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United Begins To Flip The Switch On Regional Jet WiFi
Wow�it�s been years and years since United first put WiFi on a muthafunking plane, but now that it's 2015, United is finally set to offer WiFI on their regional jet fleet. The cramped legroom and claustrophobic conditions will feel less so, as you�ll be tweeting, streaming, and posting from here to there.
Aircraft like the E170, E175, and CRJ700 will be heading into the hangar, as Gogo InFlight�s ATG-4 advanced air-to-ground is to be installed, hopefully by summer. Not only can travelers expect the usual WiFi offerings, but these planes�thankfully�will also score a slice of what United calls their �Personal Device Entertainment� giving access to movies, television, and other goodies right from your own mobile screen.
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Log On for Free Gogo and Boingo WiFi This Wednesday
You are a little braver�and maybe daring�than we are, as for the most part we will be staying put during the madness that is the Thanksgiving travel week. However, if you�re planning to be on the move this week there�s a few travel tech goodies that might just help the journey go that much more smoothly�or at least a little better.
The folks over at Verizon are getting into the holiday season, and by doing so they are giving away some stuff. It�s all part of a new holiday that they have basically made up, as apparently now the day before Thanksgiving will be known as Connection Day.
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Airline Exec Says Free In-Flight WiFi Will Become Standard
We've been following the development of in-flight Wifi since its initial takeoff, but most recently, we've been focused on airlines that have begun to roll out free Wifi. JetBlue was the first American carrier to make the leap, and just a month ago Nok Air became Asia's first airline to let passengers surf the Web for free.
Last week, Dubai based Emirates entered the discussion. The airline's President Tim Clark said that free Wifi is something we will eventually see become standard throughout the global airline industry, as it is definitely a service that customers want. In response, Emirates has been spending about $20 million a year on the installation and operation of in-flight connectivity, he said.
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How Much Does In-Flight and On-Track WiFi Cost These Days?
Did you know that today, October 29, is National Cat Day? Well it's also International Internet Day, which is a perfect coincidence if we don't say so ourselves. On this day in 1969, the first electronic message was sent over ARPANET. It's this network that developed into the internet we know and use today, no matter where we are traveling in the world.
It was Gogo who reminded us of this fact via an Instagram, and it got us thinking. What are today's prices for the miracle of WiFi connectivity, when we aren't sitting on the couch but on the move?
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Short Flights on Small Planes Won't Be Left Off United's In-Flight WiFi Plan
Good news for United flyers, as the airline is bringing its WiFi capabilities to even more planes. Now the cramped legroom and narrow cabins of all those United Express regional jets will be slightly improved, since they're next to have the switch flipped on in-flight WiFi.
Installations will start sooner rather than later, and the fleet is expected to be finished at some point next summer. All in all they�re looking to install the wires, cables, and antennas on over 200 planes. WiFi of course will be a great option, but the up in the air connectivity should also work for their snazzy streaming service too�check out our thoughts on that.
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A Review of United's BYO-Device Entertainment, Still in Beta Testing
Just about a year ago, Virgin Australia launched their cool new wireless BYO-device entertainment system. It was thought that this would be the wave of the future, as more travelers armed themselves with iPads.
Now we're excited to announce United has begun testing a similar system on this side of the Pacific. On a recent flight from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale, we were lucky to score a plane equipped with beta-test of this technology.
As a regular passenger, we received an email from United two days before departure, with the info that we'd be on a plane with this system. The email was similar to their webpage explanation, and it detailed how we could trial the entertainment choices by streaming them to our own iPad, iPhone, or laptop. By simply downloading the free application from the Apple App store, we would be able to enjoy hours of movies and television shows from gate to gate.
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Etihad Welcomes $5 and Up WiFi Onboard Their 777s
The awesomeness that is in-flight WiFi continues to be rolled out across airlines and their fleets, and this week there�s an update from the planes and people over at Etihad Airways.
They have announced that their cabin connectivity is now available across their fleet of Boeing 777 aircraft, and that�s a good thing, since they have like 24 of them criss-crossing the globe.
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Onboard and Online: A First Test of Nok Air's New, Free In-Flight WiFi
Never heard of Nok Air? You're about toa lotas the low-cost, Thailand-based airline embraces innovation to soar beyond other airlines, while still keeping ticket prices low and flights fun. We've even flown 'em, but this time around we dispatched special correspondent Kinny Cheng to check out their latest news: the arrival of free in-flight WiFi.
A lover of spectacles, Patee Sarasin, the outspoken CEO of Nok Air, stood and addressed the room overflowing with journalists. His big announcement would mark a first in Asia, and certainly a revolutionary development for Nok, which describes itself as �Thailand�s homegrown premium low-cost airline.�
That announcement? Free In-Flight WiFi. Not only would Nok be the first in Asia, but they'd join a precious few carriers (like JetBlue and Norwegian Air) willing to let their passengers surf the net for free at altitude.
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Japan Airlines Gets Onboard with Gogo In-Flight WiFi
Japan is in the process of providing free Wifi for travelers all across the country, and today one of the country's airlines has launched connectivity at 35,000 feet.
Three of Japan Airlines' 777-200 SKY NEXT aircraft now feature Gogo in-flight internet. It is the first commercial airline outside of North America to offer Wifi from Gogo.
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One More Airline Will Offer In-Flight WiFi for Free
One of the world�s best airlines�based on livery appearance alone�is getting even better, as Nok Air is adding some switches, wires, and electronic doodads to improve the flying experience.
WiFi is scheduled to arrive is set to arrive at Nok Air sooner than later, and it sounds like Thaicom are the folks behind the in-flight Ku-band technology. Installations are moving quickly, and the system could be up and running as soon as this July or August. The plans are to start with six planes as soon as possible, and after that they�ll move into installations for 30 more.
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Plans Finally in Place for Speedy In-Flight WiFi in Europe
We�ve been enjoying the wonders of in-flight WiFi for a few years now, but unfortunately those travelers doing their thing in the skies above Europe have not had the same pleasure. Thankfully it looks like things are about to change, as there are plans to flip the switch on some new�and speedy�in-flight connectivity across the pond.
Inmarsat is the company behind the new travel technology, and it sounds like their aiming to have things up and running by the end of 2016. Connections will have speeds in the 4G range, so things should be improved when compared to what we have here at home. All in all setting up the network should cost around $550 million, and that includes new satellites, new towers, and other bits and pieces related to the transmission process.
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Gogo In-Flight WiFi Arriving Aboard Air Canada Next Month
It�s time to fire up the social media at 35,000-feet, as Air Canada will soon be flipping the switch on the in-flight WiFi thanks to their technology team over at Gogo.
We�ll have to wait a little bit of time, as there�s still some of this and little of that to figure out; however, it looks like Air Canada will start doing the WiFi thing aboard their North American fleet as early as May.


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City water supplies cattle along Smoky Hill River
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PFEIFER -- A river runs through it, but Bruce Arnhold still must make the drive here from Hays several times each week to fill up two galvanized steel stock tanks.
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PFEIFER -- A river runs through it, but Bruce Arnhold still must make the drive here from Hays several times each week to fill up two galvanized steel stock tanks.
The city of Russell's No. 2 well supplies the water for him.
It's all part of a lease agreement, letting Russell draw up the water for its residents. Arnhold gets cash and the right to use water in a drought.
"Kind of sad when you've got the Smoky Hill River and you've got to pump from the city of Russell," Arnhold said as he watched the water flow into the smaller of two tanks not far from the red and blue city water well.
It's not the first time he's done it since purchasing the pasture in 1988.
He was forced to turn to water from the city well in 1990 and 2006, as well as this year.
Arnhold, whose farm is headquartered in Hays, prefers letting his cattle drink as they please out of the Smoky Hill, because it relieves him of the danger of his herd running out of water.
"Now, since late July, I've been coming over every few days," Arnhold said.
Not only has he watched the river water dry up and disappear, but he's also watched the flow from the city well dwindle as well.
"I don't think I'm getting the stream I used to get," he said, pointing to a 2-inch piece of pipe. "It used to shoot out across half the tank."
Saturday, a steady flow came from the pipe, but it quickly fell into the tank.
