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Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church
6410 Lee Jackson Highway, P.O. Box 8, Steeles Tavern, VA 24476 - 540-377-6742
People consider many things when looking for a church home, or just visiting.
Be assured Mt. Carmel will welcome you with open arms and hearts.
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Whatever you're looking for... you mean something to God. As God's church, you mean something to us. You are always welcome here.
Pastor: Rev. Olivia Haney
Past sermons are available to read by clicking
on the link on the left side of this page
Everyone Together Celebrating
September 11, 2016 Outdoor Worship
(weather permitting)
Blue Ridge Brass Provides special music
Luncheon: Chicken provided.
Bring side dishes to share.
Mission Project: compile emergency school
bags to be distributed to students in case
of natural disaster.
Lap Blankets can be found
in the pews. These are for your use
during services in case you are chilly.
Here are some photos taken at the ETC day at Mt. Carmel. We had nice weather, even though a bit breezy and cool. The Blue Ridge Brass provided wonderful additional service music as we worshiped God. The smell of barbecue chicken wafted around the corner as lunch was being prepared on the grounds. Be sure to click on the link to the left and read the sermon from Sunday, "The Practice Field". It was truly a day of experimentation and "practicing", working together as a church community to work through what came our way and enabled us to turn our thought to preparing the way for the Savior's advent.
We are the church as God intended ..."...a community of believers who come together to follow the teachings of the Bible and spread the message of God's love. Along the way, we teach and share. We sing and laugh. We roll up our sleeves and get involved. And sometimes, we're quietly still in the presence of God."
God's presence in your life
Mt. Carmel is joining the 21st century, slowly but surely!. With the addition of the two Apple TVs at the front of the sanctuary we can now project items from the apple phone, I-Pad, or computer for all to see. We have begun placing all prayers, hymns, readings, responses, etc. on the TV screens for everyone to see. During the collection of the offering we will post a photo hopefully contributed by one of you. We suggest something that demonstrates God's presence in your life and our world.
Meet our two "adopted" children from Ethiopia.
Mt. Carmel is helping to support them through the ICare program.
Mitiku Roba Gubu
Lema Zewude
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Sunday School ... 10:00AM
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Children's Church during worship after Children's Message
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Lay Leader: Elliott Boyd
Greeter: Helen Chew
Children's Sermon: Taysha Patterson
Lay Leader: Helen Chew Greeter: Dale Earhart
Children's Sermon: Debbie Shickel
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Children's Sermon: Becky Boyd
Lay Leader: David Smith Greeter: Nancy May
Children's Sermon: Diann Snyder
Oct 5, 2014
The work of the Mission Committee is to create a mission mindset for our church in everything we do.
Serve and tell the story of Jesus Christ to those outside the walls of the church.
(Matthew 28:19)
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A worship service is a celebration. It is a time when we come into God's presence and praise Him. Each service is filled with music and teaching, joy and insight.
We provide many opportunities for people of all ages to experience and celebrate God and a life of faith.
So we can sing it,
and tell it, and live it.
Our building is handicapped entry friendly including ramps, restrooms on two levels, and ground level entrances. It is also air conditioned for summer comfort.
We welcome all who
wish to worship with us. Travelers are extremely welcome, whether bikers, campers or 18 wheelers.


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Try eating these fat-fighting foods to drop a few pounds. The list comes to us from WebMD.
1.) Greek Yogurt
It has twice as much protein as other yogurts.
2.) Quinoa
This whole grain has 8 grams of hunger-busting protein and 5 grams of fiber in one cup.
3.) Cinnamon
Studies suggest cinnamon may have a stabilizing effect on blood sugar levels.
4.) Hot Peppers
Hot peppers contain a compound that can curb appetite and speed up metabolism.
5.) Green Tea
The tea may promote weight loss by stimulating the body to burn abdominal fat.
6.) Grapefruit
It can help you feel full, with fewer calories.
7.) Watermelon
Watermelon is high in water.
8.) Pears and Apples
They are high in water content and fiber.
9.) Grapes vs. Raisins
The larger portion of grapes is likely to feel more satisfying.
10.) Berries
They can satisfy your sweet tooth!
11.) Raw Vegetables
They satisfy your desire for crunchy foods.
12.) Sweet potatoes
They are so full of flavor you won't need butter or sour cream.
13.) Eggs
The more protein you eat in the morning, the better!
14.) Coffee
It helps rev up your metabolism.
15.) Oatmeal
It's fiber-rich, has whole-grain oats and water.
16.) Crispbreads
Crispbreads offer a low-fat, fiber-packed alternative to traditional crackers.
17.) Tabouli
It's high in fiber and protein, but low in fat and calories.
18.) Soup
It's full of water and fills you up.
19.) Salad
The lettuce has plenty of water content that helps fill you up.
20.) Vinegar
A study suggests vinegar helps the body break down fat.
21.) Nuts
They are high in protein, fiber and heart-healthy fats.
22.) Air-popped popcorn.
Popcorn is low in calories.
23.) Skim Milk
It has protein and calcium and none of the fat in whole milk.
24.) Lean meat
Skinless chicken breast is a great choice, and some cuts of beef can make the grade.
25.) Fish
Salmon is one that is high in protein.
26.) Beans
They are a great source of fiber and high in protein.
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Everyone contributed to their four-game sweep of the Coyotes. If ever there was a playoff series that demonstrated a team's depth, this was it.
Thirteen players scored at least one goal. Sixteen players chipped in at least one point. And those who didn't get on the scoresheet contributed in other ways -- playing solid defensively, being physical, winning faceoffs.
The best teams in the NHL all have players they try to hide on their fourth line or their third defense pairing. The Red Wings make every player feel important. Everyone has a specialty role, either on the power play or penalty-killing units, or both.
All four lines contributed. All three defense pairings stepped up. Goaltender Jimmy Howard showed the consistency he played with the first two months of the season. For the second year in a row, he outplayed his more celebrated counterpart, Ilya Bryzgalov, and by a wide margin.
Phoenix didn't know which line was going to present the most problems on a given night. Usually it was multiple lines.
"They kept coming, and there's just not much room out there against those guys," Coyotes defenseman Keith Yandle said Wednesday after Detroit's 6-3 win in Game 4. "Every guy on that team came hard, finished checks, and if you turn (the puck) over, they have the skill to make you pay for it.
