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Another target for seizure: The $60,000 Mercedes-Benz automobiles Sissoko gave as gifts to his Miami attorneys -- H.T. Smith, Tom Spencer, and Ted Klein. "We will probably have some dialogue with those attorneys," Richey notes. "Those lawyers are reputable, good, decent people, and to the degree that those are gifts bought with stolen money, I feel comfortable that those attorneys will do the right thing and would not want to be holding the proceeds of a theft."
Ultimately, Richey adds, it will be up to the courts to decide if the cars, the property, and the money in the frozen accounts will be turned over to the Dubai Islamic Bank.
Spencer said he and the other attorneys had no way of knowing the cars were not legitimate gifts. "I don't see that the bank would have any legal right to seize them," he added.
Regarding Sissoko's philanthropy, both Richey and Ellison have recommended to bank officials in Dubai that the institution not try to recover the money Sissoko donated to Camillus House, the venerable Miami homeless shelter. "I've made the recommendation that the bank shouldn't do anything about the Camillus House donation," Ellison affirms. "Except if there is a plaque up anywhere that says this facility was provided by the generosity of Sissoko, then that should come down and one should go up that says this was provided by the generosity of Dubai Islamic Bank."
The same holds for the donation to Miami Central High School.
In Dubai, Ayyoub and the bank's chief accountant, Hussein El Refaie -- who has admitted assisting Ayyoub in making the transfers to Sissoko's accounts -- were arrested this past March and charged with embezzlement. Though the government did not want to precipitate a public scandal and tried to keep the bank's losses secret, word leaked out. An independent, Arabic-language newspaper published a story in late March indicating that a large sum of money was missing from the Dubai Islamic Bank. Panic ensued.
In a matter of hours, hundreds of people lined up to retrieve their savings from the bank. In only a few days, more than two billion dirhams ($545 million) was withdrawn by individuals who were afraid the bank was about to go under.
The run on the bank not only threatened to destroy the Dubai Islamic Bank, but it began to undermine the stability of other banks in the country. "The government was very concerned that the run on the bank would spread," confirms an American embassy source who asked not to be identified. "It was front-page news here and a lot of people were talking about it."
The government was forced to step in; it provided 1.7 billion dirhams ($463 million) in emergency loans to restore confidence in the bank. It also announced that it was appointing a special four-member executive committee to take over daily operations of the institution and to investigate what had occurred.
Publicly the UAE government downplayed the crisis. Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Deputy Ruler of Dubai and the country's minister of finance and industry, issued a statement describing the bank's problems as "a little difficulty that did not lead to any financial losses either in the bank's investments or depositors' accounts."
That "little difficulty" has kept Ellison busy for nearly four months now. Hired by the bank's newly appointed executive committee to sort through the tangled finances and sordid tales of mismanagement, Ellison is a globe-trotting professional troubleshooter for wayward banks. Over the years he has dealt with all manner of thievery and incompetence among bank managers, he says, but among all those experiences he says he has never encountered a stranger tale than the one he found at the Dubai Islamic Bank. "I have never been in a situation like this one before," he says. "Never."
The earliest record Ellison could find of Sissoko having contact with the bank was in the summer of 1995, when he applied for and received an automobile loan. "That was his introduction to the bank," Ellison says. "The question everyone asks is, 'If Sissoko was such a rich man, why did he need a bank to purchase a car?'" Ellison suspects the loan was a pretext to meet bank officials like Mohammed Ayyoub.
In his statements to bank executives and police, Ayyoub said Sissoko invited him to have dinner. According to Ellison, Ayyoub visited a villa Sissoko was renting in Dubai and came to believe that Sissoko was wealthy. "Bankers love rich men," Ellison observes. "They're drawn to them." Sissoko apparently dazzled Ayyoub, at one point showing him a room Sissoko claimed was filled with cash and gold bullion. Ellison believes this was part of Sissoko's plan to gain Ayyoub's confidence. "When they went inside the room, there were flashing lights and it was hard to see," Ellison says. "Who knows what was really in there?"
Investigators are still attempting to determine Sissoko's wealth before he met Ayyoub. "He could be a clever con man who has been doing things like this for years and who came to Dubai because he heard there were rich pickings in the Gulf," Ellison speculates. "We just don't know. But so far we've come up with nothing to suggest that Sissoko had more than a relatively small sum of money with him when he arrived."


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It was suggested that I put up a general post here about the work that I do and services that I offer. I will confess, that I frequent a lot of gun boards and it was a customer that allowed me to know you all were here. Great forum from what I have seen and a topic that is near and dear to me.
I am a gunsmith living near Denver, CO. I have been into guns and shooting since the age of 5. Hunting and shooting with my Dad and brothers. I developed a severe addiction to handguns in general but mainly to the 1911 and Hi Power. I will also admit that I am a big fan of CZs as well. I have a fully equipped yet small shop that offers most if not all of what you would seek from a gunsmith. I can do all of the most often requested work like reliability work and trigger jobs to full custom builds. I am currently working on what the customer feels is the ultimate carry gun. It will be a Caspian Stainless commander with a bobtail. The barrel will be a Barsto with Nowlin/Wilson ramp. This is a full house build with the slide featuring arrow serrations on a flat topped slide, Hienie straight 8's with the "Yo-Bo" cut for the rear sight that allows it to seat a bit deeper into the slide, French borders and no logos on the slide except my signature logo very small at the back of the slide. The frame will have hand cut 25 LPI checkering on the front strap and the bob tail will also have hand cut 25 LPI checkering. All of the internal pieces are top of the line from Brown, Wilson, EGW and so on. Should be a tack drivin' pocket rocket.
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2010-11: Sam Reinhart, selected by Kootenay in the first round (15th overall) in the 2010 WHL Bantam Draft, made his WHL debut as a 15-year old. He appeared in four regular season games, seven playoff contests, and one Memorial Cup game with the Ice. Reinhart scored 2 goals and was +4 in the regular season and was -1 with no points nor penalty minutes in five post-season games. He was the second-leading scorer for the BC midget major champion Vancouver NW Giants and represented British Columbia in the Canada Winter Games. He scored 38 goals with 40 assists and had 6 penalty minutes in 34 games. In five playoff games he scored 5 goals with 4 assists. Reinhart was the second-leading scorer at the Telus Cup behind teammate Alex Kerfoot, finishing with 7 goals and 13 assists in seven games. The Giants lost to Lac St-Louis in the bronze medal game. Reinhart won a gold medal at the Canada Winter Games – scoring 4 goals with 7 assists and 2 penalty minutes in six games.