It's better than being forced to haul water, he said.
Arnhold said he received approximately 1.5 inches of moisture in last week's rain.
"I think all my rain gauges all dry-rotted out," he said. "I hope it livens things up. Hopefully, this will soften up some of this grass."
He paused, looking around at conditions surrounding him.
"This is my best pasture," he said.
Arnhold's been able to hold on to his cattle, and he has carryover feed for this winter.
"I can't start feeding too early," Arnhold said.
"They're pretty content over here."
He's struggling to hang on to his herd, though, after being forced to sell some cattle in 2006.
Rather than buy back, he's gradually been building up his herd by keeping calves.
But he's been helping the veterinarian at both Plainville and La Crosse sale barns.
"The number of cattle coming through," he said, "I've never seen that before."
Even with recent rains, more still is needed.
"I don't like to work in snow," he said. "But we might have to have a change in season to break the cycle."


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So in the past six months I have read:
A Song of Ice and Fire series released thus far
The Wheel of Time series released thus far
The Malazan Book of the Fallen
The first two books of the Kingkiller Chronicles
The First Law series
Looking for some advice on what to read next. Basically really love the tone and grit of the MBotF and the First Law series and rough but interesting characters like Fiddler, Smiles, Ninefingers, and Ferro. That said, I really need good resolution in a book. The ending of the First Law series absolutely killed me; I cannot read another book like that.
Beyond tone, I am a sucker for traditional sword, magic, quest, and fellowship type stories with a romance or two tossed in for good measure. I loved the Wheel of Time as well for these reasons primarily.
Sorry for the rambling post, but hopefully you guys have some good suggestions. I believe I am going to start on The Black Company novels for now.
Hi Wulfgang, welcome to SFFWorld.
I'd recommend Glen Cook, whose written quite a few fantasy series.
The Black Company and The Dread Empire are two that might match with the same sensibilities as what the books you mentioned have in common. In addition, Erikson has cited Cook as a major influence.
Matt Stover's Heroes Die should work for you too, but that may lead you to the other books in that series - Blade of Tyshalle, Caine Black Knife and Caine's Law.
Daniel Abrahams The Dagger and the Coin series, which is thus far comprised of The Dragon's Path and The King's Blood should work for you, too.
Thanks Chris and Rob B. I actually decided to go with the Mistborn series by Sanderson since The Black Company wasn't available on Kindle or in any stores near me. It is pretty fantastic and I've been enjoying it since I'm somewhat used to Sanderson from the last few WoT books after Jordan passed. His writing and description is somewhat less than an Erikson or Jordan, but the plot and ideas thus far in the first Mistborn book have been superb. The whole "magic" system is really unique and cool as well, which is surprising to me given the amount of fantasy I've read. There's also a lot less philosophy / introspection than the MBotF which is preferable to me. Would highly recommend it Chris since I see it's on your to-do list.
I recommend you change the name then, Michael. lol Just kidding, I've only read the first Riyria book so far, I'd like to get around to finishing it.
I always pimp the Chathrand series, I love it.
And I need to get around to Mistborn, seems like most people's favorite of Sanderson's.
You all need to read Reddick.
Have to get Mistborn like I said someday.
I'd recommend God's War I'm halfway thru this, its cool, my people.
Is Glen Cook's Instrumentalities of the Night series good? I'm sure this has some fans.
Hey everyone, I'm looking for some new fantasy reads.
Next on my list is the Wheel of Time series (and I dont want to read the whole series in one go) and since im a pretty fast reader I'd like a few other books to have on hand.
Something similar to these would be great:
-The Malazan Book of the Fallen Series by Steven Erickson <--(****This is my favorite series right now****)
-A Song of Ice and Fire Series (Game of Thrones) by George RR Martin
- King Killer Chronicles (The Name of the Wind) by Patrick Rothfuss
-The Prince of Nothing by R Scott Bakker
-The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
-Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
-King Rat/Perdido Street Station/The Scar by China Mieville
-The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
-The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King
-The Fade by Chris Wooding
-The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks (Didnt like this one that much)
-The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K leGuin
-Flesh and Spirit/Breath and Bone by Carol Berg
-Wraeththu by Storm Constantine
-Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
-Scar Night (Deepgate Codex) by Alan Campbell (the last book in this series was a bit of a disappointment but I loved the first two)
-The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
-The Gormenghast Novels by Mervyn Peeke
-The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R, Donaldson
-Lamentation by Ken Scholes
Hi Unassailable,
Since you've already listed Wooding's The Fade, I would recommend givining his Braided Path series a try.
Unassailable, seeing as Malazan is your favorite series, you should check out Michelle West's The Sun Sword series. Besides being almost as huge in scope, it shares a lot of other similarities to the Malazan Book of the Fallen and is an excellent read.
Right, I have just bought one of those kindle things.
I need to fill it with great fantasy.
I just finished China Mieville's Embassytown - Loved Perdido Street Station and The Scar, not that fussed with Embassytown but liked some of it.
I'm looking for something that I will enjoy based on the fact I love the following authors:
- Joe Abercrombie
- Scott Lynch
- Matthew Stover
- Peter V Brett
Hit me.
Have you tried Among Thieves: A Tale of the Kin by Douglas Hulick?


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Three more solar farm applications have been made in north Norfolk and Broadland.
By KATHRYN BRADLEY
Monday, November 26, 2012
A giant solar farm on prime arable land at the gateway to the Norfolk Broads is one of three new schemes on the table.
The plan for more than 57,000 panels on 73 acres of land has sparked some local concerns, with a council leader saying it would have a "terrible effect" on tourism.
A public consultation has seen villagers vote against it, while an action group has been formed to oppose the plan.
Trafford Solar Park wants to install the panels off Belaugh Road, Hoveton, claiming they would create enough electricity annually to power the equivalent of 2,600 homes.
The proposed development site is the size of more than 36 football pitches, is half a kilometre from Hoveton and 300 metres north of the Broads Authority boundary. The Bure Valley Railway Line runs along the site's eastern edge.
The application is within the boundaries of both North Norfolk and Broadland district councils and will have to be approved by both planning authorities before it can be built. The application is expected to go to planning committees early next year.
The scheme is among a wave of solar farm applications expected to be submitted in the last few months, ahead of government proposals to reduce by 25pc financial support for solar installations larger than 5MW built after April 1 2013.
NNDC is currently considering applications for a 5.7MW solar farm on 34 acres of arable land at Strawberry Lane at Saxthorpe, submitted by Saxthorpe Solar Farm, and for a 12.74MW scheme on almost 70 acres of cropped farmland off Scottow Road, Scottow, made by Shaw Coltishall Solar Park.
Residents living near the proposed solar farms have expressed concerns about the impact on the countryside.
Norman Evans, chairman of Belaugh Parish Council, said the proposed solar farm site in Hoveton was grade II arable land, which was of particularly high quality and made up 16pc of the farmland in Norfolk.
He added: "I live in a national park in a conservation area. The general view of it will be terrible and will have an effect on tourism.
"Wroxham is the gateway to the Norfolk Broads. Solar farms are better placed on brownfield sites like Coltishall Airfield. We plan to fight it on every level we can."
He said 60pc of villagers had responded to a public consultation and voted unanimously against the plans. Residents living near the proposed site have also formed their own action group against the scheme.
Jo Boxall, clerk to Corpusty and Saxthorpe Parish Council, said the council had objected to the scheme in the parish and intended to ask the planning officer to attend a public meeting in the village to explain the proposals. She said the wrong address for the site had been printed on the public notice, causing distress to some residents.
She added: "As far as the parish council is concerned the land is for food production, not energy production. The council has concerns about the fencing and the security system that would be needed and the fact several buildings would be going on the land."
Vice chairman of Scottow Parish Council Trevor Bunting said he was in favour of solar energy but added: "I am concerned at the amount of good arable land being used here to generate power."
NNDC has approved two large scale solar farms in the last two years, including one at Worstead on the edge of North Walsham in 2011 and another at Northrepps in 2012.
Broadland has also approved two solar farms in the last two years, including one at Rackheath in 2011 and another at Weston Longville in September this year.
