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Predictors of addiction: Why being able to hold your booze might not be a good thing
This weekend I've been thinking about addiction. Admittedly, I think a lot about addiction! I am in the process of making a series of podcasts about recreational drugs, and while at a neuropsychopharmacology conference last month, I interviewed Anne Lingford-Hughes about research in to alcohol. Some of her comments really got me thinking about the nature of addiction, and why some of us can have a few drinks while others find the need for alcohol can consume them.
Alcohol has an unusual position in the UK, as it's the only completely socially acceptable drug. Indeed, alcohol is so accepted in society that there is pressure to use it on a regular basis, and potential for social ostracism if you don't. Alcohol is almost synonymous with socialising, and this sets it apart, even from tobacco. It's also a potentially very harmful drug, indeed according to David Nutt's oft-cited Lancet paper discussing relative harms, if you consider harm to self and society combined, alcohol is the most harmful drug used in the UK. Of course, this is tied in with its ubiquity, but even so there is a problem.
It's not the case that everyone who uses alcohol will abuse it, and despite binge drinking culture among young people, excessive alcohol consumption even for many months or years will not lead to addiction for all. Marc Schuckit has done some really interesting work on what predicts later alcohol addiction, including using the dataset I work with. His extensive report on alcohol use disorders is a great place for an in-depth discussion of alcohol, but I'm particularly interested in some work he did looking at people he refers to as 'low responders'.
Alcohol is metabolised by proteins, which are coded for by genes. There is a lot of variation in these genes, which means some people make less of these proteins than others, so don't metabolise alcohol or its byproducts as quickly. The first step in alcohol breakdown creates acetaldehyde, which is toxic in large quantities (it is believed this may be why we get hangovers). This is then broken down in to acetate which can be used in the body. If a person has less of the protein needed to break down either alcohol or acetaldehyde, drinking can be unpleasant and is often avoided. This makes these genes useful in Mendelian Randomisation studies as I've written about before (the paper last week about alcohol during pregnancy and child IQ is a great example of Mendelian Randomisation, and why the authors can be more confident of a casual association than is usual in observational epidemiology).
Schuckit is interested in those at the other end of the spectrum. Teenagers who, from the first time they drink, find they don't get intoxicated easily, and therefore need more alcohol to get the same effect from it as their peers. These teenagers are more likely to have parents with problematic alcohol use, and are more likely themselves to end up with alcohol problems. There's evidence that some, but not all, of the variability in response is explained by the genetic differences mentioned above. Also, alcohol and other substance use by friends, the use of alcohol as a coping mechanism, and positive expectancy of alcohol have all been linked to low response.
Level of alcohol response is measured by asking people to rate how many drinks they would need to reach different levels of intoxication, so it's pretty straightforward to work out. After an explanation of how much of their chosen drink is equivalent to one unit, people are asked how much is needed before they:
- Feel any effect
- Start slurring speech
- Start stumbling
- Experience 'unwanted falling asleep'
The questionnaire has been used in adults and teenagers, and is pretty good at predicting later alcohol problems.
Schuckit has a great idea about how this could have a therapeutic use. He has suggested that targeted interventions could be created, dependent on response to alcohol. He's already run a pilot study where he took a group of freshmen at university in California, and gave 32 the currently used videos designed to advise against heavy drinking. The other 32 participants watched a video which showed evidence that those with low initial response to alcohol are more at risk of heavy drinking, and that this is also affected by the heavy drinking of their peers. The groups saw 4 videos across 4 sessions, and their drinking behaviour was assessed at the beginning of the experiment, throughout it, and a month after the final video session. He found that both interventions reduced alcohol use in the students. However, when he analysed by individual alcohol response, he found that the original videos were better at reducing alcohol use in high responders, but his new videos were better in low responders.
Although only a pilot study with a small sample size, it's a great indicator that targeting interventions by alcohol response might be a great way to help people at higher risk. Those who have to drink a lot to feel an effect can be informed that they're at increased risk of later problems, which could make them more likely to moderate their drinking. He ends his paper with a call for more research in this area, as it's a potential method to help people avoid alcohol addiction and problems before they begin; I hope it's happening.


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With 75,000 rare books, many of them first editions, Howell has the largest inventory on the West Coast. To acquire books, the founder's son, 68-year-old Warren Howell, regularly travels the globe with a steamer trunk and 11 navy blue suitcases. Often he'll return $1 million poorer but with a treasure trove, picked up in cities ranging from London to Tokyo.
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Gothic Revival was the most influential style of the 19th century. Designs were based on forms and patterns used in the Middle Ages. Serious study was combined with a more fanciful, romantic vision of Medieval chivalry and romance. A wide range of religious, civic and domestic buildings were built and furnished in the Gothic Revival style, which flourished from 1830 to 1900.
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
About 1846
Wrought brasswork
Museum no. 2742-1851
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An Apple a Day: 10 Breakfast Recipes with Apples
Baked Apple Streusel Pancake Bars • Apple Yogurt Cake with a Cinnamon-Sugar Streak • Rosemary Apple Turnovers with Honey • Apple & Cinnamon Whole Grain Breakfast Strata • Apple Muesli from Shelby of Bone, Mugs & Harmony BOTTOM ROW • Crispy Turnovers with Apple, Bacon, and Caramelized Onions • Quince and Apple Tart • Great Apple Recipe! Apple Streusel Bars • Dried Cumin Apple Chips • Apple Cardamom Upside-Down Cake How do you like your apples for breakfast? Do you prefer them sliced with peanut butter or baked into a cake? Make sure and let us know in the comments below! (Images: Sarah Rae Trover, Faith Durand, Sara Kate Gillingham-Ryan, Shelby Brakken, Emma Christensen, Romulo Yanes for Gourmet)


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All of us who drive regularly have felt the sting of sky-high fuel prices over the past several months. It's frustrating because we have few transportation alternatives. Unless we choose to take advantage of public transportation, we must suffer the sticker shock of monthly gasoline bills that rival our car payments. For most people, this situation is an annoyance, not a crisis. But the transportation industry is being affected more dramatically. According to watchers of the heavy trucking industry, more than 35,000 rigs have been repossessed or turned in by independent owner-operators, mainly because of the spike in diesel fuel prices. The school bus industry, though not as severely harmed, has sustained damage. As Editor Steve Hirano explains in his article, "How to Keep High Fuel Prices from Throttling Your Budget," school bus operators are being forced to expand their fuel allowances for the 2000-2001 school year, sometimes by as much as a third, to compensate for the jump in diesel fuel and gasoline costs. This represents a real danger. That extra padding in the fuel budget means that school districts will have to dip into their reserves or trim (or eliminate) programs. If they're lucky, funding from state and local coffers will pick up the slack. The most likely scenario, however, is that transportation managers will be required to find other areas to absorb cuts.
