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The Bjelkemander was the term given to a system of malapportionment in the Australian state of Queensland in the 1970s and 1980s.[1] Under the system, electorates were allocated to zones such as rural or metropolitan and electoral boundaries drawn so that rural electorates had about half as many voters as metropolitan ones. The Country Party (later National Party), a rural-based party led by Joh Bjelke-Petersen, was able to govern uninhibited during this period due to the 'Bjelkemander'.
Origin of term[edit]
The term is a portmanteau of Joh Bjelke-Petersen's surname with the word "Gerrymander", where electoral boundaries are redrawn in an unnatural way with the dominant intention of favouring one political party or grouping over its rivals. Although Bjelke-Petersen's 1972 redistributions occasionally had elements of "gerrymandering" in the strict sense, their perceived unfairness had more to do with malapportionment whereby certain areas (normally rural) are simply granted more representation than their population would dictate if electorates contained equal numbers of voters (or population).
Electoral system under Bjelke-Petersen[edit]
When the Country (later National) Party first won power in 1957 under Bjelke-Petersen's predecessor, Frank Nicklin, it inherited a system of malapportionment from the previous Australian Labor Party government. After becoming premier Nicklin reworked this setup to benefit the Country and Liberal parties. The provincial cities were split off from their hinterlands, where new Country Party seats were created. At the same time, more Liberal seats were created in the Brisbane area. While fairer than Labor's map, it was still slanted toward the Coalition.
Bjelke-Petersen tweaked this setup even further after becoming premier, benefiting his own Country Party at the expense of the Labor and Liberal parties. In Queensland, unlike at the federal level and in the other states, the Country/National Party was the senior partner in the non-Labor coalition, with the Liberals as junior partner. However, Bjelke-Petersen's system discriminated against the Liberals as much if not more heavily than the Labor Party. As a party drawing its votes mainly in Brisbane, the Liberals were regarded by Bjelke-Petersen as liberal (with a small l) and not representative of Country/National interests. When he became premier, the number of seats held by the Nationals and Liberals was relatively close and therefore there was a further incentive for the Country Party to increase their parliamentary numbers at the expense of the Liberals.
From 1910 to 1949, Queensland had a "one person, one vote, one value" electoral system, with a maximum variation of 30% from the Statewide average quota. But in 1949 the Australian Labor Party conducted a revision which varied the number of voters in each electorate according to their size and distance from Brisbane, the state capital in the far south-east of the huge state. Although difficulties in transport and communication were given as the reasons to reduce the size of remote and thinly-populated electorates, the effect was to give a huge advantage to the Labor Party, which at that time drew its voting strength from rural areas, a consequence of the party's formation in the outback Queensland town of Barcaldine half a century earlier.[2]
The newly elected Country Party MP for Nanango, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, spoke out against the redistribution, saying that it meant that "the majority will be ruled by the minority" and that the Labor government was telling the people "whether you like it or not, we will be the Government".
The 1957 ALP split, where Premier Vince Gair led many MPs to form the Queensland Labor Party (QLP), undermined the malapportionment's advantage to Labor. Since the boundaries were drawn to take advantage of the ALP's rural supporters (farm workers, miners etc.) the rural-based Country Party were able to take the most advantage from Labor's infighting.
In 1971, Bjelke-Petersen, who became Premier in 1968, proposed to refine the gerrymander to favour his party at the expense of his Coalition partners, the Liberal Party, as well as Labor. Electoral demographics had changed since 1949 and Labor now drew most of its support from urban concentrations of workers. Labor opposed the scheme, as did enough of the Liberals to defeat the bill in Parliament. However, Bjelke-Petersen worked during a four-month Parliamentary recess to redraft the scheme just enough to ensure the support of the Liberal Party and the redesigned gerrymander was used as the basis for the May 1972 election, from which Bjelke-Petersen emerged victorious as Premier despite only receiving 20% of the vote, a smaller percentage than the Liberals (22.2%) or Labor (46.7%). However, as Bjelke-Petersen's Country Party had won 26 seats compared to the 21 of the Liberals, the Country Party was the senior party in the coalition, which held 47 seats, thereby putting the Labor Party with 33 seats into opposition.
In 1977 another redistribution eliminated some Liberal seats, reducing the internal threat to the Country Party (now renamed the National Party).
Electoral effect[edit]
The putative reasons given for reducing the number of voters in remote and rural electorates have some validity. In 1949 the electorate of Gregory was larger in area than Great Britain, but contained fewer than 6000 voters. In addition it contained vast areas of desert and the few communities were poorly served by road and rail links. Other electorates were almost as large, and in fact the four electorates of Gregory, Cook, Flinders and Mount Isa together comprised nearly two thirds of Queensland's entire landmass. The difficulties of keeping in touch with the population over such enormous and diverse regions were cited by both Labor (in 1949) and the Country Party in 1971 as reasons for malapportionment.
At the 1956 election the change from the previous one vote-one value system was dramatic. The Brisbane-area seat of Mount Gravatt had 26307 voters, while the seat of Charters Towers in far northern Queensland had just 4367, a ratio of six to one. If the number of votes cast per party is divided by the number of seats won, the effect on party representation is underscored. In 1956 the Labor Party needed 7000 votes to win each seat, the Country Party 9900, and the Liberals 23800. Using the Dauer-Kelsay Index, which calculates the smallest percentage of voters needed to win an election, the theoretical ideal being just over 50%, at the 1957 election this number was 39.1%, meaning that the non-Labor parties would have required more than 60% of the vote to win.
Other low scores in Australian electoral history were the South Australian 'Playmander' with a low of 23.4% on the Dauer-Kelsay Index, and Victoria in 1974, registering 40.3%.
By this index, Bjelke-Petersen's 1972 revision was actually a step towards democracy, with the index rising to 44.9%, and the disparity in electorate sizes reduced with Pine Rivers (16758 voters) and Gregory (6723) marking the extremes. In terms of vote per seat, the Country Party needed 7000 votes to win each seat, Liberal 9600 and Labor 12800.
However, the effect was that Bjelke-Petersen was Premier of the state with just 20% of the votes. The following table shows the figures for the 1972 election:
Party | Votes cast | Percentage | Seats won | Percent of seats |
Labor | 424002 | 46.7 | 33 | 40.2 |
Liberal | 201596 | 22.2 | 21 | 25 |
Country | 181404 | 20.0 | 26 | 31.1 |
Independent | 23951 | 2.6 | 0 | 2.4 |
Other | 6236 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
Invalid | 14817 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 |
The Labor Party won 33 seats, the largest of any single party. However, since the Coalition had 47 seats between them, Labor was consigned to Opposition. Bjelke-Petersen's Country Party had 26 seats to the Liberals' 21. Thus, as leader of the senior coalition partner, Bjelke-Petersen stayed on as premier.
