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Horton Foote Takes the Bus
August 10, 2012
Another historian once told me that his attempt to interview Horton Foote got off on the wrong, er, foot when he referred to his subject as a "regional writer." Mr. Foote undoubtedly felt that his work contained more multitudes than that, and perhaps it does, but his reputation remains that of an East Texas memoirist and a chronicler of gentle Southern lore. On the arc of live television dramatists, Foote's Southern stories reside at a far end of specificity, counterbalancing Paddy Chayefsky's equally acute catalog of Jewish (and Jewish-disguised-as-other-ethniticies) masturbators and mamas.
Foote reworked many of his teleplays for the stage or the big screen, with enough success that in many cases the original works have been forgotten. The Paley Center seeks to rectify that oversight this month with a small but well-chosen series of the reluctant regionalist's television work, beginning with "The Trip to Bountiful" (a 1953 Goodyear Television Playhouse) on Sunday and then "The Traveling Lady" (a 1957 Studio One) on August 19.
"The Trip to Bountiful" concerns old Mother Watts (Lillian Gish), a semi-senile senior who shares a two-room apartment in Houston with her married son but yearns to return to the tiny Texas hamlet where she once worked a farm and raised two children by herself. This was a barnstorming comeback for Gish, who had starred for D.W. Griffith in the silent films, and she milks it for all it's worth, weeping and literally rending the scenery (or at least a crucial prop) at the finale. Gish probably owed her memorable role in The Night of the Hunter to this performance, but a middle section of the show is stolen from her by twenty-nine year-old Eva Marie Saint, only a year away from On the Waterfront and major, if fleeting, stardom. Saint, playing a helpful stranger, herself adrift on a lonely journey, is lovely, capable, and respectfully sympathetic toward her frail traveling companion. Even though Foote fills the vacuum almost immediately with another helpmate, a soft-hearted sheriff (Frank Overton), "The Trip to Bountiful" deflates a bit after Saint exits at the midpoint. In scarcely twenty minutes, she establishes herself as Gish's equal, perhaps exceeding Foote's intentions; the part almost calls for a less radiant ingenue, one whose own story we don't feel the need to see completed.
The justly famous centerpiece of "The Trip to Bountiful" is the unbroken nine-minute take in which the bus riders played by Gish and Saint exchange backstories. Carrie Watts's anecdote about the man she loved but was forbidden to marry is only a small part of this conversation, and yet it formed the basis for a quartet of Foote teleplays. The simplicity of this scene is breathtaking; a single cut would have broken the spell. If the stereotypical idea of the live television director is that of John Frankenheimer, chain-smoking his way through a broadcast and snapping "take one, take two, take one," then "The Trip to Bountiful" conjures a competing control booth image of Vincent J. Donehue, feet propped up and skimming most of the evening edition during the second act of "The Trip to Bountiful."
Although one tends to think of Foote as a Grand Old Man, "The Trip to Bountiful" (which Donehue and producer Fred Coe staged on Broadway eight months after the telecast) is a young man's play, sympathic to outsiders and scornful of establishment values. Bottomless in his empathy for Mrs. Watts, Foote falters in his characterizations of the spineless son and the shrewish daughter-in-law (whose preference for Hollywood over Bountiful is carefully underlined). Like Chayefsky's "Marty," Foote's script concerns itself with the relations between parents and their adult children. Because Goodyear can render Bountiful as little more than a single dilapidated, weed-choked front porch, the visceral experience of the Foote and the Chayefsky shows is not terribly dissimilar, even as the respective film versions of each, shot in authentic outdoor locations, feel worlds apart. The disconnect between Foote's rural Texas settings and their soundstage approximations forces the viewer's attention toward the thematic and universal elements in his work – a process that has no equivalent in the early scripts of Chayefsky, Serling, or Rose, most of which took place in hot, dingy little rooms that were more easily evoked in a TV studio.
The ending of "The Trip to Bountiful" is nostalgic but hardly sentimental. Indeed, one almost longs for Foote to fell Mother Watts, sifting the soil of her ruined homestead through withered fingers, with the fatal heart attack that is foreshadowed throughout. But no: instead he gives us a testy reconciliation between parent, child, and in-law that plays out as a pathetic exercise in self-deception on the part of everyone concerned.
If "Bountiful" is a journey that ends in stasis, then "The Traveling Lady" is a static work that ends on the cusp of a journey. Arguably more mature in its characterizations than "Bountiful," "Lady" – another piece partly about a vulnerable young woman's bus trip – is nevertheless the lesser work. "Lady"'s path to television was the inverse of "Bountiful"'s: after The Trip to Bountiful flopped on Broadway, Foote and Donehue reteamed to mount The Traveling Lady for the 1954 season. It, too, closed in a month, and was revived three years later by Herbert Brodkin on Studio One, probably less out of devotion to Foote's work (even though he was by then a sought-after scribe) than as an excuse for Kim Stanley to recreate the title role, that of a single mother reuniting with her husband following his six-year jail sentence, for a wider audience.
