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Directed by Jack Arnold
Grant Williams – Robert Scott Carey
Randy Stuart – Louise Carey
Paul Langton – Charlie Carey
April Kent – Clarice
Raymond Bailey – Dr. Thomas Silver
I take this to mean two things: first, everyone concerned remembers encountering the film in their youth – in a period when things were fresh and clear; and two, folks have come to associate the picture with their youth, when the noble and idealistic stirrings produced by the picture could be felt with hope – a sensation difficult to experience as one ages. Yet we cherish the memory of youth, and thus by association, we cherish this film.
Speaking for myself, I still think of Robert Carey, filled with his inevitable doom, fighting on with a sewing needle, wearing tatters of cloth that wouldn't cover a penny, as an inspired statement about the innate, blind courage of mankind. And his final walk out into the stars, well, I have always felt Carey was then beyond courage, beyond even wisdom or sacrifice; taking steps into Heaven or Oneness. This is weighty stuff for a B Sci-Fi flick from the 1950s with a tiny budget and a cast of no-names. Yet it is this swinging-for-the-fences philosophy that is so admirable about the movie, and so unique.
The story is direct and simple: Robert and Louise Carey are vacationing on a brother's cabin cruiser, lollygagging around on deck in the sun, completely happy, married, and in love. Louise goes below deck to get hubby a beer, and Robert notices a large, white cloud moving swiftly over the water. He stands up as if to face it and it rolls over the boat. Something in the cloud has covered his body in a coating of sparkly flakes, which he is busy brushing it off as Louise pops back up on deck. "Look at your chest," says Louise, and passes Robert a towel, looking concerned.
It was, of course, a radioactive cloud (produced, perhaps, by the testing at Bikini Atoll?), and Robert has been covered with fallout (for a 1950s view of fallout, please have a peek at the short films included under the profile). The effects of this fallout stay dormant for six months until Robert is accidentally exposed to a pesticide, and the two agents combine to produce physical shrinking. Robert will shrink away into the atoms of the air, but it is his rich journey into non-existence, and all his surreal experiences along the way, that make for a more than satisfying eighty-one minutes.
The script is by Richard Matheson, based on his short story, The Shrinking Man. Over the years, Matheson's stature has deservedly risen, and he has produced a ton of great work as a novelist and as a script writer since the mid 1950s. As a novelist/short story writer working in sci-fi and fantasy, his catalog of classic work includes, I am Legend, What Dreams May Come, Somewhere in Time, and many more. Many of these have been turned into feature films, most notably I am Legend. Hollywood has taken a crack at it three times with The Last Man on Earth (1964), The Omega Man (1971), and I am Legend (2007). There probably wasn't a television show in the 1950s that Matheson didn't write scripts for. I could go on (easily) but you get the point. It is Matheson that must be given credit for the grandiose wind-up of the picture in which the Carey voiceover explains that he now recognizes his worth to God, even as his corporal body is atomizing, and his life will never end, just change. His body and soul is joining the cosmos, the stars. It is this "sense of wonder;" this writing with epic ambitions, that has endeared the picture to viewers since its release.
The direction comes courtesy of Jack Arnold, who was at the helm for some the greatest sci-fi classics of the era, including, Creature From The Black Lagoon, It Came From Outer Space, Tarantula, The Monolith Monsters, This Island Earth, and Monster On Campus. Arnold worked in the genre, and with restrictive budgets, enough for his sci-fi work to have a distinctive style and "touch."
He was a master at staging a shot for maximum effect. Take for example the scene when Robert's brother, Charlie, stops by the house to tell Robert that a) he is fired (Robert works for Charlie's advertising firm) and b) since someone at Charlie's firm has blabbed about Robert's condition to a reporter (obviously Charlie himself), why not sell the story, turn yourself into a freak, and make a bundle? Throughout the scene we see Charlie, who is clearly the Alpha ass-hole of the two brothers and de-facto man of the house; pacing the living room, while Louise, who is getting mousier and older with each passing scene, is sitting like a hostage victim in a chair stroking the pet cat. Throughout the scene there is a feeling of tension, even dread, produced by Arnold's clever staging: the camera is looking up from an unnaturally low angle, just behind a chair, so that Charlie is talking down at the chair.
While Charlie blathers on (I mean, really, the man has just shit-canned his own brother because, well, being so teeny and all, he can't keep his clients anymore, as well as all but told Robert if he doesn't sell his freak story, he will) Louise sits very quietly. There is also something slightly upsetting in Louise's prim passiveness. She simply watches Charlie with something like shame on her face as she strokes the cat. What is she ashamed off? Charlie, you son of a bitch, any thoughts? The staging suggests a couple talking to a child we can't see. "Charlie, No!" says Louise to Charlie's sordid suggestion of a book deal. Charlie becomes sulky and huffy, "well, at least think about it," he says, not understanding at all he has added to his brother's misery tremendously. The camera cuts suddenly to a very small - somehow hideously small - Robert, sitting in a chair like a straight-legged doll, while Charlie is so huge we see only the corner of his shoulder. In fact, as Robert wiggles his feet slightly, we notice he is dressed in a child's clothes, all of it slightly oversized at that. Now the camera is looking down, way down, from a perspective over Charlie's massive shoulder. A single, discordant blast of strings plays for background music, and we see, way down there, Robert's black eyes looking up at us. In one powerful shot, we realize Robert's torture, and his doom, like a kick to the stomach.
The scene has tremendous impact, pulling us directly into Robert's suffering and, yes, our own shock and repulsion at the sight of him. This excellent sense of drama, this crystalization of a moment of tension, is typical of Arnold's work of the period, and can be seen to great effect in any of the films mentioned above. In many similar moments in an Arnold film, we can feel him guiding us along, as though down a dimly lit alley, until he suddenly baths light on something monstrous. Arnold was also a fabulous storyteller with film, a quality that really comes to the fore once Robert Carey is banished into the basement.
A terrified retreat from the house cat (a particularly mangy looking beast, who was an actual 'feline actor" named "Orangey") has sent Robert tumbling ass over tea-kettle into a rag basket in the basement, where his fight for survival truly begins. Here, Carey will prove his mettle while struggling to wrestle a bit of cheese from a mouse-trap, nearly drown as the hot water heater floods the basement (which also nearly obliterates his matchbox dwelling), have to scale the mountain of a workbench with a bent needle and thread for a piece of cake, and most famously, enter into battle with a spider like one of Arthur's knights facing a dragon.
This sequence of film is Arnold's masterwork. It has the pure celluloid storytelling of Chaplin's City Lights, and like Chaplin's work, requires no words at all. It does have some narration, some of which is magical, but the film, from the moment Carey is completely abandoned by Louise and that swine of a brother, Charlie (who can't sell the house and whisk Louise out of it fast enough) to the final credits, the picture requires nothing to tell the tale but Arnold's brilliant film-making. I have read that Orson Welles was a fan of the picture, and I would bet dollars to doughnuts this portion of the film was what cemented his approval (Welles was working at universal the same time as The Incredible Shrinking Man was made, working on his own film, Touch of Evil, and did the voiceover for the trailer).
Over fifty years later, the special effects still are thrilling and completely convincing (in your face CGI!). The models created had to demonstrate Cary's shrinking though many different stages, and there is a uniform quality and seamlessness that is mind-boggling. From giant needles, nails, and pencils; to chairs, telephones, coffee cups and sugar dispensers, none of it looks cheap or artificial. My particular favorite is the mousetrap, which is 100% scary and filled with a kind of spring tension that perfectly captures the real thing. It isn't only the sublime quality and craftsmanship of the models, either, but also Arnolds brilliant use of camera angles as well as the use of sound. During the course of the picture, we hear Carey's voice changing. At first we notice a certain tinny quality, a thinness of timbre, until eventually his voice sounds like the whine of a mosquito which no one can hear (particularly heart wrenching is the scene where Carey is shouting at Louise, who is right above him on the stairs of the basement, cupping his hands and screaming for all he's worth, "Louise! Louise, please look for me! Louise!").