2011-12: Reinhart was the second-leading scorer for Kootenay behind his older brother Max Reinhart (Calgary) and was named the WHL's Rookie of the Year. He scored 28 goals with 34 assists and was +16 with 2 penalty minutes in 67 games. The Ice finished fourth in the Central Division before being swept by first place Edmonton in the first round. Reinhart scored 1 goal with 1 assist and was -2 in four playoff games. He represented Canada in the 2012 U18 World Junior Championship and played for Canada Pacific in the 2012 U17 World Hockey Challenge. Reinhart scored 2 goals with 4 assists and was +1 as Canada captured the bronze medal at the U18 WJC. In five games for Canada Pacific he scored 4 goals with 6 assists and 2 penalty minutes.
2012-13: Reinhart was Kootenay's leading scorer in his second season with the Ice and was a team captain for Canada's U18 team in both the 2012 Ivan Hlinka Memorial and 2013 World Junior Championship tournaments. He scored 35 goals with 50 assists and was +8 with 22 penalty minutes in 72 WHL games. Kootenay finished fifth in the Central Division and lost to Edmonton in the first round. Reinhart had 1 assist and was -8 with 4 penalty minutes in five playoff games. He scored 3 goals with 5 assists and was +7 in five games as Canada won the gold medal at the Ivan Hlinka tournament and scored 3 goals with 4 assists and was +7 in seven games for Canada as the team captured a gold medal at the U18 WJC.
2013-14: Reinhart was named a team captain for Kootenay in his third WHL season.
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Business succession plans take a great deal of thought, as there are several ways to plan for transferring a family business. So how do you know which plan is right for you? Let's explore some important considerations.
Businesses run on paper. Lots of it. Stationary letterhead, marketing materials, and the accounting books are the papers that may first come to mind. Nevertheless, don't forget the all-too-often ignored "company books" - these provide the foundation and the structure of the business itself.
Considering the form and structure of the business is vitally important when planning to pass the business to the next generation. In addition, you should be mindful of its current operations and even the value of the business.
The New York Times took up this issue in a recent article titled "Modern Safeguards for a Family-Owned Business." The article offers an excellent introduction to the time-honored idea of a holding company. In short, a family can own a company by owning the company that owns the company. Did you follow that?
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If you're no stranger to corporate structuring, then this is a familiar idea. Regardless, you may not have considered its application in terms of your own business and the family ownership.
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Diamond Digital Update: They Built an App
- Posted by Johanna on February 11, 2012 at 8:03 pm
- Category: Digital and Webcomics
Diamond Digital, the program to allow comic shops to sell digital comics through Diamond Comic Distribution, was supposed to launch last September. It still hasn't rolled out. However, ICv2 has a small update from the recent ComicPro retailer meeting. There they announced that iVerse has built a "Digital Comic Reader App". Comic stores will sell digital comics either in-store or online using the app, which does not connect to iVerse's existing store. The quote from iVerse CEO Michael Murphey indicates that someone apparently had some concerns:
"This is a much cleaner solution for retailers and will give them the same kind of tools companies like Amazon and Barnes & Noble are using to sell digital on these devices."
However, this is yet another example of building something readers and customers don't care about. Is anyone looking for yet another app to read and buy comics through? With comiXology and various publisher-specific apps, most readers have too many online comic access points as it is.
Update: Todd Allen has a lot more details on how all this will work. The high points are that purchases have to be made through an individual retailer's website, and the app is for reading only. Purchases can also be read through a web browser. The program does not include DC, Marvel, or Dark Horse, but Archie, IDW, and Image will participate.
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- Brian Hibbs Says:
February 11, 2012 at 8:31 PMTo the extent that there might be a segment of readership that wants digital, but also has loyalty to a particular retailer, and said retailer would prefer not to just give their customer's data and buying habits over to a company which is actually *competing* directly with retailers, then I'd say "yes"
There are scores of apps that allow you to play chess… there's not room for multiple comics apps?
What's interesting is that the Diamond app is branded as the store itself — the name of the app is NOT "Diamond Digital" or "iVerse" or whatever — it would be (if I were to use it) "Comix Experience"
Diamond appears to have addressed several of my largest concerns, and I'm now at least somewhat considering offering a digital store.
(mostly for Savage Critic, actually – but if that works out OK, wouldn't that also be useful for CWR?)
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February 11, 2012 at 8:55 PMI wanted to offer a digital comic store, but no one will let me set one up without a Diamond account, so I sell through Amazon. I don't believe this one will be accessible outside Diamond, either.
You're right, this makes lots of sense for the retailer, but I'm already hearing complaints from readers that they don't like the fragmentation of having to remember where various online comics are stored in order to read their digital books. When Warner created another place to store digital movies that wasn't iTunes, people complained about that, too. Many customers want one access point, not multiple.
(The chess example… that would only be comparable if I had to play different games through different apps and remember which time zone my competition was in to play them. Too complicated.)
Interesting that the name will be the store's. I wasn't aware of that, thanks for sharing it.
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February 11, 2012 at 9:38 PMWhat will the store's app through Diamond be offering to win my business? What sets them apart and makes them more attractive to than the other digital purchasing options?
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February 12, 2012 at 9:24 AMApparently, it will play on your sense of loyalty to your local store. I'm not sure that's a strong enough motivation for the price-sensitive or feature-seeking shopper.
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February 12, 2012 at 8:01 PM@Ralf – discounts on some titles for buying print + digital is one thing, video "DVD-like" extra features in the back of some titles is another. Tarot #72 with a video interview with Jim Balent in the back was used as an example at ComicsPro.
- Graphic.ly Calls Quits to Digital Comic Distribution » Comics Worth Reading Says:
April 9, 2012 at 1:46 PM[…] similar, without their help). ComiXology had the most publishers and comics available. iVerse is Diamond Distribution's digital partner, although their offering is way overdue. There are no other major players. It looks like, instead […]
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April 27, 2012 at 4:10 PM[…] It's not just that comic shop retailer Brian Hibbs makes such interesting decisions, it's that he explains them in such informative ways. Take the latest, with Brian's review site the Savage Critics (disclaimer: I was one for a short one) signing up to sell digital comics through Diamond's program with iVerse. […]
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May 8, 2012 at 9:47 AM[…] that this means that retailers participating in Diamond's official digital comic platform will not be able to offer Marvel any time soon. […]
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Strong Twitter IPO counters skepticismBy The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Twitter had a strong public stock debut Thursday in the most highly anticipated initial public offering since Facebook's last year.
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Corporations With Benefits
We have teamed up with Abbott to produce an article series on the future of corporate philanthropy. Please read the rest of the series here.
Triple-bottom-line businesses are getting legit.
It started in Maryland in April, 2010. Well, that's not really the beginning — it all really started in 2006, when three friends and business associates started a nonprofit called B Lab, with the aim of creating a foundation for businesses that wanted to do more than make money.
Since 2007, B Lab has been certifying companies that pledged to meet comprehensive standards for social and environmental performance (in addition to running viable businesses, of course). Through a vetting and auditing process, B Lab began certifying some applicant companies as "B Corps" and today there are more than 475 of these firms across 60 different industries.