A New Mexican who liked to tell people she was from Texas, Stanley fit Horton's delicate dialogue like a glove. She's extraordinary in "The Traveling Lady," a model of Method acting at its most precise, hitting different emotional beats on every Footean syllable and many of her own pauses in between. The viewer can hardly keep up.
It's too bad that "The Traveling Lady," already a collection of characters in search of a play, suffers from the miscasting of nearly all the supporting roles. Less nonsensical on the page, one hopes, Mildred Dunnock's floridly dotty Mrs. Mavis is a Tennessee Williams reject, and no one could have picked two less Texan leading men for Stanley than Steven Hill and Robert Loggia. Loggia essentially pulls off the rogue who wants to make a home for his family but cannot escape violence and alcoholism; Hill, wooden and tripping up on a vague attempt at an accent, is a disaster as Slim, the deputy sheriff who falls at first sight for our traveler. (And Slim has the best monologue, too, sharing a painful secret about his late wife.) Lonny Chapman and Jack Lord, who did the male leads on Broadway, likely came closer, and a dream cast of Pat Hingle and Andy Griffith might have nailed it.
As it was, the director of "The Traveling Lady," Robert Mulligan, tried again, with a feature version in 1965 retitled Baby the Rain Must Fall. He finally perfected the casting – Lee Remick, Steve McQueen, Don Murray – but still Foote's difficult souffle did not rise. Amazingly, Stanley essayed the role a third time in 1958 – for ITV's Armchair Theatre, with Denholm Elliott and Ronan O'Casey as her leading men. I'd love to hear how they managed the East Texas brogues.
Sources: Together Jon Krampner's excellent Man in the Shadows: Fred Coe and the Golden Age of Television (Rutgers UP, 1997) and Female Brando: The Legend of Kim Stanley (Back Stage Books, 2006) form a sort of penumbral biography of Horton Foote.
The New Classics
December 30, 2009
Even though the decade doesn't really end for another year (don't get me started on the subject of the Year Zero), everyone is playing favorites this month, and I can't resist joining in. Typically, I've come across plenty of discussion about the best movies of the "aughts," but not a whole lot about the highlights on the small screen during the same years.
I haven't written much about "new" TV in this space, mainly because the launch of this blog two years ago coincided with a notable dip in the quality of both network and cable offerings. But I've always insisted on defining "classic" as good rather than just old. Here, then, are some remarks about the shows that I think stand as the finest of the past ten years. (Yes, they're in order of preference.)
1. Veronica Mars (UPN/CW, 2004-2007). A howl of class resentment masquerading as teen angst, this po-mo Nancy Drew update mined revenge-fantasy gold with its sly premise: Veronica, a middle-class townie among decadent rich kids in a seaside SoCal town, uses the private eye skills she learned from her ex-police chief father (the wonderful Enrico Colantoni) to claw her way up the socioeconomic ladder. Who wouldn't want to relive their high school years armed with a Nexis password and a skeleton key to the principal's office? Newly-minted star Kristen Bell nailed the title role, cultivating a smart, sullen reserve that explained how Veronica could be beautiful (and capable of belting out a rockin' karaoke cover of "One Way or Another") and still a perpetual outsider. Rob Thomas's neon-lit neo-noir never took the easy way out, always treading instead into darker places than you thought a UPN show could go: Veronica spent the first season tracking down the rapist who took her virginity. At the heart of the show was a touching filial bond – daughter and father against the world – but even there trust was not sacrosanct. When Veronica swiped a clue from his private office safe, Dad said nothing . . . but changed the combo.
2. The Wire (HBO, 2002-2008). If its teenaged target demographic could overlook the Marxist underpinnings of Veronica Mars, there was no ignoring the class concerns of David Simon's masterpiece, an epic survey of Baltimore's haves and have-nots, from wretched crack addicts all the way up to scumbag politicians. Jaw-droppingly ambitious and intelligent, The Wire earned a rep for complex plotting ("it's more like a novel than TV," was the backhanded critical refrain). But the characters were the reason to watch; they were perhaps the richest and most unpredictable in the history of television, and often the writers seemed to make choices simply to find out what one of their creations would do in a particular circumstance (Prez … as a teacher?). The inattentive recoiled from The Wire's final season when the putative protagonist, homicide detective Jimmy McNulty (Dominic West), finally stepped outside the hypocritical professional code that had triggered his self-destructive rampages in the past. Never mind that the groundwork for this act had been laid carefully for years: there are things that TV heroes just don't do, and The Wire violated that covenant. In granting Jimmy some measure of peace at the finale, the series reaffirmed the most essential and sagacious of its basic tenets: that our systems may be unsalvageable but that the people within them always merit respect. Season Five also served up the best of the show's trademark civic-arena subplots. Simon staged a heart-rending tribute to the beat reporting from whence he came with his canonization of an old-school, anti-corporate newsroom editor (an astonishing Clark Johnson, also a key director on the show). Dare I point out that East Side/West Side, forty years earlier, also closed by invoking the death of independent journalism as a self-referential metaphor?