The performances are excellent throughout as well, most obvious, of course, is the moving performance by Grant Williams as Robert Scott Carey. Williams had an Alan Ladd quality and was signed by Universal, groomed for stardom, but never quite got there. But then, with this performance, he achieved something far more lasting than stardom, which, after all, is frighteningly transitory. His performance here is terribly moving and he is very good throughout. A true gem of a performance, though, is one that is seldom noted by reviewers: that of Randy Stuart as Louise Carey. Consider the changes that occur through the course of the film to the Louise character. In the opening sequences, she is a young, nubile wife, full of youth and life, playing flirty games with her handsome husband under the sun. As the movie progresses and her husband's torment begins and intensifies, she ages and withers before our eyes, struggling mightily to be strong as Robert Carey becomes a little monster in his anguish, a verbal tyrant at 36 inches.
Louise is no longer playful, to say the least, and her façade of normalcy is palpable in its anguish. By the time swaggering Charlie begins running the show, she is nearly comatose – pale and drawn so that each breath seems pained. The final stage of this marvelous performance begins when she finally is able to accept that her husband is gone. She has found the bloody remnants of Robert's thumb-sized clothes, and she has seen the vile creature, Orangey, licking it's hideous chops. She is hustled through any denial period by the loathsome Charlie ("We've looked everywhere," says Charlie helpfully when Louise demonstrates reluctance to give up the search. "He's dead. He was my brother. Do you think I could say it if it wasn't true? You saw the cat."). Finally, in Stuart's last scene when all hope is finally abandoned, Louise is no longer drawn, is maybe even beautiful again. Put she is no longer young. And she is no longer soft or nubile. As she and Charlie prepare to leave the house and pull out of the driveway one last time, Charlie, who has been collecting odds and ends in preparation for the sale of the house, says, "Is that everything, Louise?" Louise isn't looking at him; is instead staring 1,000 miles straight ahead. "Yes," she says, in a voice that could freeze steel, "that's everything."
Finally, then, we come back around to Matheson and his script. Much has been rightfully made of the final narration in the film, where the vanishing Carey speaks about his final spiritual breakthrough (. . .all this vast majesty of creation – it had to mean something, and then I meant something, too . . .). It is indeed simply beautiful in accompaniment to Arnold's final long, long pullback; from Carey looking star ward, to the lawn, to the planet, to the solar system, etc, etc.
The bit of writing I remember best, though, was when the starving, quickly weakening Carey, nearing the end, regains his needle after the water heater flood has swept him far from his dwelling; and he makes a final vow: "I still had my weapons. With these bits of metal I was a man again. If I was to die, it would not be as a helpless insect in the jaws of the Spider Monster. A strange calmness possessed me. I thought more clearly than I had ever thought before; as if my mind were bathed in a brilliant light."
Carey has been reduced to instinct, and his instinct is to fight, to never be helpless, to never, ever give up.
So, I would advise you to see this film, but really, I will only hope that you watch it again and every year or so after, as I do. Because, after all, I am sure you have already seen it. I am sure you saw it when you were twelve or maybe thirteen; when you were very young. –Radiation Cinema


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Rockefeller:?Deal continues cuts
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., on Thursday highlighted how the fiscal cliff deal Congress passed will cut taxes for 99.7 percent of West Virginians and continue many specific tax credits to spur business growth and economic investment, and to help thousands of West Virginians keep more money in their pockets.
The fiscal cliff deal includes important tax cuts for low and middle income families to reduce the burden on them, while insisting that the wealthy finally pay their fair share. Because of this bill, only individuals who make over $400,000 or families that make over $450,000 will see tax rates return to Clinton-era levels.
"West Virginia families work hard, but many still struggle to get by," said Rockefeller. "Our economy has begun to recover, but we still have further to go, and many West Virginians have yet to feel any improvements. This bill makes sure hundreds of thousands of West Virginians continue to get much of the help they received before – by extending tax cuts for middle class families, while also continuing tax credits that are proven lifelines for so many West Virginians.
"If Congress had failed to pass this bill, tax credits that help low and middle income West Virginia families pay their bills and afford college would have disappeared. I refused to let that happen, despite warped efforts by House Republicans to place more of the burden on those already hurting. Instead, this bill takes solid steps toward narrowing the income divide between the very wealthy and those who work but struggle every day, especially in a tough economy. From the beginning, I made clear that I would work to protect crucial safety nets for so many West Virginians, and this bill does that.
"I realize that reports on the bill have been confusing. For example, one of the items not included in this deal is an extension of the payroll tax cut, which I believe should have continued temporarily in a way that still protected Social Security. But, even without the payroll tax cut, the facts are very clear this bill significantly benefits West Virginians and the net total puts more money in West Virginians' pockets."
Because of the fiscal cliff deal, West Virginians will continue receiving the following tax credits. Without a deal, these tax credits would have disappeared, and West Virginians' taxes would have gone up starting January 1.
Tax cuts for individuals and families in the fiscal cliff deal:
– Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) – The fiscal cliff deal continues for five years the EITC, which is a refundable federal tax credit that helps put money back in the pockets of low-income working individuals and families, and makes taxes a little fairer for low-income workers. In 2011, almost 160,000 working West Virginians benefited from this tax credit, receiving $329 million in returns to the state, which will now continue, averaging more than $2,000 per person.
– Expanded Child Tax Credit – The fiscal cliff deal protects 102,000 West Virginia children and their families from losing the tax credit which will continue for five years. This tax credit is for low and middle income families to help offset the cost of raising a child. It allows families to claim as much as $1,000 per child.
– American Opportunity Tax Credit – The fiscal cliff deal extends for five years this tax credit which helps students and families afford the cost of college. In 2011, 33,000 West Virginians received a total of $64 million, averaging almost $2,000 per person. This is a refundable tax credit and is good for all four years of college. It can be used to pay for textbooks and other fixed costs associated with attending college in addition to tuition.
– Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) patch – The AMT was enacted to guarantee that wealthy individuals could not escape taxation. This tax was never indexed for inflation, and so the AMT "patch" indexes it for inflation each year so that middle class taxpayers are not forced to pay it. 10,121 West Virginians paid the AMT in 2010. The fiscal cliff deal permanently patched the AMT, which has in the past been an annual exercise, protecting almost 50,000 more West Virginians who would otherwise be forced to pay it this year.
Tax cuts for economic development, mine safety, and school construction:
– New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) – The fiscal cliff deal continues for 2012 and 2013 returns this tax credit, which has a proven history of promoting investment and economic growth by helping bring needed private sector capital to low-income and rural communities across the country. Since 2003, the NMTC has provided over $55 million in new investment in West Virginia projects and communities, including for local coal mines, hardware stores, and child day care services centers, among others. The NMTC has also created more than 300,000 jobs in low income and rural communities since it was created. Rockefeller wrote the original legislation creating the NMTC and fought successfully for its expansion in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009.
– Mine Rescue Team Training Credit – The fiscal cliff deal continues for 2012 and 2013 returns this tax credit, which provides up to $10,000 for coal companies and mine operators for the training of mine rescue team members, and gives coal companies incentives to make crucial investments in equipment and training that will help coal miners return safely from work each day. A tax credit of this size offsets approximately 20 percent of the cost of preparing a miner to be ready to rescue his colleagues. Rockefeller introduced this tax credit which was first enacted in 2006.
– Election to Expense Advanced Mine Safety Equipment – The fiscal cliff deal continues for 2012 and 2013 returns this tax credit, which enables coal companies to immediately expense 50 percent of the cost of purchasing new life-saving safety equipment to make sure miners are protected. Several types of safety equipment are eligible for the tax benefit including communications technology that enables miners to maintain constant contact with an individual above ground; electronic tracking devices that enable an individual above ground to locate miners underground at all times; emergency breathing apparatuses including devices carried by miners and additional oxygen supplies stored in the mine; and mine atmospheric monitoring equipment to measure the levels of carbon monoxide, methane and oxygen in the mine at all times. Rockefeller introduced this tax credit which was first enacted in 2006.