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Mr. T, agree with your remarks fully.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
I agree that solar panels should not be on good agricultural land. We need the land for produce and there are brownfield sites like the old RAF base at Coltishall that could easily be used. I too have solar panels and they are on my flat roof garage and have proven to be very efficient but wasting greenfield sites is not on.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Absolutely right Dr. JB, with rich land owners exploiting the subsidy system, fooling gullible taxpayers into believing that this is green, no wonder food prices going sky high. Solar panels should benefit individual taxpayers, not gobble up valuable agricultural assets.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
The worrying thing here is that these are just a few of the applications that are being made or considered around Norfolk. If they go ahead then the impact on the Norfolk countryside is significant. Norfolk people need to make their feelings felt and resist these developments. The rush for solar is encouraged by the temporary high tariffs. However this is not consistent with one of Government's other policies which is protecting UK Food Production. Norfolk is an essential part of UK Food Production. It is a disgrace that developments on high quality farmland like these are not immediately thrown out by planners.
Monday, November 26, 2012
I find it amazing that had an application been submitted for a single wind turbine the old antis would have had this page filled by now, yet hundreds of acres could be lost under solar panels and there is not a word, I also fully support solar panels, as I do wind power in the correct location, both on and offshore, but i struggle with the concept of covering the land with Solar panels, some of these proposals are so vast they will soon take over.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Mr. T, agree with your remarks fully.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Very anti wind, quite pro solar. BUT there is no case for useable agricultural land being used for energy production, this includes biomass, solar etc. Agricultural land is for growing food. The same applies to the proposed housing at Sprowston. Now, nearby to all of these is the near perfect place for an enormous solar farm, it used to be called RAF Coltishall, and, as a bonus, solar panels around it would still allow it to be an airfield if required. It is also likely that a lot of the airfield land is contaminated so unusable for food production. Also, in this area, anything which adversely affects tourism must be prevented.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
While I am in favour of solar panels (and have some on my house), they belong on buildings and not on agricultural land, which should be used to grow crops or as a wildlife haven. Buildings in towns and cities (and especially flat roofed buildings such as St. Stephen's Street in Norwich) should be used to hold solar panels, where no one will see them and the space is currently unused.
Monday, November 26, 2012
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Microsoft is cutting more than half the price off its Surface RT tablet for schools, colleges, and universities. Microsoft announced the temporary discount program at the ISTE 2013 conference taking place this week in San Antonio, TX, where the company is also giving away 10,000 of the tablets for free.
Through Aug. 31, both K-12 schools and higher education institutions can purchase unlimited quantities of the Surface RT 32 GB model for $199. (That device currently retails for $499.)
The Surface RT features a 10.6-inch screen (1,366 x 768 pixels) and is powered by a quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor. It includes 2 GB RAM and 32 GB of base storage but also includes a micro SDXC card slot for additional storage. It runs on Windows RT, a special version of Windows 8 designed specifically for ARM processors like the Tegra 3.
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The Surface RT measures 10.81" x 6.77" x 0.37" and weighs in at 1.5 pounds.
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text: The praise was a little embarrassing. This rancher walked in hat-in-hand and began repeating, "I appreciate you guys coming to kill my coyotes. I really do. The more of those vermin you shoot the more calves will make it to market." We were warming up in the living room of a ranch house feeling a little over-appreciated. Weren't we just there to hunt? Sure, we knew that, according to National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), predators cost U.S. ranchers more than $71 million annually, but we found you really can't comprehend such statistics until you meet a rancher trying to earn a living from the land. We were mostly wearing Cabela's clothing in the pattern Predator Deception, we had our Johnny Stewart PM-4 wireless remote callers and other predator gear ... yeah, we were a bunch of grown-ups looking forward to taking our toys on the playground-we'd forgotten we were also doing the rancher a service. So we stood almost blushing as the rancher gushed appreciation. However, Al Morris, a Hunter's Specialties pro staffer, and Garvin Young weren't bashful about basking in the praise. This duo won the 2008 annual World Coyote Calling Championship; in fact, they're the only team to ever win this competition back-to-back and to capture three world championship titles. We supposed they should enjoy the appreciation; after all, being a World Coyote Calling Champion isn't exactly something you can just drop at a cocktail party in any old Blue State and expect praise; no, it takes a livestock owner to really respect a genuine coyote slayer. I'd seen Al in action that morning. As a long-time coyote hunter, not necessarily slayer, I was eager to see how he gets it done. I found his method of hunting coyotes bordered on work. He'll run roads hours before daylight using a howler and/or siren to locate packs. Then he'll figure in the wind and the available cover and food sources. Then he'll come up with his attack plans outlined on maps with all the gusto of a Navy SEAL Team before dropping in on Taliban HQ. "Coyotes are intelligent," said Al. "This is a sniper's game, but it's also a hunter's greatest challenge. These critters learn fast, and nothing hurts a rancher harder than a coyote that was taught his lessons by sloppy hunters." We parked and used Hunter's Specialties Scent-A-Way products to give us a little more time with circling coyotes. Then we slipped into a meandering patch of junipers and crawled onto a high spot overlooking a pasture in the foothills of southern Colorado. We lay prone, a gunner on either side of Al. We could see 600 yards across a pasture. Al positioned his Johnny Stewart PM-4, a wireless remotely operated caller, 50 yards in front and to the left to draw attention away from our setup. He crawled back and started the electronic caller. He began with coyote howls and then quickly transitioned to a rabbit-in-distress. Four coyotes thought the cries of anguish sounded tasty. But they came in smart. At 300 yards they turned and began trotting south to pick up our scent. The .204 Ruger I had on my shooting sticks could certainly reach that far. I fired and one rolled and then the cold, gray January day shot past as we ran from setup to setup, staying 30 minutes per stop. Winning the title of World Champion two years running meant being first in a field of 128 teams. The contest is held over a day and a half. Teams try to call in and shoot the highest number of coyotes. Al and Garvin managed to take 18 in 2008. We found out how Al and Garvin pulled it off-scouting, hunting smarts and running from setup to setup. I recalled that P.J. O'Rourke, in his classic tome Parliament of Whores, followed a U.S. senator around all day to see how professional politicians stay in power. O'Rourke ran out of steam late in the afternoon as the senator just kept striding fervently from event to vote to event. Success at anything, it seems, takes endurance. Back at the house the rancher saw the dead coyotes lined up in the snow and began shaking our hands all over again. He knew the coyote population couldn't be reduced to nothing. Biologists at the Wildlife Research Center in Fort Collins had long-since determined it's necessary to kill more than 72 percent of a given coyote population to lower it. But he didn't care about that. He knew a hunted, and thereby thinned, population meant the predators would be skittish around his cattle. And that was enough.


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I've gone to my farm in Kentucky for the weekend. It's a great place to relax, do a little hard physical labor, and forget about the rest of the world. If you don't have such a place, I highly suggest you get one.
In the meantime, here's a Sunday selection about a famous movie critic I hope you won't be too critical about.
See you on Monday.
J. Peterman
From: The Wall Street Journal
too bad I didn't have this the other day
As long as today's topic is about a critic, I will overide the currency accumulator in the coin operated mirror, so anyone using the comfort station in the Sepiatrain Club car can be their own critic....(I know some of us may have experienceed that before...)
"...bracing, provocative prose and the author's loony, irrational taste."
Well RoadYacht, the mirror in the comfort station seems to be working overtime! I only needed a quarter.
It is a gorgeous autumn morning here in Arlington, Virginia. The sun is bright and so are the leaves. The air is crisp and the temperature is in the mid-forties. I'm not sure what all I will do today but eggs and pancakes are in the immediate offing. Too bad we can't all physically meet somewhere later for coffee and conversation.
To answer Kael's question about having a visceral reaction to seeing a movie, yes, there have been many that touched me to tears. But then, I have been known to cry at a Hallmark commercial! Some of the ones this critic panned are some of my favorites, such as The Sound of Music, Dr. Zhivago, and Ben Hur. I guess I am a sucker for a sad story. Still, I'd rather be that way than so cynical that I can't sympathize with a lost kitten.
