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The response to the New Yorker's cover, depicting as gleeful terrorist fist-bump-ers Senator and Mrs. Obama (or should that be Mrs. Obama, Esq., since she is a lawyer?) has been pretty unbelievable, here on our blog and, well, everywhere else.
Today we spoke on-air with Art Spiegelman, who has both been a critic of The New Yorker and one of their most famous and controversial cover artists.
His 1993 cover called, "The Kiss," showed a Hassidic Jewish man and a black woman kissing. It came after tensions between the two groups spurred intense riots in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn. We asked why he chose that image. Here's his response.
Art Spiegelman: "Huh. Well, lets see. Back then the wounds for that particular set of race riots were very raw still, and I felt as I was just entering The New Yorker with a mandate to see how my underground comic sensibility and The New Yorker's rarefied sensibility might meet. I offered this up as a Valentine's Day cover, because there's this thing called irony. You know if you show people who are murdering each other kissing, it makes one think about why they might have been killing each other. It opens some subjects up to discussion that otherwise were just taken as givens. And I think this cover managed to unite that community like nothing else, which they both hated me for."
I also asked if he thought The New Yorker's Obama cover crossed the line of propriety.
Art Spiegelman: "Of propriety? Perhaps, but I think it did so for an urgent and good cause, which is to blow this stupid calumny about Obama away once and for all. It travels as the subtext through all this polite conversation. I just um, as I was looking around today, saw some NBC report that was quoting a Newsweek poll, saying 50 percent of Americans believe that Obama is or was a Muslim and was sworn in on the Koran to a Senate seat and so on. Madness. And it seems to me that showing the fevered image directly will be a possible way of looking at and dissipating that image. I think, as a result, it's a fairly brave thing to do in which The New Yorker is fulfilling its function at its best which is to make people think and talk."
Finally, he had some thoughts on how the blogosphere is manifesting during this controversy.
Art Spiegelman: "You know, I think that what I've been seeing on the blogs which is kind of an impressive thing since there weren't blogs back in 1993 when "The Kiss" cover was there. All I got to see were sheets of angry letters of one kind or another. Here the letters are there before the ink is dry on the printing press, and there's relatively little reflection so one is sorting through this as it is sorting itself out, but what is happening is there is a discussion about something that need to be talked about, and The New Yorker helped that discussion happen. And it's one of the times when I feel 'hats off New Yorker,' they got it right, you know? This is not something that goes away by saying, 'but it's not seemly.'"
Do you agree with his overall assessment of the artistic and social purpose of The New Yorker cover? Do you think that this cover crossed a line the magazine would not have crossed with a white candidate? And why do you think this hit such a nerve?
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unfortunately, I think yo missed the boat on this satire sir. I think if you wanted to poke a little fun at the folks who have these foolish notions about Obama, his wife and their affectionate fist bump, I could see a drawing of some guy in a wifebeater "T" shirt, belly out fist in the air about to pound on his wife. In the back ground a television set with Obama and the misses sharing a fist bump on stage, their sweet girls smiling up at them. Maybe that shows the ridiculousness of it all. What the New Yorker showed seems to validate the fears of people who are not smart enough to recognize a joke when they see it.
This is the way I see satire: It must be funny and have a message. If you have to explain to people what you meant to say in the satire (when most folks are not laughing), then it is a POOR satire or poorly executed.
Let's be honest, how many Americans read the New Yorker? How many Americans get New Yorker's satirical views. I do. But I know most people around me don't read the magazine.
So for the New Yorker to go to drastic lengths after folks were already decrying the "terrorist fist bump," Michelle Obama being seen as the angry black woman, and her husband as a secret muslim. How does this cover do the editors' intended message any justice with the regular American(who doesn't read the New Yorker) but see such damning images on the newstands?
God, I hope we are smart enough to know satire when we see it. I guess, however, most Americans (as we have been dumbed down by successive administrations) do not know satire when we see it. Perhaps that is why the most popular "comedies" of today would make the Three Stooges blush. I wonder what so many who are objecting would think of Jonathan Swift..remember he advocated eating children. It is indeed a strange world, and growing stranger....
I hope that Art Spiegelman's assessment is correct. I believe that it is better to be talking about this openly than it is to allow it to fester.
I am glad I let my subscription to the New Yorker expire. This cover is not humor. I resent it, and I am white.
Where are these people from? As a non christian person,Spiegelman thinks it is Ok to denigrate others.He needs to read the Bible...what you do to others DEFINETLY WILL COME BACK TO YOU.Hope he has his chicken coop ready.
I thought it was really funny. This is a free country and we have freedom of speach and if you don't like it, well there are other countrys that you can join that have many restrictions.


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Lithium batteries are manufacturer dependent. I have a Canon G7 and G9 and Canon has ended producing the spare parts long ago. Would have been great if these equipment could have alternative battery sources. Li-ion batteries typically lasts 2 - 3 years max.
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A new category of marketing automation and sales effectiveness software was emerging to meet the CMOs' demand for data and measurability. The bet: online marketing is nascent and promising enough to drive a major reallocation of dollars.
Battery had tracked Marketo, a pioneer and clear market leader, for years; it was one of the fastest growing SaaS companies it'd seen. When the opportunity to invest arose, the team executed quickly – measured in days not weeks or months – to lead a $50M growth round.
A number of Battery portfolio companies were Marketo customers, and the team had extensive market knowledge from investments in success stories such as Omniture (2006 IPO, then acquired by Adobe), Bazaarvoice (2012 IPO) and ExactTarget (2012 IPO, then acquired by Saleforce.com).
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"Greg Page" is an Australian musician who is known as the lead vocalist on The Wiggles. Greg drove the Big Red Car and was very good at magic. He also plays guitar. He is the tallest Wiggle out of Murray, Anthony and Jeff. In 2013, he was replaced by Emma Watkins. He was also temporarily replaced by Sam Moran for five years (Late 2006- Early 2012) when he retired due to health issues.
He met Anthony, who took him to vist Macquarie University, and met Murray a few years before the Wiggles began when they were Early Education students at Macquarie University, and combined their music backgrounds and teaching skills to form The Wiggles. Being the youngest member of the Original Wiggles,Greg became a wiggle at the age of 19. When performing with The Wiggles, Greg Page wore a yellow shirt. Like the others, Greg Page had a schtick: his was doing magic tricks.