"If they play this well, they're going to go far."
The Red Wings are averaging more goals per game in the playoffs (4.5) than they did in the regular season (3.13), which doesn't happen too often. They never trailed by more than one goal. They were behind a total of 18:03 in the four games.
They allowed only four even-strength goals in four games -- and two of those were on shots that went off the skates of their own players.
"It shows the depth we have, not relying on a couple of guys to score all the time," captain Nicklas Lidstrom said. "It makes it harder to play against us, makes it harder to match-up against us."
This series was teeming with positive signs that bode well for the rest of the playoffs.
Their best defenseman in the series, Niklas Kronwall, plays on the third pairing. Darren Helm, the forward other than Pavel Datsyuk who made the biggest impact game-in and game-out, plays on the fourth line.
Lidstrom, who might win his seventh Norris Trophy as the league's top defenseman, needed to log only 19:34 a game. Amazingly, that ranked fifth on the team in ice time among defensemen.
The Red Wings recorded their third playoff sweep in four years without their leading scorer from the regular season, Henrik Zetterberg, and for 1½ games, their leading goal-scorer, Johan Franzen. Both will return for the start of the next series.
"It's a good series for us," coach Mike Babcock said. "Anytime you can win four straight and not risk getting hurt, that's a positive thing."
After needing seven games and three trips out West to dispatch the Coyotes a year ago, the Red Wings weren't fooling around this time. They played with poise and purpose. They were determined to end this series as quickly, efficiently and painlessly as possible.
Now they will have a much-needed week-long break to heal injuries and rest before the next round, which will be much tougher.
It's possible the Red Wings might not have home-ice advantage for the rest of the playoffs. It's possible they could play San Jose and Vancouver in the next two rounds. If so, they'll be doing a lot of traveling, making it even more imperative that they closed out the Coyotes without having to make a second trip to the desert.
Phoenix turned out to be the ideal first-round opponent. It's a good, balanced, well-coached team but not particularly hard to play against, lacking a dominant line and a shut-down defenseman, destined to go only as far as its goalie could take it.
Detroit is the only team to record a first-round sweep. Taking the path of least resistance is one of the keys to a long playoff run.
It wasn't all rosy. The Red Wings allowed a below-average power play to convert on 6-of-18 opportunities, in part because Lidstrom rarely is on the penalty-kill now, in order to reduce his minutes. But if that's the biggest issue heading into the next round, they're in good shape.
"It's a hell of a team," Bryzgalov said. "They execute well and they have excellent players."


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UPDATE: APSB says schools in Fifth Ward closed Monday
Sun, 01/13/2013 - 4:54pm
CROWLEY - The Acadia Parish School Board has announced that schools in the parish will be open Monday with the exception of those in the Fifth Ward.
Those schools are Estherwood, Merementau and Morse Elementary and Midland High School.
However, any student who is unable to get to school safely because of high water will have the absence excused.


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San Antonio Spurs' Kawhi Leonard may have passed on playing with Team USA, but he took time to be in a rap video by TYGA.
Kawhi doesn't take the mic or rap in the video, but simply is filmed celebrating the Spurs' 2014 NBA crown complete with champagne bottles with sparklers, girls in bikinis holding up a cut-out of his face, and a huge "MVP" sign behind him when he makes his grand entrance.
Check out Kawhi at the 52 second point of the video below but be warned, the rap song is NSFW due to its lyrics.


text: Do you like the wairoware games on the DS and gameboy? It is just like that but with rayman. It is a great party game and it shows off the wii controls brilliantly. I suggest it if you like minigames and plan to have some friends over for a good bit of fun.


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At the Dallas City Council's final meeting before summer break on July 26, it will be asked to approve a $1-million economic development grant for the Arboretum Village shopping center, which is currently an enormous swath of barren concrete and empty buildings sitting at the busy intersection of Grand and Gaston Avenues near White Rock Lake.
In exchange, developer Lincoln Property Co. has agreed to anchor the give-or-take 80,000 square feet of space with a fresh-food grocery store, says Karl Zavitkovsky, head of the city's Office of Economic Development. The grocery store's doors will have to be open by no later than December 31, 2014. And while Lincoln isn't saying with whom they'll do their shopping, sources familiar with the deal say it's Fresh Market - which makes sense, given the fact the North Carolina-based grocer is also moving into Lincoln's Turtle Creek Village, as our Steve Brown recently reported.
Zavitkovsky says the deal is also tied to $10 million in project costs. As in, Lincoln will have to spend at least that much in "site work, renovations, new construction, design and so forth" by December 31, 2015, in order to secure the grant.
... a look from a different perspective
"To me, the biggest thing is they're bringing a fresh-food grocery store in there," says Zavitkovsky, who points out that not so long ago the strip was anchored by a YMCA, which has since moved, and Far West, which he calls "a disruptive club that was a bad neighborhood situation. I ride my bike around White Rock and that area all the time and have always seen that center, which has become a big eyesore. This is a really good opportunity to work a good partner."
As you can see in the renderings, which were recently posted to Lincoln's website, the developer's also looking to add space - perhaps as much as 20,000 square feet worth of buildings in the parking lot, says Zavitkovsky. But the deal is not tied to new development, just redevelopment of the existing properties.
When asked about the size of the grant, the head of economic development insists it's worth it: Lincoln will have spent $40 million on the project, including land acquisition, when all is said and done.
"And as far as I'm concerned, it's a simple deal," he says. "I'm always happy to get what I understand will be a fresh-food grocer, and it cleans up the neighborhood, which is always first and foremost to me."
The council's Economic Development Committee will be briefed on the grant Monday.
And one thing's clear: The Dallas Arboretum had better build that garage pronto, since this is its overflow parking lot.


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Mac Mods: Power Mac G5 Skateboard
Here's a crazy, fun and maybe dangerous Mac mod worth an extended look. Whereas Apple's original iMac can be made into a nice cat cozy or aquarium, what about the great big hunk o' Aluminum that is the Power Mac G5? At least one has been been milled and machined into a skateboard.
Redditor autocorrector stumbled upon "…this aluminium skateboard in a student shop. It looked oddly familiar…" A cool catch to be sure.