Where will cuts be made?
That means that safety-related programs such as driver training could be curtailed. For example, school districts that pay drivers to attend in-service training could decide to end those payments. Will drivers attend non-paid training sessions? Yes, conscientious drivers will donate their time to continue their professional development. But those drivers generally are not the ones who need the training. It's the apathetic, non-motivated ones who would most benefit. And those are the ones who skip these non-paid sessions. Even if driver training is untouched in the budget, that doesn't mean that alternative safety-related cuts won't be implemented.
New buses save money
Transportation managers could delay the purchase of new, fuel-efficient buses and continue to run 20-year-old vehicles that are neither fuel-efficient nor equipped with the latest safety enhancements. Although this strategy addresses an existing budget shortfall, it doesn't make sense in the long run. New buses have significant advantages over their aged counterparts. They require less maintenance (and are under warranty), which reduces labor costs in the garage, and they can be easily programmed to maximize fuel mileage. They also have ergonomic improvements, which help to keep drivers happy. Drivers are the other part of the equation. With fuel prices creating budget uncertainties, school bus operators could put a hold on driver wage increases. Again, this is a short-sighted strategy that could make things worse. With the ongoing driver shortage, wages need to be made more competitive, not less. So where should the cuts be made? Good question. I don't have a ready answer. Plead with your superintendent and school board to find other areas of the district budget to absorb the cuts. If that fails, implement austerity measures in areas that remain an arms-length from safety concerns. Here's what I can suggest: Keep your focus on safety. Do what you can to reduce your fuel costs. Invest in new, fuel-efficient equipment. Assume that fuel prices will continue to head north — and pray that you're wrong.
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The present communication describes a study carried out in the nurseries of the Cincinnati General Hospital and represents our first controlled investigation utilizing artificial nasal and umbilical colonization with strain 502A. These series of observations provided evidence which further substantiated the concept of interference between coagulase positive staphylococcal strains of bacteria and indicated that this phenomenon could be used on a practical scale to terminate an epidemic of staphylococcal disease.
Impetigo and furuncles in recently discharged newborn infants and their family contacts had been reported intermittently to one of us (J.S.), the Director of the nursery of the Cincinnati General Hospital. This particular nursery had been under continuous close observation for over two years, and a previous outbreak of staphylococcal disease had been intensively investigated.2 A system of weekly discharge cultures
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MP3: Sozay f/ Pusha T - "Buck"
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Thе first single οff hіѕ Dance Wіth Thе Devil mixtape, hosted bу Nu Jerzey Devil, features a guest appearance bу G.O.O.D. Music artist Pusha T. Listen аѕ both Sozay аnd Pusha exercise thеіr tаlе telling flows over thіѕ banging instrumental.Thе mixtape features production bу Lex Luger аѕ well аѕ guest appearances frοm Lupe Fiasco, Ace Hood, Pusha-T, аnd Tech N9ne. Thіѕ project wіll supply аѕ thе basis fοr Sozay's evolution frοm underground phenom tο mainstream awesome sight. Look fοr іt tο drop sometime next month. Thе single wіll bе available iTunes next week.
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Video: Knowledge Medina - "F.L.A." (prod. Soul Theory)
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Random a/k/a Mega Ran: UK Update and New LDN Dates
Cheerio old chaps! Random here, reporting live from the UK, now that I got some decent wi-fi. for those that don't know, myself, DN3, Lost Perception and K-Murdock embarked on our first ever UK tour this week, stopping in Manchester and London for some unforgettable shows. Most of my pics are on my phone, so those won't be able to be uploaded till I get back to the states (Airplane Mode Swag)But, Lost Perception has been snapping some great flicks so I welcome you all to check them out on http://lostperception.com/ .Manchester was awesome. that place has so much character.. London is a lot more crowded and rude, but the shows were amazing. the energy was at an all time high. I performed not one, two, but three sets over the 2 days of London Anime Con. Now, we have another week here for sightseeing. So if any of you can suggest a place we should see out here, let me know! NEW DATES ADDED!so far, this is what our schedule looks like for those who might be in the LDN area this week: all events start at 8pm.. my time is unknown.Wednesday Aug 3 - "A Spoonful of Poison" @ The Drop (under the Three Crowns), 175 Stoke Newington High Street, N16 0LHThursday, Aug 4- "Live Expressions" @ PORTOBELLO Lounge 269 Portobello Road W11 1LR (Nearest tube and bus route Notting Hill gate, Ladbroke grove underground stations. Bus 23, 7, 228, 52)THE BEATOFF! Pause...need your help!So, since Lost, DN3 and K all brought their Maschines on the trip, I came up with a great challenge to keep my producers' skills sharp in the UK. I gave K-Murdock, DN3 and Lost a Beach Boys song, called "Let's Go Away for Awhile."here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwGkv7cuM1k .they each had one night to knock out a beat, using the sample. and they did. check out their submissions and be sure to add each on soundcloud and drop a comment on what you like!Lost Perception http://soundcloud.com/lostperception/lets-get-away-for-awhile-lost .DN3 http://soundcloud.com/dn3-1/lets-go-away-dn3-flip .K-Murdock http://soundcloud.com/neosonix/lets-get-away .thoughts? Thanks for all your support, well wishes and everything. See you soon on our US TOUR this Fall with mc chris, MC Lars and Adam Warrock.. it'll be epic. stay tuned for dates!
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"In the light of news of Souljah Boy buying a 55 Million Dollar Jet in these times for many people especially of color..This is a polite respect call to the troops , to continue to inspire but reflect the people better. OTIS Redding was a humble country man from Macon Georgia who bought a jet to work in, not flash. He perished in that plane. Here's to hoping that the J & K supergroup can elevate the masses and try a little bit more to reflect OTIS heart rather than swag, because they're too good to be less."