He has a sister named Belinda.
Influenced by his bandmate Anthony Field, he was a fan of Elvis Presley.
Greg's 2005 solo album, "Taking Care of Country", reflects his interest in Elvis Presley's music. It was recorded with the TCB Band, Elvis Preseley' back-up band. In Spring 2003, Greg Page performed in Las Vegas with the TCB Band. In 2002, Greg Page sang back-up (which means backing vocals) with Australian Elvis impersonator and lead singer, Mick Gerace. Page has accumulated an extensive collection of Elvis memorabilia, including the last Cadillac owned by Elvis, his personal and movie clothing, and original TCB Band necklaces.
Greg left the group in 2013 to spend more time with his family and friends. While he spends more time with his family and friends, he is replaced by Emma Watkins. Greg makes cameos in In Taking Off and The Wiggles Ready Steady Wiggle TV Series and as of late summer 2013, Greg landed in a new children show called Butterscotch's Playground where Greg Plays Himself/The Playground Ground Keeper.
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A conservative tells the truth about single motherhood.
It used to be a cliche in politics: "Congress is so gridlocked, it couldn't pass a resolution honoring Mother's Day." But now that hyperbole has all but come to pass. In this hyperpartisan political year, even motherhood is ammo for the howitzers.
Bay Buchanan has waded into the Mommy Wars with characteristic fearlessness, and her take might surprise you. From her time as treasurer of the United States under Ronald Reagan to her work advising GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, Buchanan's conservative credentials are gold-plated. Yet in her emotionally powerful new book, Bay and Her Boys, Buchanan rejects an ideological approach to the family. "We can talk about the importance of marriage and fathers all we want," she writes. "But we can't forget the 18 million kids whose fathers no longer live in their homes." The stat should hit you hard: the United States has more children growing up without a father than Germany has children.
Buchanan has written an unvarnished, at times heartbreaking, account of a young mother whose husband left her with boys who were 4 and 2--and with a third boy on the way. She doesn't sugarcoat the challenges. Her advice? If you lack job skills, get 'em; never trash the absent father to the kids; be the children's parent, not their friend; and, most important, put the kids first--in terms of your time, attention, and priorities. Buchanan recalls when she was at home fielding an important political call. Her young son wanted her attention and, like every parent trying to juggle work from home, she gave her young boy the universal sign for "one more minute"--an upraised index finger. Little Tommy's response? Toddling up on top of Bay's briefcase and peeing all over it. Message received.
When Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen said Ann Romney "never worked a day in her life," it was a 10-megaton explosion in the Mommy Wars. What you might not know is that, like Bay Buchanan, Hilary Rosen is a single mom. Four days a week she has custody of her two teenagers, juggling work and family on the high wire of politics.
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The months-long rift between Hideo Kojima and Konami seemingly came to an end Tuesday with news that the Metal Gear creator has officially left the publisher and started his own independent studio. The first title from the new Kojima Productions will be released exclusively on PlayStation 4.
Kojima made the announcement alongside Andrew House, president and global CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, in a video released last night.
Eighteen years after the release of the original, Square Enix and Sony announced last night at E3 that they're remaking Final Fantasy VII for PlayStation 4. Presumably other consoles will follow.
Development of the aptly titled Final Fantasy VII Remake will be led by key members of the original game team, including producer Yoshinori Kitase, director Tetsuya Nomura and scenario writer Kazushige Nojima.
For devoted gamers and Dark Knight fans, Sony this morning unveiled the limited-edition Batman: Arkham Knight PlayStation 4 bundle.
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Following a nearly year-long delay, Sony has finally released downloadable content for its Scott Pilgrim vs. The World game that not only adds Scott's roommate Wallace Wells as a playable character but also introduces an online multiplayer feature.
Released in 2010 by Ubisoft in conjunction with the big-screen adaptation of Bryan Lee O'Malley's graphic novel series, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up that, in its original form, allowed gamers to play as Scott Pilgrim, Ramona Flowers, Kim Pine or Stephen Stills, who must to battle their way through Ramona's Evil Exes (Knives Chau was later offered as DLC).
The new content pack is available for $4.99 on the PlayStation Network. Watch the trailer below.
Retailing | Sales of comics and graphic novels in the direct market rose 18.6 percent for the first half of the year, compared to the same period in 2011, reports the retail news and analysis site ICv2. John Jackson Miller adds that, "Retailers have already ordered more material through June — nearly $223 million in retail dollars— than they did in last year through July." He also points out that the second half of the year has outperformed the first half every year for the past decade, by an average of 10 percent, meaning we can probably expect 2012 to finish strong. [ICv2.com, Comichron]
Publishing | The new Valiant Entertainment would like to follow the movie "blueprint" that Marvel has laid out, according to a new profile of the reborn company. "Investors like to be able to compare concepts to other concepts," said Valiant chairman Peter Cuneo, former CEO of Marvel. "With Valiant, we very much have a blueprint to follow, which is Marvel." The profile mostly focuses on the business side of Valiant, as well as some of its history. [The New York Times]
Awards | Two titles from First Second won the graphic novel categories in the 2011 Cybils Awards, literary honors given by bloggers who write about children's and young-adult books: Ben Hatke's Zita the Spacegirl received the graphic novel prize in the Elementary & Middle School category, while Vera Brosgol's Anya's Ghost won in the Young Adult division. [Cybils]
Digital | With the Vita on the way, Sony is shutting down its PSP comics service, and users will lose their comics come September. [Gameranx]
Graphic novels | Craig Thompson's Blankets made Oprah's list of the eight greatest love stories of all time, taking its place alongside Brokeback Mountain and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. [Oprah.com]
This week's update will be the last for the PlayStation Digital Comics store, bringing to an Sony's nearly two-year-old service for the PlayStation Portable.
Announced in August 2009 and launched four months later, PlayStation Digital Comics permitted users to download comics from such publishers as DC, Marvel, IDW Publishing, Archie, Tokyopop and BOOM! Studios to handheld game console. The service amassed a library of more than 4,000 titles, which Sony says will remain available to PSP users.