– Short Line Rail Track Maintenance Credit – The fiscal cliff deal continues for 2012 and 2013 returns this tax credit, which incentivizes short lines rail companies to invest in track rehabilitation by providing a credit of 50 cents for every dollar spent on track improvements. West Virginia is the country's second largest producer of rail ties.
This tax credit would mean better, safer railroad tracks and more reliable, competitively priced railroad service for companies to transport their products. It is particularly important for rural areas like West Virginia where short line service is often the only railroad service available for many companies trying to ship their products.
– Qualified Zone Academy Bonds (QZAB) – The fiscal cliff deal continues for 2012 and 2013 returns these tax credits, which are targeted to help disadvantaged communities afford school construction and renovations. Studies have shown a relationship between the condition of school buildings and the performance of students.
Unemployment benefits for jobless workers:
– Federal unemployment benefits – In addition to tax credits, the fiscal cliff deal also continues for this year federal benefits for approximately 10,000 West Virginians who are actively looking for jobs so they can pay their bills and put food on the table for their families. There are another 29,000 jobless West Virginians who are currently receiving state benefits, and if needed after that time, will now be able to receive federal benefits until the end of 2013.

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At their regular meeting Tuesday, they established a separate line item for it in the district's budget — and funded it with $1 million.
The move is the next step in a process that began with a district-wide safety evaluation of all campuses by Deputy Superintendent Erasmo Rodriguez following the Newtown, Conn., school shooting last February.
The Sandy Hooks Elementary School incident is the latest of 65 acts of random violence since 1927, according to a list compiled by CNN.
Fifty-four percent have occurred since 1991; 31 percent since 2000.
Together with district architect David Brown of Corpus Christi, Rodriguez explained to the board seven months ago that the district had to strike a balance between safety and cost.
They cited an estimate of $260,000 to install swipe-card readers on the doors at the high school; $220,000 for the middle school.
"How serious, or to what extent, do you wish for us to proceed with this?" Rodriguez asked the board. "We don't want to spend money just to spend it. We want it to be meaningful," he said. "But at this point, I am asking you to consider committing some funds for us to explore ways to improve our campuses in order to make them safer."
In February, Rodriguez invited Guardian Security Solutions from Lubbock to brief school principals with state-of-the-art surveillance and security systems.
He says he didn't have to search for vendors. "After Newtown, I was inundated with calls."
The age of many of the district's schools, designed to adhere to an open-school policy with multiple entrances, is a challenge. "We are exposed," Rodriguez admits.
"In order to be safer, we are going to have to inconvenience people," he said, by locking all the doors to a campus.
The more difficult campus to secure, he said, was the high school.
"It's a trade-off," he said after the board meeting. "I don't want to turn the schools into prisons," asking what message it would send to students and to parents were schools surrounded by high fences and razor wire. "I've been here a long time," he says. "I've never wanted to give a negative view to a public school."
Explaining to the board that the next step is to have Brown survey each campus to determine the cost of securing them, he told the trustees: "I'm trying to balance all this within budgetary restraints."
He asked the board to allocate $500,000 to fund the district-wide survey.
Trustee Kevin Behr, who also is a law enforcement officer, moved to devote $200,000 to security. "I think that's an adequate start," he said.
"Considering the $200,000," Rodriguez asked the board, jumping into the discussion, "are you saying I should discontinue the approach with the architects? That's what I need to know so I won't be wasting your time."
Following a brief discussion, Behr then amended his motion to reflect $1 million.
"You don't get to say that very often," he said.
Rodriguez expects it will take Brown at least two months to survey all the campuses; he hopes to present a security plan to the board in January.
He also briefed trustees on "COPsync911," a security system offered by a Dallas-based company already in use by the Bee County Sheriff's Office and soon to be adopted by the Beeville Police Department.
To use the system, each school downloads a software program that allows the principal to click on a 911 icon on the screen in the event of an intruder. The program allows a separate staffer to confirm a problem. Otherwise, after 15 seconds, the system sends a message to the five closest police officers and also notifies the dispatcher.
The system also supplies the responding officers with a local map and diagram of the building.
"The officers will know exactly which door to use," Behr said.
Rodriguez learned about the system only that day before the board meeting. It is used by 36 agencies — schools, banks, hospitals, fire and police departments — in 60 percent of Texas counties.
"COPsync911 costs $1,200 for each campus," Rodriguez said, "and here I'm talking about $500,000 just for locks?"
Behr strongly endorsed the system, having worked with it directly.
Cost of the system for BISD would be $1,200 per campus, an additional $1,200 for the software license and a $600 training course. The total cost would be around $9,000. An annual license renewal fee would be an additional $1,200.
Rodriguez says the adoption of the COPsync911 system by the district would not be in lieu of more expensive security lock systems but, rather, would augment the safety program.
In the next week or two, he plans to meet with each principal to discuss the advantages of the system and hopes to have a proposal ready to present to the board at its next meeting.
Rodriguez, having measured the board's commitment to safety, says he is enthusiastic about moving the safety concern forward, and finding the best security for the best cost.
Bill Clough is a reporter at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 358-2550, ext. 122, or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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~ Albertus Magnus, the most learned professor of the period, in wonder at the brilliant defense of a difficult thesis by young Thomas Aquinas, whose humility and reserve had been misinterpreted as signs of dullness.


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Questioning Randolph's 911 addressing methods
My wife and I made our home in Monterville our permanent residence 3 1/2 years ago. For the past several years, there has been an ongoing tug-of-war between the City of Elkins and the Randolph County Commission concerning street and road names, as well as numbering.
I just finished a short article in the January/February issue of The Atlantic magazine titled, "Where the Streets Have No Name." The subtitle: "West Virginia Aims To Put Its Residents On The Map." This takes place in very remote McDowell County along the southern border of West Virginia with Virginia.
The gist of the article is that they kept the names of roads and streets that were used by the locals for many years as long as there was no conflict within the same zip code. And wonder of wonders, they even allowed three-digit house numbers. Mr. Alan "Cathead" Johnson was the subject of the article, and he ended with an address of 155 Stacy Hollow Road.
My wife and I lived in Huntington for 40 years prior to moving to Randolph County. We lived at 16 Oakwood Road within the 25701 zip code inside the city limits of Huntington. Even 10 years ago, when Cabell County finished its 911 addressing, the house number and name stayed the same. This just goes to show that even a two-digit house number can be used in 911 Addressing.
Why is the County Commission of Randolph County trying to impose this "one-size-fits-all" addressing system on the municipalities? I'm sure there are computer programs that allow maintaining the numbering system in Elkins and the other towns.
Please, let's get this done so we can satisfy the Department of Motor Vehicles and our insurance carriers that we actually live at a numbered residence.
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When you visit us in Shipshewana you enter the world of master craftsman, Mel Riegsecker. A native of Northern Indiana Amish Country, Mel's father was an Amish harness maker, who taught Mel every detail of this ethnic skill. In 1970, for his own enjoyment, Mel created the first of his miniature wagons and six horse hitches with everything from manes to bridles authentically detailed. Mel's father displayed the handsome miniature in his shop for all to enjoy. To the surprise of father and son, the miniature was quickly purchased!
To accommodate the demand for his miniatures that followed, Mel continued to make more of the finely crafted horse and carriage miniatures, which were sold as quickly as they were finished. Eventually a buyer from a large department store in Chicago discovered Mel's work, and the rest is history!
As his reputation grew, Mel found that visitors enjoyed watching the crafters in his workshop, adjacent to his country home. However, due to a lack of space that wasn't always possible. So in 1984, Mel and June purchased and renovated an old factory building conveniently located at the 4 way stop in Shipshewana. They called it the Shipshewana Craft Barn. That was the beginning of Riegsecker's Blue Gate. As the Riegsecker's vision has evolved, additional shops, restaurants and a theatre have become a part of the marketplace. Today when you come for a visit, you can enjoy some of the best Amish/Mennonite cooking around, finely crafted solid wood furniture, crafts, home décor and much more.
