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In the other direction, away from the red crane and the television camera, the gala and the white tent, was the ranch house. It was on a slight rise in the ground and it was surrounded by trees. It looked a modest house. From this modest-looking house Nelson Bunker Hunt and his wife were now coming, preceded by a television crew and onlookers—perhaps more than gala guests, perhaps political associates, perhaps people admitted to social intimacy. The television team—cameraman, soundman, and reporter walking backward, like crabs—imposed measure and stateliness on the procession. And when the people at the gala saw what was happening there was an involuntary gasp, as at the appearance of a saint or royalty. And really, his family, his wealth, and his adventures made Nelson Bunker Hunt a figure of fable; there was no one else quite like him in our world. And here he was, in his own setting, for a cause he considered good and pious, half our host.
It was hard to hear what he was saying to the television reporter. He was speaking softly; he seemed to be chewing up some of his words; I could only catch the word "conservative" two or three times. He seemed to be expressing his pleasure at the spread of the cause.
In the "Self-Portrait" questionnaire he had answered for the Dallas Morning News that day he had given "overeating" as his worst habit (he adored ice cream, apparently); but he was a good deal less fat than the photographs the London papers had printed of him at the time of his silver "caper." He had said that blue was his favorite color; and now indeed he was wearing a pale blue shirt, with a leather-thong tie, no thicker than a shoelace, but at the top button, instead of a knot, the leather thong somehow supported a silver dollar—a joking allusion, perhaps, to the silver caper. He was half smiling while he spoke. His wife, very small beside him, was smiling all the time; she seemed to be smiling out of pure pleasure at the occasion—the gala, the guests, the cause. She wore a diamond horseshoe brooch—just the one little touch of extravagance, almost like a little joke (matching her husband's silver dollar), and it seemed, with her smile, to be an offering to us, her guests.
And so they moved on with their media train, past the Oklahoman Indian warriors in their bright feathers (Chief Blue Hail and his band), past the reproduction stagecoach and the tame longhorn: Mr. and Mrs. Bunker Hunt, benign and public-spirited in this manifestation, standing for money and luck and oil and the land and work and reward and God and the old-fashioned way, incarnating and appearing to make very simple the complex American virtue that the barbecue and gala were intended to exalt and defend.
The call came to dinner. Bells? Whipcracks? I cannot remember: the call was western, unusual, part of the folk theater of the expensive occasion. The enormous tent with nearly two thousand people was—incredibly—air-conditioned (with the help of five hundred tons of equipment specially brought in by Mobile Air of Houston, coolers of oil refineries). The 1700 or so dinners ("designed by Dallas food stylist Dorothy Berry") were deftly served.
The benediction was spoken by Jerry Falwell, the fundamentalist Baptist preacher, the religious star of the right, who was to speak the benediction next day at the convention itself, after the introduction of Mrs. Reagan. Earlier in the evening Falwell had sat astride the Texas longhorn for the cameras. Now, with the lights playing on him on the platform in the tent, and with the TV cameras working, he, who had entered into the Americanist spirit of the gala, cast his own religious spirit over the occasion. He addressed God directly: "This evening is dedicated to Thee." Texan whoops followed the "amens." No sacrilege was intended by those whoops. These men, with true humility (the grand humility of the achiever, rather than the worthless humility of the defeated) were putting themselves on the side of God, and striking a blow at all that was ungodly, at all that threatened occasions like this one.
And virtue was its own reward. When Bunker Hunt was given a hand up to the platform it was to announce that the gala had attracted 1,650 paying guests, and not the four hundred or so he and NCPAC had been hoping for in the beginning. After clearing expenses, more than a million dollars had been raised from that tentful of people that evening for NCPAC's American Heroes for Reagan project.
It was a staggering figure. A middle-aged photographer at our press table became very excited. He had no friend or colleague with him, and he needed to talk to someone. He said across the dark table, "I got a picture of Jerry Falwell on the longhorn. I never thought I would get a picture like that. Got a picture of Bunker too. Bunker was walking and he saw a fork on the grass. He bent down. He bent down and picked that fork up and put it in his pocket and he said, 'That's the way you save money.' "
A brush with the great, a story that was already a fable.
And it was in that atmosphere of success and communal self-congratulation that the NCPAC film "Ronald Reagan's America" was screened. We at our press table saw it back to front. The screen had been put up in front of us, separating us from the million-dollar nobs.
The film opened with shots of John Wayne. It made him a great American figure, a figure of history almost, rather than a mere modern actor. The message was that all Americans who were positive and did jobs and served the land were like Wayne, were heroes. The subliminal message was that Wayne had been reincarnated in Mr. Reagan. The acting career that might have been an embarrassment in Mr. Reagan's early political days now worked to his advantage. Americanism had become the conservative cause; and Americanism was most easily grasped, most ideal, and most sentimental (sentimentality being important to any cause of the right), in comic books ("The Justice Society of America") and the lesser cinema.
Such wealth and power; such science and organization, so prodigally used even for the one-night theater of the Texas Gala. Such glitter, on the drive back to Dallas. But the greater the success and the greater the promise, the more painful the idea that it might all somehow go. And it was of this idea of threat—the other side of conservative sentimentality—that Ed Jenkins spoke the next morning in the NCPAC room at the Sheraton-Dallas Hotel.
Andrew and I went together. We spoke to Ed Jenkins because at that early hour he was the only senior person there. He was immediately warm, open, anxious to help. He left his literature-stacked counter and sat with us at a round table. He even, at my nervous request, turned down the sound of "Ronald Reagan's America"—that film seemed to be running all the time near the front desk, perhaps to draw the crowds in.
Ed Jenkins was thirty-two. He worked full-time for the Conservative Alliance, one of the groups within NCPAC. The NCPAC chairman was also the National Director of the Conservative Alliance. The Conservative Alliance (CALL) had a project, the National Coalition for America's Survival (NCAS), and this was running a Human Rights and National Survival Program (HRNSP). It was on HRNSP that Ed Jenkins was concentrating; and a press kit gave the "basic concept": "The United States government must stop giving the Soviets and other Communist governments the technology, credit, money and security to violate human rights and commit other acts against God and mankind."
Ed Jenkins said of CALL, "Our first aim is to stop communism. And turn it back. We feel it shouldn't exist. We feel all the world should be as free as we are." They were particularly concerned about the transfer of high technology to Russia.
And yet the movement had had simpler, even domestic, beginnings. "It was founded seven years ago. It used to be called 'Conservatives Against Liberal Legislation.' The name was changed this year. It was founded to fight the ramming-through of liberal legislation." And by that Ed Jenkins meant busing, mainly. "The people of the United States did not want busing." Busing brought misery to many families; Ed Jenkins had a sister who—though she had moved an hour-and-a-half's drive away from the town where her husband worked—was still tormented by busing.