It can also be seen from the above table that the DLP had 7.7% of the vote, but won no seats at all. Most of these votes flowed through preferential voting away from the Labor Party, exacerbating the effect of the "Bjelkemander".
Other factors[edit]
The malapportionment favouring country areas helped Labor in 1949 onwards and the Country Party from 1957. The 1972 redistribution introduced a gerrymander effect favouring the Country Party, by which boundaries were drawn to consolidate Labor-voting populations and diversify Country supporters. A seat won with 50.1% of the vote was just as good in Parliament as one with 100% support. Liberal and especially Labor voters were usually found in identifiable "clumps" within Brisbane and the regional cities, a reflection of the income levels available to workers and the middle class dividing them between desirable and less desirable suburbs.
The metropolis of Brisbane was a zone of limited support for Bjelke-Petersen's Country Party, but fertile ground was found in the regional centres where Labor populations could be aggregated together and the rural voters of the surrounding districts distributed to electorates where they would be of most use to the Country Party.
End of the Bjelkemander[edit]
The resignation of Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen in 1987 and the defeat of the National Party by Labor Government under Wayne Goss in 1989 led to further changes to the State electoral system, which was achieved by a redistribution in 1991 which took effect at the 1992 election.
Acting on the recommendations of the Electoral and Administrative Review Commission (EARC), the Goss Labor Government legislated for a compromise system under which an electorate over 100,000 square km in area could be counted as having notional extra voters (dubbed "phantom voters" by the media) equal to 2% of its area in square kilometres. Apart from this, no electorate could vary from the State-wide average by more than 10%. Only 5 of the 89 districts qualified for this special loading, and since these were (a) huge in area, and (b) not solidly National Party (e.g. Mount Isa and Cook have been regularly held by Labor over the last 20 years), the retention of this small degree of rural vote-weighting is no longer a matter of political controversy in Queensland.
See also[edit]
- Australian electoral system#Gerrymandering and malapportionment
- Playmander, a similar malapportionment in South Australia, named after Thomas Playford IV.


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Atrial flutter is a serious form of neonatal tachyarrhythmia. Maternal drug use of cocaine and/or opiate is associated with central and autonomic nervous signs in fetuses and newborn infants. The fetal cardiovascular effects of cocaine and opiate exposure are not well characterized. We present the case of isolated atrial flutter in a late preterm infant who has been perinatally exposed to cocaine and opiate. |
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Compact disc-recordable (CD-R) and digital versatile disc-recordable (DVD-R) discs were fabricated with a polycarbonate substrate, metallic thin film, organic buffer layer, reflective layer, and protective layer. Recording characteristics of a CD-R disc at various recording speeds, from 1x to 8x, were evaluated, and the deformation shapes of each layer after recording were investigated and compared with the DVD-R disc. The relationship between deformation and recording characteristics was studied and interpreted by numerical calculation. The modulated amplitude of recorded signals is increased as the recording speed increases, owing to the increase in decomposition of the buffer layer, which resulted from the localization of heat on the metallic thin film. On the basis of these results, a DVD-R disc with metallic thin film is expected to have better recording characteristics at a higher recording speed.
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text: Aquatech china: biggest international water show in china! Page ContentJump to: Why visit? Register When and where? Venue Exhibitors 2014 The success story of Aquatech China continues Aquatech China was a resounding success and a major milestone for the water technology industry. The seventh edition of the show featured some 1400 exhibitors from 34 countries. Despite heavy rainfall during the days of the show, which caused significant traffic problems in Shanghai, the exhibition once again welcomed more visitors than the previous year. An international audience of over 40,000 decision-makers visited the show over three days from 25-27 June. Ten per cent of the visitors came from outside of China, representing 90 different countries.The very first Industrial Leaders Forum China added an extra dimension to the show. Read more about ILF China 2015 » Why visit in 2015? Aquatech China 2015 will take place at the newly built (Shanghai) Center for Exhibition and Convention. Aquatech China will bring together the worlds of water technology and water management, aiming to present integrated solutions and a holistic approach to the water challenges facing Asia. It features the best possible range of new and proven products on process, drinking and waste water. Come and find out about unique new novelties and advanced technological findings and make sure to attend the Aquatech Conference and the AquaStages, where you learn about best practices and progressive solutions. Undoubtedly, Aquatech China has become the most professional and the biggest international water show in China. Register your free visit! Registration for Aquatech China is now open. Register your free visit here » When and where Wednesday 10 June 09.00 – 17.00 hours Thursday 11 June 09.00 –17.00 hours Friday 12 June 09.00 –15.00 hours Shanghai Center for Exhibition and Convention Aquatech China 2015 will be held in the newly built,Shanghai Center for Exhibition and Convention. he Exhibition Complex is projected to edge itself as the world's largest and most competitive MICE venue of our age, with half million square meters of exhibition space consisting of 400,000 square meters of indoors and 100,000 square meters of outdoors. The China Expo Complex, based in the booming Yangtze River Delta region, aims to serve China and the world with its cutting-edge design and multiple facilities. National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) South entranceNo.168 East Yinggang Rd. Qingpu District, ShanghaiP.R. China Directions to the venue » What is the reason for moving to the new venue? [+] With Aquatech China continuously expanding, the move was necessary to give us the possibility to grow even more in the future. In addition, the brand new venue enables us to properly cater to all types of demands from exhibitors. Can the organizers guarantee the newly built venue will be ready by June 2015? [+] The venue is one of the largest development projects undertaken by the Ministry of Commerce at the moment. It's a showcase project with a lot of international exposure. As the Chinese government has proven over the past years with events such as the Olympic Games in 2008 and the World Expo in 2010, showcase projects like this have always managed to be finished well before the opening bell. We expect the new venue to be no exception. Furthermore, many large scale shows have been scheduled to open their doors in the new venue prior to Aquatech China in June 2015.This makes us very confident that the new venue will be up and running well before our show next year. Will the new venue be built and operated in a sustainable way? [+] Aquatech China 2015 will be held in the newly built China Convention and Exhibition Complex (China Expo Complex). The Exhibition Complex is projected to edge itself as the world's largest and most competitive MICE venue of our age, with half million square meters of exhibition space consisting of 400,000 m² of indoor space and 100,000m² of outdoor space. The China Expo Complex, based in the booming Yangtze River Delta region, aims to serve China and the world with its cutting-edge design and multiple facilities and presents itself as a first class eco-friendly venue in Asia with the highest notion of environmental protection. Do you have information on sponsoring/branding opportunities for the new venue? [+] For