The Marketplace is now a group of 4 retail stores, a restaurant, bakery, and cabinet seller. The retail stores offer some of the highest quality home décor in the country, many items made locally. They also carry the Riegsecker's own line of furniture created at local woodshops.
Riegsecker Hardwoods specializes in custom kitchen cabinets and are known for their custom built-in entertainment centers, fireplaces, and unique specialty jobs. The furniture is mainly displayed at the Farm House, and the cabinet showroom is located across from the Blue Gate with specialists if anyone needs a little help planning.
At Dad's Toys, another Marketplace store, the shelves are lined with literally hundreds of die-cast farm toys, banks, cars, trucks, and semis from ERTL, Spec Cast, First Gear, and others as well as Peter Stone and Breyer Model Horses. The store is also unique because it usually has a full size antique car and tractor for sale on its floor, as well as a miniature horse for the kids to see.
As the Marketplace continues to grow, the fastest growing part has been the Blue Gate Restaurant. When Mel first opened in the mid 80's the Blue Gate, formerly Der Strudel Haus, had 50 seats and one dining room. Over the years it grew to 105 seats and two dining rooms, but it was never big enough to accommodate the number of people who wanted to eat there. After 20 years the old Blue Gate was torn down and a new state-of-the-art facility was erected. The new Blue Gate Restaurant has 1200 seats, 9 dining rooms, a fully-functioning bakery and a theatre. As the Marketplace continues to grow the Blue Gate will be an integral key to its success.
Due to its location in the middle of Northern Indiana Amish Country and its proximity to the Flea Market, the largest in the Midwest, the Marketplace has become an enterprise that mainly serves the tourism industry. The Marketplace has become a draw for the Midwest and three of its largest markets: Chicago, Detroit, and Indianapolis. To better serve this industry the Marketplace has grown and evolved. The Blue Gate Carriage Co, and Blue Gate Theatre are just some of the services the Marketplace has added in response to this need. Carriages run daily to give visitors a taste of old-world transportation, and are also available for special occasions such as weddings, proms, and other events. The Blue Gate Theatre, home to the Midwest's best family friendly entertainment provides the much asked for evening entertainment to Shipshewana.
As the Marketplace continues to grow it will continue to play an important role in the growth and development of the community, as it has in the past. Currently a significant number of the staff comes from the community, which helps the Marketplace reflect the culture and values of the area. There is also a number of staff involved in local government and town development.


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Friends Groups
Friends of Devon Libraries
We have several Friends' Groups operating at libraries across the county. Joining a Friends' Group is an ideal way to show practical support for your local library and to share ideas and activities with like-minded people.
What do Friends' Groups do?
All groups are involved in some kind of fundraising. Although the Library Service is run and funded by Devon County Council, local librarians usually have a "shopping list" of extra goodies they would like: resources or equipment which would improve the library and add to the enjoyment of those using it. This might be toys and games for the Children's area, extra comfy seating, or equipment to help older or disabled customers.
Extra funds also enable us to increase the number of fun activities we hold: author visits, writers' workshops, storytelling and craft events are just some of the things supported in Devon Libraries so far by our Friends' Groups.
Friends also provide practical support: by helping to host book groups and other events, preparing refreshments, and meeting and greeting visitors, they help us to extend the Library's friendly welcome to more customers.
Libraries are usually greatly appreciated by people in the area. Friends' Groups can make sure that local views are accurately reflected to the decision-makers responsible for the Service. Friends help to raise the profile of their local library and increase awareness of local needs.
How do Friends' Groups operate?
The Library Service has produced guidelines (32KB - pdf help) to help in the setting up and running of local groups. Each group has its own constitution, with clear aims and objectives, decided in consultation between Friends and library staff. A small committee meets regularly to co-ordinate activities and make decisions, in consultation with the local librarian. Minutes are produced and distributed to members, local library staff and library managers.
What's in it for me?
First of all, being part of a Friends' Group can be a lot of fun. You get together with like-minded people who appreciate books and reading at a variety of social events.
There are opportunities to be creative: to contribute ideas on events and activities, meet authors, poets and illustrators and be part of the local cultural scene.
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Black History Month: Don Newcombe, Roy Campanella
This is part from my post last June when I went to Nashua, NH.
In 1946 when Branch Rickey signed Don Newcombe & Roy Campanella He had to send them to A Ball because of their history as Negro League stars.
When a Midwestern league made it clear that blacks were not welcome, Rickey contacted Buzzy Bavasi, then a young general manager with the Nashua Dodgers. Bavasi made it clear that his only interest was in a player's ability.
Nashua holds another first in the history of the desegregation of major league baseball. When Nashua manager Walter Alston was ejected from a game that year, he left the team in the hands of Roy Campanella, who became the first African-American to manage an affiliated major league game. The Nashua Dodgers beat the Lawrence Millionaires 7-5. 3 That year the team won the New England League Championship.
There is another interesting note to the 1946 season. A local poultry farmer, Jack Fallgren, offered 100 baby chicks for every home run hit by a Nashua player. At the end of the season, Campanella shipped 1400 chicks to his father, who started a chicken farm outside of Philadelphia.
Holman Stadium has also been home to three other minor league teams, the 1980s Eastern League affiliates of the California Angels (1983) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1984-86), as well as the short-lived independent Nashua Hawks (1995-96).
Very nice plaque.
Notice the retired numbers of Newk, Campy and Jackie.
After Roy Campanella's car accident he would require a wheelchair for the remainder of his life. He worked in Vero Beach mentoring and coaching young catchers for the Dodger organization.
In 1978 he moved to California and took a job as assitant to the Dodgers' director of community relations and longtime friend Don Newcombe.
Don Newcombe was promoted to Special Advisor to the Chairman.
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Thanks Mike! There was still another statue around Nashua that I did not get there but I will look for it in my next trip in April there for work.
I am SUPER EXCITED about the Dodger caravan today. I could not got yesterday but will be there today! !
Emma, that was a great post! I loved it! I just put Nashua on this year's places to go. Thanks friend!
Two great Dodgers: Campy and Newcombe. Nice tribute to both. The Dodgers have such a rich history and tradition.
Emma, you're doing a great job educating us while we wait for spring. Keep up the good work!
Rants, Raves, and Random Thoughts
Great post, Emma. That is a great plaque in Nashua!
I don't know why my response gets ahead of the question. I really don't read minds!
Thanks Jane! And I just love reading about the rich tradition.
Thanks Sue!
Is only 16 days before Pitchers and catchers report for us! Woohoo!
Thanks Greg!
I am glad that I got to take a trip there!
I'd be a liar if I didn't admit that Bob Costas' MLB Network piece on Campy gets me all teary-eyed. What a player, what a story, what an event. Awesome.
The story of Roy Campanella always makes me cry. MLB Network has a quick five minute segment they do on him during commercial breaks sometimes, and it gets me every time! I didn't know he was the first African American to manage an affiliated Major League game–that's so cool! It's good to hear that Bavasi was one of the first to consider ability rather than race.
On another note, you mentioned to me a while ago that I should look into contacting Vin Scully… do you have any information regarding his email address or something like that?
Yeah, I found the chick story funny.
ahh Jeff! I cry everytime I see the Roy Campanella movie "Is Good to be Alive" I actually should look for the book.
I don't have email address but you can send him regular mail at
Vin Scully
1000 Elysian Park ave
Los Angeles, Ca 90090 (the old zip was 90012 but the Dodgers got a zip code all to themselves. I wrote about it here and posted pictures of the stamps with Dodger players. I am told that Vin responds! I actually been wanting to write to him myself but I always put it off. Let's you and I do it this year!
Note: I have not finished yet with my post from the Dodger Caravan.
great tributes to these groundbreaking ballplayers. its good to know they have been involved with the team in their community relations capacity. awesome move by the dodgers to hire them
Hey Emma!
So how was your caravan experience? I just read Cat's, and she didn't seem to have a great experience. I hope yours was better.
I love that the Dodgers hired them. Back in the days when Maury was having his trouble, Walter O'Malley had a meeting and asked "What can we do to help Maury?"
