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Home List of Titles The challenges to urban sustainability and resilience: what cities need to prepare for
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- Title
- The challenges to urban sustainability and resilience: what cities need to prepare for
- Author(s)
- Newton, Peter W.; Doherty, Peter
- Abstract
- Perhaps the single most important challenge for the 21st century is to work towards a more resilient and sustainable world. In this global strategic context, resilience concerns the capacity of a system---be it natural, built, social or economic---to manage change, learn from difficult situations and be in a position to rebound after experiencing some significant stress or shock, while sustainability questions whether or not certain aspects of our daily activities, and the systems within which they operate, can be continued indefinitely into the future, again from a social, economic and environmental perspective. With a prediction that 75% of an estimated global population of 9 billion will live in urban environments by 2050, cities will clearly play a large role in determining whether the world will be a more sustainable place several decades hence than is currently the case. An ever-growing catalogue of reports highlights a list of critical issues for cities that will inevitably intensify by mid-century. The need is to start confronting these now with a process of concerted, well-considered actions. In this chapter we seek to briefly highlight some of the issues and what might be done---with particular reference to Australia---as a context for framing the urban challenge.
- Publication type
- Book chapter
- Source
- Resilient sustainable cities: a future / Peter Roberts, Peter W. Newton and Leonie Pearson (eds.), Chapter 2
- Publication year
- 2014
- Keyword(s)
- Climate change; Human capital; Resilience; Resource constraints; Social capital; Socio-demographic change; Sustainability; Urban development; Urban environmental quality; Urban sustainability; Urbanisation
- Publisher
- Routledge
- 9780415816212, 0415816211
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- Copyright
- Copyright © 2013.
- Peer reviewed


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Head Coach Doc Rivers
(Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)Heading into his ninth season on the Celtics bench, Rivers has a good mix of veterans, youth and (finally) a strong bench as he tries to guide the Celtics to their 18th championship in franchise history, and second under his watch.
F- Paul Pierce
(Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)The Celtics captain put up a career low in points per game (16.5) in the lockout-shortened season, but was able to turn it on in the playoffs until a knee injury slowed him down. There is no doubt their frustrating losses in Games 6 and 7 to the Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals have left "The Truth" thirsty for another run at the title. He also wants to test the free agent waters after this season, so look for Pierce to be his normal self in 2013.
G- Rajon Rondo
(Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images)While it's been in the making for the last three years, this is now Rondo's team. It's often said how Rondo goes, the Celtics go, and that will be even more true this season. As great as he played at times in 2012, he was inconsistent with both his game and attitude. Rondo has shown drastic signs of maturity in the offseason -- having the entire team work out in LA just a few weeks ago -- and if he's ready to lead, the sky is the limit for the Celtics and their crafty point guard.
F/C- Kevin Garnett
(Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)Garnett's move to center is what propelled the Celtics to another deep playoff run last season. He put up amazing numbers for someone who turned 36 during the season, but it will be important for Doc to monitor his minutes and keep him fresh for the postseason. There is no doubt KG will be motivated (and overly amped up), but how his body holds up will have a lot more to do with the Celtics' success.
F- Brandon Bass
(Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images)Bass was solid in his first season on the Celtics, but a bit inconsistent. He played well during the playoffs, and having a full year in the C's system should benefit him. His jumper is dangerous when he's hot, but it would be nice to have him rebound more consistently on the defensive end.
G- Avery Bradley
(Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images)Although Bradley could be out as long as January while recovering from a pair of offseason shoulder surgeries, there is plenty of reason to be excited for the third-year guard. He showed last season he is ready to play in the NBA on both ends on the floor. Bradley provides a great running mate for Rondo, and can play solid defense against most guards in the NBA.
G- Jason Terry
(Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)Terry is the sixth man the Celtics have been looking for since James Posey left town after their title five years ago. He LOVES to come off the bench, and is a sharpshooter that can score in bunches. Terry is another great veteran presence to add to the locker room, and it won't take fans long to fall in love with "The Jet."
G- Courtney Lee
(Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images)Lee is another solid guard the Celtics will have at their disposal. He'll be the starting 2-guard to begin the season (with Bradley on the shelf), but will fit in nicely and make a strong second unit upon Bradley's return.
F- Jeff Green
(Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)After missing all of last season after undergoing heart surgery, it will be interesting to see if Green is a bit rusty to start the year. The Celtics invested quite a bit in the forward giving him a four-year deal at roughly $9 million per. He didn't play as well as the Celtics hoped upon acquiring him at the trade deadline two years ago, but he spent time with the team while he recovered last year and will be an integral part to the Celtics bench this season.
F- Jared Sullinger
(Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images)The Celtics' first-round pick in this year's draft could pay instant dividends off the bench for a team that desperately needed rebounding last season. At Ohio State, he used his big body to clear the lane, and if it wasn't for a back injury, would have likely gone in the Top 10. He could end up as one of the biggest steals in the 2012 NBA draft.
F/C- Chris Wilcox
(Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images)Wilcox is a big-man that runs the floor, meaning he fits right in with the Celtics. He was just getting going when he had to undergo heart surgery, but is ready for the new season and could be a key big off the bench for Boston.
C- Fab Melo
(Photo by Garrett W. Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images)Boston's second first-round pick this year is seen more as a project, but the 7-foot Melo could see some time for defensive purposes. He averaged nearly 3 blocks per game for Syracuse last season, but will have to improve his rebounding in order to get consistent minutes.
F- Kris Joseph
(Photo by Fernando Medina/NBAE via Getty Images)Joseph was Boston's second-round pick in this years draft, also out of Syracuse. A solid forward while in college, Joseph played well in the NBA Summer Leagues but will have to fight for minutes off the bench. He could end up in NBADL in order to get some consistent playing time.
G- Dionte Christmas
(Photo by Garrett W. Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images)Christmas, who played overseas last year, was also very impressive during Summer League action and was rewarded with an NBA contract. He'll have to fight for a roster spot and minutes, but he could benefit from Keyon Dooling's retirement and Bradley's injury early in the season.
C- Jason Collins
(Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)Although very limited on offense, Collins gives the Celtics a defensive-minded center that isn't afraid to throw his body around.
C/F- Darko Milicic
(Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images)The No. 2 overall pick in the 2003 draft has never caught on wherever he landed, but the Celtics signed him to a low-risk contract in hopes of getting something out of the nine-year center. He could provide a little bit of depth at center, which will be key for Boston.
G- Jamar Smith An undrafted guard, Smith will be battling with Christmas and Joseph for the final roster spot. (Photo by Garrett W. Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images)
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1st Annual Children's Poetry Festival to be held in El Salvador, Nov 8 – 10Saturday, August 7th, 2010
An exciting event is being planned in San Salvador this coming November and celebrated Salvadorian poet and children's author Jorge Argueta has kindly sent us the following details:
From November 8 -10, Talleres de Poesia and the National Library of El Salvador will be presenting the 1st Annual Children's Poetry Festival at the National Library in San Salvador.