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New Grip Grandito! After a small hiatus, Grip Grand is back at it with this jam to keep you guys satisfied until his next full length project is finished. If you're a fan of the Grips grittier four track recordings then this is the jam for you. Grip's full catalog is available on bandcamp if you feel the need to play any catch up. Direct Download: http://www.divshare.com/direct/15417166-e71.mp3 .Embeddable Player: http://www.divshare.com/download/15417166-e71 .YouTube Stream: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM1uTpXSBtk .
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Click to view: http://youtu.be/gR8Z59eqfWc .Free Download mp3: http://limelinx.com .Full Download:Inc mp3/pic: http://hulkshare.com/o1eaino1zrtb .UK and International rapper/producer Rowdy T Northlondon who is now based in Miami, heats it up once again by collaborating with US hip hop rapper J-Killa ; to produce a sonic light year, southern baseline track titled " FUTURISTIC SWAG". The heavy baseline pounding demands attention as the modern duo gets into motion, cranking it up with their UK & US unrivaled combination of flows and rhymes; keeping you on the edge whilst they complement each other with well stitched seamless, relevant and exciting lyrical delivery.The US has always heavily influenced the UK hip hop scene. Currently many UK rappers, who took inspiration from high profile hip hop artists, have themselves become exploding stars. Rowdy T, jubilant but remains composed that he is in the same arena for the break-out explosion of UK rappers exported to the US. 2011 has seen Rowdy launch his mixtape "THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH" followed by the leaked single "ALL ON ME" taken from his forthcoming mixtape "NO MERCY NO FEAR" due for release end of August. "FUTURISTIC SWAG" is yet another single being played out from the same forthcoming mixtape and featuring American rapper J-Killa emerging on the track standing tall like a one ton steel tower. Although J-Killa is not new to the industry he is still blazing the trails of the hip hop music industry, whilst trying to break out of the underground scene. J-Killa brings flavor to the table with his engaging, dramatic southern craftsmanship and refinement. The backdrop of southern Florida smart, witty, crooning and whining flows from J-killa and power-up on point delivery from UK artist Rowdy T Northlondon makes this a truly unique and exciting single, of rappers displaying a good combination of distinct talent. You don't need to look no further for a track that is ready for the Dj rotation if you can get hold of a clean version.
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With questions mounting over its passive oversight of an ill-fated Center City demolition project, the Nutter administration told City Council last week that it would not provide further public testimony at a series of related Council hearings.
With no explanation, Everett A. Gillison, Mayor Nutter's chief of staff and deputy mayor for public safety, informed the chairman of a Council investigative committee, Curtis Jones Jr., that "no other administration officials will testify at the committee hearings."
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On Wednesday, members of the Bedford County Sheriff's Office arrested Eddie P. Pilkington, age 62, of Shelbyville, for Aggravated Sexual Exploitation of a Minor.
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GE Capital Hires Betz as German LBO Finance Head in Growth Push
General Electric Co.'s lending arm hired Ralph Betz from Bank of Ireland Plc to head leveraged finance in Germany as the company seeks to take market share from rivals hamstrung by the sovereign debt crisis.
GE Capital's European leveraged-finance unit is pushing to expand by arranging more leveraged financing for mid-sized companies and buying assets from other banks, according to Paul Scott, chief investment officer and head of sponsor coverage for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Frankfurt-based Betz will report to Scott.
GE Capital has a 1.2 percent market share in arranging European buyout loans this year, compared with 0.8 percent in 2011, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The European leveraged-finance unit is also looking to add people for transaction execution to support deal originators across the region, Scott said.
"A number of European banks are retrenching from acquisition finance and where they are still playing there is more of a domestic focus which in turn has allowed us to take meaningful market share on a pan-European basis," London-based Scott said in a telephone interview. "We can offer access to capital markets liquidity in the U.S. for private-equity firms' European and trans-Atlantic buyouts."
The top 10 European banks for leveraged loans have a combined 44 percent market share this year, compared with 51 percent in 2007, Bloomberg data show.
Deleveraging Pressure
The Stamford, Connecticut-based lender acquired about $1 billion of leveraged loans from Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc last year before the European Central Bank pumped 1 trillion euros ($1.3 billion) into the financial system, taking pressure off banks to sell assets at depressed prices.
"It is a bit frustrating from our point of view that the liquidity injected into the system as a result of the Long Term Refinancing Operations has removed some of the short-term pressure for banks looking to delever," Scott said. "We believe LTRO doesn't solve the fundamental problem of bank balance sheets and the deleveraging trend, so we are still actively looking for opportunities to grow the size of our European leveraged finance book, currently at about 6 billion euros."


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I have been married 35; the last 15 years have been emotionally difficult. It started when I became ill with undiagnosed pernicious anemia. By the time a doctor figured out the problem, I had no measurable B-12 in my system. For 2 years I was in a downward spiral. I went from being a happy, energetic 43 year old who ran about 20 miles a week, worked for a rape crisis program, attended college and was raising 3 children who I adored. I had to give up running (for the first time, I was dealing with injuries), became extremely depressed, gained 40 pounds because I was driven to eat to the point that I got up several times during the night to eat even though I knew I wasn't hungry. I quit school, and eventually my job, because I couldn't concentrate and had difficulty getting up in the morning. I stopped driving because I was going through red lights even though I kept telling myself to stop. Once I was diagnosed and started B-12 treatments, I slowly returned to my normal self with one exception. During that time, my husband never showed any sympathy or concern. In fact he was very rejecting and critical which led to more depression which remains today. When I try to talk to him about this, he is not sympathic, has never apologized for his rejection and insensitivity, and uses the fact that I was "crazy" to justify his actions (or inactions). Around this same time, the family dog was dying. He put all his energy and sympathy into the dog. Shortly after all this, in the span of 6 years, his father died and then his mother followed by his sister. Our relationship has never gotten back on track. I am looking for some understanding about this period in our relationship. He refuses to discuss it. We have not had any intimacy in six or seven years. I withdrew from any intimate conversations because it was too painful to be constantly rejected. In the last year he has rejected his younger sister (the last one person from his original family) when she was receiving treatment for cancer and told her he didn't love her. In fact, he said he didn't love anyone (except maybe his children). Last month he moved out of our home, telling me it may be temporary or it may be for good. He told me if someone came into his life that he was interested in, he would pursue that relationship. I am in therapy. My therapist tells me that he is a narcissist and that I was no longer valuable to him when I was sick. He sister also thinks he fits the description of a narcissist. This is not the person I married. He was never very communicative or emotional or empathetic but I am uncomfortable labeling him with a personality disorder. I need to understand what is going on.
