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By Abe Levy : June 6, 2012 : Updated: June 7, 2012 12:35am
The handling of Senior Rabbi Barry Block's resignation by the temple's board has drawn criticism.
Temple Beth-El members declined to give an honorary title to Rabbi Barry Block at their yearly congregational meeting Tuesday night.
Members voted 437 to 330 against a measure to grant him "emeritus" status. Later that night, the congregation backed a proposal by Mike Beldon to express appreciation for Block's service.
In May, Block agreed to resign in an exit plan designed to part ways with the congregation he has served for 20 years.
The temple, which is the oldest and largest Jewish congregation in the city, also approved the hiring of Rabbi Darryl Crystal as its interim.

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This just in: Robert Plant will perform a song with opener Buddy Miller tonight at GAMH as part of the Boz Scaggs & the Blue Velvet Band benefit show. Tickets are NOT SOLD OUT. Proceeds will go to the Richard de Lone Special Housing Project, a nonprofit that provides state-of-the-art facilities and care for children and adults with Prader-Willi Syndrome.
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Posters you can print and post in your buildings, offices are available. This is a great way to show support of the diversity of this university! (Posters coming soon)
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Studies of European and North American sign languages have been the basis of much of sign language research in the last forty years. Recent work on new sign languages and smaller sign languages in other parts of the world are broadening our view of how the wide variety of human languages. In this talk, Dr. Padden will give examples of our work on a new sign language, as well as what we are learning about how language is assembled from its component parts into a grammatical system.Dr. Carol Padden received a B.S. (1978) from Georgetown University and a Ph.D. (1983) from the University of California, San Diego, where she is currently a professor in the Department of Communication and associate dean for the Division of Social Sciences. Her publications include the co-authored volumes Deaf in America: Voices from a Culture (1988), Inside Deaf Culture (2005), two textbooks on American Sign Language, and scholarly articles in such journals as PNAS, the Journal of Linguistics, and the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.
Friday, March 16th 11:30AM - 12:30PM
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Topic of discussion: following up Dr. Carol Padden's keynote speech on sign languages of the world. Deaf participants will share their experiences traveling to other countries and learning new sign languages. Come learn a few signs from other countries!
Monday, March 19th 6-8 PM
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Refreshments will be provided
This movie is a coming of age drama following the life of Matt Hamill, the first deaf wrestler to win a National Collegiate Wrestling Championship. Rated PG-13.
Wednesday, March 21st 6-8 PM
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In "Deaf, Deaf World," everyone from the restaurant server to the bank teller, uses American Sign Language. This event is a great total-immersion opportunity to practice ASL skills or embark on a journey of learning. At its conclusion, all participants and volunteers will congregate with a facilitator to have the opportunity to share their experiences and insights or to ask questions. Everyone is welcome, regardless of signing level and experience!
Thursday, March 29th 6-8 PM
Waterman, 2nd floor in Memorial Lounge
A panel of DeafBlind Vermonters will share their challenges and experiences being DeafBlind. By the end of the evening, audience members will come away with a greater understanding and sensitivity of DeafBlindhood. Life doesn't end when one becomes blind as well as Deaf; life just becomes more interesting.
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Join us for an evening of mime and storytelling at Brennan's Pub at the University of Vermont. Students from ASL II, ASL IV and ASL VI classes will perform ABC Stories, Fairy Tale Stories with a Deaf "twist," Deaf jokes and many more! Meanwhile, other students, interpreters, ASL pros, die-hards, and anyone who can sign are also encouraged to come on stage and give it a try! Those who do not know ASL or are not comfortable with signing in front of an audience can join us by being our audience members to witness the art of Deaf Culture in action. Food and drinks will be sold at Brennan's Pub.
Saturday, April 14th 8 PM
Higher Ground, tickets at venue or buy tickets online at Higher Ground.
Signmark (a.k.a. Marko Vuoriheimo) was born deaf into a world where music is for the hearing. He pursued his childhood dream and became the first deaf in the world to get a record deal. He started spreading his message over strong beats where hard, low frequencies and bass are playing a crucial part in his performance. These elements help him adapt to the rhythm as he proves; music is more than what you can hear!
With the help from his friends and a large group of volunteers, Signmark released the world's first sign language hip-hop DVD in 2006. The album "Signmark" takes a stand for equality and aims to bring people together. The debut broke prejudices and awakened people.
Signmark was introduced to the mainstream audience and media when he was asked to join the national Eurovision Song Contest. The Finnish people gave their massive support to Signmark who came second in the contest. Due to his success, a record deal with Warner Music followed. He is the world's first deaf ever to be signed to international major label.
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GOP presidential candidates hard to find
I am amused daily while reading the various national and local columnists' political bloviating.
Seems both of the Republican frontrunners for the presidential nomination are in hot water. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is up to his neck in scandal.
Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, who was close to a vice presidential nomination with Romney, has (along with his wife) been indicted on 14 counts of what he refers to as "bad judgment."
Now, the problems of these two Republican Party promising noteworthies are NOT what I find particularly entertaining. What I do find amusing is that while all of this is going on, Republican conservative columnists are either ignoring the brouhahas or throwing stones at successful Democratic programs.
In his syndicated column, national conservative columnist Thomas Sowell has avoided talking about the scandals, but recently reached back to the JFK-Johnson years to write about the miserable failings of the War on Poverty. Mr. Sowell, it's 2014 and everyone knows you can't win a war on circumst a nce s .
George Will, the conservative, bi-weekly columnist for the Washington Post and approximately 400 other newspapers, is caught up in the tired old subject of judicial activism. What's news about this? Conservatives have always expressed chagrin when judges attempt to pre-empt legislators. Mr.
Will, could we read something about the Washington buzz concerning qualified Republican candidates for the White Ho u se?
Now that Benghazi is old, discredited news, a local columnist continues to hammer away at Obamacare. Obamacare is here to stay. Get used to it and get over it.
Avoidance of the obvious — t hat Republicans are having a heck of a time coming up with a decent, electable candidate for the presidency in 2016 (who can stay out of trouble in the meantime) — is noticeable and rather comical.
Can it be possible that all of the conjecture about Hillary Clinton making another run for the White House, which most pundits consider a foregone conclusion, dampens the Republican fervor for coming up with yet another loser?
Apologies to Senator John McCain and Governor Mitt Romney. Perhaps the Republicans might take a look at freshman senators. Like, say, Rand Paul? Or, Ted Cruz?
I do not hear Republicans talking about wildly successful governors like Florida's Charlie Crist, Louisiana's Bobby Jindal, or Ohio's John Kasich. Strange.
The not-so-subtle eyes on the prize before the 2008 election was well underway, with candidates lining up like crows on a power line, much earlier than the 22 months remaining until we elect the 45th president of the United States.
Is it possible that Republicans who have national (or local, for that matter) voices are throwing in the towel? Or, hoping against hope that their Bush in shining armor will rescue them from the dearth of viable available candidates?
Jeb Bush, I mean. But, of course, even his mother is telling him to stay out of the fray.
I think she said, "There have already been enough Bushes in the White House."
I agree!
Milt Hankins of Ashland, Ky., is a retired minister, theologian and freelance writer.
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Baumhower: Yes, Kacee Mae, there is a Santa Claus!Written by Jeremy Baumhower | | email@example.com
This is the time of the year when parents across the world talk about Santa Claus' famed Naughty or Nice List. This book carries the names of those boys and girls who have been either really good or, like some in my home, naughty. Because of various connections I have acquired, I have obtained a copy of this year's Naughty or Nice List from a North Pole insider.
Some of the highlights:
Nice: President Barack Obama for his re-election and "Obamacare," which was upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States in June. I am amused that the GOP is against this concept as much as it is, because it is mandatory by law to have both homeowner and automobile insurance, but when it comes to insuring our most valuable resource — our human bodies, the very thing where "life starts at conception" — they're against it.
Naughty: Chrysler for its handling and overtaking of the Wrangler Paint Shop, costing 73 local UAW longtime employees their jobs.