Lovely here, too, Lynn. In North Georgia, we have the trees in yellows and reds, clear blue sky, and chilly temps. The deer are milling around in the backyard, looking for their carrots!! Hummingbirds are long gone, and the chipmunks are storing stuff. Squirrels are busy and woodpeckers are calling. Must take my coffee to the deck and enjoy the sounds of Nature.
Mr.P thank you for reminding me of that great character Pauline Kael. I remember when she could strike fear and terror into the hearts of filmmakers--not just the studios distributing them looking for the bucks, but the directors and writers who placed a different value entirely on their work. Her evocative and visceral descriptions of not just what she saw on the screen but what she felt watching, made for mesmerizing reading and even more interesting conversation (she said WHAT?).
Looking to be a gorgeous autumn day here as well. Just have to figure out what to do with myself when I am invaded for the Broncos game (I'm sorry, just can't do football on tv). Enjoy the day everyone!
WOW!!! I WAS impressed with the chicago Tribune story about film critic Roger Ebert (as in Siskel & Ebert of PBS fame), but THIS article makes that story seem sophomoric. So much for my theory that Peterman's weekend posts are appropriately dubbed "Peterman Lite".....
The 20-foot high Jack and the Beanstalk Mexican sunflowers are finally blooming, and Florida is experiencing a cold front.
I'm planning to paint the mailbox and apply fresh decals, so it's ready for Monday's mail delivery.
I don't like to know much of anything about a movie before seeing it or a book before reading it except that it is thought to be worth the time and money.
Afterwards, it has always been interesting to compare my opinion with those of persons who get paid to review them.
The fact that a negative review can kill a play, movie, book or television show, tells you something about the American public which seems willing to pre-surrender its own judgement to somebody else.
VeraM ~
I was about to observe that your prosaic itinerary sounded more interesting than ours but then, I learned that we are lunching with someone with a new baby.
Somebody has to hold her.
Hello, VeraM. My, I am impressed with the height of your sunflowers. Hope they survive the cold snap. In Wales UK we have a cold back and front. The leaves of my tulip tree have turned a dayglo canary yelllow. It's about 40 foot and while it is lovely, that's going to be a lot of leaves to rake up.My son's comment after seeing The Elephant Man at our local flea-pit cinema. "The grown-up man sat next to me was blubbing, so I thought I'd join him." When he'd had time to digest it, he said the film taught him a lot about how bad it is to make fun of people who are "different." He's been up for the weekend - sort of - the main object being the 40th birthday of a young woman who we have known since she was a tiny. My son went to school with her and I'm a sort of adopted auntie. The party was one of those all day and half of the night affairs, so I am feeling a tad fragile.
Dear Stoney - That baby has NO IDEA how lucky she is today.. I guess I must be a critics nightmare - if they LOVE it I seem to Hate it & if they Hate it I seem to love it.. Maybe I just hate being made out to be a sheep when it comes to my personal likes or opinions.
Stirring reading while having a hot Sis Schubert Cinnamon Roll and cuppa Joe. In our cinematic search ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous, it's refreshing to have those cheeky voices that say hype can be profound while recognizing even a great message can be a bore. Better to be respected than liked. Sadly as expressed many bios miss the mark of insight during the times where it would be most interesting.
Need to work today but tickets to "Wicked" this afternoon have won out. My wife knows not to tell me in advance or I start finding excuses not to go. My curmudgeon-like reluctance will diminish at showtime. Always does. Always Will.
I ADORE Pauline Kael. I may not agree w/ all of her reviews, but she had so much passion and so much love for movies. Reading her is like discovering movies for the first time. She makes you laugh, get angry, scream outloud, "No way, I thought I was the only one who felt that" go, "Are you kiding me?", feel intensely frustrated.....................BUT..............she always made you feel something. To me there is no one who can fill her shoes. It seems like in the 70's the movie critics had a passion and an intellectual feel for movies. She made you really think. I LOVE THE MOVIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love them, I love them, I love them!
I don't care for Roger Ebert, I think he is quite overrated (I also realize that the love a person has for a movie critic is very dependent on personalities & writing style). One person whom I had laughed off as Pauline Kael very light was Leonard Maltin, but I have started watching him and I find him really perceptive and passionate and he seems like a lovely person, but he LOVES the movies. When I saw this topic I was so deliriously happy! Maybe a few more teenage explanation points will send you all to the gagatorium. Sorry, but I am ecstatic!
DPRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR................where are you?
STONEY................RINGS is correct, that baby is a lucky baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe there will be frosted cookies....................
CHEFD....................I knew you would love her, I knew it!
RINGS, STONEY: Well Put !!! Both of you ...
Today might not be too dull at that .......
I am terribly sorry that Roger Ebert has been thru such a horrific past five years, genuinely wish him long life and no more health trouble in the future ... But I DO hope that his misfortune's sympathy inducement does not lead to greater tolerance of his weeniefied Reviews and pseudointellectual attitude ... It has long been obvious that the only difference between Ebert and Rex Reed is that Reed borrows Elton John's old clothes from a High Ticket Re-Sale Shoppe ... He seems to embrace every really bad waste of Film, and poo-pooh those with serious merit of any kind ... The only opinion I remember Ebert's ever offering, that made sense, was that, Brokeback Mountain should have been put up for an AVN Award rather than an Oscar .......
Gene Siskel was a perfect foil ...
Ivan- Funny stuff. Rex Reed aka Myron Breckinridge says it all. 1970 revisited. Raquel Welch has natural qualities but what was up with my man, John Huston as Buck Loner?
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IVAN......................Perfection! I was afraid to go after Ebert, but you said it.................he is the most pedestrian of reviewers & I alays wondered why he became so famous. I think purely luck.........................Rex Reed is so over the top that I can actually appreciate him.....................he knows he's a hack.................Ebert still believes himself to be an intellectual................
My favorite movie review? The people behind me stayed quiet, no cell phone ringtones were heard, and the floor wasn't sticky- - -the washrooms were clean, and the popcorn had best butter "stuff"....... OK, I guess I was playing with the word Movies, as used in the place where they are in fact shown to a group,for money.....ahhh, I guess I should have just lurked today.....I don't see many movies....I read a lot of periodicals....Think I'll try to improve on those brandied apples....
No one wrote a movie review like Pauline Keel. You couls actually base your decision on whether or not to spe nd your time or money based on her opinion.
Bert- Isn't it nice when an article or truibute actually conveys the essesence of the subject?
Bebe-- Even if you didn't agree with Pauline Keel you probably could figure out what was at the root of the difference of opinion and you could still enjoy her writing. Wouldn't it be great if her revies were incorporated into the packaging of of DVD's of the movies she had reviewed?
Jalopkin- I never realized that you knew so much about fashion. You are very preceptive.
VeraM-Please post a picture of your sunflowers and freshly painted mailbox.
Bebe....no hemorrhoids on my sidebar, how 'bout you?
I do have offers to manage my passwords for free...how thoughtful.
ChefDeb, you still there?
It's a bad day when Bebe and Miss Blue take up a discussion about the advertisements on the sidebar. That black eye thing is easily remedied by removing your mascara before you go to bed.
The movies. I love em. I did appreciate the article connection having never heard of the subject critic. I have always felt that movie critics had the best job ever until I ignorantly listened to a movie critic I trusted poorly review what is now my favorite movie of all time. I was fortunate enough to see years later in a summer classic movie series at the Fablous (and it is indeed fablous) Fox Theater in Atlanta.
MISS BLUE--I am indeed still here, thanks for asking! I prefer the Dire Straits you posted to the Dire Straits I am in with my son-in-law because the Cable TV broke! He thinks I did it on purpose...if only I knew how. Hoping Lasagna and Plum Crisp will heal all wounds....
...and now I'm "critic scmitic", letting myself decide how much I like the movies.
Best "dude" movies you may not have ever seen.
1.The Shawshank Redemption (my all time favorite)
2.The Boondock Saints.
3.The Thirteenth Warrior.
4.Crossroads (Ralph Macchio/Joe Seneca version)
5.To Live and Die in L.A.
There are others, these are just my top five.
These are movies slightly off the grid. 300, Gladiator, Braveheart, Saving Private Ryan, etc are givens, these are "dude movie standards".