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He came face to face with mortality due to your illness, then he was further overwhelmed by the loss of his family members. Instead of learning to make peace with mortality (his own and loved ones), he ran away. If he doesn't care then he can't be hurt when death or illness robs him of his loved ones. In short he is allergic to mortality his own and his loved one's.
What can you do to help him? The only thing I know of is to confront him with his reality. He is so afraid of loosing his life and and his loved ones that he has actually created the situation he fears most. His prognosis for recovery is poor, but you never know, with you getting in his face, and a miracle or two he might learn to grow up and face reality. If not, I suggest that you let him go and see if you can find a man who is not afraid to love and be loved.
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thank you for your reply. In your opinion (and with the information I have given you) do you think his response to things that have happened is driven by narcissism? People who have told me he is a narcissist have also told me there is no possibility of change because of the narcissism.
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He appears willing to give up everybody he loves in an attempt to avoid pain, insecurity and loss. This is not so indicative of Narcissism but it is probably equally difficult to treat due to his very strong aversion to facing reality and dealing with it.
If you are going to try to get through to him you have to confront him heavily. Instead of trying to diagnose him I recommended you learn how to be very assertive with him and "get in his face". If you have already become skilled at this, and you saw no movement in him, then you should consider letting go and moving on.
The label isn't very important. Your actions in relation to him are what you can control. Learn to confront his defensive thinking and behavior and how to invite him to come out from his hiding place. Some people are very fragile and hide their fragility behind any number of defenses. They not only attempt to hide from others but from themselves as well.
Put him to the test. Call him on his crap, all of it! and see what happens.
I will be surprised if he has the ability to respond in a genuine manner but If I were you I would want to know that I tried.
I am sorry this is so painful for you.
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Seolleung, the tomb of King Seongjong (reigned 1469-1494) was built in 1495; subsequently, the tomb of Queen Jeonghyeon (1462-1530) was built on the east side of Seolleung in 1530. Jeongneung, which is the tomb of King Jungjong (the 11th king of the Joseon Dynasty, reigned 1506-1544), was built in 1544, and was moved from its original site in Wondang, Goyang-gun, Gyeonggi-do, to this current location in 1562 by Queen Munjeong (the second wife of King Jungjong, 1501-1565). Seonjeongneung is designated as Historic Site No. 199 as well as being a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Seonjeongneung always attracts many visitors due to its easily accessible location. Although it is also known as "Samneung" since there are three royal tombs, or simply as "Seolleung", Seonjeongneung is in fact the correct name, which combines Seolleung and Jeongneung together.
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Closures, and I suppose functions, must be or optionally could be compiled at runtime. Are they? I realize they capture their environment at creation-time (runtime), but does that mean the code gets compiled to byte code at that time, or is it possible to use a Mirror to compile it at runtime? It is extremely important to be able to do this, for me, and I am pretty sure it can do this. I mean, duh!
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Jimmy MacNeill was a successful novelist and drunk when, five years ago, his young daughter was run over and killed.
Now he's a London cabbie, quietly abiding the stories and bits of wisdom proffered by his late-night fares. Played with supremely self-confident understatement by Simon Russell Beale, Jimmy is easy to warm to and wholly unbelievable, not a character but a young playwright's construct.
Simon Stephens was 26 when he wrote "Bluebird," which is being given its U.S. premiere at the Atlantic Theater Company's tiny Stage 2 in Chelsea. He went on to become one of the U.K.'s most acclaimed dramatists. In the 1997 "Bluebird," we can hear a distinctive playwright's voice still in formation, in a drama shaped not by plot but by a series of monologues leading to the Big Reveal.
Russell Beale, whose gifts for nuance and the small gesture have served him well in shows as disparate as "Spamalot" and "Hamlet," has made the Atlantic run one of the toughest tickets in town. He's surrounded by a wonderful cast who sell the inevitable apercus and aphorisms with conviction.
"The main distinguishing factor of the aging process is the overwhelming sense of regret," says Michael Countryman, playing a man who hails the cab after seeing his child's murderer released from prison early for good behavior.
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Set designer Rachel Hauck makes the postage-stamp stage seem spacious, with just a few chairs and a pay phone at the rear, lit in shadow by Ben Stanton. Director Gaye Taylor Upchurch seems a little too fond of those chairs, calling for busyness between scenes when stillness would do. That's a lesson she could learn from her star.
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Day Three
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This was our longest, hottest day as we trekked fifteen miles from Sienna Ranch to the Live Oak campsite in Mount Diablo State Park. Just beyond bustling Walnut Creek, we crossed Howe Homestead Park, which leads directly into the foothills of the mountain. A slow, steady, and sunny climb landed us at Camp 3 about six hours later.
Due to the unpredictable nature of navigating on foot, many events happened within a broad window of time.
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Light Walk with Exploratorium Educator Fred Stein
Sienna Ranch, 3232 Deer Hill Road, Lafayette
All that we see is light. Ordinarily, we see light from so many sources at once that it's hard to know where it's coming from. We explored ways to use pinholes to limit the light we see and consider how light and our eyes work to understand more about what we see and how we see it.
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Just Warming Up
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A Bird Apart
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Stephanie Stewart-Bailey, Exploratorium object preparer and dissection enthusiast
James Pomeroy Howe, who earned his reputation as an Associated Press war correspondent and Renaissance country gentleman, homesteaded on this land for fifty years. In his retirement, Howe grew walnuts and almonds and raised exotic birds and smoked their meats. He told larger than-life true stories and serenaded guests with flights of his rare Chinese pigeon flutes. In honor and memory of this rare man, Stephanie Stewart-Bailey performed a pigeon dissection in the park.