"There was this group in the country who were fleeing from their own government. Unknown to themselves, they were starting this movement. I know that I was going to private school at the time and I can remember the desperation of parents—they were trying to get away from something."
I don't think Andrew was a conservative. But as Ed Jenkins spoke about busing—so far from the subject of HRNSP and the Russians, and yet it was possible to see the logic of the political journey, especially to an idealist who might be unwilling to beat a racial drum or even acknowledge racial passions—as Ed Jenkins spoke, I saw that Andrew, for all his writer's coolness, and even with his academic background, was sympathetic, and responding. Andrew, from New Jersey, understood perfectly what Ed Jenkins was talking about.
It was because of busing that people began sending their children to church schools, Ed Jenkins went on. It was because of busing that religious fundamentalism became respectable.
So here, sixteen years later, was unexpected confirmation of what Eldridge Cleaver had written in Soul on Ice: "A broad national consensus was developed over the civil rights struggle…. The task which the new right has feverishly undertaken is to erode and break up this consensus, something that is a distinct possibility since the precise issues and conditions which gave birth to the consensus no longer exist."
Ed Jenkins said: "I should say that before this, fundamentalists were not political. The idea people had of them was that they were not an important force in this country. But you must also understand that the New Right is not just a fundamentalist movement. It's all people. But the fundamentalist movement is a very important part of it. I'm not a fundamentalist, but I have a lot of respect for it.
"I belong to the Episcopalian Church myself. It's one of the mainline churches in the United States, but I left it. I left it because when I went there I did not hear religion. I heard our priest rail against our government and the injustices of our society and Vietnam. He would tell us that the United States was an imperialist power and that our soldiers were killing women and children. At this point I had three brothers-in-law in Vietnam—two of them didn't come back.
"The change was so dramatic, so subtle. I think that the liberalism that America embraced in the late Sixties and early Seventies created the power base of the right today.
"I left the church, as I told you, because my priest had decided that religion had to become a social movement. These mainline churches—like the Episcopalians—were actually becoming a part of the government. And to them if a fundamentalist church became involved with something political they were a bunch of nuts. But as long as it was a mainline church sending priests—on our money—down to Selma, Alabama, to be involved in violence, that was a social cause, and not a political cause."
And now, without any prompting from Andrew or me, Ed Jenkins began to talk about his family history. It was part of his openness. It was also his response to our interest in him.
"My father was very conservative. He grew up in Akron, Ohio. He was the son of a very poor family. Irish and Welsh. On my mother's side there is some German and Dutch. My father was probably the stereotypical American. He worked his way through high school, college. He usually had three jobs. He graduated in journalism because he couldn't afford medical school. But he went back and he eventually became a doctor. When he was 27–28–29. He started with nothing. He died at the age of fifty-seven from overwork. But he had done the two things he had set out to do. Not just become a doctor, but the best doctor he could be. And, two, make sure his children would never have to go through what he had to go through. He would tell me stories, with his mother there, how when he was growing up they would have meat maybe once a week—and he was an only child. Because they were poor my father wasn't—I wouldn't say malnutritioned—but he didn't get the vitamins, the food he needed, and because of that he was very frail and very small all his life."
Ed Jenkins was not frail; but he had inherited something of his father's small stature.
Andrew, who was partly Russian, asked: "Your grandfather?"
"He was a factory worker. When he could get work. My grandfather played on the first football team in America. He died very poor. Those people on the early teams made no money. My grandmother could remember being so ecstatic—it was very early on—because there was a championship game, and each member of the winning team was going to get five dollars."
From one point of view, this was a story of deprivation in a land of plenty; in many countries it might have provoked anger. But from another point of view the story was of a rise: grandfather a factory worker, father a doctor. That was how Ed Jenkins looked on it. "It was instilled from birth that anybody could do anything in the world they wished, that if they had the desire and the will there was nothing to stop them. That was the beauty of America. I can remember other neighbors' kids getting in trouble for different things and getting spanked. The worst thing anyone in our family could do was not doing our best, whether it was cutting the grass or studying at school."
Andrew said, "You got spanked for that?"
I asked, "When did your father die?"
"In 1967, just before I turned sixteen. My father was opposed to what the government was doing. He felt our government was creating a welfare state, which he said is a mild way of saying 'socialistic.' On top of that he felt our government was backing down to the communists. He believed that the communists fully planned to take over the entire world. He was a Goldwater Republican until he went to the convention. I went with him. I was twelve."
So Ed Jenkins was introduced at an early age not only to formal politics, but also—in the middle of his family's success—to the idea of threat, instability (new horrors replacing the old), the idea of a world barely mastered being taken away again.
"I felt the government was destroying the fabric of America, destroying what made America great."
But when was that good time, that secure period?
"People sometimes ask me who was the last great president. Some say Kennedy. I don't think so. At the risk of appearing narrow-minded, I say Teddy Roosevelt. He was a fighter, he was stubborn. He was almost a salesman for America. America was the greatest country in the world and he was willing to go to any lengths to prove it. And he had the qualities I was brought up on—that you do the best you can, whatever it is—and the one thing you can say about Teddy is that when he took on a job he did it with a gusto, a love of life. He loved life. And he loved America."
Ed Jenkins had gone to work for the Conservative Alliance for one year, and stayed for four. It was a financial sacrifice, but he considered it good and necessary. "Just as my father was worried about his children, I am worried about mine."
Andrew, who was more impressed by Ed Jenkins than he thought he would be, said later, "That story of poverty and struggle is something many people of the right tell."
Andrew was right. Early poverty was the theme of two of the convention speeches that evening. Senator Domenici told of his poor grocer father in New Mexico. Mr. Hill, a black Baptist pastor, told of sleeping in a pigpen in Dallas in 1947. It caused some heartburn that the pigpen speech wasn't taken by the networks. It would have been politically very powerful.
During the convention one of the publications distributed was the Presidential Biblical Scoreboard. This purported to give (from various sources) the presidential and vice-presidential candidates' attitudes to a variety of issues—abortion, homosexuality, women's rights, pedophilia, pornography, the nuclear freeze, prayers in schools. Just as all these issues were seen as "Biblical" issues, so they all appeared to be aspects of one big issue of right and wrong, requiring only a particular kind of faith.
Mr. Reagan didn't come out too badly in the Scoreboard. Once, before he became president, he was asked by a reporter, "Governor, whom are you patterning your life after?" Mr. Reagan said, "Oh, that's very easy. The man from—" After all the shots of John Wayne in "Ronald Reagan's America," and the emphasis on Mr. Reagan's own film past, one might have expected Mr. Reagan to say, "The man from Laramie." But what he said was, "The man from Galilee." And, oddly, during the convention week, the two did not seem dissimilar. The pervading sentimentality—about old America, the old faith, the West (or the western), old films, old stars—had brought the two ideas together, and almost without blasphemy. Mr. Reagan, running together his three roles—actor, politician, old-fashioned Christian—had made himself into a formidable political personality. He answered many needs; many people of the many-featured right could read their fantasies in him. He was an actor: an actor could say very little, and still stand for a lot.