In a brief announcement made Wednesday on the PlayStation blog, Grace Chen, director of the PlayStation Store, wrote that, "The Digital Comics Team will continue to work on bringing the comic service to other Sony devices." That suggests the service, or one similar to it, may be available for the PlayStation Vita, expected to be released in early 2012.
Good news for Liberty Meadows fans: Frank Cho is working on the long-awaited issue #38, after dropping plans (for now) to make it into an animated cartoon.
Liberty Meadows was originally a newspaper strip, but Cho's art and sense of humor kept bumping up against editorial standards, and he ended syndication in 2001; "I got tired of the censorship and the low pay," he told CBR in a 2006 interview, adding that his weakest strips were rush jobs done to fill in for strips that editors refused to run. Cho moved to a comic book format, first self-published, then through Image, but he put Liberty Meadows on hiatus in 2004, after issue #36. Issue #37 came out in 2009.
Cho let loose on his blog about his frustrations with Sony, which acquired the rights to create a downloadable Liberty Meadows cartoon for their Sony Digital division. Here's his account of how that went:
I wrote the original pilot episode but it was rejected for being too "risque". So other writers were brought in to tone it down and make it more kid friendly. Once I read the rewrite, I thought it completely missed the point of Liberty Meadows. So I rewrote the rewrite, and this went back and forth couple of times until we reached a compromised script. We turned that script into an traditional 2D animated pilot episode.
Enter Sony Television division. They saw the pilot episode and liked it. Liberty Meadows get bumped up to their television division and a TV series is planned. However there is one request, Sony Television people wanted Liberty Meadows to be more "risque" with adult humor like the "Family Guy". This is the point where I rip my hair out in frustration.
Then the recession hit and all the executives involved with the project left the company. Fortunately, Cho's contract had an inactivity clause (something the Tokyopop creators could have benefited from) so the rights have now reverted back to him.
His plan for now is to simply go back to drawing the strip, although he doesn't rule out another movie or TV deal "if the right offer comes along."
The beleaguered Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark was dealt another blow Tuesday with the announcement that T.V. Carpio, who plays the villain Arachne, will be sidelined for the next two weeks following an injury sustained during one of the show's many fight scenes.
According to The New York Times, Carpio was hurt during a March 16 preview performance in an aggressive Act II showdown between the eight-legged Arachne and Peter Parker (played that evening by Matthew James Thomas). Although the newspaper reports the nature of the injury was not disclosed, it's believed to be a neck injury; Broadway World contends it's "whiplash."
Understudy America Olivo has been performing as Arachne, and will continue in the part until Carpio's return.
Carpio is the fifth performer injured in a production plagued by difficulties. In fact, she took over the role of Arachne from original actress Natalie Mendoza, who left Spider-Man in late December after she suffered a concussion during the problem-filled first preview.
The $70-million musical, by far the most expensive and technically ambitious show in Broadway history, has had a tumultuous month — which is really saying something, considering its rocky past: In the wake of overwhelmingly negative reviews and rumors of behind-the-scenes tensions, director Julie Taymor stepped aside on March 9 to make way for an expanded creative team tasked with overhauling the production. And just this week a report surfaced that producers are seeking to replace choreographer Daniel Ezralow, a Taymor loyalist responsible for designing the ambitious flying sequences.
Preview performances will be shut down from April 19 to May 11 to accommodate what are expected to be sweeping changes to the show — including a reduction of Arachne's role. Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is now scheduled to open on June 14.
A post-Julie Taymor Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark will likely be a radically changed show, with many of the director's trademark elements altered or removed, multiple outlets report.
Among the rumored revisions are the strengthening of the love story between Peter Parker and Mary Jane, said to have been a point of contention between Taymor and some cast members, the loss of the widely panned "Deeply Furious" number, and a clarification of the Green Goblin's story arc (he dies in Act I only to reappear in Act II). But perhaps most notable are the plans for Arachne, the eight-legged villainess created by Taymor in 2002. The character, who dominates the second act, will see her scenes reduced or cut entirely, Bloomberg reports.
The details surfaced today, less than 24 hours after producers finally announced what many had expected for some time: that the beleagured director would leave and the critically savaged musical shut down for two weeks to undergo a massive overhaul. Philip William McKinley (The Boy From Oz) was brought in as Taymor's replacement to work with an expanded creative team that includes composers Bono and The Edge, musical consultant Paul Bogaev, playwright and comics writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, and sound designer Peter Hylenski. Opening night, most recently scheduled for March 15, will be delayed for a sixth time, to early summer.
As expected, the producers of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark announced this evening that Julie Taymor will step aside as director of the much-delayed and derided $65 million musical. They also confirmed that opening night has been moved from March 15 to early summer, marking the show's sixth postponement.
Taymor will be replaced by Philip William McKinley (The Boy From Oz), who joins an expanded creative team — it includes playwright and comics writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, musical consultant Paul Bogaev and sound designer Peter Hylenski — that will overhaul the production over the next three months. Performances are expected to shut down for two to three weeks in April and May to accommodate the retooling and rehearsals.
According to The New York Times, the producers, along with composers Bono and the Edge, told the cast this evening that Taymor was out but would remain involved in the show, although not in a day-to-day capacity.
That point was emphasized in a joint statement from lead producers Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J. Harris: "Julie Taymor is not leaving the creative team. Her vision has been at the heart of this production since its inception and will continue to be so. Julie's previous commitments mean that past March 15th, she cannot work the 24/7 necessary to make the changes in the production in order to be ready for our opening."
The Times notes that the producers' press release doesn't include a comment from Taymor, an omission the newspaper characterizes as "a sign of the discord among them." Indeed, today's announcement follows weeks of friction, during which the Tony Award-winning director reportedly refused requests by producers to allow outsiders to make changes to the widely panned show.
Besieged director Julie Taymor will leave Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark as producers prepare to shut down performances for two to three weeks to overhaul the $65 million musical, multiple sources report. However, The New York Times now contends she could remain in some capacity, "perhaps in name only," following her rumored resignation Tuesday night.