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Fossil Walk
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Kovar Trail just east of Howe Homestead Park in Walnut Creek
Mount Diablo—now 3,849 feet high—was once beneath the sea. Tectonic forces caused by the overriding of the Pacific and North American plates created an uplift of the once-horizontal seabed. We looked for numerous large rocks with parts of seashells still intact, and checked out the specks of broken white seashells in the road as we walked along.
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Sound Aspects of Open Space
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Musician Wayne Grim presented a six-channel, site-specific outdoor audio installation incorporating objects found within a five-mile radius of his chosen performance area. These objects were resonated live using a series of transducers. In addition to creating the piece, Wayne discussed how to make an unassuming object vibrate and produce sound.
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Borges Ranch and Group Lunch
The former ranch of early Walnut Creek pioneer Frank Borges is the home base for Walnut Creek's Shell Ridge Open Space activities. The ranch complex includes a blacksmith shop, numerous outbuildings, and farm equipment displays. Built in 1901, the ranch houses historical displays of the early 1900s and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. We took a quick tour and broke for lunch.
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Less is More Oasis
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At the Less Is More Oasis, we enjoyed a respite from the shadeless trails of Mount Diablo State Park. It afforded meditation and experimentation with some of the lesser known and counterintuitive properties of a hiker's best friend: water. We witnessed turbulent and beautiful patterns that formed a quenching tea, munched on fruit cooled by water via the sun, and refreshed ourselves with a cooling spray of scalding water. We tried lifting steel with water. And, finally, watched time disappear in its depths.
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Films by the Fire
Live Oak Campground, Mount Diablo
We gathered around the movie screen at base camp on the final night of Harrell Fletcher's expedition to Mount Diablo. A program of visual storytelling offered meditations on nature and the spirit of curiosity it evokes.
Looking East with Adam Green
Hiker Adam Green periodically took photos facing east from wherever he was and posted them to the Exploratorium's Instagram account. This provided remote participants with a window onto The Windows and through the landscape. The images will be presented post-walk in the form of a booklet of eastward views.
How Who We Are Shapes Our Understanding
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When we explore exhibits or do activities to learn about science, we bring all of who we are with us, including our social and cultural experiences. On this trek, as we took the Exploratorium experience into new settings, we observed and talked with participants, capturing their interactions and reflections to uncover how their explorations and understanding are imbued with who they are.
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Rebecca Solnit's wide-ranging book, Wanderlust: A History of Walking, trespasses through fields as diverse as philosophy, evolutionary biology, and urban planning. Inspired by Solnit's study, Marina and Milo contributed a meta-cognitive layer to the trek by focusing on the activity of walking itself through a series of daily reflections, readings, and simple activities on the wonders of bipedalism.
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Phil Mickelson will be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in May after the four-time major tournament winner was elected with the highest voting percentage in a decade.
Mickelson, the only player elected from the U.S. PGA Tour ballot, received 72 percent of the vote, the highest share since Greg Norman was elected with 80 percent in 2001, according to the hall.
He will be inducted on May 7 in St. Augustine, Florida, three days before the start of the PGA Tour's Players championship.
"This is a really special and cool honor," Mickelson, 41, told reporters in Singapore, where he is playing in a European Tour event. "It's kind of an elite club."
The winner of 39 PGA Tour events, including the Masters Tournament in 2004, 2006 and 2010 and the PGA Championship in 2005, Mickelson became eligible for induction when he turned 40 last year.
"To be called a Hall of Fame golfer, that actually does sound like I'm a little old," he said. "I don't feel old. Hopefully I'll be able to play quite a bit longer and compete."
Others on the PGA Tour ballot who fell short of the 65 percent vote needed included Fred Couples (38 percent), Davis Love III and Mark O'Meara (both 29 percent), and Ken Venturi (27 percent).
The PGA Tour ballot voting body consists of golf journalists, historians and golf dignitaries, according to the hall's website. Additional inductees in the international, veterans and lifetime achievement categories will be announced in the coming weeks, the hall said.


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Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the driving force behind draconian anti-immigrant laws in Arizona and Alabama and a rising national figure on the Right, is close to a major victory on one of his other pet projects – gaining attention for the mythical problem of "election fraud."
Kansas' legislature is poised to grant Kobach's office the power to prosecute election fraud cases that it identifies, a responsibility previously reserved for county and federal prosecutors. Kobach claims that prosecutors and the state attorney general's office are neglecting these cases because of "a very full plate."
But a look at even a few of the cases Kobach claims that prosecutors are neglecting tells a very different story. In February, Kobach told The Topeka Capital-Journal that he had referred eleven "slam dunk" cases to prosecutors, none of which had ended in convictions. But one of the prosecutors responsible for following up on those cases found that most were isolated incidents involving people who were just confused about the voting laws:
Johnson County District Attorney Stephen Howe took exception to some of Kobach's characterizations in his testimony on behalf of the Kansas County and District Attorneys Association. Howe said Kobach's bird's-eye view of widespread voter fraud crumbles when investigated by those on the ground.
For instance, Howe said one double-voter his office investigated was an elderly man showing "the early stages of dementia." Howe's office notified the man's family rather than prosecute him.
Another alleged double voter was a developmentally disabled man.
"Are we supposed to prosecute that case?" Howe asked. "I chose not to."
This fits with the pattern. In 2011, Kobach claimed that there had been 221 incidents of voter fraud in Kansas between 1997 and 2010. Yet just seven of these resulted in convictions.
Kobach now claims that he has identified at least 30 cases of illegal double voting in the 2012 election by finding people with the same name and birthdate who voted in two separate states. Such matching tactics have in the past have resulted not in legitimate voter fraud convictions, but in embarrassing errors and mass wrongful disenfranchisement.
Kobach's issue with the state's prosecutors seems to be not that they haven't properly investigated voter fraud – but that they have failed to promote the conspiracy theory about widespread voter fraud that, when it becomes popular, benefits people like Kris Kobach and the policies they pursue.
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Enquirer: Khloe Kardashian's Dad is O.J.
January 19th, 2012| by Lost Lettermen
The National Enquirer is widely regarded as a laughingstock of journalism that every once in a while breaks bombshell news like Tiger Woods' extramarital affairs.