3. The Sopranos (HBO, 1999-2007). If people were generally redeemable in Simon's vision, the other David – David Chase – saw humanity as corrupt to the core; HBO in the aughts boiled down a Manichean debate between the conditional optimism of The Wire and the misanthropy of The Sopranos. Indeed, The Sopranos' central conceit that the mafia are just like us extended, over time, into a premise that every person is trapped in a prison of his or her own making – that we all repeat the same patterns of destructive behavior over and over again in an unbreakable cycle. Consider Carmela's endless but always deluded personal re-inventions, Janice's interchangeable scumbag boyfriends, and of course the gradual decimation of everyone in Tony's inner circle: viewers who played the game of guessing who would get whacked next missed the forest of existential despair for the trees. Delighting in the visual contrast between mob violence and the bland New Jersey suburbs, Chase foregrounded his mockery of tracksuits and Starbucks until The Sopranos verged on full-out farce; by the end it had more in common with Seinfeld, the original Show About Nothing, than with The Godfather.
4. The Office (NBC, 2005- ). Because the original British series was note-perfect, this adaptation seemed doomed, until (during the second season) showrunner Greg Daniels found ways to rebuild its structure to fit the American TV custom of more episodes and open-ended network runs. One strategy was to shift the focus somewhat from megalomaniac manager Michael Scott (Steve Carell) to a uniformly hilarious supporting cast of office oddballs, most of them played by non- or semi-professional actors. Another was the use of melodrama – long-running, off-and-on story arcs like Dwight and Angela's bizarre romance, or Michael's feud with Toby – as the structural foundation for the gags. Over time, these complicated subplots began to mimic real life, so that The Office's jokes became interchangeable with the you-had-to-be-there insider humor of our own workplaces. Best of all, Daniels and company – and it is a company, of performers and writers who, judging from the leftover scenes on the DVDs, improvise far more than is customary in the sitcom form – enjoy challenging their audience's complacency. Jim, the sardonic slacker who provides our easiest point of identification, begins to come off as smug and entitled when he gets the girl or works for a normal boss. Meanwhile, Michael's dim-witted worldview seems a bit less infuriating after he meets an adorable soulmate (Amy Ryan, doing a comic version of her character from The Wire). If there's a message here, it may be that work makes us all kind of insufferable.
5. Arrested Development (FOX, 2003-2006). So corrosive in its sensibilities that it was destined to become a cult item, Mitchell Hurwitz's dazzling satire attacked the American dream with a buzzsaw. (Literally – much of the action took place in a house that was sliding into oblivion.) The Bluths were a family of crooked Orange County land developers who were not just decadent and kooky, but utterly narcissistic and vile. Incest – between the semi-retarded Buster and his perpetually soused mother; between the two tweener cousins; between the "normal" brother Michael and his maybe-sister (played by Jason Bateman and his actual sister, Justine) – was a frequent narrative possibility, and also the key metaphor in the show's attitude toward the sanctity of family. Arrested Development skirted so close to ugliness that I was poised to tune out until the most extreme characters, like the semi-retarded Buster (Tony Hale) and the sexually confused Tobias (David Cross), gradually worked their way around to being funny instead of just creepy. What removed this show from Married With Children territory was its capacity for intricate verbal and physical farce. As the seasons mounted (only up to three, alas), flocks of throwaway gags – like the one where teenaged Maeby stumbled into a successful career as a Miramax development exec – recurred and extended to the point that Arrested loyalists were rewarded with a laugh on every line or background action. By the time Buster, the luckless Oedipal casualty with a dominant mother named Lucille, was maimed by an animal that escaped from his magician brother's act – you got it, a loose seal – it seemed as if the English language itself might have evolved just to suit the show's needs.
6. The West Wing (NBC, 1999-2006). Aaron Sorkin's presidential drama was so much a product of the Clinton era that I'll bet many viewers have forgotten it was, save for the first few months, a show of the aughts rather than the nineties. With its fantasy of a Wilsonian academic as president and a court of White House insiders who were philosophers as much as pragmatists, The West Wing was a tonic that helped many of us endure the Bush debacle – even though Sorkin was more likely to turn a New Yorker article into a C-storyline than to tackle any fiery lefty talking points head-on. Sorkin's exit just past the midpoint cost the show its brilliant Gilbert-and-Sullivan walk-and-talks, but the maligned "John Wells years" made some acceptable substitutions. Wells's core of new writers found flaws in the characters Sorkin had deified, and took a chance on a Robert Drew-derived pseudo-documentary civics lesson during its final Jimmy Smits vs. Alan Alda election storyline. This was the last, and nearly the best, in the now extinct tradition of the eighties-vintage, character-driven large-ensemble drama.
