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The operating systems of most Cisco products that support Daylight Saving Time (DST) have built in mechanisms to automatically change the times, based on current user-selected rules. Once the new DST is implemented, the time on devices that maintain time zone information will continue to change according to the old method, unless changes are made.
On April 30, 2007, the Minister of Internal Affairs issued a statement regarding a change in Daylight Saving Time policy for New Zealand. The change in policy has modified the start and end dates for Daylight Saving Time (DST). Beginning in 2007 and beyond, Daylight Saving Time in New Zealand will start on the last Sunday of September at 2:00 A.M. local time and end on the first Sunday of April at 3:00 A.M. local time.
Specifically for 2007-2008, Daylight Saving Time will begin at 2:00 A.M. local time on September 30, 2007, and end at 3:00 A.M. local time on April 6, 2008.
For more information, see the statement issued by the Minister of Internal Affairs: Daylight saving to be extended.
The old Daylight Saving Time policy dictated that DST started on the first Sunday in October and ended on the third Sunday in March.
On April 30, 2007, Hon Rick Barker, Minister of Internal Affairs, announced a three week extension to the period of daylight saving. Daylight saving now runs from the last Sunday in September until the first Sunday in April.
Table 1 Summary of changes to Daylight Savings Time, represents New Zealand local time
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First Sunday in October |
2:00 A.M. on September 30, 2007 (Last Sunday in September) |
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Third Sunday in March |
3:00 A.M.on April 6, 2008 (First Sunday in April) |
As a result, the system clock, any applications or log timestamps that ACS writes to will be off by one hour after September 30, 2007.
For ACS for Windows follow the instructions posted at the Microsoft New Zealand 2007 Daylight Saving Changes page.
For ACS Solution Engine (appliance), a patch is required. Download and run the patch from the Cisco Secure Access Control Server Solution Engine Software Download (registered customers only) page. http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/acs-soleng-3des
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The Iconfactory, designers and creators of Twitteriffic and Ramp Champ, have revived their 2010 game Astronut for the iPad. The game has players traveling through the galaxy by launching toward spinning objects in space, and proper timing must be used to launch at the proper angle to the next object, avoiding barriers and hazards.
Astronut for iPad has two advantages over the original version. First, it supports the iPad's Retina Display. Second, the game can be controlled remotely with the original version of the game, which is a freemium download. This makes it easier to sit back and play the game while it's running on iPad, possibly even when outputting to a TV. This is not freemium like the original, being $1.99 up front to unlock the whole game, though it appears as if all content is the same between the two versions. Both Astronut for iPad and the remote control update for the original Astronut are now available.
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Justin Bieber, you are one bad boy. The 20-year-old flew to Miami for the Fourth of July weekend and is partying up with other girls. Is he trying to break Selena Gomez's heart or what?!
Justin Bieber, 20, what are you doing?! The singer was seen partying up a storm on a yacht in Miami on July 3 with hot ladies that were NOT his girlfriend Selena Gomez, 21. Justin has cooked up some drama with Selena recently with his bad boy ways. Will Selena Gomez's heart break when she sees Justin hanging out with other girls?
Justin Bieber Partying In Miami With Other Girls: Breaking Selena Gomez's Heart?
Justin Bieber isn't ready to get rid of his bad boy behavior quite yet. After just reuniting with good girl Selena Gomez, Justin is back on the party scene.
The "Boyfriend" singer was spotted on a yacht in Miami partying with very hot ladies. These bikini-clad ladies socialized with a very shirtless Justin along with his friend Khalil Sharieff, 20.
Selena — Justin's supposed love — was nowhere to be seen on the boat or in Miami. Justin has quite a knack for breaking her heart in a very public way, doesn't he?
The past couple of weeks haven't been too good to Selena. Justin's reformed attitude has gone haywire and her besties Taylor Swift, 24, and Demi Lovato, 21, have turned away from her because of her relationship with Justin.
So will Selena be spending Independence Day alone? It kind of looks like it. (Sigh.) Selena better grab the tissues or book a flight to Miami because Justin's former fling Chantel Jeffries is headed to Miami as well.
Justin Bieber In Miami: Will He Hook Up With Chantel Jeffries Behind Selena's Back?
Justin is returning to the scene of the hookup! Justin headed to Miami for the Fourth of July weekend and Chantel Jeffries is coming along!
The former flame tweeted on July 3 that she was "Off to the MIA." Justin has been hanging out with Chantel recently and they could be meeting up in Miami for another rendezvous.
HollywoodLife.com learned EXCLUSIVELY that Selena is aware that Justin hooks up with other girls, but she just "deals with it." However, if Justin and Chantel publicly go out in Miami, that just might be the last straw for Selena.
HollywoodLifers, what do you think of Justin partying with other girls that aren't Selena? Should Selena dump him for good? Let us know!
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You two please get it together.
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After what has gone on in the past week, my view is that Justin is just beeing cluel by playing with Selena' s feelings who knows why….his appearances with Ch might be all for show just to hurt Sel. Those girls on the boat are just part of the show…in the meantime all of us are thinking that Justin is the worst…because he wants us to think that. Justin is a sweethart and i can't be fooled! He just needs to understand that is very wrong to hurt the people we love, emotional games can have serious consequences, physical and emotional…please habibi behave ok!!:)
justin should really have a one on one talk with selena and they need to share their feelings with each other. the whole public doesnt even know whether they are really back together or not. if they still are in a relationship then justin partying with other girls in miami is completly inapproipiate and downright disgusting. but if they are still broken up then it shouldn't really matter to selena what justin does. but no one can read minds, who knows maybe selena is probably devastated so justin should try and be a little bit more considerate of her feelings
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These women are all fat.. No way that Justin would want to hook up with them.. No doubt these are just friends or girlfriends of his buddies.. Justin can do way better than that on a bad day…LOL Seriously some of these women are cows, it's not like Justin Bieber doesn't have really hot girls around the world who want to be with him, why would he settle for these cows? That's why this story is bogus.
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As others have said before, GIMP is the only Photo Editing program that truly does almost everything that Photoshop Elements does. Plus, it handles all file types.
I was told about this program by the photographers on Google+, who educated me as to the differences between a photo organizer, photo-editing, and true photo manipulation. This program is tops for the latter!
Runs in "one-interface mode," so you don't have to be moving and resizing toolbars.Cons
A little confusing at first. I suggest downloading the help manual directly from the GIMP site.
I can't find the screen capture controls, nor the photo-stitching controls for panoramic shots, which is why I am rating this program a "4" instead of a "5." I will ask the gurus at Google+ for that information later.
Currently, I am using "PhotoScape" or "IRFanView" for capturing images on the Internet, and "Microsoft Ice" for panoramic stitching. I hate using 3 different programs, even though it takes seconds to perform each function with each of those other programs.Summary
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LEATHERMAN Juice Cs4 Multitool
Packed with excitement, this multitool is a perfect fit for your everyday life. With all the tools it carries in a small package, you can deal with almost any emergency at home or on the road.Features/Benefits:
- Smooth anodized aluminum handles and an exciting color add a whole new look
- Comes outfitted with pliers, wire cutters, a knife, and four screwdrivers
- Features a saw, awl, serrated scissors, corkscrew, can/bottle opener, and a lanyard attachment
- How did we ever get by without a multi-tool?