The news follows two days of negotiations that were believed to center on the Tony Award-winning Taymor either working with an expanded creative team to retool production, or possibly exit the show she co-wrote and shepherded to Broadway. "Taymor is out. She's left the building," a source close to the production tells the New York Daily News.
The shutdown dates for Spider-Man, which was supposed to open March 15, are expected to cover late April and early May, The Times reports. However, a spokesman sticks by the line that "the opening night is still scheduled for March 15." A shutdown would mean a loss of about $1.3 million a week — although still in previews, Spider-Man is one of the highest-grossing shows on Broadway — and push the production past the April 28 deadline for Tony Awards eligibility (apparently not a concern). Producers are now thought to be eyeing a June opening date, the show's sixth.
Director Julie Taymor, who just last week said she was "in the crucible and the fire of transformation," could be on her way out of the beleagured Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.
According to The New York Times, producers were negotiating Monday for the Tony Award winner to work with an expanded creative team — including veteran musical supervisor Paul Bogaev and possibly playwright/comics writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa — to overhaul the much-delayed and derided $65 million production. They're reportedly also deciding when to officially open, now that a sixth delay is inevitable.
The show was scheduled to open next Tuesday, a date described in January by lead producer Michael Cohl as "the final postponement," but The Times notes that theater critics have not received invitations, which are typically sent about two weeks before.
Taymor's departure would, of course, be a seismic change for the trouble musical, which she's steered from its genesis in 2002 through near-bankruptcy, repeated delays, cast departures, prolonged previews, injuries and critical scorn. Along the way, she's been called everything from a creative genius to a megalomaniac, all the while serving as a lightning rod for criticism.
By far the most expensive and technically complex show in Broadway history, Spider-Man added another superlative to the list on Sunday: With its 98th preview performance, it broke the record set in 1969 by Jackie Mason's A Teaspoon Every Four Hours.
When even the show's most vocal defender is reporting on an apparent sixth delay for Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, you begin to think there's something to the growing belief that the $65 million musical won't officially open until June.
Roger Friedman, a longtime friend of director Julie Taymor who's used his Showbiz411 website to chastise theater critics and counter reports by the New York Post's Michael Riedel, now says the March 15 date — described in January by lead producer Michael Cohl as "the final postponement" — is being called a "Hope-ening."
"One source says every time the show doesn't open they call it a 'Faux-pening'," Friedman writes this morning. He frames the move as a way to sidestep the April 28 deadline for the Tony Awards while giving the creative team more time to retool the show as much as possible within the constraints of the highly complex mechanics: "I am told that the feeling is that week to week the show is selling well enough ($1.55 mil last week.) that opening now, getting panned again, and then getting snubbed by the Tonys — which is likely — is worse than just staying the course and continuing to make improvements."
This latest delay was perhaps telegraphed early last month by a wave of negative reviews, followed by reports that comics writer and playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa had been approached to rewrite the book, and the hiring of veteran conductor and musical supervisor Paul Bogaev.
The troubled production, which has been plagued by mechanical glitches, injuries and cast departures as well as delays, was cited Friday by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for three serious safety violations for four separate incidents last year — including the one in which Christopher Tierney plunged from a platform on stage, breaking ribs and fracturing his skull. Producers were fined $12,600, a drop in the bucket for the most expensive show in Broadway history.


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During this special 3 hour tour on wheels, Alison will entertain you with personal anecdotes from her zero degrees of separation to the legends. You name it, Nasty Nellie has a story for just about everyone from Liberace to Michael Jackson, from Paris Hilton to the Manson Family.
In three hours, Alison will share her personal history geographically, from Gardner Elementary School (and her superstar classmate MJ) and Hollywood High School to the legendary Garden of Allah and the Chateau Marmont.
Of course there will be plenty of time for Q and A! Ask her anything! Included is also an autographed photo of Alison, and an opportunity to have your picture taken with her. Don't forget your camera! This is a rare treat - a tour given by an international television icon!
Alison has been there and seen it all, and for a limited time, is sharing it with us, the lucky ones at Dearly Departed Tours.
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|Rating: 2
Good Tour, but could have been better.
|Sun, Aug 23, 15 3:00 PM
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It was good to meet Alison, but the van was hot and sound system was not that great. Half way through we stopped for a bathroom break and when we got back at our required time they were selling her tee shirts, books, and autographed picture. All of that took an additional 20 minutes which was tacked on to the tour so it didnt finish at 6. It should have been done when the tour ended. I guess I expected more for $85. Alison's stories were great and loved meeting her.
|Rating: 5
My third nasty Nellie Oleson Tour; that should say
|Sun, Aug 23, 15 3:00 PM
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One reason the tour was wonderful for me is that Alison Arngrim is a wonderful person who gives. This includes thinking of each audience, big or small (small in this case) as a new set of people she can interact with. She couldn't dive a canned performance if she wanted to. This was my third tour, and of course there are some things covered that were in earlier tours. Bur there was a surprising amount of new material, and definitely her communications with the group were not the same...see above. Great tour guide and driver too.
|Rating: 5
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|Sun, Feb 8, 15 4:00 PM
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It's very rare in life to meet a celebrity or person who you followed while growing up. It is a "one in a million chance" to have that person give you a personal tour of his/her life and confess their trials and tribulations of being a child actor. None the less, having them stroll you through famous sites in Hollywood and Beverly Hills. Alison Arnigrim did just this!
I was very excited when I ran across a website stating she was giving a limited number of tours with a limited number of people. Immediately, I booked two tickets for my wife and I. Upon meeting her, Alison was very down to earth, totally cool, and extremely personable.
During our tour, we lazily perused the streets of Los Angeles, Alison revealing behind the scenes stories of Little House on the Prairie, as well as personal stories about her life growing up in Hollywood. From time to time, she would point out historical items of interest, letting you know that something "famous" happened there. She throws wit, charm, and humor in all of her stories making the experience most enjoyable. Richard, our driver, was just as amazing because he was full of so much Hollywood wisdom that it totally complimented Alison's stories. Our tour lasted about 3.5 hours.
I would HIGHLY recommend this tour if you are big Little House on the Prairie fan or just want an enjoyable night on the town, As Michael Landon stated "Remember me with smiles and laughter for that's way I'll remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears then don't remember me at all."