The theme of the festival will be the importance of reading and significance of peace for Salvadoran children and youth. Renowned poets will be conducting writing workshops to Salvadoran children and youth. Attendees will also have the opportunity to enhance their writing skills and learn techniques on how to write their experiences through poetry. Confirmed poets include Jorge as well as Francisco X. Alarcon, Margarita Robleda, Rene Colato Lainez, Ana Ferrufino, Jackie Mendez, and Jeannette "Lil Milagro" Martinez-Cornejo
Jorge is co-organizing this wonderful project with Manlio Argueta, Director of the National Library of El Salvador, and two committees of volunteers from the San Francisco, USA and San Salvador areas. When I asked Jorge how the idea for a children's poetry festival in El Salvador came about, he replied:
I've been coming frequently to El Salvador for the last 2 years…I began to do school presentations as well as adult poetry readings where I had the opportunity to meet teachers, librarians and other writers. Having worked many Poetry Festivals in the USA, it occurred to me that a festival would be a positive, creative opportunity for the children in El Salvador. It is also my way to contribute back to my country. I was thrilled when many of my old and new friends supported this idea and project.
Producing a children's poetry festival in El Salvador has always been in my heart and mind. I grew up without books in El Salvador, however I always understood the beauty and the great success that comes from reading. Today, unfortunately there is a lot of violence in El Salvador – our hopes are that this festival will give children and young adults the opportunity to express themselves creatively on the issue of living in peace and their dreams for a positive future.
As you can imagine this is a huge undertaking and organizers are asking for help in making this event a success. Donations are greatly appreciated and can be made directly to:
Talleres de Poesia
Account # 0006696
Mission Federal Credit Union
3269 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA, USA 94110
or you can mail a check to:
Talleres de Poesia
90 Bepler St.
Daly City, CA, USA 94014
Fundraising events are underway in cities throughout the USA and well-known artists and children's book authors have donated some amazing items to be used to raise funds.
For more information you can e-mail talleresdepoesia(a)yahoo(dot)com or "friend" Talleres de Poesia on Facebook!


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My DD is almost 7 months. I've fed her solids 4 times now since she turned 6 mos. The first time on 1/27/2006 was mashed bananas. She seemed to love it. She ate quite a bit and didn't spit any of it out or up. But, she slept through the night, which was odd for me since she usually nurses 2 times a night. I woke up with very full breasts after missing one feeding and picked up DD to feed her. I called my LLL leader and explained the situation and she said DD was not ready for solids and to take her sleeping through the night as a "red flag". She was concerned for me that I would develop masitis in skipping the 2 feedings. So, we stopped giving her solids. We tried again on 2/11/2006 while we were eating out. I gave her a couple of tiny pieces of wheat bread. She liked it and was fine. She didn't sleep through the night or have any other odd reactions. Then I tried the mashed bananas again on 2/20/2006 and she only ate a tiny bit and then turned her head away. I attempted to give her some more on 2/23/2006, but she again wasn't really interested. She loves to take sips of water from our cup.
She can sit up by herself for a minute or two. She looks at us intently while we eat, grabs at a lot of things especially if she's sitting on our lap when we're eating. She does not have any teeth. I read some of the other posts here that say teeth are not a sign. I found that confusing since my LLL leader said to wait till she got her first tooth to start solids along with being able to sit up without support, the pincer grasp is established.
I'm excited to feed her other foods but I'm unsure if she is ready or not. She is EBF whenever she wants to eat, usually every 2-3 hours to every 4 hours at night.
I do not want to substitute my milk for solids. I just want to do whats best for her. We haven't missed our window of opportunity, have we?
Wife to Doug, Mother to Laura Grace (8/3/2005)


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NASA Study: 15% Of America's Air Pollution Is From Asia
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March 19, 2008 11:15 AM
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The new NASA study relied on the high-tech imaging instrument known as MODIS, contained aboard NASA's Terra satellite.
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A chart detailing the airflow over the Pacific. Note the airflow towards the polar region that crosses from Asia, near Japan and China up towards British Columbia and down the west coast of the U.S.
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Is poor air quality in America the fault of China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan?
There's been much conjecture that China's vast industrialization produces heavy pollution, not only to East Asia, but to North America as well. Air currents, which flow between Asia and North America, are thought to carry industrial pollution overseas to the U.S. and Canada. Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are also extremely industrialized and highly populated and also contribute significant airborne emissions of toxic sulfur and nitrogen compounds into the air.
Theories about pollution drift from East Asia to North America remained unexamined until now. As part of NASA's ongoing efforts to
track pollution and environment changes via satellite
, NASA has launched a
major initiative to track and carefully measure the flow of air pollution
between East Asia and North America. The study looks to detect and quantitatively analyze pollution from three primary sources -- forest fires, urban exhaust, and industrial pollution.
rapid expansion
cleared vast tracks of land. Much of this land is cleared by slash and burn methods, which release airborne pollution. Accidental forest fires also occur frequently. Further, China's automobile population has skyrocket. Many of the automobiles do not have up to date exhaust controls as American automobiles do. This leads to the release of carbon monoxide and other pollutants. China's network of factories and coal plants pump literally tons of toxins into the atmosphere, helping to make China the
world leader in greenhouse gas production
Despite China's
efforts to adopt environmentally friendly technology
, its reduction efforts are currently outpaced greatly by its growth.
One of the NASA researchers on the study, Hongbin Yu, an associate research scientist of the University of Maryland Baltimore County working at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., grew up in China and witnessed first hand the damage done on the environment and the local population's health by the uncontrolled expansion. Yu and his team will be working for the first time to analyze aerosol flow in the fast moving airstream that crosses the Pacific, traveling from East Asia to North America.
Aerosols are a standard type of air pollution, consisting of a suspension of droplets. These droplets can contain many toxic chemicals. High aerosol exposure in industrial settings can lead to many health problems, the impact of lesser degrees of exposure has not been entirely examined.
The study's first results come courtesy of measurements from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), an instrument on NASA's Terra satellite. The results, which will be published in the
American Geophysical Union's Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres
, confirm that between 2002 and 2005 East Asia exported nearly 18 teragrams of pollution into the air stream over the Pacific, with 4.5 teragrams reaching North America. A teragram is a unit used to measure atmospheric mass of aerosol pollution. One teragram equals 2.2 billion pounds, so the study shows that nearly 10 billion pounds of Asian aerosol pollution reached American shores in a 3 year span.
Yu puts this in perspective, stating, "We used the latest satellite capabilities to distinguish industrial pollution and smoke from dust transported to the western regions of North America from East Asia. Looking at four years of data from 2002 to 2005 we estimated the amount of pollution arriving in North America to be equivalent to about 15 percent of local emissions of the U.S. and Canada. This is a significant percentage at a time when the U.S. is trying to decrease pollution emissions to boost overall air quality. This means that any reduction in our emissions may be offset by the pollution aerosols coming from East Asia and other regions."