Country of Origin: USA
LEATHERMAN Juice Cs4 Multitool
EMS_Sale Yes Blade Material Stainless steel Blade Length 2.6 in. Blade Type Straight Closed Length 3.5 in. Flat Screwdriver(s) Yes Handle Material Aluminum Can Opener Yes Has Clip No File No Lanyard Ring Yes Locking Components No Pliers Yes Saw Blade Yes Scissors Yes Has Sheath No Tweezers No Wire Cutters Yes Knife Blade(s) 1 Open Length 5.85 in. Phillips Screwdriver(s) Yes Tool Material Stainless steel Number of Tools 15 Weight 6.8 oz.
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- Comfortable Grip
- Durable
- Functional
- Sharp Blade
- Variety Of Tools
- Bottle opener may bend
Best Uses
- Camping
- Home
- Hunting
- Survival
Comments about LEATHERMAN Juice Cs4 Multitool:
We have purchased two of these wonderfully crafted instruments. They are a pleassure to hold and open. The knife blade is quickly accessible, and the wine cork screw works well in the field. The pliers are particularly functional. The finish is rugged and distinctive and I have found that it cleans up well even after getting lost in a jar of peanut butter.
- Comfortable Grip
- Durable
- Functional
- Sharp Blade
- Variety Of Tools
- Dulls Quickly
Best Uses
- Camping
- Home
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On my last trip, I forgot to leave my leatherman CS4 at home, and one of the guys working for TSA was lucky enough to get it. It has been 4 days, and I have counted more than 8 times that I went to grab it from my pocket and was dismayed to remember that it wasn't there. I'm on my way back to EMS right now to get another, this tool has become an indispensable part of life. It is the perfact size and weight to have in your pocket every day, whether jeans, or even in a suit. It has exactly the right everyday tool selection, and you are rarely left looking for something else. The blade does dull quickly, but as anyone knows that also means it sharpens just as easily, so a couple swipes with a stone and you;re rockin' again. The flathead screwdrivers are a trick to get out, but I'd rather that than have them swing out too easily (and thus fold up when you are trying to use them) Bottom line, I love it.
- Variety Of Tools
- Bends
Best Uses
- Everywhere
Comments about LEATHERMAN Juice Cs4 Multitool:
I carry this everywhere and I use it all the time. It can be wimpy for a big job, but it's so compact and easy to carry that I do, and just that--actually having it when necessity strikes--is what makes it so useful.
- Bends
- Difficult To Clean
- Poor Craftsmanship
Best Uses
Comments about LEATHERMAN Juice Cs4 Multitool:
I bought this because I wanted a small knife with pliers and most multi-tools are large and bulky...don't buy it.
What is wrong with it?
The screwdriver bits are hard to get out.
The screwdriver bits bend.
It is made from weak or soft metal.
The knife does NOT hold an edge.
The scissors are terrible.
The handles are very uncomfortable, and pinch.
I have really tried to think of some positive things to say about this product, and I can't find any other than the size of it. Even the size is funny, too big and heavy for most pockets, and not really big enough to put on a belt.
Buy a Swiss Amy Knife and or a larger multi-tool if you don't mind the weight.
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The Happy Cow
Joseph Lorin Steaks (nobody has a clue who Joseph is or if he even exists)
10th Line Bovine (10th line is the name of the road where it will be located)
As you can see, this is not a real bright crowd when it comes to creativity.
Any ideas?
Don's Dead Animal Flesh
Beers, Steers...
.. not claiming to run with the brightest bunch myself...
Rogue Diallers Steak House
Has a kind of ring to it doesn't it? You could put a phone on each table and have them dial through their order based on a menu made up of telephone number selections ("You dial, we grill").
Hmmm.... now I'm just being silly......
Hey, that's not bad.
* Sizzle 'n' Grill
* Sir Loin's Steak House ;-)
* Juicy's Steak House
* The Cast Iron Pan
* Skillets
* (The) Red Hot Skillet
Surf and Turf
Particularly Exquisitely Tasting Animals (PETA)
joseph l's
make up a word... call it that
what type of steak house is it? nice? no so much?
If I opened a steakhouse around here, I think I'd call it:
Eat My Meat
>>>what type of steak house is it? nice? no so much?
Medium price point. Not high end by any means. Casual, but high quality.
Good work so far everyone.
I doubt any cow would be happy if they found out another person opened a steakhouse.lol
"Raw Hide"
"Moo Moo's"
"T Bone's"
"The Porter House" (I actually like this one)
Good luck.
Does the winner get a free steak dinner?
And have a website forum dedicated to:
Steak Eating Optimization.
That's very, very low... :D
Er... How about "meet the meat"?
like Orleans Steakout?
I think Happy Cow would be more pleasant.
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Ref's whistle costs punter £500,000
A gambler lost out on a £500,000 football jackpot when the ref blew for full-time just as a last-gasp goal was about to cross the line.
The unlucky mystery punter staked £3 on a string of FA Cup upsets at the weekend, reports The Mirror.
Three results panned out as he predicted but he watched in horror as ref Kevin Friend ruled out the last goal he needed in Leeds' fourth round clash with Spurs.
Ladbrokes, his local bookies, said it would have been "the greatest outside wager of all time" had the whistle blown a second later.
The Lucky 15 combination bet meant the tipster could still console himself with a nice but less spectacular £17,000 win.
Ladbrokes' Alex Donohue said last night: "The referee has most definitely ruined our punter's dream.
"Seventeen grand is sweet enough but he was literally one second away from having his life changed forever."
The gambler, of Oldham, Greater Manchester, predicted Sunday's televised match would finish 3-1 to the Championship side.
With Leeds winning 2-1 in injury time, Spurs goalie Brad Friedel went up for a corner and left his goal exposed.
The ball then fell to Leeds midfielder Rodolph Austin, who struck from his own half towards the empty net.
Mr Friend then became the better's worst enemy when he blew his whistle with the ball about to trickle over the line.
The gambler correctly predicted Oldham's 3-2 victory against Liverpool, Brentford's 2-2 draw with Chelsea and St Mirren's 3-2 win against Celtic in Scotland.


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Texas man demands action after noose found in workspace
POSTED: Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 4:18pm
UPDATED: Friday, April 25, 2014 - 9:48am
Houston (KPRC) — A Texas man is demanding action after finding a noose hanging in his workspace.
Jeremee Molo said he first noticed a noose hanging from a piece of equipment at Atlas Copco on Tuesday.
"It caught my attention, right then and there," said Molo. "It kind of hit me hard because of my grandparents and they used to tell me about it all the time."
Molo said he found a noose hanging in the same room two days later. Molo said he then complained to the company's human resources department.
It has been a week since his meeting with human resources and he hasn't heard from them. Molo has asked local activists to get involved.
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After trying out one of the recipes for the Kitchen Play contest sponsored by Lindsey Olives, I decided to see what else I could find and (of course) modify. This time I decided to riff on a recipe for Squash Putanesca Cruda which itself is a play on Pasta Putanesca.