But B Lab's end goal has always been to go deeper. That started taking shape when B Lab began working with sustainable business advocates in a number of states to draft legislation to push this concept from a certification to a legal designation. And so when Maryland passed a Benefit Corporation bill into law in April 2010, it codified this effort.
Volcom's Give Jeans a Chance Campaign Sparks Charitable Youth
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Action sports-focused apparel company Volcom has been developing a grassroots, catchy and growing donation program called Give Jeans a Chance for the past three years. It's part of the Give Back series of programs, spearheaded by Derek Sabori, Volcom's director of CSR and a 15-year Volcom veteran.
Buoyed by youthful exuberance and the endorsement of a range of Volcom-sponsored professional skateboarders, surfers and snowboarders, the Give Jeans a Chance program illustrates the power of a brand to reach out to its audience and spark a philanthropic spirit.
We talked to Sabori about the Give Jeans a Chance program, which is specifically focused on donating jeans to youth in need — since as much as 40 percent of the homeless population has been under the age of 18 in recent years — and Volcom's overall New Future sustainability platform.
TriplePundit: Tell us about the Give Jeans a Chance program. How did it start?
Derek Sabori: The program is in its third year and stemmed from our Give Back series, in which we designate certain products each year and a portion of the proceeds from those styles goes to select non-profits. For example, we did a t-shirt design with Talk About Curing Autism (TACA) and we raised $20,000 for them through the sales.
The Give Back series is all about raising awareness and funds for groups that are doing great things in our community. It's about telling a story with our products. We focus on the demographic we speak to — youth involved in action sports.
With Gives Jeans a Chance, we partnered with the National Coalition for the Homeless. Jeans are our biggest product and a marquee program. So how can we give back? Well, every community has a homeless program that needs clothes. So we're collecting used jeans and jackets that are then donated to homeless shelters.
Evolution of Philanthropy: Giving Your Products Away
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Many firms ask that employees carve out some of their time to volunteer for organizations such as Habitat for Humanity. It gives the company some community outreach cred and boosts its philanthropic record as well as giving employees an opportunity to give back on the company dime.
But IBM is in the midst of a three-year program that amounts to a gift of technology and assistance to cities that can can make a compelling case for a helping hand.
The data and consulting giant's Smarter Cities Challenge is a three-year, 100-city, US$50 million grant program in which IBM's top technical experts and consultants help cities solve vexing problems through data analysis.
One for One Makes Consumers Feel Like Philanthropists
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In 2006, Blake Mycoskie started as a shoe company. He also started a movement. Well, at the very least, he trademarked a movement: One for OneTM.
Having witnessed extreme poverty during a trip to Argentina, Mycoskie was inspired to start a footwear company in which, for each pair of shoes sold, he'd donate a new pair to a child who, like so many he met in Argentina, is in dire need of shoes. TOMS was born.
By September of 2010, TOMS had given more than one million new pairs of shoes to kids in need around the world and had pushed "one for one," (sometimes also called "buy one, give one" or BOGO) into the lexicon of socially-progressive entrepreneurs — and consumers.
Today, you can buy one pair of rain boots and give one, you can buy one backpack and give one. You can even…uh, buy a pair of shoes exactly like TOMS, but called (no kidding) BOBS, and made by (no kidding) Skechers, and give one (for $2 less than TOMS, thank you).
With TOMS eyewear, which the company launched this year, one pair of purchased sunglasses doesn't necessarily equate one pair of prescription glasses for someone in need in a remote land, but it does add to the eye treatment, glasses and eye surgery that's enabled through TOMS' "Sight Giving Partners."
But competitor Warby Parker built its eyeglass company on the true one for one foundation that TOMS laid. For each pair of $95 (Rx glasses or sunglasses) it sells, Warby Parker partners with NGOs to give a person in need a pair of glasses. Plus, as you'll learn in this great BBMG Green Room interview, it's looking to make a run against the $16 billion eyewear monopoly market.
There's another important difference between the TOMS and Warby Parker approaches to addressing global vision needs.
Stakeholder Engagement Only Works if You Stay Engaged
On those occasions when I find myself in front of a television, flipping through stations, I love finding those short, low-budget commercials that small businesses cobble together. Here in the Bay Area, the spots produced by Dr. Jang and his unreasonably-smiley patients are a great example.
The commercial is silly and cheesy, and there's probably a million ways that it could be better. But it features real people–real customers–and that's compelling.
In 2004, Dove took a step forward with its Campaign for Real Beauty, which also featured real people (that is, not models…well, I'm not saying that models aren't real people, but you know what I mean). The campaign featured print ads that show women of all shapes and sizes with a feel-good-about-yourself theme. It was smart and bold. More recently, the company took two steps back, with a poorly-executed print ad that connotes that white skin is better than dark skin.
Dove, through its parent company Unilever, issued a mea culpa of sorts, explaining that its intension was to convey all three women in the ad–an African American, an olive-skinned woman (one might guess Latina) and a Caucasian–have supple skin. That is to say, they convey the "after" image from the before-and-after images that hang above them….despite the fact that the "before" image of dry, cracked skin is positioned above the African American.
Seeking Traction with Investors? You've Got Two Minutes
Last week, Triple Pundit enjoyed fly-on-the-wall status at a pitch session between cleantech entrepreneurs and a panel of cleantech investors from leading Bay Area firms. Thirteen entrepreneurs took their pitches to the podium, each were given two minutes to describe their product or service, and each then fielded questions from the panel. Once the Q/A ended, the investors gave each entrepreneur frank assessments of where the pitch worked and–more importantly–where it failed.
The tension in the air was palatable.
Interestingly, the investors' chief complaints were about elements that seemed pretty, well, elemental. Sometimes the pitch failed to show, up front, what the product is, or who the intended user would be. Interestingly, sometimes I, as an observer, failed to notice these missing elements in a pitch. Why? Well, I'm not a VC, so perhaps I don't have a trained ear.
But then again, I'm a journalist. I do have (or at least should have) a trained ear. What it came down to, I think, is that there were just so many details crammed–by necessity–into each pitch. The technology or service, the economics around its production, the target market, the cost of the solution, the IP that needs protecting, the longevity of the product, the marketing plan, etc. I often found that I was honing in on the novelty or the potential of the product or service, and not on its likelihood of being built into a viable business.
Startup America Gives Cleantech Entrepreneurs a Leg Up
U.S. Small Business Administrator Karen Mills on Wednesday revealed details of a pilot program through which it is working with four cleantech business accelerators across the country to provide mentoring to 100 entrepreneurs in the cleantech arena. The pilot is the inaugural program of the Entrepreneurial Mentor Corps (EMC), a component of Startup America, a White House initiative that was announced two weeks ago to promote innovation, entrepreneurship and job creation.
