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markcincinnati Posts: 5,108Sometimes "humor" doesn't translate well but what I will say is not meant literally: your wife can't drive a stick. Hmmm get a new wife! See, humor, Henny Youngman style "take my wife. . .please" doesn't translate well.
Seriously, your wife should learn to drive a stick -- there is every reason to believe that sometime somewhere it could be important. So I don't accept that excuse . Second, and this is serious, may I request that you not drive while using your cell phone unless your phone is both hand and eyes free (which in the allroad with the combination of On*star and the built in/removable "factory" phone you automatically get.)
If you would like the stick shift and traffic is so heavy that you can't "enjoy it" well that is one thing; but I promise you there will be "laws" removing our rights to even talk on the phone in the car -- and (I'm winking and smiling) you will be part of the reason for this draconian measure.
Today with the technology that is available there is no reason for anyone to have to hold a phone while driving.
The other reason I am railing on about this is, even though I don't know you, I have no reason to want you harmed or killed -- and the chances that that fate will befall you are very greatly improved if you continue to drive and use a cell phone that is other than hand and eyes free.
Now about that weight thing, perhaps we could have a steel plate welded to the allroad V8 and then it would weigh enough to meet the requirements.
Nothing I am saying suggest however that I think the V8 Touareg is anything less than a genuine value and a great SUV!
Drive it like you live! (hopefully safely)
Cute! I should have known I'd get in trouble when I wrote that! Seriously though, my wife is smart, lovely and talented, but completely incapable of, and disinterested in, learning to drive a manual transmission. Driving is a necessary chore to her, and she just hates it. She's put enough scratches and dents on her Odyssey to prove it. That's Ok, of course, I always get to drive.
I appreciate your comments about driving and cellphones. OnStar sounds like a pretty good system. I had a voice activated hands free phone in my S-type, and it never worked right for me. I've been using a V60 with one button preprogrammed numbers and a hands-free headset for a while now. Works well for me. I'm pretty careful and take no chances when it comes to driving. I want to make it home to tuck in my 3 kids every night.
As for the weight thing, at first I was turned off by the whole idea of a 6000+ lb vehicle. But then I spoke with my CPA and drove the Treg with steel springs. A match made in heaven!
I live in the San Francisco Bay area. In July, everybody was quoting sticker plus markup, with the exception of a couple dealers quoting straight MSRP. This month, the markups seem to have disappeared, and some dealers have a good supply (8+ cars) and seem more willing to deal.
I expect to have four firm quotes in hand by Thursday. As soon as I have them in writing, I'll let you know for sure. Let's see who follows through on their phone promises.
Rollie, good luck with the XC90. the car makes a whole lot of sense. You'll also be buying a second year car, after they've had a chance to iron out the early bugs. I know that's a chance I'm taking with the VW.
Even though the Treg is less practical, and some would say less of a luxury brand, I have this thing about the burble and power delivery of the Treg and X5 V8s. Passion over reason.
rowee Posts: 21Thanks for letting me know about the Feedback Form. I do hope Edmunds Editors will rectify the misleading info. they are giving their readers re production of the T-Reg. incidently I think Dieselbreath is wrong; T-Regs are not shipped back to Germany. Cayenne platforms are.
bklyndoug Posts: 2been reading this thread with interest and was curious about a couple of things. first, many of you seem to made up your minds to not go with the air suspension. however, i'm interested in maxing out the on-road performance. anyone have any thoughts on whether the sport mode on the air suspensiion "outperforms" the typical suspension?
second, a couple of folks have made reference to a tax break for vehicles over 6K gvwr. can you elaborate on this? what kind of tax savings does this represent? thanks.
IMO, the air suspension will outperform the steel springs, and add benefits such as ride height. The option costs only $2,300 but so far I've only seen it on cars with the $7000 premium plus package. It also seems to add some 200+ lbs of weight (my rough estimate – not certain) and therefore impacts acceleration and gas mileage, not to mention complexity. OTOH, this system has been used in the Audi allroad since 2001, and in the new Phaeton and A8L, so I'm assuming they've worked out the bugs.
I found a good explanation of the tax break at this link, on autospies.com. http://www.imakenews.com/autospies/e_article000154682.cfm . I have also seen several articles in the NYT and others. Basically, if you are self-employed and purchase a new vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 6000 lbs or more (not the curb weight) for business use, then you can depreciate the entire value of the vehicle in the first year, up to $100,000. I researched this and found that many medium sized SUVs qualify for this, even the X5 3.0 and the XC90 2.5T, as well as the Touareg and the Cayenne. The Explorer/Aviator and even the Lexus GX470 do not. Sadly, the Audi allroad does not either. I discussed this at length with my CPA first.
So if you buy a $45K Touareg, it looks like you can expense the entire cost on your 2003 taxes. That would be quite compelling.
This looks pretty useful. BTW, the Volvo XC90 should be on this list, the 2.5T weighs 6008 lbs and the T6 6080lbs. gvwr. The Gvwr is always indicated in the manufacturers' ID plate which is usually found in the driver's door jamb. I'll be taking a picture of mine (after I get my Treg) as proof.
klausk, I can confirm that I have four hard quotes (two of which included a bid on my trade in) which are less than MSRP. Two of those dealers even show an additional dealer markup of 5,995 on their windows. So, it can be done.