This contest recipe was written as a salad course, and used spaghetti squash as the base. Which makes sense, since spaghetti squash is sort of like spaghetti. But I didn't have any spaghetti squash on hand. I did, however, have some eggplant that needed to be used.
I used most of the same ingredients that were in the topping in the original recipe, but I didn't make the dressing that included ricotta cheese. Instead, I used just a bit of shredded parmesan cheese.
There's not a lot of work required to make these, and you could assemble them ahead and heat them up later, if that works better.
Eggplant Putanesca
2 medium/small eggplants
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 can petite diced tomatoes
1 2 1/3 ounce can Lindsay sliced black olives, drained
2 tablespoons capers
Seasonings (to taste): Salt, oregano, basil, fennel, red pepper flakes
Shredded parmesan cheese, for garnish
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Peel and slice the eggplant into 1/4 inch thick rounds. Salt the eggplant and let it sit for 10 minutes or so, until it exudes moisture. Squeeze the eggplant to release more liquid, and rinse briefly to wash off extra salt. Pat eggplant dry.
Heat the olive oil in a skillet and brown the eggplant slices on both sides, then transfer the eggplant to a baking sheet or shallow casserole.
Top the eggplant with fork-fulls of tomatoes, leaving the liquid behind in the can. Top the tomatoes with the drained olives.
Add the capers and spices to the liquid left in the can, then spoon that liquid over the top of the olives.
Top with a bit of parmesan cheese.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes to warm everything through and begin to melt the cheese.
Top with a little more cheese, if desired, before serving.
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Thursday, November 25, 2010
Eggplant Putanesca
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Donna Currie
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3 comments:
- Casey said...
I love your spirit and creativity! Your version of this recipe looks like it could work as an appetizer/canape also, depending upon the size of the eggplant slices. Nicely done!
Thanks for trying it and good luck in the giveaway!
Casey - November 28, 2010 at 12:36 PM
- Lynn said...
2 Tbsp of fennel? Fresh fennel, fennel seeds? Not sure here, because you also list fennel with the spices.
- December 1, 2010 at 10:36 AM
- Donna Currie said...
Oops, that was supposed to be the capers! Thanks for catching it. Although some fresh fennel would be nice, too, come to think of it.
- December 1, 2010 at 10:40 AM
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Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run
POSTED: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 10:50am
UPDATED: Friday, April 13, 2012 - 8:54am
UPDATED: Friday, April 13, 2012 - 8:54am
A 53-year old man was hit and killed by a suspected SUV late Tuesday.
Waco police say the man was struck in the 2900 block of North 18th Street around 11:40 p.m. The SUV hit the victim after he walked into its path, causing severe head injuries to the man. The vehicle then left the scene without giving aid.
The man was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead by Judge DeCluitt. An autopsy has been ordered.
The investigation is ongoing.
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Sand and cornstarch modeling dough or modeling clay is a very easy play dough to make and it's extra fun to use! This modeling dough is grainy and looks stonelike when fully dried. It can be used to make interesting sculptures. It does not need shellac or varnish for protection but you can shellac or varnish your creations if you want a shine. You can also paint your dried works of art. Or you can just leave them as is in their natural stonelike condition! No matter how you decide to use this modeling dough or play clay, you will have fun in the process! This recipe makes about 2 cups of sand and cornstarch modeling dough. If you need more, it's best to make several batches instead of one huge batch. Step 1:Â Gather the following ingredients to make sand and cornstarch modeling dough: 1 cup sand (sand must be clean or you can buy sand at any craft store), 1/2 cornstarch, 1 teaspoon powdered alum, 3/4 cup hot water, food coloring (optional). Step 2:Â Mix the sand, cornstarch and alum in a bowl. Step 3:Â Slowly add the hot water while stirring constantly and vigorously until well blended. Step 4:Â Add food coloring, if desired, and blend well. Step 5:Â Cook the mixture over medium heat until thick. Stir constantly. Step 6:Â Plop the dough out onto a board that is lightly dusted with a bit of cornstarch and let it cool. Step 7:Â Mold the cooled dough into any shape sculpture. Just remember that the thicker the sculpture, the longer it will take to dry. Step 8:Â Air dry the sculpture for several days. If the sun is shining, put the sculpture out in the sun to dry. Do not bake it in the oven. You will know the sculpture is dry when it feels sort of like a stone. Step 9:Â Paint your dry works of art if you like. You can also add varnish the finished sculpture if you like but it is not necessary. Step 10:Â Store any leftover sand and cornstarch modeling dough in a plastic bag or any airtight container. See my other helpful articles!


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"It was about 8.30 in the morning. The doctor came in, closed the door and pulled my curtains around my hospital bed. He pulled up a chair, put his elbows on his knees and rested his chin in his hands. I remember thinking 'this is not looking good'."
Shirley Goode's battle with cancer had taken a serious blow. An aggressive form of leukaemia, discovered by chance, had invaded her body and the intensive round of chemotherapy she had been given had failed. But Shirley's story is one with a happy ending. It is with a glass of wine in her hand and tears welling in her eyes that she recalls the long and arduous road to recovery. After a second unsuccessful round of chemotherapy, Shirley underwent a bone marrow transplant. That's the reason why she is here today. While there have been many vital elements in Shirley's return to health, there's no doubt in her mind why she's able to share her story: "For me, I'm conscious all the time that I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for that transplant."
The facts
- 90 per cent of Australian's support the idea of tissue and organ donation, but has one of the worst donation rates in the developed world.
- One organ, eye and tissue donor can save or enhance the lives of 10 or more people.
- Around 1600 people are on Australian organ transplant waiting lists.
- On average, people on the transplant list can wait between 6 months and 4 years, though waits for up to 7 years are not uncommon and many die waiting
- In order for a person to be an organ donor they have to die of brain death, only a very small number of people die under those circumstances
- In Australia, the family will always be asked to confirm the donation wishes of the deceased before donation for transplantation can proceed. If your family are not aware of your wishes, it can make it very hard for them to agree to the donation of your organs
People who want to donate their organs when they die must express their wishes to their family as they have final say.
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"The people you care about, spending time with them is just paramount and I appreciate nature so much more now. If we go for a walk in Kings Park or along the beach, I take the time to notice the weather and to look at the trees and smell the smells. I have this almost-spiritual feeling about what life's really about rather than having to live it at 100 miles an hour and getting somewhere only to think 'did I enjoy that?'", Shirley says.
"I really do wish that more people would consider donation seriously. An If you can help someone have a healthier time in their life and you're not going to suffer for it, I just don't see why not."
The lesson
You may know your that your sister picked her nose until the age of 12, that her middle name is Agnes and she's secretly in love with Sylvester Stallone, but do you have any what she would like to donate her organs in the event of her death? Perhaps not, but I bet you wouldn't think twice about accepting one if it means a second chance at life. Whether we want to donate our organs or we don't, the people who will be making the decisions for us when we die need to know our wishes.
We need to get talking about organ donation if we want to safe lives.