Remember President Obama's rally call for the U.S. to "out-innovate, out-educate and out-build" as a strategy to pull ourselves up from the bootstraps and get the recovery underway? This is an early step toward that goal, noted Mills during a conference call to announce the pilot program.
This initial component of the EMC pilot will provide mentoring for 100 small, clean energy companies. These firms were culled from a group of 400 companies that the Department of Energy has already supported through its loan program (a program which Obama's recently-announced DOE budget would bolster further). And the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program is also helping to fund the pilot project. (At press time, the Small Business Administration had not responded to my request for the amount of funding going into the program.)
CleanTECH San Diego, the Clean Energy Trust in Chicago, the CleanTech Open in the SF Bay Area and the Nevada Institute for Renewable Energy Commercialization are the four business accelerators that will take these 100 cleantech startups under their wings. Each entrepreneur will be paired with two mentors that the business accelerators identify. The mentors will give advice on everything from finding funding sources to hiring new staff to how to commercialize new technologies and grow successful businesses.
Getaround.com: Tesla for the Rest of Us
It's a good guess that most Tesla owners are jet-setters. But the Tesla Roadster owned by one anonymous Bay Area man might get around even more than he does. That's because he's sharing his $157,000 EV two-seater. With you. Or with whomever would like to drive it (as long as he or she has a clean driving record). All you have to do to get behind the wheel is join Getaround.com, a car-sharing service that was founded in 2009 and launched last month in San Francisco.
The Tesla isn't typical among most Getaround rigs–which range from late-model Volvos and Subarus to trusty Toyotas. And if you're looking for a roomy car to haul gear or handle an Ikea spending spree, the Roadster is an unwise choice. But it's a nice little attention-getter for Getaround.com, which is emerging along with a handful of other, similar personal (aka peer-to-peer, aka neighbor-to-neighbor) car-sharing services in the Bay Area, such as RelayRides and Spride Share.
Want to Get Outta Dodge with an EV? Start in Seattle, Turn East.
The Obama Administration wants to see one million electric vehicles on the road by 2015. Reaching that goal will take more than a commitment from carmakers. They could pump out five million EVs, but that wouldn't solve one major hurdle to adoption, the dreaded "range anxiety" that drivers feel over full electric vehicles. Take the first EV out of the gate, Nissan's Leaf. It will get 100 miles on a single charge. That's great for a daily commute, but what about weekend trips to the country? Enter, anxiety.
There are many large efforts afoot to build out the much-needed charging infrastructure to support EVs and address that consumer anxiety. And as with any disruptive technology, there's no clear, all-hands-on-board solution. It will take lots of incremental efforts. But for EVs to really penetrate the auto market, many of those small efforts will need to take place outside major cities, and on or near remote roads.
One such road is the Stevens Pass Greenway, a 130-mile section of US Highway 2, which traverses Washington's Cascade Mountains (and, as it happens, holds a special place in my heart, as I spent most of my 20s living and working at Stevens Pass Ski Area). Washington's departments of commerce and transportation announced on Wednesday that this stretch of road will be the first National Scenic Byway to be outfitted with fast-charging EV stations.
Mi Coche, Su Coche? A New Kind of Car-Sharing Seeks Traction
Forget about a cup of sugar, your neighbor might just be eyeing your ride, instead. And thanks to a crop of car-sharing services that put a twist on the Zipcar model, you may soon be able to pimp out your Plymouth.
RelayRides, a Boston-based startup, announced this week that it is expanding its car-sharing service to San Francisco. It's doing so backed by Google and August Capital, which have invested (undisclosed funds) in the company.
The company connects those who have cars with those who need cars and it makes money by taking care of all the sticky business, such as insurance and access to the cars.
Bill Nye's Climate Scouts: Our Great Green Hope
First off, the scary and bad news: During a speaking engagement at the University of Southern California last week, Bill Nye collapsed. He was reportedly mid-sentence when he collapsed, and though he tried to continue his talk, his speech became strained and he eventually left the stage. We're sending him good vibes and hoping he's on the mend.
You know Nye, most likely, from his science-is-fun TV show called Bill Nye The Science Guy. But Nye is now turning his energy in a new, science-is-fun-but-also-proves-that-we're-in-trouble theme. In other words, he's now Bill Nye The Climate Guy. And he's bringing his message to Bay Area kids (and grown-ups) through Bill Nye's Climate Lab, a new exhibit at the Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland.
I visited the exhibit on November 20, its opening day, and came away from it with a renewed sense that our future generations might just save us–assuming we bribe them.
Weekend Photo Essay: Clif Bar's Sweet New Digs
From its smart employee stock ownership plan to its tasty, organic products, Clif Bar offers plenty of employee benefits. But until recently, daylight and elbow room didn't rate very highly on that list. That's because its original Berkeley, Calif., location became snugger and snugger with each new hire, and the industrial setting didn't allow much sun to shine in. That all changed last month, when Clif Bar's new headquarters opened in Emeryville, Calif. Triple Pundit recently stopped by for a little tour. And we're more than a little jealous…
Curbside Recycling & Energy Management: The Gov's Latest Tools of Oppression
Fountain Hills, a master planned community of roughly 25,000 in the mountains northwest of Scottsdale, Arizona, has well-appointed (if homogenous) homes and public art and beautiful mountain vistas. With lots of park space and golf courses, it seems like a lovely place to live…except that the town government is launching a plot to start etching away at the resident's freedoms, starting with their freedom to choose a garbage collector and their freedom to not recycle! That's right, it's Obamatrash!
OK, here's what really happened: The town voted to award Allied Waste Services (part of Republic, the second largest waste management company in the country, after Waste Management) a five-year contract to become the single waste and recycling collector in Fountain Hills, which currently works with five different waste-collection services. None of these current services offer curbside recycling (or if, they do offer these services, they are not used in Fountain Hills, but Allied will collect recyclables, as well as yard waste, from residents' homes.
Coca Cola's PlantBottle: Digging Up the Roots
Packaging, because it's ubiquitous and because it is tied irrevocably to our purchasing decisions, is very personal. Branding has made packaging more than just the housing for the products we buy—in many cases, a product and its package are forever married. (The square Fiji Water bottle, for example, is much more than a vessel. To some, it's a status symbol. To others, it's a symbol of inefficiency.)
And so major consumer packaged goods manufacturers, including Coca Cola, are putting a great deal of effort into lightening the environmental footprints that their packaging leaves in its wake. I recently spoke with Scott Vitters, sustainable packaging director for Coca Cola, about the steps it has taken to improve its packaging.
As I'd explained in a post about the Odwalla bottle, I've heard some dubious information about what PlantBottle is and what its lifecycle looks like. Vitters tried to set the record straight.