I used the Edmunds "get a quote" service to contact a bunch of dealers. I found the majority to be quite responsive and reasonably flexible. At first, they were only interested in dealing on cars they had on the lot, but when they confirmed I was serious and ready to buy on the spot, they all agreed they could locate one for me. I found one very competitive dealer in a post on vwvortex.
I've put down a deposit on the exact car I want, with the dealer who was extremely straightforward: it is scheduled to be delivered by the end of the month.
Here's another take on "air-ride":
I asked the service manager of my Mercedes dealer why they dropped the air suspension (this was decades back, when I was driving a 300SEL 4.5 V8, the last of the monster, air-ride Benz cars). He said: "The air suspension is an expensive system that lets you drive safely at high speeds over bad roads. Mercedes determined that most customers in North America don't actually drive at high speeds over bad roads. The cost exceeded the benefit."
And he was right ... it was easy to drive nearly double the speed limit on most highways without a feeling that you're travelling fast.
So, if you're regularly driving on bad surfaces, the air option should be checked out. But if you're on smooth streets and interstates its probably a waste of money. Any feed-back from owners with Air?
There should be difference... however...
v6 with air suspension and rear lock(full option) vs. v8 full option.. is there much difference when ride on onroad and offroad? I'm affraid to waste money to get V8.
I test drived T-reg V8, XC90 t6, Avaitor, Yukon Denali(just for fun), last week...
The best drive was Tourreg V8 in my experience!! but, how about V6? because I want to get V6 one...
c5lover Posts: 17Considering the V8 comes with the Cricket leather standard - you're getting a lot for the extra dollars.
Drove my V8 100 mile round-trip today, passing some slowpokes on a divided two-lane blacktop. I would not have been able to safely execute most of those passes with the V6.
Get the V8!
spockcat Posts: 100Depends upon the price difference between V6 and V8 model in your country. Also whether they give extra features in the V8 model versus the V6 model. In the USA, they give a bunch of extra features on the V8 momdel. When you add these features to the V6 model the cost of the V8 engine is only about $3500, much of which you will get back when you sell the car. The cost of the fuel to run the V8 is not so much in the US either (about $150 to $200/year).
So the V8 is really not that much more expensive here in the USA. Now in Korea, it may be completely different.
cotmc Posts: 1,081For those who haven't seen it, the latest Consumer Reports September issue rates several new luxury SUVs, including the V6 Touareg. (Review details are available online via a CRXtra link.) Their 0-60 acceleration time was 11.9 seconds, and overall fuel economy was 15mpg, with premium fuel. With those numbers, why not jump up to the V8?
I've been browsing the European sites, and found the following links on Auto, Motor & Sport, the leading German car mag. They have tests of the V8 and the V10 TDi, and two comparison tests in which the Touareg V6 beats the X5 3.0 as well as the ML 350 and the XC90. They really like the Treg. The ratings are on page 2. If you don't read German, I think there's a way to translate this through Yahoo.
http://www.auto.t-online.de/test_technik/vergleichstest_3er_displ- ay.jhtml?repId=/contentrepositories/DE_de_comparisonTestReportRep- ositoryXML/XML/ComparisonTest357.xml
http://www.auto.t-online.de/test_technik/vergleichstest_3er_displ- ay.jhtml?repId=/contentrepositories/DE_de_comparisonTestReportRep- ositoryXML/XML/ComparisonTest352.xml
I know that T-reg, well.. I can tell Volkswagen, is cheaper than BMW and Benz in American market..
In Korea, BMW and Mercedes are also some more expensive than Volkswagen..
However!! The T-reg price, just issued, is almost same as those two German Luxuries.
The difference (at price) is sooo little.
Is T-reg V8 that worth as BMW X5 V8 4.4L or ML500 V8?


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Contracts and the Constitution
By Curt Guyette
Special to the Michigan Citizen
A Pontiac lawsuit, which could have far-reaching implications throughout Michigan, was heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati last week.
The case was brought by city retirees who had their healthcare benefits slashed by then-Emergency Manager Louis Schimmel in December 2011. A federal lawsuit was filed on behalf of retirees in June 2012. Among other allegations, it was claimed that Schimmel, given the circumstances, didn't have the authority to break a contract arrived at through collective bargaining. If such a contract is going to be discarded, it's argued in the lawsuit, the proper way to do so is through bankruptcy.
It is a high-stakes issue because the court, in essence, is being asked to void a key component of the state's Emergency Manager Law, Public Act 4, which followed the original emergency financial manager law PA72. Such a ruling could, conceivably, set the precedent for decisions regarding PA 436, the current Emergency Manager Law that was passed one month after voters rejected PA 4 in a referendum.
When the Pontiac case first went before U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence P. Zatkoff, he was asked to stop the cuts from being implemented until all the legal issues could be sorted out. After the judge refused to do so, the retirees' lawyer, Alec Gibbs, appealed that decision.
Here's where things get complicated.