7. The O.C. (FOX, 2003-2007). The initial premise was thin, but irresistable: a prince-and-the-pauper variant by which a semi-orphaned delinquent (Ben McKenzie) befriends the son (Adam Brody) of the rich Orange County couple who adopt him. The two teens engage in a form of mutual gate-crashing: the poor kid, Ryan, gains access to a world of privilege and opportunity, while geeky Seth trades on Ryan's bad-boy cool factor to become popular. Add some autobiographical sincerity from creator Josh Schwartz; a raft of snarky, self-referential improvisations by breakout stars Brody and Rachel Bilson; and just the right amount of a grounded truth in Peter Gallagher's lovely performance as Seth's mensch of a dad – and you have the feel-good show of the decade, a perfect dream of the way your teen years should have been but weren't.
8. The Shield (FX, 2002-2008). Was Vic Mackey, the epically crooked cop at the heart of The Shield, a subhuman monster or a vigilante saint? I had no doubts about my own opinion of him, and at first I thought creator Shawn Ryan was taking the easy way out by playing the Archie Bunker card – that is, making Mackey (a ferocious Michael Chiklis) charismatic enough to serve as a rallying point for conservative viewers and leaving the rest of us to root for the massing horde of vengeful gangsters, politicians, and internal affairs cops to take him down. But Vic Mackey turned out to contain multitudes: the ever more torturous and rickety amalgam of rationalizations that enabled Mackey to see himself as a defender of family and innocence rather than a murderer and a thief made him a compellingly ambivalent and complex anti-hero. As Vic's poison cascaded downward, everyone in his path (wife, kids, partners, bosses) struck similar bargains with themselves in order to keep the Mackey Problem at arm's length; some of them, namely the brilliant but troubled serial-killer specialist Dutch (Jay Karnes) and his morally irreproachable partner Claudette (CCH Pounder), spun off into equally fascinating mini-stories of their own. The Shield sustained an adrenaline-fueled pace that few shows could match, and constructed a vast, grungy world of L.A. lowlifes (on both sides of the law) that made it the best James Ellroy adaptation that's not actually a James Ellroy adaptation.
9. Boston Public (FOX, 2000-2004). Running on fumes after the intoxicating nineties (Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, The Practice, Ally McBeal), the written-out David E. Kelley delivered one more of his quirky, sensitive, beautifully observed character dramas for the new millenium. As unconcerned with teen life as a show set in a high school can be, Boston Public (like Mr. Novak forty years earlier) scrutinized the diverse mix of personalities who made up the mostly dedicated teaching staff of an inner-city campus. Kelley's respect for this impossible profession was consistently moving, as were many of the individual performances (especially that of Nicky Katt, as a teacher whose passionate involvement with his students' problems was complicated by perpetually poor decision-making skills). As often happened in Kelley's best work, a prickly but soulful loner came to occupy the show's emotional center; in this case, it was vice principal Scott Guber (Anthony Heald), a much-loathed martinet with an unnoticed compassion for his students and an unrequited crush on a young teacher (Jessalyn Gilsig). Guber's unlikely friendship with the world-weary principal, Steven Harper (Chi McBride), set the stage for the decade's most poetic two-handed acting to come from a pair of relatively unknown character players.
10. C.S.I. (CBS, 2000- ). A victim of its own success, C.S.I. dropped off the critical radar after it tainted its brand with a pair of wretched spin-offs. But the original version maintained its status as the most satisfying mainstream genre show on the air for most of the decade, thanks less to the clever forensic mysteries and the tiresome "bullet-cam" stylistic tics than to the well-rounded cast. The whole ensemble understood that underplaying was the only way to build characters amid the torrent of technobabble, and star William Petersen maintained a poker face that kept science guru Gil Grissom an enigma all the way up to his 2009 exit. The handful of episodes written by Jerry Stahl (which introduced the world to "furries" and "adult babies") revel in their gleeful perversity and sexual frankness, and collectively they represent a kind of morbid humor that remains rare on television. You can only get away with that when you're number one.
Although I have a pet peeve about top ten lists that morph into "top seventeen" lists, I will comment on a few shows that merit some sort of honorable mention. I wish I had found room for Jenji Kohan's Weeds (Showtime, 2005- ). Its writing is uneven and sometimes lazy, but also hilariously, unapologetically profane ("cockamole on her faceadilla" gave me my loudest laugh of the decade) and perfectly attuned to the weird personas of Mary-Louise Parker and Kevin Nealon. Nip/Tuck (FX, 2003-2010) has insight, fine performers (especially Julian McMahon and Boston Public castoff Jessalyn Gilsig) and, crucially, some of the most vibrant and empowered women characters on television. But the consistent streak of cruelty in Ryan Murphy's world finally turned me away. Six Feet Under (HBO, 2001-2005) and Alias (ABC, 2001-2006) could have made the list, had either of those very different shows carried the depth and urgency of their first two seasons forward into their last three. 30 Rock (NBC, 2006- ) has overcome most of my initial resistance, and hit some kind of zany peak in its third year. Fastlane (FOX, 2002-2003) gets the "guilty pleasure" vote: this forgotten one-season cop show catalogued the mindless pleasures of empty banter, expensive man-toys, sexy ladies, and explosions with an infectious glee and a surplus of style.