Greenhome.com Acquisition Highlights Growth in Social Commerce
Back in 1998, way before the word "green" was widely bandied around as a verb, Lawrence Axil Comras set off on a new venture to develop a rating and certification system for eco-friendly home products. It kind of flopped. "It was a small, difficult market and the suppliers wouldn't deal with me," he says. "But then it occurred to me that I could use my website to sell the stuff I wanted to certify. So I started a hybrid site that had a rating system and also sold goods."
With that, Greenhome.com was born. Over the years, Comras developed his product approval policy, using a combination of his own criteria as well as certification labels from agencies such as Green Seal, while also growing the e-commerce aspect of the business. And as "green" became part of the consumer lexicon, Comras started speaking at many conferences and became a go-to expert whenever the news media needed an affable spokesperson for green products (as these CBS, Fox News and Today Show clips reveal).
Starting early in the 2000s, sales at Greenhome.com, which is based in San Francisco, doubled each year, before flattening, in lock step with the recession. And earlier this month, Greenhome.com was purchased for an undisclosed sum by Jane Capital Partners, LLC, a merchant bank based in San Francisco and Houston. Jane Capital has funded or founded multiple cleantech spin-offs, including CarbonFlow, and it operates the clean tech community site cleantech.org. It's also behind the blog CleanTechBlog.com.
I asked Neal Dikeman, a principal at Jane Capital, why the company decided to move into consumer products.


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The Drumhead
"The Drumhead" | |
Star Trek: The Next Generation episode | |
Picard, before Satie's Inquisition
Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 21 |
Directed by | Jonathan Frakes |
Written by | Jeri Taylor |
Featured music | Ron Jones |
Cinematography by | Marvin Rush |
Production code | 195 |
Original air date | April 29, 1991 |
Guest actors | |
"The Drumhead" is the 95th episode of the syndicated American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, the 21st episode of the fourth season. It was directed by cast member Jonathan Frakes[1] ("Commander William T. Riker").
An explosion aboard the Enterprise leads to a high-level investigation headed by Admiral Norah Satie, a retired officer renowned for her skill at exposing conspiracies. Satie quickly determines that a visiting Klingon officer was attempting to smuggle diagrams off the ship, but the Klingon denies any involvement in the explosion. Satie refuses to give up on her investigation, even after the explosion is proven to be an accident, and she accuses Captain Picard of treason when he challenges her charges against an innocent crewman.
When an explosion within the dilithium chamber of the Federation starship Enterprise 's engine room appears to be the work of sabotage, Starfleet Command dispatches retired Rear Admiral Norah Satie to lead an investigation to uncover the cause.
Satie discovers that J'Dan (Henry Woronicz), a Klingon exchange officer, had been using modified hypospray syringes to encode information into amino acid sequences for secret transport. J'Dan admits his collaboration with the Romulans but attests he did not sabotage the chamber. Satie and Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) interview crew members who associated with J'Dan. One interviewee is medical technician Simon Tarses (Spencer Garrett), who claims that his only relationship with J'Dan was to administer injections necessary to treat a rare disease, but Satie's Betazoid aide (Bruce French) senses that Tarses is concealing something. Meanwhile, Chief Engineer La Forge (LeVar Burton) and Commander Data (Brent Spiner) determine that the hatch failed due to simple fatigue, not sabotage.[2]
Picard considers the matter closed, but Satie pushes to complete her investigation of Tarses. During a second interview with Tarses, held in front of a room full of people and Commander Riker acting as counsel to the crewman, Satie's aide falsely accuses Tarses of using a compound found in Sickbay to sabotage the hatch. He then accuses Tarses of falsifying his academy entrance application and that he is in fact one quarter Romulan, not one quarter Vulcan as he had claimed. Tarses invokes his rights under the Seventh Guarantee of the Federation Constitution and refuses to answer the accusation on the grounds that his answer may incriminate him.
Satie uses this discovery as a pretext to expand her investigations. Picard objects, but Satie reveals that she has been in constant contact with Starfleet Command and that all future hearings will be open and Admiral Thomas Henry (Earl Billings) of Starfleet Security will attend. Though Picard resolves to prevent her from conducting a witchhunt, he is summoned to be interviewed before the tribunal.
Satie uses the hearing to accuse Picard of numerous transgressions of the Prime Directive and other Starfleet orders. When Lt. Worf (Michael Dorn) stands to defend Picard's actions, Satie turns on him, pointing out Picard's poor judgment in having a Chief of Security who is the son of a traitor. Picard recalls a quote from Satie's father: "With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."[3] Satie is infuriated. She accuses Picard of being a Romulan collaborator who plans to destroy the Federation from within.
Satie's fanatacism proves to be her undoing as Admiral Henry calls an end to the investigation.
Worf and Picard reflect on Satie's disgrace. Worf expresses regret for assisting her in her investigation. Picard points out that "villains who twirl their moustaches are easy to spot", while Satie's goals were much less obvious. Picard notes that vigilance is the price humanity must pay in exchange for freedom.
- Guest star Jean Simmons, a noted longtime Trekkie,[4] portrays retired Rear Admiral Norah Satie, a special investigator who visits the Federation starship Enterprise.
- Michael Dorn said this was one of his two favorite episodes, the other being "The Offspring", which was also directed by Jonathan Frakes.[5]
- "The Drumhead" was the last Star Trek episode to be scored by Ron Jones, who was fired shortly after its completion by producers Rick Berman and Peter Lauritson as "Ron's stuff was getting big and somewhat flamboyant" and the producers "decided to move on and try other composers".[6]
This episode is featured on the Star Trek: The Next Generation - Jean-Luc Picard Collection DVD set for Region 1 only. It is the fourth of seven episodes featured on disc 1 of the two-disc set.
- ^ "The Drumhead". IMDB. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
- ^ Zack Handlen (January 20, 2011). "Qpid/The Drumhead". AV Club. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
- ^ "The Greatest Star Trek Quotes". John Petrie. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
- ^ "Simmons, Jean". StarTrek.com. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
- ^ "ST:TNG: Final Unity: Michael Dorn Interview". TrekCore.com. Retrieved March 12, 2008.
- ^ "Rick Berman Answers Your Questions - Part 1". StarTrek.com. March 1, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
- Star Trek The Next Generation DVD set, volume 4, disc 6, selection 1.
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- "The Drumhead" at TV.com
- "The Drumhead" at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
- "The Drumhead" at StarTrek.com
- "The Drumhead" rewatch by Keith R. A. DeCandido


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Engadget reports that in 2007, Apple asked Intel to develop a new optical device-connection interface, called Light Peak, slated to replace all connection standards: USB, FireWire, display ports, etc.
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Report: Microsoft poaching Apple retail employees
In addition to planning retail shops right next to Apple stores, Microsoft also is trying to lure away Apple store managers to populate its upcoming retail stores, The Loop reports.
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Reality check: Apple is just as propagandist (video)
For those of you who hate Microsoft but have unconditional love for Apple, here's a wake-up call. Apple is just as propagandist about its products as Microsoft is about its own.