A three-judge appellate panel, in a 2-1 ruling, said there were state law issues the lower court should decide before trying to answer the constitutional questions. For one thing, there is strong evidence the state Legislature illegally implemented PA 4 immediately. As noted in court filings, "Two-thirds of the (House) members did not support that motion (as required by law) and the combination of eye-witness testimony, contemporaneous written documents and the videotape of the actual proceedings will prove conclusively the required two-thirds majority was not attained."
That immediate effect allowed the Pontiac emergency manger to take actions that lacked legal authority.
The city, joined by the state, then appealed the decision to send the case back to Judge Zatkoff with the order that he sort out those issues, asking the entire 15-member Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to weigh in on the matter.
Instead of the state law issues, however, the court, March 19, focused much of its attention on the authority given emergency mangers to break contracts. And how the court rules could have precedent-setting potential that extends far beyond Pontiac.
"During oral arguments, the Sixth Circuit was primarily interested in the federal questions raised on appeal, including the Contracts Clause and Bankruptcy Clause preemption," reported retiree attorney Gibbs. "Many judges seemed concerned the law placed the power to break contracts in the hands of one person. If the court finds the state of Michigan cannot give this power to emergency managers, it would restore the integrity of promises made to retirees and honored for decades before PA 4 and PA 436 gave EMs the power to turn our cities into broken promise zones."
Critics of both PA 4 — which greatly expanded the scope of power wielded by state-appointed receivers in cities and school districts facing financial crises — and the current EM law, which in many ways mirrors its predecessor, would certainly agree with the comment of Appeals Judge Raymond Kethledge.
"It just strikes me as totally unprecedented that one official can walk around and terminate and modify contracts," Kethledge said Wednesday. "It's just amazing."
The ACLU of Michigan filed what's known as an amicus curiae brief in the case, supporting the contention that Schimmel's actions violated the contracts clause of the U.S. Constitution.
As pointed out in that brief, "… the way city retirees were treated in this case appears to be part of a disturbing trend throughout Michigan in which state-appointed 'emergency managers' threaten to slash compensation and benefits that have been promised to civil servants in exchange for work they have already performed, and after those civil servants have relied on legally binding collective bargaining agreements in making important employment-related decisions and other choices throughout their lives."
Whatever the full court of appeals decides, there is a strong likelihood the U.S. Supreme Court will be asked to decide the matter.
Because it directly involves Pontiac retirees, the case hasn't received much attention from Detroit's mainstream media. But this is a very important case, and everyone in Michigan should be paying attention to it.
Curt Guyette is an investigative reporter for the ACLU of Michigan. He can be contacted at 313.586.6834 or email@example.com.

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Washington is sending more Pentagon military advisers and aid into Ukraine. On March 19, 2014, Obama promised no U.S. "military excursion" in Ukraine. Indeed, this is no mere brief outing or trip. It's advertised as a long-term connection. At this rate, Ukraine doesn't have to join NATO de jure. It will become a U.S. satellite de facto.
The U.S. claims it has an interest in Ukraine. Representative Duncan Miller explains "Clearly, we have an interest in what happens in Ukraine and it's far better to have an idea of where we can maximize any support we are willing to provide." Such support already includes the U.S. role in stimulating a coup d'etat, influencing who its new leaders are, sending in CIA and FBI agents, providing aid, demonizing Putin, and launching a propaganda campaign against Russia.
Specific bureaucracies, government figures, industries, lobbies and foreign nations have an interest in U.S. expansionism. NATO has an interest. The EU countries have varied interests. But I contend that Americans in general have no interest whatever in Ukraine that warrants the U.S. government's actions in Ukraine. I contend that U.S. interests, whatever they are supposed to be, actually conflict with the interests of mainstream Americans. To most of us here going about our daily lives and contending with our problems, the extension of U.S. government military power and economic resources into Ukraine and many other foreign lands is pure foolishness that accomplishes nothing for us, uses our resources, diverts our government from its proper role and course, and typically greatly harms peoples abroad. The Iraqi people who survived the American onslaught can testify to that. It is inconceivable that the Palestinians living in Gaza are thankful for the U.S. standing 100% behind Israel.
What exactly is the American public's interest in Ukraine, as distinguished from those special interests that support U.S. involvement? There isn't any.
The human race faces an infinite number of challenges, but what are the proper ways for people to face these challenges? Is it the proper role of the U.S. government to inject itself and us into the politics, economics and problems of every other political entity on earth? These problems are infinite, here and abroad, and the U.S. government simply doesn't have the answers to them. It thinks it does, but it doesn't. Is it the proper role of the U.S. government to remake the entire world in its image or according to its lights? Does the U.S. possess a God-given political gospel to spread everywhere? It thinks it has, but it hasn't.
Remaking the world, which is a contributing rationale for U.S. expansionism, is, generally speaking, an exercise in foolishness and futility. The application of U.S. government power and aid again and again produces foreign policy failures, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Somalia, and Afghanistan only being recent examples. U.S. foreign aid has been a failure, and this has been known since at least 1986. However, it has served the interest of narrow interest groups, which is why it continues.