If you feel the same way about movie critics as I do, never mind.
RY.......................your posts are most wonderful & I hope you never decide to just lurk, so there!
UMM.......................To Live & Die in LA is a great movie....................
CHEFD...............Lasagna & plum crisp would soothe my wounds, feel free to send some down here...................
bebe, It would be a great remake, if only for the right cast/director....maybe.
Crossroads, much overlooked when it was released, is a great movie about a Julliard Prodigy (Ralph Macchio) with a desire to play the blues, and his persuit of such trying to balance the classical with the blues. He is in persuit of a 13th song supposedly written by one Robert Mohnson. His research uncovers one of Mr. Johnson's accompanying(sp) musicians, a harnonica player named Willie Brown, played by Joe Seneca, now residing in a rest home for elderly felons. Macchio finds Seneca incarcerated and wheelchair bound (a ruse used by Seneca to always have a young nurse take care of him). Macchio breaks Seneca our on the promise that Seneca will teach Macchio the "lost 13th song" and depending if Macchio can get Seneca back to the Delra region, home of the blues. Truth is, Seneca made a simular deal at the crossroads as Robert Johnson, and now wants to make a second deal to get his soul back.
Trust me, it's a great movie and it's definatly not like the dung heap starring Brittney Spears with the same name.
"Wicked" storyline will never grow old. Defying Gravity is still a great finish and everything called evil even witches have a story to tell. Having a taco medley of brisket, southern BBQ, Korean BBQ, and Fish and a cold Pacifico. Supernatural, an interesting TV show that has used Mr. Johnson's dealmaking is a fun paradoxical piece.
BEBE: One of the neat things about being Older is that I don't really care, sometimes, what anybody else might think is, Bad Form ...
MISS JULIA: I raised Five Girls, the Oldest is Forty, and the Youngest is Thirteen, and Eleven months younger than her Next Older Sister ... AND, the NAVY senty me to School to learn about such things before I got my First Embassy Assignment ... They even sent me to Dancing School, even tho' I already knew how to Dance ...
Everyone is correct about Stoney's fortunate baby-friend. Me, too, Stoney, and I LOVE your tale about burying the dog....
Writing is personal, so Pauline Kael could be off-putting to readers who don't like her style; though not my favorite style, it never got in the way of my appreciation of her work. Thank you, Mr. P,, for introducing me to her books, which I possibly should know but don't. I'll start with "For Keeps."
Neither do I read reviews of book or movie before reading, seeing. It is interesting, though, to see what reviewers think, relative to my view, later. Wait: I can't say that's always true -- often a review sends me to book or movie I'd not planned on. The writer makes more difference, if I've read him before, than does a review, pre-book or pre-film;I know what to expect from certain writers, certain actors and directors. Still, Pauline Kael represents the best in review-writing, in my book. Once I learned her style and manner -- years ago -- I knew how to take her comments, and enjoyed her writing as much as what she wrote. She differs, certainly, from most reviewers, in terms of voice, but I like it. It comes down to the personal.
Gosh, re-reading above, I'm not profound, but, as with Pauline, you'll take or leave me. Which makes my point about her writing. Her views are another matter, and each of us will take or leave those as we choose. I've no idea what she went through (beyond the article) to make her way in a difficult profession; it can't have been easy. That no less a judge of writing than William Shawn called her back to New Yorker says considerable -- about him, about her. Refreshing, out of the ordinary, insightfrul, she was perhaps alone in her field, and fine enough to (apparently) write her own ticket.
Tommy Typical, perhaps this will help: I know the man who wrote "Wicked," and admire his insisting posters include "It started in the library," He's given a great deal of time to visiting public schools, working with students on writing well before his book became the musical. He began writing books for children and young people, then wrote crossover books, ultimately birthing "Wicked." His name is Gregory Maguire. I haven't seen the play, though he sent a tape of dialogue and music while it was in rehearsal. Report, please....
Umm ~ Shawshank Redemption was and still is my all-time favorite movie......it was also a great story. As much as I love Stephen King novels, this was one of the very few that I liked as a movie.
Ivan ~ Lucky you, five girls. We have three and one boy (who never found the seat up or could get a word in.....even now.)
I do agree that age brought a feeling of, well, non-caring, maybe. It seems that the those things that I found so important are, at this stage of my life, just not very.
Andy- it's a movie that is so moving and un-explainable. I read the "Different Seasons" collection way back in 1983 when I was still in college, containing the Novella "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" and loved the story. I consider any movie lover that has not seen it a lucky person, if you know what I mean. It is a jewel, and it pleases me to see how much it has rose on the top 100 films of all time. It's just that good (to you and I).
Georgia- Marvelous!!! The set on this latest production was wonderful. I would love to play the Wizard/ not always wonderful donchaknow.
The Steve Jobs piece on 60 Minutes tonight including an interview with his biographer is unbelievable. The iPad's use with autistic children is mind blowing.
Jackson Brodie is a complicated character in Masterpiece's Case Histories. Anti-hero for sure.
Tommy Typical - The Wizard of Oz is NOT one of my favorites - I did enjoy McGregor's book Wicked when it came out yrs ago. In the past few years not so much anymore, I am of the belief that Mr. McGregor is slowly & systemitacally driving me Crazy. I get about 4 copies of Wicked in daily, I have so many different bindings of Wicked at the store, it's pretty overwhelming. Out of principle I refuse to give him anymore $ towards another republish of that book... Altho I hear the Play is actually very beautiful & way dfferent form the actually book. An afternoon at the theater sounds lovely tho, am happy that you saw a good production of what is a great & beautiful modern day musical
rings90- Thanks for your response. I am with you on the hype. And I am an old two bit character actor who prefers comedy and drama to a musical but the mechanics of these large productions enthrall me along with the Pinot Grigio. Also as an author who has to hustle his books like an old motley mountebank, cherry picking what is "good" by publishing houses gets my goat, cow, and a couple o' chickens.
What a sweet bunch you are… and so was the newly christened, one month old Victoria with whom I sneaked off into the curiously book-less but fire-warmed library for a soft and low word or two…
Of Mum And Dad and flannel sheets and iridescent wings
Of sailing ships and sealing wax and other fancy things
October skies, dark brown eyes, your toes like tiny peas
With ten million other moments... I'll remember these
STONEY...........................really lovely & on that note, goodnight.....................
TT, I didn't know there's another among us whose book is making the rounds; I'm forever told "...It's too literary [????]...we like your writing, though, so let us see something else." Literary journals like my fiction and poetry; guess that's as far as ir'll go. A singer friend who made a fine career out of character roles in operas the world over says writers like me are analogous to character performers.
Good to hear nice comments about Gregory's book-that-became-a-show.
Stoney, bless you, as always: We'll all sleep sweetly with the image of you singing your lullaby to Victoria.
Tommy T, I too watched Masterpiece Theatre Mystery tonight, and agree with you about Jackson Brodie. Coincidence and serendipity happen so often, I wonder if they are.... In that show tonight P.B.helley;'s poem 'Ozymandias' figures largely, and, in the way of such things, my son's 'blog about literary matters today addresses that poem, which I assume he's been teaching. There aren't six degrees nof separation; more like two, sometimes.
Somone asks about DPR, and I've wondered also about him. Usually he's our theater critic here in the Neighborhood.
'Night, all. To bed, with Stoney's melody in my head.
MISS BEBE: I agree with you ... that Reed KNOWS he is a Hack ... but I also think he thinks of himself as a cross between, Charles Nelson Riley and Crisswell ... or as Genvieve used to call him, "Mr. Predicts" ... Reed probably figured long ago that, he could stay in the Public Eye longer and better entrenched if he appeared as a Characature, rather than REALLY trying to be taken seriously ... His biggest move, I think ... was challenging Michael Jackson for the Exclusive Right to Diana Ross's Eyes ... Jackson of course out-Monied him, and the only choices left for Reed were Yul Brynner's Hairline, or Zero Mostel's Chins ... No wonder we don't see him at Studio54 anymore .......