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Microsoft ships Office for Mac Business Edition
Microsoft on Tuesday released its new Business Edition of Office 2008 for Mac, leaving Mac users with two versions of Office.
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General counsel moves from Intel to Apple
On Monday, Intel's general counsel, Bruce Sewell, suddenly up and left the microchip manufacturer.
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iPhone gains popular app programming languages
One roadblock to developing apps for Apple's iPhone has been a lack of support, unsurprisingly, for the popular C# and other .NET programming languages created by Microsoft.
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Apple's new iPod lineup could squash Zune HD
Updated 9:18 a.m., Sept 10: Added comment from Microsoft, which also alludes to a mysterious announcement on Sept. 15.
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Microsoft teaches retail employees to attack Apple, Linux
Updated 10:02 a.m., Sept 10: Microsoft responds.
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Renton-based Parallels wants to help you switch to Mac
Parallels, the Renton-based company whose software lets users run Windows programs on a Mac, announced on Tuesday a new software package that aims to make the Windows-to-Mac switch easier.
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Like Microsoft ads, new Apple spots feature potential buyers
The advertising battle continues to broil, as Apple starts airing new "Get a Mac" ads that clearly return fire at Microsoft's "Laptop Hunter" spots. This after Apple successfully got Microsoft to alter its "Lauren and Sue" ad after Apple lowered the price of a MacBook.
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text: ABSTRACT: PERSONAL HISTORY about the writer's early life as a dancer in New York City… In Mexico, my native country, I joined a modern-dance company at the age of twelve; when, at sixteen, I travelled to New York to live with my mother, I kept on dancing. At first, I took classes at the Martha Graham studio… After a couple of years of this, I felt the need for a less orthodox and oppressive atmosphere, and switched to the Merce Cunningham studio… Tells about her dual life as a waitress and dancer, as well as the lives of those around her the same. This meant that we came to class already tired. Merce's studio was a bare cave that stank of sweat and often lacked heat on the coldest winter days. Our motley layers of leg warmers and sweatpants couldn't protect us from the cold. After class, we rinsed off the sweat as best we could at the sink in the studio's tiny bathroom and went home on the subway… Men were so scarce in this world that choreographers fought over them even if their feet were as flat as pancakes and their shoulders looked as if they'd been left dangling from a hook at birth… Writer describes the New York dance scene in the Sixties and how one of her friends introduced her to Twyla Tharp, when Tharp needed sixty dancers for "Medley"… In the intimate, devout atmosphere of that first company, Twyla forged her own dance language, an idiosyncratic mixture of Fred Astaire, George Balanchine, and street cool which break dancers and ballet choreographers alike have now assimilated so thoroughly that we see it as spontaneous and natural… Tells about the changes wrought by hippies and crime on the Village… Cunningham heard of a job teaching dance in South America, and suggested to her one day that she might be right for it… She approached Tharp afterwards. Busy with a shoelace, Tharp lifted her eyes for a moment. "If I were you, I'd take it," she said. "You're not going to get anywhere hanging around here."


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Diane Sawyer is tall, blond, and extremely classy. The host of ABC World News since 2009, Diane has been well-respected in the news world for three decades, and succesfully manages her tricky position as a woman in an historically male profession. But she's not just any woman … serious and kind of stiff, but brilliant and gorgeous with a quiet charisma.
Now 66 years old, Diane first hit the spotlight in 1963 when she won the America's Junior Miss pageant. Eventually, she set aside a future based on her looks and chose to pursue one based on substance. Despite what must be an incredibly stressful job with a harrowing schedule, Diane Sawyer without makeup looks fresh and lovely.
In the first photo of Diane with a clean face, she was walking down a New York City sidewalk in 2010. Dressed down as she is, she could possibly blend into a crowd, but her face is so well-known that it seems unlikely. Her face looks lovely and her glasses are cute. What ages her is her hair. It's probably the wind that's puffing it up, but the weird boost to her usual simple, understated hairstyle makes her look oddly grandmotherly.
The next photo of Diane shows her walking with her huband, film director Mike Nichols (not pictured) in New York City. It's possible that she has a hint of makeup on, but she looks very fresh-faced. With the wind whipping her hair and her stylish glasses, she's very beautiful and a perfect example of a gorgeous woman aging with dignity.


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First-generation phone runs fourth-generation Android
A programmer shows that 2011's Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich, can run on 2008's T-Mobile G1. It's slow, with no Wi-Fi, but the apps work.
Running a newly released version of Windows or Mac OS X on a 3-year-old personal computer is an unremarkable feat.
But it's a lot more difficult in the smartphone world, where hardware and software have been changing at a breakneck pace. That's why I recommend watching this brief demonstration of Ice Cream Sandwich, aka Android 4.0, on the first-generation Android phone, the T-Mobile G1 from October 2008.
XDA Developers forum member jcarrz1 posted the video and an alpha version of his OS build yesterday, nine days after Google released the Ice Cream Sandwich source code .
As you may expect, the new OS drags on the comparatively ancient hardware, with slow app launches and long lags between a touch action and the phone's response. But all the ICS apps work.
What doesn't work at this stage, jcarrz1 said: Wi-Fi networking, Bluetooth, and screen rotation.
Ice Cream Sandwich arrived a week ago on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus , a much more powerful device. It's not clear yet which beyond a handful of phones will get the ICS upgrade, but jcarrz1's work shows that business reasons, not technology reasons, are most likely responsible for keeping it off newer phones.
The current version of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 5, requires a 2009-era iPhone 3GS or newer phone. In the Android realm, it's less common to see the latest OS supported on older phones .
In the ICS on G1 demo, jcarrz1 shows the unlock screen, the settings app, the phone app, and the clock. I'm guessing we won't be seeing Riptide GP anytime soon, though.
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Batman and Robin also known as "Batman & Robin"Reviewed by: Bill Williams Offensive
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Fantasy Adventure
2 hr. 5 min.