For more information
http://www.donatelife.gov.au/ (Australia)
http://donatelife.net/ (America)
http://www.transplant.ca/pubinfo_orgtiss.htm (Canada)
http://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/ukt/default.asp (UK)
http://socyberty.com/society/the-philippines-and-organ-donation/ (Philippines)
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Here are some questions and answers about miniature cattle: |
How many miniature cows can be raised per acre? |
How much weight will a miniature cow gain? |
How much feed is required for a miniature cow? |
A typical amount of feed is approximately 1/3 the amount needed for full size cattle. |
Do miniature cattle make good pets? |
How much does a gallon of milk weigh? |
A gallon of whole milk weighs 8.6 pounds. The weight will vary slightly by the fat content. |
How do you tame a cow? |
Here is some cow taming advice that I found on a web forum. I wish I could remember who wrote it and give them the credit! |
1. Always wear the same clothes when you are with your cows. |
2. Keep the cows in a small enclosure for a while. |
3. Stand outside the gate until they are used to you being there. |
4. Slowly, over a long period of time, inch your way into the pen. |
5. Don't do anything, don't even look at them. They need to know you are not going to hurt them. |
6. Sit in a chair in the pen and read aloud. |
7. When a cow chews its cud in front of you, they're comfortable. |
8. Sweet feed does wonders, again work slowly. When they'll eat out of a shallow bucket held by you, they are ready for the next step. |
What do all those terms mean? |
Full blood - 100% Foundation parentage pure animal |
Percentage blood - The amount of Full blooded Foundation parentage -First cross 1/2, second cross 3/4, third 7/8 |
Pure blood - When the amount of Full blooded parentage in a cross bred animal passes 7/8% they are designated Pure in the Percentage registration with "p" on their papers and stays in Percentage registry, but can not regain Full blood status. |
Naturally polled - Genetic absence of the horned trait |
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If I had more time in my life I would use Creation Kit to put the cast of "Facts of Life" in Skyrim, just to make Blair fight Draugr. I'd also open an "Edna's Edibles" in Whiterun.
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is "Snazz Up Your Skyrim" a Dovahcore band?
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Arrested Development | |
Genre | Sitcom |
Created by | Mitchell Hurwitz |
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Narrated by | Ron Howard |
Country of origin | United States |
Language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 53 (List of episodes) |
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Executive producer(s) | |
Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 22 minutes |
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Broadcast | |
Original channel | Fox (2003–2006) Netflix (2013) |
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Original run | November 2, 2003 | – February 10, 2006
Arrested Development | |
Genre | Sitcom |
Created by | Mitchell Hurwitz |
Starring | |
Narrated by | Ron Howard |
Country of origin | United States |
Language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 53 (List of episodes) |
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Executive producer(s) | |
Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 22 minutes |
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Original channel | Fox (2003–2006) Netflix (2013) |
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Original run | November 2, 2003 | – February 10, 2006
Arrested Development is an American television sitcom created by Mitchell Hurwitz. The series aired for three seasons on the Fox network from 2003–2006, with new episodes planned for release on Netflix in 2013. The show is about the Bluth family, a formerly wealthy and habitually dysfunctional family, and is presented in a continuous format, incorporating hand-held camera work, narration, archival photos, and historical footage. Ron Howard serves as an executive producer and the series' uncredited narrator. Set in Newport Beach, California, Arrested Development is primarily filmed in Culver City and Marina del Rey.
Since its debut in 2003, the series has received widespread critical acclaim, including six Emmy Awards and one Golden Globe, and it has attracted a cult following, including several fan-based websites.[1] In 2007 Time listed it among the magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME."[2] In 2008, the show was ranked 16th on Entertainment Weekly's "New TV Classics" list.[3] In 2011, IGN named Arrested Development the funniest show of all time.[4]
Despite positive reception from critics, Arrested Development received low ratings and viewership on Fox, which canceled the series in 2006. Rumors of a fourth season and a feature film persisted until 2011, when Netflix agreed to license new episodes and distribute them exclusively on its streaming video service.[5] Fourteen episodes will be released on the same day in May 2013.[6] The script of an Arrested Development film has also been in development with the main cast purported to reprise their original roles.[7]
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Discussion that led to the creation of the series began in the summer of 2002.[8] Ron Howard had the original idea to create a comedy series in the style of hand-held cameras and reality television, but with an elaborate, highly comical script resulting from repeated rewritings and rehearsals.[8] Howard met with David Nevins, the President of Imagine Television, Katie O'Connell, a senior vice president, and two writers, including Mitchell Hurwitz.[8] In light of recent corporate accounting scandals, such as Enron and Adelphia, Hurwitz suggested a story about a "riches to rags" family.[8] Howard and Imagine were immediately interested in using this idea, and signed Hurwitz to write the show.[8] The idea was pitched and sold in the fall of 2002.[8] Over the next few months, Hurwitz developed the characters and plot for the series.[8] The script of the pilot episode was submitted in January 2003 and filmed in March 2003.[8] It was submitted in late April to Fox and was added to the network's fall schedule that May.[8]
Alia Shawkat was the first actress to be cast in the series.[8] Michael Cera, Tony Hale, and Jessica Walter were cast from video tapes and flown in to audition for Fox.[8] Jason Bateman and Portia de Rossi both read and auditioned for the network and were immediately chosen.[8] The character of Gob was apparently the most challenging to cast.[9] When Will Arnett auditioned, he depicted the character "like a guy who thought of himself as the chosen son even though it was obvious to everyone else that he was the least favorite," where all others played it differently; he was chosen immediately for his unique portrayal.[9] The characters of Tobias and George Sr. were originally going to have minor roles, but David Cross' and Jeffrey Tambor's portrayals mixed well with the rest of the characters, and they were given more significant parts.[8] Howard provided the narration for the initial pilot but meshed so well with the tone of the program that the decision was made to stick with his voice.[10] Howard also aided in the casting of "Lucille 2"; the producers told him that their dream actress for the role would be Liza Minnelli but assumed nobody of her stature would take the part.[11] However, she agreed when Ron Howard asked her himself, because they were old friends; she had been his babysitter when he was a child and she was a teen.[12]
Arrested Development uses several elements that are rare for American live-action sitcoms. Technically, Arrested Development was shot on location and on videotape with multiple cameras, parodying tactics often employed in documentary film and reality television, straying from the "fixed-set, studio audience, laugh track style long dominant in comedy production."[13] The show also makes heavy use of cutaway gags, supplementing the narrative with visual punchlines like security camera footage, Bluth family photos, website screenshots, archive films, and flashbacks.[13] An omniscient third-person narrator (producer Ron Howard) ties together the multiple plot threads running through each episode, while humorously undercutting and commenting on the characters.[14] Further, Arrested Development also developed a unique self-referentiality through use of in-jokes that evolved over multiple episodes, which rewarded longtime viewership (and in turn may have discouraged new viewers and contributed to the show's ratings issues).[13]
In November 2003, the producers of the show were sued by the hip hop group Arrested Development over the alleged use of their name.[15] Rapper "Speech" from the group said "The use of our name by Fox is not only confusing to the public, but also has the potential to significantly dilute what the 'Arrested Development' name means to our fans."[15] The lawsuit was quietly settled for an undisclosed sum.[15]
The incident was referenced in the episode "Motherboy XXX." The narration refers to a band called "Motherboy," which the narration claims the show is "legally required to make a distinction" from, with respect to the "Motherboy" event happening in the episode.[15]
During the series' third season in 2006, despite months-long rumors of Arrested Development having been picked up by the cable television network Showtime,[16] creator Hurwitz declined to move the show to another network.[17] As Hurwitz explained, "I had taken it as far as I felt I could as a series. I told the story I wanted to tell, and we were getting to a point where I think a lot of the actors were ready to move on."[18] He said that he was "more worried about letting down the fans in terms of the quality of the show dropping" than he was about disappointing fans by not giving them more episodes. He also said, "If there's a way to continue this in a form that's not weekly episodic series television, I'd be up for it."