The world is structured at present in a multi-polar way politically and religiously. There is a fairly high degree of unity on ideas of justice, even as there is strong disagreement on this basic matter. But this consensus, such as it is and such as it is embodied in institutions of law in various countries, has not arisen by any one nation or state imposing its ideas or will on others. The U.S. government has access to certain technological advantages that many less wealthy nations do not have. It has more bombs and missiles and greater armed forces. This is one reason why its leaders think of themselves as comprising a superpower. They have wrongly extended this thinking into the false inference that they also have a moral superiority, or that they wouldn't have this material abundance unless they had a moral superiority. This mistaken thinking leads to hubris and to the false inference that the U.S. government has a proper role of remaking the world in ways it deems right.
There are times that I think a simpler hypothesis explains the foolishness of this generation of U.S. leaders. It is that they want to show how moral they are so that they can show they can fight battles as well as their parents and grandparents did. They are basically jealous of their forefathers and wish to show that they can be just as heroic as they were in fighting Nazism or Japanese imperialism or poverty or racism. But since the world's challenges and battles are different today than in yesteryear and no large enemies stand in bold relief against which to contend, they find they have to manufacture new battlegrounds on the world stage, against terror, against Russia, against China, against jihadism, and on a variety of social and environmental issues.11:27 am on July 24, 2014 Email Michael S. Rozeff


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Northern Technologies International Corporation Signs Naturfuels As A Distributor For Its Bioplastic Products In The Italian Market
MINNEAPOLIS, March 23, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northern Technologies International Corporation (Nasdaq:NTIC), a manufacturer of sustainable biobased and certified compostable bioplastic materials, announced that it has entered into an agreement with Italy based Naturfuels S.r.l. to distribute its Natur-Tec ® bioplastic materials and products in the Italian market.
Since January 1, 2011, the Italian government has been enforcing a ban on the production and distribution of conventional non-biodegradable polyethylene plastic bags. The Italian country-wide ban on conventional plastic bags was first introduced in 2006, but saw little traction until environment minister Stefania Prestigiacomo pushed it through as a blanket decree in December 2010. Italian consumers use about 300 plastic bags per capita annually, totaling to more than 20 billion plastic bags consumed every year. According to environmental lobbyist Legambiente, this number of bags represents approximately one-fifth of Europe's entire usage, and requires about 200,000 Metric Tons of polyethylene plastic resin to produce each year.
Under the terms of the distribution agreement, NTIC will supply Naturfuels with its patented high-strength Natur-Tec ® BF703BX compostable film grade resin to be used for the production of bio-plastic shopping and garbage bags on conventional plastic film production equipment. BF703BX resin based film has been previously certified to be fully compostable in strict accordance to the European standard of EN13432 for compostable plastics by AIB-Vincotte, a respected Belgian 3 rd-party certification provider.Naturfuels S.r.l is part of the Mastrandrea Group located in Palo del Colle (Bari), Italy. The Mastrandrea Group, a leader in Europe in biofuels and renewable energy technology, has been active in the green chemistry field in Italy since 1985, and in the mid-nineties became one of the largest suppliers of biodegradable polymer compounds to the Italian market. "Recent legislative mandates, such as the plastic bag ban that went into effect this year in Italy, are driving exceptionally strong demand for bioplastics," said Mr. Vineet Dalal, Vice President and Director of Global Market Development for NTIC. "Italians have been using 20 billion conventional plastic bags a year. The direct substitution of conventional polyethylene as a raw material, with fully biodegradable plastics promises to create an almost billion-dollar market for bioplastics in Italy. Due to its existing relationships with Italian film extruders and plastic bag manufacturers, Naturfuels is the perfect distribution partner for NTIC in Italy."
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I'm confused and would like to know if this has happened to anyone else. I'm 35. Due to an illness I lost most of my hair. So I shaved it all off to start over. Before, my hair was type 3c, low porosity fine and dense hair. Now it is growing in type 4a medium porosity fine hair. Of course the products I used to use don't work anymore. But the heavy creams and butters suggested for my hair type leave it oily, heavy and greasy. Will my hair stay this new texture or go back to the way it used to be. Don't get me wrong, I love the new texture, but don't want to spend a fortune trying out dozens of new products. Has anyone gone through this and any suggestions. I also recently had a stroke and am on blood thinners. Does this factor in?


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|Name: _________________________
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Meir tell Elisha about what the Sanhedrin has done?
(a) That the Sanhedrin is meeting again.
(b) The Sanhedrin has been disbanded.
(c) They revoked Elisha's miscommunication.
(d) They were destroyed by Romans.
2. What do the rabbis talk about during their meeting, other than keeping the faith alive and ordaining new rabbis?
(a) The weather.
(b) The structure of Roman architecture.
(c) That Elisha is helping the Romans.
(d) That Elisha has grown so wise and strong in his faith.
3. What causes Charicles to change his mind about Elisha?
(a) He hears Elisha speak.
(b) Charicles realizes that Elisha is a Rabbi.
(c) Charicles never changes his mind about Elisha.
(d) A Rabbi tells Charicles who Elisha is.
4. Where does Elisha go to escape the cold of the blizzard?
(a) The headquarters of Rufus.
(b) The home of Pappas.
(c) The library.
(d) The Sanhedrin.
5. What does Rufus do when he realizes Elisha has tried to deceive him?
(a) Strongly reprimands Elisha.