On Wednesday, at the convention center, after the pigpen speech (delivered in a hectoring, Baptist way), there was a film about Mrs. Reagan. She was shown unveiling a plaque to her surgeon father and appearing to sob. There was something about her acting career. Frank Sinatra sang the song about Nancy. Mr. Reagan said with emotion, "I don't know what I'd do without her." And in the end they walked off down a slope into a wood.
The lights went on and there was applause. We had a surprise. The film was not a substitute for Mrs. Reagan's presence. Mrs. Reagan had been brought in during the screening of the film and was now on the podium, in white. We had a further surprise: on the big screen at the back there wasn't a big picture of Mrs. Reagan, but a live view of Mr. Reagan in his room at Trammell Crow's Anatole Hotel. Mrs. Reagan waved at the big screen. For a second or so Mr. Reagan seemed bemused, but then he started waving back. It was a great moment of family theater. And it was enough. It was what the delegates needed. All that was required of Mr. Reagan now was his presence. And that was what we got on the last day.
The political part of his speech repeated what had been said by others. The poetical part at the end, about the "springtime of hope," was less a speech, less a matter of poetry and language, than a scenario for a short documentary about multiracial, many-landscaped America. So that at the climax of the great occasion, as at the center of so many of the speeches, there was nothing. It was as if, in summation, the sentimentality, about religion and Americanism, had betrayed only an intellectual vacancy; as if the computer language of the convention had revealed the imaginative poverty of these political lives. It was "as if"—in spite of the invocations and benedictions (the last benediction to be spoken by Dr. Criswell)—"as if inspiration had ceased, as if no vast hope, no religion, no song of joy, no wisdom, no analogy, existed any more."
The words are by Emerson; they were written about England. English Traits, published in 1856, was about Emerson's two visits to England, in 1833 and 1847, when he felt that English power, awesome and supreme as it still was, was on the turn, and that English intellectual life was being choked by the great consciousness of power and money and rightness. "They exert every variety of talent on a lower ground." Emerson wrote, "and may be said to live and act in a submind." Something like this I felt in the glitter of Dallas. Power was the theme of the convention, and this power seemed too easy—national power, personal power, the power of the New Right. Like Emerson in England, I seemed in the convention hall of Dallas "to walk on a marble floor, where nothing will grow."


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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does the old man eat to get more strength after he washed his face and hands?
(a) The cleaned flying fish.
(b) A jellyfish.
(c) The bad smelling dolphin.
(d) Some jerky he forgot he had in his pocket.
2. Which line below gives an indication of Santiago's respect for nature?
(a) I wish I could feed the fish, he thought. He is my brother.
(b) He thought of how some men feared being out of sight of land in a small boat.
(c) God help me to have the cramp go.
(d) Light brisa, he thought, better weather for me than for you, fish.
3. What sound of nature replaces human sounds as Santiago rows farther and farther out to sea?
(a) The chatter of dolphins searching for breakfast.
(b) The hissing of the wings of flying fish.
(c) The call of humpback whales.
(d) The lapping of the waves against the skiff.
4. What amusing thing does the old man say to the fish as the fish begins to come nearer the skiff?
(a) Fish, why don't you just give up?
(b) Fish, don't you understand that you are beaten already?
(c) Fish, you are going to die. Do you have to kill me, too?
(d) Fish, you will look good hanging from my wall.
5. Why does the old man's boat move faster as he nears the land?
(a) Sharks are pushing it along.
(b) There is little weight now on the side of his boat.
(c) He is being carried by the Gulf Stream.
(d) The winds pick up.
6. What tells Santiago that he is becoming unclear in the head?
(a) He tells the fish to come and kill him.
(b) He thinks he has two fish on his line.
(c) He thinks he sees the fish turning green.
(d) He tells himself to let the fish go.
7. What commonality does Santiago observe in deep water fish when they pick up speed?
(a) They turn yellow when they are angry or frightened.
(b) They have purple stripes or spots.
(c) They are always hungry.
(d) They all look green in the water.
8. How does Santiago imagine Joe DiMaggio would be able to do what he is doing with the marlin?
(a) Not so well except at clubbing the big fish to death.
(b) He would get too tired because baseball games do not last for days.
(c) He couldn't do it at all because of his bone spur.
(d) Better, because his is young and strong and his father was a fisherman.
9. What does Santiago think about giving up hope?
(a) He believes it is being real.
(b) He believes it is a sin.
(c) He believes it is all he can do now.
(d) He believes there is no such thing as hope.
10. What worries Santiago as he returns to Cuba in the night?
(a) That he has been headed the wrong way.
(b) That people are worrying about him.
(c) That the boy won't be there to help him.
(d) That the bones of the marlin will fall off.
11. What is Santiago's secret for deep sea fishing?
(a) To bring the lines up often so the fish will notice the movement.
(b) To let the boat drift and put the lines at an angle.
(c) To keep the lines straight down.
(d) To use no more than one line at a time.
12. What does Santiago plan to do to change his luck?
(a) He buys a new sail for his boat.
(b) He plans to row far out to fish.
(c) He takes his lucky charms with him.
(d) He gets the priest to bless his boat.
13. How does the old man console himself as he returns home?
(a) He will never have to go fishing again.
(b) The boy will be there waiting for him.
(c) He promises himself never to go that far out again.
(d) There is little damage to his boat.
14. How many rows of teeth does the Mako shark have?
(a) Four.
(b) Eight.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.
15. What brings Santiago awake suddenly in the night?
(a) It starts to rain.
(b) The smell of the leftover raw fish.
(c) The marlin is jumping again and again out of the sea.
(d) Another plane flies over at a low altitude.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the old man think about a cramp?
2. Speaking out loud, what does Santiago say to the big fish on his line?
3. How many times does the old man have to stop and sit down on his way to his shack?
4. How did the old man know the marlin had turned eastward?
5. How long had their last dry spell lasted before the old man and the boy caught some good fish?
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Paul Gauguin (June 7, 1848 – May 8,1903) was a French Post-Impressionist artist recognized after his death for his use of colors and as a forerunner of the Symbolist movement. He was contemporary of Vincent Van Gogh, and his work influenced Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse.
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"Famed French artist Paul Gauguin, born in Paris on June 7, 1848, created his own unique painting style, much like he crafted his own distinctive path through life. Known for bold colors, simplified forms and strong lines, he didn't have any art formal training. Gauguin instead followed his own vision, abandoning both his family and artistic conventions." This Biography Channel synopsis includes quick facts, a biography and a full-episode video about Gauguin and Van Gogh's friendship, rivalry, and art work.