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One big story that hasn't yet made it across the Spanish-English divide is the epic of Don Alejo Garza, an elderly farmer who fought a one-man stand against a drug gang. When they gave him a deadline to leave his property or else, Garza sent his ranch hands home and armed himself. There he waited. When the gang came in the dead of the night he met them with a fusilade and killed four and wounded two before the numerically superior drug enforcers finally took him out with gunfire and hand-grenades. The Mexican Marines arrived on the scene to find bodies all over and an old man at the center of it all.
Garza's epic stand recalls the efforts of Lance Thomas, a watch dealer in Los Angeles, California who killed five armed robbers in four separate shootouts as they tried to rob his store. On two of these occasions Thomas was himself shot, but kept firing until he was the last man standing. Although Garza is dead and we will never know why he made up his mind to face off against the gangsters, Thomas was asked why he chose to repeatedly fight instead of giving the criminals what they wanted. He answered that if he did that — submitted — then his survival would be someone else's choice. He wanted to make the call on whether he would live or die.
In so doing both recall one of the great cinematic epics of the 1950s. "High Noon" resonates in part because it depicts the life of a man who we all sometimes want to be when we're not thinking straight. Every now and again someone actually does the foolish thing. And when they do, we can't help but sit up and notice, almost as if it is the least that we can do.
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1. blert
For me the script reads like Mr. Majestyk.
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2. Habu
There are few metrics I am aware of that measure bravery. Certainly our all volunteer armed forces are a testiment to an individuals willingness to go in harms way but how much of that is economically driven. The shoeless men at Valley Forge weren't there for economic reasons, liberty was their mantra.
I believe it is better to die standing than on you knees. As Caesar said to Calpernia on the way to the forum, Of all the things I yet have herd it seems to me most strange that men should fear, seeing that death , a necessary end, will come when it will come
Amen brother.
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3. epignosis
That's the problem isn't it? The peace officers come after notification that a crime has been committed. Invariably past tense. Law enforcement, as practiced, relies on deterrence. When that fails, lawlessness prevails. Then all bets are off, everyman for himself.
In the country to the south, corruption, coupled with fear has rendered law enforcement ineffective. Martial law, judiciously exercised, can help. Those involved in the criminal activities also sleep. Military resources can determine where that occurs.
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4. SpeakEasy
How about, "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."(?)
Courageous in my opinion.
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5. Sgt. Mom
"Then out spake brave Horatius,
The Captain of the Gate:
"To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his gods!"From Lays of Ancient Rome – Thomas Babbington Macaulay
November 23, 2010 - 12:52 pm Link to this Comment -
Having been a resident of Jalisco State in Mexico for the last five years, I have watched the drug war escalate between the so called Mexican Cartels to a point where they are killing each other off by the thousands. Yes there is some collateral damage to civilians but mostly its the narco's, policia and the army/marines that are dying. Indeed the Mexican states that border the US have become more dangerous as the narcos fight over their "trap lines" into the US, and there has been some violence with the La Familia in neighboring Michoucan and Guerro States which may be more political than narco related. Senor Garza I suspect had had enough of the narcos, who are often cholos or punk gang members, and decided like Harry Truman from Spirit Lake Lodge as Mt. Saint Helens blew her top, that he'd rather make a last stand at the place he loved.
Mexico is not in total melt down as the US media would have you believe…its actually in an economic recovery mode and has a growing middle class that enjoy most of the comforts that Americans enjoy. It's the justice system, based on Napoleonic law that's broken and corrupt. Until that gets fixed it will be a "long war" against the narco's as the demand for cheap drugs in the US is endless.
November 23, 2010 - 12:56 pm Link to this Comment -
7. Habu
O/T with permission requested.
Soon many of us will be celebrating Thanksgiving with family and friends.
Well, I' like to thank Mr. Fernandez for this site and his administration of it's content. And so in the beginning of this festive season I would like each of us to paste a sticky note to the refrig that says TIP JAR FOR MR FERNANDEZ and give what you can…he's earned it.
November 23, 2010 - 1:03 pm Link to this Comment -
Safety of Mexico
November 23, 2010 - 1:07 pm Link to this Comment -
9. batman
I recommend High Noon and On the Waterfront to every teenage boy as two of the films that define what it is to be a man.
Unfortunately, too many resemble the townspeople in High Noon. Fortunately the idealist wife, played by Grace Kelly, has a moment of clarity and reality in the penultimate scene.
Marlon Brando is finally transformed thanks to the deaths of an innocent boy and later the murder of his brother and protector, plus the love of a woman, plus the awesome speech Karl Malden makes on the docks, invoking a higher ethic.
Along these lines, I also highly recommend The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. There are so many amazing aspects of that film that I always find something new each time I have my yearly viewing of it.
November 23, 2010 - 1:13 pm Link to this Comment -
10. rumcrook
I pray for the soul of that old farmer, that he rests easy in heaven whilst the men of evil who assailed him find thier just reward in the cold dead grave.
~~~Viktor Frankl ~~~
there are only two races of men, decent men and indecent.~~~~The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. ~~~~John Stuart Mill~~~~
I would have been proud to know that farmer.
November 23, 2010 - 1:29 pm Link to this Comment -
11. Habu
3. epignosis
You're right.
Remember..when seconds count the police are just five minutes away
They just fill in the paperwork while your loved one is trundled off to the morgue. Then they investigate…the higher profile the deceased had the harder they dig and the more resouces are use. If you're a call center worker … oh well….
November 23, 2010 - 1:32 pm Link to this Comment -
12. herb
I dont know if economics are such a driver for soldiers. I will admit that it may play a role for a few, but its an awful lot to ask a man to die for a sure paycheck. I suspect that they dont think much about it initially, but a big driver is duty or patriotism or a sense of owing something to those who went there before. After they get onboard, their duty to their brothers is what makes it work.
Now with respect to Sr. Garza and Mr. Thomas, I doubt if they thought too much about it. They knew that when seconds counted the police were only minutes away. So they loaded up and waited. It was their lives they were defending. Their land and their business, as much their children as their flesh. Locke talked about rights to "Life, Liberty and Property". No-one is complete with one of them taken from you. And no-one has the right to.
W. — Im glad that there are crazy people like this out there. In the comments to the linked article about Garza, someone references Grossmann's Sheep Sheepdogs and Wolves meme. Sr. Garza illustrates the point that you never know who's a sheepdog. That is sufficient deterrence to most of the would-be wolves.
November 23, 2010 - 1:44 pm Link to this Comment -
13. Old Salt
Yes, Richard, we know why Mr. Garza stood his ground, and why he fought.
If one has never possessed anything precious enough to fight for, then he has never possessed anything at all.
"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of property" (original draft version). Too bad he had to make that stand alone.
Old Salt
November 23, 2010 - 1:49 pm Link to this Comment -
Recall, if you will, the Story of Chanuka. The family of Matityahu, the High Priest in the Second Temple in Jerusalem, refused to kow-tow to the Hellenist-supported corrupt Greek governor. Sometimes acts of valor succeed.
November 23, 2010 - 2:05 pm Link to this Comment -
I think the reason he fought was very simple. And it is the reason our experience in Southeast Asia is still so distressing.
It's bad to lose. It's far, far worse to let the losers win.
The drug gangs are made up of losers, in every sense of the word.
November 23, 2010 - 2:18 pm Link to this Comment -
In all history the only bright rays cutting through the gloom of oppression have come from men who would rather get hurt than give in. The day we forget this, the race has had it!–Jeff Cooper
The world is a brighter place for Don Garza having lived.
November 23, 2010 - 2:38 pm Link to this Comment -
18. buddy larsen
Valence: The combining capacity of an atom or radical determined by the number of electrons that it will lose, add, or share when it reacts with other atoms
"Liberty Valence" –a great film –the fight to just keep his law books from obliteration –just that –became the hero's initial reason –more developed –to stand and die if he must.
The liberty valence in the end was 'zero' –
(Gene Pitney title song is a classic, too)
check out them lyrics!
November 23, 2010 - 3:01 pm Link to this Comment -
19. Forgotten Man
I am truly sorry that fine Mexican man had to die protecting his property.I understand he killed 4 cholos which is good, but more importantly it is an example to Americans that Mexicans can be heroes too. Maybe not the border jumpers and the narcos, maybe not even the government of Mexico but just plain Mexican business men and farmers. It is a shame that the police weren't there to protect him and he would have done much better if he had several like-minded friends, but the old man did good. Via con Dios.