Hey Carol,
I had a wonderful time! I still like the one at Pnada Inn better but we still had a wonderful time! I am still putting my pictures and post together. System was running too slow to post.


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Police on Wednesday arrested a man in connection with the death of a North Carolina man at a Nanakuli beach on his first night in the islands.
Christopher Reuther, 34, was attacked at Zablan Beach Park late last month.
Police arrested Less Schnabel Jr. on Wednesday morning on a second-degree murder charge.
KITV's Caroline Sluyter had an exclusive interview with a woman who was there during the attack.
The witness said her friend did not mean to kill Reuther. She said he was angry after Reuther snapped a picture of him without asking first.
The beautiful beaches in Nanakuli can lure tourists to the area.
Stanford Ka`eo said he warns them that not everyone here in paradise is friendly.
"I met someone. I'm not sure if that was him, but I meet some of these people and they're so open and free -- just like how the Hawaiians used to be," Ka`eo said. "I told them they've got to watch out."
"My friend got offended, and he got mad that the guy took a picture, and he didn't know who he was," the witness, who did not want to be identified, said.
She said she went and talked with Reuther.
"He told me, 'Hi. My name is Chris,' and he's from the mainland and he's here to take pictures of Hawaii for a keepsake," she said.
Before she realized what was going on her friend punched the man she said. She said her friend never thought the blow would be fatal.
"He told him to leave. So, Chris went to his car to put his camera away, and my friend went up to him and hit him in the face. Then he took a couple steps backward, then he fell down," the witness said.
Another witness said he saw Reuther fall down in the parking lot. He said a woman screamed for help. When he checked the man's pulse, he said there was none.
The medical examiner classified the death as a homicide. The examiner said that Reuther died of a traumatic brain hemorrhage due to blunt force head injury.
"I stayed there and I noticed there was something wrong with him. He had a hard time breathing and his eyes was rolling back," the woman said.
She said she saddened by the incident and feels badly for both Schnabel and Reuther's family.


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Stem-cell research has received significant private funding, and in that private arena, for ethical, moral and government reasons — is where it best should stay.
Stem-cell research is in its infancy, and while many possibilities look promising in theory, there is no guarantee any of them will pan out, and if they do, significant steps are years away.
So President Bush's veto Wednesday was a good one.
The moral concern has been well discussed. Embryonic stem cells are of interest because they have the potential, with some chemical massaging, to turn into virtually any type of body cell. They might be able to repair cellular damage caused by a number of diseases. But they must be taken from a human embryo.
Supporters of stem-cell research say the embryos were not destined to be babies. But as White House press secretary Tony Snow put it, "the president is not going to get on the slippery slope of taking something that is living and making it dead for the purpose of research."
(If opponents of stem-cell research were perfectly consistent, they would object to common practices at fertility clinics, as some do. But some choose to ignore what has become a common practice that allows couples otherwise unable to conceive the chance to have a child. So the moral question is not as black-and-white as some suggest.)
Secondly, federal funding of many kinds of research is troubling, but it raises special concerns when many Americans have a moral objection to a particular kind of research.
Whether or not one believes destroying embryos to harvest stem cells is tantamount to murder, there's little question that many Americans do believe it. To use tax money extracted by force from those Americans to pay for a practice they believe is morally wrong, is ethically wrong. For better or worse, tax forms don't have an "opt-out" section so taxpayers can specify that their money won't go to stem cells, the Pentagon or whatever.
Whatever some Americans believe about the morality of stem-cell research, however, it will surely be done. Although it is tied up in litigation, California's government has allocated $3 billion over 10 years — which suffers from the ethical problem identified above but is likely to go forward anyway — for stem-cell research. The federal government, without this vetoed proposal, plans to spend $38 million on embryonic stem-cell research and $571 million on other forms of stem-cell research.
Perhaps most significantly, tens of millions of dollars in private money have already been donated to various institutions for stem-cell research.
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett recently announced they were combining forces to create the world's most lavishly funded philanthropic institution, and, to the best of our knowledge, neither has ethical qualms about stem-cell research.
The entire imbroglio points up some of the problems with relying too heavily on government to fund scientific research. Government funding not only entails taking money by force from taxpayers, it delivers the least bang for the buck and always gets tied up in politics and red tape.
This episode should make more Americans consider more reliance on private funding.
Well, now that he's found his veto pen, perhaps President Bush will use it more frequently. If he had done so in the past, his first term might not have been characterized by the largest growth in domestic discretionary spending since LBJ.


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The FUNNIES. And CLIFF. And, oh yeah, OCTOBER. Hellz yeah.
Did you know Cliff Floyd has a postseason blog? If you didn't? CLIFF FLOYD has a postseason blog. Many thanks to Michael Norton for pointing it out! Let's show Cliff the love. He's had a tough year, but he's still showing nothing but spirit and heart, and letting us fans share what superstition won't allow me to say will be a fant*stic October. (Spit, spit on the Evil Eye.) Thanks for caring about us fans, Cliff!
But now for what I do best–recapping the funnies. I have the final game of the regular season on my DVR, but I haven't yet gotten a chance to watch it. So here are the hilarious moments from Friday and Saturday's games.
This? Is one of the funniest dugout moments I've seen perhaps all year. It's David Wright imitating Shawn Green's outfielding. HA. You've got click the link to see the video. The kid's got a sense of humor.
But as y'all know, I also love me some Keith-Gary-Ron SNY moments, and all of us will miss them dearly during the games postseason. So here, for your giggling pleasure, are some of Friday's beauts:
After John Maine's first big league hit (a double!), later heading home on Lo Duca's RBI, the SNY team comments on the young pitcher's running: Keith: "Pitter patter" Gary: "Twinkle Toes!" Keith: "Fred Asparagus."
On getting hit by foul balls: Keith: "When my wife got hammered in Atlanta–" Gary: "Do you want to rephrase that?"
On Mota pitching to Soriano, Ron Darling comments on Keith Hernandez's telestrating: Ron: "Beautiful!" Keith: "I took mechanical drawing in my freshman year of high school. And I got a B."
Saturday's beauts:
On cell phones: Keith: "If I talk on the phone on an airplane, I talk in a low voice. I hate when people get on an airplane–'Hey Merv! How ya doin!? Guess where I'm going!?' It's just like, I don't care where you're going. Lower your voice." A little later: "You know how much of a dinosaur I am? My kids would have hated me. If I didn't get a divorce, and I had actually stayed there the whole time and raised those kids?" (Gary, Ron laughter) "They would have never—they would have never had a telephone in their room or a TV. They would have hated me." Gary, Ron: But now they love you? Keith: "Well, of course."
And, wah, at the top of the 9th, on Keith's departure off to Florida and away from baseball commentating? Keith: "Gone. Adios amigos." Gary: "I love when you speak Spanish." Keith: "Vaya con dios. Hasta luego."
Hasta luego, indeed. We'll miss you Keith Hernandez! You have no filter between your brain and your mouth. And although it may get you into trouble sometimes? (Yeah, I could have done without the whole women-in-the-dugout moment.) I do love you for it.
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when do the mets start their playoffs?got to see my greeny play:)
First game this Wednesday at 4PM, then Thursday at 8PM. After that, they go to LA, so the times'll be all screwy on the East Coast and keep us up late.
And of course, by "Do it," I mean "Win this spectacularly, and then look at the cameras and say 'Hi, Zoe! We love you too!"
LOVE your blog!
And I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who has an appreciation for the wackiness of the SNY crew. Did you catch the party planning in the late innings of Saturday night's game? Out of nowhere Keith says (I'll have to paraphrase) "Did you enjoy that Merlot last night, Ronnie?" Ron-"Yeah, and tonight it's my treat since this is your last weekend of broadcasting with us for the year." Keith-'Oh that's right, this is it.." And Gary says, "Don't forget guys, we have a day game tomorrow."
My all time favorite Keith moment happened earlier this season. It was a very long extra-inning game. You know how Keith is about his scorecard and his different color highlighters for each pitcher, right? Well, as each pitching change took place he complained ever more vehemently about all of the colors he was using. Finally, in the 14th inning sometime after midnight, he said "Look at this, will you?!" And as the camera shot to the booth he held up his scorecard and said, "It looks like an acid trip!"