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"Paul Gauguin styled himself and his art as 'savage.' Although he began his artistic career with the Impressionists in Paris, during the late 1880s he fled farther and farther from urban civilization in search of an edenic paradise where he could create pure, 'primitive' art." Visit this virtual exhibit for a slideshow of Gauguin's work, a biography, a timeline, and a collection of thematic essays, about topics such as Post-Impressionism and Symbolism.
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"Following the stock-market crash of 1882, Gauguin lost his bank job. Having no income, he envisaged supporting himself by his painting and took his family from Paris to Rouen and then to Copenhagen, where he worked as a salesman for a canvas manufacturer. He spent a miserable year in Denmark in 1885: neither his parents-in-law, who took the couple in, nor the Danish public appreciated Impressionist painting." Visit MoMA's site for an in-depth biography, and a slideshow of Gauguin's work.
National Gallery of Art: Paul Gauguin5 stars
"In 1891 his rejection of European urban values led him to Tahiti, where he expected to find an unspoiled culture, exotic and sensual. Instead, he was confronted with a world already transformed by western missionaries and colonial rule. In large measure, Gauguin had to invent the world he sought, not only in paintings but with woodcarvings, graphics, and written works." Click "Start Tour" for an annotated look at six Gauguin paintings from the National Gallery of Art.
Feldman, Barbara. "Paul Gauguin." Surfnetkids. Feldman Publishing. 27 May. 2014. Web. 4 Dec. 2014. <http://www.surfnetkids.com/resources/paul-gauguin/ >.
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Book your room at The Kings Arms
Malmesbury hotel with a restaurant
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Situated in the suburbs, this hotel is close to Malmesbury Abbey. Area attractions also include Highgrove House and Gardens and Highgrove House.
Hotel Features
In addition to a restaurant, The Kings Arms features complimentary wireless Internet access. Other amenities include free self parking and wedding services.
Room Amenities
Flat-screen televisions come with digital channels. Guestrooms also feature complimentary wireless Internet access, DVD players, and coffee/tea makers.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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At your hotel
The hotel offers a restaurant. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- Total number of rooms - 12
- Number of floors - 2
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Free Wi-Fi
- Restaurant
- Free self parking
- Free parking nearby
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- One meeting room
- Wedding services
Stay connected
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
Park your car
Free self parking, Free parking nearby
In your room
- DVD player
- Coffee/tea maker
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer (on request)
- Desk
- Digital TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free Wi-Fi
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Eat and drink
English breakfasts are available for a surcharge.
ELMER RESTAURANT - This restaurant specializes in British cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
The fine print for The Kings Arms
When you arrive
Check-in time ends at 11 PM
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
When you leave
Check-out time is 11 AM
How you can pay
Your pets
Pets allowed, Only dogs are allowed
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Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
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Despite a 41-31 victory over Washington on Friday in which UCLA was in control throughout, the Bruins fell one spot in this week's AP poll to No. 14.
The rest of the Pac-12 was shaken up quite a bit with USC's upset of Stanford on Saturday night. The Cardinal fell all the way to No. 10, while the Trojans climbed their way into the poll at No. 23.
With Stanford's loss and drop in the polls, Oregon, at No. 5, is in the driver's seat for the Pac-12 North title with only two weeks remaining. The other spot in the title game will come down to UCLA, USC, or Arizona State, which slots in at No. 19 this week.
Lucky for UCLA, it'll be able to determine its own fate in the next two weeks. It's next two matchups come against the Sun Devils and Trojans.
Here's the full AP poll for this week:
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2. Florida State (5) ... 10-0
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Simply Speaking: Bozo of the week
Americans For Limited Government (ALG), whose name implies exactly what voters on Nov. 2 shouted (not whispered) to government at every level, just named Obama's EPA administrator, Lisa Jackson, Bozo of the Week.
The "award" fits and all right-thinking Texans should second the motion because of what she evidently 'thought-up" during the Christmas Holidays, something that will hurt Texas…and all Americans.
As you know, many of the EPA's determinations are based on faulty science, much of which was provided by "farmed-out" international organizations, such as by UN bureaucrats (and others), none of which look favorably on independent-thinking Texans.
Part of this faulty science has been promoted as so-called global-warming, and its current focus is on reduction of CO2, a so-called greenhouse gas (horrors).
Guess what this week's bozo breathes out after each and every intake of life-sustaining oxygen?
Yep, you science-empowered students know full well Ms Lisa Jackson, EPA guru, is "polluting" with CO2 upon every exhalation and with every goofy, wrong-headed edict coming out of her mouth.
Well, Jan. 2, 2011 marked the date set by Obama and the EPA, edicting Texas as no longer capable of licensing its petroleum refineries, having the very possible chilling effect of shutting down 20 percent of America's refining capacity. I think that is exactly what they want.
They'd rather continue doing America's petroleum business with their Middle East Muslim friends than with any part of Texas.
This is Obama-politics at its very nastiest. They know Texas, for instance, is America's most prosperous state.
They also know we definitely did not go for him and his ilk in November 2008, nor on Nov. 2, 2010, certainly not now.
We are a genuine, bonafide, certified, licensed Red State.
Always have been, even when we voted Democrat; even before the designation of Red and Blue States.
This rubs liberals and people from that section of America (all the way over to Chicago) the wrong way.
Always has. So, they're trying to shut us down and punish us through their "you vote; we decide" style of government.
Those people would probably prefer Texas as not being a part of the US, except for their love of our tax revenues and Texas' cheap(er)-to-them natural gas. That's been the case for a long time too.
Come to think of it, Texas would probably be very prosperous as the Republic of Texas, as we once were from 1836 to 1845.
Wouldn't it be nice to spend all of our hard-earned tax money, rather than sending it all to Washington…and having them throw us a bone in return?
They've just-about stopped throwing us bones anymore…
As a republic, we could make up our own mind about things like global warming, CO2 as a dangerous greenhouse gas…or not, whether to use and refine our own Texas petroleum, controlling our borders, actually reducing our taxes and its eternal sidekick, burdensome government regulations.
Just a thought.
If trouble did rear its ugly head, we could simply put in a call to Harris County and say, "We've got a problem, Houston."
As it is, maybe our most excellent Texas attorney general can somehow throw a coat or other obstruction over Barack Hussein Obama and Lisa Jackson's stovepipe and get them out in the open (per the new True Grit movie). Exposure to devious ways has the effect of a good damper.
By the way, if you're not yet hooked up with the Ellis County Tea Party (elliscountyteaparty.org), it may be about time for you to check them out and lend your talents.
Strength through informed people working together is hard to beat, but requires our getting involved. Something to think about…
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He says the move could lead to a market where both are traded until RPI-linked gilts tail off or the Bank could simply swap existing RPI-linked gilts for newer CPI-linked options.