information about sponsoring and branding opportunities, please contact our Aquatech China Sales Manager, Daan Burghouts via email@example.com. What is the exact address in both English and Chinese? [+] National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), South entrance, No.168 East Yinggang Rd. Qingpu District, Shanghai, P.R. China Chinese: Directions to the venue » In what area is the new venue located? Will there be enough hotels close by? [+] In what area is the new venue located? Will there be enough hotels close by? The new venue is located at No.335 Huaxu Rd, Qingpu district, Shanghai: National Shanghai Center for Exhibition and Convention. It is part of the new Hongqiao development area, conveniently located right beside the largest travelhub in China. This hub not only includes one of the busiest International Airports in China (Pudong), but also a new high-speed railway station that connects to some of the biggest cities in China within hours. It also connects to the subway system which takes you directly to downtown Shanghai. In general, there will be enough hotels close by including the Renaissance Hotel, Hilton Hotel and Sheraton Hotel and also some newly built hotels right around the exhibition venue. However, hotels in Hongqiao and even downtown Shanghai are also well situated due to convenient transport links. I'm from abroad and have to travel from the International Airport (Pudong). How far is Pudong from the venue? [+] The distance is about 60km. Depending on the traffic situation it can take you 1-2 hours to get to the venue by taxi. You can also take the train (Maglev) and then switch to subway line 2 which brings you directly to the venue within 1-1.5 hours. How far is the venue from Shanghai City Centre? Is it also possible to travel to the city centre at night? [+] The distance between the venue and the city centre is about 25km. Excellent transport links to and from the venue make it possible to travel downtown within just a view minutes by metro or taxi - also at night. Is the venue easily accessible by public transportation and/or taxis? [+] Subway line 2 stops directly underneath the venue and links to the Hongqiao hub as well as Shanghai's city centre. Due to the nearby hub there are also always plenty of taxis available around the venue. How do I know what booth to take if I don't know the visitor flows or how the exhibition space will be segmented during Aquatech China at the new venue? [+] We will do everything to maintain similar visitor flows at the new venue by putting up enough markers for visitors on-site. For exhibition segmenting, or if you need any further help with your decision, we recommend taking a look at the new floor plan or contacting our Sales Manager, Daan Burghouts via email@example.com. Will any other shows be co-located with Aquatech China? [+] As with former editions of Aquatech China, FlowEx China 2015, a trade exhibition for pumps, valves and pipes, will take place at the new venue during the same time as Aquatech China 2015 as well as an new event about Air Pollution and Solid. Will there be a press office in the new venue? [+] Yes, there will be a press office in the new venue. For more information please get in touch with our Aquatech China Marketing & Communications Manager, Stefanie Poelmann via firstname.lastname@example.com . Will the location of new venue have any impact on the origin and amount of visitors at the show? [+] Due to the National Airport being located so close to the new exhibition centre, we expect an increased number of Chinese visitors and people from the nearby Asian countries. We also expect to see an increase in the amount of international visitors due to the International Airport Pudong being located so close by to the new venue. Is it possible to view the venue beforehand to check booth location and venue facilities? [+] Yes, of course we allow our exhibitors to visit their booth space and the new venue before the show starts. For a first overview we recommend to take a look at the floor plan. What are the catering facilities like? Will there be options for "Western" preferences as well? [+] There will be plenty of catering facilities on-site offering a wide range of foods catering to a wide range of tastes, including Asian and Western. Is there (free) WiFi available at the venue? [+] WiFi is available at the venue for an additional charge. Will there be A/C in the venue? [+] Yes, air conditioning is in use throughout the entire venue. How many entrances to the venue are there? And where are they located? [+] There will be a total of 4 entrances. You can find the location of each one in the floor plan.


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It's true, Mary and I decided last week. The two of us have become Marriage Nags. Almost officially -- we lack only bumper stickers.
Before I explain, have I told you about Mary? She's worth hearing about. This woman, who seems unassuming by nature, called me up one day. Or sent me an e-mail, I'm not positive which -- it was a foggy time for both of us.
I had just written a column about the six-month anniversary of my husband's death when I heard from Mary. She told me it was also the six-month mark in widowhood for her.
I fetched the copy of David's obit I keep handy (but why do I do that?) and sure enough ... Mary's love, Mike, smiled from the same page.
Like us, Mary and Mike were married a long time, starting life together as practically children. Like David, Mike was a family man and faithful in his commitment to God.
Both men loved to joke, although Mike's veered toward dry humor while David's were pure corn.
How could Mary and I not have lunch? Made, as we were, into sisters by a date on the calendar and all.
Now, closing in on a year past that first bowl of soup, we've invested in several lunches and phone calls. We've talked about all kinds of things, especially the stuff no one else is likely to understand.
It's a big category.
For instance, we agree we miss being worshipped. Just completely adored, no questions asked.
Like Mary, I long to lie next to the only person in the universe who knows how I got that scar or that when I'm drowning in my sleep, I will eventually rescue myself before I awake. And that I like my back scratched with gusto and my hair to be stroked softly.
I could call only Mary and say, "Would you think I'm crazy if I heard David say my name?"
She doesn't think I'm crazy, she thinks hearing my husband's voice once again is a gift. She longs, Mary assured me, to receive such a gift for herself.
Under the circumstances, I hope we can be forgiven for becoming Marriage Nags. As we recently savored sub sandwiches in high noon sunshine, Mary and I traded tales of friends (you're all anonymous, so just settle down) who have complained to us about this or that ... the husband who won't fix the screen door or do the taxes. Who won't take the dog to the vet or votes the wrong way.
We can't endure those complaints, we said, poking our sweet onion chicken back into a slot of Italian bread.
Indeed, we harbor our own petty marital guilts. In my case, as one microscopic example, I used to whine to my husband that no one was able to read his handwriting on the forms that come with having kids and bills and a house and health insurance. David's writing was a lot like David -- impulsive, free flowing and kind of adorable. But not always so readable.
It blows my mind that I used to worry about this. I was concerned about people getting paid to deal with forms from families like ours, that they would think badly of us, become exasperated if they couldn't read every single word.
Now, a bazillion of these things later ¬?-- completed almost exclusively late at night with my head supported by my hand -- I don't care at all about handwriting on forms (apologies to Mrs. Richardson, the only teacher to make me stay after school to master my penmanship).
I no longer give a rip if people paid to do so can read them. Call me up if there's a problem. I would give anything to tell David, "Hey, Babe, write however you want. And hey, thanks for taking that job, because I loathe it."
Yes, Mary and I do realize with Mike and David no longer here to demonstrate human failings, both husbands have taken on a sheen of perfection. They've become better people since they died.