And while I love Mad Men (AMC, 2007- ), something (maybe just the fact that I haven't seen the most recent season) kept pushing it out of my top ten. Like its hero, Don Draper, the show has a way of holding back just when it should burst forward. Will Mad Men's undeniable excellence last long enough to earn it a spot in the next decade's list? Somehow, I doubt it – but then, I'm not sure if I'm going to last that long, either.


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As some of you know, I have a good amount of horse training experience. Some of the threads/posts here are comprised of fair questions and good advice. Some are full of frusterating nonsense, imo, at least.
On Horse Training (an unhandled animal):
Rule 1: Don't get mad. Anger is what people resort to when they can't see other solutions. PLEASE, be smarter than a horse! If you are not smarter than a horse you shouldn't own one.
Rule 2: Become your horses loving yet stern parent. Become its friend but at the same time estblish rules for behavior and stick to the rules you made consistently. Methods and goals may change but the concept is always the same.
Rule 3: There is no rule 3. If you follow the first two rules ALL of the time in every thing you do, you will be fine.
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The HoloDesk: Microsoft Researching Virtual 3D Interaction
The HoloDesk: Microsoft Researching Virtual 3D Interaction
Microsoft is currently researching an interactive Holodeck (finally!) that allows users to realistically interact with projected objects. As virtual 3D graphics are rendered through a half-silvered mirror, the objects are spacialy aligned to the viewer using facial recognition software that tracks the gaze and adjusts perspective in real time.
They used a Kinect camera running on a real-time algorithm to sense the physical objects in the desk plane—hands, paper, bowls, and their volumes—allowing the projected objects to respond realistically to interaction. Not quite sure what all that means or ready to see it in action? Watch the video below.
As Gizmodo pointed out, though this specific model may never make it to market (since "research projects" rarely seem to), it still marks an important step toward visualizing data in new ways. High-tech crime labs and research facilities of movies and television may be within reach. Instead of examining complex objects on flat screens, researchers and creators will soon be able to examine, alter and interact with objects in the third dimension.
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(10/03/2012) The average gamer will spend thousands of hours playing video games by the time they reach adulthood, but the most popular games among some demographics — shoot-em-up and sports games — don't seem to offer many dividends to society or the environment. However Jan Dwire doesn't believe that has to be the case. With a small team in Costa Rica, Dwire has developed "Rainforest Rangers", a multi-platform game that teaches kids about rainforests, including their importance and the threats they face.
New app works to raise awareness of endangered species
(11/16/2011) Want to learn more about gorillas, whales, elephants, sharks, and penguins? A new mobile app hopes to raise awareness and conservation efforts for the world's endangered species. Dubbed 'Survival', the new app is a game that also raises knowledge about endangered species. Created by wildlife and media NGO, Wildscreen, the app is available free on the App store and Android Market.
Yasuni on film: could a documentary save the world's most biodiverse ecosystem?
(10/04/2010) How do you save one of the most biologically and culturally diverse places in the world if most people have never heard of it? If you want a big audience—you make a film. This is what wildlife-filmmaker Ryan Killackey is hoping to do with his new movie Yasuni Man. Killackey says the film will show-off the wonders of Yasuni National Park while highlighting the complexity of its biggest threat: the oil industry. "Conceptually, the film resembles a true-life cross between the documentary Crude and the blockbuster Avatar—except it's real and it's happening now," Killackey told mongabay.com.


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Nashville Episode 19 Sneak Peek: Rayna and Deacon's Morning After
When a hookup happens on Nashville, it sometimes comes with an awkward morning after (just ask Scarlett and Gunnar!). But when Rayna (Connie Britton) wakes up in Deacon's (Charles Esten) bed in Season 1, Episode 19 after her late-night love confession to her former flame, things are a little bit different.
Namely, they're great. Besides the beauty of Deacon's manliness in the early AM, there are some sweet kisses, and tenderness. "I've been waiting 14 years for this," Deax tells his lover, "I get you all to myself." But when her phone rings, she gets a tough surprise.
Daughter Maddie interrupts her cuddle sesh to tell Rayna about her CMA nomination for Female Vocalist of the Year. But just as she's been thwarted before in her moments of bliss, Rayna gets a shock that almost ruins Deacon's sweet proposal.
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Thanks so much for the friendship! How's things in your neck of the woods? Hope you and yours had a relaxing weekend and a great coming week. Wish summer was here as this weather is driving me crazy. Take care and stay safe as the crazies walk among us.
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Hey Randy--Thanks for the add. Nice to meet you. Hope you had a great weekend. Be safe up there in Metairie and have a better rest of the week. Carl
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Thanks for your friendship, Randy ... take care over there in Metairie! Stacey
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The Final Inspection
The warrior stood and faced God,
Which will always come to pass,
He hoped his shoes were shining,
Just as brightly as his brass.