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USA Release:
June 20, 1997 (wide)
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"Strength. Courage. Honor. And loyalty. It ALL comes together…" The latest in the "Batman" series offers more of the same you expect in the series—Batman (George Clooney, taking over from Val Kilmer and Michael Keaton), Robin (Chris O'Donnell), and Batgirl (series newcomer Alicia Silverstone) against a vengeful Mr. Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and a diabolical Poison Ivy (a very campy Mae West-type performance by Uma Thurman). It's a lot of flash and spectacle highlighted by some incredible computer-generated special effects (a long way from "Batman Forever") and multiple choreographed fight scenes, none of them violent to the point of overdone blood and gore. The best performance comes not from any of the major stars but from series regular Michael Gough as Alfred, Batman's butler. In the best moment of the film, the dying Alfred informs Bruce Wayne (Clooney) that he has loved him as a son and has freely given up any life he could have had to take care of the young orphan. It is this sense of family and belonging that brings the human element of unconditional love to an otherwise dark character. In total contrast, Poison Ivy (Thurman) comes off as someone looking to replace God and become a god herself. As a Christian, I was very offended by her line, "God created the world in seven days, let's see if I can do it better." For that matter, she and Mr. Freeze (an equally campy Schwarzenegger) both see themselves as gods looking to destroy the world and recreate it in their images of ice and greenery. It's this James Bond-ish mentality that ruins any other morality this film could have had, but then again, the "Batman" films have been more about the villains than the heart of the hero himself. This film also has sexual innuendo from start to finish, from the very first scene with the heroes suiting up for battle, to an endless stream of sexual double-talk and wordplay. The original character certainly had none of that. Director Joel Schumacher is set on making the Dark Knight of the comics very colorful, bringing an upbeat and campy (outlandish) quality to the series. In my own experience, Superman is supposed to be the campier of the two heroes, while Batman is the darker. Now the trend seems to have reversed itself, with Batman as a campy, colorful Joker-type hero, while the upcoming "Superman" film promises to be dark and dismal. It's rated PG-13 for comic-style violence (no bloodshed), and lots of sexual overtones. An alternate recommendation: either the 1966 "Batman" film with Adam West and Burt Ward as the heroes in a deliberately outlandish film that's fun for kids of all ages, or 1978's "Superman", the definitive superhero film of all time. See review of Batman Begins (2005). See list of Relevant Issues—questions-and-answers. Neutral—Batman and Robin was very goofy and somewhat corny, but it was OKAY for the most part. I do agree with a lot of people that they destroyed the series by straying too far from the comics; one example is Batgirl as Alfred's niece (the age difference is so vast, it should be great-niece), when she is supposed to be Commissioner Gordon's daughter. The ice-puns were annoying, and the suit-ups ate too much clock time. That annoyed me more than the fact they focused on the character's inappropriate regions. I was however, very relieved when Mr. Freeze shoots down an adultery temptation; "My passion thaws for my bride ALONE!," he says.
The part where a teary-eyed Bruce hugs a dying Alfred glorifies thanking the people in our lives who sacrifice almost everything out of love. Barbara shoots down the idea that servitude is the same thing as family, but it should be noted Alfred does everything for Bruce out of love, not to be noticed like the hypocrites in Matthew 6. Furthermore, Bruce does consider Alfred's opinion and asks for his feelings; but I can see where Barbara was going with her words. Here's my moral problem with the film: Poison Ivy is a nature-worshiping seductress. Now some of you might be thinking, "Oh no, he's paranoid" and with some Westboro-like "Christians" these days, I can see why you would think that at first, but please hear me out. She is OBSESSED with "mother nature's creation" and she says this about 20 times, last I counted. God created nature, not a fairy-tale mother nature being. ***SPOILER*** Her lips use venom, and she kills a good number of men this way, though Robin catches on and wears rubber lips, which looked so pathetic that in real life, he would've honestly died even with them. ***END SPOILER*** When she receives her poisonous powers, she is nearly naked, but she does dress (somewhat) modestly for the rest of the time. As for her Genesis reference, ("Let's see if I can do better") she never succeeds in her plans and her arrogance leads to her downfall. My main solace with this is she is a villain, and her evils are clearly portrayed as unattractive and ungodly. Moral rating: Average / Moviemaking quality: 3½ —Peter, age 22 (USA) I have seen the 2nd and 3rd "Batman" movies but I don't believe I will ever watch any of them again. I realized in the 3rd movie that the reason batman is batman is very dark and is filled with anti-Christian, if not occultic, undertones. Didn't any one ever realize that "Batman's" other name is "The Dark Knight" sounds more like a name for the devil than a SUPER-HERO.
The "Batman" movies, also, seen to glorify the "poor" plight of the villain who have had very bad past and are really just misunderstood. Then if that is the case Batman is no better than they are because all he is doing is avenging his parents deaths. No where in these movies are there any clear distinctions between right and wrong. It seems that the underlying theme of these movies is there is no absolute right or wrong, it's really who you are avenging yourself on. Is this really what God teaches us any way… "Dear friends don't try to get even. Let God take revenge. In scriptures the Lord says, 'I am the to take revenge and pay the back'." Romans 12:19. So according to God's perfect word the revenge is up to Him. The reason for this is because man is not a just judge an only God knows your heart. For these reason I would strongly recommend children and young teens not seeing this movie or ANY of the other Batman movies. There is also no redeeming quality in these for older teens of adult Christians. —James Krumal the movie batman and robin was a good outing for a long hot summer. I liked it. it was not as good as the first I must say, it was too campy and toony at times, but I was impressed with the good portrayal of the evil within the bad guys. showing that antichrists still exist, and always will. I noticed a lot of movies today emphasis the will to control the world in the bad characters. (poison ivy, "…god created earth in 6 days, let's see if I do better…") not that's a force of evil that we can fear! :) but the bad gruy always fails. besides the trendy, predictable, and cheep sex double intenders (which made it super corny) it was an ok movie. go see it. :)
—joshua failla, age 19 I wouldn't suggest not seeing this film because of any Christian issues (the sins against god were minor and were only really in "evil" characters). Instead I would suggest skipping it because it isn't a very good movie. George Clooney couldn't handle portaying any emotion, and only Arnold did a halfway good job. Rent it perhaps, but find something better for your six dollars.
—Thomas Maxton, age 43 Guys, calm down. It's a campy, commercial, action flick. It should not be taken serious! If you went to see Batman and Robin for a brain teaser, you should be disappointed. Yes, I agree Poison Ivy was way out of hand with the sexual double intenders, but her comment about trying to do better than God at creating in 7 days was not offensive at all. After all she didn't win, she lost. Just like anyone who tries to take God's place. If it weren't for sexual overtones, this would be perfect for anyone who enjoyed the Power Rangers Movie:)
—anonymous, age 18 I was kind of bored with this film. The plot was weak and the acting left a bit to be desired. Arnold was much better in Twins, if you ask me. From a Chirstian prospective, I was not bothered. I read that some were upset at Poison Ivy's comment that she may be able to make the world better than God. But, why would a woman dressed in tights and pretending to be a rabid plant make a comment like this if it were not a joke? I must contend that we should not find sin in everything. This was a movie, a piece of celluoid onto which images are cast. When I walked into the theater I was a Christian, and I was one when I walked out. Nothing I saw or heard in this film could change that. Still, this one is definitely a renter—don't pay the $7.75 to see it in the theater.
—David, age 18 I was also offended by Poison Ivy's line: "God created the world in seven days, let's see if I can do it better." After that [woman] delivered that line I got up from this awful film and left the theater!