There were numerous other options they could have explored, but firing loyal employees to hire cheaper ones was worthy of Ebenezer Scrooge!
Nice: Mayor Michael Bell for his charitable work and one-on-one conversational abilities.
Although I feel the China trips were misguided, Mayor Bell's love of our city is not. I have witnessed him make a 12-year old-boy feel like the biggest person in the room with a simple conversation.
Bell does this every day. Agree or disagree with his politics, we all can agree he represents Toledoans perfectly.
Naughty: Chick-fil-A's Chief Operating Officer Dan Cathy for his anti-gay marriage comments earlier in 2012, which spurred a Chick-fil-A customer appreciation day and record sales.
Nice: Local Chick-fil-A owner and operator Michael Herrick for handling the controversy with class and dignity.
As a former employee of Mr. Herrick's, I know this man's heart, as I worked side-by side with gay employees. The two new standalone Chick-fil-A restaurants make Northwest Ohio residents' days a little better.
Naughty: Lucas County GOP Chairman Jon Stainbrook for failing to get highly qualified candidate George Sarantou — or anybody else — elected in the November elections. It appears Santa may still get Jon "Rock Band 3" to help nudge him toward a better career path.
Nice: Any teacher who goes above and beyond to make a difference in a child's life. Although it's their job, the far-reaching impact of their compassion and commitment will make a difference for decades to come in Northwest Ohio.
Naughty: Any adult male who chooses to wear meggings (male leggings) or Crocs. Although Santa can bring many things, a clue isn't one of them.
Nice: The person who invented yoga pants for women and those who choose to wear them. (Thank you.)
Naughty: My own 9-year-old daughter Kacee, for spreading a nasty rumor among the fourth grade at her Sylvania elementary school. Fellow parent and Toledo Free Press writer Shannon Szyperski has confirmed that indeed it was my own flesh and blood, spreading "the truth" about St. Nick to the boys and girls in her class and others.
To those of you children who were affected by Kacee's blatant misinformation, let me say this. Yes, Kacee Mae, there is a Santa Claus! However, you must believe to receive. Time is running out for you to make things right.
(Editor's Note: WSPD morning host Fred LeFebvre reads Ogden Nash's cautionary tale about children who doubt Santa's existence and spread that story, "The Boy Who Laughed at Santa Claus," on this year's Make-A-Wish benefit CD, "Holiday Wishes 2.")
Nice: Everyone who donated $1 or more to the Hayes family, read a word I penned, maybe even shared it with a friend on Facebook, or went out of their way to say "hello" and share a compliment or comment. Santa has assured me that you are all on the nice list … and from the bottom of my heart, thank you!
From my crazy family to yours, allow me to quote the great Clark W. Griswold, "May You all have the hap-hap,-happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap danced with Danny ****ing Kaye."
Peace and Love.
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Derby comedy festival set to go ahead despite Assembly Rooms fire
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Derby's first comedy festival is set to continue as planned despite a large fire at the Assembly Rooms on Friday. Performances at the venue have been cancelled for the next two months but the festival will kick-off at the Assembly Rooms on June 13 with with comedy queen Dawn French.The festival will also be held at other venues including Déda, Derby Independent Theatre Network, Derby Theatre, Funhouse Comedy, Furthest From the Sea, QUAD and Sinfonia Viva. The news comes after firefighters confirmed Friday's blaze in the venues car park started in an air-conditioning unit causing 40-ft high flames.A spokesman for the city council, which owns the Assembly Rooms, said: "We expect the Assembly Rooms to be ready by the time of the festival in June. It's a city-wide festival, and events and performances will be taking place at a number of venues across the city."People can purchase tickets for all shows at the Guildhall Theatre, any Outdoor Events and any events in the Assembly Rooms Great Hall or Darwin after Sunday 11 May through the Derby LIVE Box Office on 01332 255800, online at www.derbylive.co.uk"The Derby Comedy Festival website will be launched over the next few days and the Derby Comedy Festival guide is available to pick up at the Guildhall Theatre Box Office at through the Arts Box Scheme within the city. "Both the website and the guide feature all shows and events within the festival, including those at venues across the city."Meanwhile a recently installed fire alarm system at the Assembly probably helped prevent a bigger disaster, it has been revealed.Firefighters believe the fire that gutted the top of the car park on Friday was caused by overheated machinery.
They said the blaze, which caused 40ft-high flames, started in an air-conditioning unit.
Derby City Council said the venue will be out of action for at least eight weeks, leading to the cancellation of many shows.
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As the title suggests, the intended audience for Starting Our Careers is recent Ph.D.s in mathematics. In particular, the book is well suited for those mathematicians who have just completed the "most crucial stage" of their careers in completing their dissertations, and are about to begin the "most crucial stage" of their careers in finding a position and beginning a career. As a relatively "young" mathematician myself, I am a member of this group, and have been faced with many of the issues discussed in the book. In this review, I will highlight some of my impressions of the features and qualities of this book.
The purpose of Starting Our Careers is a significant one: to provide a collection of articles and essays which discuss professional development issues for mathematicians. These issues are faced by all mathematicians, especially those having recently completed graduate school. Edited by Curtis Bennett and Annalisa Crannell, the text contains contributions of many mathematicians, ranging from experienced, established researchers to new members of the mathematical community. Many of the essays included in the text arose from some of the best discussions that took place in the weekly electronic newsletter entitled "Concerns of Young Mathematicians (CoYM). CoYM is the main publication of the group known as the Young Mathematicians Network (YMN). The YMN provides a forum for considering and addressing the problems of young (in terms of number of years after Ph.D.) mathematicians. Although the topics considered in the text are very pertinent to recent mathematics Ph.D.s, they will also be of interest to more established mathematicians who want to stay abreast of the current conditions faced by their junior colleagues. Anyone interested in learning more about concerns of young mathematicians should visit the YMN home page at http://www.youngmath.org/. This site provides more information about the YMN and CoYM, as well as links to useful resources on employment, teaching, grants, organizations, and policy. The home page also offers a link to the archives of CoYM for anyone wishing to access more discussions like the ones featured in this text.
Before continuing with a description of Starting Our Careers, it may be helpful to indicate a few areas which are not emphasized in it. Its focus is primarily not on the job application procedure and not on the tenure process. Since there are publications which already exist that address the woeful job market and finding positions in that market, Bennett and Crannell felt there was much more of a need to address a rarely considered area, that of the professional development of young mathematicians. Although one of the chapters does consider applying for tenure, Bennett and Crannell wished to concentrate more on issues felt in the early stages of a mathematical career. Perhaps the "most crucial stage" of applying for tenure and promotion would be worthy of a sequel to this text, in which could be considered other issues pertaining to concerns of more "experienced" young mathematicians. From the outset, it is clear that the focus of this book is on early career professional development, and that there are many issues in this context worth considering.
The illustration on the cover of Starting Our Careers summarizes the main areas of emphasis in the text. Depicted on the cover is a hand-held watch with hours divided into the areas of research, teaching, industry, publishing, grants, recommendations, jobs, and time. These significant topics are all considered from various perspectives in the text. I feel that this illustration is an effective representation of the many challenges faced daily by mathematicians in balancing the various components of professional life. Mathematicians in academia regularly must make important choices as to the amount of time to devote to teaching, research, and service activities. Although the ultimate decisions between these choices are personal and will depend on many circumstances, this text offers helpful guidelines for determining professional plans.
Bennett and Crannell have effectively laid out Starting Our Careers so that the early chapters describe issues in finding the right job, while the latter chapters consider concerns in creating a niche once a position has been found. In particular, the first two chapters include a variety of comments about finding a position in academics or in industry. The third chapter addresses some of the expectations of teaching at a small university or college (such as a four-year liberal arts college or community college). The next three chapters contain advice for maintaining and sustaining a research program, publishing results, and obtaining grants to fund more research, respectively. The next chapter offers a discussion on applying for tenure and includes "the excellent (and harrowing) descriptions" of one mathematician's experience of that process. Although containing details specific to his institution, Dana Mackenzie's The Tenure Chase Papers offers many points worthy of consideration by all involved in the tenure process. The final chapter emphasizes ways to become active and stay involved in the mathematical community.