Classic Keith!
THank you!and go mets!I will be watching:)
Zoe, I enjoy your blogs so much. I would like to say that I think you need to update your David Wright facial hair watch. At the dedication for his "plane" and on SNY he was sportin some whiskers. *whispers*I kind of like it.*whispers*
Christine, I heard both those moments and loved them too! My favorite Keithisms are any time he says "pretty" or "you bet your sweet bippy." HA!
And mnshine, you read my mind–I've already got the pictures!


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Judd Foxman has not had a good year. Shortly after catching his wife in bed with his boss (a Howard Stern-like DJ whom he works for as a producer), he learns that his father has died. Not only must Judd attend the funeral, he then has to honor his dad's dying request sitting shiva for seven days with the rest of his eccentric family, including his sex therapist mom, older brother Paul (who's married to Judd's high school sweetheart), sister Wendy, and youngest brother Phillip, who leads a carefree life of hedonism. While a few of the storylines ring cliché (namely catching your wife with your boss), this book is anything but. The dialogue between the family members is realistic, witty, and caustic. And just when you're hysterically laughing at a scene, the next one sucker punches you with the vulnerability and authenticity of Judd's emotions.
Narrator Ramon de Ocampo delivers the right tone for this novel written from Foxman's point of view dry and defeated but the nasal quality of his voice is sometimes distracting and can even border on effeminate. Besides that, his pace is perfect, as well as his voice changes for the dialogue of different characters he really shines as Judd's mother and some of the older Jewish men that drop by to pay their respects.
While This Is Where I Leave You is very funny, the truly laugh-out-loud scenes are few and far between, with the heart of the book being the very real, and very emotional trials of Judd Foxman and the relatable love/hate relationship he shares with his family members. Colleen Oakley
Simultaneously mourning the death of his father and the demise of his marriage, Judd joins the rest of the Foxmans as they reluctantly submit to their patriarch's dying request: to spend the seven days following the funeral together. In the same house. Like a family.
As the week quickly spins out of control, longstanding grudges resurface, secrets are revealed, and old passions reawakened. For Judd, it's a weeklong attempt to make sense of the mess his life has become while trying in vain not to get sucked into the regressive battles of his madly dysfunctional family.
©2009 Jonathan Tropper; (P)2009 Recorded Books, LLC
"The affectionate, warts-and-all portrayal of the Foxmans will have fans wishing for a sequel (and clamoring for all things Tropper)." (Amazon.com review)
"Tropper strikes an excellent balance between the family history and its present-day fallout, proving his ability to create touchingly human characters and a deliciously page-turning story." (Publishers Weekly)
"Made me laugh out loud"
Funny. Irreverent. A blast to listen to. The main character is full of surprises, high praise because so many heroes/heroines are predictable. Really a great book about everything from infidelity to crazy families (like most families) to parental loss and grief. So true to life, if life were narrated by a very funny yet plaintive guy who thinks and does some outrageous things, like shoving a birthday cake with candles...well, read it and find out.
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"Humorous, but Flat"
Sarcastic humor pervades this and all Jonathan Tropper novels. Judd's having a bit of a rough patch. His wife is having an affair (no spoiler, happens in first chapter), his father's passed, and he has to spend 7 days sitting "Shiva" with his dysfunctional family. Navigating current affairs and reliving past issues, Judd shares observations in raw, candid speech about sex and his future.
The characters and situations are comical, but lacking development. A funny anecdote is not supported by bridging one scenario to another. Good idea, laughed several times. Bought this from a $4.95 sale and enjoyed for an easy amusing listen. Had I paid full price or a credit, would have been a little miffed.
"A Metrosexual Picaresque"
I gleefully scarfed up this book, thinking it would consist of hilarious tales of dysfunction, as a family sits "shiva", the traditional Jewish mourning period lasting seven days after a loved one's death.
True, it is a hilarious read, but it begins and ends with humor, contains all those witty and fey escapades that characterize this genre, and somewhat loosely follows the author's attempts at trying to get a life. But I was expecting so much more, like Jonathan Franzen's "The Corrections" - more depth of character, more maladaptive attitudes and behaviors creating untenable situations, as the characters attempt to gracelessly play the hands they were dealt.
I agree with the reviewer in staying away from "witty" books, as most of them tend toward the shallow and consist of nothing more than a random series of parties, gossip, trendy music and fashion and especially the rogue random relationship. What do these people do when they are not partying or talking about partying? This author has a lot more going on than the usual "party boy" book, and I found myself wanting to write down a lot of the one-liners, to borrow and save for later use.
I'll still give this one a 4 though, as I caught myself laughing out loud several times, and the narrator seemed to strike the perfect balance between too much drama and too little expression. I realize how difficult the narrator's job can be, and it's difficult to please everyone - it's a fine line that must be traversed. An example comes to mind - "Comfort Food" by Kate Jacobs, whose book when self-read (now that's an odd expression) feels very warm, touchy-feely and, in typical Kate Jacobs tradition, as nurturing as its title. But Barbrara Rosenblat gave it a read that was full of irony, sarcasm and biting wit. Who knew the reader had such power?
So, back to "This Is Where I Leave You", which I will leave with an all thumbs up!
"Greatly entertaining, not for all audiences."
My boyfriend and I listened to this on a road trip last week. We both thoroughly enjoyed the book. The crude humor was perfect for the two of us and we each laughed out loud more times I could count. However, I would not recommend this book to my mother, way to much real life for her or any one who is a conservative listener. So know yourself and what to expect. If you know ahead of time that the book has incredibly graphic sex scenes, mild drug use, homosexuality, etc., and you are okay with these topics then you will enjoy it. If any of those things bother you, then I would recommend staying away because you will be offended.
"Disappointed - not worth the time wasted."
Reading the intro to this book I thought it would be about sibling and family dynamics on the death of their father. While that was partly the case, the gist of the story was the immature and shallow sex life of one character with wandering references to the sex life of the others. Yes, there were funny parts, and yes, there were some profoundly sad parts. But overall, if I wanted to know about the misdirected libido of someone who refuses to grow up, I would look for books of that genre.
"Glad I don't sit Shiva"
This family is real and so screwed up. I enjoyed myself while I got lost in the characters. Yes, you can see so much coming in the plot but a lot will be surprised too. Give this book a spin and you too will be glad you don't have to sit shiva.
"Love is not always graceful"
Ah, And I thought nothing could outdo my family on Christmas! This story about a family coming together after the father's death provided characters and a tablou that continually made me smile in my head. I do not usually like books that are described as witty, but the characters, dialogue between them, and the unfolding of the story, I thoroughly enjoyed.
I ignore genre labels. Some of my favorite books are outside my genre comfort zone. Listening to audiobooks is still reading. Not theater.
"Very Enjoyable "Guy Lit""
I don't usually read "guy lit", but this book got some great reviews. I knew a movie was coming out this fall and the previews made me curious about the book. I am very glad I read it. Although the premise was a little unbelievable and none of the characters seemed to question their mother about it, the author took a unique event and made it into a homecoming, a reunion and a healing for a family that was splintered and falling apart. There are lots of stories centered around families coming together for a funeral. But the type of funeral involved in this book allowed the author to spread the angst, humor, misunderstanding and forgiveness over several days.
I thought the ending was appropriate, although probably not the ending a woman author would have chosen. And I thought most of the main characters were portrayed sympathetically. I wish the author had spent a little more time on some of the secondary characters though.
Tropper's writing style is quick, to the point and not overly wordy. I really appreciated that. The narration was excellent. I will look for more books read by de Ocampo and I will read Tropper's other books as well. I really recommend this one.
"booooooring. and bitter. and not remotely funny."