But we get how obnoxious we are, trust me. We well remember the frustrations of daily living with another person, the anger that can boil up like baking soda mixed with peroxide after yet another dirty glass has been abandoned by the couch.
We can still taste the bitterness of swallowed resentment and the salt of hot tears. Our heart muscles have memorized the ache of trying to make real marriage match the romance novels. Or at least sustainable.
But we believe, we know -- not being married is worse. And we, the widows, are pretty frank about that with those who come to complain about this or that. We are, no matter how much we shun the title, Marriage Nags.
Don't worry, we won't always be. We're both intelligent women who had pretty typical marriages, lots of up and down, lots of words we wish we could snatch back. Those times will come to mind when our souls are ready.
In the meantime we've ordered bumper stickers.
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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)
Impact of the Events of September 11, 2001, on BLS Nonfarm Payroll Employment Series
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon resulted in a tragic loss of life and significant economic disruptions. Impacts from these events first began to register in the Current Employment Statistics (CES) "payroll" survey with estimates for October 2001.
September 2001 estimates were not affected by the aftermath of the attacks because the reference period for the CES survey is the pay period including the 12th of the month; workers employed for any portion of that pay period are counted as employed by the survey. Nearly all pay periods including the 12th of September began prior to the day of the attacks; thus most workers affected either directly or indirectly by the attacks registered as employed for September 2001.
It is not possible to separate overall job losses for October 2001 and subsequent months into the effects from the September 11 events and the effects from a generally weakening employment trend that had been evident for several months prior. However several industries with substantial employment declines in October and some subsequent months, particularly air transportation, transportation services (which includes travel agencies), and hotels have undoubtedly been affected by the aftermath of the terrorist attacks and the widespread decline in travel following September 11.
CES data collection and estimation methods for September 2001 and subsequent months have followed the survey's normal procedures. Overall nationwide sample receipts have continued at a normal level for each month. Sample receipts from the lower Manhattan area of New York City that was directly impacted by the World Trade Center attack were lower than normal for the September and October 2001 reference months, but sufficient to produce reliable estimates. Sample receipts for that area returned to normal levels by November 2001.
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Bowling for Columbine
Bowling for Columbine | |
Theatrical release poster
Directed by | Michael Moore |
Produced by | Kathleen Glynn Jim Czarnecki Charles Bishop Michael Donovan[1] |
Written by | Michael Moore |
Narrated by | Michael Moore |
Music by | Jeff Gibbs |
Edited by | Kurt Engfehr |
company |
Distributed by | United Artists |
Release dates
Running time
119 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $4 million |
Box office | $58,008,423 |
Bowling for Columbine is a 2002 American documentary film written, directed, and narrated by Michael Moore. The film explores what Moore suggests are the main causes for the Columbine High School massacre in 1999 and other acts of violence with guns. Moore focuses on the background and environment in which the massacre took place and some common public opinions and assumptions about related issues. The film also looks into the nature of violence in the United States.
The film brought Moore international attention as a rising filmmaker and won numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature, a special 55th Anniversary Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival,[2] and the César Award for Best Foreign Film.[3]
Film content[edit]
In Moore's discussions with various people—including South Park co-creator Matt Stone, the National Rifle Association's then-president Charlton Heston, and heavy metal musician Marilyn Manson—he seeks to explain why the Columbine massacre occurred and why the United States' violent crime rate (especially concerning crimes committed with firearms) is substantially higher than those of other nations.
The film's title refers to the story that Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold—the two students responsible for the Columbine High School massacre—attended a school bowling class at 6:00 AM on the day they committed the attacks at school, which started at 11:17 AM. Later investigations showed that this was based on mistaken recollections, and Glenn Moore of the Golden Police Department concluded that they were absent from school on the day of the attack.[4]
Moore incorporates the concept of bowling into the film in other ways as well. For example, the Michigan Militia use bowling pins for their target practice. When interviewing former classmates of the two boys, Moore notes that the students took a bowling class in place of physical education. He suggests that this might have very little educational value and the girls he interviews generally agree, noting how Harris and Klebold led introverted lifestyles and careless attitudes towards the game, and that nobody thought twice about it. Moore questions whether the school system is responding to the real needs of students or if they are reinforcing fear. Moore also interviews two young residents of Oscoda, Michigan. Moore suggests a culture of fear created by the government and the media leads Americans to arm themselves, to the advantage of gun-making companies. Moore suggests that bowling could have been just as responsible for the attacks on the school as Marilyn Manson, or even President Bill Clinton, who launched bombing attacks on Serbia at the time.[5]
Free gun for opening a bank account[edit]
An early scene depicts a bank in Michigan that gives customers a free hunting rifle when they make a deposit of a certain size into a time deposit account.[6] The film follows Moore as he goes to the bank, makes his deposit, fills out the forms, and awaits the result of a background check before walking out of the bank carrying a brand new Weatherby hunting rifle. Just before leaving the bank, Moore asks: "Do you think it's a little dangerous handing out guns at a bank?"[7]
"Happiness is a Warm Gun" montage[edit]
About 20 minutes into the film, The Beatles song "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" plays during a montage in which footage of the following is shown:
- People buying guns.
- Residents of Virgin, Utah, a town that passed a law requiring all residents to own guns.
- People firing rifles at carnivals and shooting ranges.
- Denise Ames operating a rifle.
- Carey McWilliams, a blind gun enthusiast from Fargo, North Dakota.
- Gary Plauche killing Jeff Doucet, who had kidnapped and molested Plauche's son.
- The suicide of Budd Dwyer.
- A 1993 murder where Emilio Nuñez shot and killed his ex-wife Maritza Martin during an interview on the Telemundo program Ocurrió Asi.
- The suicide of Daniel V. Jones, an AIDS/cancer patient who was protesting HMOs.
- A man who takes his shirt off and is shot during a riot.
Weapons of mass destruction[edit]
Early in the film, Moore links the violent behavior of the Columbine shooters to the presence of a large defense establishment manufacturing rocket technology in Littleton. It is implied that the presence of this facility within the community, and the acceptance of institutionalized violence as a solution to conflict, contributed to the mindset that led to the massacre.
Moore conducts an interview with Evan McCollum, Director of Communications at a Lockheed Martin plant near Columbine, and asks him:
- "So you don't think our kids say to themselves, 'Dad goes off to the factory every day, he builds missiles of mass destruction.' What's the difference between that mass destruction and the mass destruction over at Columbine High School?"
McCollum responds:
- "I guess I don't see that specific connection because the missiles that you're talking about were built and designed to defend us from somebody else who would be aggressors against us."