The most salient feature of each chapter in Starting Our Careers is specific, concrete advice from mathematicians with a variety of experiences and insights. For instance, early in the book, one of the authors includes a sample consult letter which, after appropriate modification, could be used by anyone wishing to set up an interview with an applied mathematician in industry. Then, another author provides a contact list of agencies and companies offering summer internships in industry. Other authors describe methods to document success in academic positions, to maintain an active research plan when faced with many teaching responsibilities, to develop a lifelong commitment to teaching and scholarship, to avoid professional isolation and stay connected with colleagues at other institutions, to apply for NSF grants, and to become a more active contributor to your local institution and to the greater mathematical community. Through their varying writing styles and emphases, the authors recount useful experiences and anecdotes especially relevant to the professional goals of a young mathematician.
Each chapter begins with some useful introductory editorial comments, contains a variety of perspectives on the critical issues at hand, and ends with a list of references for further reading. These references are of particular importance to anyone wishing to learn more about these issues. Due to space considerations, I can't highlight all of these useful references, but will mention a few of them. For example, in the chapters on getting research published and becoming more involved in the mathematical community, the editors cite some pertinent articles by Paul Halmos. These are "What to Publish" (American Mathematical Monthly, 82 (1975) no. 1, 14-17) and "How to Talk Mathematics" (Notices of the AMS, 21 (1974), no. 3, 155-158). In the chapters on job and tenure applications, the editors mention several popular articles by Edward Aboufadel, including his "Job Search Diary" (FOCUS, 12 (1992), no. 5, 6; 13 (1993), no. 2, 3, and now, with his other "diaries," on MAA Online). I feel that these, like many of the other references given, provide helpful follow-up articles to the text. In these references, one can then find further citations, if so inclined. For example, one article which I find useful in describing the elements of a successful presentation is Joe Gallian's "How to Give a Good Talk" (Math Horizons, April 1998, 29-30). The reference lists provided at the end of each chapter provide a good place to begin looking for more such information.
In conclusion, I feel that Getting Started is a valuable resource for young mathematicians (and even more experienced ones) to explore ways of establishing and developing a niche in the mathematical community. I thought the epilogue was quite insightful, and I'll end with a quote from it:
The majority of this book is devoted to describing what you can do during your first years after your dissertation, and so we conclude with a brief exhortation about what we, the editors, believe you should do:
Do what you love, and do it with enthusiasm.
Certainly these are encouraging words which all mathematicians should take to heart!
George Ashline (email@example.com) is an assistant professor of mathematics at St. Michael's College in Colchester, VT. He is a member of Project NeXT, a program which focuses on improving the teaching and learning of undergraduate mathematics and addresses concerns of young mathematicians.


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The 50 most controversial movies ever made
It's time to get delightfully offended with these all-time shockers, including movies on politics, sex and violence
Warning: What follows is explicit. These movies (and their accompanying photos) are not chosen for their beauty, but rather for their primal power to shock. And why is that important? Sometimes, in the case of politics and sex, filmmakers can be liberators, leading a charge that elevates the medium's significance. Elsewhere—especially in the case of violence—a movie can warn us of where we might be headed. These 50 most controversial movies are the extremes, including plenty of action movies, war movies and, of course, movie sex scenes. We welcome your response.
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I Spit on Your Grave (1978)
If this is our lowest-ranking title, better brace yourself for punishment. Meir Zarchi's scuzzy rape-revenge thriller (also marketed under the name Day of the Woman) limped into theaters, and was immediately banned all over the world. Its most notorious scene, a bathtub seduction that comes to an edge, inspired critical derision, but also, provocatively, a wave of feminist cheers.—Joshua Rothkopf
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The Wild Bunch (1969)
These days, it's not extraordinary for Hollywood to release a superviolent spectacle with a body count in the hundreds. But when feisty Sam Peckinpah did it, he pointedly evoked the ongoing war in Vietnam and created a blood-spouting whirlwind that confronted American righteousness. The Western genre never recovered.—Joshua Rothkopf
Titicut Follies (1967)
Frederick Wiseman's unflinching look inside a Massachusetts facility for the criminally insane was so disturbing (and revealing) that the state tried to permanently bury it. Authorities placed an injunction on public showings that wasn't lifted until 1991. It's one of the few movies banned for reasons other than obscenity, politics or immorality.—David Fear
The Devils (1971)
Ken Russell's crazed stew of sex, violence and religious impropriety in 17th-century France seared the eyes of film censors. So many cuts were demanded that several countries could claim their own versions. Italian tastemakers banned the movie outright, even though Russell won a Best Director award at the Venice Film Festival.—Keith Uhlich
Basic Instinct (1992)
Everyone remembers Sharon Stone's crotch flash, but Paul Verhoeven's thriller (penned by smutmeister Joe Eszterhas in a mere 13 days) produced a fair amount of offscreen heat, too, as gay groups furiously decried the image of homicidal lipstick lesbians. Riot police patrolled locations; no ice picks went unaccounted for.—Joshua Rothkopf
Hail Mary (1985)
Jean-Luc Godard's provocative update of the Virgin Mary story—featuring full-frontal nudity—was denounced by no less than the Pope, and one angry Christian threw a pie in the director's face at Cannes. Godard's intention was to examine modern spirituality; the reaction he engendered, however, wasn't exactly full of grace.—David Fear
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
A fearful cop gets stuck in the middle with a psycho crook and loses an ear. It's the tipping point in Quentin Tarantino's sanguine first feature, which sparked numerous violence-in-cinema think pieces and inspired many unnerved walkouts. Makeup genius Rick Baker, one of the fleeing viewers, told QT he should take his own early exit as a compliment.—Keith Uhlich
The Moon Is Blue (1953)
When Otto Preminger included the then-racy terms virgin, mistress and seduce in his lecherous comedy, the movie industry's morality police went into a froth. Head Hollywood censor Joseph Breen refused to grant the movie a seal of approval, so Preminger & Co. released the film without the MPAA's blessing—marking the beginning of the end of the Hays Code stranglehold.—David Fear
United 93 (2006)
Five years still might have been too soon: Even though writer-director Paul Greengrass worked closely with the families of the flight victims (notably not with that of German passenger Christian Adams, portrayed as an appeaser) and reaped huge critical acclaim, his nerve-racking trailer stunned cinemagoers who weren't prepared. One New York theater removed it after complaints.—Joshua Rothkopf
The Brown Bunny (2003)
Indie gadfly Vincent Gallo's mesmerizing road movie was a fiasco at Cannes: The molasses-slow pace sparked catcalls, an unsimulated oral-sex scene (on the director-star himself) dropped jaws, and Gallo had several pointed exchanges with detractor Roger Ebert. But Rog approved of the filmmaker's recut, which excised some flab and kept the blow job. Who says there are no happy endings?—Keith Uhlich
Ken Park (2002)
Step aside, Skins: For years, indie provocateur Larry Clark suffered (or maybe relished) attacks by critics, who called his photographs—and movies like Kids (see No. 22) and Bully—teen exploitation. Eventually, Clark decided to properly earn the outrage and make an extreme film. Ken Park, filled with depictions of underage sex, violence and suicide, never found a U.S. distributor.—Joshua Rothkopf
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
No stranger to breaking screen taboos (see No. 43), Otto Preminger went a step further with this drug-addiction drama, in which Frank Sinatra's strung-out musician shoots up. People were equal parts aghast at the film's daring depiction of a dope fiend and impressed by its realistic take on the subject. Legions of high-wire screen-junkie performances owe this groundbreaking film a debt.—David Fear
The Last House on the Left (1972)
Wes Craven's still-nauseating tale of rape and revenge made many enemies on censor boards. The MPAA slapped it with an X several times (Craven eventually got an R by proxy). And U.K. watchdogs continued to demand cuts on all film and video versions until 2008—a long time to hold a grudge.—Keith Uhlich
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Paradoxically, the movie isn't all that gory—certainly not like some of the other entries on this list. Yet Tobe Hooper's proto–slasher film unsettled censors around the world, leading to its prohibition in such unlikely places as Sweden, Ireland and Brazil. A thick slab of barbecued menace, the thriller still inspires smart, young directors—and plenty of dumb ones, too.—Joshua Rothkopf
Song of the South (1946)