November 23, 2010 - 3:50 pm Link to this Comment -
20. woofty
For some reason I want to say that his boots were big enough to be a Texan. The only problem is, I don't want it do sound like I am trying to offend him or his memory.
November 23, 2010 - 3:55 pm Link to this Comment -
21. Limpet6
Garza is an Elfego Baca for the 21st Century.
The real Elfego Baca survived a similar onslaught and then came back in video form on Disney.
Such men exist, but gun control will eventually choke them out.
November 23, 2010 - 3:57 pm Link to this Comment -
22. Marine 83
"I do not know
What fate awaits me.
I only know
I must be brave.
And I must face a man
Who hates me.
Or lie a coward,
a craven coward,
or lie a coward
in my grave."
Lyrics from the soundtrack to High Noon. Seems to say it all.November 23, 2010 - 4:05 pm Link to this Comment -
23. Ari Tai
re: Survival someone else's choice.
Wonder how much of this motivates the anger at intrusive search. We want to be able to trust our neighbor, our seatmate, and be trusted by our fellow citizens and their enterprise (airlines, theaters, malls, trains, etc.). And not be treated as felons, untrusted to the degree they must be strip searched when entering prison.
We fight wars to be free and establish the trust required for civil society (and its voluntary associations) to be able to deliver near all of our (domestic) needs. The Left doesn't get this I suspect – they are willing to trust and even desire the government to be involved in all things. And given that congress directly spends $10B per day and thru the administrative state constrains thru regulation and litigation that limit how we can spend an additional $10B per day, we are pretty much where the Left wants with a remote central government controlling 2/3rds of the economy. Hard to call this "free."
November 23, 2010 - 4:39 pm Link to this Comment -
24. Walt
Thanks to Habu for the last line.
It matters not that you are strong
It matters not that I may live
For life is given for not long
And mine is mine alone to give
I will not grovel at your feet
I will not beg my life you spare
I live so long as my heartbeat
Proclaims I stand with my chest bare
And face you down as well I might
Not let you do as you may please
I may not see the dawn this night
But die I stand, not on my kneesNovember 23, 2010 - 5:37 pm Link to this Comment -
25. buddy larsen
Sensibility of the 60s (apologies to habu & walt's line) from Catch 22:
Capt. Nately: Don't you have any principles?
Old man in whorehouse: Of course not!
Capt. Nately: No morality?
Old man in whorehouse: I'm a very moral man, and Italy is a very moral country. That's why we will certainly come out on top again if we succeed in being defeated.
Capt. Nately: You talk like a madman.
Old man in whorehouse: But I live like a sane one. I was a fascist when Mussolini was on top. Now that he has been deposed, I am anti-fascist. When the Germans were here, I was fanatically pro-German. Now I'm fanatically pro-American. You'll find no more loyal partisan in all of Italy than myself.
Capt. Nately: You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Old man in whorehouse: You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know.
Capt. Nately: How do you know?
Old man in whorehouse: Because I am 107-years-old. How old are you?
Capt. Nately: I'll be 20 in January.
Old man in whorehouse: If you live.November 23, 2010 - 5:58 pm Link to this Comment -
26. Walt
Captain Nately and the old man in the whorehouse were both right. It is infinitely better to live on your feet than die on your knees, but Garza did not have that choice.
November 23, 2010 - 6:25 pm Link to this Comment -
27. trangbang68
From what I understand, Senor Garza took a stand because the thugs demanded he give them the ranch he had spent his life building. Living in Tucson, I'm glad to hear Sigintel's take that Mexico isn't as bad as portrayed.
Here's an informative blog on the drug wars:http://www.borderlandbeat.com/
November 23, 2010 - 7:51 pm Link to this Comment -
28. allen
My fiancée and I are outbound from ATL early in the AM, bound for Michigan and Thanksgiving with friends.
The great 19th-20th century rabbi/author/reformer, Solomon Schechter wrote that men must assess what in their lives is so precious that for those things they would die. Those things, then, are the very things for which to live.
To all men of goodwill, a joyous Thanksgiving.
November 23, 2010 - 8:15 pm Link to this Comment -
29. Alexis
The last two years have put a dent in my feelings of patriotism. I once thought I would be willing to die for my people and for my country.
Now, I'm not so sure. What kind of people would elect a man who bows down to the King of Saudi Arabia? What kind of people would elect a man who bows down to the Emperor of Japan? What kind of people would elect a man who cancels America's mission to the Moon and tells NASA that its primary mission is to make Muslims feel better? What kind of people would elect a man who spends most of his time apologizing for the last sixty years of American history?
Is the America we fight for one where the TSA ogles and gropes at will? Is the America we fight for one where winning wars is passé but bailing out investment bankers isn't? Is the America we fight for one that is fundamentally transformed into something Americans can't even recognize as America?
If electing America-haters is truly what the American people want – or wanted in 2008 – the question comes whether the American people are worth fighting for. If the America we are supposed to fight for is one that sneers at other Americans as bitter clingers, what's the point?
No, I'm not giving up. Far from it. However, I am also not denying how actions emanating from the Obama presidency are eroding my feelings of loyalty to America's political system. When domestic anti-Americanism reigns supreme in America, the question will come whether the United States of America is worth keeping. I think it is, but this will require a social revolution, not only in politics, but especially in academe and the media.
As optimistic as I would like to be, I think the last two years have done lasting damage to United States of America, both at home and abroad. Let's do what we can to make sure our future is not like the last two years.
November 23, 2010 - 9:04 pm Link to this Comment -
30. Blast From the Past
"He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again."
- William Shakespeare, Hamlet, 1.2November 23, 2010 - 9:13 pm Link to this Comment -
Wonder how much of this motivates the anger at intrusive search. We want to be able to trust our neighbor, our seatmate, and be trusted by our fellow citizens and their enterprise (airlines, theaters, malls, trains, etc.). And not be treated as felons, untrusted to the degree they must be strip searched when entering prison.
Along those lines, I read on MSNBC (ha!) the TSA claims that since the organization was created they've "confiscated 4.8 million firearms, knifes, and other prohibited items."
Which I assume traslates to 4.79999 million nail clippers, 4 sets of knitting needles, a Boy Scout's pocket knife, and one non-functional Civil War era revolver. But hey, heckuva job there Pistoley.
The problem isn't just that our official "protection" agencies – the police, the TSA, the Justic Department – aren't protecting us from real dangers, it's that they're becoming dangers themselves. I'm more in danger of going to jail for losing my temper and slugging a TSA screener making my child scream than I am of being blown up by a terrorist. I'm more in danger of losing several hundered dollars to a traffic fine (plus associated increased insurance rates) in a revenue enhancement operation than I am of having my truck stolen.
And any effort I take to defend myself against the real problems in society is viewed by The Authorities as a challenge and a threat – I might be breaking their rice bowl.
It's not just that our governments (nearly all levels) spends billions on useless things – they spend billions to cause us problems. Senior Garza stood his ground and gunned down a bunch of thugs who thought they had the right to order him off his land because they needed it. Wonder if he ever heard of Kelo?
November 23, 2010 - 9:52 pm Link to this Comment -
32. buddy larsen
Alexis, enough Americans believing America is not worth preserving is what will make America not worth preserving. The left will be unhappy until we're ALL unhappy. Be bitter –but cling!
But yes, i hear ya loud and clear –it's like having a gangrenous limb that can't be amputated –you kill the rot or the rot kills you.
November 23, 2010 - 10:05 pm Link to this Comment -
33. buddy larsen
JMH/31, you ring a bell with that observation that the gov't itself is the problem that the gov't wants you to think that it needs to solve so badly you have to be stalinized.
viz, the Patriot Act that most people blame on Bush and associate with 9/11 actually dates from 1995 –Joe Biden's name is on it, so i'd imagine some Gambino lawyers helped identify the desired effects.
But point, what in 1995 required the Patriot Act? The Ok City bombing? Required the Patriot Act? It wasn't 'til a year later in 1996 that bin Laden penned his war declaration, and not til three years later the embassies were AQ'd in east Africa.