That said, the Power Mac G5 skateboard probably isn't safe for shredding. Nevertheless, the comments that accompanied this pic definitely are.
— "At least it's not liquid cooled that might leak…" quips clunkclunk.
— "and of course, it doesn't work with any new accessories. f****ng apple," adds johns2289.
— And, my favorite from mike413, "Just run Hardware Update from the apple menu, it should be fine."
And, if that doesn't work, repairing the permissions is a sure bet.
What's your favorite Mac mod? Share the story, a pic and/or a link in the comments below…
See also: iMac cat cozy, iMac aquarium
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ANGLOGOLD Ashanti is understood to have listed seven candidates to replace Mark Cutifani as CEO, with speculation that ArcelorMittal's global head of mining, Peter Kukielski, is on the list.
The highly rated Mr Cutifani took the helm at London-based Anglo American this month, leaving a chasm at the head of the gold company, which mines in 20 countries.
AngloGold's need to replace Mr Cutifani comes at a bad time, with its share price down 29.5% in the past year and gold miners battling power shortages and looming pay talks.
This week, reports emerged that government had torpedoed AngloGold's plans to split its South African assets from overseas mines.
According to Bloomberg, shareholders, including billionaire hedge fund investor John Paulson, wanted the company to split its assets to lift its share price. Mr Paulson said the plan could boost the stock 68%.
However, government had apparently refused to sanction the plan.
Investors reacted badly to the news as AngloGold's share price fell 2.98% on the JSE on Friday after losing 3.1% on Thursday.
In November, Gold Fields split its assets, moving the South African operations into Sibanye Gold.
It is understood that AngloGold Ashanti had 15 applicants for the CEO's position, and it has now drawn up a short list of seven.
One of the candidates touted to replace Mr Cutifani is Neville Nicolau, its former chief operating officer who left for Anglo American's platinum arm Anglo Platinum (Amplats).
Sources say Mr Kukielski was in Johannesburg last week and met several AngloGold Ashanti directors, including chair Tito Mboweni.
AngloGold spokesman Alan Fine refused to reveal who the candidates are. "All I can tell you is that we have appointed a search agency, and the search is both internal and external. The process has already started," he said.
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Montreal Comic Con is 35 days away and I am super stoked to see the full Star Trek: The Next Generation cast make a full reunion with the announcement of Patrick Stewart joining the con. But don't forget that other lil' roll he played in geek movie culture.... Professor X of the X-Men. For those of you who are not X-Men buffs, Mashable has created this awesome, and funny, 3 miniute tutorial on everything you need to know about your favourite mutants. Check it out!
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Sheryl Crow rocks at SeaWorld's Bands, Brew & BBQ festival
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Sheryl Crow and her family rounded out SeaWorld's Bands, Brew & BBQ festival on Sunday.
Crow and her sons, Levi and Wyatt, spent the day at the park before her performance that evening.
The family got to meet Clyde, a California sea lion.
SeaWorld Orlando's annual Bands, Brew & BBQ festival features a variety of craft brews, barbecue selections and chart-topping country and rock performances.
Crow's performance was the last at the festival which included performances by Styx, Third Eye Blind and Darius Rucker over six weekends.
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- A woman in the 1100 block of East Third Street called at 10:36 a.m. Thursday to report she and a friend have been getting automated telephone messages from a company called W.N. Physicians. The messages said they had been selected via the Internet for a job application through a job search. Neither of them had applied with this company.
- Officers were dispatched at 8:09 a.m. Thursday to the 100 block of North Ellsworth Avenue after the fire department was contacted for a medical call. It was unknown why a woman called for an ambulance for herself. She declined treatment and left the area.
- Police were called at 7:46 a.m. Thursday to the 1500 block of Salem Parkway West for an attempted theft overnight. Someone had attempted to remove a large block motor from the side of a business, but were unable to load it into a truck. Suggestions were provided on how to better protect the property.
- A disturbance was reported at 6 a.m. Thursday in the 100 block of North Ellsworth Avenue where all parties were separated when police arrived and said there were no further problems and nothing needed from officers.
- An officer on Thursday was able to identify a truck involved in wires coming down in the 600 block of North Ellsworth Avenue two days ago. Lisa Hutter called police at 3:21 p.m. Tuesday to report a semi truck caused wires to be pulled from her residence. She lost her phone and Internet service due to the damage. The wires were moved off of the road. An officer spoke with a company spokesman regarding the truck. The spokesman claimed the semi truck was not at fault and the cable company would have to fix the damage. She claimed the wires must be a minium height of 13 feet 6 inches and their trucks were under that. She did admit the driver got turned around off of his route and was in that area at that time.
- A man from Continental Drive reported at 4:32 a.m. Thursday that while riding his bike in the area of the water tower off of Roosevelt Avenue, he heard a dog barking. Officers checked the area and did not hear any dogs.
- The owner of a tan Chevy Cavalier reported at 11:49 p.m. Wednesday that the passenger side front tire was cut while the vehicle was parked in a drive in the 300 block of Newgarden Avenue. An officer observed a 1-inch cut in the sidewall of the tire.
- Officers responded to the 900 block of East Fifth Street at 5:10 p.m. Wednesday for a report of a vehicle blocking a public alley. Officers located the vehicle and made contact with the owner at a nearby residence, asking that the vehicle be moved.
- An officer assisted with a large funeral procession at 3:10 p.m. Wednesday from a church on Newgarden Avenue over the overpass to avoid the railroad tracks and then to the cemetery.
- Someone reported at 4:40 a.m. Wednesday a suspicious vehicle was at Cobbler's Corner and people were going in and out of the store. Police checked and found the vehicle belonged to the store owner.
- A man reported at 1 p.m. Wednesday someone was following his sister on West Park Avenue.
- A South Middle Street woman reported at 5:32 p.m. Wednesday her vehicle was egged.
- At 6:23 p.m. Wednesday a man turned in a debit card he found at PNC Bank north.
- A South Middle Street man reported at 11:16 p.m. Wednesday someone was walking around his home with a flashlight.
- Ken Woods of the county Mental Health Center called 5 p.m. Wednesday for help looking for a client from Apple Grove apartments, who fled because they were making arrangements to have him transported to a hospital for observation.