"Step forward now, old warrior,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To my church have you been true?"
The warrior squared his shoulders and
Said, "No, Lord, I guess I ain't,
'Cause those of us who carry guns
Can't always be saint.
"I've had to work most Sundays,
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
'Cause the world is awfully rough.
"But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
"And I never passed a cry for help,
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
"I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here,
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
"If you've a place for me here, Lord,
It needn't be so grand. In life
I didn't expect nor need too much,
So if you don't, I'll understand."
There was a silence all around the throne,
Where the saints had often trod,
As the warrior stood quietly.
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, my warrior,
You've born your burdens well,
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
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Officer Reyes
over 6 years ago
Thanks you have accepted my invitation to be attached on my friends list. ! I hope everything is great with you and yours. Stay safe and have a nice time. God Bless! Virgil
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Hope You and Yours have a Blessed Holiday Season and New Year.
Take Care and God Bless!
over 6 years ago
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Thank you for the add. Do be safe out there.
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God Bless keep safe
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Hi there Darlin, Thanx for the add!... Take care =)


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Microsoft and Zen Studios bring Pinball FX2 to Steam May 10th
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Zen Studios has brought its virtual pinball games to a ton of different platforms, including Windows 8 on the PC. But what about all those other Windows 7 users? Today, Zen Studios announced they will be getting some love as well as publisher Microsoft Studios brings Pinball FX2 to that platform via Valve's Steam service.
The actual release date for the Steam version is May 10th and just like the versions of the game for the other platforms, users can download the basic game for free. The Steam version will also have access to all of the paid DLC pinball packs for the game, including all of the Marvel and Star Wars pinball tables. Each DLC pack will be sold for $9.99. Unfortunately, people who have already bought DLC packs for the Windows 8 version of Pinball FX2 will find that those packs cannot be transferred over to the Steam/Windows 7 version.
Zen Studios pledged to continue to add new DLC packs for the Steam version of Pinball FX2, as it has for all the other platforms. The developer also has two more new games in the works; the tower defense title CastleStorm and the fighting-music rhythm hybrid game Kick Beat.
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Mad Men Spoilers: Don and…Joan?
Don (Jon Hamm) and Joan (Christina Hendricks) have always been dominant forces on AMC's dramatic powerhouse, Mad Men. Despite being two of the most fascinating and charismatic characters on the show, these key players have had surprisingly few interactions over the show's first four seasons. According to Jon Hamm, that's about to change.
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"The Don/Joan dynamic is something that we do explore...as the show goes on," Jon told the Radio Times. "They have worked together for a long time, they know one another very well."
Wait. Does he mean "know" in the Biblical sense? Don's a notorious womanizer, and Joan isn't exactly against sleeping around now and then, so it's possible that there's a liaison in their past. Indeed, when asked why Don has never hit on Joan, Jon responded, "Who says he hasn't?"
On the other hand, Jon was quick to add that we shouldn't take the suggestion that we'll see more of Don and Joan's relationship the "wrong way." Whatever has gone down between them in the past, we seriously doubt we'll see a Don/Joan hookup happen in anything other than flashbacks, at least not in the upcoming Season 5. They both have more than enough on their plates already.
We look forward to seeing more of Don and Joan's relationship, no matter what form it takes. If anyone can stand up to to the ever-moody Don, it's our girl Joan.
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I though It'd be a good idea to share what tools we are using in getting organized.
I'll start.
My Tools
Onenote office.microsoft.com/onenote
to write prose, and as a journal. I take notes here about things that I think when reading papers; chuncks of text from the paper, my comments, graphs, etc. Only part of them end up in an actual paper. Best outliner ever.
ToDoList http://www.codeproject.com/tools/ToDoList2.asp
for project management because of time handling. I'm trying to implement closed lists here. This is mostly a planning tool: I want to see how many hours (estimated) I need to complete each project. Each task should be doable, with action verbs (see 43folders post on verbs for todo lists). No goals here. The total number of hours left is displayed at the top of the tree, and I use that to see if I'm making progress. That is why it is important that the stuff in TodoList is a closed list: otherwise, I know I'll add more tasks, and the counter will go up.
All tasks in this list should have a time assigned.
QuickNote http://www.heise.de/ct/activaid/
This is a small notepad-like application written in ahk. It comes bundled with activaid.
Small tasks that come to mind, INBOX: use the "write it and forget it till tomorrow": E.g.of tasks, browse for a tablet pc, post DC. I batch those and do them when doing 'recreational' surfing. This, I do in a completely separated context, (e.g., outside my place: I'm working from home now), to make sure that there is a clear enviromental separation. QuickNote is like scratch paper, nothing stays there permanently. Quicknote is also good for next actions (it is done by date). Ideally, I should follow a 'do it tomorrow' approach in quickNote.
mindMaps/concept maps http://vue.uit.tufts.edu
Currently torn between oneNote and mind mapping. I started using mindJet MindManager, but I found that (for concept maps) VUE is better. It's one of the few java applications that I like and use.