(b) Doesn't realize Elisha has deceived him.
(c) Arrests only Elisha.
(d) Arrests Elisha and Pappas.
6. How long does the siege on Bethar last?
(a) It never ends.
(b) Three years.
(c) The siege never takes place.
(d) Four years.
7. Why does Elisha arrange to meet with Demonax?
(a) To see if he will take Elisha on as a student.
(b) To see if Demonax is as superior as he claims.
(c) To try and convert Demonax.
(d) To arrest Demonax and take him to the proper authorities.
8. What does Elisha realize about the peddlers as they sing their wares?
(a) Peddlers are incoherent babblers.
(b) Messages are being sent in Hebrew.
(c) They will cheat everyone out of their money.
(d) They love to sing lullabies.
9. As Elisha and Pappas travel back through the lands of their birth, what do they find has become of their homes?
(a) Roman soldiers now occupy them.
(b) They have been destroyed.
(c) They are no loger welcomed because no one knows them anymore.
(d) New families live there, and not much else has changed.
10. Where is Elisha taken after the executions?
(a) To jail.
(b) To Rufus.
(c) To the home of Nicholaus, who cares for him.
(d) To the home of Pappas, who has been executed.
11. Whose voice does Elisha recognize discussing cases in Jewish Law?
(a) Judah ben Sira's.
(b) Torah's.
(c) Theo's.
(d) Akiba's.
12. Why does Demonax recommend that Elisha see Poleman?
(a) Poleman taught Demonax everything he knows.
(b) Poleman knows of a man who may be able to help Elisha.
(c) Poleman has questions he feels only Elisha can answer.
(d) Poleman can outline Elisha's reading for him.
13. Why does Elisha return to Antioch?
(a) To attend the funeral of his good friend, Pappas.
(b) To complete his studies.
(c) To ask Pappas for forgiveness.
(d) To end the war, and free his people.
14. Who brings Elisha the news that Manto is dying?
(a) Rufus.
(b) Poleman.
(c) Pappas.
(d) Manto's maid.
15. As Meir is weeping at Elisha's grave, how does Meir remember Elisha?
(a) As the old man who caused so much suffering.
(b) With contempt and malice for his betrayal.
(c) With remorse and sympathy for his lost faith.
(d) With love and regret that Elisha's dreams had to die.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where do Elisha and Pappas go to meet with Rufus?
2. How do the great sages go to their deaths?
3. What did Meir fight for concerning Elisha's death?
4. What does Charicles say about Euclid?
5. Why does Demonax refuse Elisha's request?
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As with many films that deal with multiracial identity, L'Autre Dumas is not without controversy. The casting of white French megastar Gerard Depardieu as Dumas has angered France's Representative Council for Black Associations. The Representative Council is upset because this casting choice renders Dumas visible in a way that can be likened to blackface used in minstrel shows. The Council is offended because Depardieu had to darken his skin for the role and wear a wig to change the texture of his hair. The Council is also offended because this is not an isolated or national event. They cite a historical privileging of whiteness in film, as characters of mixed race have largely been played by white actors. Most recently for instance, though her performance was approved by Mariane Pearl, Angelina Jolie was criticized by some for playing the Afro Cuban/Dutch wife of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in the 2007 film "A Mighty Heart." In fairness, Jolie claims some Native American and mixed race ancestry on her mother's side.
Speaking at the Berlin Film Festival last month, Depardieu stated that the argument over the race of the actor in the film's title role is "unnecessary." For the actor and producers it's about finding the right person for the role regardless of that person's authentic racial background. But, as noted here and elsewhere, many disagree. Karen Bowdre, a film scholar from the University of Indiana, Bloomington says that the choice is part business decision. "Depardieu was probably cast because he is who he is, has a following and perhaps box office clout. The producers/directors, etc. couldn't find—or didn't look for—a qualified (popular, bankable) mixed race actor to play the part." Bowdre says the casting decision is also part colorblind. "On multiple levels it shows how, even in France, the industry continues to privilege whiteness while being able to think they are progressive because they chose this subject matter."
Research I conducted for my new book about mixed race representation and passing, Things Said in Passing, confirms Bowdre's point. I learned that Hollywood has a long and complex history of casting white actors in mixed race roles. To cite a few examples, Lena Horne was passed over in favor of Ava Gardner for a role as biracial singer Julie LaVerne in 1951's Show Boat and in favor of Jeanne Crain to play the protagonist in 1949's Pinky. Anthony Hopkins was recently cast as mixed race/black turned Jewish college professor in 2003's The Human Stain.
What's emerged from my research is a trend in how racial categories and appearances can limit and expand actors' opportunities and audiences' interpretations. Multiracial actors like Halle Berry are honored for their portrayals of black roles as in Monster's Ball. However, it's definitely less acceptable for them to play racially ambiguous and/or white roles, as Berry planned to do by playing Tierney Cahill in Class Act. Cahill was a white teacher from Reno, NV who accepted a challenge from her sixth grade class to run for Congress in 2000. Another emerging trend is that obvious exceptions to this rule seem to be found in Vin Diesel and Keanu Reeves. These actors seem unaffected by pressure to demand roles that proclaim a specific racial makeup.