—Bryan, age 19 "Batman and Robin" is one of the worst movies I've seen in a long time. I went to see it on opening night. The theater was filled to capacity. For the first 15 minutes, there were cheers and laughter. After that, utter silence. Mr. Freeze manages to utilize just about every cold temperature cliche ever invented; the scenes with a sick Alfred were bathetic and had about as much emotion as a Gilligan's Island episode; the Batgirl character was created to draw in shallow moviegoers who could not comprehend the plot thus far; Robin needs a hug; George Clooney looks like he's always smiling, even when Alfred's dying; and Uma, geez, don't get me started on that… thirty minutes to the end, during a blissful silent moment, a young child near the front exclaimed, "Mommy, when is it going to be over?" The whole theater erupted in laughter and applause. That pretty much sums up the movie. I am being highly critical because I expect far better from such a high-budget American film. Producers should hire good screenwriters who understand characterization. All the glitz and glammer cannot substitute for effective characterization and dialogue. Good scenes of Gotham City, tho.
—Jeff Grygny, age 29 I publicly repent. I am sorry I exposed the Holy Spirit, who lives within me, to this film… and I told Him so. The sadism in the jungle sequence was repulsive and unnecessary. The plot was foolish, the characters shallow and the storyline nonexistent. I will not see the sequel. Do something worthwhile with your six bucks, give to a missionary.
—Biff Van Cleve, age 52 I agree that "Batman and Robin" was overly sexualized visually, and in the dialogue. The director went out of his way, it seems, to exploit sex; but that is the trend of this series and of all films from Hollywood. They market sex, stimulate lust in viewers, over-sexualize children, all in the cause of selling tickets. Still, the movie was entertaining, just short of immoral. Clooney was an okay Batman, and he added a human, sympathetic quality to the character that has been missing. I applaud him for that. He and Michael Gouch were especially effective in the sickbed scene referred to in the review. Another criticism I have of the film is that it was ultra-campy and too busy visually, like an art deco museum: it made you want to scream "Ahhhhhhhhh!" at some points. Anyway, those are my comments.
—Ron Houssaye, age 44 I took my daughters to see the movie for a girl's day out. We enjoyed the movie, the humourous one-liners, the family interaction between the characters. I hope they stay with the lighter, action-packed style. Yes, I know there sexual references, but it's either acknowledge it and deal with it or skip the movies.
—Karen, age 38 While this is not a good movie as a whole, the sexual undertones and innuendo make it even less of a movie for Christians. Uma Thurman's portrayal of Poison Ivy, and some of the comments made by the male characters in regards to her, are the kinds of things Christian males should stay away from. My girlfriend was very offended by it.
—Brian Boguhn, age 32 Compared to the other movies so far this summer, it was worth seeing but please keep the kids under 15 home. It still amazes me the parents who take 2-10 year olds to movies like this. I sum up this movie with 2 words. TOO MUCH. Too much action, too many characters, bad guys too evil, too many scenes. Sometimes less is better.
—Ben Stroud, age 36 If there were such a thing as a matinee movie rental, Batman and Robin wouldn't even be worth that. The casting was bad, the script and story were horribe, and the soundtrack seemed to re-use the music from earlier Batman movies.
—Ashley Tate, age 25 The movie was okay. I agree with the reviewer that Clooney as Batman was far different from Keaton or Kilmer. His umbrage against the two villains, however I dismiss. They are *supposed* to be bad guys, or gals, and that means taking unchristian positions. My worst fear, however, is that the storyline is moving away from the dark knight of the original movies into a more farcical presentation, such as (dis)graced our TV sets in the seventies…
—John Darnell, age 43 Was Mr. Freeze good or bad? He was portrayed as doing bad things for a good reason (save wife's life). While on one hand Mr. Freeze wanted to end all life, he cared enough to save the life of Alfred. On one hand Mr. Freeze was punished for his deeds by being locked up, but on the other he was rewarded by being allowed to continue his research. Rather than creating depth to the character, it was confusing and conflicting.
—Dedra Russell, age 28 Out of all four BATMAN movies, this is the only one I'd pay to see again. Great visuals and great effects. It's a bit slow at times, but it's pretty good. If anyone has any lust issues, I strongly recommend going to see this with a brother/sister in Christ because Uma Thurman's performance as Poison Ivy is much too convincing and over the top for my fellow brothers in Christ to deal with by themselves.
—Chris Utley, age 24 Comments from young people
Compared to the other "Batman" movies, this one [stunk]. I give it two stars (out of four) because it had the most simplistic plot mixed with the most moronic dialogue. From a Christian perspective, I can't say the violence was that bad; it was no worse than the violence in the original tv series, and it was definitely less than the first two movies.
—Mark Rinker, age 15 Just a reminder: 1978's "Superman" is not the only movie highly regarded as the definitive superhero film. I personally believe it's 1996's "The Phantom," which I've seen four times. On the big screen, it is an experience unmatched. The filmmakers went to such lengths to create each detail true to its era, the 30s. It has the best stunts I've ever seen, the hero expresses high morals and has a great sense of humor and the action is furious. Don't be fooled by its PG-rating either, "The Phantom" contains many stabbings, etc. though it has no gore and the heroes never(NEVER) use foul language. It doesn't belittle the female sidekick Diana (Kirsty Swanson) who doesn't need to be rescued and play that stupid, sexist damsel-in-distress which slyly made its way into the first "Batman". Check it out on video for an intellectual, nostalgic adventure.
—Michael C., age 15 There's lots to bash about this movie. Don't bring the kids. Don't bring anybody. Poison Ivy is an eco-anarchist, the three lead females were there for one reason only (and it isn't acting), and I for one did NOT want to see Batman, Robin, Poison Ivy, or Batgirl's complete (that means all of) anatomy. None in the theater bothered or even wanted to laugh at the pathetic scripting. Sad end to the Batman movie series.
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Type: | Photographs | StillImage |
Creator: | Goldfarb, Stephen |
Title: | Prince Hall Masonic Temple |
Date: | 1979 |
Description: | View of the Prince Hall Masonic Temple on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia. Local identification number: VIS 151.01.08 Prince Hall Masonic Lodges are African American Freemasonry lodges named after Prince Hall, their founder. The Prince Hall Masonic Lodge in Atlanta, Georgia is located on Auburn Avenue. Local identification number: ahc151001008a.jpg |
Subjects: | Organizations--Georgia--Atlanta | Buildings--Georgia--Atlanta | Freemasons. Prince Hall Masonic Grand Lodge (Georgia) | Atlanta (Ga.) | Fulton County (Ga.) | Auburn Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.) |
Contributors: | Atlanta History Center |
Online Publisher: | Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta GA 30305, 2006 |
Original Material: | 35 mm color transparency | Stephen Goldfarb Photographs, Atlanta History Center |
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Related Institutions: | Atlanta History Center |
Collection Information: | Stephen Goldfarb Photographs, 1979 |