Agenda at once, but it's losing importance
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John Sculley, co-founder of Data Interactive at the Bryant Park Hotel in New York City on January 30, 2014. Michael del Castillo
The UpTake: John Sculley has a new venture that's taking him far from his South Florida home. The former Apple CEO has launched a cellphone company based in Singapore and targeting the Indian market.
Former Apple CEO John Sculley has co-founded a new cellphone provider in India and Malaysia called Obi.
Sculley is a cofounder and managing partner of Obi's parent company, Singapore-based technology company Inflexionpoint.
Besides leading companies such as Apple and PepsiCo, Sculley, of Palm Beach, Florida, has developed a niche in developing mobile tech companies like MetroPCS.
"This business (Obi) will feature a lean Asian phone model to fit the price point there," Sculley said. "Mobile phone users in places like India are more focused on sharing photos and Cricket scores and not so much focused on video like we are now. People love the iPhone everywhere but its expensive."
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Sculley said a new, lean company can enter new markets like India and Malaysia more efficiently than a company like Nokia, for example, because it has fewer employees.
As part of launching Obi, Inflexionpoint acquired two Asia companies, Singapore-based Dragon Technology and New Delhi-based Iris Computing, to use their people, technology and distribution systems. The phones will be manufactured in China, but Sculley said he has no intentions of entering the Chinese market yet.
"We know a lot about India and we can operate there. We just don't know a lot about China," he said.
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TV: Elliott's update
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Magnificently moustached head of coaching reviews U18s' progress.
Elliott Dickman showcased his fantastic Movember moustache as he provides SAFC TV with an update on the under-18s' progress.
Dickman, who is supporting the popular charity push, reviews the last couple of games as well as looking ahead to this weekend's clash with Stoke.
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Alcatel, LG, ZTE To Launch Firefox OS Phones
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Top message: If no US carriers are supporting this yet by Jellz
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Gas price discrepancy cause for grumbling
October 16, 2012
I have a strange pain in my neck and my eyes seem to be burning today. I'm not sure what caused these strange maladies, but I have my suspicions. I was craning my neck a lot last night, and this morning, I got a severe case of sticker shock.
Yesterday, my husband, Greg, surprised me by suggesting we go out for dinner. I asked him if he was already thinking of some place specific, since he's not usually the type to suggest anything where food is concerned. He's not a foodie, like me. In fact, his lunch every day typically consists of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, along with a root beer. So, if he's suggesting dinner out, I suspect he's already got a plan.
And he did: He wanted to eat at Buffalo Wild Wings in Grand Island.
I was unimpressed with the choice, since I'm not a huge fan of that restaurant, but hey, I don't have to cook there, so I went with it.
On the drive up north, I mentioned to Greg that a co-worker had told me gas was quite a bit cheaper in Grand Island. Greg had heard that, too. Looking at the gas gauge, we decided it was worth filling up in Grand Island, since we'd already be there.
I was expecting the usual: a few cents difference per gallon. It's very uncommon for gas to teter more than 10 cents each way among different places, unless you're crossing state lines. But cheaper is cheaper.
As we rolled through the interstate junction, Greg noticed that one station was advertising $3.52 a gallon — for unleaded.
I turned to look out my window quickly, as Greg braked hard and pulled into the station. There were injuries one and two: turning my head in disbelief and the feeling of whiplash from the sudden stopping for a good deal.
Greg filled up the car and we went on our way. The conversation was quickly consumed by our complaints about gas prices, the economy and how much we're tired of feeling squeezed at the pump.
Let me tell you, it wasn't pleasant dinner conversation, especially after Greg watched his beloved Yankees lose to the Detroit Tigers. It was mostly mumbling and grumbling.
After leaving the restaurant, Greg and I were more vigilant of the gas stations we were passing, after spending more than an hour hyperanalyzing the problem.
And we continued to get more and more angry: $3.55 at that gas station, $3.52 at another and at the bottom, a price of $3.48 a gallon at Hy-Vee.
And with each price I saw, my neck craned a little more in disbelief. Neck injury three, four and five.
I thought for sure, gas prices had fallen in Hastings and I just missed it. So, this morning, driving to work, I drove an extra block or two to see what the price was.
That's when my eyes started burning with rage and sticker shock: $3.69.
Twenty-one cents difference?!
Someone needs to explain to me what's going on. Are Hastings drivers just getting gouged?
I'm willing to forgive a few cents of fluctuation, but gas prices should be similar, especially just a few miles up the road.
In her weekly column that runs Mondays in the Hastings Tribune, Deann Stumpe gabs about relationships, movies and TV, and life with a baby. She is the Tribune's special sections editor.