"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" may be one catchy tune, but folks have never been pleased with how this Disney film whistled Dixie about the antebellum South. Plantation life is whitewashed into one big happy-slave playdate. Even during its production, the movie inspired accusations of racism—and don't get us started on the "Tar Baby" section. It remains a taint on the Mouse House to this day.—David Fear
Dirty Harry (1971)
It's a key entry in the iconography of Clint Eastwood, and you won't find an action fan who can't recite the entire "Well, do you, punk?" speech by heart. But during its release, the movie sparked a fierce war of words, with prominent critics calling it fascist, bigoted and unnecessarily brutal. They had a point: Police in the Philippines ordered a print for training purposes.—Joshua Rothkopf
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Excruciating to watch, this Amazonian misadventure (shot on location) spurred massive outrage for its special effects being too good. A notorious scene of a naked woman's impalement actually led to the Italian director's arrest for murder. After those charges were successfully disputed, the movie was still widely banned due to incidents of animal abuse—which, alas, were not faked.—Joshua Rothkopf
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Just after Adolf Hitler established Germany's Ministry of Propaganda, Fritz Lang's spooky sequel to his beloved crime epic Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler ran afoul of organization head Joseph Goebbels. He branded the film a menace, since it showed an organized group of terrorists overthrowing the state. Lang hightailed it abroad to ply his keenly subversive talents elsewhere.—Keith Uhlich
Deep Throat (1972)
The movie became a fashionable urban sensation—no doubt to the delight of many men—and touched the culture at large with its appropriation in the Watergate scandal. But behind its porny surface, the flick induced headaches related to its mob financing, its obscenity and conspiracy charges (the latter related to transportation across state lines) and theatrical barrings.—Joshua Rothkopf
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
"Rated x by an all-white jury," proclaimed the poster for Melvin Van Peebles's epoch-defining provocation, which ruffled feathers across the racial divide. Caucasian critics claimed the film would incite riots, while black pundits argued that Van Peebles was reinforcing negative stereotypes. Neither group stopped this incendiary indie from breaking box-office records, thus royally pissing off the Man.—David Fear
Scarface (1932)
Fans of Brian De Palma's coke-laced remake owe themselves a visit to the original, considered wildly inappropriate in its day. Hollywood censors objected to the violence, the glamorization of crime and intimations of incest; they insisted on both a new ending and a new title, Scarface: The Shame of the Nation. Megabucks producer Howard Hughes scoffed and disowned the edit.—Joshua Rothkopf
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Times Square hustlers, lowlife junkies and free-lovin' hippies—could suburban audiences stomach John Schlesinger's nightmarish New York City? The MPAA didn't think so, instantly slapping this depraved drama with a dreaded X rating. Oscar voters thought otherwise, though, making it the only "adults only" movie to win Best Picture.—David Fear
I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)
When Vilgot Sjman's sexually explicit Swedish drama was brought into this country, custom agents seized it at the airport. Suddenly, this foreign film became a cause clbre; the case went all the way to the Supreme Court before obscenity charges were dropped. The bold movie paved the way for all the art-house smut and porn-chic that followed.—David Fear
Faces of Death (1978)
It doesn't matter that much of this "documentary" was faked (director John Alan Schwartz, working under the name Conan le Cilaire, also played the leader of a flesh-eating cult). It still represents an essential rite of passage for thousands of teenage sleepovers, inculcating a taste for naughtiness. Monkey brains? Nah. All special effects.—Joshua Rothkopf
The Outlaw (1943)
Forget the billing order: The breakout star(s) of this tawdry Western was Jane Russell's bust. Obsessive producer-director Howard Hughes featured Russell's assets prominently in both the movie and its leering promotional material. The outcry over immorality delayed general release for three years—at which point this mammary-obsessed pet project became a mammoth hit.—David Fear
Henry & June (1990)
Philip Kaufman's adventurous biopic about libidinous literary mavericks Henry Miller and Anas Nin proved that the new NC-17 rating carried the same stigmas as its X predecessor, with media-outlet boycotts turning the film into cinema non grata. Overnight, Kaufman's erotic love story became a culture-wars flash point.—David Fear
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Queer and feminist activists were vexed by Jonathan Demme's much-lauded chiller, due to its flamboyantly transsexual villain, Buffalo Bill, and his relish for skinning women. Protests were held at screenings, and a clearly shaken Demme tried to atone with his next fiction feature, the courthouse AIDS drama, Philadelphia.—Keith Uhlich
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Many predicted Spike Lee's incendiary take on Bed-Stuy race relations would stir up riots. But the only trash cans hurled through pizzeria windows were verbal: Lee accused reviewers of blind prejudice, while heated editorials were plentiful. The film became a political football, and its provocative influence persists.—Keith Uhlich
Kids (1995)
Moral pundits don't like seeing wanton sex, drug usage and criminal activities in movies; throw in underage teens doing all the above and you've got a bona fide uproar on your hands. Photographer-turned filmmaker Larry Clark certainly didn't skimp on the adolescent bad behavior in his film debut (scripted by budding auteur Harmony Korine), prompting accusations of child porn and forcing Miramax to buy back the movie from its parent company, Disney.—David Fear
Ecstasy (1933)
Sexual intercourse is implied rather than shown in this frenzied German film about a love triangle (tame by today's standards). But the close-ups of blushing Hedy Lamarr, in clear rapture during an illicit encounter with a hunky construction worker, were enough to raise the hackles of the National Legion of Decency, which banned its importation. Pope Pius XI publicly denounced it, which didn't help either.—Keith Uhlich
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
Mel Gibson's acerbic personal views first came under fire when he released this visceral telling of Jesus Christ's crucifixion. It's a profoundly committed expression of faith, but protestors wanted to throw the book at Gibson for the anti-Semitism they perceived in the movie's portrayal of its villains. Mad Max hatin' on Jews? Couldn't be.—Keith Uhlich
"Un Chien Andalou" (1929)/"L'Age d'Or" (1930)
Luis Buuel didn't pull any punches with his first two shorts. The 16-minute "Un Chien Andalou" memorably features a woman's eyeball slit by a razor, while the 60-minute L'Age d'Or, a scathing attack on bourgeois society, so incensed its first audiences that the financiers pulled it from distribution.—Keith Uhlich
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Peeping Tom (1960)
While British expat Alfred Hitchcock was making stateside waves with Psycho, his countryman Michael Powell was earning England's ire for this disturbing tale of a movie-obsessed murderer. The critical savaging destroyed Powell's career, but a cult developed. Martin Scorsese was instrumental in the film's rehabilitation, funding a rerelease in the late '70s.—Keith Uhlich
Crash (1996)
David Cronenberg's vividly erotic thriller—about an underground cult that gets off on highway accidents—left censors hot and bothered. U.S. distributors were forced to release separate R and NC-17 versions. Britain approved it, though a local council barred the movie from screening in certain venues. And Italian critics demanded Cronenberg return his Cannes prize. Seems some folks could use a little nookie.—Keith Uhlich
The Exorcist (1973)
So much rumor and urban myth swirl around what is widely considered the freakiest horror movie ever made, it demands a place on our list. Fires and injuries led director William Friedkin to have the set of his "cursed" film blessed by a priest. Alleged subliminal imagery supplied extra spookiness (it was just good editing). And Linda Blair required a bodyguard for months.—Joshua Rothkopf
Pink Flamingos (1972)
Intending to transgress, John Waters left no taboo untried on this, his most beloved cult movie, starring his friend, the rapturously dramatic Divine, and a host of Baltimore misfits. The film is peppered with riotous awfulness: sex with a live chicken, depictions of incest, a close-up of a proudly exposed anus. But it's the shit-eating climax—unfaked—that cements its reputation.—Joshua Rothkopf
Life of Brian (1979)
Monty Python's Flying Circus could make fun of the Queen without attracting trouble, no problem. But the minute they made a satire about an average Nazarene layabout mistaken for the Messiah, its members started getting death threats. Picket lines followed, while Christian organizations complained that mocking Jesus was a mortal sin; the irony was that Python was actually ridiculing religious zealots.—David Fear
Cruising (1980)
Controversy plagued William Friedkin's leather-bar murder mystery even before it screened for audiences. Gay activists were so offended by the film's purportedly fearmongering depictions of Manhattan's queer underground that they disrupted shooting. Once it was released, protests only intensified, though the film has since been viewed more favorably (by gay critics, in some cases) and regarded as a time capsule of a lost subculture.—Keith Uhlich
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