According to Yu, though East Asia is not solely at fault as pollution travels with the airstream from North America to other continents as well. He states that the study only seeks to analyze the Asian pollution input into North America's air. He explains, "Our study focused on East Asian pollution transport, but pollution also flows from Europe, North America, the broader Asian region and elsewhere, across bodies of water and land, to neighboring areas and beyond. So we should not simply blame East Asia for this amount of pollution flowing into North America."
Mian Chin, also a co-author of this study and an atmospheric scientist at NASA Goddard agrees with Yu's cautions and states that he believes that much of North America's pollution may come from Europe as well. NASA may carry out additional studies to examine this possibility.
Lorraine Remer, a physical scientist and member of the MODIS science team at NASA Goddard points out that the study is a cutting edge experience that relies on the most modern sensor technology. MODIS can distinguish between many types of atmospheric particles and can accurately track them as they rise out of the troposphere, where we live and breath, into the upper atmosphere, where they are transported overseas. Says Remer, "Satellite instruments give us the ability to capture more accurate measurements, on a nearly daily basis across a broader geographic region and across a longer time frame so that the overall result is a better estimate than any other measurement method we've had in the past."
The greatest pollution influx occurred in 2003, due a set of large forest fires in East Asia and Russia. The researchers determined that it takes approximately a week for pollutants to travel from Asia to North America.
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The Retail Week Conference 2012 - Interview with Paul Dickson
By Sarah E Taylor-Oracle on Mar 28, 2012
Recently we attended the Retail Week Conference at the Hilton London Metropole Hotel in London. The conference proves to be an inspirational meeting of retail minds and the insight gained from both the speakers and the other delegates is invaluable.
In particular we enjoyed hearing from Charlie Mayfield, Chairman at John Lewis Partnership, about understanding how the consumer is viewing the ever changing world of retail; a session on how to encourage brand-loyal multichannel activities from Robin Terrell of House of Fraser with Alan White of the N Brown Group, Vince Russell from The Cloud and Lucy Neville-Rolfe from Tesco; and a fascinating session from Tim Steiner, Chief Executive of Ocado, about how the business makes it as easy as possible for consumers to shop on their various platforms, which included some surprising usage statistics.
Oracle's own Vice President of Retail, Paul Dickson, also held a session with Richard Pennycook, Group Finance Director at Morrisons, about the role of technology in accelerating and supporting the business strategy. Morrisons' 'Evolve' programme takes a litte-and-often approach to updating its technology infrastructure to spread cost and keep the adoption process gentle for staff, and the session explored how the process works and how Oracle's technology underpins the programme to optimise their operations using actionable insight.
We had a quick chat with Paul Dickson at the session to get his thoughts on the programme - the video is below. We also filmed the whole presentation, so keep checking back on this blog if you're interested in seeing it.


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Almost, Almost, Almost
'Almost' seems to sum up the first nine games that the Red Sox played. Except for the two blowout games that Jon Lester just happened to pitch in, the Red Sox came within striking distance in almost every game (and by that I mean we were down by two runs or less). Those games are the frustrating ones.
Travis Buck either (the guy with the walk off hit).
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Elizabeth – since Mikey is one of the few guys hitting, could you wait until after the season to kill him? lol! I am so glad that the next few games are at home and in our time zone! GO RED SOX!!
No more 10 p.m. start times for the Sox for a month….what a bummer.
I definitely believe in the superstition factor regarding broadcasters and the no-hitter. Don Orsillo is to blame 110% in this case. The guideline is to say something like "what an extraordinary game by Wakefield," then show the line score and the viewer can figure out what is going on for themselves.
wakefield did play a great game. hopefully it gets everyone in the mood to win against the orioles at fenway.
and kidnapping travis buck. haha. the guy looks like a wild man, so be careful. he should have a survival show on discovery channel or something.
and lowell… lol! at least you don't have to kill the poor guy just yet.
At least the Red Sox kept it close, I can't say the same thing about the Twins. And the Red Sox will come back and probably win the East (or at least the Wild Card), they simply have too much talent to finish in the basement. I can't say the same thing about the Twins there, either.-Erinhttp://plunking-gomez.mlblogs.com
Wakefield amazes me. old guy, knuckleballer, gotta be tough on the arm but he still goes out and is effective. now for the food in pittsburgh, we got it all. may not be as flashy as miami, but we can hold our own in the kitchen!
Hope you can get some sleep now, Elizabeth! Since I live in CA, the west coast games are great for me because they're on at a normal time. Great game by Wakefield. He didn't get the no-no, but he must have given the team a lift. The fans too.
Wake threw a good game, but Kottaras called a gem! lol
The A's got a bit lucky there, but you have to admit that if Suzuki didn't hit that pitch, he shouldn't be in the MLB. I cannot believe that George missed a HR by a couple of feet, he absolutely CRUSHED that pitch! Listen, YOU CAN'T BLAME ORSILLO!!! Don is the man, and cannot be blamed for doing his job. As the play-by-play announcer he has to keep everyone informed, so blame those people who tuned in late.
Diasuke MatsuVLAKA (vlaka=fool in Greek) WTF!!! You don't need to throw 200+ pitch side sessions, save it for the game. And a solution for the WBC…….play it in the winter in dome stadiums/warm climates. December sounds good.
Wow, great stories! I'm so glad you were able to catch up on some sleep! I don't really like it when the announcers say something about a no-no, but they con't control the game. If it's not going to be a no-hitter, it's not going to be a no-hitter. Nothing we can do about it🙂
Haha, I love telling my friends to go away so I can sleep after I watch the Yankees lose. I wonder which of us will have that happen to us more this year…
Hi Elizabeth, I wasn't paying close attention but I thought I saw something that Tim Wakefield has had a no-hitter into the 7th inning at least four times, and is one of the active leaders in that category. It was a good game/victory nonetheless. For me, home is Northern CA even though I am presently on the East Coast. The toughest part about actually being on the West Coast following East Coast teams is that the night games start at 4 or 4:30 so it's usually in the 7th inning of games (or later) by the time you get home. Have a great weekend!
I can imagine how frustrating it must be.. I was ready to rip my hair out last year when the Yanks were a pile of crap [not to say the Red Sox are right now *cough cough* lol..].
Just so you know, I was jinxing that no-hitter all the way, lol.. [Don't hate me =(]
Though it'd do nothing but brighten my day to see the Red Sox remain in their current position, I do hope your team starts to pick up.. the AL East fight isn't the same w/o the BoSox in the mix.. plus, I'm still not used to battling for it with the Rays, blehh.. lol..
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I think we are all a bit balder this week, experiencing the April blues. But take solace…the Yanks are losing 21-4.