Clinton came in in 93, signed Motor Voter as his first Act, in the Rose Garden with Cloward and Piven literally looking over his shoulder –so, the ACORN enabling act, and the movement in finance toward creating the TooBigToFails, and writing financial legislation to hide its real purpose to be proven in reality later, all started with the Clinton Democrats –and now one of 'em is the frigging Secretary of State –and we wonder what's wrong with the world?
November 23, 2010 - 10:27 pm Link to this Comment -
34. f47
another bitter clinger here.
What worries me is when in 2012 we vote them out of office, they don't want to, ala pelosi, leave.
they'll drum up some 'emergency' for emergency powers.convince me that i'm full of it, please.
November 23, 2010 - 10:47 pm Link to this Comment -
35. buddy larsen
Full of it? What about me, who wonders if the Tea Party sensibility ever takes over, do we want to have another election and let this bunch we got now, come back in?
i know –go wash my mouth out with soap.
November 23, 2010 - 10:54 pm Link to this Comment -
36. Karen Yvonne
#29: What kind of people would elect a man who bows down to the King of Saudi Arabia? What kind of people would elect a man who bows down to the Emperor of Japan? What kind of people would elect a man who cancels America's mission to the Moon and tells NASA that its primary mission is to make Muslims feel better? What kind of people would elect a man who spends most of his time apologizing for the last sixty years of American history?
What kind of people would elect a man they knew nothing about? And what kind of people would do nothing to correct that deficit of knowledge? Just go on and vote for him anyway, because it's style over substance for the American people.
From the Liberty Valence song: "When the final showdown came at last, a lawbook was no good."
It's the eternal conflict. Those who can keep the law don't need it; those who need the law can't keep it.
I suppose every society has a certain number of individuals who are brave enough and courageous enough to take a stand for victory or death. Unfortunately we have a government that sees these very people as the bad guys. In the event of a showdown, they have their plans in place. But that kind of showdown won't happen, so they needn't worry. BTW, why don't the TSA employees who've been instructed to carry out the naked scanning and pat-down assaults – Muslim women excepted – say to their bosses, "Take this job and shove it!" Or, "Forget it, we're not treating our fellow Americans this way and you ain't gonna make me!" Rhetorical question, we know why.
November 24, 2010 - 12:50 am Link to this Comment -
37. buddy larsen
re Rumcrook/10; Viktor Frankl, a holocaust survivor, psychiatrist, and lover of mankind, kept himself alive in the camps by thinking of all the ways he loved his wife –who had already been murdered in another camp. In his postwar practice (search –his website is up, tho he is passed) when a new patient came to him suicidal, his simple first question, "Why don't you kill yourself?" began their journey back from darkness.
…for Don Alejo Garza,
for whom the bell tolls
(song the little bell may have an ad before)November 24, 2010 - 2:46 am Link to this Comment -
38. Peter Boston
Don Garza has done more in one night to tether civil society to the soil than the entire faculty at Harvard University will in a year.
Rest in peace, my brother.
November 24, 2010 - 4:08 am Link to this Comment -
39. flying squirrel
(in thanks to Walt for all his offerings)
Oh, Don Alejo Garza
A line of funeral cars a
Mile long is lacking to the needTo testify the valor
You displayed at deadly hour,
So gigantic an example is your deed.Los narcos and las ninas
Are planted like gardenias,
But your life remembered stands by us as friend,For Don Alejo Garza
You have seeded in our hearts
A need to be all braver, stronger men.Oh, Don Alejo Garza
A more just world than ours will
Hail you, kindred foe of worldly sin.Beyond the grande rio
Arrives His grand Torino
To drive you as the saints go marching in.November 24, 2010 - 12:33 pm Link to this Comment -
40. buddy larsen
Gran Torino –in which Clint Eastwood –as a Korean War vet –foreshadows the real world and the end of it for Don Alejo Garza. Luminous, flying squirrel, all luminous.
November 24, 2010 - 1:12 pm Link to this Comment -
Don Alejo Garza, they may have taken your life, but your courage and spirit will live with those who cherish freedom and justice. I pray that others will be inspired and take up your stand.
Dormir bien, Soldato valiente
November 24, 2010 - 7:47 pm Link to this Comment -
42. Papa Ray
Marine 83 cut to the bone with his quote.
Here is the verbal and visual:
In March (I think, My memory fails me more and more) I decided that I was sick and tired and ashamed that I had not stepped up and got on the line and done what was not only right but needed because of the takeover by the evil parasites of the left.
So I decided that I would not forsake my duty as an American one more day. Only once before had I stood up and got on the line and it had almost killed me, not only in the physical but my soul.
I won't lie to you, that experience was one to make me shy away from most any other conflict, as I had had enough.
Or so I thought until this past year.
The effort, physical cost and mental re-awaking of the last eight months has made me remember and understand not only that I am an American, A Texan but am bound by duty to my God, My Family and My Country to stand up, get on the line and to fight for our freedom and liberty.
And along my way I found other Texans, other Americans who decided to join me in my efforts, our fight and to…
Not Forsake our families and our Republic.
My enemies were not trying to kill me outright, but they are just as dangerous – so I survived – unlike the brave and determined man of this post, and I am a better man for it and my soul is closer to being at peace now.
Not just because of my efforts but because I have seen and worked with great Americans who made possible the results.
It gave us strength to see and experience the re-awaking of our friends and neighbors to the threat against our Republic.May each of you have a thanksgiving holiday that will leave you not only full of good food but full of a renewed, determined spirit and resolve.
Liberty for our future generations will only be possible if we stand up, get on the line and fight our enemies.
And utterly destroy those enemies – not only without – but within.
Papa Ray
November 25, 2010 - 8:11 am Link to this Comment -
43. Al Reasin
I refuse to wait for death in a cage or in a gulag. No one will take my property illegally without a fight as the brave rancher did. His government, as in the US, could not protect him.
When my son first went to Iraq with the Army, we went shopping and I bought him a very good survival knife; one he has to have permission to move about with in the Army into combat zones. Go figure. Anyway, I told him the story of the El Salvadorian officer in Iraq, who when his force was attacked, his best friend killed in front of him and he out of ammo, attacked the enemy with his survival knife and they fled in terror from the madman. It is so much better to die in a rush of adrenalin than to wait for death.
One could ask how I know; well when I was in submarines we had an underwater collision and "knew" we were sinking in an area of the ocean where it was near our crush depth. I closed the hatches to my compartment, locking myself away from the escape hatch and performed the other actions necessary to help the boat survive, if that was even possible. I did that with no fear or trepidation, but then I had to stand alone at my damage control station waiting for what I and we believed was our possible slow, cold death. Whenever I think about that situation, I think of the Russian sailors trapped in their accidentally sunk sub on the floor of the very cold Arctic Ocean, all the survivors of the accident lowly dying of hypothermia in the dark.
Yes indeed, it is much better to die in a rush of adrenalin.
November 25, 2010 - 8:51 am Link to this Comment -
44. buddy larsen
Al, how'd y'all get out? Not the Momsen lung i hope !
November 25, 2010 - 4:17 pm Link to this Comment -
Even within gaming circles it's a little known fact that the "D&D = Satanism and kidnapping" meme never started within religious circles but was entirely the product of Dan Rather and 60 Minutes. Reasonably intelligent and sane people saw trusted news figures making absurd pronouncements as unquestioned fact and proceeded to make decisions that would have been both sane and ethical were the premises themselves not insane and venomous. But Old Media was trusted by everyone in those days and there was no Internet by which they could be countered so lies most foul passed as menace most urgent and would doubtless have done even more mischief than they actually did had only the rumormongers more to work with. The election of Mr. Obama follows that same pattern. The lies of the Journolists fell apart but they held together long enough for an election campaign because Old Media lied to those who trusted them. Both they and the Democrats are paying for that now and I suspect they will pay yet more for that in the future. But remember that decisions are often only as good as the information they are based on and you will understand it is not with the American people that the fault lies when it comes to Mr. Obama!November 25, 2010 - 7:13 pm Link to this Comment
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