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I've been meaning to comment of this for a few days but politicking has drained much of my time. Here's the issue in a nut shell,
A judge stopped an East Texas school district on Thursday from barring cheerleaders from quoting biblical scripture on banners at high school football games, acknowledging their argument that is appears to violate their free speech rights.
District Judge Steve Thomas granted an injunction requested by the Kountze High School cheerleaders allowing them to continue displaying such banners pending the outcome of a lawsuit set to go to trial next June 24, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said. Thomas previously granted a temporary restraining order allowing the practice to continue.
School officials barred the cheerleaders from displaying banners with religious messages such as, "If God is for us, who can be against us," after the Freedom From Religion Foundation complained. The advocacy group says the messages violate the First Amendment clause barring the government — or a publicly funded school district, in this case — from establishing or endorsing a religion. [CBSNews.com]
I tend to support the efforts of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Generally these things aren't even close calls. But here I sort of think that maybe Judge Thomas might have been correct in issuing the injunction pending trial on the issues. But I see it as a very close call and contingent on a couple important, often problematic, issues. So, I also worry that the judge made the wrong call. The cheerleaders may well have elected to use and continue to use banners with various quotations from the Bible on their own and without the advice, direction, or supervision of any school teacher or employee. It's possible. As such these banners may represent the completely free expression of the students and not of the government in the form of the school district and its employees functioning in their capacity of employees. If that is so and there are no other contingencies to the contrary, then it is a simple matter of free expression and is protected as such.
But it is likely not that simple. First, I worry that the use of the banners was not a completely free expression of the students. Such student expressions seldom are. Second, I worry about a tyranny of the majority. In other words, I worry that peer pressure from the majority of the cheerleaders might have compromised the free expression of a minority who might not want to have the Biblical quotations on the banners. I also worry about a more direct form of peer pressure. Someone may have been excluded from the squad because of contrary religion beliefs or lack of religious beliefs. That possibility is nearly unavoidable. A public school sponsored cheerleading squad is not a church and does not have the right of exclusivity. If there was even the slightest role of school officials, including teachers, or the slightest element of tyranny of the majority involved then the judge was wrong and hopefully will be shown so at trial. Should the outcome be against the cheerleaders, those who so chose to do so will be completely free to express their religious credulity in some other way.
It will be abnormally interesting to see what happens at trial.
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Barack Obama nose job? I can't believe this!
I could not believe this. Barack Obama had a nose job? I always thought he looked great but I then come to find some compelling information that he had work done on the bridge and tip of his nose. If you notice his nasal tip you will see is extremely narrow considering his ethnicity. This is highly unusual. So unusual that it's probably not natural.
What do you think? Do you think he had a nose job?
Nobody replied to this post, but I did a quick search and found the answer ...
Barack Obama's nose job
It looks like he has veneers, and his skin is much darker in all of his old photos. Hmm ...
Do any of you guys know exactly what Barack Obama did to himself? You say he whitened his skin how did he do that? When did he get his veneerS? I am writing a paper on this and am trying to find out this info and have been searching everywhere for it but no one can tell me when he has had this stuff done.
I do not know the exact date or year when he got his nose job, however, it was after he graduated from law school, as his "old nose" is prevalent in his graduation pictures. Veneers are very common, and unless you look through a plethora of dated pictures or obtain his dental records, it would be difficult to pinpoint when he got them. As far as skin whitening, again, I do not know any dates. Usually skin whitening is done over an extended period of time, with multiple treatments. This wiki article may give you some info about methods that can be used: Skin whitening - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Check out the link below. It seems that Barack isn't the only Obama to get a nose job.
It is also suspected that she gets regular Botox injections, had a mini facelift, and the possibility of cheek implants is highly suspect. She also has veneers like her husband.
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|Red Sonja
Theatrical release poster
|Directed by
|Richard Fleischer
|Produced by
|Christian Ferry
|Written by
|Clive Exton
George MacDonald Fraser
|Based on
by Robert E. Howard
|Arnold Schwarzenegger
Brigitte Nielsen
Sandahl Bergman
|Music by
|Ennio Morricone
|Giuseppe Rotunno
|Edited by
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|Distributed by
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|Release dates
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|89 minutes[1]
United States
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|Box office
Red Sonja is a 1985 Dutch-American sword and sorcery action film directed by Richard Fleischer. The film introduces Brigitte Nielsen as the title character with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sandahl Bergman, Ronald Lacey, Ernie Reyes, Jr., Paul L. Smith, and Pat Roach in supporting roles. The film features the sword-wielding Marvel Comics character Red Sonja, created by Roy Thomas, who first appeared in Marvel's Conan the Barbarian series (#23) in 1973. Red Sonja was based on Red Sonya of Rogatino, a character invented by R. E. Howard appearing in his short story, "The Shadow of the Vulture" (1934). The film acknowledges that it was "based on the character created by Robert E. Howard" in the introductory credits.
As in Howard's stories of Conan, the film takes place in the Hyborian Age, a fictional prehistoric time that had been depicted previously in the films Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer. The film was shot in Italy, on location in Celano and the rest of the Abruzzo region, and in the Stabilimenti Cinematografici Pontini studios near Rome.
Red Sonja is visited by a spirit who grants her the strength to seek her revenge against Queen Gedren. In a flashback scene, Gedren murders Red Sonja's brother and parents after Sonja rejects the queen's sexual advances, and Sonja is raped by Gedren's troops.
Later, Gedren's army and her aide-de-camp Ikol attack a temple full of white-robed priestesses, who are preparing to destroy a large, glowing green orb called the Talisman, used by the Creator to forge the world. This dangerous artifact's destructive power is growing, and the priestesses intend to destroy it before it gets out of control and destroys the world. Only the priestess Varna manages to escape and she is mortally injured. Varna encounters Lord Kalidor and begs him to help her find her sister, Red Sonja. Kalidor finds Sonja and tells her that her sister is dying. Before dying, Varna tells Sonja what happened at the temple, and urges her to find the Talisman and destroy it. Sonja begins a journey to Berkubane, Gedren's Kingdom of Eternal Night.
Sonja sees a storm in the distance, indicating that someone is using the Talisman. Kalidor offers to help her, but Sonja rejects his offer and rides to the now-ruined kingdom of Hablock. There she meets the young Prince Tarn and his servant, Falkon. They tell her that Gedren wiped out Hablock and its army with the Talisman because Tarn refused to surrender. Tarn announces that he is raising a new army to crush Gedren and invites Sonja to work for him as a cook. She declines and goes her own way.
Sonja kills Lord Brytag after he refuses her passage through the mountain passes. His troops surround Sonja, and Kalidor, who has secretly been following her, attacks their rear, allowing Sonja to escape. Sonja comes across Tarn and Falkon in the mountains. Tarn is being tortured by bandits. Falkon rejoins Sonja to help her kill the brigands and free the prince. They travel onward toward Berkubane.