Elizabeth – hope you've caught up on your sleep (I also love/need my sleep)! I don't buy into that whole announcer-jinx thing – the players of course don't know what was just said over the air! On TV of course they could just show the scoreboard (as Mark says) but on radio there's not really much alternative to mentioning it, so the listener knows what's happening.
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The following is what happened this morning at a panel discussion from Tokyo Game Show 2008, featuring some pretty awesome suits. The men in the suits are the President of Capcom, Haruhiro Tsujimoto, SQUARE ENIX's Yoici Wada, and the Chief Operating Officer of Namco Bandai Shin Unozawa, and a moderator.
11:11 AM - Moderator addresses the crowd, and thanks the participants for coming. Talks about the Nobel prize winners that were announced yesterday, and how Japan has awesome scientists, but why is there such economic anxiety? How bad is the economy for the industry? Fukimoto says that there are negative feelings about the economy, but people are always going to need ways to entertain themselves, and to play to escape, so hopefully the economy will not hurt things too much. The key is to release games that cost less and can be played by more people. They need to be aware of the economy and act accordingly, but not to be too pessimistic about the whole thing.
11:14 AM - Mr. Wada, same question. Demand for entertainment is changing, and we need to be able to respond to those changes. We need to avoid a standstill, both with the economy and the gaming industry. Unozawa paints a sadder picture, saying that the next year in gaming is not going to be too good, though he wants to do well.
11:16 AM - The moderator talks to the globalization of the gaming industry, and how it should follow the globalization of the electronics and the automotive industry. How do each of them respond? Mr. Wada? Wada says that the goal is for the entire world to know the name of their company and the names of their titles, and that defines globalization for them. Awareness. And he says they're only about 10% of the way there. Mr. Tsujimoto agrees, but says that they're about 30% of the way there, and that Capcom is pretty well known all over the world, but the entire company must be working toward the same goal for the concept to work. Mr. Unozawa says that they need a stronger mindset for how to bring their product across the world, and how Namco and Bandai's merger helped that out, and how Dragonball is a good example of something that the world loves, but that there are other things that are pretty much Japanese only.
11:23 AM - Wada talks about how the titles they have are popular in Japan, but that their share of worldwide is much less, and hands the mic to Tsujimoto, who wishes for a time when they can sell lots and lots of Final Fantasy games worldwide. Unozawa talks about the need to spend money correctly on advertising and promotion and how big games need more money, but they should know that other games demand less.
11:25 AM - They show a graph of the three companies' numbers worldwide. The men speak to those numbers, talking about how they obviously sell more games in Japan, but they need to make a bigger splash worldwide. Mr. Tsujimoto talks taste, and how they need to adapt games for the market. In Japan, people play games while on trains and traveling, which Americans drive, and, you need to recognize the way games are played to be able to sell them all over the world. They need to make the numbers match Japan in other markets before they can consider themselves a global power.
11:30 AM - Wada makes a joke about how he doesn't want to explain why they're not selling better overseas. He says that the goal, obviously, is a global market, but that you can't focus all of your business on North America and Europe, because it will take the "Japan" out of Japanese gaming. He says they need to be more consistent with interfaces, buttons, gameplay, etc, instead of changing the properties themselves. Mr. Unozawa says that maybe Namco Bandai has too many titles, but they're doing OK in Japan and Europe, and not as well as they hope in the US. Three years after the merger, he admits that there are things they didn't expect. They spent a lot of money on marketing games that didn't play very well outside of Japan. He also says that RPG is very hard to sell in North America and Europe.
11:35 AM - The moderator asks about the evolution of overseas software. Tsujimoto says that the demographics are different than they are in Japan. The age mix is different. The moderator wants to know why Japanese people like American games so much. Tsujimoto says that examples like GTA IV are responsible for bringing foreign market games here, and that Japanese consumers are more familiar with these games as a result. He points to an idea of global convergence, and wants to create opportunities like TGS to help. Wada says that overseas games are really well made, and that they are longer and more exciting to play.
11:40 AM - Moderator wants to know why Japan has lost their edge in world gaming. Do the men believe they are losing their advantage? Tsujimoto says that Japan is no longer at the top of marketing, development, creativity at all. Though Japanese developers possess unique qualities and create unique games, they need to leverage their strengths to make sure they are competing. He says that there aren't enough developers in Japan to compete as well as they'd like. The Japanese community needs to be made broader and more unique.
11:44 AM - Mr. Unozawa says that it's not that Japan has weakened, but that others have strengthened. Also, the data of the overseas market is difficult to understand and hard to react to, so there might be delays in the way they do business. They should go abroad to make sure this data is current. He also says that maybe Japan had it too easy around the time of PlayStation and PlayStation 2, and they were a little bit lax in their development as a result.
11:48 AM - Tsujimoto says that they need to be more open to working with different partners and different players in the space, and they need to embrace new technologies to work for them. Wada stresses the need for community again. The gents talk about smoking for a while. And how to quit. Seriously. Wada talks about how they need to turn outward to get ideas, and not hide their head in the sand and ignore them.
11:52 AM - Moderator wants to know where they see the industry in 2010. Tsujimoto says they need to have more global organization and more confidence in their abilities to make their companies work worldwide. Unozawa says that 2010 is coming soon, and that they need to be planning now for projects that take place then. They need to deliver more quality product to the overseas market. He also talks about HD photorealism going forward, and how Japanese are good at that kind of thing. They need to be creative and interpretive.
11:57 AM - Wada sums up by saying that there will be fewer boundaries in the industry and fewer national borders. The hubs in that network will need to be created forcefully, and will need to choose whether or not this is the path they want to follow. How to ride the wave is important, but creating the wave is just as important. Japan needs to make new proposals and new ways of doing business.
12:00 PM - Moderator sums up the whole discussion by saying that Japan is strong and can be stronger. And that's the end of the discussion.
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We are Korean Moms in training dedicated to psycho-analyzing our moms, reliving horrible memories of embarrassment and dread for the benefit of the public...all the while laughing like a wheezy grandpa. Someone needs to pay for our therapy...
Monday, March 17, 2008
#11 Telling people they are fat
30 comments:
- bokumbop said...
Did the unknown Korean mom also offer you something to eat after she said you were fat, and suddenly whip out a 5-course meal complete with banchan? :-D
- July 17, 2008 at 4:26 PM
my mom i s very obsessed with weight but she herself does not exceed 100 pounds either..i believe shes is only 45kg. but i am 125lb and she calls me always fat or chubby or plump and she tells me to lose weight every day
i dont think she tell other ppl that they are fat though. she knows that its rude to tell ppl but she talks about other ppls weight a lot to me LOL
- July 21, 2008 at 10:20 PM
My MIL tells my sister-in-law (yes, her daughter) that she's fat all the time, and makes big jokes about it in front of everyone. And of course, because she's a Korean Mom, nobody stops her or tells her to shut up about it.