"What a Wonderful World" montage[edit]
The film cuts to a montage of American foreign policy decisions, with the intent to counter McCollum's statement by citing examples of how the United States has frequently been the aggressor nation. This montage is set to the song "What a Wonderful World", performed by Louis Armstrong.
The following is a transcript of the onscreen text in the Wonderful World segment:
- 1953: U.S. overthrows Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddeq of Iran. U.S. installs Shah as dictator.
- 1954: U.S. overthrows democratically-elected President Arbenz of Guatemala. 200,000 civilians killed.
- 1963: U.S. backs assassination of South Vietnamese President Diem.
- 1963-1975: American military kills 4 million people in Southeast Asia.
- September 11, 1973: U.S. stages 1973 Chilean coup d'état in Chile. Democratically-elected President Salvador Allende assassinated. Dictator Augusto Pinochet installed. 3,000 Chileans murdered.
- 1977: U.S. backs military rulers of El Salvador. 70,000 Salvadorans and four American nuns killed.
- 1980s: U.S. trains Osama bin Laden[8] and fellow terrorists to kill Soviets. CIA gives them $3 billion.
- 1981: Reagan administration trains and funds the Contras. 30,000 Nicaraguans die.
- 1982: U.S. provides billions of dollars in aid to Saddam Hussein for weapons to kill Iranians.
- 1983: The White House secretly gives Iran weapons to kill Iraqis.
- 1989: CIA agent Manuel Noriega (also serving as President of Panama) disobeys orders from Washington. U.S. invades Panama and removes Noriega. 3,000 Panamanian civilian casualties.
- 1990: Iraq invades Kuwait with weapons from U.S.
- 1991: U.S. enters Iraq. Bush reinstates dictator of Kuwait.
- 1998: Clinton bombs possible weapons factory in Sudan. Factory turns out to be making aspirin.
- 1991 to present: American planes bomb Iraq on a weekly basis. U.N. estimates 500,000 Iraqi children die from bombing and sanctions.
- 2000-2001: U.S. gives Taliban-ruled Afghanistan $245 million in aid.
- Sept. 11, 2001: Osama bin Laden uses his expert CIA training to murder 3,000 people.[8]
The montage ends with handheld-camera footage of United Airlines Flight 175 crashing into the South Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, the audio consisting solely of the emotional reactions of the witnesses, recorded by the camera's microphone. On the website accompanying the film, Moore provides additional background information for this section.[9]
Climate of fear[edit]
Moore contrasts his portrayal of the U.S. attitude toward guns and violence with the attitude prevailing in Canada, where (he states) gun ownership is at similar levels to the U.S. He illustrates his thesis by visiting neighborhoods in Canada near the Canada–U.S. border, where he finds front doors unlocked and much less concern over crime and security.
In this section, there is a montage of several social pundits stating possible causes for gun violence. Many claim links with violence in television, cinema, and computer games; towards the end of the montage, however, the same people all change their claims to Marilyn Manson's responsibility. Following this is an interview between Moore and Marilyn Manson. Manson shares his views about the United States' climate with Moore, stating that he believes U.S. society is based on "fear and consumption", citing Colgate commercials that promise "if you have bad breath, [people] are not going to talk to you" and other commercials containing fear-based messages. Manson also mentions that the media, under heavy government influence, had asserted that his influence on the acts of Klebold and Harris was far greater than that of President Clinton, who ordered more bombings on Kosovo on April 20, 1999, than any other day during the Balkans campaign. When Moore asks Manson what he would say to the students at Columbine, Manson replies, "I wouldn't say a single word to them; I would listen to what they have to say, and that's what no one did."[10]
Moore follows up his climate of fear thesis by exploring popular explanations as to why gun violence is so high in the United States. He examines Marilyn Manson as a cause, but states that more German citizens listen to Marilyn Manson (per capita) and that the country has a larger Goth population than the United States, with less gun violence (Germany: 381 incidents per year). He examines violent movies, but notes that other countries have the same violent movies, showing The Matrix with French subtitles (France: 255 incidents per year). He also examines video games, but observes that many violent video games come from Japan (Japan: 39 incidents per year). He concludes his comparisons by considering the suggestion that the United States' violent history is the cause, but notes the similarly violent histories of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom (UK: 68 incidents per year). Moore ends this segment with gun-related-deaths-per-year statistics of the following countries:
- Japan: 39 (0.030/100,000)
- Australia: 65 (0.292/100,000)
- United Kingdom: 68 (0.109/100,000)
- Canada: 165 (0.484/100,000)
- France: 255 (0.389/100,000)
- Germany: 381 (0.466/100,000)
- United States: 11,127 (3.601/100,000)
KMart refund[edit]
Moore takes two Columbine victims, Mark Taylor and Richard Castaldo (along with Brooks Brown, who remains unidentified during the segment), to the headquarters of American superstore KMart in Troy, Michigan, ostensibly to claim a refund on the bullets still lodged in their bodies. After a number of attempts to evade the issue, a KMart spokesperson says that the firm will change its policy and phase out the sale of handgun ammunition; this comes after Moore and the victims go to the nearest KMart store in Sterling Heights, Michigan, purchase all of their ammunition, and return the next day with several members of the media. "We've won," says Moore, in disbelief. "That was more than we asked for."[11]
Reviews for the film were overwhelmingly positive, with a 96% rating on Rotten Tomatoes,[12] and therefore a "certified fresh" award. Another score aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating in the 0–100 range based on reviews from top mainstream critics, calculated an average score of 72 based on 32 reviews, signifying 'generally favorable reviews'. Michael Wilmington of the Chicago Tribune wrote, "It's unnerving, stimulating, likely to provoke anger and sorrow on both political sides—and, above all, it's extremely funny."[13]
Some reviews were not as unequivocally glowing. A.O. Scott of The New York Times wrote, "The slippery logic, tendentious grandstanding, and outright demagoguery on display in Bowling for Columbine should be enough to give pause to its most ardent partisans, while its disquieting insights into the culture of violence in America should occasion sober reflection from those who would prefer to stop their ears."[14] Desson Thomson of The Washington Post thought that the film lacked a coherent message, asking "A lot of this is amusing and somehow telling. But what does it all add up to?"[15]
Free gun for opening a bank account[edit]