We're not sure which to file the lead story in the most recent issue under yet (we're assuming the former) but it's certainly just as shocking: O.J. Simpson is the father of Khloe Kardashian.
This comes weeks after the former wives of the late Robert Kardashian claimed that he was not the father of Khloe, the younger sister of Kim Kardashian who has also become a reality TV star and Mrs. Lamar Odom. The Enquirer says that Simpson used to tell friends Khloe was his daughter and the tabloid points out that the reality TV star looks eerily similar to Simpson's daughter, Sydney.
Robert Kardashian was friends with Simpson and was one of the NFL Hall of Famer's lawyers in the 1995 murder trial of Nicole Brown Simpson. Khloe's mom, Kris Jenner, was close friends with Brown Simpson before her death. The story claims Simpson and Jenner had an affair in 1983.
Khloe posted this message to her Twitter feed on Thursday without directly mentioning the story: "And do they rumors ever stop? What is the recent obsession with all of this? What are they going to say next? #SoapOpera"
Replied Kris Jenner on Twitter: "Thanks for all your love and support today dolls! Wow some of the stories out there today are either fabricated, or SO 24 years ago!!"
The only other person aside Kris Jenner that would know for sure about this claim is Simpson, now 64, who of course is locked up in a Nevada prison.
And given his past, would you really believe anything he said anyway?
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The MARTA Police Department (MPD) was recently awarded Flagship Agency status by CALEA, a national association that accredits law enforcement agencies for achieving industry-established performance standards and professional practices. CALEA presented this prestigious designation in recognition of MPD's outstanding compliance with accreditation standards during its 2009 re-accreditation.
"The MARTA Police Department is extremely honored to have been selected to serve as a CALEA Flagship Agency, and we look forward to assisting our fellow police departments on achieving and maintaining accreditation standards," said MARTA Police Chief Wanda Dunham.
Dunham credited the department's success to the men and women of the MARTA Police Department stating, "It would not have been possible without the hard work and dedication of each and every member of this Department with special acknowledgement to MARTA's Accreditation Manager, Officer Gregory Gamble and the leadership and continued support of MARTA's General Manager, Dr. Beverly A. Scott."
Following a four-day, on-site assessment from December 12 to December 15, 2009, and a review of 464 files, CALEA reaccredited MPD after determining that the department was 100% compliant with all mandatory standards and 96% compliant with "other than mandatory" standards.
CALEA re-accredits agencies every three years. MARTA has been accredited by CALEA since 1997 and is one of only four transit police agencies in the United States that are certified.
Of the 900 department re-accreditations that CALEA conducted from March 2007 to November 2009, MARTA is one of only 104 agencies that achieved Flagship status.
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Police Department is a full service law enforcement agency with 300 sworn officers whose mission is to protect MARTA assets and serve its customers. The Department is the eight largest police department in the State of Georgia and is a professional, community-oriented agency that is committed to the safety of all its customers.
The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) was created in 1979 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, National Sheriffs Association and Police Executive Research Forum. CALEA raises the bar of professionalism for law enforcement agencies by establishing a uniform set of written directives, strengthening an agency's accountability, formalizing essential management procedures, establishing fair and nondiscriminatory personnel practices, boosting citizen and staff confidence in the agency, solidifying interagency cooperation and coordination.


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SOUTH Africa's mining industry was in a dangerous phase and the changes to mining laws the government was proposing were coming on top of a backlog of unissued mining rights and a tough operating environment, Randgold Resources CEO Mark Bristow said on Wednesday.
Mr Bristow is the chairman of Rockwell Diamonds, a company operating in South Africa, as well as the head of Randgold, which operates mines in West Africa and is building a mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, making him well placed to compare the South African mining environment to that elsewhere in Africa.
Randgold has mines in Mali, Cote d'Ivoire and Senegal and the Kibali project it shares with AngloGold Ashanti in the Congo.
Mali and Cote d'Ivoire have been subject to low-grade wars, but London-listed Randgold refuses to invest in South Africa, where Mr Bristow grew up.
The governing African National Congress said after its Mangaung policy conference in December that the state must "capture an equitable share of mineral resource rents through the tax system", sparking alarm in the mining sector, which is struggling under above-inflation electricity and labour-cost increases.
"What we are seeing in South Africa is a very dangerous trend in my mind because they are harvesting the industry. If you only reap and you don't sow, you're toast," Mr Bristow said on the sidelines of the Mining Indaba.
The government's focus on increasing revenue from the mining sector means there will be less for companies to reinvest in their businesses for expansion, which cripples the industry, he said. "We'll not invest here. It's a mature destination for gold mining. We have fundamental filters: the right to mine, reliability of legislation and policy, recognition of the importance of the investment — all those things don't happen here," he said.
"One of the things I cannot fault the governments of the countries in which we operate is the commitment to engage in the best interests of advancing the country's own progress. The minister makes himself available to investors in these countries," Mr Bristow said.
"Here, you can't get permissions, permits or responses, you can't even get an audience. Sure, the mining industry is bigger and more complex, but it shouldn't be like that," he said, stressing the need for partnership between mining companies, governments and labour, something that had broken down in South Africa.
The Kibali project is on track to begin pouring gold by the year-end, with the mills for the plant being installed. The relocation plan to move villagers off the mine site was almost complete and should be in effect by the middle of the year, Mr Bristow said.


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BENNINGTON West Mountain Animal Hospital is hosting an open house Aug. 3 from 1 to 4 p.m. to celebrate almost 35 years as an accredited member of the American Animal Hospital Association.
West Mountain announced recently that it had again achieved the highest level of veterinary excellence following a thorough reevaluation of the hospitals patient care, practice protocols, medical equipment, facility and client service by the AAHA.
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They are clearly committed to doing their very best as evidenced by the hard work and effort they put into this voluntary process, he said.
Those who live near West Mountain, on Harwood Hill in Bennington, are invited to come to the open house and tour the hospital. There will be food and prizes at the event.