- July 29, 2008 at 1:36 AM
bokumbop, my KM has been on my ass 24/7 since I was born about my being fat (much of the time, I actually wasn't, looking back, but she gave me such a complex about it that I am still in therapy over it) and yet for EVERY MEAL she makes for me, she puts about five times more food in front of me than I (or any human) could possibly eat. If I eat it all, she is pleased (silent, which I take to mean pleased). If I don't, she interrogates me about every speck of food I did not finish and asks why I did not eat it. "This yachae is good for you! Eat it!" "Was the gogi too salty?" etc.
- August 9, 2008 at 12:09 PM
this site is the bomb.
My white mom married my korean dad...but my korean dad comes with his sister...my korean aunt.
When my wife was pregnant (or "preggoner" w/korean accent), we went and visited the korean fam who live in Denver. They called my wife fat so many times that she cried and vowed never to go back and visit. Sad...I know. I chewed them out and they promised not to say anything else ever again.
but my dad still calls her "big butt" sometimes when just talking to me.
*sigh* a fact my wife will never ever ever know.
- August 11, 2008 at 2:06 AM
i am overweight... yes.. and i am proud of it.
i play piano and violin like a devil, i am fluent in four languages, i finished high school one year early, i finished my phd when i was 25, my wife is a beautiful quite korean girl from the country side, i have a job where i make LOTS of money and i shower my parents with expensive presents and even a grandson.
but everytime i come home, my mom says: ohh.. you so fat!!! why you so fat??? omma is so sad because you so fat... come... we make diet together... we go run ebery morning, yes?
- August 22, 2008 at 12:38 PM
Hahaha! So true. My Korean MIL is always telling her daughter how she needs to lose weight "You too...too BIG!" But 5 minutes later I hear her cooking up a storm in the kitchen and yelling to daughter "Come here! Mani muh guh so! You need eat!"
- August 25, 2008 at 4:42 PM
- MBALADY said...
LMAO.... I get called the term "tei-ji" or pig/pork in korean. "Too tei-ji!"
- September 7, 2008 at 8:01 PM
This is sooo true!
One of the first things my Korean mother-in-law ever said to me was that I needed to lose weight. (I was a pretty and healthy size 10.) At the time, I hated her for it. I couldn't believe anyone would be so rude and hurtful--and to someone she didn't even know!
Ten years later, I'm used to her. Now that I've been around many Koreans, I know this is just their way. (For better or worse...)
My husband likes to say it is her way of showing she cares--that she loves you. I used to think that was bulls**t, but now I truly believe it. Over the years, she has made it clear she would do anything for me--and I love her.
Marrying into any family is difficult, but for a white girl marrying into a Korean family it went well beyond culture shock!
And, she made it clear at first that she was dissapointed her ONLY SON was not marrying a Korean girl.
My husband is half-Korean, so, really, what could my mother-in-law say--afterall, she married a whitey too! LOL.
- September 24, 2008 at 2:24 PM
i once walked to the counter of a korean jewelry kiosk only to be told by the korean (perhaps mom?)behind the counter that i was too fat for the necklace i wished to purchase. She told me to come back for it once there was 30 pounds less of me.
- September 26, 2008 at 4:25 AM
I'm Chinese and suffer from many of these "Korean" afflictions. At my Grandmother's 81st b-day party one of my MANY aunts saw me and said, "Oh did you lose weight, cuz last time I saw you, you look fat." Followed by another random uncle coming up to me and saying, "Who's that fat girl DO-RE-MI?" Do-Re-Mi=Dory. Yes. Sigh. Oh and Dory on gift tags translate to Dolly. Sigh. Yes.
- September 28, 2008 at 1:14 AM
- Heather *IsaBella and Harrison's Mommy* said...
The first time I was called "healthy" was on a 2-week trip to the Motherland in the 7th grade. I thought it was a nice comment - after all, I had never had a broken bone, was only absent for a week in the 3rd grade due to chickenpox, and basically, never sick (since I was 1)... Come to find out it meant I was fat!!! Well, that is just plain mean! I wasn't fat back then! (I am now, but then again, I just had two babies!) Everyday, my mom tells me to lose weight, but then she's got a lot of jiggle in the middle and says that once you're her age, it doesn't matter... whateva!
Love always,
P.S. I am working on looking anorexic... That way I can fit in with all the other Korean Mommies around here!
- October 9, 2008 at 12:42 AM
This is the one I can relate to. Never mind that I'm a size 4, I am fat because I "used to be size 2" (yes, when I was thirteen...). Oh, and my lipstick is too dark, my hair is too short (or too long, depending), and apparently I need a nose job...
- October 20, 2008 at 3:03 AM
I experienced the same too. It affect me so badly in a point I cried quietly and I feel so ashamed. I used to be a young, energetic girl, love to meet new people and being friendly. But, because of the repeated saying of me being fat and like pig or wadeva, I become am introvert girl somehow. When I want to go out with a friends that after so long I didnt see, my parents said, Dont u feel shy to meet ur friends with that size of ur body? Now, I always feelin shy and not confident to meet new people even to meet my own relatives n friends and now I prefer to stay at home. I've been struggling with this issue since I was born. I wanna be skinny too. sigh
- December 23, 2008 at 6:10 AM
Look at the brightside, Korean moms help you develop a tougher mind (in the long term of course).
- December 25, 2008 at 2:44 AM
my mother pokes my stomach and tells me i need to shapen up but then always urges me to keep on eating. i'm telling ya..
- January 21, 2009 at 5:06 PM
LOL the fat comments. I'm Chinese and I get it ALL THE TIME, "did you gain weight?"
"stop eating so much rice or no one will marry you" (KO'd by my grandma)
"fat girl!"
"you weight 100.. WHAT?! O_O"
I'm pretty used to it.. I get weight comments from every middle aged/old relative I've got.
Just because you don't weigh 95 doesn't mean you're obese. Only in Asian standards ):
- March 12, 2009 at 6:23 AM
- Maida said...
I was called a piggy ever since I was 7 from my mum. She can't get over the fact that I "won't lose weight" (I've lost over 10 pounds already because I'm considering joining the service after college (something she will greatly frown upon for years to come)).
The one thing that kills me is that she tells me to lose weight, YET SHE FEEDS ME THESE DELICIOUS KOREAN DISHES! And yes! I will eat them! What Korean child (half or not) refuses Korean food cooked by their ever loving Korean mother?!
- September 25, 2009 at 2:15 PM
- snowmon said...