Berry's, Diesel's and Reeves's experiences raise important questions for audiences both onscreen and off screen. Namely, should films double as racial Rorschach tests? Can white actors pass as mixed race and vice versa? In another blog post on the matter, Carlton Jordan quotes Sonia Rolland, an actress who is part-Rwandan and a former Miss France. "Dumas had quite African features. In this film, they are hiding his history, blacking him up and putting curls on a Gaulish head. In the midst of our debate on national identity, it seems that no-one is shocked apart from a few blacks and half-casts." Lindsay Dawkins, a mixed race woman from San Diego, CA says, "I don't know what to think really. This happens all the time in movies. I guess I've just been desensitized and no longer get offended."
Should we, like Lindsay, no longer be offended? Is Depardieu's latest role proof that we've truly entered a post-racial era? Does the media industry need to take responsibility for its formations of mixed race subjects, forging of interracial relations, and imagining "ambiguous" identification in today's increasingly diversifying world?
I guess we'll find out in time. Probably when we see who is cast in the inevitable Barack Obama biopic—someone who looks like Djimon Hounsou, Will Smith, Wentworth Miller or Tom Cruise. I wonder who Dumas would choose.
"Race" is a false concept. "Races" are simply families, grown up. What we call "racial" traits are simply family traits extended more widely.
As a writer/filmmaker I have strong feelings about this subject.
Obviously decisions about lead roles are primarily based on box office draw. But the larger issue is why there are so few "other than white" actors who have box office draw.
I blame the fact that there is a dearth of black, Latino, Asian and mixed race decision makers in entertainment. And the few that exist seem to love to cast blacks and Latinos and Asians in stereotypical roles. They're "black" movies in which the characters couldn't be anything except black.
In my writing and producing I try very hard to cast non white actors in roles that could be any race - especially if it's a challenging role. It can't always be done but it could be done more often. But sadly, it's not. So we never reach a place where the plethora of non
...we never reach the point at which the plethora of non-white actors (and there are many many talented ones out there) establish enough visibility and popularity to be a box office draw.
The solution, I think, is not in Hollywood, sadly. They will continue to go with what is culturally "expected". I think independent filmmakers and some minority of filmmakers in Hollywood (perhaps) will need to take the chance on casting "other than white" actors in roles that could very easily be a white actor.
I understand your point, but I wonder how many French actors of mixed race have the gravitas to pull off Dumas. I'm not at all certain Depardieu can carry it off.
It's a sticky wicket, and in most cases, I completely concur with your stance. For example, I simply cannot see Tom Cruise playing President Obama. (Though he tore it up as a meganasty producer in Tropic Thunder, which was quite outside his normal oeuvre. And I know, I Know, that movie features the extremely offensive/extremely funny Downey Jr.'s performance)
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When did contempt for negroes and coloreds with dark skinn and negro dialects leave the stage??
On the issue at hand Dumas was a Black man under the old rules and in the post racial era..GD is out of order making black face fashionable again...
Are there no actors of mixed heritage that can play this role?
But! Did anyone object when Denzel Washington played the role of Don Pedro, the Sicilian prince of Aragon, in Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing"...I bet not enough people saw that film to care.
As a filmmaker who attempts to match the best person to the role no matter what the background ( with some adjustments to make the film seem believable) I think you'll just have to wait and see if the great Depardieu can pull it off.
I agree with HenryR, and the great Anthropologist Ashley Montagu , that "race " is a false concept.
This piece is another victim piece. Empower yourself...let go of your need to be special.
There was absolutely NOTHING "victim piece" about this post.
My Nana (grandmother on my mother's side) passed as white; her mother was black. My grandmother on my father's side was half Cherokee. I have written on this (http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=68908, and http://open.salon.com/blog/greg_correll/2009/04/02/trying_on_white).
Thank you for this.
First, yes indeed 'white privilege' permeates euro-american and many other cultures, and yes indeed it sucks and should be leaned into like a wind.
And, in terms of the portrayal of an actual person, such as Dumas, it would of course be preferable for the actor to be able look quite a bit like that person. (That is not at all the same as saying that the actor should have the same or similar genetic/biological or socially constructed "race" combination.) The key to good acting however, is often less in the appearance of the actor, but in the actor's ability to make their 'acting' invisible and for the viewer to suspend their disbelief and 'buy' the character.
Further, yes indeed we are all 'mixed race', with some of us meeting expectations for what that's "supposed" to look like, and some of us not (speaking as a Viking, Cherokee, German, Tibetan here - also known as 'white'), thus that should not be a reasonable criteria for much of anything, including a particular acting or any other job or role.
Part of the narrative of both 'race' and 'ethnicity' is that people in particular racial or ethnic categories are expected to be automatically more authentic representatives of a particular culture.
That was perhaps never true and is certainly far less true now. (I have often found that I know more about Japanese culture than a "Japanese" person born and raised in Southern California for example, but far less than someone of any race born and raised in Tokyo.) Culture is a process quite different than race or ethnicity.
The problem is not who can play what, it's who may play what. It's again, like most racial social questions, about the power and the access.