On October 2, 2011, the entire cast of Arrested Development reunited for a panel at The New Yorker Festival in New York.[19] At the panel, Hurwitz nonetheless declared his intention of producing a truncated fourth season as a lead-in to a film adaptation.[20] Six years after the series had been canceled by Fox, filming for a revived fourth season began on August 7, 2012.[21] Fourteen episodes of the show's revival season are set to release simultaneously on Netflix in May 2013.[6][22]
Rumors of a possible full-length Arrested Development film circulated after the possibility was referenced in the show's final episode, "Development Arrested."[23] Arrested Development: The Movie is currently awaiting the completion of the revived television series, with the script to be written by Hurwitz.[24][25] In 2008, Howard was slated to direct the film, though it is not clear if he still is.[25][26] Reportedly, all original members of the main cast are expected to reprise their original roles.[27]
The plot of Arrested Development revolves around the members of the Bluth family, who lead extravagant lifestyles,[28] and are also often drawn into interactions with incestuous undertones.[29] At the center of the show is Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman), the show's straight man, who strives to do the right thing and keep his family together, despite their materialism, selfishness, and manipulative natures.[28] Michael is a widowed single father.[30] His teenage son, George Michael (Michael Cera), has the same qualities of decency but feels a constant pressure to live up to his father's expectations and is often reluctant to follow his father's plans.[28]
Michael's father, George Bluth Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor), is the patriarch of the family, who often goes to considerable lengths to manipulate and control his family.[31] His wife, and Michael's mother, Lucille (Jessica Walter), is equally manipulative, materialistic, and hypercritical of every member of her family, as well as being a perpetual drunk.[28] In particular, she has a tight grip on her youngest son, Byron "Buster" Bluth (Tony Hale), who, as a result of her over-mothering, is unstable, socially inept, and prone to panic attacks.[28]
Michael's older brother is Gob (Will Arnett), an unsuccessful professional magician whose business and personal schemes usually fail or become tiresome and are quickly abandoned.[28] His name is an acronym for George Oscar Bluth II, pronounced /dʒoʊb/, like the Biblical figure.[28] Michael's twin sister Lindsay Fünke (Portia de Rossi) is spoiled and materialistic, continually desiring to be the center of attention and attracted to various social causes.[32] She is married to Tobias Fünke (David Cross), a discredited psychiatrist-turned-aspiring actor.[28] Tobias is a self-diagnosed "never-nude", whose language and behavior have heavily homosexual overtones to which he seems completely oblivious and which are the center of much tongue-in-cheek comedy throughout the series.[32][33] Their daughter is Mae "Maeby" Fünke (Alia Shawkat), a rebellious teen, whose chief motivation is defying her parents.[28]
Several other characters regularly appear in recurring roles.[34] George Sr.'s identical twin brother, Oscar (also played by Jeffrey Tambor, in a wig), is a lethargic ex-hippie seeking the affection of George's wife, Lucille.[35] The family's lawyer, Barry Zuckerkorn (Henry Winkler), is an incompetent sexual deviant who often hinders the family's legal battles rather than helping them.[33] He is eventually replaced by Bob Loblaw (Scott Baio).[34] Lucille Austero, or "Lucille 2," played by Liza Minnelli, is Lucille's "best friend and chief social rival" as well as a sometimes-love interest of Buster and, later, Gob.[36] Steve Holt (Justin Grant Wade) is a high school senior and football star at the high school George Michael and Maeby attend, and is later discovered to be Gob's son.[37] Carl Weathers plays a parodied version of himself as Tobias' acting coach.[38] Beginning in the second season, Mae Whitman portrays Ann Veal, George Michael's sternly Christian girlfriend, who is often forgotten or disparaged by Michael.[36] Ann was also played by Alessandra Torresani, and first appeared in the season 1 episode "Let 'Em Eat Cake." Marta Estrella was originally played by Leonor Varela and later by Patricia Velasquez, and appears as Gob's girlfriend, which causes conflict between him and Michael.[39] J. Walter Weatherman (Steve Ryan), a one-armed amputee, is an old employee of George Senior. Weatherman appears in flashbacks in many episodes where, as hired by George Sr., he would teach George Sr.'s children lessons.[36] A British mentally handicapped woman named Rita Leeds (Charlize Theron) appears in five episodes in the third season as Michael's female companion.[40] Judy Greer plays George Bluth Senior's assistant and lover (and partner-in-crime), Kitty Sanchez, for 10 episodes of the series.[41] Ed Begley, Jr. plays Stan Sitwell, the owner of Sitwell Enterprises, a rival company to the Bluth Company.[42] Justin Lee plays Annyong, the adopted Korean son of Lucille and George Sr.[43] Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays Maggie Lizer, an attorney and compulsive liar who has a recurring relationship with Michael.[44]
George Bluth Sr., patriarch of the Bluth family, is the founder and former CEO of the Bluth Company, which markets and builds mini-mansions, among many other activities. His son Michael serves as manager of the company, and, after being passed over for a promotion, decides to leave both the company and his family. Just as he makes this decision, however, George Sr. is arrested by the Securities and Exchange Commission for defrauding investors and gross spending of the company's money for "personal expenses." His wife Lucille becomes CEO, and immediately names as the new president her extremely sheltered youngest son Buster, who proves ill-equipped, as his only experience with business is a class he took concerning 18th century agrarian business. Furious at being passed over again, Michael secures another job with a rival company and plans on leaving his family behind for good. Realizing that they need Michael, the family asks him to come back and run the company, which Michael scoffs at until he sees how much the family means to his teenaged son George Michael. To keep the family together, Michael asks his self-centered twin sister Lindsay, her husband Tobias and their daughter Maeby to live together in the Bluth model home with him and George Michael.[45]
Throughout the first season, different characters struggle to change their identities. Buster works to escape from his mother's control by bonding with brothers Michael and Gob as well as with love interest Lucille Austero, Lucille Bluth's neighbor and chief social rival.[46] George Michael nurses a forbidden crush on his cousin Maeby, while continually trying to meet his father's expectations. Lindsay's husband Tobias searches for work as an actor, with the aid of Carl Weathers.[47] Michael falls in love with his screw-up older brother Gob's neglected girlfriend Marta, and is torn between being with her and putting "family first."[47] After seeing Michael physically fight with Gob, Marta realizes that they do not share the same family values and she leaves them both.[48] To spite Buster, Lucille adopts a Korean son whom she calls "Annyong" after she mistakes the Korean word for "hello" as his name.[48] Through an escalating series of dares, Gob gets married to a woman he just met, played by real-life then-wife Amy Poehler, but cannot get an annulment because he refuses to admit that he did not consummate the marriage.[49] Kitty, George Sr.'s former assistant and mistress, tries to blackmail the company. She is caught in the Bluth family yacht's explosion, as used in one of Gob's magic acts, but survives with a cooler full of damning evidence labeled "H Maddas".[50] After previous failed attempts, and a brief religious stint in Judaism, George Sr. finally escapes from prison by faking a heart attack. It is also revealed that George Sr. committed "light treason" by using the company to build mini-palaces for Saddam Hussein in Iraq.[51]
Because of his father's latest prison break deception (a faked heart attack), Michael decides to leave his family and move to Phoenix, Arizona with George Michael, but discovers that he cannot leave the state, due to the Bluth Company being under investigation. Lucille appoints Gob the new Bluth Company president, but since Gob proves utterly incompetent, the position's real duties revert to Michael. During the rest of the season Gob serves as figurehead president; Michael is still under scrutiny for George Sr.'s illegal activity.[52]
George Sr. is not, in fact, gone. After faking his death in Mexico by paying off the cops, George Sr. returns to the family model home, where George Michael discovers him and hides him in the attic.[53] To protect his son from legal implications, Michael hides George Sr. in Gob's Aztec Tomb, orchestrates a diversion, and tells the family that George Sr. has escaped once more. Throughout the rest of the season, Michael sneaks George Sr. provisions, and George Sr. keeps tabs on the Bluth family through the ventilation system. George Sr. also faces onslaught from the outside world; the press begins looking for him in Iraq, fumigators surround the house while he's still in the attic, and Kitty returns to steal a sample of his semen to make her own Bluth baby.