Considering that Korea is the healthiest nation in the World by OECD standards(only 3.2% obese in total population of 50 million) it's no wonder that being "fat" is being an alien(hardly any girls are over 110 lbs)
- December 7, 2009 at 3:55 PM
hahaha... korean moms are mean!!! Anyways... my mother would do the same as all of yours. She'd tell me I was fat then go cook a bunch of food and tell me I need to eat... as if!! Anyways... it's a lose/lose situation with korean moms. Before I had kids, I was "too skinny" now I'm a tegi-yah. I just nod my head these days and just say "you're right" You gotta love them tho :) Sah-rhang-hay omma <3
- December 10, 2009 at 6:04 PM
hahaha... korean moms are mean!!! Anyways... my mother would do the same as all of yours. She'd tell me I was fat then go cook a bunch of food and tell me I need to eat... as if!! Anyways... it's a lose/lose situation with korean moms. Before I had kids, I was "too skinny" now I'm a tegi-yah. I just nod my head these days and just say "you're right" You gotta love them tho :) Sah-rhang-hay omma <3
- December 10, 2009 at 6:04 PM
Arghhh! I'm a British Korean and the last time I was back in the Motherland was when I was an awkward tubby 12 year old. It's been 12years since then and I still can't face going back there in fear of all the comments that I'd have to face.. And yes I've blossomed into an awkward tubby 24 year old. My mother on the other hand has never made me feel awful or even mentioned anything about weight. I love my anglosized korean mama! But she's supportive and encouraging in any diet ventures I persue hehe :)
- January 4, 2010 at 6:54 PM
How do you know my mother? Because this blog was obviously written about her.
- August 2, 2010 at 4:16 PM
- Emilyreel said...
I haven't seen my parents in a year ( they moved back to Korea). My mom called to tell me they are coming to the States for Xmas. The first thing I thought was, "shit, I've got two months to lose 10 lbs because my mom is going to berate me about my weight!". And the sad/true thing is that even if I lose 10 lbs she would still think I am "fat"!!! My husband is white and now she nags him about his weight too! We are both completely normal by any other standards.
- October 29, 2010 at 12:48 AM
Don't forget...when they say that your face has gotten better "ulgool E Johwa Jeot Da" it means you've gained weight.
Also, it isn't a Korean mother thing, it is a Korean uncle, father, ajeoshi thing as well. Mainly, it is due to the fact that Cunfucian edict states, and I'm paraphrasing here, your outward appearance is a direct reflection of your inner self. Not entirely untrue.
- December 9, 2010 at 8:03 PM
Korean MIL's like to call you fat too! And I am white! LOL
- December 13, 2010 at 5:25 PM
Well at least i don't think that is the worst thing. I have people asking me if I hve children. Sign.. Living in an asian country.
- February 8, 2011 at 10:00 AM
- KatteyCatt said...
Oh, now I can totally relate to this one. My boyfriend introduced me to his parents yesterday. His Korean mom told me that I'm fat and suggested that I should lose some weight. I understand there is something cultural abt Korean moms telling people they are fat, but seriously that is so mean... I was so excited and nervous abt meeting her and I wanted her to like me, but I felt so hurt by that comment... I cried afterwards, because it made me feel so worthless, humiliated and angry. Now I'm not a beauty queen, I'm not a model and I guess as any mom, she feels that her son deserves better, but shouldn't she be more worried about my personality rather than my weight? She made me feel like I'm a piece of meat and I think it's really horrible, because she is a woman and she has to know how all girls are sensitive abt there bodies and have their own insecurities. And I'm also angry at myself for being hurt so easily by one stupid comment, for letting it get under my skin. My mom is also a Korean mom and she always tells me that I'm beautiful, so what right does that woman have to call me 'fat', judge my body type and say that I should change the way I am?
- April 3, 2011 at 1:36 PM
omg, my KM does this to me CONSTANTLY.. "yah, sal jom pae" (hey, lose some weight) and then when I do "nuh mu mal ah dda" (Youre too skinny!) -__- This has been going on since I was 8 (before that she just force fed me mass amounts of food to grow)
- January 20, 2012 at 1:56 PM
- Mon said...
YESSSS!!! ain't this the truth! Once I lost the weight from my youngest daughter..It took FOREVER for her to say "you look good! You lost alot!"
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Bill Buckley is indescribable. He's irreplaceable. There will not be another one like him. And although that's true of all of us, once you take the time to learn about Buckley and his life and look at what all he did with it, he did not waste a moment, did not waste a moment. He was able to pursue, as he called it, his sybaritic delights, his pleasurable delights, such as sailing around the world numerous times, traveling the world with his work. He was prolific in output, but it was his intellect and it was his good humor that was literally inspiring to me. Even after I went through one year of college and I was having trouble, flunked speech, should have called the course Outline 101. Flunked speech, did every speech, showed up at every class and still flunked it. I said, "This is not for me." And one morning I was sitting in the house at 20 years old and I said, "I'm quitting." I told my dad, "I'm quitting. I can't handle this. I'm leaving. I've got a job offer in Pittsburgh, and I'm going to go there." And, of course, he came from the Great Depression, and that was the worst news he could hear. The formative years of his life were the Great Depression and World War II. You go through the Great Depression, and if you didn't have a college degree you had no chance of getting a job.
He had great fears. I'm the only member of my family I think that doesn't have a college degree. He was very concerned he was a failure as a father, and I remember telling him, "Well, I want to be like Bill Buckley." He said, "What do you mean?" "Well, I want to be able to sit around and write and think and speak," and so forth, and my dad blew up at me. "What are you talking about?" He gave me a two-hour lecture on, "Where do you think Bill Buckley went to become what he is? Do you think Bill Buckley just sits around and writes and thinks and speaks, and people like you have this reaction to him?" I got a serious lecture on how hard and time-consuming achievement is. When you see the output of someone's work but you don't see what goes into it, you can make the mistake of assuming it comes easy to them, especially those who are great at what they do. They make it look so easy that you think you could do it, too. And you form impressions of how they do it, and you see these people on television and so forth, you really don't see any of the prep or any of the hard work that goes into the final product, and my dad was right about that.
So it wasn't until I left the formal academic setting at age 20, that I got serious about education above and beyond what I'd learned at home. I'm not just talking about politics and political things, I'd absorbed a lot of that. But I started working on my vocabulary, all of these things, trying to acquire just as much knowledge as I could. I did it in trying to imitate Mr. Buckley, thinking he would say something like this. I was reading omnivorously and voluminously, meaning anything I could get my hands on that was of interest to me. So one thing leads to another, my career spawns, it starts and stops, but eventually I got my break in Sacramento in 1984, which led to moving to Sacramento in 1984, which led to moving to New York in 1988. I had over the years developed a halfway decent, with two or three words at a time, impersonation of Bill Buckley. Bill Buckley and his books, his magazine, National Review, I thought Buckley was so unique and special that when I found out about National Review, I thought you had to be invited to read it. I didn't think anybody could. I didn't know he was writing a magazine and publishing one just for profit. I thought there was select group of people that were entitled to be part of that. I'd never seen it on a newsstand. I had never seen it anywhere at anybody's house. But I heard about it and I read about it and so forth.