One expects raised eyebrows when making a movie about real-life sexual obsession—especially if it includes actual instances of actors getting it on. Nagisa Oshima had to ship his undeveloped film to France to avoid Japan's censorship laws; an American premiere at the New York Film Festival was aborted when authorities confiscated the film at the airport. Its violent, explicit scenes of lovemaking remain a how-far-can-you-go test of tolerance.—David Fear
Straw Dogs (1971)
A deeply disturbing, ugly film that nonetheless spurs valuable discussion, Sam Peckinpah's thriller takes places on an isolated English farm, where meek American mathematician David (Dustin Hoffman) takes brutal revenge on the locals who violate his wife. How much does Amy enjoy that rape, though? The question was explosive; censors demanded cuts, and the stage was set for a public outcry.—Joshua Rothkopf
Poison (1991)
Todd Haynes's groundbreaking indie—a highly stylized and sexually explicit triptych based on the writings of Jean Genet—heralded the arrival of New Queer Cinema and drew the ruthless attentions of family-values pundits after it won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. The chief antagonist was Reverend Donald Wildmon, who called for the firing of the chairman of the National Endowment of the Arts, which had given Haynes a $25,000 grant. Several other naysayers followed suit: "I've seen more artistically meritorious productions on America's Funniest Home Videos," said Baptist Church spokesman Jim Smith. The NEA chair did eventually resign under pressure, while Haynes continued to upend conventions in exceptional work like Safe and Velvet Goldmine.—Keith Uhlich
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Audiences were used to living vicariously through tommy-gun-wielding gangsters breaking the law with panache. What they weren't prepared for was seeing the bloody aftermath of their antiheroes' activities rendered in living color. This film's use of startlingly realistic violence—oddly coupled with jaunty banjos and jokey moments—caused a furor among those who thought it made murder seem sexy and frivolous. Bosley Crowther of The New York Times complained that the movie's "brutal killings [were] pointless and lacking in taste." But younger critics such as Pauline Kael came to the movie's defense, contextualizing its horrors within the civil unrest going on outside of theaters. Crowther eventually lost his job over the review, while Bonnie and Clyde precipitated a vital American New Wave—and opened the floodgates for countless slo-mo bullet ballets.—David Fear
Last Tango in Paris (1972)
"Go get the butter," says Marlon Brando purposefully, in a movie that premiered at the prestigious New York Film Festival. Cognoscenti were then treated to a lengthy scene of anal sex that many hailed as psychologically expressive, others as smut parading as art. The tumult only spread from there: Curious theatergoers were yelled at by protesters, while the doomy romance met with outright banning in Chile, Spain and even director Bernardo Bertolucci's native Italy, where his civil rights were revoked for five years. Fortunately, critical praise saved the day, with The New Yorker's Pauline Kael going out on a limb in the most famous review of her career: "This is a movie people will be arguing about, I think, for as long as there are movies," she wrote. Her invitation still stands.—Joshua Rothkopf
Viridiana (1961)
Luis Buuel looses another assault on all that's holy. The Spanish provocateur's masterful tale of the eponymous young nun, whose faith is sorely tested during a visit to her uncle's estate, was the bane of several gatekeepers. Dictator Francisco Franco unsuccessfully attempted to have the film withdrawn from circulation after it won the Palme d'Or at Cannes (in the end, he just banned it at home). And the Vatican made its displeasure known in its official newspaper, describing the movie as blasphemous. (A scene in which a bunch of rabble-rousing vagrants reenact The Last Supper probably had something to do with that.) For the rest of us, Buuel's potent mix of the sacred and profane is endlessly exhilarating.—Keith Uhlich
Freaks (1932)
To fully understand the traumatizing potency of this Hollywood shocker, first try to imagine a director on the power level of a James Cameron. That's basically what Tod Browning was in 1931, after making Dracula a global box-office phenomenon. The time had finally arrived for Browning to advance his long-gestating personal project, about unloved carnival people whose code is broken by an insider. To MGM's horror, Browning insisted on using real circus performers with deformities. Infamously, a test screening induced one woman's miscarriage (and the threat of a lawsuit); several scenes involving violent revenge were excised. A 64-minute version made it to theaters but was quickly dimmed after horrified public reaction. It wasn't until the 1960s that Freaks found a sympathetic audience in the counterculture. By then, Browning's career was long ruined.—Joshua Rothkopf
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The faux-literary tag line for Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Anthony Burgess's novel pretty much sums it up: "Being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultra-violence and Beethoven." Let's just say it wasn't the Beethoven that had half of Britain calling for Kubrick's head. A future-shock parable about free will, this vivid depiction of a charismatic gang leader gained instant notoriety for its extreme violence and prolonged scenes of sexual assault. Politicians debated whether the movie's nihilism outweighed any merits it possessed, newspaper columnists around the world called it everything from misogynistic to fascistic, and social critics fretted over whether the movie's cultish fans would become Clockwork copycats. After defending the movie for months, Kubrick himself prohibited the movie from being shown in England, where the controversy had reached a fever pitch. It wouldn't be publicly exhibited there for decades.—David Fear
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
In one fell swoop, D.W. Griffith's Civil War epic gave the filmmaking world the basic grammar of modern cinema. But the same game-changing gesture also distorted history, recast reprehensibly racist attitudes as heroic and helped revitalize the Ku Klux Klan into the most powerful hatemongering organization of its day. No less than President Woodrow Wilson gave the film his blessing, while the NAACP and other groups decried it as being trumped-up propaganda. The more audiences across the country were exposed to white-sheeted good guys riding to the rescue of Lillian Gish, the louder the cries against prejudice grew. Riots erupted in major cities; in Boston, audience members threw eggs at the screen. Even these days, the silent film still sparks outrage: A proposed 2004 screening at Los Angeles's Silent Movie Theatre was canceled after arson threats. The film's formal influence is matched only by its ugliness.—David Fear
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
A fearsome gauntlet that all lovers of foreign film must run, Pier Paolo Pasolini's flesh-tearing drama comes from the lurid writings of the Marquis de Sade. Episodes of torture were transposed to Benito Mussolini's Fascist Italy of the early-1940s, where sexual decadence could also function as a political critique of then and now. But good luck trying to engage on that high-minded level: The movie was banned in Britain and Australia, and caused a stir nearly 20 years later in America, when the owners of a Cincinnati video store were arrested for "pandering." The movie has undoubtedly become a influence on provocateurs like Michael Haneke and Lars von Trier. Yet its most upsetting legacy might be the fate of Pasolini himself, mysteriously murdered only weeks before its world premiere.—Joshua Rothkopf
Triumph of the Will (1934)
To her dying day, director Leni Riefenstahl insisted she was not a Nazi; she merely made the single most famous piece of propaganda about them ever conceived. The fact that Riefenstahl's magnum opus captures Hitler in full fascistic bloom at the 1934 Nuremberg Rally is enough to qualify her content as repugnant. (Screenings are still forbidden in Germany.) But Riefenstahl's remarkable skill in stylizing the marching troops and the fhrer's screeds makes this film debate fodder to this day. "There were other documentaries about the Nazi rallies," Roger Ebert said. "But no one remembers [them]; they weren't as good." Triumph of the Will remains exhibit A in the argument about aesthetic beauty used in the service of ideological evil. Its indelible compositions and sense of space are undeniably brilliant; the result of its director's creative genius furthered a legacy of evil.—David Fear
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
An explosive tour de force from one of our greatest filmmakers, Martin Scorsese's long-gestating passion project shares elements with several films on our list: sex, violence, Jesus Christ. But this reimagining of Nikos Kazantzakis' speculative novel about the Son of God's human fallibility easily ascends to the top of our countdown due to the sheer furor it inspired worldwide. Pundits denounced it. The Vatican and numerous Christians took vocal issue with the extended sequence in which Jesus imagines an alternate life for himself (sun-dappled sex scenes included) with the prostitute Mary Magdalene. One French fundamentalist group launched Molotov cocktails into a Paris theater, injuring several patrons. And some countries banned the film sight unseen (it still can't be shown in the Philippines or Singapore). Lost in all the commotion is the film itself: Beautifully performed (especially by Willem Dafoe as Jesus), impeccably shot and scored (Peter Gabriel's propulsive soundtrack is one for the ages), it's the work of a true believer in both movies and mankind.—Keith Uhlich
The list gave me a hard time thinking of what to watch first. I will definitely see Unite 93 and The Brown Bunny.