I chose this title because one reviewer suggested it was much like David Sedaris whose writing I can't get enough of. The narrator read it like David Sedaris, but there was little humour in this book. It was very bitter and very sexual (nobody's sexuality goes unexplored, and he gives a very VERY vivid account of catching his wife in bed with his boss - in the book it must go on for pages! there's more than one repetition of how deep up his boss' a** his wife's knuckles are. oi vey! my daughter sometimes listens to my audiobooks, these should come with a bit of a warning!)
en tous cas... this was not worth the credit I wasted on it. It was not even remotely funny. Just sad.
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"An engaging Dramedy"
I love a good dysfunctional family story, and This is Where I Leave You features the ultimate family train wreck. In this book, the Foxman family gathers to remember their recently deceased father Mort. He wants them to sit shiva for a week, and that brings the family under one roof for socializing, reflecting, and fighting. Personalities clash, old wounds reopen, and secrets slip out in this dramedy.
The reason I picked this one up is because of the upcoming movie release. The movie has an all-star cast featuring Jason Bateman, Jane Fonda, Tina Fey, Connie Britton, Dax Shepard, and on and on. I saw the trailer with all these funny people and it sparked my interest in the book. The movie reminds me of those dysfunctional family comedies like Little Miss Sunshine, The Royal Tenenbaum's and The Family Stone. And from what I've seen so far it looks like the movie is very similar in tone to the book.
The book is written in the dejected Judd Foxman's POV. His life is turned upside down when he catches his wife in bed with another man, and now he's grappling with his father's death and dealing his siblings baggage and other skeletons in the closet. He and his three siblings may all be grown now, but being back at home (with the spouses and kids in tow) brings back some juvenile tendencies.
The tone of the book is darkly comic, and the book's narrator Judd is wry and bitter. It's one of those books where the situations get more and more outrageous, and you're wondering what could possibly happen next to this family. There is an eccentric cast of characters that bring comic relief to what is obviously a sad occasion, and the revelations come on fast and furious.
I listened to the audiobook, performed by Ramon de Ocampo. His delivery is great, and his voice kind of reminded me of Steve Carell, so I was kind of imagining Carell as Judd when I was listening. The narrator has a deadpan style that gels nicely with the book, and de Ocampo delivers an engaging performance. There are a lot of different personalities for de Ocampo to inhabit, and he gets into character without going over the top. A quick listen, overall.
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The Amazon Kindle is a portable e-book reader developed by Amazon.com
The Kindle looks similar to an Ipad, but its better. The Kindle enable users to shop for, download, and read e-books, newspapers, magazines, and even blogs. The Kindle can hold thousands of books which should lighten that heavy load in your backpack. Which do I prefer?


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- Corn prices to trade in wide range
- Dry weather expanding
- The high temperatures in the Corn Belt are occurring during the reproductive stage for a large portion of the crop.
- Crop yield models have long confirmed the large impact of July weather.
- In addition to the high temperatures, corn yield potential may be threatened by the expanding area of dryness over the last few weeks.
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The continuation of high temperatures in southern areas and the expansion of hot weather to much of the Corn Belt this week raise additional concerns about corn yield.
The high temperatures in the Corn Belt are occurring during the reproductive stage for a large portion of the crop, said University of Illinois Agricultural Economist Darrel Good.
A number of factors combine each year to determine the U.S. average corn yield. Among those factors, temperature and precipitation during July are the most important.
"Crop yield models have long confirmed the large impact of July weather. The most favorable weather conditions in July in the heart of the Corn Belt consist of temperatures that are modestly below average and precipitation that is about 25 percent above average," he said.
These are the kind of conditions that were experienced in 2009 and contributed to the record high U.S. average yield that year. Historically, such conditions over large areas have been rare.
"Weather conditions in July, and earlier, in 2011 have been far from ideal in many areas," he said. "Planting was late in portions of the eastern and northern Corn Belt. Southern portions of the United States have experienced hot and generally dry conditions for an extended period. The central and northern growing areas have experienced widely varying weather conditions during planting and the early part of the growing season."
These widely varying conditions have been reflected in the USDA's weekly Crop Progress reports, which report crop condition ratings. As of July 10, the lowest crop ratings were reported in Texas, North Carolina, Kansas and Ohio. The highest crop ratings were in Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska and Tennessee.
"There is some indication the intense heat will begin to moderate in many areas by the upcoming weekend. Still, average July temperatures in the Corn Belt may rank among the highest since 1960," he said.


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Remembering John Wooden and Kirk Gibson's Famous Homerun.
John Wooden would have turned 100 October 14th 2010. When he left us in June of this year, I immediately thought of my good friend Craig who used to tell me of the days when he and his dad used to go to the Pauley Pavilion. He sent me the following email
I remember meeting Mr Wooden.
The first time was a UCLA-USC bball game in 1970 or 1971. The game was part of the miracle 88 game win streak. I still have the ticket stub and program in a box somewhere.
My dad took me to 5 of those 88 games, and I still have the old tickets saved.
The attached picture is the program and ticket stub from victory #71 of the 88.
Paul Westphal, the USC guard, dove for a loose ball heading out of bounds and ended up knocking me backwards from my front row student section seat under the basket at Pauley Pavilion. It was near the end of the first half.
When the teams took the court to warm up for the 2nd half, Mr Wooden came over to check on me.
"Young man, are you OK?" he asked.
All eyes in our immediate area were now on me.
I fell speechless and could only look at my dad.
"It looked like you took a took quite a fall" he half told me and half told my dad.
I mumbled that I was fine, and I asked Mr Wooden to please beat USC for me.
"With great pleasure!" he assured me, tipped his rolled up program/notes at us, and headed back to his coaching seat.
I did get Paul Westphals autograph on my program when he was done with 2nd half warmups. He remembered clobbering me.
I should have got Mr Woodens autograph too.
I remember seeing Mr. Wooden at Dodger Stadium. He used to call Joe Torre. Wish he was still around so he could call Don Mattingly.
Today October 15th is the 22nd anniversary of Kirk Gibson's homerun in the 1988 World Series. That is what I should have taken to Dodger Stadium to have Kirk Gibson signed! My World Series program! Why couldn't I think of this before!? OK, God willing, I will have an opportunity to have Gibby sign this next year.
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The type-writer font was a nice touch….gave it a real way-back-when feel :O) And I can't tell you how many times I have said, darn, why didn't I think to get…whatever…signed. It happens…more so as I get older…lol
I copied/pasted what he sent me. He also included a copy of the program but I did not include that. Is cool looking at it though. Glad I am not the only one that says that. your comment about the typewriter reminded me that yesterday I was looking for a recipe I had from a long time ago. I pulled a small recipe box and noticed I have these recipes typed. I was like "How long ago did I typed that on a typewriter? lol
I did not want to say where I was October 15th 1988 because I was at home watching the game when I should have gotten tickets! I should have been at Dodger Stadium! Aghhhh!


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An Italian man on house arrest asks to go to prison ... to escape his wife.
Walid Chaabani, 32, intentionally left his home in Livorno, where he was serving time for drug-related charges, earlier this week and was taken into custody by police, Italian wire service ANSA reported.
Once arrested, he requested to be put behind bars.
"Living with his wife was particularly difficult and unbearable," police said in a statement, according to Italy's The Local.
Chaabani also told authorities that he was "tired of continuously fighting with his wife."
A local court approved his request and he's now serving out the rest of his sentence in a Tuscan prison.


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Ex-UBS prime broker rejoins Hendel at BofA Merrill
A former head of European prime brokerage at UBS has returned to banking with a similar senior role at Bank of America Merrill Lynch – a move that will reunite her with her former boss at the Swiss bank.
Martina Slowey, who was most recently chief operating officer at the now defunct hedge fund Edoma Partners, has joined Bank of America Merrill Lynch as head of prime brokerage for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, according to an internal memo from Stuart Hendel, global head of financing products.
Slowey will report to Hendel and Simon Greenwell, head of Emea equity distribution at the US bank.
Slowey and Hendel previously worked together at UBS; Slowey served as head of European prime brokerage under then global co-head Hendel. Slowey left UBS in May 2010 after almost 14 years and was replaced by co-head of US prime brokerage sales Charlotte Burkeman.