- A West High Street woman reported Wednesday being harassed over the phone by her ex-husband.
- A sales clerk at the BP station reported there was a suspicious vehicle parked at the pumps at 10:19 p.m. Wednesday.
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Obituary: Pamela Mewett
Memorial services were held April 23 for Woodinville resident Pamela Mewett, who died April 14 in Seattle.
Mrs. Mewett is survived by her husband Ron and children, Alek and Cayley. Mrs. Mewett's parents are Kath and Chris Jarman of Harpenden, England.
The family suggests memorials in her name be made to the Virginia Mason Foundation, Pancreatic Cancer Research, Dept. 34, P.O. Box 34935, Seattle, WA 98124.


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On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:31:35 +0300, serge wrote:
> Hi
> excuse me for stupid question
> but I somehow forgot howto to burn a iso image
> to CD.
> I downloaded linux images and
> in NERO chose "CD iso" and just
> put the first iso file. That's it.
> the file was recorded but I couldn't boot
> from it and start installation:-(((
> So What I do wrong ? How to burn a instalation iso image so that it should
> possible to boot from it?
> Thank you very much
That should do it. I'd suggest mounting the CD (on an MS machine or
anything else) and see if it has one file named whatever.iso or several
files and directories. If the latter, then it has been created properly.
You may need to get into you machines BIOS setup and enable booting from
CD before the hard disk.


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Mike Payne
I'm Mike Payne, Conservative councillor and CPF Regional Co-ordinator for Yorkshire and Humberside and I'm seeking to become the CPF National Director. On this website you can find out what I would do in the role and more about me.
I know CPF Inside Out
I'm already Regional CPF Co-ordinator for Yorkshire and Humberside and Chair of the Calderdale CPF group, I know how CPF works, from National level to its roots. I was once told by a CPF team member that I have CPF in my DNA! I will carry on the legacy of Spencer Pitfield and take it to the next level.
I'm a volunteer through and through
I've been a party volunteer since I was five. I've organised a wide variety of national and regional events and we already have plans for a regional CPF conference in Leeds in February 2016. I was a battle bus member for 2015 and won my own election in Sowerby Bridge against bitter Labour opposition.
I have the capacity to undertake this position
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Can someone please explain how I do last part - (iii). I can do (i) and (ii).
A firework is buried so that its top is at ground level and it projects sparks all at a speed of 8 ms^-1. Air resistance is neglected.
Use in this question.
See attached picture of firework. Basically sparks coming out from ground. But no spark with angle of exit less than 30 degrees.
(i) Calculate the height reached by a spark projected vertically and explain why no spark can reach a height greater than this.
Max height reached when vertical velocity = 0
3.2m is correct answer so that is fine.
(ii) For a spark projected at to the horizontal over horizontal ground. Show that its height in metres t seconds after projection is
u_v when speed is 8 and angle 30 degress is 8 x sin(30) = 4.
Spark lands when
But this next part I can't work out how to do.
(iii) For what angle of projection will a spark reach a maximum height of 2m?
But there are two variables - t and the angle. So how do I work out angle???
For what angle of projection will a spark reach a maximum height of 2m?
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Why would you want to find t? You aren't continuing from the same situation as (ii) - the angle is now the unknown you're trying to find, so you can't take it to be 30 (and if you did take it as 30 what other angle do you think you're trying to find?). The vertical component of u determines the maximum height, so find this value and equate it to 8sin(theta) to find the angle
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And not exactly in keeping with Streisand's ultraglam image. So, you've got to wonder: Does a guy who does AAMCO commercials rate a two-time Oscar winner obsessed with perfection? Clearly, the answer is yes. Judging from the twinkle in Streisand's eyes these days—and the way she gushes like a gaga adolescent about her new love—this silver-haired hunk has done more than jump-start her transmission. At 55, Streisand has wealth (estimated at more than $100 million), power (she produces, stars in and directs her own films), more gold albums than anyone but Elvis and the Beatles (her latest, Higher Ground, has sold 5 million copies) and enough award statuettes to adorn her American Arts and Crafts furniture. But until a year and a half ago, when she met the former star of TV's Marcus Welby, M.D., Hotel and, yes, the 1980 bomb Night of the Juggler, Hollywood's top diva had yet to find a guy unintimidated by her high-profile romances (Ryan O'Neal, Don Johnson) or her reputation for being difficult.
"Jim isn't impressed by all the celebrity stuff," says Michael Bucher, a cinematographer and longtime friend. "He doesn't care." Says songwriter Linda Thompson, a Streisand pal for 11 years: "Beneath that world-famous icon there's a little girl, and Jim sees the vulnerability and tenderness. He gets her. It's like she's finally at home."
And a cozy place it is. In the fall of '96, the twice-divorced Brolin, 57, left his two-bedroom Pacific Palisades condo to move into Streisand's sprawling Malibu compound (complete with three individual homes, a pool and manicured gardens). And though they became engaged last April, when he slipped a 10-carat diamond onto her dainty, well-manicured hand, a wedding date has yet to be set. "We're trying to find the right place, so the press won't be around," Streisand says. Brolin knows how hard that can be. On Feb. 19 he scuffled with New York Daily News photographer Richard Corkery in Manhattan after Corkery shot the pair outside a movie theater (Corkery was treated for minor facial injuries; both he and Brolin have filed harassment complaints). "The guy was blocking my path," says Brolin. "There was no deliberate contact. My only thought when we're out in public is making sure Barbra is protected."
Perhaps because of the interest they generate, the couple often stay home, where their enthusiasm for one another is as sincere as it is syrupy. When Brolin says, "I've felt married almost from the moment I sat down next to her," she sighs and says, "Yeah!" And when he isn't in San Diego filming his syndicated TV series Pensacola: Wings of Gold, the two snuggle in Streisand's ocean-view bedroom. "We can bring newspapers, books and food into bed and have a wonderful time," she says. "We talk deeply, and we feel deeply." Says Brolin (who calls his fiancée Beezer): "We've been known to wake up, and suddenly it's dark again."