I miss a number of films by Peter Greenaway, f.e. The baby of Macon (which is not as good as The Thief the Cook his Wife and her Lover) but still a quite controversial movie, which was only shown twice in a arthouse cinema in Zurich Switzerland when it had its premiere...
what about Sweet Movie where the Fuck Family did real poo ect and seductions of children on the sugar boat!!
irreversible !!!
Life of Brian in my living memory caused a major stink, as did The Devils. Far more so than some of those films.
Haha it seems that whoever wrote this article has not seen the movie "A Serbian Film", or else it would surely be NUMERO UNO!!!!!!!! Dear God please don't go and watch that movie anyone, I would hate to be responsible for anyone having to experience utter traumatization....Let me just say that there are just some things that can't be unseen.
FACES OF DEATH and its many sequels, should not have been included as they mostly contained faked scenes.KEN PARK is a classic and much under rated film well worth buying on the internet.Probably the most controversial films of all time ( not included on the list) were .WE ARE NOT ALONE (Denmark);GENESIS CHILDREN (Italy) and IN A GLASS CAGE (Spain)
The thing people overlook about 'The Last Temptation of Christ' is that it's not genius film making. It's probably the least genius film Scorsese has ever filmed. 'Last Temptation' is decidedly sloppy film making and yet secular reviewers banded around this movie in unprecedented solidarity; in an attempt, no doubt to be regarded in their respective communities as champions for artistic experimentation against Church repression. The principle motivation for favourably reviewing this really mediocre film seems to be to piss off Christians. How can you give top billing to 'Last Temptation' when it had the unbridled affection of secular movie reviewers everywhere? Critically, 'Last Temptation' is one of the most loved films on your list. Because it allowed so many secular critics to show how much like Sir Thomas More they were. It's quality as a film was a minor issue.
No 'Irreversible'? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290673/ I'm shocked!
What? No Caligula?!?
I gather there's some reason they're controversial. It would be nice if there was some kind of link or pop-up or something that would complete the synopsis instead of ending every one with "The outcry over immorality delayed general..." or "the most outrageous scene is......" Were they actually WRITTEN as sentence fragments??
Good list. I just watched a very controversial filmed the other day called "Happiness". I highly recommend it for those that can stomach it.
How did you miss Caligula?
This is a good list, but I was disappointed by the lack of Gaspar Noe. "Irreversible" demands a place on this list.,
How come Dr. Strangelove didn't make this list?
this list is quite good. I enjoy the importance based on historical controversy. that said, there are a few films that are missing, in particular "battle of Algiers" (the french screening was firebombed). also quite dismayed that there is no reference to Peter Watkins on this list, "War Game" and "Punishment Park" were highly controversial (both were banned). i think "henry:portrait of a serial killer" would have been good. I disagree with many commenter's insistence that "august underground" and a "serbian film" should be listed, although both are shocking and controversial, their controversy has little relevance as far as film history.
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i Love Learning About Pen Shell PearlsPosted by: | Comments
While talking to Gary on our iLoveShelling shelling cruise last week, he told me about four huge HORSE CONCHS and other great shells he and his family Cameron, Mary and Lauren found on Sanibel during their visit from Nashville. Amazing!
He also asked me if PEN SHELLS could make PEARLS and I immediately answered "It's rare to find the PEARLS washed up on the beach but… Yes they can!". He found something that looked like a PEARL inside a PEN SHELL while looking for other shells like TRUE TULIPS which can hide or get trapped inside them (CLICK HERE for a video to show this). Of course I had to see it.
If you look closely, you can see a milky circle on the inside of his shell and at about "9 o'clock" on that circle (the MOLLUSK's muscle scar where it was connected to the shell) you can see a little ball on the shell. That's a PEARL.
This type of PEARL is called a BLISTER PEARL. Cool! BLISTER PEARLS are attached to the shell so mostly likely the PEARL would break if he tried pop it out to make any jewelry from it but it's still cool for him to have seen it…. questioned it…. and ask me about it so we can all learn more.
The only reason I knew anything about PEN SHELL PEARLS was by seeing my friend Rachel Fields' scientific display at the Sanibel Shell Festival this year…about Natural Pearls and being fascinated by her blue ribbon exhibit.
After sending her photos of Gary's PEN SHELL, Rachel responded by saying…
"That does look like a pearl! It's called a blister pearl when formation occurs and the growth is still attached to the shell".
Then she explained "When pearls form often times it happens because some exterior object kind of puts pressure on and crushes the shell inward causing a piece of the shell to fall off into the body of the mollusk and if it happens near the mantle the mollusk will secrete a protective coating around that piece of shell that's broken off. Sometimes it happens far away from the shell and more internal which causes free-formed pearls and sometimes it happens up against the side of the shell which causes the pearl to form merged to the shell (and is called a blister pearl)".
Now you can see from Gary's shell that his PEARL formed against the shell and it still attached…. a BLISTER PEARL. Yep, it's just like our type of skin blisters although we make just fluid inside our blister instead of a PEARL, right? When I get a blister, I'd much rather go through the pain to get a PEARL instead of crummy fluid. LOL
When a PEN SHELL produces a FREE-FORM PEARL, it can be a gorgeous lustrous PEARL like Rachel showed in her exhibit. The problem with finding pretty PEN PEARLS is that they crack easily after a week or two and if they do make it without cracking, it may take about 4 or 5 years for them to become pearlescent.
But when they don't crack and become lustrous…. Gorgeous!
Rachel was kind enough to share more information from her Natural Pearl presentation, so I thought it would be easier to publish a page dedicated to her research- CLICK HERE. This will probably answer all of your questions because it answered mine! Like… "What other shells make PEARLS?".
She shows us QUAHOGS…
QUEEN CONCHS produce PEARLS as well- They are pink! Captain Brian let me borrow his book Pink Pearl: A Natural Treasure of the Caribbean before we went on a shelling trip to Turks and Caicos last year so I could study up and keep my eye out for them. Of course its like looking for a needle in a haystack but you bet your bottom sand dollar… I searched. After I returned Capt Brian's book, I realized how stinkin expensive it is- wow! (so happy I didn't damage it!) If you have an extra copy laying around that's not expensive, let me know- Rachel should have a copy!
This one should really get your goat… a LION'S PAW. Oh my! Just to find a LION'S PAW is special… but to find a LION'S PAW PEARL? That would send me two clouds above nine!