Buster meanwhile joins the army, but escapes serving in Iraq when his hand is bitten off by a loose seal (a play on "Lucille") Gob mistakenly gave a taste for mammal flesh. Buster is refitted with a sharp hook, which he is known to brandish dangerously near his relatives' faces.[54] During Buster's long psychological recovery, he bonds with George Sr.'s stoner twin brother Oscar, who moves in with Lucille in an attempt to rekindle a past love affair. Uncle Oscar slowly reveals himself as Buster's presumptive biological father. Eventually, George Sr. takes revenge on the adulterous Oscar and Lucille by kidnapping Oscar, knocking him unconscious, exchanging appearances with him, and sending him to prison in his place.[55]
Lindsay and Tobias continue their disastrous open relationship. Lindsay tries—but fails—to secure a lover, while Tobias paints himself blue each night in a futile attempt to join the Blue Man Group.[56] When Lindsay kicks him out of the house, Tobias disguises himself as a singing British nanny named "Mrs. Featherbottom" (an idea he gets from the film Mrs. Doubtfire) so he can watch over his daughter Maeby. The family sees right through this incompetent disguise, but they humor Tobias—in the guise of Mrs. Featherbottom he also does their chores.[57]
George Michael begins dating a deeply religious girl, Ann Veal, who encourages him to smash pop music CDs and to run for student body president against perennial favorite Steve Holt. Michael dislikes her and tries to disrupt the kids' relationship, most notably by breaking up Ann and George Michael's pre-engagement.[58] Meanwhile, Maeby cons her way into an after school job as a film studio executive. When Maeby's studio remakes "Les Cousins Dangereux," George Michael abandons Ann to pursue his crush on Maeby. George Michael and Maeby kiss while the living room of the model home collapses.[55]
Michael again searches for his runaway father, George Sr. Gob receives an invitation to a father/son reunion outing, and believes it to be George Sr. trying to contact him. In reality, the invitation was meant to reunite Gob with Steve Holt, son of Eve Holt, a girl Gob slept with in high school. Meanwhile, George Michael and Maeby deal with their previous kiss by avoiding each other.[59]
In an attempt to remain in disguise, George Sr. joins the Blue Man Group. Michael discovers this and arranges to have his father placed under house arrest.[60] George Sr. claims that he was set up by an underground British group. Michael goes to Wee Britain, a fictional British-themed city district, to investigate, and in the process meets a new love interest, Rita Leeds (Charlize Theron). Michael and the audience are led to believe that Rita is a mole for the underground British group, working for a man named "Mr. F."[61] However, love-struck Michael proposes to her, and the couple run off to wed. Finally, it is revealed that Rita is actually an "MRF," or "mentally retarded female." Despite Rita's "condition," the family pushes him to go forward with the marriage because Rita is wealthy and they want her money. Michael is not persuaded and gently ends the relationship just as he and Rita are about to walk down the aisle.[62] Meanwhile, Tobias and Lindsay seek legal help from Bob Loblaw (Scott Baio) concerning their troubled marriage.
With the family's retainer used up because of Lindsay's and Tobias's advances, Bob Loblaw chooses to no longer represent the Bluth family. Attorney Jan Eagleman offers to represent the family, on the condition that they participate in a mock trial in a new reality courtroom show called "Mock Trial with J. Reinhold." Musical accompaniment for the show's theme song and perceived jokes from testifying witnesses is provided by "William Hung And His Hung Jury." Michael uses an illegal threat from prosecutor Wayne Jarvis to have the mock case "dismissed." Gob and Franklin briefly appear in another courtroom show presided over by Bud Cort. Meanwhile, Maeby and George Michael perform a mock wedding for Alzheimer's patient which is accidentally conducted by a real priest; the two become legally married.[63]
The family members are afraid to testify at the mock trial and at the real deposition; Buster fakes a coma, Lindsay and Lucille fake entering rehab, and Gob flees the country to perform in a USO Tour in Iraq. The deceptions are all uncovered by the prosecution, and in Iraq Gob is arrested for inadvertently inciting an anti-US riot. Buster and Michael travel to Iraq to rescue Gob, and while there, uncover evidence that the mini-palaces George Sr. built in Iraq were actually ordered and paid for by the CIA for wiretapping purposes. After this discovery, the US government drops all of the charges against George Sr. In the general confusion, everyone except George Michael forgets Maeby's sixteenth birthday.[64]
To celebrate their victory in Iraq, the Bluths throw a shareholders' party on the RMS Queen Mary. During preparation for the party, it is revealed that Lindsay was adopted, meaning that George Michael and Maeby are not blood relatives. At the party, the Bluth's other adopted child, Annyong, reappears. He reveals that he is there to avenge the Bluth family's theft of his grandfather's frozen banana idea and the cause of his subsequent deportation, an event orchestrated many years earlier by Lucille Bluth. Annyong has turned over evidence implicating Lucille in the Bluth Company's accounting scandals. Before the police arrive, Michael and George Michael flee on Gob's yacht, the C-Word, and depart to Cabo with half a million dollars in cashier's checks, finally leaving the family to fend for themselves. However, it is revealed in the epilogue that George Sr. is also on the yacht, having lured his brother Oscar into taking his place once again. Also in the epilogue, Maeby tries to sell the television rights to the story of the Bluth family to Ron Howard, who tells her that he sees it as a movie rather than a series.[65]
Six years after the series had been canceled by Fox, filming for a revived fourth season began on August 7, 2012.[21] The season will consist of 14 new episodes,[6] all debuting at the same time on Netflix in May 2013 in the United States, Canada,[6] the United Kingdom and Ireland.[66] Several actors who had recurring roles in the original series are scheduled to reprise their roles, including Henry Winkler as Barry Zuckerkorn, Mae Whitman as Ann Veal, Scott Baio as Bob Loblaw, Judy Greer as Kitty Sanchez, and Liza Minnelli as Lucille Austero; while new characters will be played by John Slattery, Terry Crews, Erin Moran and Isla Fisher.[67][68][69][70]
The show, while critically acclaimed, did not gain a sizable audience.[1] According to the Nielsen ratings system, the show's first season was the 120th most popular show among households and the 88th among viewers 18 to 49, averaging 6.2 million viewers.[71]
U.S. ratings in the second season averaged about six million viewers, while the third season averaged about four million viewers.[72] Fox announced that it would halt the production of the second season at eighteen episodes—four episodes short of the planned season.[73]
For the third season, Fox positioned the show at 8:00 p.m. ET.[74] Ratings dropped further than previous seasons.[75] On November 9, 2005, Fox announced that the show would not be airing in November sweeps, and that they had cut the episode order for the third season from 22 to 13.[75] Fox ended up showing the last four episodes in a two-hour timeslot—directly opposite the opening ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympics.[76] The series finale episode received 3.43 million viewers.[77]