And when they venture out? "We love road trips," confides Streisand. Adds Brolin: "Barbra makes the best sandwiches and feeds them to me." Recently, Brolin even took Streisand—she of the Donna Karan clothes—to the local Target discount store. "Jim likes getting in the car and going," says the singer's good friend Marge Tabankin, director of the Streisand Foundation (a philanthropic organization, it benefits the environment, civil rights and other causes). "If they end up stopping in front of a cheap motel, that's what happens. She's having everyday experiences and loving it."
Love is a two-way street, of course. Hardly a gossip column headliner on his own, Brolin now reads stories about when and where they'll tie the knot. Last year it was Block Island, R.I., then Martha's Vineyard (neither site was ever considered). The relationship has meant other changes too. In 1986, when Streisand raised $1.5 million for Democratic campaigns at her house singing for stars such as Bette Midler and Goldie Hawn, Brolin—who had yet to meet her (and whose last movie had been Pee-wee 's Big Adventure)—drove by and, he recalls, "wished I was invited." On Feb. 5 he was at her side at the White House dinner for British Prime Minister Tony Blair (once an independent, he had switched to Streisand's team by the time they met). And if the flu hadn't forced Barbra to cancel her appearance at the Grammys on Feb. 25—she was scheduled to sing her duet "Tell Him" with Celine Dion—her beau would definitely have been there. "He's mesmerized by her talent," says Tabankin. "He has a desire for her to be as good as she can be."
For both, bliss has been a long time coming. The L.A.-bred son of a contractor and his homemaker wife, Brolin wed Jane Agee, an assistant casting agent who helped him land his Marcus Welby role (1969-76), just 12 days after they met in the mid-'60s. The night before the wedding, he says, "I knew I was making a mistake." Nonetheless, that union lasted two decades and produced two sons, Josh, now 30 and an actor, and Jess, 25, a film production assistant. The end came in the form of Mismatch No. 2, actress Jan Smithers (WKRP in Cincinnati). She and Brolin married in '86, had Molly, now 10, and split nearly three years ago. "I was in the middle of a divorce and getting married again," he says. "I couldn't see clearly."
Streisand's failed loves got more press—which may have been part of her problem. ("The media destroys relationships," she told Vanity Fair in '94.) Elliott Gould, father of her son Jason, now 31 and an actor, fell in love in the early '60s with the struggling actress. As she became the star of Funny Girl and Hello, Dolly!, Gould's career languished, and their eight-year marriage fizzled in 1971. Streisand dated Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, then began a volatile eight-year affair with hairdresser-turned-producer Jon Peters ("We laugh, we fight, we spit at each other," she told PEOPLE in 1977) before moving on to ice cream heir Richard Baskin and composer James Newton Howard, among others. "She's dated a lot," says Tabankin, "but in recent years there wasn't anything serious." Says Linda Thompson: "Occasionally we'd think about fixing up Barbra, but who has that kind of Rolodex?"
Romantically unfulfilled as she hit 50, Streisand, who has grown close to her mother in recent years and whose English-teacher father died when she was only 15 months old, looked inward. She forged a warm friendship with Virginia Kelley, President Clinton's mother, and conquered performance fears by taking the stage in Vegas on New Year's Eve '93. Kelley's death from breast cancer just days after attending the show forced Streisand to take stock. By '96, "I was liking my solitude. I had been given so many blessings, [I thought] maybe a relationship was an area I could never have—and that was okay."
Coincidentally, Brolin, who lived in his condo 20 minutes away, had also made peace with being alone. "All I needed was the newspaper, a great cup of coffee and a view of the ocean," he says. "For the first time I wasn't worrying about when I was going to find someone who made me complete." How could Cupid resist? In July '96, Jon Peters's ex-wife Christine invited Streisand to a dinner; Brolin was seated next to her. "She noticed my hair was gone," says Brolin, then sporting a buzz cut. Says Streisand: "It wasn't the beautiful white hair he has now. He looked like a bullet with stubble."
The bullet was speeding. "Within two minutes I was totally infatuated," says Brolin. "We talked all night about flying, computers, music." He had never seen Funny Girl or her concerts; she had never seen Marcus Welby. It didn't matter. Set to return to the editing studio that night to work on her film The Mirror Has Two Faces, Streisand never got there. Brolin instead drove her home, and they stood awkwardly in her foyer before he said good night. "God, no, nothing happened!" she says. "We were shy. But I went to sleep that night with a smile. I was amazed—like you could actually want to see someone again."
Two weeks later, Brolin went to Manila for a movie role. "I spent most of the money I made on phone calls," he says (total bill: around $10,000). Last fall they set up house in a thatched-roof cottage near Galway, Ireland, where he was filming his feature directorial debut, My Brother's War (it won Best Picture at the Hollywood Film Festival). Streisand rose each morning at 5 to cook eggs, "and when I came home the fire was lit," Brolin says. "It was charming." He also proposed, repeatedly, but Streisand—not ready to rush things—didn't accept until her 55th birthday on April 24. When he gave her the 10c diamond, she exchanged it for a small Tiffany stone surrounded by solitaires. "I wanted a ring I could wear every day," she says. "This one is perfect."
Just like her new life. Excitedly, Streisand says, "We want to buy a pickup truck." Brolin elaborates: "One with a bench seat, so we can drive around like in high school and go to movies sitting real close." And then there's that walk down the aisle—which will happen soon, they swear. "I've never had a big wedding," she says. "So sometimes I think about designing a beautiful wedding dress and the fantasy of a bouquet. But then I'll remember driving through...where was it, honey?"
"Laughlin," says Brolin, with a grin. He just might get his wish after all.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Chemical Regulation
- What is toxicity testing?
- What are some concerns with the use of animals in toxicity testing?
- What is the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)? Is TSCA in need of modernization?
- How can chemical regulatory legislation be more effective?
- What is the Chemical Safety Improvement Act of 2013 (S. 1009)?
- What is "21st-Century Toxicology" and how will it improve chemical safety?
- How can Tox21 enhance regulatory testing?
- What about wildlife? How will Tox21 protect our environment?
- How will the Tox21 vision be reached?
- What is an "Integrated Testing Strategy"?
- What are some Tox21 approaches for chemical reform?
- What can I do to get involved?
- How can I get more information?