Thank you Gary, Mary, Cameron and Lauren for coming on the iLoveShelling cruise with me and asking me about your PEN SHELL PEARL and also to Rachel (NYC) for sharing so much invaluable information with all of us about Natural Pearls. This is another example about why i Love Shelling, Shellers and the Shelling Community! It's so edshellcational!
CLICK HERE to see and learn more from Rachel's Natural Pearls exhibit and more photos.
Bringing On The BeachcombingPosted by: | Comments
There is nothing more exciting than seeing shells line the beach as far as the horizon.
At Tarpon Road beach access (mid island on Sanibel)… that's what we saw yesterday- miles of shells. Amy from Alabama was a happy girl be able to witness this beautiful site as well.
She found oodles of APPLE MUREXES and FIGHTING CONCHS in a wide assortment of colors, patterns and textures along with some other beauties.
I ooohed and ahhhed over her best find (well, her best find to me anyway) which was this ROCK SHELL. Its not often I see these shells so I was excited for Amy that she found one.
I saw Ellie from Wisconsin holding her hand in a way to protect something delicate.
It was a gorgeous double ALTERNATE TELLIN with colors of yellow, pink and mauve. It looks like a beautiful butterfly!
I was thrilled to find a LONG-SPINED URCHIN and a WEST INDIAN SEA URCHIN to add to my mix of treasures (OLIVES, CONCHS, TINTED CANTHARUS, NUTMEG, ROUGH SCALLOP, dark rich BANDED TULIP, a WORMIE and …. candy!)
Then I walked the beach at BLIND PASS Sanibel to see Michelle from Illinois (right) with her family Mary, Mike, Patti and Molly. she was carrying a strange looking shell so I stopped her.
OMG its the lip of verrrry large HELMET shell. Wow! HELMETS are from Caribbean so to see the lip of that shell in such good shape and color was impressive. She also found a nice THORNY OYSTER too. Good eye, Michelle!
I saw Justin and Jeff from Connecticut scooping in the water and Bonnie combing the beach about a mile from the pass (the furthest point in the background).
They were having a ball finding some really nice shells like TULIPS, WHELKS and huge COCKLES. They said they were just as happy to find shells as being here to enjoy this awesome weather.
Krystal S posted on iLS Facebook all the shells they found yesterday morning at Blind Pass Sanibel….
Molly P posted there as well to show us she found this LIONS PAW this week on the Captiva side of Blind Pass. Congratshellations, to all of you!
Keep 'em coming, Mother Nature!
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Sunny blue skies, aqua water and warm breezes have filled our beach days in Southwest Florida this week- it's been absolutely gorgeous!
But last week, we had some dark skies, rain and a cool (60s) weather front from the west move through to bring some unusual shells. Susan from Wisconsin found what looked to be an AMERICAN STAR-SHELL at Lighthouse Beach. That is a common shell in Caribbean waters but not often on Sanibel or Captiva. UPDATE: MurexKen notified me that this is most likely a MACULATED TOP SHELL which is from IndoPacific region…. NOT an AMERICAN STAR-SHELL. Oops!
Check out my post from our Road Trip To The Florida Keys to see our AMERICAN STAR-SHELLS we found there to compare this…
Then compare it to the MACULATED TOP SHELL at http://www.gastropods.com/4/Shell_244.shtml . Yes, he's absolutely right- it's not a shell that is found in our area… it's what I call a "Wedding Shell". Folks who decorate for weddings and parties on our beaches buy bags of shells (which originate in the Philippines or other IndoPacific areas) then spread them on the beach for decoration. Then they get washed out by the tide or thrown in and the shell gets washed up again to have a collector like Susan pick it up. I will do a post on these "Wedding Shells" very soon- I promise since this happens way too often. Thank you MurexKen for pointing it out to me!
Okay- lets get back to the beach….
I saw the Shellucky Luckett Ladies again at the beach last week too when that cold front came through. Cuties!
Martha (far right in the Shellucky Luckett Ladies photo) found this amazing LIONS PAW! Shellzam! See? Thats why they are called "Shellucky"!
When the sun came out and the weather warmed up, I headed to Captiva to do my favorite type of beach combing and experience the art of shelling…. SMELL the salt in the air, FEEL the sand between your toes, LISTEN to Beach Sounds by Mother Nature, LOOK at the seascapes and seashells, and RELAX.
On my journey, I saw this…
Such a gift. Thank you Mother Nature for this beautiful ZIG ZAG FLAT SCALLOP!
But even better, I found a STRAWBERRY COCKLE! I know it doesn't look like much and these are more common in the Caribbean as well, but they just aren't common here so it's always a happy day to find one (I think this makes only 4 in our collection from Sanibel or Captiva.
This is exactly how I found this sweet SAND DOLLAR.
I love calm days after a "storm" of busy days to slow stroll along the beach to see it lined with shellions of treasures like KITTENS PAWS, DARK CERITHS, CHESTNUT TURBANS, PAINTED EGG COCKLES and LADY-IN-WAITING CLAMS like these.


text: Bookmarks Visual fieldPrint-Friendly Perimetry; Tangent screen exam; Automated perimetry exam; Goldmann visual field exam; Humphrey visual field examPrevious imageEnlargeCloseNext image / Previous imageEnlargeCloseNext image / NavigatorThe visual field refers to the total area in which objects can be seen in the side (peripheral) vision while you focus your eyes on a central point.I Would Like to Learn About:Expand All Collapse All How the Test is Performed Confrontation visual field exam: This is a quick and basic check of the visual field. The health care provider sits directly in front of you. You will cover one eye, and stare straight ahead with the other. You will be asked to tell when you can see the examiner's hand.Tangent screen or Goldmann field exam: You will sit about 3 feet from a screen with a target in the center. You will be asked to stare at the center object and let the examiner know when you can see an object that moves into your side vision. This exam creates a map of your entire peripheral vision. Automated perimetry: You sit in front of a concave dome and stare at an object in the middle. You press a button when you see small flashes of light in your peripheral vision. Your responses help determine if you have a defect in your visual field. How to Prepare for the Test No special preparation is necessary. How the Test Will Feel There is no discomfort with this test. Why the Test is Performed This eye exam will show whether you have a loss of vision anywhere in your visual field. The pattern of vision loss will help your doctor diagnose the cause. Normal Results The peripheral vision is normal. What Abnormal Results Mean Abnormal results may be due to diseases or central nervous system disorders, such as tumors that damage or press on (compress) the parts of the brain that deal with vision.Central nervous systemThe central nervous system is composed of the brain and spinal cord. 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SIDNEY BURR BEARDSLEY, ex-judge of the Supreme Court of Errors, died at Bridgeport where he had resided most of his professional life, on the 21st day of April, 1890, aged sixty seven.
Judge Beardsley was born in Monroe in this state in 1823. He was the son of Hon. Cyrus H. Beardsley, who in 1846 was speaker of the House of Representatives of the state for several years judge of the County Court of Fairfield County. He prepared for college and entered Yale College, but did not graduate, afterwards receiving an honorary degree, studied law, and was admitted to the bar of Fairfield County in 1843. He began the practice of law in Norwalk, but soon after removed to Bridgeport, where he resided until his death.
Judge Beardsley was a man of strong intellect, characterized by sound judgment and vigorous common sense, rather than brilliancy. As an advocate at the bar he never attempted to be rhetorical, nor to play upon emotions or passions of a jury, but presented his points in plain and simple language, addressed to their understandings, and with great clearness both of conception and statement. His arguments to the court were generally a thorough discussion of the legal principles involved, and were never overlaid with exhaustive legal authorities nor weakened by legal niceties. He soon acquired a prominent position in his profession, and a large and lucrative practice. He had very little personal ambition, and his best professional efforts were always called out by his interest for his clients rather than by a desire to add to his own reputation. He was entirely unassuming and wholly without pretension, and seemed indifferent to those honors that most men are so eager to obtain. He was elected to the State Senate in 1858, and was induced to run for Congress in 1869 upon the Republican ticket against William H. Barnum, afterwards United States senator; carrying his own city of Bridgeport and most of the towns of his county, but defeated upon the whole vote. There is believed are the only political offices that he ever held or aspired to.
