us who disagree with him into someone who eventually comes to see the leftist light. Young, America-loving, communist-hating Ron Kovic represents everything Oliver Stone and the Left despise. What a pleasure it must have been for him to tear that persona down and rebuild him (us) into his own self-righteous image. Using a true story or not, this is something Hollywood loves to do; haul out the template I call the He Who Believes In The Goodness Of America Template. And it goes a little something like this... When a character arrives on screen and makes clear that he believes in the goodness of America, Hollywood's intolerant politics will only allow the arc of that character to rise in one of three ways: He Who Believes In the Goodness of America will be revealed as the villain. He Who Believes In the Goodness of America will be a liberal fighting evil conservatives. He Who Believes In the Goodness of America will have that illusion shattered forever. I'm not sure how effective this formula is in the real world, but anti-American filmmakers use it all the time. In this case, Oliver Stone cherry-picked a true story that already fit the template, Michael Moore frequently introduces us to those "who once believed in America," and more recently there have been these kinds of characters peppered throughout the long string of box office flops released to undermine our troops: "Lions for Lambs," "Green Zone," and "In the Valley of Elah," to name a few. The sleight of hand at work here isn't complicated. It's based on the idea that in order to change minds the owners of those minds must relate to the central character. What better way to do that than to introduce us to a character just like us, who believes in the same things we do? And what better way to try and change what we believe in than by using the full force of motion picture propaganda to break down that character's beliefs (our beliefs) after witnessing Hollywood's version of the truth. This is as sinister as it is obvious. Why it's a great film Though it is obvious at times, and bombastic and self-consciously operatic at others, the film that won Stone his second Oscar for direction is an epic piece of storytelling. Aided by impeccable production design with an attention to detail that transports you into another time and place, John Williams' evocative score, and a career-defining performance from Tom Cruise, you can't help but get lost and caught up in main character's journey. The scenes involving Kovic's high school sweetheart are alternately tender and heartbreaking (especially when she sees him in a wheelchair for the first time); the long sequence in the Veteran's hospital is outright harrowing; and the time in a Mexican brothel so visceral you can smell the desperation coming off the souls of the lost. You don't have to agree with this character or the choices he makes, you don't even have to like this character (I didn't, though I did sympathize with him) to find fascinating and tragic the events and circumstances that had such a profound effect on his life and core beliefs. And whether this was by design or not, one of the elements I most respect about the film is that Kovic is rarely portrayed as a likable character. His politics and worldview may change, but even as a young, gung ho, flag-waver, Kovic is an insufferable, sanctimonious prig. Whether he's out to win the conference wrestling match as a clean-cut teenager or a hippie in a wheelchair shrieking at his mother in the hopes of exorcising his own pain and demons, Stone doesn't shy away from the character's less redeeming qualities. Kovic himself deserves credit, as well. He co-wrote the script. In other words, "Born on the Fourth of July" is no hagiography. It feels true and authentic, more interested in the man than the agenda. The best example is probably the film's most memorable and emotionally complicated scene; when Kovic visits the family of the Marine he accidentally killed to tell them a painful truth they might have been better off not knowing. This is an unbelievably selfish act on Kovic's part and to his credit Stone makes very clear that the price of Kovic unburdening his guilt was paid for by a family who had found some peace in the belief that their loved one died a war hero. When the credits finally roll after 145 minutes, Stone and company have done an extraordinary job at making you feel like a fly on the wall who was witness to two turbulent decades of American history. And, to be honest, you also feel a little manipulated. But that's what great directors do and Oliver Stone is one of America's great directors.


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Fender has introduced its own line of ukuleles in recent years.
Quick question: How is a ukulele tuned?
Quick answer: GCEA.
That's from low to high. And that low G is tuned up one octave, making it the ukulele's second-highest open-string pitch (only the top-string open A is higher). The third-string C equals middle C on a piano.
The ukulele has been undergoing one of its periodic resurgences in popularity for well more than a decade now, and Tech Talk elucidates this standard tonal arrangement in response to the frequently heard contention that ukuleles are simply tuned "like the top four strings of a guitar."
Yes and no. "No" in the sense that the astute observer will note that the top four strings of a guitar in standard tuning are in fact DGBE (low to high), which is obviously quite different from GCEA. "Yes" in the sense that applying a capo to the top four strings of a guitar in standard tuning at the fifth fret yields the standard ukulele tuning of GCEA, although that low G wouldn't be an octave higher.
Once you've fully absorbed this tuning arrangement, you can in fact apply your guitar-playing smarts to your ukulele-playing smarts pretty quickly, and off you go evoking the pleasantly lilting sounds of the South Pacific islands.