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Ms. Arngrim was endlessly gracious, willing to discuss any subject suggested by tourgoers. She was happy to sign anything and made sure that everyone who wanted photos was able to get them without feeling rushed. The stories were certainly entertaining - I highly recommend this tour for any "Prairie" fans, and anyone who is interested in Hollywood in general.
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Alison was very entertaining throughout the tour. She shared tons of behind-the-scenes information about Little House. However, the tour ended poorly. Alison had some friends along on the tour. The literally were talking behind our backs and criticizing us saying things such as "they didn't buy her book" (not a requirement of the $70 ticket price). Alison's friends represent her, and it was unprofessional that they insulted the people who actually paid for the tour. Too bad this initially fun tour ended on a sour note.
|Rating: 5
|Sun, Nov 2, 14 4:00 PM
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This tour was the most fun ever! I was a fan of Little House on the Prairie and when I heard that Allison Arngrim had a tour where she took fans to places where she grew up and dished dirt and some hilarious stories about her past, I said "sign me up!" Allison did not disappoint! She was incredibly down to earth and would enthusiastically answer any questions that were asked of her about her days "on the prairie". Our driver whose name unfortunately escapes me while writing this, was just awesome, adding in additional tidbits and trivia and pointing out other non-Nellie related points of interest along the tour. It was like a comedy podcast on wheels! If you were a fan of Little House or just want to enjoy a FUN time with an extremely entertaining lady, take this tour!
|Rating: 5
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thanks Alison..it was a blast!!!!!!!!!
|Rating: 5
3 hours with a wonderful lady & only 11 others
|Sun, Aug 24, 14 4:00 PM
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Alison Arngrim is a very funny and wonderful lady. To spend 3 hours with her and only 11 others is the treasure of a lifetime. I've now done it twice. She is smart, too, having chosen an excellent tour guide. She cares about her fans having a good time. It doesn't take a big mathematical brain to figure that she doesn't make a lot of money on tours of this size, but it is so obvious she loves doing it as much as we love going on the tour. This review form says I have a lot of space left, but how long does it take to say this tour is wonderful? Oh yeah, she is nasty all right. I don't want all my praise to destroy her nasty reputation. But I would love to get tossed into a mudpit by her!
|Rating: 5
|Sun, Jul 20, 14 4:00 PM
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Alison Arngrim is so kind and friendly, and she is a very funny comedian with a twist on a tour van! She will answer any questions, reveal personal experiences with Hollywood, stop for a milkshake during the restroom break at Farmers Market, and sign her photos. This tour was so fun! Even my colleague that I invited to the tour who never saw "Little House" was very entertained and liked it very much. The van tour guide along with Alison was like listening to a very funny radio show, but I was there! I would recommend this very original tour very highly. If she has another one with more funny stuff, I will definitely be there on the tour!
|Rating: 5
Wonderfully Nasty with Nellie Olsen
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Absolutely wonderful time with tour guide Richard and of course the beautiful and funny Alison Arngrim!! Alison took the time out at the Hollywood sign to take as many personal pictures with her as you wanted, the tour itself was great AND as a surprise added bonus she autographed a picture of herself to each person for FREE! Definitely recommend!!
- Do I have to purchase tickets in advance?
- Advance purchase is strongly suggested as tours often sell out quickly. To maximize your chances of getting the day and time you prefer, please book well in advance. Tickets may be purchased with a Visa, Mastercard, or American Express.
- What do I need to do?
- Book a ticket and show up!
- Is the tour suitable for children?
- There are stories that will no doubt be of an adult nature, so we would recommend ages 13 and up only on this tour.
- What happens if it rains?
- Since the tour takes place in an enclosed, climate-controlled vehicle, you'll be comfortable no matter what the weather brings. We have large windows on either side, so your visibility won't be impaired.
- Can I bring a camera?
- Absolutely. Alison will be happy to pose for a photograph with you.
- Can I bring food or beverages?
- Food is not allowed, neither is alcohol. Feel free to bring along a soda, water or coffee. A restroom break will be offered, about half way through the tour.
- What kind of bus will the tour be on?
- Your tour will take place on a climate controlled 13 seater mini bus. Your guide will also be driving and will tell you all about the sites on the tour using a microphone.
- Are there any stops on the tour?
- There will be one stop during the tour at the Hollywood sign to get out and take a picture with Alison, but otherwise the tour takes place entirely inside the tour bus. It is a mobile tour so we can cover a lot of ground!
- Is this a good sightseeing tour of L.A.?
- Although this tour does go through various neighborhoods and locations of interest, it is a tour focused on the personal history of little Nellie Oleson! It will give you a different view into LA than you would get on a standard sightseeing tour.
- Are there bathrooms available during the tour?
- There will be one bathroom stop about halfway through the tour.
- Is there room to stow my belongings on board?
- There is limited room on board the bus to store your belongings. There will be room under your seat for smaller items, but please do try to bring only what you will need with you to the tour.
- Is the bus handicapped accessible?
- If you have limited mobility and a collapsible wheelchair, we should be able to accommodate you and assist you into the bus. However, if you have a non-collapsible wheelchair or no mobility, unfortunately our bus is not equipped to be able to accommodate you. Please let us know whether or not you will need assistance upon purchasing your tickets.
- Where does the tour end?
- We return to our starting point, near Sunset Boulevard and Cassil Place.
- Can I book the whole bus for my group?
- If you'd like to book the entire bus for your group, all you need to do is purchase all 12 seats on the bus and the price will automatically be discounted. Then the bus will be booked for only your group!
- Are gift certificates available for the tour?
- Yes. To request a gift certificate, please contact Dearly Departed Tours directly via the "Contact DDTours" link to the left of the page.
- Can I book a tour for more than 12 people?
- No, because Alison can only be on one vehicle at a time, the tour is limited to 12 passengers!
Refund/Rescheduling Policy
- Non-refundable, cannot be rescheduled.
- Once purchased, tickets cannot be refunded and cannot be rescheduled because your space is being guaranteed at the event.
Weather Policy
- Activity takes place rain or shine.
- The activity runs regardless of weather conditions. In the rare situation where the seller is forced to cancel the event, ticket-holders will be allowed to reschedule to another time (subject to availability).