While Judge Beardsley was very successful at the bar, his mind was pre-eminently judicial in its character. He looked the judge. Quiet, imperturbable, with a compact and sturdy frame, and a countenance that, though easily lighted up, wore in repose a look of austerity, he seemed well adapted to hold the scales of justice, and lay down, with calm and sound judgment, the law between man and man. He had in a high degree that special judicial faculty that enables a judge to see through the complications of a case into the heart of it and to strip the legal question involved of all the inessentials that so often cluster about and obscure it.
It was therefore with much satisfaction to the profession and the public that in 1874 he accepted a seat on the bench of the Superior Court from which he was elevated to the Supreme Court of Errors in March, 1887. The last position he held, faithfully and acceptably discharging its duties, until the first day of November, 1889, when a resignation sent to the governor several months before, took effect. His failing health was the cause of his resignation.
Judge Beardsley was a man of fine social qualities and was always a welcome attendant upon the festive gatherings of his professional brethren, and a welcome guest at private hospitalities, while he found much pleasure in receiving his friends at his own attractive home. In all the intercourse of life he was courteous, affable and kindly. He was true and faithful in his friendships, and the writer feels that in his death he has lost a warm personal friend.
He was married in his early manhood to Ann Eliza Daskam of Norwalk, who with a son and two married daughters, survives him.
At a meeting of the Fairfield County bar, held soon after Judge Beardlsey's death, appropriate resolutions of affection and respect were passed, upon which a number of the leading lawyers of the county spoke in eulogistic terms of his fine qualities of personal and professional character. Among those who addressed the bar on that occasion were Messrs. D. B. Lockwood, H. S. Sanford, J. B. Curtis, R. E. De Forest, L. N. Middlebrook, A. B. Woodward, G. W. Warner, S. B. Sumner, and A. B. Beers. A paper read by Judge Lockwood gives so full and interesting a sketch of the judge both in his professional life and in his personal relations, that it is given entire. It was as follows:--
"During the session of the county court at Fairfield in December 1849, I was introduced to Sidney B. Beardsley. I had been for some months reciting to the late Hon. Thomas B. Osborne, than a resident of Fairfield, and was desirous of entering a law office to pursue my studies. Upon asking Mr. Beardsley upon what terms I could study law under him, he promptly replied that if I would enter his office he would charge me nothing for tuition. In January, 1850, I entered his office as a law student, where I remained until my admission to the bar in August, 1851. During the time I was a student in his office I conceived an attachment for him which has ripened into a friendship of forty years' duration. The memories of those student days crowd in upon me like a flood upon this occasion. In those days there were a great many more trials before justices of the peace in surrounding towns than now. He always took me with him on such occasions, and my first insight into the practice of law was gained in legal contests before county justices, where Belden and Sturges and Loomis and Ferry and Treat, and others of equal ability, were his opponents.
"As a lawyer he seemed to me to comprehend a case more readily than any other lawyer I ever knew. His mind was symmetrical, well balanced and comprehensive, and he almost invariably reached the right conclusion, apparently by sort of intuition. He was a strong advocate, not indulging in flights of eloquence nor addressing the passions or emotions of a jury, but in plain concise and vigorous language he appealed to their intelligence and common sense. While at the bar he had a large clientage, and was retained in most of the important cases that were contested in our courts. In the trial of cases he took but few notes, but his retentive memory enabled him to state correctly any important item in testimony. He was a man of keen perceptions, a good judge of human nature, and could fathom the motives of men. He was a favorite with the members of the bar, and as courteous as he was congenial. He possessed a rare combination of brilliant qualities that made him the most companionable man I ever met.
"In 1874 he was appointed one of the judges of the Superior Court. Hon. Nathaniel Wheeler was that year a member of the state senate, and united with the members of the bar in pressing his name for the position of judge, for which he was eminently well-fitted. As a judge - a trier of cases - he had few equals. He was endowed by nature with a legal mind. While fully recognizing the demands of justice and law, he had at the same time a lively conscience and a tender heart. He had a keen appreciation of what constituted judicial integrity, and had the faculty of discovering what belonged to equity and good conscience. He was the "upright judge." In 1887 he was promoted to the bench of the Supreme Court of Errors, which position he held until November 1st, 1889, when failing health compelled him to relinquish its arduous duties. In this, the highest court in our state, will be found the most enduring monument of his professional learning in the opinions he has left recorded.
"As a citizen and in all the relations of private life he won the respect and esteem of all with whom he became associated. He was the idol of his family, and was tenderly and devotedly attached to his wife and children and grandchildren and the endearments of home.
"His death is a public loss; and while we are met to express our mutual sympathy and to speak our common grief, I cannot but feel a personal loss in the death of him who was my godfather in the law. And as we lay to rest to-day as the shades of evening gather, and bid him good-night, let us hope in some happier clime to bid him good-morning."[footer.htm]


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"Dear Baby, Let's Dance!" is a new children's book with a joyous message for little ones: Dancing is fun.
At 11 a.m. Saturday, the book's author, Carol Casey, will be at Barnes and Noble's Norcross location to sign books. She will also encourage parents to take the book's charming idea and put it to work in their own homes.
This newest addition to the "Dear Baby" series has every member of the family introducing "Baby" to their own "signature" move, from ballet to ballroom to hip-hop and more. Big sister encourages Baby to "shake that tutu and groove to a rock and roll band." Even the family pet, Moose the dog, gets into the action, as well as the uncle who doesn't dance, but his "touchdown move" belongs in the Hall of Fame. The introduction to styles of dance is enhanced by the obvious enthusiasm for movement that comes naturally to toddlers.
"Dear Baby, Let's Dance!" is the second book for Casey and her illustrator, Jason Oransky, both from Atlanta. With vibrant colors, endearing characters and catchy rhymes, the "Dear Baby" author and artist hope to create a fresh, new series of books to nurture and entertain young children. The first book of the series is titled "Dear Baby, What I Love About You!" and was published this past summer. Another book, "Dear Baby, It's a Colorful World!" will be out in May. This story will feature learning the names of and identifying colors featuring an endearing cast of multicultural kids.
Dance is an important part of Casey's memories.
"I love how dancing can link generations in a family," she said. "In our house, we all love to turn on the music and teach our 2-year-old our favorite moves. The very first page I wrote for this book was inspired by a tango that my parents did a few years ago on Christmas Eve. They are 86 and 81 and have been married for over 60 years, so I think it is fair to say that dancing does fire up romance to stay a groom and bride."
Casey began writing for children when she couldn't find the perfect book to read to her own granddaughter, one that expressed her feelings. The success of her first book launched a whole new business, the boutique press "Dear Baby Books." The first book, "Dear Baby, What I Love About You!" was recently on the nationally televised reality program "Keeping Up With the Kardashians." "Dear Baby" books have been featured on www.workingmother.com, and Casey has been interviewed on numerous educational and literary radio programs.
She has a good idea about what children like. She has two children of her own as well as granddaughter Ava, and enthusiastic response is no stranger to her. When she read "Dear Baby, Let's Dance!" to a group of elementary school students recently, one little boy jumped up at the end of the book and yelled happily, "What else ya got?"
Visitors to Barnes and Noble will be able to ask Casey the same question during her visit Saturday. On the other side of Gwinnett, Discover Mill's Kidz Club has invited Casey to make an appearance at Books-A-Million the following weekend, at 2 p.m. Feb. 27. Young students from Gwinnett Ballet Theatre will also be on hand to share their love for dance at this event. Then at 11 a.m. March 6 Casey will return to the Barnes and Noble at Perimeter Center for an appearance. For more information about the "Dear Baby" books and Casey's appearances, visit www.dearbabybooks.com. For more information about the Barnes and Noble event, visit http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/store/2070.
Holley Calmes is a freelance writer and public relations consultant specializing in the arts. E-mail her at email@example.com.
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