Toxicity testing aims to evaluate what harm may be caused by exposure to chemicals, including medicines, industrial and consumer products, and food additives, to humans and the environment. Currently; however, toxicity testing is usually performed on animals, including rabbits, rats, mice, dogs, cats, primates, hamsters, and even fish. Tests are performed by exposing animals to very high doses of chemicals—often at levels 100 to 1,000 times higher than humans would typically be exposed to. Some tests are required by agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) before a company can market a product, such as pesticide chemicals. Generally, the United States does not require tests on cosmetics or household products—with the exception of antibacterial cleaning products, which must be tested.
Toxicity testing can vary in duration from four hours to several days or months to animals' entire life spans. The animals are observed for toxic effects, including vomiting, diarrhea, convulsions, respiratory distress, appetite or weight loss, rashes, salivation, paralysis, lethargy, bleeding, organ abnormalities, tumors, and, ultimately, death. In some tests, animals are exposed to chemicals and then bred with other animals; these animals are then observed for harm to the reproductive system, or their offspring are observed for birth defects.
Toxicity tests conducted on nonhuman animals are very controversial, for both ethical and scientific reasons. But nonanimal methods can now test thousands of potentially toxic chemicals at once and provide toxicity information more relevant to humans.
What are some concerns with the use of animals in toxicity testing?
Animal-based testing—which causes millions of animals to suffer unalleviated pain and death—has questionable value for predicting human health effects.
To use the results of tests performed on animals to predict human reactions, scientists and regulators need to assume that the biological and physical processes of other mammals respond to chemicals in ways similar to those of humans. But that assumption is often incorrect, as scientists are beginning to understand. All animals do share aspects of biology very generally; however, the details about how each species absorb, metabolize, and excrete chemicals vary widely. Species differences and the use of very high testing doses lead to difficulties in interpreting animal toxicity testing results in humans. This can lead to more testing, delaying appropriate chemical regulations.
Testing on animals is also very costly and time consuming. A series of tests on one chemical costs around $6 million and can take three years to plan, conduct, and summarize. Because of these constraints, toxicity assessment needs are increasingly outpacing the capacity of toxicity testing laboratories.
In addition, these animal-based methods are clearly not the best science. A paradigm shift in regulatory testing is needed to achieve more human-relevant results. Some in vitro (cell culture) methods are available, and more are being developed, that provide more accurate ways of determining chemical hazard information. These methods, which determine specific human toxicity responses at the molecular level, are much faster because they make use of high-throughput robotic technology to screen thousands of chemicals at once.
What is the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)? Is TSCA in need of modernization?
The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is federal legislation passed in 1976 that regulates industrial chemicals. Congress is currently reviewing TSCA to see if it should be modernized to meet current standards in science and regulation. It is being revisited in light of legislative changes to the regulation of industrial chemicals in other regions of the world, most notably Europe's Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical substances (REACH) program. Although REACH will lead to millions of additional animals being killed in toxicity tests, it also requires nonanimal testing methods and integrated testing strategies for chemical risk assessment when possible.
If toxicity-testing methods are not updated in tandem with TSCA reform, tens of millions of additional animals could be killed to fulfill new data requirements. Furthermore, reliance on animal testing will only delay effective regulation; the longer toxicity testing takes, the longer the public is exposed to untested and potentially toxic chemicals.
How can chemical regulatory legislation be more effective?
To be effective, a revised TSCA needs to include strong language requiring toxicity testing techniques that rely less on animal testing and more on humane and human-relevant methods that adequately and efficiently determine risks to human health before chemicals reach the market. Chemicals already in commerce should be prioritized and tested based on potential risk to public health.
What is the Chemical Safety Improvement Act of 2013 (S. 1009)
On May 22, 2013, Sens. Frank Lautenberg and David Vitter introduced the Chemical Safety Improvement Act of 2013 (CSIA). The bill would extensively amend the existing law and require producers of industrial chemicals to better assess the potential hazards of chemicals before they reach the market. Because of the limitations of animal-based toxicity testing, the goals of CSIA will not be accomplished through reliance on current toxicity testing methods.
CSIA contains a number of provisions designed to reduce the numbers of animals killed in chemical testing and direct the EPA to fund and develop nonanimal test methods, as recommended by the National Academy of Sciences. The bill would give the EPA the authority and flexibility to modify testing requirements based on a chemicals characteristics or what might already be known about a chemical or groups of chemicals. While this is excellent news, these provisions are only a first step. Most importantly, the EPA must be given the authority to require nonanimal tests.
What is "21st-Century Toxicology" and how will it improve chemical safety?
|With the success of Tox21, the expenses of toxicity testing—time, money, and animal suffering—would be greatly reduced. Christopher Austin, M.D., Director of the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, found that "...it would take a person eight hours a day, five days a week, for 12 years to do what we do in three days." And scientists will be able to determine how chemical effects (such as a cancer) are caused with great accuracy and precision, creating a more efficient chemical regulation process.
"Twenty-first Century Toxicology" or "Tox21" refers to a diverse set of efforts intended to implement a report written by the National Research Council called Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century: A Vision and a Strategy. The report details a step-by-step plan to modernize toxicity testing using methods that better predict human responses to chemicals, rather than relying on animal tests to guess the effects in humans. Through Tox21, university, government, and private efforts and partnerships are working to achieve toxicity testing that is more efficient, uses fewer and eventually no animals, and is more beneficial to human and environmental safety. This new paradigm rests on methods that can identify biologically-based mechanisms of toxicity, prioritize chemicals for evaluation, and develop more predictive models of human responses to chemicals.
Tox21 strives to:
- achieve broad coverage of chemicals, outcomes, and life stages through scientific methods and data sharing;
- reduce the cost and time required for toxicity testing;
- develop a more robust scientific basis for assessing health effects of environmental chemicals; and
- minimize the use of animals.
With the success of Tox21, the expenses of toxicity testing—time, money, and animal suffering—would be greatly reduced. And scientists will be able to determine how chemical effects (such as a cancer) are caused with great accuracy and precision, creating a more efficient chemical regulation process. Tox21 offers a path to a more advanced—and safer—chemical market.
Learn more about 21st-century toxicity testing.
How can Tox21 enhance regulatory testing?
|Because many tests can be run at once, scientists can investigate the effects of mixtures of chemicals, and a larger range of low and high doses, on human cells and tissues. Christopher Austin, M.D., Director of the NIH Chemical Genomics Center, gives an overview of how the system works. Video Courtesy National Human Genome Research Institute.