Other Policies
- Tour participants must be age 13 or older.
- Because this tour does include some mature and adult oriented stories, participants must be ages 13 or up.
Dearly Departed Tours
Dearly Departed Tours now offers a 3 hour tour with Alison Arngrim, Nasty Nellie Oleson from Little House on the Prairie.
Alison grew up in Los Angeles, and spent most of her life in front of the camera (and it shows!) She is now opening up her history, with a tour of her old Hollywood Haunts!


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Two major regulatory activities have framed global media policies since World War II: the New World Information and Communication Order (NWICO) and the more recent World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Through extensive research and testimonies from those involved, this book presents an in-depth account from the 1970s to the present of the major issues concerning information flow in international geopolitics, including a look at the negotiations surrounding the major policy debates. Few studies of NWICO and WSIS have considered the continuity between the two activities - or included in the debate the crucial intermediary period between - and this book provides new insight into an issue of multilingual and multicultural importance.


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U.S. v. STUDENTS CHALLENGING REGULATORY AGENCY PROCEDURE
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U.S. v. STUDENTS CHALLENGING REGULATORY AGENCY PROCEDURE , 409 U.S. 922 (1973)
UNITED STATES and Interstate Commerce Commission, appellants,
STUDENTS CHALLENGING REGULATORY AGENCY PROCEDURES (S.C.R.A.P.), et al.
No. 72-535.
Supreme Court of the United States
February 20, 1973
The motion of appellee Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures (S.C.R.A.P.) for leave to dispense with printing brief is granted. The motion of appellants for additional time for oral argument is granted and fifteen additional minutes are allotted for that purpose. The appellees are likewise granted fifteen additional minutes for oral argument. The motion of John F. Banzhaf, III, Esquire, to permit Peter H. Meyers, Esquire, to argue pro hac vice on behalf of appellee S.C.R.A.P. is granted. The motion of Philip Elman, Esquire, to permit John F. Dienelt, Esquire, to argue pro hac vice on behalf of appellees Environmental Defense Fund et al. is granted.[ U.S. v. Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedure 409 U.S. 922 (1973) ]
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Nissan Quest Reviews
Nissan Quest Reviews and Owner Comments
I wouldn't own another if it were given to me! I have had mine only a year and have had more problems with this van than any other vehicle I've ever owned, put together! Air conditioning problems had to fix twice! Alternator quit, then cv joints, now it won't even start with a new fuel pump, it must be electrical because there is no power to the radio, gauge cluster, or the fuel system?!?! Really? I would not ever buy another Nissan. Period.
Van is a cash cow seems to be in shop every other week. Engine mounts are the newest problem with van. Brakes and rotors have been replaced 3 times within one year. Passenger sliding door clips all broke causing door panel to fall off. Drivers side door lock broke. Van no longer beeps when using key throb and change key throb numerous times. Heater makes a noise sounding as if a door is opening and closing. Van is very loud with rattling noises. Cup holders have broken off on passenger seats. Dash board light always shows tires are low and sensors have been replaced twice. Wear on tires very bad have replaced tires (not cheap tires) 2 within a year. Van engine is now getting stuck in gear causing engine to rev extremely bad making me think it is the transmission. So many little things that are not normal keep up on van. Very disappointed with van. Loved the look of van and the inside of van but extremely extremely disappointed with van in whole. Will never ever purchase a Nissan again
We love our minivan looks luxurious I think it shares same platform with Altima. Controls are unique very comfortable equipped with Bi- xenon headlights, bluetooth, panoramic moon roof, navi, backup camera, intelligent key, fog lights and heated leather seats. V6 and CVT are both impressive gets 24mpg around city easy handling while has a smooth agile ride a gorgeous looking family minivan with all bells and whistles very equipped being one of the most superb vans ever had.
I am the second owner of a 3.5 S model, bought at 27K miles. Now have 45K miles. Has performed well, I tow a boat at 250 lbs. tongue weight and 2500 lbs. No problem at all. First mechanical problem, air temp. control not working correctly. Dealer wants to replace HVAC control modual at a cost of $640 just for parts.
Smoke from back of engine went under the hood couldn't find no leaks ..any suggestions
I bought mine six years ago and it had 117k on it and now 178k with just routine repairs as in any vehicle. It has been babied and still runs well. Good purchase on a used car and has lasted longer than expected! Long trips in this have spoiled me, the ride is very comfortable. I cannot say anything awful about this van from this year.
Bought new in 1993, now has 330,000 miles on it. Still drives pretty well, aside from the usual stuff. Never rebuilt, hardly ever worked on. Replaced an injector, alternator, water pump + starter. AC doesn't work anymore, and passive seat-belts finally quit. Has a LARGE amount of body/frame rust. All things considered, not bad for a 20 year old car with over 300K miles. I'm pretty sure the rust will get her before the engine/drive train goes bad.
Bought the 1999 Quest van new in March 1999, best vechicle i every had,no major problems, still drives as well as it did when i bought it, good gas mileage. Front air blower went out, so i traded last week for another nissan, miss it already. Hope the next ower have as must fun as i did with it. Miss you boo!
waater comming from tail pipe engine skips iM THINKING ITS THE HEAD GASKET WHAT COULD IT BE AND HOW MUCH TO FIX IT
I bought my 1994 quest in 1996 with 30K miles on it, I now have 205K miles and it has been a great car to own. No major problems and it is still running good.
If i press on the breaks, the house light comes on; the light that shows doors open also comes on but the doors are all closed. Any suggestions or fixes? Calimo
Got it used 3 years ago with 103k on it, now it has 133k. We LOVE it. Reliable and comfortable on long trips. Only issue I had was rear AC fan motor went out last year, but it was a cheap fix. Good gas mileage for a V6, 20-21 mpg for me 90% city short trips with AC on.
i love my nissan it came a long way and still going had it since 1999 and no major problems out of it . now it just need some sensors change and she would be alright again but it is still hanging in there after all these years . best car ever.
I love my Quest. I have 160,000 miles and have had no problems. the most comfortable car to drive. Can't wait to get a 2011, It sure looks beautiful in the pictures.