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Overnight: Malval, Dardagny
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The entire course of the Allondon, a tributary of the Rhone, is a floodplain biotope of national significance. The hike starts in Malval, from where you have the best view of the gorgeous valley. Hikeon the lane, past the old chapel beneath the little village to Pont d'Essertines. Besides the great variety of songbirds, including the nightingale, rare orchids also thrive and blossom on old pastures. If you are lucky, you will spot a kingfisher, a species that is very rare in Switzerland.
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Mexicans cautiously welcome US immigration reform
MEXICO CITY -- Mexicans reacted with cautious optimism to the immigration reform bill submitted to the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, saying that while it proposes a long wait for migrants to gain U.S. citizenship, it at least gives them a stable path to do so.
"There are some people who would like to become citizens right away," said Ismael Mota Ortega, 48, who heads the Illinois federation of clubs of migrants from the central Mexico state of Zacatecas. "But there are others who see things sensibly, that you have to demonstrate that you can truly be a good citizen, step by step."
But Marco Antonio Castillo, who leads an advocacy group called the Popular Assembly of Migrant Families, complained about the numerous conditions the measure would impose on applicants, saying, "The immigration reform doesn't appear to be as just as possible."
"We don't want to be pessimistic," Castillo said. "But it is fundamentally important that the demands of society be met."
Mexico's Foreign Relations Department welcomed the proposed reform, calling it "a positive step."
"The commitment expressed by President Barack Obama and members of both parties in Congress on this issue is very encouraging," it said. "As the U.S. legislative process proceeds, it will be fundamentally important that the contributions of migrants are taken into account, and that their rights are respected."
The bill would allow migrants in the country before 2012 to apply for "registered provisional immigrant status." That would not allow them to collect federal benefits, but they could at least work safely in the United States and visit their homelands.
That is a big issue for many of the millions of Mexican migrants who entered the U.S. illegally.
One group that could benefit if the bill is passed includes some of the most tragic cases of the current situation: adult migrants deported after decades living in the United States, who often left behind -- or brought with them -- children born in the United States.
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These Paleo Zucchini Fritters are one of my most favorite veggie side dishes I've cooked up lately.
The recipe's one I adapted from Smitten Kitchen, a really cool website.
If you have a food processor with a shredding blade, this recipe becomes even faster to make but have no fear: I broke out my trusty box grater to do the job, and it worked like a charm. The key is extracting as much moisture as possible.
I really recommend squeezing the salted zucchini through a few layers of cheesecloth for best results. They are a bit fragile, so take care when flipping them.
These Paleo Zucchini Fritters because it's one of the recipes in my ebook, The Paleo Athlete!
Recently I gave this post a makeover. It's been here on the blog for two years, but I've recently updated with brand-new, much more appetizing photography. We eat with our eyes first, right?
- 2 medium zucchini, shredded (about 5 cups)
- 2 tsp sea salt
- ¼ cup coconut flour
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 tsp black pepper
- ¼ tsp cayenne pepper, optional
- Coconut oil or ghee for cooking
- Shred the zucchini using a box grater or a food processor fitted with a shredding blade. Put the shredded zucchini in a large bowl. Sprinkle with the salt and toss well. Walk away for 10 minutes.
- Now it's time to squeeze all the moisture out of the zucchini because nobody likes soggy fritters. Note: If you're really salt sensitive, you may want to rinse the zucchini with water, then squeeze it out. Scoop up a generous handful of the zucchini and squeeze the living daylights out of them into a sink or bowl. You want them dry. Place in a different bowl.
- Add the coconut flour, egg and pepper. Stir to combine.
- Heat a large skillet over medium-low heat. Melt a large spoonful of ghee or coconut oil in the pan. Pack a ¼ cup measuring cup with the zucchini mixture, pressing it down inside the cup. Turn the cup out onto the pan and flatten the zucchini until you get a patty. You can also use a disher or just eyeball it. I fit about 4 or 5 in a large skillet at one time.
- Cook each side for 3 to 5 minutes or until nicely browned. Repeat until you've used up all the zucchini mixture. Be sure to add more ghee or coconut oil to the pan each time you start a new batch.
- Cool on a cooling rack so they don't get soggy.
Sprinkle with freshly chopped chives or parsley.
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08/8/12 Attempted abduction of child at Borger Walmart
Lieutenant Anthony B. Griffin
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On Wednesday afternoon, August 8th, 2012, at approximately 1:10 PM, Borger Police Officers responded to the Walmart Department Store on W. Wilson Street in Borger in reference to an Attempted Child Abduction. At the time of the incident, a Plain Clothed Borger Police Officer happened to be on the premises on the opposite side of the store. This Officer was promptly notified of the incident and immediately broadcast the incident and suspect information to Central Dispatch and other responding Officers. This Officer immediately started a search of the area for the suspect, as did other responding Officers upon their arrival. Unfortunately, Officers were unable to locate the suspect.
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Upon further investigation into the incident, it was found that a local couple were in the store with their children. One of the children, an 11 year old female, was alone in one of the Toy Department Aisles. The suspect came up behind the child and grabbed her, from behind, around the chest area. As the suspect starts to lift the child, the child started screaming. When the child started screaming, the suspect released the child and quickly traveled to the front of the store where he exited the store.
Borger Police Officers reviewed surveillance footage at both Walmart and United Supermarket; which is located in the same shopping area; and were able to retrieve several photographs of the suspect and suspect vehicle. These photographs are attached to this press release.
Borger Police Officers were also able to retrieve video from these surveillance cameras. These videos can be seen by going to the Borger Police Department Facebook Page and clicking on the link or to the Borger Police Departments Website at www.ci.borger.tx.us. This web address will pull up the City of Borger website. Click on Borger Police Department and then on Press Releases for the video link.
As of this date and time, the Borger Police Department is actively Investigating this incident; as well as intensely searching for the suspect and / or suspect vehicle. Anyone having information in reference to this incident, suspect, and / or suspect vehicle, are asked and encouraged to contact the Borger Police Department at (806)-273-0930 or Crime Stoppers at (806)-274-6371.
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this is one of the only decent kk animations in a while...maybe foreva, this is good.
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KK still gets blammed.
This movie is ok... but you forgot 9.9 out of 10 KK flashes get blammed because they are strait garbage.
Im glad they finnaly got one "ok" animator. Please tell the rest of your "crew" to spend a little more time on their flashes, and people might not see them as a worthless spam club.