In Michael Wilson's documentary Michael Moore Hates America, bank employees from the branch at which Moore is handed a free hunting rifle assert that they were misled during filming of the segment. They say that the bank's policy was to conduct background checks on rifle recipients and mail the rifles to a licensed gun dealer, but Moore's agents, under the pretext of "doing a story on unique businesses across America," convinced bank employees to have his rifle presented to him on camera the morning after filming his account opening. Further, they counter that contrary to the film's supposition that the bank kept hundreds of guns on their premises, the gun which was handed to Michael Moore in the film was shipped overnight from a vault in a branch 300 miles away. Moore denied that this sequence was staged but acknowledged the timing was compressed for production reasons. He reminded his readers that North Country Bank is a licensed firearms dealer and, in addition to its ATF license number, he produced out-takes where bank employee Jan Jacobson confirms on camera that rifles are secured locally on bank premises.[16][17]
Ignoring the role of municipal governance[edit]
The American Prospect published a piece by Garance Franke-Ruta criticizing the film for ignoring the role that municipal governance plays in crime in the United States, and ignoring African-American urban victims of violence while focusing on the unusual events of Columbine. "A decline in murders in New York City alone—from 1,927 in 1993 to 643 in 2001—had, for example, a considerable impact on the declining national rate. Not a lot of those killers or victims were the sort of sports-hunters or militiamen Moore goes out of his way to interview and make fun of."[18]
Weapons of mass destruction[edit]
After the release of the film, Lockheed Martin spokesperson Evan McCollum clarified that the plant no longer produces missiles (the plant manufactured parts for intercontinental ballistic missiles with a nuclear warhead in the mid-1980s), but rockets used for launching satellites:
I provided specific information to Moore about the space launch vehicles we build to launch spacecraft for NASA, NOAA, the Dept. of Defense and commercial customers, including DirecTV and EchoStar.[19]
Erik Möller argues that Moore's question was not limited to the Littleton-area Lockheed Martin facility:
First, note the word "our" in Moore's question. Moore is not from Colorado -- his question is generic, not meant to refer specifically to the Lockheed Martin plant in question. ... Of course, critics [David Hardy, et al.] have conveniently ignored the fact that Lockheed Martin does supply weapons of mass destruction to the US military, and that the company is the nation's largest military contractor.[19]
Matt Stone[edit]
Being from Littleton, Matt Stone agreed to talk with Moore about his hometown and the shooting. Although he did not feel that Moore mischaracterized him or his statements in the film, he harbors ill feelings about the cartoon "A Brief History of the United States of America". Both Stone and his fellow South Park producer Trey Parker felt that the cartoon was done in a style very similar to theirs. Also, its proximity to Stone's interview may have led some viewers to believe, incorrectly, that they created the cartoon. As a humorous retort to this, Stone and Parker portrayed Moore as "a gibbering, overweight, hot-dog-eating buffoon" who ultimately commits a suicide bombing against the protagonists in their 2004 film, Team America: World Police.[20]
Charlton Heston interview[edit]
For the final scene of the film, Moore visits Charlton Heston in his home and asks him about American firearm violence. Heston's response includes the suggestions that the United States has a "history of violence" and more "mixed ethnicity" than other countries.[21][22] Moore then asks Heston if he would like to apologize for leading NRA rallies in Flint, Michigan (Moore's hometown) after the shooting death of a six-year-old girl at Buell Elementary School and in Littleton after the Columbine shooting, upon which Heston walks out of the interview.[23] Moore was later criticized for his perceived ambush of the actor.[24]
MPAA rating[edit]
The film is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America, which means that children under the age 17 were not admitted to see the film theatrically unless under supervision. Film critic Roger Ebert chastised the MPAA for this move as "banning teenagers from those films they most need to see."[25] Ebert had criticized the MPAA rating system on previous occasions.[26] The film was noted for "some violent images and language."[27]
Awards and nominations[edit]
- 2002 Winner, 55th Anniversary Prize, 2002 Cannes Film Festival[2]
- 2003 Winner, César Award, Best Foreign Film
- 2003 Winner, International Documentary Association (IDA) - Best Documentary of All Time
- 2003 Winner, Academy Award, Best Documentary Feature
During the screening at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival the film received a 13-minute standing ovation.[28] It also won "Most Popular International Film" at the 2002 Vancouver International Film Festival.
Moore was both applauded and booed at the Academy Awards on March 23, 2003, when he used his acceptance speech as an opportunity to proclaim his opposition to the United States-led invasion of Iraq, which had begun just a few days earlier.[29]
The film was nominated for the prestigious Grand Prix of the Belgian Syndicate of Cinema Critics.
In 2005, Bowling for Columbine was voted the third most popular film in the British Channel 4 program The 50 Greatest Documentaries of all time.
Gross income[edit]
With a budget of $4 million, Bowling for Columbine grossed $58,008,423 worldwide, including $21,576,018 in the United States.[30] The documentary also broke box office records internationally, becoming the highest-grossing documentary in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Austria. These records were later eclipsed by Moore's next documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11.[31]
- ^ Bowling for Columbine : About the Film : Credits
- ^ a b "Festival de Cannes: Bowling for Columbine". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
- ^ Internet Movie Database entry
- ^ Cullen, Dave (April 16, 2005). "A little unfinished business on Bowling and Columbine".. The investigator's conclusion is on page 33 of the supplied document. See also:pages 10101-10200 of a copy of the evidence[dead link] recorded by the Boulder Daily Camera
- ^ Hastings, Michael (January 21, 2004). "Wesley & Me". Slate.
- ^ a b Nol, Michael. Banks use gifts to target depositors, Chicago Sun-Times. January 28, 2001.
- ^ Bowling for Columbine : Media Clips - Michael At The Bank
- ^ a b See CIA – Osama bin Laden controversy.
- ^ "Bowling for Columbine : Library : What a Wonderful World". MichaelMoore.com.
- ^ "Marilyn Manson Interview on Bowling for Columbine". Bowling for Columbine Official Website. 2002-10-11. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
- ^ "I'm trying to connect the dots between the local violence and the global violence," says director Michael Moore of his new film, "Bowling for Columbine", The Sacramento Bee, October 25, 2002
- ^ Bowling for Columbine Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes
- ^ Bowling for Columbine : Reviews & Acclaim : Articles & Press
- ^ Scott, A.O. (October 11, 2002). "Film Review: Bowling for Columbine". The New York Times.
- ^ Howe, Desson (October 18, 2002). "Moore Shoots Himself In the Foot". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
- ^ Michael Moore (September 2003). "Michael Moore responds to the wacko attacks...". Retrieved 2008-05-30.
- ^ Michael Moore (September 2003). ""Bowling for Columbine" outtakes". Retrieved 2007-07-14.
- ^ Garance Franke-Ruta, Moore's the Pity, The American Prospect, November 22, 2002
- ^ a b Möller, Erik. A defense of Michael Moore and "Bowling for Columbine" kuro5hin.org August 13, 2003.
- ^ 'Team America' takes on moviegoers msnbc.com, October 15, 2004
- ^ Jonathan Curiel (October 18, 2002). "Moore captures U.S. zeitgeist". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 24, 2011.