Using more human-relevant methods, as the NRC Vision recommends, will allow regulatory agencies like the EPA to better understand the direct effects of a chemical on humans at a molecular level. Because many tests can be run at once, scientists can investigate the effects of mixtures of chemicals, and a larger range of low and high doses, on human cells and tissues. The NRC Vision recommends a nationally-integrated biomonitoring program, which will detect potential chemicals exposures before they become harmful. Eventually, these methods will also allow a much more thorough examination of the potential effects of chemicals on sensitive populations, such as developing children, workers, or those with genetic susceptibilities. Finally, we will be able to save a great deal of time and money and assess many more chemicals than currently possible with animal tests.
What about wildlife? How will Tox21 protect our environment?
Currently, some chemicals—mostly pesticides—are tested in one species of birds and a few species of fish in a laboratory setting. Just as with animal testing intended for human health predictions, there are crucial weaknesses to this scheme. First, it is extremely unethical to confine undomesticated animals in a laboratory setting. Also, wild animals are exposed to many chemicals at once, not just one, and each species may respond to a chemical exposure differently. A test in a quail doesn't necessarily predict the response in a robin. Finally, the dearth of information on chemicals' potential effects on wildlife dwarfs the human health question—this problem is too big to be tested away using inefficient animal-based methods. We need a better way to address these weaknesses, and because the toxicity scheme proposed by the National Research Council is intended to be cost- and time-efficient and species specific, it presents a real solution to imperfect protection of wild animals.
How will the Tox21 vision be reached?
|Mel Anderson, Ph.D., answers the question "What is the biggest hurdle to getting Tox 21 off the ground?"
The NRC report lays out specific steps to modernize toxicity testing. A focused research effort will be needed to develop, assess, and implement the alternative methods recommended in the report. This vision would be accomplished in phases, beginning with elucidating toxicity pathways and developing relevant databases. This information would be used to develop testing methods that address specific biological elements of toxicity. These assays would then be evaluated for reliability and relevance to human responses and used in place of current chemical toxicity tests. Some of these efforts are already underway in several areas of the federal government and in private and public research institutes, but a much larger and more concerted effort has yet to emerge.
But we need not wait for these developments to apply some of the scientific advances that have already been made. Right now, many nonanimal methods are well developed and have been shown to be reliable. They can be used, along with exposure information, to prioritize chemicals for further testing. High-throughput screens can screen thousands of compounds quickly and relatively inexpensively. These screens have been used by pharmaceutical companies to prioritize lead compounds for development; these same approaches are currently being applied to chemicals for toxicity assessment.
What is an "Integrated Testing Strategy"?
An Integrated Testing Strategy, or ITS, is a process of holistic and iterative chemical evaluation based on all available information. Such an evaluation can be used to tailor a testing program to the particular characteristics of a chemical, as an alternative to conducting a long list of animal tests on each chemical. To assess a chemical or group of chemicals, one gathers all available information, including uses and exposures, physico-chemical properties, in vitro, in silico, toxicological, and epidemiological data, and all data on any similar chemicals. Then one assesses this information to determine the likely hazards a chemical may pose, before considering any testing. Testing then proceeds in a step-wise or tiered manner, and an assessment of the weight of the available evidence is made again before further testing is considered.
As new tools evolve, ITS approaches have become popular as a way to reduce the use of animals in toxicity tests. PCRM and Dow Chemical followed the approach of the EPA's High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge Program to determine that a reproductive and developmental toxicity test should not be conducted. The company used both information about similar chemicals and a computer algorithm based on known information about human skin to test the chemical commercial hydroxyethylpiperazine (CHEP) to determine that since CHEP was not absorbed through the skin, and workers wore protective equipment, toxic effects due to skin exposure were extremely unlikely. This approach saved approximately 675 animals.
Check the Resources page to see a few more examples of ITS approaches.
What are some Tox21 approaches for chemical reform?
Basic strategies that save animals include the release of existing data on industrial chemicals, whether from industry files or other testing programs like HPV or REACH, and the formation of categories of chemicals to allow read-across of hazard data among similar chemicals. Chemicals should be prioritized based on human or environmental exposures, and priority should be given to chemicals of known concern, such as those that bioaccumulate or persist in the environment.
A minimum list of toxicity tests to be conducted on all chemicals is not appropriate—and simply not feasible. Instead, integrated testing strategies, which rely on all existing information in a weight-of-evidence approach, should be created for chemicals or groups of chemicals.
In vitro and in silico (computer-based) techniques can be used now to test many chemicals at once. This would reduce the uncertainty that currently exists and give regulatory agencies much more information than is currently possible using animal tests, allowing prioritization of potentially toxic chemicals for further evaluation. This information could also be used to group chemicals into categories. Chemicals with similar structures or functions often have similar toxicities, so toxicity information that already exists for one chemical can be applied to other chemicals in a category.
To be successful, chemical reform needs to provide strong incentives encouraging the modernization of toxicity testing approaches. Revised legislation should require the use of nonanimal methods before any animal testing is considered, and it should include a public review process before new animal testing takes place. Finally, and most importantly, Congress should provide a significant amount of funding and organizational support for the development, evaluation, and implementation of alternative methods in accordance with NRC's Vision for Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century.
What can I do to get involved?
- Receive our action alerts and join our Facebook cause, to stay up to date on information regarding TSCA reform. PCRM will get in touch with you when it's time to take action.
- Sign up to meet with your congressperson in his or her local office to emphasize the importance of toxicity testing reform.
- If you are a scientist or physician and would like to help PCRM advocate for toxicity testing reform, please contact research at pcrm dot org.
How can I get more information?
Visit the Resources page for articles and abstracts about this topic. The National Research Council report and more information about Tox21 can be found at Chemical Testing Basics. If you have comments or questions, please e-mail us at research at pcrm dot org or call 202-686-2210.


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And he's got a lot to be mad about. As played by Downton Abbey's Jim Carter, Santa is fed up with the havoc that global warming is wreaking on his home at the North Pole, and he's recorded this manifesto-style PSA for Greenpeace to plead for assistance.