The Brazilians who are almost all mixed in the 3rd largest city in Brazil flock to this 2.5 year old and rave about him because of his white color. My son who was raised with African-Americans in family and friends just gets furious because they practice the "whiter is better" game in Brazil, while out of the other sides of their mouths say they are so proud of being mixed. It wasn't what he expected. So, he gets pissy with them and states the truth that his American family wanted him to be darker to give him more protection from the sun in Brazil and Texas. Cultural gasps!
He will come back and forth between Texas and Brazil on summer vacations and may end up here, who knows? I suspect that he would have to sit down with people when he is older and tell them his racial mixture because they will never pick it up just looking at him. All of our friends know because I was so excited at his coming (first and probably last grandchild) and background. What do you all think?
(ignore cameleon; he's just one of those temporary OS aberrations)
2) Ask yourself what Jews would say if someone suggested that only actors of "Jewish blood" should play Jewish or part-Jewish characters? They wouldn't tolerate it. They are not that stupid. If they were stupid, they would try to retain the old "Aryan/Non-Aryan" division of Europe and try to put a "positive" spin on it ("Non-Aryan pride," maybe?). They know that such a rule (even if legally unenforceable but morally intimidating) would send a negative messages that 1) Something is wrong with "Jewish genes" and 2) If non-Jews are not eligible for Jewish roles, perhaps the opposite is or should also be true.
3) The job of an actor is, by definition, to pretend to be someone he is not. Anthony Quinn was mostly Mexican with an Irish grandfather, but he played Greeks, Russians, Italians, Eskimos and numerous other ethnicities. Anthony Hopkins, a Welshman, has played Spaniards, medieval Anglo-Saxons, former U.S. presidents Richard Nixon and John Quincy Adams, a psychotic serial killer and numerous other roles that have nothing to do with his personal lineage. His competence to play all these roles has not been questioned except in the case of his role in "The Human Stain" in which blacks and some of their liberal allies denounced him as a "white" playing a "black" role even though the character in question was predominately white and identified as such.
The first issues that the movie makes it seem like Dumas didn't write his own work. This brings about the next issue. The French term for ghost writer is écrivan nègre. So, even if he is being portrayed by a white actor, the film still displays him as a, let's be nice and say, Negro writer in how he has to be discussed in the film.this creates Avery strange mirroring to me.
As for the other issues for French society at large, it is important to remember that the council and other organizations are newish movements, not really gaining momentum until ~2006. The bigger issue for all the people I was able to speak with really was the liberties taken with history. I think most people, for better or for worse, understand why they chose who was chosen. However, when we discussed some of the language being used by the council to describe the problem, they became quite upset because they truly disagreed with certain terms.


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Being completely honest here, I really didn't expect a whole lot out of this. I'm not the biggest Stryper fan in the world by a long shot, and the truth is that I just never could fully get into Michael Sweet's vocals. There's just always been something about him. I'm not sure what it is. I guess… Read More
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There's an unwritten rule that I rarely follow here in Cleveland. That rule is that if a band is from Cleveland, I'm supposed to write all glowing things or else be called a hater by the local community. It's sad that it's like that, but the truth is what it is. For years I've lived with that stigma, to the point… Read More
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As SLASH (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES) gears up for the May 22 release of his second solo studio album Apocalyptic Love, he's announced a run of headlining shows in North America kicking off July 12th and wrapping August 4th with up-and-coming Canadian group MONSTER TRUCK supporting.
An exclusive fan pre-sale begins this Wednesday, May 9th at 10 AM at Slashonline.com, and will feature packages including VIP meet and greets, and rare merch items such as signed guitars. Slash and his band. Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, are currently touring the US, a mix of headlining dates and festivals (Carolina Rebellion, Rock On the Range, Rocklahoma).
Starting today, Monday, May 7th, fans will be given the opportunity to unlock unreleased tracks from Apocalyptic Love by sharing the app located on Slash's Facebook page with 10 of their friends. From Monday through Friday of next week, 5 new tracks will be previewed exclusively each day via the Facebook page.
On Monday, May 21st, Slash and his bandmates - Myles Kennedy (vocals), Brent Fitz (drums) and Todd Kerns (bass) - will head to New York to perform their single 'You're A Lie' live on NBC TV's Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Next, on Tuesday May 22nd, the group will perform a special sold-out New York City CD release show at Irving Plaza on the same day the album streets (May 22nd) via Dik Hayd International, distributed through EMI.
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12 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
13 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
14 - Vancouver, BC - Queen Elizabeth Theatre
16 - Edmonton, AB - Nothern Alberta Jubilee
17 - Calgary, AB - Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
20 - Saskatoon, SK - TCU Place
21 - Winnipeg, MB - Burton Cummings Theatre
23 - Thunder Bay, ON - Thunder Bay Community Auditorium
25 - Belleville, ON - Empire Square Live
26 - London, ON - Harris Park
27 - Montreal, QC - Olympia Theater
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2 - Boston, MA - House of Blues
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Slash recently invited MusiciansFriend.com to Barefoot Recording Studios, where he was finishing his upcoming album, Apocalyptic Love. In the footage below, Slash gives a little insight into his gear and recording process:
Slash recently released an in-studio performance clip of the track 'You're A Lie', lifted from Apocalyptic Love. Watch the video below:
Apocalyptic Love will be available on May 22nd. By visiting this location, fans can order the Apocalyptic Love Limited Edition Photo Book Bundle which includes:
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Apocalyptic Love is a true return to form for Slash. Born out of the live band experience that he created on the last album, with a top-notch line up of musicians, this new album promises to be a return to rock. A straight forward, balls to the wall rock album that Slash fans have known him for throughout his career. Featuring vocals throughout the album by Myles Kennedy (ALTER BRIDGE), and one of rock's tightest backing bands consisting of Brent Fitz on drums and Todd Kerns on bass, this album promises to further solidify Slash's place atop the rock world throne.