- ^ Chris Coates (October 21, 2002). "Moore puts gun culture in cross hairs". The Columbia Chronicle. Retrieved February 24, 2011.
- ^ Alan A. Stone (Summer 2003). "Cheap Shots". Boston Review. Retrieved February 24, 2011.
- ^ Ebert, Roger (June 18, 2004). "'9/11': Just the facts?". Chicago Sun-Times. p. 55.
- ^ Ebert, Roger (October 18, 2002). Bowling For Columbine. rogerebert.com
- ^ Ebert, Roger (December 11, 2010). "Getting Real About Movie Ratings". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
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"Jurassic Park" came to theaters in 1993 and it was a popular film. Director Steven Spielberg made Michael Crichton's book a film success, and dinosaurs haven't been viewed the same since.
The movie is back at theaters, but in 3D. I'll bet the producers will make even more money off this old film with a new view. The 3D technology is effective only if you see the movie with the glasses and slump in a comfortable seat.
But who can resist seeing it again? Some of the dinosaurs are terrifying creatures, some are worthy of respect and awe. What's more interesting is that you feel like they're in your face - that's how intensive the movie still is.
Sam Neill stars in this film as Dr. Alan Grant a paleontologist with Laura Dern playing Dr. Ellie Sattler, a paleobotanist. They're offered a rare chance to see something no one else has, and they are in for a surprise. They are given a free tour of the new dinosaur park, Jurassic Park. This wonder of science, technology with prehistoric creatures, created by a man who wants to make dinosaurs a reality again, is set on an island - for a reason. If these dinosaurs escape, some of them will devour small animals and the visitors. That's not a good thing for rich paying customers visiting a theme park on a remote island. It'll scare people away.
This kind of theme park may seem like a wondrous idea - it is, but it's dangerous, frightening and if park goers don't know anything about dinosaurs and their diets, they may be the menu.
The subplot of this old story is centered on an incident where an employee tries to sabotage the park for financial gain. The park security is breached, and the dinosaurs have free rein on the island, but they're not going anywhere, the guests are - off the island.
Neill and Dern, with other minor characters, make this film feel awesome and inviting again. They're both great actors who've made this movie an attraction for film goers. Actors Samuel L. Jackson and B.D. Wong ("Law and Order") give good performances, and this movie probably gave their acting careers a major boost.
Those who've enjoyed the "Jurassic Park" movies know there's more than one film about these engineered dinosaurs. There's no doubt this 3D film will make dinosaurs popular again.
June Thompson is a correspondent for News-Herald Media.


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I have my own blog' pcpedia and I have placed ads on it.That's how i get referrals. But most of them are not active.
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The cyber security convention DefCon and its corporate counterpart, Black Hat, that are held annually in Las Vegas present a unique tableau where the traditional (and traditionally overstated) conflict between underground hacking culture and corporate and government security professionals is suspended with the goal of openness and education. If you enjoy and own technology and gadgets of any kind, the conferences highlight a looming security crossroads that affects every layperson. Gizmag takes a look at some of the more important hacks from this year. Read More
Feeling cheerful? Why not remedy that by going online and seeing what would happen if someone dropped an H-bomb on your hometown? The browser-based Nukemap3D uses a Google Earth plug in to produce a 3D graphic of the effects of a nuclear weapon on your city of choice. All you have to do is pick your target, select your favorite thermonuclear device, and you can see an animated mushroom cloud rising over ground zero. Gizmag caught up with the creator, Dr. Alex Wellerstein, to talk about Nukemap3D. Read More
The world record price for a car at auction was smashed this month when Juan Manuel Fangio's 1954 Mercedes W196 F1 Silver Arrow sold for US$30 million, doubling the previous auction record. The only W196 outside of Daimler Benz or an internationally-recognized museum, this car won its first two starts – the 1954 German GP at Nürburgring and the Swiss GP at the uber-frightening, tree-lined Bremgarten circuit – and sealed the 1954 World Drivers Title for Juan Manuel Fangio, statistically the best racing driver in history. The following year, it was released in roadgoing form to become the world's fastest road car: the legendary Mercedes 300 SLR (aka W196S). Read More
On Saturday, a tunnel boring machine (TBM) so large that it looks like something out of Thunderbirds was dedicated in the city of Seattle. "Bertha," as it's known, is the world's largest TBM and will spend the next 14 months boring a 1.7 mile (2.7 km) tunnel under the city as part of a US$3.1 billion project to replace a viaduct damaged in a 2001 earthquake. As part of a press tour, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) allowed Gizmag inside the giant machine. Read More
It's one of the most memorable moments in perhaps the best James Bond film, From Russia with Love: SPECTRE agent Rosa Klebb, posing as a hotel maid, drops her gun, and appears to be at a disadvantage as she goes toe to toe with Sean Connery's imposing Bond. That is until she deploys her iconic poison-tipped dagger shoes, which have gone on to be copied in other notable action films … and Wild Wild West. But as kitsch as Klebb's cleaver clogs might seem, the CIA attempted to replicate them, and another classic Bond gadget, in real life, according to research by Dr. Christopher Moran of Warwick University. At the heart of the story is the close friendship of Bond author and Ian Fleming and former CIA Director Allen Dulles. Gizmag spoke to Moran about 20th century Intelligence, and its peculiar relationship with the fictional British spy … Read More
Gizmag took a trip to Gothenburg to see six pieces of autonomous driving technology demonstrated by Volvo on Tuesday. A self-parking car and a car that drives itself (albeit under certain conditions) were among the tech on display, rounded out by new detection systems for animals, pedestrians at night, road edges and barriers, as well as a behind-the-scenes car-to-car communication system. All are positioned as pieces of safety technology, Volvo's goal being that no one will die or be seriously injured in a new Volvo come 2020. But it's also clear that Volvo is deadly serious about full autonomy, and given that some of the tech Gizmag saw will be on the market next year, a driverless future feels closer today than it did when the week began. But it's a future that will take some getting used to … Read More
In April of this year, a BAE Systems Jetstream research aircraft flew from Preston in Lancashire, England, to Inverness, Scotland and back. This 500-mile (805 km) journey wouldn't be worth noting if it weren't for the small detail that its pilot was not on board, but sitting on the ground in Warton, Lancashire and that the plane did most of the flying itself. Even this alteration of a standard commercial prop plane into an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) seems a back page item until you realize that this may herald the biggest revolution in civil aviation since Wilbur Wright won the coin toss at Kitty Hawk in 1903. Read More
Apple's supposed "lack of innovation" has been a hot topic this year. Though the finger usually gets pointed at the loss of Steve Jobs, maybe that isn't the only force at play here. The recent report of an upcoming Google gaming console and smartwatch is just the latest example of a rival willing to gamble on beating Apple at its own game: seeing the future before anyone else does. Read More
Jason Learmonth is a paramedic with a difference. Instead of an ambulance, he gets around town on a motorcycle that's kitted out with almost every piece of clinical equipment an ambulance carries. It's part of a trial that's putting two of these machines on the road in Melbourne, Australia, for three years to discover whether the bike's ability to get into hard-to-reach places and move through congested traffic is useful enough to make it a permanent part of the Ambulance service. I followed Jason around for an afternoon to capture some of his extraordinary working day in pictures. Read More
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Have you ever wanted to check out popular books or DVDs at the public Library only to find that there are a lot of holds on them? Well, you could be in luck. Alameda County Library has introduced the Lucky Day Collection at all 11 of its locations, including the Bookmobile. Specially-marked displays are stocked with popular, new and in-demand books and DVDs for all age levels.