"I have written personally to President Obama, President Putin – all world leaders," he grumbles. "Sadly, my letters have been met with indifference. Needless to say, these individuals are now at the top of my naughty list."
The image of St. Nick the ad presents is worlds away from the cuddly Santa of legend – he looks more like a Chinese dissident or, as Greenpeace's detractors might say, a terrorist – but the message it sends is certainly striking. Ignore global warming and the real North Pole may turn into just another Santa Clause: a thing we tell our children about, that doesn't actually exist.
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Obituaries for Louisiana congresswoman and U.S. ambassador to the Vatican Lindy Boggs, who died July 27 at 97, dutifully listed the highlights of an illustrious career. Tellingly, one of her greatest contributions to public life earned little or no mention at all: For years, she hosted more than 1,000 guests at a garden party every May, for which she did the cooking herself. In times more fractious than our own - the 1960s and early 1970s - the annual garden party hosted by Lindy and Hale Boggs and others like it held Washington together and made it work in a way it no longer does.
Powered by intelligence, charm and genuine kindliness, Mrs. Boggs was a superb hostess for this event and many other social occasions, with a definite knack for bringing people together. Remembering the frequent mingling, daughter Barbara once recalled that "some people have antiques and jewelry around the house, but we had the Kennedys and Humphreys and Rayburn."
The parties began as small affairs in the mid-fifties when the up-and-coming Hale Boggs was a member of the House Ways and Means Committee. A decade later, the spring party at the Boggs's columned home on Bradley Boulevard in Bethesda was one of the most coveted invitations in Washington. In 1970 the Boggs sent out 1,500 invitations, and had 1,500 acceptances, according to The Washington Post.
Mrs. Boggs would begin preparing long in advance. "My neighbors would clear their deep freezers ... and I would have them all filled a month before the party," she wrote in her memoir, "Washington Through a Purple Veil."
The event leaned Democratic but always included Republicans and representatives from all branches of government. At the height of the Vietnam War, guests might include doves like Eugene McCarthy and Frank Church and hawks John Stennis and Selective Service Director Lewis Hershey. In 1968, President and Mrs. Lyndon Johnson made a surprise appearance. Some guests -- like FDR confidant Thomas "Tommy the Cork" Corcoran -- harkened back to bygone eras. The notables mixed with Jesuits from Georgetown and with neighbors who'd given their freezers over to Lindy's hors d'oeuvres, which typically featured Louisiana shrimp, crabmeat and crawfish.
By all accounts, these were joyous affairs. "It was happy, happy talk," read the caption beneath a photograph of Supreme Court Justice Byron White, his wife and Secretary of the Navy Paul Nitze. The only year it rained, Lindy passed out hats fashioned from aluminum foil so guests could visit the garden. One year, Hale led guests out to see the hybrid corn he had planted in the back yard.
The garden parties also celebrated a sense of shared service. Regardless of political affiliation or position in government, guests were reminded of the common purpose that had brought them to the nation's capital from all parts of the country. Arguably, in no year were political tensions higher than in 1972, as the ugly wound of Vietnam still festered and four years of the Nixon presidency had seemingly brought peace no closer. Yet, in May of that year, Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott (R-Pa) ambled with Democratic colleagues from across the aisle on the grounds of Hale and Lindy's home and managed to speak quite civilly about the upcoming Democratic convention while avoiding overheated comments. Of course, the reality of no fewer than four bars placed strategically around the lawn may have mellowed the guests considerably, but alcohol can have the opposite effect on belligerent individuals. Belligerence, however, was entirely missing from the bipartisan gatherings on Bradley Boulevard.
These were not, in other words, the frenetic but soulless gatherings of "People Worth Knowing" described in Mark Leibovich's account of the nation's capital today, "This Town." Nowadays, Leibovich writes, "parties fall into three basic categories: the parties for young, hyper-ambitious operators, who are critical -- and even sneering --- about the people currently in power; the parties for has-beens, because they know they once did a better job; and the parties heavy with current officials, who fear the young, because they know they are circling their jobs, and who fear the old, because the ex-officials remind them of what their futures will be like."
The Boggses' gatherings featured disparate people who actually knew each other. Having dined in small groups and mingled in large groups at intervals throughout the year, they came together joyously to partake of Hale and Lindy's hospitality. In a serene setting, on landscaped grounds which both hosts had worked to beautify, they shone, exchanging information both trivial (Yes, my daughter's engaged. Did your boy get into Princeton?) and consequential (Ev says they'll mark up that bill. Lyndon has Hubert down at the ranch this weekend). The relationships that grew on such occasions were genuine, and they opened doors to understanding.
Feminism has finally taught us to encourage and to praise women's accomplishments in the public arena, and Lindy Boggs's record in the area of advancement for women is sterling. However, have we somehow simultaneously come to devalue the long tradition of women's work in the private realm of entertaining and sociability? Lindy, who was thoroughly acquainted with her husband's colleagues and the issues that engaged them, did important work long before she held elective office herself. In the 1950s and 1960s she wove a social network, drawing powerful figures together and creating connections that were far from superficial. She wielded the telephone and the thank-you note, the cocktail and the canapé, as skillfully as she later employed amendments and continuing resolutions. Such genuine relationships guaranteed a phone call returned, a courteous hearing, face time with a committee chair and the proverbial "disagreeing without being disagreeable."
Smiling at the memory of how she accomplished her goals in Congress, Lindy once observed, only slightly facetiously, "I discovered that Scarlett O'Hara was better than all of that training I'd had in legislation." Her entertaining featured a great deal more than phoning a caterer and finding the A list; she actually knew her guests and worked to know them better. When a TV reporter once remarked that Lindy seemed to like everyone, she responded aptly, "I don't think you have to dislike people in order to be strong." Could building genuine social relationships, as distinguished from brief transactional connections, among today's movers and shakers actually serve to take the snarl off government's face? Oh, how welcome that would be.
Pamela Tyler is associate professor of history at the University of Southern Mississippi and the author of "Silk Stockings and Ballot Boxes: Women and Politics in New Orleans 1920-1963." Patrick Maney is professor of history at Boston College and the author of Hale Boggs: The Southerner as National Democrat in "Masters of the House," edited by Raymond Smock, Susan Hammond and Roger Davidson.


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