The Limited Edition In-Studio Book features 48 pages, perfect bound as a sumptuous coffee table book and chock full of in studio shots by Scott Uchida and album shots by Travis Shinn. The size is 12" x 12" to remind us of the heady days of vinyl and it is printed by Dreamworks on the 60 # rich archival paper. The cover is softbound and closes with a string and clasp much like an old binder. The shots are mostly black and white candids, a glimpse that most fans never get the opportunity to see.
Apocalyptic Love Deluxe tracklisting:
'Apocalyptic Love'
'One Last Thrill"
'Standing In The Sun'
'You're A Lie'
'No More Heroes'
'We Will Roam'
'Not For Me'
'Bad Rain'
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ST. LOUIS, Dec. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SAFC Hitech Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL), a leading Life Science and High Technology company, has signed an agreement to create a 50/50 joint venture (JV) with Korean-based Soulbrain Co. Ltd. ("Soulbrain"). Soulbrain is a publicly traded (KOSDAQ: 036830) specialty chemical company serving the flat panel display, semiconductor and electronic materials market. The joint venture, known as Soulbrain Sigma-Aldrich Ltd., is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to be finalized early in the first quarter of 2013.
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Glucose fluctuations and activation of oxidative stress in patients with type 1 diabetes
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Glucose fluctuations may help predict diabetic complications. We evaluated the relation between glucose variability and oxidative stress in patients with type 1 diabetes.
Continuous glucose monitors were inserted subcutaneously in 25 patients. During the measurement, patients collected two 24 h urine samples, while 24 healthy controls collected one 24 h urine sample for determination of 15(S)-8-iso-prostaglandin \( {\text{F}}_{{2\alpha }} {\left( {{\text{PGF}}_{{2\alpha }} } \right)} \) using HPLC tandem mass spectrometry. Mean of the daily differences (MODD), mean amplitude of glycaemic excursions (MAGE) and continuous overlapping net glycaemic action calculated with n hour time-intervals (CONGA-n) were calculated as markers for glucose variability and correlation with \( 15{\left( S \right)} - 8 - iso - {\text{PGF}}_{{2\alpha }} \) excretion was calculated.
Median [interquartile range (IQR)] urinary \( 15{\left( S \right)} - 8 - iso - {\text{PGF}}_{{2\alpha }} \) was higher in patients than healthy controls: 161 (140–217) pg/mg creatinine vs 118 (101–146) pg/mg creatinine (p = 0.001). Median (IQR) MODD was 3.7 (3.2–5.0) mmol/l, MAGE 7.6 (6.4–9.0) mmol/l and CONGA-1 2.3 (2.1–2.8) mmol/l. Univariate regression did not reveal an association for MODD (r 2 = 0.01), MAGE (0.08) or CONGA-1 (0.07) with \( 15{\left( S \right)} - 8 - iso - {\text{PGF}}_{{2\alpha }} \) excretion, nor was an association revealed when corrected for HbA1c, age, sex and smoking. Spearman correlation coefficients (r) between \( 15{\left( S \right)} - 8 - iso - {\text{PGF}}_{{2\alpha }} \) excretion and MODD, MAGE and CONGA-1 were non-significant: −0.112, −0.381 and −0.177.
We report that there is no relationship between glucose variability and urinary \( 15{\left( S \right)} - 8 - iso - {\text{PGF}}_{{2\alpha }} \) . We also confirm that patients with type 1 diabetes have higher levels of urinary \( 15{\left( S \right)} - 8 - iso - {\text{PGF}}_{{2\alpha }} \) than healthy controls, suggesting that in addition to glucose variability, other factors favouring oxidative stress may exist. We did not see a relation between high glucose variability and elevated levels of oxidative stress in patients with type 1 diabetes.
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- Title
- Glucose fluctuations and activation of oxidative stress in patients with type 1 diabetes
- Journal
Volume 51, Issue 1 , pp 183-190
- Cover Date
- 2008-01-01
- 10.1007/s00125-007-0842-6
- Print ISSN
- Online ISSN
- 1432-0428
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Keywords
- Complications
- Continuous glucose monitoring
- Glucose variability
- Oxidative stress
- Type 1 diabetes
- Urinary $$ 15{\left( S \right)} - 8 - iso - {\text{PGF}}_{{2\alpha }} $$
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- I. M. E. Wentholt (1) (3)
- W. Kulik (2)
- R. P. J. Michels (1)
- J. B. L Hoekstra (1)
- J. H. DeVries (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- 3. P.O. Box 22660, 1100 AD, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- 2. Laboratory for Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands


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