Throughout its original run, Arrested Development received overwhelming critical acclaim.[1] It is widely regarded as one of the defining comedies of the 2000s (decade) and has been praised by many critics as one of the greatest comedies of all time.[78][79] In 2007, the show was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME."[2]
Tim Stack of Entertainment Weekly praised the series, saying "Is it beating a dead horse to once again state that this underappreciated gem is the best sitcom on TV? Too bad. Arrested Development is the best sitcom on TV!"[80]
David Bianculli from the New York Daily News stated "If you're not watching this series on Fox, the least you can do is buy it on DVD. You'll love it, and it's such a dense show (in the best sense of the word) that it rewards repeated viewing. Like Scrubs and the British version of The Office, it is the sort of show that truly deserves to be seen uninterrupted, several episodes at a time, for maximum enjoyment. The laughs-per-minute quotient here is insanely high, making it great value as a home library purchase."[81]
Alison Powell of The Guardian said "As Hollywood agents worry about the demise of the town's lowing cash cow, the multi-camera, staged sitcom, here to save the day is Arrested Development, a farce of such blazing wit and originality, that it must surely usher in a new era in comedy."[82]
Gillian Flynn of Entertainment Weekly named Arrested Development the best television show of 2005 and said in her review that "As oddball as Arrested is, it's also humane. A flawless cast—from Will Arnett's breathy, bombastic Gob to Jessica Walter's boozy Lucille—grounds it, aided by Ron Howard's affable narration. Of course, the center of sensibility is good son Michael (Jason Bateman) and his even better son, George Michael (Michael Cera). Bateman and Cera give the best reacts around—the former all weary exasperation, the latter adorably bunny-stunned. Together, they're the sweetest, awkwardest straight men on the smartest, most shockingly funny series on TV...which is likely canceled, despite six Emmy wins. It's a perversion not even the Bluths deserve."[83] In 2012, Entertainment Weekly listed the show at No. 2 in the "25 Best Cult TV Shows from the Past 25 Years," praising its "fast, delirious, interlocking jokes that don't pander to the masses; winky gags (e.g. fake preview scenes for the following week's episode); and a cast of absurd characters."[84]
In 2004, the first season received seven Emmy Award nominations with five wins. It won for Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series, Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, for the pilot episode written by Mitchell Hurwitz and directed by brothers Anthony and Joe Russo. Jeffrey Tambor was nominated that year for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.[85]
In 2005, the second season received eleven Emmy nominations in seven categories with one win. Notable nominations included Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Jason Bateman), Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Jeffrey Tambor), Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (Jessica Walter) as well as three nominations for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, in which it won for "Righteous Brothers", written by Mitchell Hurwitz and Jim Vallely.[85]
In 2006, the third season received four Emmy nominations, for Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Will Arnett), Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for the series finale "Development Arrested."[85]
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The Imperial Avenue murders have stirred up some long simmering anger in the Mt. Pleasant community. Last week, one listener--Joanne from Cleveland--emailed this: No one cared. [Even] if they had been college students with Rhodes Scholarships, as long as they were black from a black neighborhood, the crimes would have been ignored. It's not only here but every place. We do not matter. Is it true that no one cared? Have our communities lost the capacity for empathy? We'll talk about it Wednesday morning at 9.
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you can attribute this to the "don't snitch" attitude of poor african americans, which stems from their us-versus-them attitude toward the police. this is not the last time something like this will happen.
Cleveland has time and again been listed one of the poorest cities in the US and the Mt. Pleasant area, while not the poorest of the poor is not far behind.
As a life-time resident of the lower Buckeye neighborhood, I would have to say that I've never seen the mood and atmosphere of my neighborhood much worse than today, with the possible exception of the summer of 1967, when I was 10-years-old.
All the side-streets around my home have dozens of abandoned and vandalized homes. About 50% of the street lights on both Buckeye Road, MLK Blvd., and Shaker Blvd. are dark on any given evening.
The traffic lights between here and downtown are missing a working lamp at every other stop light.
The pot holes on Buckeye Road, Shaker Blvd, and Rapid Transit Tracks at Shaker & Van Aken Blvd all could ruin your car's front-end with a single encounter..
The neighborhood has gotten a lot poorer, people are working three or four different minimum-wage jobs to hold body and soul together. They don't have time to supervise their children much less partake in "community" organizations.
Last summer packs of unsupervised school-age children and teens ran wild on my street vandalizing gardens, pets, and property at will.
We've "outsourced" neighborhood and "neighborly" responsibility to professional "community development" organizations who are more interested in their next development grant, professional peer recognition, marketing star properties to "upscale" prospects, or courting foundations program officials, than they are with the real needs and concerns of the residents they already have. Often they seem to see the current residents as a problem to be "fixed" rather than a situation that must be dealt with.
With the collapse of the American middle-class there just are not enough working, caring, and financially able people to live, work, and care about
all this abandoned urban real estate. Too much of the cream of our population, has moved out and abandoned the poorest, sickest, and most uneducated to fend for themselves with a failing city tax-base to cope.
I feel that it's not necessarily the fact that these rape victims were "poor and black" but that they were possible drug/alcohol addicts that made these missing women be not reported to police. Someone mentioned that if this were a wealthy white woman from Beachwood, the police would have been all over the neighborhood immediately. I think the difference here is that police in the Imperial Avenue district feel that there are so many women in this neighborhood who may be drug users or prostitutes, that "it's just another casualty." IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE BLACK, IT'S THAT THEY LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THIS IS DEEMED TO BE 'COMMON' AND IS NOT DEALT WITH IN THE SAME WAY IT WOULD BE DEALT WITH IN A MORE SOPHISTICATED NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THIS IS LESS COMMON. We need to train our police to treat crimes the SAME in all communities…but we also need to educate the community to report all missing persons to the police, no matter WHAT they say "the police will or won't do."