We bought the van new in 2005. It was at least $5k less than the Odyssey or Sienna. About three months later, we lost first or second gear in the transmission. The delearship replaced the transmission control unit and it's been fine since. Shortly thereafter, the dash storage compartment broke and needed replacement. It's a very comfortable vehicle. It glides down the highway like a luxury car. The exterior is still attractive and the paint has held up. I keep good wax on it. The seats are a little uncomfortable for me (6 ft) on long trips and the interior is cheap. Sometimes the ceiling vents will just fall down and the center of the dash is covered in something like felt that has worn and looks brown and gray from dirt - ugly. On occassion, the driver's window switch will not raise the window on the first try. We have over 60k on it now and the steering groans when you turn the wheel hard in either direction. There are no leaks and the power steering fluid is full. I hope it's the pump and not the steering box. I'm a DIY guy and I still haven't found a repair manual for this thing. That's crazy. I did find some exploded views of different systems somewhere online. Maybe the dealer has one. Everything is tight in the engine compartment like most vehicles these days, so I doubt any repair will be easy. I have no idea how I will get to the rear spark plugs (close to the firewall).
We bought our Quest GXE used in '02 on Ebay. Friends and family made fun of us. Turns out to have been one of the best vehicle decisions we've ever made. It has just developed a leak in the rear main seal, which is how I stumbled on this site; but overall, this van has toted our family trouble free to a lot of great memories over the years.
I have been having nothing but problems 3 x's with the a/c fan control (front and rear). 90k miles no real brake problems. I have gotten great gas mileage, once 475 miles from a tank.
I purchased this van for my mother and she loves it.
awesome vehicle, one of the best I have ever owned
I have own my quest for two year and have never had any problem,I have six kid's we travel alot,and there is room for all of us.I am now just getting new shock and brake's and tire's there is now 50.000 mile and my car run great.
put front brake pads in February at 165,000 changed wires, plugs, cap & rotor at 180,000 handles great in town & on highway
Great Vehicle! It is the second in a row that we have owned and it has always performed well.
I have a 2001 Nissan Quest with 136k and so far I have had issues such as sliding doors sticking & handles breaking off as a result. Also, the power windows have broken on both sides. The biggest problem is the brakes have been a bit of an issue. I have had them replaced 4 times and rotors twice. I finally went to a brakes forever store also and now have them looked at once a year. Finally, I am now having issues with Fuel Injectors. I just had one replace to the tune of $550 and was told the other 5 needs to be replaced as well for another $2,000. Yikes...Good luck for all you other Nissan Quest Owners...we are not sure but may go over to a Honda next time.
Over 180,000 mi. and still counting. Nobody else has had brake problems? I've talked to others who have complained front brakes wear out too fast. That's why we bought lifetime brake care from local chain repair shop. Also, strange thumping noise hitting brakes going down steep hills and no we don't have anti-lock. Cerritos dealership lied about timing chain rather than timing belt.
Purchased car new late 1995. 150k+ mile without an major repairs.


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New London — New London Main Street is hanging up its ice skates and getting out of the winter sports business.
The organization, whose focus is to enhance economic development, has notified the city that it will not open its synthetic ice rink on the Parade Plaza this winter. It would have been its third season.
"It was a great effort and great idea, but it may not have been the right fit for our historic waterfront district,'' Annah Perch, the new executive director of Main Street, said Wednesday.
Main Street notified its members in its August newsletter that it would no longer manage the ice rink.
"Though it was a tough decision, it has been decided that New London Main Street is not in a position to operate The Rink next season,'' said a post on Main Street's website.
Main Street plans to work with the city either to sell the rink or possibly lease it out to help pay off the $116,000 it owes the city.
In 2011, Main Street bought the 45-foot-by-90-foot rink with a loan from the city, which was to be repaid over five years with rink revenues and sponsorship income.
During its first season, the rink drew about 11,000 skaters, according to Main Street officials, and about as many onlookers. A survey of downtown businesses said the rink had brought more foot traffic downtown during the usually quiet winter months, and Main Street broke even. But last year, attendance was down significantly, according to Renee Fournier, Main Street board president.
City Councilor Adam Sprecace, the council liaison to Main Street, said there were several factors that lead to the failed season, including a change in leadership at Main Street and a drop in corporate sponsors. The city also cut Main Street's funding in half, to about $40,000. There was little money to advertise the rink, he said.
"I thought it was worth a try. I supported it,'' Sprecace said, adding that Main Street and the council would work together to sell or rent the rink to get the city's money back.
"I think it was worth a shot,'' he said. "Given different circumstances, it could have flourished."
The council will discuss what to do with the rink at an Economic Development Committee meeting. No date for that meeting has been set.
The city purchased the portable rink from Ice Rink Engineer and Manufacturing for $47,860, and a wall to encircle the rink from Sports Resource Group for $27,732. Additional money was spent on a sales booth, skates and a music system.
Main Street received two federal Community Development Block Grants, a grant from the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut and private sponsorships to help operate the rink. The first year, various businesses also donated money to offer free skating lessons and skate rentals to youngsters.
New London Main Street had first proposed leasing a rink for $40,000 for one month as a way to liven up the downtown business district during the winter months. But after some city officials visited Greenport, Long Island, where the town operates an ice rink near its business district, the City Council supported the idea of buying a rink. It opted for a synthetic ice rink because it would require less maintenance.
During the summer months, the rink has been stored in various locations in the city.
Main Street is in the midst of reorganizing and reconsidering its mission, Perch said. It will have its annual Fall Food Stroll and probably will continue to host its Fish Tales, Tugs and Sails event next summer. But it also wants to support those who put on events.
"We're getting back to brass tacks,'' she said, adding that the group will focus more on enhancing economic development rather than hosting events.
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Cranachs from Copenhagen
Bruce, Donald, Contemporary Review
Whilst the Kunstmuseum in Copenhagen is being refurbished, the London National Gallery has been enriched by the loan of three of its Cranachs: The Judgement of Paris, Cupid the Honey-Thief and Melancholia. There are ten paintings attributed to Lucas Cranach the Elder in the Copenhagen gallery, but only these three are of undisputed authenticity. They were in the Danish royal collection well before the eighteenth century, and may have belonged to Christian II, who fled to Wittenberg, where Cranach painted his portrait, in 1523.