At Castle Berkubane, Gedren and Ikol watch Sonja and her party approaching on a magic screen. Gedren recognizes Sonja and orders that she be brought back to the fortress unharmed. She and Ikol use the Talisman to conjure up a storm, forcing Sonja's band to take shelter in a watery cavern. Gedren unleashes an "Icthyan Killing Machine" in the cavern. Kalidor reappears, and helps Sonja blind the beast.
Sonja now accepts Kalidor's company, but also warns him that "no man can have her" unless he can defeat her in a swordfight. Kalidor challenges her and they fight to a draw. Kalidor, Sonja and Falkon then infiltrate Castle Berkubane. To protect Tarn, they convince him to stay behind in order to prevent Gedren from escaping. Sonja confronts Gedren, while Kalidor and Falkon deal with her guards in the castle's dining hall. Ikol tries to escape with gold looted from Hablock, but is stopped by Prince Tarn, who accidentally kills him.
The Talisman, which Gedren has placed in a Chamber of Lights, is becoming too powerful to control. Its power breaks the floor open, revealing a chasm of molten lava beneath the castle. Sonja and Gedren fight in the Chamber, but Sonja eventually gains the upper hand and runs Gedren through with her sword, sending the evil ruler plunging to her doom in the lava pit below. Sonja throws the Talisman in after her, destroying it and starting a chain reaction that tears Castle Berkubane apart. The heroes manage to escape just before the castle is consumed by the rising volcano. Sonja and Kalidor kiss. Prince Tarn and Falkon look on before departing.
- Brigitte Nielsen as Red Sonja
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as Lord Kalidor
- Sandahl Bergman as Queen Gedren of Berkubane
- Paul L. Smith as Falkon
- Ernie Reyes, Jr. as Prince Tarn
- Ronald Lacey as Ikol
- Pat Roach as Lord Brytag
- Terry Richards as Djart
- Janet Agren as Varna, Red Sonja's sister
- Donna Osterbuhr as Kendra (High Priestess)
- Lara Naszinsky as Queen Gedren's handmaid
- Hans Meyer as Red Sonja's father
- Francesca Romana Coluzzi as Red Sonja's mother
- Stefano Maria Mioni as Barlok (Red Sonja's brother)
- Tutte Lemkow as Wizard
- Kiyoshi Yamasaki as Kyobo
- Tad Horino as Swordmaster
- Sven-Ole Thorsen as one of Lord Brytag's bodyguards
- Erik Holmey as Lord Brytag's bodyguard who battles Red Sonja before she kills him
In Conan the Barbarian, Sandahl Bergman played Valeria, a thief and the love of Conan's life. Bergman was offered the role of Red Sonja, but turned it down, choosing instead to play the villainous Queen Gedren.[4] Recently revealed in an interview, De Laurentiis met with actress Laurene Landon and was set to offer her the role of Red Sonja until he discovered she was in an earlier film called "Hundra;" fearing it too similar, she did not get the part. It took Dino De Laurentiis almost a year to find an actress "Amazonian" enough to play the title character; he was still looking eight weeks before the scheduled production, when he saw Brigitte Nielsen on the cover of a fashion magazine. The 21-year-old native of Helsingør, Denmark, in Milan for a modeling job, soon found herself on a plane heading for Rome and a successful screen test.[5]
George MacDonald Fraser, who had recently adapted Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea for De Laurentiis was hired to work on the script during filming.[6]
The musical score of Red Sonja was composed and conducted by Ennio Morricone.
Track Listing for the First Release on LP
- Symphonic Suite for Chorus and Orchestra - Part I (16:37)
- Symphonic Suite for Chorus and Orchestra - Part II (18:42)
Track Listing for the CD Release
- Prologue (01:24)
- Main Title (02:22)
- The Talisman (03:15)
- Temple Raid (01:39)
- Touch It (01:03)
- Sonja and the Sword Master (01:49)
- Vanna's Death (02:00)
- The Gate of Brytag (01:47)
- Sonja vs. Brytag (01:14)
- Fighting the Soldiers (03:36)
- The Chamber of Lights (02:02)
- Sorcery (00:46)
- Sonja Teaches Tam (01:33)
- Treasure in the Cavern (02:07)
- Kalidor and Sonja (01:43)
- A Fair Fight (01:50)
- Entering the Castle (02:12)
- Defeats the Queen (01:36)
- End Credits (03:42)
The film received generally negative reviews from critics.[7] Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a score of 20%, with the site's critical consensus stating, "Dull, poorly directed, and badly miscast, Red Sonja is an uninspired conclusion to Schwarzenegger's barbarian trilogy."[8] Schwarzenegger commented, "It's the worst film I have ever made." He joked, "Now, when my kids get out of line, they're sent to their room and forced to watch Red Sonja ten times. I never have too much trouble with them."[9][5][10]
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy gave it a scathing entry. The main criticism was that it was a "B-movie" with bad characterization, bad acting and an entirely clichéd display of swords and sorcery. In particular, the Encyclopedia accuses the movie of being homophobic and of purposely portraying homosexuality as a negative, evil trait. Gedren is portrayed as a lesbian whose rivalry with Sonja is based partly on the fact that Sonja once rejected her sexual advances.[11]
Leonard Maltin seemed to agree, giving the movie 1.5 out of 4 stars and calling it "Spectacularly silly...It might amuse juvenile viewers, but the only real point of interest for adults is deciding who gives the worse performance, Nielsen or Bergman."
An even harsher evaluation was given by "Phantom of the Movies" Joe Kane: "An unwise return by Schwarzenegger to his first hit property. Only, instead of sword-and-sorcery, this is 'grunt-and-groan'...he grunts while we groan. Yet it should be noted, in Arn's defense, that he manages to stay off-screen for more than half the movie. Though the fur and heads fly in a few scattered battle scenes, the title character is wooden...and the film itself is clankier than a knight's shining armor."
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Marvel Comics published a comic book adaptation of the film by writer Louise Simonson and artists Mary Wilshire and Vince Colletta in Marvel Super Special #38.[12] The adaptation was also available as a two-issue limited series.[13]
A second Red Sonja film has been in development for some years. In 2008, Robert Rodriguez and his production company Troublemaker Studios were working on a version that would have starred Rose McGowan as the titular character.[14] By 2009 however, the Rodriguez project had been scrapped, and as of February 2010, rights holders Nu Image are moving forward with another projected new film, to be directed by Simon West. Producer Avi Lerner has said he would like to see Amber Heard take the role of Sonja, after having worked with her on Drive Angry. Lerner says the film will shoot before the sequel to Conan the Barbarian.[15] In August 2012 at the premiere of The Expendables 2 West said that the film is still a go and will be out soon. [16]
- ^ "RED SONJA (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 1985-08-01. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
- ^ "Movie Red Sonja - Box Office Data". The Numbers. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
- ^ Red Sonja (1985) – Box Office Mojo
- ^ "Comic Book Movies: Red Sonja". Filmwerk.co.uk.