The poor black people of Cleveland have not mattered to the powers-that-be of this city for quite some time: Does any body remember Arthur Feckner, a convicted felon - a white man - was allowed to sell crack cocaine on Woodland Ave., across the street from Morris Black CMHA projects in the late '70s/early 80's. With the knowlege and assistance of police and elected city officials this man unleashed the plague that has murdered, crippled, castrated and yes even raped the potentialities of our people and this community the past 30 plus years.
What we are witnessing now - the evidence of 11 slaughtered black women, a stinking, decomposing and ravaged central southeastern Cleveland community - is the immoral failure and disregard of our City leaders to have allowed the original crime to occur and continue to ignore this crime's perpetuation.
This community needs healing! We the residents and the 4th District Police Department know where the drugs are being sold. Our people need drug rehabilitation and recovery services.
It is not enough to grieve. We must take responsibility and take action.
Nothing can diminish the tragedy here. Yes there was not enough follow up. However, when it is heard more than once that drug use and street life is irrelevant, that does not sit well with the larger community. It is not considered normative behavior. It is also not normative behavior for women to be out on the street using drugs etc. while there children are raised by others. These are not popular issues and charged. Until societal problems are addressed on a macro level, things will not change and predators will continue victimizing people.
Throughout US History, Black people have been treated, perceived, and depicted as less than human. Black women are depicted as whores everyday in hip-hop videos, and yet now we are outraged? Black women from midle-class families go missing, and Nancy Grace barely takes notice.
The tragedy of the Imperial Avenue situation and many other circumstances in poorer Black communities is that we as Black people have adopted larger society's view of ourselves. As Black people we do not respect our own, or value our own lives.
The net result is "no snitching" and criminal get away with crimes in pooe neighborhoods; families do not report their daughters, mothers and sisters missing for weeks and Sowell gets to slaughter them. Poor Black women have no heroes in their community. How can we expect the police to care?
We as Black people must start to value ourselves, and we must emand that the larger US society treat us as human beings. Stop supporting anyone who does not respect and champion our humanity- politicians, recording artists, etc.
'Must we be defined by our most troubled elements?' Sharon Pratt-Dixon former mayor of D.C.
Wanna do something to effect change: parent's go to school MONDAY A.M. with your kids...tell their teachers (in front of the kids), that U support THEM. And that U want to know what you can do to help the teachers teach YOUR kids. Now follow up, follow through...you've started something.
Pastor Boone's statement re: the demographics of the crowds at the post tragedy meetings is telling AND not surprising...you'll find much the same in most black churches on any Sunday: Few men between 15 - 55...A lot of folks don't articulate it, but they KNOW what's NOT working & what hasn't worked; religion as conventionally delivered has no resonance with this demographic...Pastor sounds thoughtful enough to know the WHY of that...but maybe HE can't see anymore either: been in it too long…
Politics/Government: how do u hold a government accountable when all you do is vote (to the extent you do), for the same party ALL THE TIME? Impossible…
SO what now? Please don't wind up standing helplessly in line, waiting for the SAME types (govt. bureaucrats) of folks to SAVE you who have been SAVING you for 50 years!
Nobody will say they want to be poor...who has DONE something TODAY/everyday to get themselves or their family OUT of poverty?
This tragedy is, in part, about class & race...what in the world isn't?
Perhaps we need to start to gain a more sober understanding of how politics/society/public policy really works...then leverage that knowledge with tactics & strategies towards collective objectives...a tall order...what's the alternative?
And remember: everybody that means well (even those with power), do not necessarily have meaningful answers stemming from root cause analysis. Politics!
I'd like to point out the most significant point I took from this hour-when asked about the role the families and communities played in these murders, the mother of one of the victims said "No one in the community noticed these women going into Anthony Sowell's house and never coming back out. It's a problem of neighborhood watch." The silence on the other end was deafening. All of us listening knew what needed to be said, but no one ever says it...the responsibility lies with ownership of our life choices. If one chooses to do drugs and live a life of ill repute-then bad things might visit them. If a family chooses to ignore that their child is doing drugs, then they may end up burying them. I think the bigger point I'm trying to make here is the disservice Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have done to the black community. Whenever a tragedy happens like this, all I hear is who should have prevented this. To put into context-because everyone wants to bring race into the equation-when a white parent is interviewed on Dr. Phil about the death of their drug addict child what I hear is "Why did I not do something to stop this" not "It's someone else's fault" Own your choices and be proud of them. If Cleveland sucks and there is a lot of crime, then leave with the clothes on your back. I'm just guessing here, but I'd bet it'd be a lot easier to leave if you don't have 6 children with six different fathers holding onto your apron strings when trying to leave for a better life…
There is a glaring fact here. It is the elephant in the room, and many people are dancing around saying that elephant isn't there: It is the STENCH. I went to the scene yesterday. The stench is still palpable. All you have to do is to inhale through your nose a bit when the wind is in your direction. Now. People. Listen to someone who knows: I know the smell of a dead body! When I went there yesterday there was NO MISTAKING THAT STENCH. It is an odor that is unique. However, if you do not know WHAT it is, you are not going to come to the correct conclusion. It can be devided thus: If you see a body and smell the stench, you will sure as heck know what that stench is. If you smell the stench but DO NOT see a body, you will not know what it is.
Now, many have asked why the Police or other officials didn't know what it was, or didn't do anythign sooner. In the interest of hearing both sides, I called a Detective I know from CPD. I asked him how many Police would know that smell. Answer: ALL OF THEM. And why would all of them know? Answer: They are taken to the MORGUE in their training so they will know it.
This smell is UNIQUE. I can tell you it is. It is unmistakable for those who know it. It does not smell like a dead dog, sausage (prepared for eating!), the sewer, and so on. IT SMELLS LIKE A DEAD HUMAN BEING. And once you smell it you cannot forget it!! IT is revolting, nauseating, disgusting.
Now, we didn't have just one body there. We had at least ELEVEN! Eleven bodies ,and two of them unburied. The rest in shallow graves. This was a massacre. The stench therefore was multiplied 11 times.
I spoke to at least one person at the scene who stated he knew that smell, that he called Police, and that nothing was done. Granted, the cops are as busy as bees in that very area, with crime left and right. I listen to the police scanner regularly. They're over there all the time. ALL THE MORE REASON TO WONDER WHY SOME COP DID NOT SAY GOSH, THAT'S A DEAD BODY SMELL! Further, since there was a lot of drug activity right there in front of the corner store where Sowell got his malt liquor, they should have been out of the cars and ON the area.
It is therefore sound to say that the POLICE SURE AS HECK SHOULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT THAT SMELL WAS LONG AGO AND DONE SOMETHING ABOUT IT PRONTO. Please don't tell the community that there was some issue of where the smell was coming from. You're a cop, you smell that smell, you figure it comes from a one block area and everyone tells you it does, YOU GO BUST DOWN DOORS UNTIL YOU FIND THE BODY! They did not. Why remains to be seen.
ps, for those who wonder, I am white, middle class and I LIVED in that area, on S. Moreland Blvd right out of college as I started my career. The people of that area have every right to be angry with the City.
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