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Chicken and "Slick" Dumplings
This simple old fashioned dish with flat and tender dumplings is nothing short of slurpy chicken heaven. More
This simple old fashioned dish with flat and tender dumplings is nothing short of slurpy chicken heaven. More
Dip crispy fried chicken fingers in a tangy cranberry mustard sauce with a side of crunch-coated sweet potato string potato fries. More
Marinated in a mix of fresh green herbs and spices, this recipe is a wonderful break from a routine fried chicken. More
In this famous Thai dish, tangy tamarind, crunchy peanuts, chewy rice noodles, palm sugar, and briny fish sauce combine into a hearty and flavorful way to serve up chicken. The key is a good balance between the tart tamarind, salty fish sauce, and sweet palm sugar. More
Skip the box, add chicken, and get ready for this spot on homemade recipe for that famous San Francisco treat. More
Don't limit your souvlaki to Greek festivals or late night diners. This fresh Mediterranean meal is easy to pull off at home. More
This healthy dish of ground chicken, shallots, mint, and cilantro is full of fresh and hot Southeast Asian flavors. Serve it as a crispy lettuce wrap or over rice. It can be on the table in under 30 minutes. More


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As your neighbor, my priority is ensuring we have a community where we can live, work, shop, and play. That means providing strong public schools for our children, supporting local jobs with family wages, and creating an environment where businesses can thrive.
To accomplish Oregon's goals for reforming education, driving job creation, and transforming healthcare systems, we need leaders with a proven record of working across party lines to solve problems.
I'm proud to serve as your voice in Salem, and I'd be honored to have your vote again!


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As you can see from my horse's profile pictures, he's a hard keeper. So far I've been adding corn oil to feed, mixed in senior feed with his regular Sweet Mix, and am currently feeding him 6 flakes of hay + 1 flake of alfalfa hay per day (we can't afford much more than that in hay plus this is more than what he will usually finish) So far I'm getting very minimal results. I don't have as much of a problem in the summer time with all the grass but winter has kicked his butt as of now. I'm buying Farnum Weight Builder in about a week so hopefully that will help.
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It seems we have some younger readers (hurrah!) so here are some colouring resources!
If any moms/dads/grownups want to send over any of their kids' finished work we'd be happy to post it up on here.
Happy Colouring!
(all of these open as PDF files which you can print but for which you will need a PDF reader which is available online for free)


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We are proud to announce the new release of TurboViewer Pro v1.2.1 for AndroidTurboViewer Pro is a professional drawing viewer with powerful capabilities. In addition to the TurboViewer product line being the first and only native DWG™ viewer that supports both 2D and 3D CAD DWG files for mobile platforms, TurboViewer Pro extends the capability by providing hidden line, x-ray, shaded, layer management and more… all while maintaining its lightning fast 2D and 3D performance.Enjoy smooth multi-touch navigation as you pan, zoom, and 3D orbit effortlessly around your DWG and DXF™ files. To view drawing files, send an email with DWG or DXF attachment to your iPad/iPhone email client. Drawing files can also be viewed through Web downloads, FTP, Dropbox and WebDav systems.Built from the ground up -- and specifically optimized for mobile devices – The TurboViewer product line may be the fastest 2D and 3D drawing viewer on any platform.Additional features include:View model spaceVisual styles, wireframe, hidden, x-ray, shaded, shaded with edgesLayer on/off/invert/all visible/invisibleAutosenses 2D or 3D drawings and sets the appropriate one finger multi-touch navigation mode and now with the ability to lock 2D pan mode onlyOnline wiki help systemSend DWG and DXF files via email attachment and open with TurboViewer ProView DWG and DXF files from the web, FTP, Dropbox, WebDAVInstant full screen preview while drawing is still loadingSave time with the ability to cancel a file during loadRestore saved AutoCAD® Views to quickly display the best visions of your designSupports AutoCAD linetypes to maintain visual fidelity as intended


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Rhys Maher, 25, from Great Hollands in Bracknell, stole the goods on three seperate occasions.
He pleaded guilty to burglary and theft in a dwelling and theft from a person at East Berks Magistrates' Court in Slough on October 29 and was sentenced on Monday (November 5).
Maher stole an X box games console from a house in Waylands Close, Harmanswater, Bracknell on September 15.
He then snatched a bag containing a laptop from a 46-year-old woman near Great Hollands Primary School on October 25 and later admitted selling the laptop to buy heroin.
He stole a bank card in Wordsworth, four days later and withdrew £30 to buy heroin.
Det Con Neil Slocombe, investigating officer, said: "Maher stole from three victims and used the proceeds of his crimes to buy heroin.
"The victims were understandably very upset by these incidents and we are pleased for them that Maher has been imprisoned for the crimes against them."


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Man Dies in Putnam County Train Accident
An accident in Putnam County over the weekend involving a pedestrian and a train early Sunday. Investigators say the accident happened near Sheetz in Scott Depot shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday, and the person hit has been identified as Tyler Kincaid. He was walking along the tracks when he was hit. WCHS TV reports Kincaid is the brother of former Winfield High School student Dusty Kincaid who suffered critical injuries after he was hit by a baseball while pitching in a game for Winfield High School in 2012.
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