So one day I called National Review in New York when I was in Sacramento. I was very sheepish, a woman answered the phone and I felt like I was calling God. I didn't ask to speak to Buckley. I said, stammering, "Can I subscribe to your magazine?" "Of course, of course. Where can we send it?" I was taken aback. I was in that much awe, is what I'm trying to say. I was as nervous making that phone call as any phone call I can remember making. So I began to subscribe to it, got a hold of more and more, continued to read his column. And, of course, he was one of the formative forces in my worldview, political, conservative view of all things: domestic, cultural, political. My first real understanding of the concept of lowering tax rates to generate revenue came from Bill Buckley. I could cite countless other things of conservative orthodoxy. It's a shame to even attach the term conservatism to this because it's too narrow. It's just right. These are principles by which people live and order their lives, and they have been shown over the course of human history to work and to be infallible in governing people, in governing one's own affairs, leading one's own life, establishing mechanisms by which people, nations, can manage their affairs to the best of society's purposes and intents.
All of this, all of this body of thought, all of the inspiration, all of the bright lights going off in moments of just ecstatic understanding -- all due to Bill Buckley, after I had left home. When I start my radio show in New York in 1988, of course, I profusely comment on Buckley and National Review and quote him. I was invited -- I guess within the first three weeks I got to New York -- I was invited to a reception that was at the townhouse of Lewis Lehrman, and there were a number of people who worked at National Review there that afternoon. Richard Brookhiser was there, one of the editors, a number of other people, and I was a kid in a candy store, even though I am 40 years old. I feel like I'm mingling with giants, intellectual giants, people I wish I could be, people that I may not be able to be, but if I hang around 'em I'll absorb a lot from them and I'll be better than I am. To shorten this story, because I'm a little long here and I have to go to a commercial break pretty soon, I forget the year, because all these years run together. But it wasn't long after I got to New York in 1988, might have been by 1990, I received a phone call from Frances Bronson, who was Mr. Buckley's personal assistant. And if every executive could have a Frances Bronson, there would be nothing that didn't get done.
She was just thorough, competent. She was half of his brain. I begged her, "Find me one of you," and she would just laugh. But I got a phone call from her, very formal, inviting me to an editor's meeting, a National Review editor's meeting at Mr. Buckley's apartment on Park Avenue in Manhattan, which I came to eventually call the maisonette, because I read once that first-floor apartments in big buildings on Park Ave are called maisonettes. So I'm shaking on the phone at this invitation. I don't know if I belong there. You know, this is a cut above, I'm not sure, but I accepted. After I hung up the phone I called my brother, I called my mom, I said, "You won't believe what just happened." In my mind, it was like being summoned to as close to God on earth as you can get, and I fretted about this. I didn't want to go in there and blow it. I did not want to go in there and make a fool of myself. The time arrived, the day arrived, and I had my driver drive around the block four times while I'm mustering the courage to get out of the car and go in. Mr. Buckley's driver was waiting outside on 73rd and Park to greet the arriving guests, all of the editors and maybe some other guests, too. So we finally stop, I got out, and I didn't know it was Mr. Buckley's driver at the time, it was somebody who worked for him, but he told me when I got out of the car. He could not have been nicer. "Everybody's been looking so forward to meeting you, Mr. Limbaugh. We're so glad that you came."
Let me take a commercial break here, and I'll continue this. I could speak about Mr. Buckley today for three hours. I don't intend to do that. But I do want to finish this particular story, because it has relevance to what's happening with our, quote, unquote, conservative movement today.
RUSH: So when we were last discussing this, I was just about to enter the door of Mr. Buckley's maisonette at 73rd and Park. I entered what I thought was a shrine. To my left was a harpsichord. He played the harpsichord. He wasn't playing it at this point of time, but he played it. He was playing it when I walked in some time later as his guest on Firing Line, taped in his living room, which is where I was escorted when I arrived. Folks, I can't describe how nervous I was while at the same time trying not to be and just relax and be myself. I was escorted in. The room was full. I was one of the last to arrive because I'd driven around the block four times, trying to get the courage up to go in. He was the first to stand up and greet me, that charismatic, just love-of-life smile, welcomed me into that room as though I belonged there as much as any other guest did. He asked me what I wanted to drink. I said, "I'd like a Diet Coke," and sat down. I remember Linda Bridges, who announced his death today, was seated to my left.
Look, folks, these people are all the smartest people in the world to me. These are the people that put out National Review! These are the people that helped Bill Buckley in his quest, which was memorable. We owe Bill Buckley every bit the debt. We conservatives owe Bill Buckley every bit the debt that we owe Ronald Reagan. The two occurred simultaneously. And Reagan was also inspired and educated quite a bit by Buckley. They were very, very close friends. We owe Buckley the same kind of gratitude. I was a little mad when I looked at the wire stories today describing Bill Buckley, and when I saw some of the people that AP had gone to talk to. We're dealing here with the death of one of the greatest Americans in our lifetimes, in three or four generations. In my mind, I rank Bill Buckley as a Founding Father. His passing, I hope, in the coming days will be given the attention and respect that it is due. He was much more than a conservative author and TV host, as has been reported earlier today.
Anyway, Mr. Buckley prepared my Diet Coke, and I sat down, and the conversation at the time I entered they were talking about whether or not James Joyce could publish Ulysses if he tried to at that point today, meaning it was so risqué, could anybody publish it; and they were having a discussion about that and literature in general. You know, I'm sitting there swimming. And this Diet Coke doesn't taste like Diet Coke. What is this? It tasted like mineral oil that had cola coloring in it. It wasn't long before Mrs. Buckley -- Pat -- made her grand entrance into the room after everybody else had arrived, coming down the sweeping staircase into that room. Everybody in that room shot up like jacks-in-the-box. She came over to me first off, welcomed me to their home, thanked me so much for what I had been saying about her husband and her son and the magazine and so forth. My "Diet Coke" was about half empty. She said, "Would you like a refill? What's that?" I said, "It's Diet Coke." So she took it, took it over to Bill, and said, "Fix Mr. Limbaugh another one."
She watched him fix it, I guess, because I'm in the middle of talking to somebody, and I hear her shout, "Bill, what are you doing! I said Diet Coke." So I was right. It wasn't Diet Coke. I don't know what it was that he served me. Don't read anything into this. It's just one of these things that I remember. Then we went in to dinner, big circular table in the dining room, and the conversation -- and they all wanted to know what I thought about things. They all wanted to know how I go about doing my radio show; what's my point, what are the things I'm trying to accomplish. They were fans. It was one of the most memorable nights of my life, and I'll tell you why. Because at the time there was a definable, respected-by-all conservative leader, and he was it. He had no ego. He didn't feel threatened by the arrival of other conservatives. He welcomed them. Bring 'em all in, find out if they're legit, find out if they're worth the imprimatur, but bring 'em in -- and that night I was made to feel welcome in the, quote, unquote, "conservative movement" as started by its leader. I can't describe how he made me feel that night.