Burkeman, along with Hendel and Jonathan Yalmokas resigned from UBS in March 2011 and the three of them resurfaced at Bank of America Merrill Lynch later that year, with Burkeman taking on the role of head of prime brokerage for Emea. However, Burkeman recently left Bank of America Merrill Lynch, according to a person familiar with the situation.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch declined to comment. Burkeman could not be reached for comment.
At Edoma Partners, Slowey was a founding partner and chief operating officer. The hedge fund was launched by Pierre-Henri Flamand, the former Goldman Sachs partner who served as global head of its principal strategies business, the US bank's largest proprietary trading desk.
Edoma raised over $2bn for an event-driven hedge fund that launched in November 2010 in what was the largest launch of that year. But last November Flamand said he was shutting down Edoma because "I don't think I can make money in this environment".
Financial News revealed yesterday that Benros Capital, which was set up in 2011 by two former members of Flamand's team at Goldman Sachs, was closing down after its seed investor, Sweden's Brummer and Partners, pulled its $300m investment.
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More Than Gothic Ignorance
24 comments:
- Lisa Fergus said...
Not many people can pull this look off, and yet you do with flying colors!!! You look amazing as usual! Love the tights!
- February 14, 2011 at 8:08 AM
- Courtney said...
I love this! The headband and sequins make an otherwise simple outfit look very unique :)
x Courtney
- February 14, 2011 at 8:10 AM
- Renegade said...
This outfit is gorgeous! Especially loving the tights they're so unique!
- February 14, 2011 at 8:16 AM
- Peacock's Hat said...
This is gorgeous. I love the combination of the black and burgundy.
- February 14, 2011 at 8:17 AM
- Yajaira said...
happy valentine
pretty dress
love the head roses band
- February 14, 2011 at 8:35 AM
- WendyB said...
You look like you should be shooting people with love arrows, like Cupid ;-)
- February 14, 2011 at 8:53 AM
- Loulou said...
You look perfect in the headband, so cute
- February 14, 2011 at 8:54 AM
- the girl in the bowler hat said...
You pull off that headband perfectly well, and not many people can do that! I absolutely love the colour combination of your outfit.
- February 14, 2011 at 8:56 AM
- Jenni said...
Those are killer tights.
- February 14, 2011 at 9:03 AM
- Bog-Bog said...
Fabulous look!
- February 14, 2011 at 9:38 AM
- Mae Lu said...
I agree with Lisa Fergus. Not many people can pull this look off without looking childish, but you always look like some sort of beautiful nymph.
I saw that dress on Niotillfem, and I totally want it. The open back, yes please!
Mae Lu, @ thereafterish.
- February 14, 2011 at 9:42 AM
- rae said...
i am sure you are having so much fun. don't stress to much about finding time to blog, just enjoy yourself, darling :3
amazing amazing outfit. i am so in love with this dress.
- February 14, 2011 at 12:44 PM
- Vicki said...
beautifully styled outfit!! love the roses with the luxe dress, pure elegance! :) xo
- February 14, 2011 at 1:22 PM
- Sarah said...
You look so gorgeous. I love the tights and your headpiece - I have a little flowery headband but always reserve it for festival-wear, I should take your lead and bring it into my everyday wardrobe too!
- February 14, 2011 at 2:29 PM
- Gabrielle said...
Those stockings are way to fierce for words! I love this dress to bits. It is simply divine.
- February 14, 2011 at 3:13 PM
- GIRL AND CLOSET said...
Lovely outfit ...adore the shape of that dress + coat. AND those tights are absolutely amazing. Oh, and by the way, I watched your panel discussion at the IFB conference, thought you were so fantastic. xx veronika
- February 14, 2011 at 3:21 PM
- My Heart Blogged said...
I love the outfit. I'm sure you stood out at the shows.
My Heart Blogged
- February 14, 2011 at 5:20 PM
- Eli said...
ooooh totally loving the dark lips!!
- February 14, 2011 at 5:55 PM
- The Voguette said...
love the detail on the tights dear! You look stunning!
<3 The Voguette
- February 14, 2011 at 9:08 PM
- Suriya Mei said...
gorgeous! love the Loulou loves you headband and your amazing tights!
- February 14, 2011 at 11:53 PM
- maman biche said...
you're amazing !
i love your dress and your style !
- February 15, 2011 at 3:45 AM
- Rachel said...
You look darling! The headband is amazing!
- February 15, 2011 at 3:56 AM
- veronika, tick tock vintage. said...
i think the dark lipstick really adds to the gothic vibe. beautiful headband, too!
- February 15, 2011 at 9:57 AM
- Victoria / Justice Pirate said...
It definitely is similar to the EGL look I think. I love your headband and how ti goes with the tights so perfectly too. Great dress and I love the buttons on the shoulders.
- February 16, 2011 at 1:57 PM


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In a statement from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, officials said they are revising their initial assessment of the attack in Benghazi to reflect new information indicating that it was a "deliberate and organized terrorist attack carried out by extremists." NBC's Pete Williams reports.
For security reasons, FBI agents are staying away from the Libyan city where a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed, two law enforcement officials said Friday.
The officials say the bureau is not going to put agents in harm's way and that the city of Benghazi must be made secure before the FBI sends investigators there.
The officials demanded anonymity because they are not authorized to speak on the record about an ongoing investigation.
FBI agents were sent to Libya last week to look into the Sept. 11 attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens, a State Department computer expert and two former U.S. Navy Seals.
Terrorist groups in Libya tried to coalesce in month leading to consulate attack, officials say
At FBI headquarters Friday, spokesman Paul Bresson said "we are moving forward with our investigation," but Bresson declined to comment on the specific location of the agents.
Several questions still remain as to why top U.S. officials offered the wrong initial assessment of the Benghazi attacks that killed four Americans. Was there a cover-up? Or were they trying to avoid acknowledging mistakes so close to the presidential election? The Obama administration has denied any wrongdoing. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports.
Separately, the State Department is further reducing the U.S. Embassy staff in Tripoli for security reasons. The embassy warned Americans of possible demonstrations in the capital and Benghazi on Friday.
On Thursday, Libya's leader said his government had disbanded about 10 militia groups and will continue to take action against Muslim extremists.
President Mohammed el-Megarif said the attack on the U.S. Consulate earlier this month that killed the four Americans was a final straw. He did not say when the militias were disbanded, or how many remain.
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- 'Lady whisperer': Cabbie snaps topless female passengers
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We are going through a serious growth spurt right now-he went from 4 oz every 4 hours to 5 oz every 3 hrs when I am at work. Most of my extra supply is almost gone, and I am still not pumping enough to make up the difference. When I am at home I am pumping after he eats, and sometimes in between, but still no increase yet.
I am going out of town next week overnight and am worried I won't have enough pumped by then....so as a last resort I am considering formula for this one night - but don't know how to do it. Can I mix the breastmilk w/ the formula, or should we give it separately? The other thing is that when I drink regular milk or soy milk he seems to get really gassy and fussy-the pediatrician said he may not tolerate either milk or soy formulas. Anyone else have this problem??
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Jackie asked me to post this and she did not say where; so I am posting it here. I hope it makes sense to you'll; it doesn't to me; I'm just the messenger *runs away before she is shot*
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[crossthreading to the current Hogwash thread e] I'm surprised no one posted about this. I was very busy for quite a while after my trip; sorry to be away from this place so long, and thanks, Candy, for giving me the nudge I needed. Anyway--this was in the news, and I thought surely somebody here would have posted it, but a Search revealed 0 results. A partial quote, then the link:
F-bomb makes it into mainstream dictionary
By LEANNE ITALIE, Associated Press Aug 13, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) It's about freakin' time.
The term "F-bomb" surfaced in newspapers more than 20 years ago but will land Tuesday for the first time in the mainstream Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, along with sexting, flexitarian, obesogenic, energy drink and life coach.
In all, the company picks about 100 additions for the 114-year-old dictionary's annual update, gathering evidence of usage over several years in everything from media to the labels of beer bottles and boxes of frozen food.
words accepted into the dictionary
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