- ^ a b "Marvel Movie Madness! Part 20: Red Sonja". Rotten Tomatoes. 2011-06-23. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ^ George MacDonald Fraser, The Light's On at Signpost, HarperCollins 2002 p264-271
- ^ Maslin, Janet (1985-07-03). "Movie Review - Red Sonja - THE SCREEN: 'RED SONJA' - NYTimes.com". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ^ "Red Sonja". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ^ "Arnold Schwarzenegger: 'Red Sonja' | TheDailyBeast.com: Stars Who Slam Their Movies | Comcast.net". Xfinity.comcast.net. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ^ Jones, Emma. "Arnold Schwarzenegger, Red Sonja - Actors who hate their own films". Entertainment.ca.msn.com. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ^ The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
- ^ Marvel Super Special #38 at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ Red Sonja: The Movie at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ "Rose McGowan Explains Why Red Sonja Never Happened". ReelzChannel. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ^ "Amber Heard For Red Sonja? | Movie News | Empire". Empireonline.com. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
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Game of Thrones Season 3 has delivered on so many levels, despite feeling like it just premiered a few short weeks ago.
Most fans I talk to cannot believe how quickly the season has gone. Thankfully, one episode remains, but I will certainly need the week in between to digest all that transpired on "The Rains of Castamere."
You could feel something major coming, for some time now. With three different story lines - Samwell and Gilly, Jon and the wildings, Bran and his crew - all converging on the Wall, my money was on the biggest wrinkle taking place among them. My second guess would have been on Dany's camp to play host to a jaw-dropping development.
So Robb and Catelyn's long and tedious march to see Edmure wed to one of the Freys was probably furthest from my thoughts at the start of the episode.
Perhaps what made Walder's betrayal in the end so jarring, aside from the obvious, was how funny a character he was upon Robb's arrival. The introduction of his daughters and granddaughters was hysterical.
Walder Frey: My granddaughter, Waltha? Walra? Waldina.
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I couldn't help but think of SNL's Starbuck's Verismo skit ("order for Amorpha ... Amarella ...") Then things got awkward. Actor David Bradley's demeanor went from forgetful to foul as he began to address Talisa.
Walder Frey: I can always see what's going on beneath a dress. Been at this a long time. I bet when you take that dress off everything stays right where it is. Don't drop an inch. | permalink
Robb had to be held back by his mother, as Walder's demeanor began to resemble Bradley's portrayal of Argus Filch in the Harry Potter films, as opposed to a man of nobility. When nothing inappropriate was proposed or demanded by the him, though, I assumed Robb and his bride were in the clear. The only one who still had any worrying left to do, by the looks of his marital prospects, was Edmure. Fraia was probably the prettiest of the lot, but I'm pretty sure she was pregnant upon a second look. Did you catch the glance Blackfish flashed his nephew in that scene? It was priceless.
From the looks of things, Edmure made out like a bandit... but what became of him after he was carried off to the bedding ceremony? Even more pressing a question was how convenient was it that Blackfish excused himself to go find a tree to urinate on, right before the fateful music began to play? We know Bolton took Lannister gold in addition to Frey's granddaughter's weight in silver, but were Brynden and Edmure in on the betrayal as well?
Hopefully we will find out in the finale, but perhaps we won't. One thing I do know: I stared in disbelief at my television as the closing credits began to silently roll by. It was not until the volume kicked back in for the upcoming scenes that I was shaken from my daze of disbelief. I probably was making a face similar to Hodor's when Bran got inside his head and put him in that trance like state.
We were treated to the most in depth scenes featuring Bran and his companions this week. Their arc has sort of remained on the back burner for the most part. But they finally crossed paths with another group when Robb and the wildings happened to chase the horse owner to the same locale in which they were hiding.
I can only imagine the number of meme and GIF images there now are of Bran telling Hodor to stop "Hodoring." Amidst Bran discovering something new about his power and awesomely entering the mind of his wolf, we were treated to some very sentimental moments from the most unlikely of characters.
The bond between Osha and Bran has been growing for some time now, but it was never more apparent than tonight. The normally gruff and guarded Osha showed a softer side as she comforted Hodor when he was frightened and later as she kissed Rickon on the head and told the Reeds how much Bran meant to her. I think her transformation speaks to Bran's character and how he garners the respect of all sorts of people. A quality most men of power on the show seem to sorely lack.
Dany has a very similar ability. She may not know how long it takes to sack a city, but her mission to appeal to the free wills of those who have been told they have none is proving to be a very sound strategy.
Of course, the enslaved enemy at Yunkai didn't come to their senses without some coaxing. Lucky for the mother of dragons, she had Daario, Jorah and Grey Worm to spread her word after soundly thrashing the first wave of enemy guards. He may not be a man of many words, or an acclaimed whistler like Daario, but Grey Worm's proficiency with a shield and spear would have impressed even the great Spartan King Leonidas.
I'm also sure many a sigh of relief was let out when Daario finally appeared unharmed to present his queen with her victory. Dany did nothing to hide the smile on her face, which was produced as much by seeing the square jawed Tyroshian alive as it was by her victory.
While their chemistry bubbled, the bond between Jon and Ygritte was dealt a major blow. After his hand was forced by Orell, Jon fought bravely before fleeing on horseback and leaving Ygritte behind with Tormund. Even Jon Snow's golden tongue won't get him out of this one when Ygritte catches up to him. I wondered if Jon thought fleeing without her was the best thing he could do for her. She, of course, knew his mind and his allegiance - but maybe this was his way of sparing her the same fate he sees as inevitable for himself.
Prior to riding off, Jon Snow dispensed with Orell, a showdown that his been week's in the making.
Before he was killed though, Orell entered the mind of that eagle. At first all I was worried about was that it had poked out one of Jon Snow's eyes, but then I began to wonder if a warg could actually die while in the mind of an animal. According to A Wiki of Ice and Fire, a warg can continue to live on for a period of time in the mind of another creature even if its human form has died.
My next thought? If this is so, is it possible for that person to transfer himself back into another human's head, not unlike Bran did with Hodor. I'm sure it it's unprecedented and morally frowned upon, but still I wonder if we've seen the last of Orell.
With so much Stark blood shed this week, I was relieved to see Arya make it out safely, even if she will most assuredly wake up with quite a nasty headache thanks to the Hound. Despite having told him her plans to put a sword through his eye, Sandor still came to her rescue. Of course, she still has family who would pay for her safe return, but I don't think his motivation for her protecting her is simply pecuniary anymore.