By the way, there are four common ukulele sizes. Smallest to largest, they are soprano (standard), concert, tenor and baritone. The latter two, tenor and baritone, sometimes use an alternate tuning of ADF#B (low to high), which is one whole-step higher than standard ukulele tuning.


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Traveling Light
May 2
In Travels at 9:03pm
Home now. Recently did 10 stops in 14 days for Nikon Europe's Speed of Light Tour. Been doing this in various shapes and sizes now for 4 years. It's really Annie's doing. She's routinely adored by her colleagues both here in the US and abroad. (Trust me, I understand.)
But she rarely gets to see her mates from Europe and Asia, save at big international events, like what just occurred up Vancouver way. So I think they dreamed this up a few years ago just so they could get to see her over on the continent on a yearly basis. Beyond the likability factor, she also commands enormous respect for her knowledge of all things digital, her ability to communicate and teach well, and her non-stop force of nature work ethic, and, well, you get the idea.
Me? I'm, like, you know, happy baggage.
I bounce into these various locales, halls, conference centers, and theaters sight unseen and try to light 'em up ad hoc right then and there, and talk through small flash, TTL, hard light, soft light, movie quotes, fast cars, German coffee, Viennese beer, and why the hell isn't this cord working right now? It's all off the cuff, and everything I shoot goes right to a screen, which is fun, and has a big gulp factor right there along with it. I also spend all day with a microphone around my neck which makes Annie very nervous.
Been experimenting with getting the most I can out of one light. At the Brabus Motor Works outside Dusseldorf, there was a huge screen essentially made out of strings, so I put up SB900, zoomed to 200mm, with a slight warm gel about 30 or 40 feet away from it. Blogged this last week….
But also managed to move my subject around a little, let the strings drop, and move camera angle to get these two looks.
Couple of different looks from one light on a stick. The nice thing about trying light like this, and putting it through something, or around the door and down the hall is that it might end up….unpredictable. Umbrella? Cool, looks nice. Soft box? Okay, been there, done that. But through a bunch of strings? Or glass bricks? Or something? Anything? Might be fun. It also might suck. That's a given. But to light well on any level is to experiment, continuously.
Onto Berlin, and this amazing cave like night club place. I had a notion, always a dangerous thing. Ended up doing this with Christian, a body builder, in front of the bar. Nine flashes. Why do I do this to myself? We tried at first to work it out, and just crashed and burned. It was the kind of setup that needed time and attention, two things I didn't really have available. The audience was gracious, but they were like, huh? I kinda shrugged. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. But then, during dinner hour, the crew said, hey, you know, if you want to get this, we'll stick with you and get it. So we did. 9 lights, one hour. Everybody came back from dinner, and we walked through it, piece by piece. It was a hoot. There were three lights on Christian, three back on the bar, one up top on the upper level, one for Caligula back there, one bounced for fill, and we got 'em all triggered TTL with an SU800 held up above camera.
In Hamburg, got a chance to work with an amazing couple, Mr. Olympia Oliver Reinhardt and his wife, Iris. Two tri-grips, each to the side. Gave up on this way too soon. Shoulda really stuck with it and worked it out, 'cause they are stunning together. But the mandate of these days is to move fast, and present as many issues and as much information as possible, so kept moving.
At Munich, we worked in a great studio with a cyc wall. You woulda thought I could leave well enough alone, but I went out to the dumpster and pulled in two broken wooden pallets, and put 3 SB900 units on the floor and let 'em rip, creating a, well, irregular shadow pattern.
Into which we dropped Tobias, a body builder whose arms and chest had a life of their own. Put him here.
And here.
Then moved him out of the hard shadow light, and lit him with a couple flashes. The wider he flexed, the wider his smile got. (If I had arms like this, I would smile a lot, too.)
Then thoroughly bronzed Tobias (no need for cloudy white balance here, folks) posed in front of the NPS loaner delivery car. Yep, in Europe, you need a lens from NPS, it shows up hours later, transported by this Lamborghini:-) Ever try lighting a car with speedlights? In less than a half an hour? Yikes, we moved fast. It was fun even though it was the type of shot you could work on for, oh, about 3 days.
In Switzerland, we had another great studio setting. When we walked in, we found Alexa, hanging from the ceiling and decided to light her, right then and there. Pascal Richard, of NPS Switzerland, sorted out a terrific combo of setting and talent for two days of smaller, group workshops, where everybody milled about and stayed close to the action and the lights.