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the kitty krew can do good flashes...who knew
not great but by far the best thing i've seen the kitty krew do, more stuff like this and less garbage.
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I think you gave me a other view of the Kitty Krew..
If just all kitty krew movies was like this.
I really liked it :D Keep it up!
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The Fat's in the Fire as McDonald's Hires the Dream Machine Menudo to Counter Wendy's Wonder Woman—and a National Survey Roasts the Fast-Food Business
"Dip them in the barbecue sauce," someone helpfully suggests.
"But he doesn't like the barbecue sauce," retorts a member of the Menudo entourage.
"Whaddya mean, he doesn't like the barbecue sauce?" exclaims a McDonald's man reproachfully.
Bob Keyser, the chain's amiable press-relations chief, watches the activity with a knowing expression on his sunburned face. "The intensity builds whenever you work with the food," explains Keyser, a two-year survivor of fast-food battles. "We take the hamburger business more seriously than anyone else."
Seriously, indeed. For six days and nights, in the Centro de Bellas Artes in downtown San Juan and on Luquillo Beach, 30 miles down the coast, the billions-of-burgers people have been filming Menudo in a pair of commercials of such technical complexity, logistic difficulty and lavish overproduction that not even Steven Spielberg would be unimpressed. It's all part of McDonald's strategy to capture the growing Hispanic market in the U.S., which now numbers 23 million potential burger buyers, including almost 10 million under the age of 18. "The '80s is the decade of the Hispanic," says Michelle Aragon, 30, vice-president of Conill Advertising, McDonald's Hispanic-market advertising agency, which created the campaign for the company and is now acquiring an increasing share of the burger chain's staggering $400 million advertising budget.
Menudo seems the perfect choice to sell those Grande Macs. The group is the fast food of the pop-music industry, a quintet of baby-faced Puertorriqueños (currently Ricky Meléndez, 16, Charlie Rivera Massó, 14, Ray Reyes León, 14, Robby Rosa, 13, and Roy Rosello, 13) whose bubble-gum love songs have made them the heartthrobs of teenage Latino girls from New York City to Venezuela. The group stays forever young by replacing its members when they turn 16, or as soon as their voices begin to change, with equally wholesome clones. Menudo has raked in millions through records, concert tours and licensing fees for more than 50 products bearing its name. It crowned a seven-year rise to stardom with a series of sellout concerts at New York's Radio City Music Hall in February, and recently signed an RCA recording contract reportedly worth $30 million.
What's more, Padosa—Menudo's management company, headed by the group's enigmatic creator, Edgardo Díaz Meléndez, 32—has no apparent qualms about turning its pop stars into pubescent pitchmen. The boys spent three days in March lip-synching and dancing to a McDonald's jingle in a simulated concert, complete with dozens of swooning female extras (recruited from a San Juan junior high school), garish costumes, a smoke-wreathed stage and glittering light shows. Next they helicopted out to Luquillo Beach for a more elaborate 60-second spot to be broadcast over Spanish-language stations in the U.S. and abroad. The "plot" had four members of the group cast away on a desert-island set until Robby Rosa and a sailor-suited rescuer arrived in a row-boat stuffed with bags of McDonald's lifesaving provender. Production people and McDonald's reps found the group "upbeat," "refreshing," "exciting" and "amazing," but others regard the McDonald's ads as a telling comment on the group's synthetic commerciality. "Menudo was originally a lovely concept," said Dr. Neftali Sallaberry, the father of two former Menudo members. "But it's become a monster, a marketing thing with a life of its own."
Hardly anybody seemed to mind at Luquillo Beach, where a dozen police and security guards held back a crowd of 300 fans, including grandmothers, who were blowing kisses and screaming greetings at their favorite Menudoites. The boys even found followers among the staffers on the movie unit. A pair of middle-aged wardrobe and makeup assistants were principally engaged in giving back massages and thigh rubs to Ray, a wavy-haired charmer who's in his second year with the group, who seemed to exert an almost supernatural power over older women. "He's 100 percent macho!" proclaimed one. "Terribly sexy!" offered the other.
Meanwhile a quartet of "food stylists" worked frantically on what McDonald's considered the most important element: the food. Perfectly fashioned Chicken McNuggets and Quarter Pounders with cheese rolled off the portable grills, ready to be rushed to stardom in front of the cameras. "The Big Mac is most critical," explained Tom Lines, McDonald's technical advertising manager, as his three assistants spruced up burgers with Wesson Oil and tossed wrinkled sesame buns into the discard pile. "After five minutes the lettuce starts to wilt, after 10 the special sauce changes color. And it's even worse if you are shooting inside under the hot lights."
The food stylists were not the only ones operating with such relentless efficiency. Orlando Jimenez Leal, 42, the director-cameraman, whose last previous project was a feature documentary about the persecution of Cuban minorities, pushed Menudo through take after numbing take. Most of the scenes were less than five seconds long. But Leal insisted on shooting each a minimum of 10 times—and often shot the same scene from four or five different angles.
Off-camera the boys sought the protection of their entourage, a small phalanx of Padosa management people who treated the group like the precious commodity it clearly is. Menu-do's mastermind, Díaz, made only a brief appearance, relegating the babysitting to trusted surrogates. "I am their big brother, nurse, choreographer, makeup man, hairstylist, clothing designer and dietitian," declared José Luis Vega, 22, an ingenuous, rail-thin young man who coached the group through all McDonald's ad-campaign choreography and joked with them on the sidelines.
Only rarely did it become evident that when all the hype, glitter and hoopla subsided, the boys of Menudo remained, quite simply, boys. During breaks one might find Ricky making tunnels in the wet sand for his battery-operated toy truck. Or Ray, on the beach with a rake, writing his name in four-foot-high letters. Or all five, splashing in the ocean and playing leapfrog. Such moments, however, were fleeting. When the shooting broke up at 6 o'clock, they were quickly hustled into a helicopter. Inside, their faces pressed against the window, they stared and waved—with a trace of longing, it seemed—at a group of some 30 local children gathered with their bicycles at the lift-off spot. Then the whirring rotor blades carried them upward and out of sight, westward toward San Juan and the road shows and recording sessions that awaited them.
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