They may be compared with variants, wholly or largely the work of the Elder Cranach, already in this country. The Judgement of Paris at Hampton Court has been in the British royal collection since at least the reign of James II. It was possibly presented to Henry VIII by Cranach's patron, the Elector John Frederick of Saxony, who was trying to form a Protestant League in Northern Europe from 1531 onwards. John Frederick sent an embassy to Henry VIII in 1539. If, as was customary, the ambassador brought a gift, it may well have been this small panel. Anne of Cleves, whom Henry VIII married for six months in 1540, was the Elector's sister-in-law. Cupid the Honey-Thief was bought by the National Gallery in 1963, and has been starkly cleaned. Melancholia, benignly lent by the Earl of Crawford, is in the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh.
Whilst there is no direct reference to the three goddesses' beauty-competition in the Iliad, the myth persisted in Greek Literature from Euripides's Trojan Women to Lucian's ribald Dialogues of the Gods. In the thirteenth-century age of chivalry Guido delle Colonne took up the story in his Historia Destructionis Troiae, which was imitated in most western European languages. The first book William Caxton printed was an English translation of a French compendium of the tales of Troy. The illuminations and, later, woodcuts in these Troy Romances always represented Paris and Mercury in late-medieval costume: Paris as a knight in armour and Mercury as a herald: a reverend signor fantastically plumed (half-bird sometimes, not just wing-sandalled). Consistently, in The Judgement of Paris (from Cranach's Studio) in the Bode Museum, Berlin, Mercury is feathered from neck to ankles. In classical times Mercury was thought of as an unageing youth and, indeed, the stepson of Juno, one of the competing goddesses, but the astrologers of the Middle Ages saw him as an elderly sage who, in his planetary guise, presided over artists and scholars; which is how Cranach's contemporary, the Master of the Housebook, depicted him.
Cranach painted six versions of The Judgement of Paris between 1527 and 1537, although he interrupted the sequence with pictures of The Three Graces, three of which, dated from 1531 to 1535, survived the destruction and looting of the Second World War. The two series cohere. The three goddesses of The Judgement of Paris are positioned in guileless attitudes (front, side and back) like the three Graces, and a model for The Three Graces sometimes reappears as one of the goddesses. Around their necks the Graces and the goddesses wear jewelled collars and gold chains, which may be evidence that Cranach was able to persuade ladies of the insouciant Saxon courts to pose naked for him, or at least allow him to impose their portraits on anonymous nudities.
In 1534 Cranach painted a portrait, now in the Dresden Gemaldegalerie, of Christiane von Eulenau, clearly a lady of some importance at the ducal court. He further depicted her as Voluptas, nude except for a prim oak-leaf, shortly after 1537, in his Hercules at the Crossroads. She also appears as one of Omphale's handmaidens in Hercules and Omphale, painted by Cranach's eldest son Hans in 1537 and now in the Thyssen Collection. Venus, in the studio picture in the Brussels Musee d'Art Ancien, at least facially resembles Sibylle of Cleves, wife of the Elector John Frederick. Lucas Cranach, fiend and supporter of Martin Luther, godfather to his children, and three times Burgomaster of Wittenberg between 1537 and 1544, remained 'a fellow of infinite jest'. …


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|Riener helps lead HSC to volleyball championship
|Written by Wauneta Breeze
|Thursday, 03 December 2015 00:00
Hastings St. Cecilia assistant volleyball coach Bethany Riener, back left, celebrates with team members following the Hawkettes sweep of Stanton in the 2015 Class C2 state championship game. (Courtesy photo | Father Adam Sughroue)
By Diane Stamm
The Wauneta Breeze
A face familiar to Wauneta residents was on the TV screen Nov. 14 following the Class C2 state volleyball championship game as Hastings St. Cecilia assistant volleyball coach Bethany Riener helped hand out state championship medals to the Hawkettes.
Riener has received her bachelor's degree in Exercise Science from Hastings College with a minor in coaching. She is currently taking classes at HC as she works toward a master's degree in secondary biology with an endorsement in K-12 PE.
Over the summer she worked at a golf course around Hastings. There, she met the Hastings St. Cecilia Athletic Director Randy Ahrens. With the retirement of longtime HSC volleyball coach Alan VanCura, Ahrens was looking for an assistant volleyball coach after the promotion of previous assistant Thera Jones.
Van Cura was known as "The Legend" after leading HSC for 40 years. Van Cura wrapped up his career with 803 wins and six state championships in 20 state tournament appearances.
Ahrens asked if Riener wanted to help coach the Hawkettes.
Riener has previously coached freshman and junior varsity basketball and loved it. The time was right to see if she liked coaching volleyball as much.
"At first it was kind of intimidating because the girls were around my age," said Riener, but said it helped when she was able to participate right off the bat when girls asked her to run with them during conditioning.
The team had "lost a lot of seniors" from the previous season and Riener said Jones was not sure how the season would go.
It got off to a rough 0-4 start, with the team's libero out. After a couple easy wins, the team started to struggle again.
Jones made a change in rotation, that helped but Riener said the team members were frustrated with ball distribution.
A circle talk helped players "get stuff off their chests," but the team continued to struggle to bond.
Following a loss to Sandy Creek on Oct. 15, Riener said she spoke to the team, saying that they were playing as individuals and wouldn't win another game if it stayed that way.
The Hawkettes soon turned the season around, heading into the state tournament by winning five of its last six games.
Riener believes the adversity helped in HSC's run to the state championship.
"We knew how to come back," she said, adding that it was frustrating for some of the teams HSC faced.
The season was a great learning experience for the 2011 Wauneta-Palisade graduate.
She said she learned a lot from Jones, including trying new things and being passionate and willing to help the team. Interacting with parents was also a new experience.
Riener touched base with WP coach Michelle Harchelroad during the season for advice. Though she says she's not ready to be a head coach at a bigger school yet, Riener wouldn't rule out coaching at a school like WP in the future.
For now she plans on returning as an assistant at HSC next year and is looking forward to a May 2017 graduation from Hastings College.