This is 4 SB900 units outside the building. The three in the back are gelled blue, and the key light for our silk flyer is gelled warm. All are zoomed to 200mm, with no diffusion or light shapers of any kind. I loved this location. Ground floor, great windows. Used Win as a subject, too. A terrific shooter who just happens to have, like, 5 Harleys, he's definitely got the kind of face that has been pointing into the wind and peering over a set of handlebars for a long time. (He's also a card carrying member of the "Too Much Fun Club," and has partied hard with the likes of Peter Fonda, so this is also a face that lives life, and well. This is two lights, one outside, and one into a small ezybox hot shoe soft box.
In Frankfurt, another great location, and surprisingly there was a body builder and a ballerina already there! Ground floor, huge windows, and after I rummaged a bit, a 30′ ladder. Justin clamped a single SB900 to the ladder, trundled it outside and across an alleyway, and leaned it against another building. No one seemed to mind. White light, no diffusion. 200mm zoom.
That light, a white wall, and Marco produced this. Also could look like this from the side, with Daria.
All hard, daylight looking light. Until you put a table cloth in the flashed window. Then you get this.
In Slovenia, everybody was incredibly gracious, and man, Nikon's Tomas Puh and Rok Gasparic really rallied the troops. Almost 300 people showed up. I faced the typical photog challenge. What to do with four walls? Did have a pair of lovely gymnasts to work with, who were great kids. Washed three flashes off the projector screen to get this, which was a lot of fun.
Then I told them they could freelance a move, and boy did they.
This was shot from the audience by the terrific Ljubljana based shooter, Borut Peterlin, whose imagination is about as wide as his lens. On his site he's got a terrific set of quirky, provocative (definitely provocative), fascinating portraits of numerous cultural icons of Slovenia. He snapped this just as the two young ladies went into the stratosphere and totally overwhelmed my 14-24. I just put the camera down and lost it. Leaping ladies!
Last stop, Vienna, and a movie theater. The darkness of the place was daunting, but also gave me a measure of control. Was able to try a couple lighting scenarios with the lovely Miss Austria, Valentina Schlager.Worked out a nice combo of light for her up front, assisted by two SB900 units in the back of the room.
Then got the audience involved.
Lots of pix today on the blog, mostly 'cause I have lots of thank you's to offer. The NPS gang over in Europe was terrific. Yasuo Baba, the architect of the whole deal, just spins ideas and creates possibilities like crazy. His team of Michael Ramroth, Nicola Best, and the tireless Nils Pajenkamp and Stephanie Doll were there for Annie and I every step of the way, even down to staying ahead of the volcano ash and jumping on trains loaded with German soccer fans.
Here's the team, with the NPS delivery vehicle, which Annie got to drive. (Since she's been back, I've noticed she's driving her Honda a lot more aggressively:-)
The helpful crowd puts a tablecloth in the window.
Setting up a commander to fire the lights outside. You can translate TTL through as many as three SC-28 or 29 cords.
Annie working out a light.
Smoke and silk flyers in Switzerland.
Annie on a train. Saved my biggest thank you for last…..more tk
58 Responses to "Traveling Light"
Mark Holloway says:
on May 9, 2010 at 10:46 am
Great post. I love iTTL but Nikon should just build radios into the CLS system, OR, help Pocket Wizard get theirs in flight. I hear it's close but the wait has been agonizing. The cabling thing kind of a mess.
Ken Wilder says:
on May 9, 2010 at 8:43 pm
Kudos, Joe, that's all I can say over and over, kudos!
Pierre Bourgault says:
on May 10, 2010 at 11:56 am
Great post, I love reading about your adventures.
Have any plans in the near future to head up to Montreal, Canada?
karl bratby says:
on May 12, 2010 at 8:05 am
Brilliant work, very informative thankyou
John Rayl says:
on May 26, 2010 at 12:29 am
Great work and fun read as always Joe.
However, I must ask why you do not use Radio Poppers.
No more stringing SC-29 cables and trying to get SU-800/SB900 commander to fire the lights.
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Tickets are now on sale for the 2011 college football season opening game between East Carolina University and the University of South Carolina in Charlotte. The ECU Pirates will face off against the Carolina Gamecocks on Saturday, September 3, 2011 at Bank of America Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m. and the game will be televised on Fox Sports South.
Tickets are on sale to the public through TicketMaster. All tickets are priced at $60 each. This includes club level, lower level and upper level. Tickets may be purchased online at ticketmaster.com or by phone at 1-800-745-3000. Tickets are also available at the Carolina Panthers Box Office, located at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte.


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