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The Alameda County Library Foundation (ACLF) is pleased to announce a recent bequest of $270,000 from Ms. Elisabeth R. Bell, a longtime patron and enthusiast of the Library. Few words can describe the gratitude for this remarkable, humbling and thoughtful gift. Ms. Bell's generosity will become an enduring testimonial of her desire to help shape the future of public libraries for years to come. Because of Ms. Bell, the Alameda County Library Foundation can continue to provide support for the great variety of programs and services offered through the Alameda County Library.
The Alameda County Library Foundation offers its heartfelt appreciation to Elisabeth R. Bell; may her memory live on in the form of community enrichment and ongoing learning for all.
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Kill-A-Watt meters can be checked out at your County Library branch for seven days. For more information, please ask at the Information Desk of the Library.
The Alameda County Library system is proud to serve over 539,000 residents. The Library circulates over 6.5 million items annually, with over 2.4 million visitors to our website and 5 million visitors walking through our doors.
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This collection primarily contains scripts, rundowns, and notes from the career of Ernie Kovacs, circa 1951-1961. The collection also contains small amounts of other production material including treatments, prop lists, guest lists, cue sheets, lyric sheets, and other related items.
Born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1919, Ernie Kovacs began his career working in radio, then later went on to become one of television's early pioneers in the 1950's. Known for his spontaneity, Kovacs is considered to be one of the first innovators of television sketch comedy, and his use of visual illusions, special effects, and sight gags were unlike anything seen before on television. In May of 1962, Kovacs won an Emmy for his series of half-hour television specials for ABC. The award was given posthumously, as Kovacs was killed in an automobile crash on January 13 of that year.
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Typically it'll be equipment failure. You could progress you're trouble shooting by going to a neighbor that had FiOS and ask them if they're having similar issues.
said by MisterBill Hopefully I'll get the new router version to make up for the trouble of having to re-enter the wireless key on all of my devices.
You can just change SSID and Wireless Key on the new router to match what you are using now.
Why would Vz tell you to reset your wireless key?
For kicks, try selecting a different state for the Vz speedtest. I had issues once where certain states on the Vz test would download very slowly while others were fine. It ended up being an offsite issue w/one of the routes.
You need to release the WAN IP from the new router and immediately unplug it, then plug in the old one.
I've noticed my FiOS line has been decreasing in quality since Q4 2012. I now get packet loss, latency & decreased speeds. The problems tend to happen more in the evening/night and I've even bypassed the router and swapped the work stations to verify. I'm running network cable from the ONT. I'm starting to think my area is oversubscribed...


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The 'Fab Four' was reduced to the 'Terrific Three,' as one very talented contestant was sent home Thursday night as the competition reaches a fever pitch on American Idol.
SPOILER ALERT: Who Got The Boot On American Idol?
"I'm just happy that America got the best four of the competition to the top four," judge Nicki Minaj said during American Idol's results show Thursday night, while adding, "No tears tonight. It's just the beginning of something great."
PHOTO: Nicki Minaj Has Onstage Wardrobe Malfunction
Shortly afterwards, though, host Ryan Seacrest revealed that, after 81 million votes in a two-week period since no one was eliminated last week, Amber Holcomb, the 19-year-old powerhouse singer from Houston, Texas, would be the one going home.
Holcomb had been one of last week's Bottom Two, along with Candice Glover, who's considered the frontrunner in the competition.
Holcomb, who Nicki Minaj has compared to a young Whitney Houston, sang the late superstar's hit, I Believe in You and Me, as her swan song. At the close of the song, Holcomb broke down in tears, leaving Mariah Carey crying at the judges' table.
PHOTOS: Behind the Scenes at American Idol
That means the Top Three — Glover, Angie Miller and Kree Harrison – all get hometown trips this weekend.
Thursday night's Idol also featured three special guest performances: Season-seven winner David Cook sang his new single Laying Me Low; Harry Connick Jr. performed his new song Every Man Should Know; and in a pre-taped performance, will.i.am performed Bang Bang from The Great Gatsby soundtrack.
American Idol returns next Wednesday at 8/7c on Fox.


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The Presidential Debate and Big Data
So I have to admit that the "Binders full of women" comment blew right past me when I was listening to Monday night's debate as I was driving in my car on Highway 85 on my way home. However, by the time I got home, the Twitterverse was all lit up about that topic and I had to wonder about all of the information that Amazon must be processing to target people to buy the latest TrapperKeeper (or TrapHerKeepHer) binder for their tween children. (more…)
Walk Before You Run – Social Media Data as the MDM Silver Bullet
Recently I had a number of meetings with clients who are looking at social media to enrich master data in their legacy data warehouse to improve their batch and real-time campaign effectiveness. They are primarily looking at Facebook as their marketing salvation to create as close to one-on-one offers as possible but there are multiple ways to skin this cat.
Surprisingly, I have seen this thinking primarily in emerging markets. It reminded me how some countries jumped from having a poor fixed line phone infrastructure catapulting themselves to 3G wireless for all citizens within a decade. The decision makers who were part of this overnight communication transformation assume that master data management (MDM) works the same way. (more…)
Less Is More – Why Data Quality Means Less Work For Marketing
The common mantra recently in IT has been the need to 'do more with less' and it is very true when it comes to lowering IT budgets and resources to support even more priorities. However in the world of reaching out to your customers 'less is more' may be more apt. Personally speaking, I get too many emails that are irrelevant to my work focus or personal interests. I know that if they were more relevant to me it is far more likely that I would take more interest in mails from that source in the future. The days of sending out emails to the full customer database are over. The tools are there to provide far more relevant information to enable more intelligent, timely campaigns. (more…)


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