RUSH: Just a couple more remembrances here of Mr. Buckley, who passed away either late last night or early this morning. He was in his study working. He was working on a book. I last saw him late last year at lunch, up at his house in Stamford, Connecticut. Norman Podhoretz and his wife Midge Decter were there, and Bill's young assistant who was helping him work on this new book. I had expected -- and I'd been warned by people, he had been in the hospital prior to that with emphysema and other maladies, and I had been warned, "He's not going to look like you remember him. He's weak and so forth," and I was stunned when I got up there. He looked great! He was energetic, feisty. Norman Podhoretz was talking about his most recent book and how he'd gone to Barnes & Noble and the protesters had been violent or threatened violence. They had to have cops help him get out of the Barnes & Noble on the Upper West Side. Well, that started an avalanche of stories from Buckley's past over similar things that had happened. It was like having an encyclopedia that spoke to you.
But he would never fail to chide me. He listened to this program, and if he heard me say things that he thought were incorrect or whatever, I'd get a little chiding, a little note. But I spent a lot of time with him. I remember he had a luncheon to introduce Ward Connerly to much of the New York Drive-By Media, and Dan Rather was there. Dan Rather. Well, you know, Buckley had friends across the aisle. Buckley, a lot of his friends were huge, big-time liberals. I remember Rather and I were one of the first to -- I took the day off. This was a luncheon. I took the day off to attend this thing. I told you people about it when I did it; I didn't sneak out on you. It was just fascinating to watch Ward Connerly speak brilliance to a bunch of people with their mouths wide open, trying to figure out what the hell this guy was talking about. I'm talking about New York liberal Drive-By Media types. Dan Rather, just as a little aside, started talking to Buckley about a brand-new shotgun he had gotten, during the cocktail hour here. Here's Dan Rather talking about shotguns to Buckley.
Buckley didn't seem that interested, but he engaged Rather in conversation. There were other times at Buckley's house up in Connecticut with Henry Kissinger. I ended up being over there quite a lot, ended up talking to him a number of times. I went on magazine anniversary cruises and their 50th anniversary up in Washington at a museum. He became a confidante and a friend and an advisor, and he became somebody that I could, you know, ask, "What do you think would be the right way to handle a situation like this?" and he would tell me. It was like having another father. In fact, I remember the first time -- I just remembered this -- that I had him and some other people over to my apartment in New York for dinner, I really embarrassed him. After we'd eaten dinner and we were in my current place, my fashionable Upper East Side penthouse. (interruption) No, I wouldn't have anybody over at that place on the West Side, Mr. Snerdley. I barely went there! (laughing) That was just a place to sleep. The best thing about that place on the West Side was Otis, the doorman, and he's still there.
At any rate, we're having some brandy and cigars after dinner at my little circular dining room table. I forget how many people were there. There might have been twelve people. The dining room table could seat 12 people. I guess I'd had one too many brandies, so I was a little less inhibited, and I stood up and I gave Bill a toast. This has to be 1996 or '97. So this is after I'd met him and known him for a long time, and gotten to know him. I told him, "You know, my father passed away in 1990, but you make me think my dad's still alive here with me," and he started crying. He acted a little embarrassed. I said, "I see you tearing up, but it's true." I think, for all of the talk about how intelligent he was, that's not even the word to describe it. Genius. The amount of knowledge he acquired and was able to spit back on virtually anything, was incomprehensible to me. His brain, his intellect, his use of it was indescribable -- and he had an ego. He knew who he was and he knew what he bestowed on people. He knew what his impact was, but he was still very humble, and he was not accustomed to hearing a compliment like that.
When I told him, "My father is still alive, Bill. You're here," he kind of got choky. He looked around. He looked at Pat and so forth, and I remember, too, Gay and Stanley Gaines, some dear friends of mine from here were there, maybe Newt Gingrich, too. That's right. It was when Newt was there. Newt had invited a bunch of us, when he was speaker, to have dinner on the terrace outside his office -- and then we decided to do it again at a different place. We did it at Buckley's place next time, and then we did it at my place, and everybody came to the place to finish the troika of this. I remember it was funny. Newt and Buckley would have little arguments, and Buckley would tell Newt what he thought, and vice-versa. I can't describe to you the thrill all of this was for me to be among such a giant and such an intellect, and somebody who really... We throw this term around "conservative movement," and I do think that that label, that term narrows what we all are; you and I, what we believe. But, at the time, conservatism was in the process of growing and expanding and destroying the monopoly of the Drive-By Media.
We've gotten so big now that we've splintered, and everybody is trying to be the next Buckley -- not in terms of who he was as a man, but in terms of being thought of as the intellectual leader; the intellectual inspiration for the movement -- and, as such, there's now competition. There was no competition. Buckley just made it okay for people to come out of the closet, and everybody revered him. But now it's a little different. This happens as organizations and life evolves and changes, and you can't go back to what it was. But I've said oftentimes on this program, be it in elected officials or what have you, what we're missing outside of the media is conservative leadership. So, we have a number of people who are trying to redefine what "conservatism" is, with themselves as the leader. Fine and dandy. Everybody is free to do what they want, but it's causing rifts; it's causing some splinters to take place, which is natural as well. It just makes me miss Mr. Buckley all the more. He was a leader with the power of his intellect and his presence -- and not physical presence.
Just the fact that he was there, doing what he was doing, was leadership. I don't know how many of the others felt about him the way I did. He had universal respect among people, and I'm sure there were people who knew him that had things about him they didn't like, which is true of everyone, but I never found any of those. I was too enamored and too much in awe. Of course, the awe gave way after time, and it was easy to be myself around him -- and that's, of course, when things really got fun, because he was so welcoming and understanding, and he knew his brain was 15,000 times smarter than anybody else's. He was patient. He was really patient. He was never insulting, and he was never dismissive. He was always inclusive, and that was born of his confidence of knowing who he was and what he had done, and being very proud of it. To this day, I don't know how he lived the life he did, to be as productive as he was, and to engage in what he called -- as I said earlier -- his sybaritic pursuits with as much energy and with as much time. I don't know how he did it.
I still marvel whenever I read anything he's written. I always will, and I'll always continue to learn something from him no matter the fact that he's gone. You can reread books that he's written, books that he's edited, columns. Go back and read some of the early National Reviews. They're just as inspirational today as ever -- to me, anyway -- and I think to a lot of people as they were when they were first published. All right, we'll move on to other things, such as the Democrat debate last night and there are a lot of other things on the agenda today, so we'll get to those right after this. Thanks for indulging me in all this, folks. We have some clips, by the way. He was last on this program in 2004, for an hour, talking about a number of things. Cookie is going to go through that hour and pick a couple things. We're probably going to do that on Friday, maybe tomorrow, but we're working on putting it together for Friday. This has hit everybody. We all knew he was sick, but there were no warnings last night, last week, just (snaps fingers). He was working on his new book, and then all came as a shock. Ten o'clock this morning is when I found out about this.