With so much drama in the G.O.T. it's hard to believe only one episode remains before another long off season of anticipation. Do you think we are in for more major upheavals next week? Or will the focus be on setting the stage for things to come?
@rush: For me the 3rd is the best book out of all 5. Better hurry up and read them to avoid surprises. You can trust GRRM to have many more waiting for us.
Perfect response @Nicole........I purchased the first three books of, "Game Of Thones" and only halfway through the second book....while watching current episodes. After watching the "Red Wedding," the Kaitlyn chapters now are filled with consternation. I plan to finish the three books and on to book four and beyond...because I hate sad surprises. PS: George R.R. Martin is amazingly creative....and one of the best reads ever!
Not exactly the last remaining Starks. People think Bran and Rickon are dead but they are alive. As is arya (such a badass) and Sansa. The writers were following the books, and well done! Sad to see those characters go but wow what an episode.
I am thoroughly disappointed in this episode. Why would you kill off the last remaining "STARKS". What about the Lanisters? This was the worst episode since I have been watching. I was upset to see Ned Stark killed, but it proved that there were still sons to take over. WHAT WERE THIS WRITERS THINKING? Not sure if I will be back for the next season.
Wy kill the king???
So stup,.,,,
After the last episode I was really disappointed.
I dont want to see more of this.
I dont like anymor
Holy mother of god
Interestingly Bran is the most accomplish at goin' inside others minds but Jon Snow has the ability to go inside Ghost and it's mentioned in the book that he is a warg like the killed Orell.
Not having read Book 3 yet, I was totally blown away by the wedding scene. It was perfect to roll the credits silently after that mind-blowing death scene. My last thought after the episode was, and this is only the next to last season episode! What will they do in the season finale! Whoa...I loved the scenes with Bran--it really showed the relationships and feelings toward this so young boy, who is already old in experiences...I am anxious to see what the season finale will bring! And then a whole year for more!
I knew this was happening as I read the books but man it was nicely done... Specially with the credits rolling by without a single sound. Awesome stuff. Cannot wait for the finally. This is gonna be awesome.
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Clothing as Material of Religious Subjectivity in ISKCON India
Susanne Kuechler
Chris Pinney
The study of "subjectivity-cum-materiality" through the making and use of religious clothing in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), India helps us explore how religious modalities and persons are generated, transformed and localised. While adherence to Vedic scriptural norms is central to ISKCON there is also the non-discursive use of corporeal, material aesthetics or 'corpothetics' within the emotive devotional tradition of bhakti. An emphasis on 'making' and 'doing' as religious subjectivation can be seen in the clothing of deities, the centrality of darsan, the programs that disseminate worship practices and the concern with work as karma or soteriological action. Unlike clothing in the West that re-surfaces the individual's body to present a desired identity, garments in ISKCON transform a person's 'nature' within a cosmology of transferable properties and actions. I argue that the agency of deity and devotee clothing mediates ontological categories of interior and exterior to shape the religious subject and act as an entry point into sociality in ISKCON.
Research interests
- Art, Craft and Design
- Religion
- Embodiment
- Praxeology
Academic Background/Education
- MFA Studio Art, Penn State University (PSU), State College, Pennsylvania, 2009.
- BA (Hons) Anthropology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000.
- 5 yr Diploma, Communication Design, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India, 1998.
Honours and Awards
- 2013, Conference Bursary, British Association for the Study of Religions (BASR), Liverpool, UK.
- 2012-13, India Travel Award, Nehru Trust for the Indian Collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
- 2011, UCL Anthropology Departmental Bursary.
- 2010, Rotary International District 7510 Ambassadorial Scholarship 2011-12.
- 2009, Solo Exhibition 2010, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ.
- 2008, Penn State Graduate Research Show, Penn State University.
- 2007 – 08, Graduate Scholarship, Penn State University.
Events, Publications and Presentations
- "Hindu Prayer Beads as Efficacious Aids in Devotion", paper presented at conference on Materialites Religieuses, Musee du Quai Branly, Paris, January 2015.
- "Devotional Agency and the Technological Enchantment of Deity Garments", paper presented at panel titled Material and Sensory Attachment: Intimate Engagement in Religion and Politics, American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C., U.S., December 2014.
- Co-editor, Material Religions Blog, September 2014.
- "Hindu Prayer Beads as Efficacious Aids in Devotion", paper presented at conference on The Bodily AND Material Cultures of Religious Subjectivation, UCL, London, June 2014.
- "The Bodily AND Material Cultures of Religious Subjectivation", Conference convened with Prof. Jean-Pierre Warnier, UCL, London, U.K., June 2014.
- "Dressing God: Clothing as Material of Religious Subjectivity in a Hindu Group", chapter in edited volume The Social Life of Materials: Studies in Materials and Society, Berg, 2015.
- "When Krishna Wore a Kimono: A Case of Clothing Failure", paper presented at panel titled When Things Do Wrong: The Material Culture of Failure, American Anthropological Association, Chicago, U.S., November 2013.
- "The Mundanity of Transcendence: Materialising Religion in ISKCON India", paper presented at panel titled Bodies of Veneration, EASR/BASR Conference, Liverpool, U.K., September 2013.
- 'Making' and 'Doing' Fieldwork, Presentation, Presidency University, Kolkata, India, April 2013.
- "ISKCON's 'Temple of the Vedic Planetarium' as a Space for Mission, Monument and Memorialisation", paper presented at panel for Mediating Modernities, conference organised by Srishti College of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore, India, and School of Arts & Communication, University of Malmo, Sweden, January 25th, 2013.
- "India: A Veneration Nation?", Conference convened with Jill Reese, UCL, London, U.K., June 2012.
- "Dressing (for) God: Cloth as Substance of Hindu Consciousness", paper presented at panel for Anthropology in the World, RAI conference, British Museum, London, U.K., June 2012.
- "Designing Diaspora: The Culture of Indian Diasporic Clothing", The Trellis, National Institute of Design, India, 2011.
- "Moving Home", Exhibition Catalog, Hunterdon Art Museum, 2010.
- "The Culture of Ornament and Decoration", ArtsWord, Penn State University, School of Visual Arts, Fall 2009.
- "Slonim Revisited", Ceramics, Art & Perception, June 2008.
- "Sculptural Objects Functional Art, NY 2007", Terracotta Magazine, October 2007.
- "Aliens in Their Own Land", Video, 20 min., Ahmedabad: Gurjarvani Productions (Xavier Center for Culture and Communication), 1998.
- "Yatra (A Journey)", Video, 10 min., Udaipur: West Zone Cultural Centre, Government of India, 1995.
- 2011-12, UCL Anthropology Departmental Bursary.
- 2011-12, Rotary International District 7510 Ambassadorial Scholarship.
- 2012, UCL Graduate Research Projects Fund.
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