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One of the unfortunate aspects of trademark practice is the permission that exists in the law to challenge the motives and intentions of people.
Unfortunate, because this permission is frequently abused, especially by less experienced trademark counsel, or perhaps when the strength of a case doesn't seem like enough without injecting an unhealthy dose of emotion into the matter.
Permission to focus on intent is almost ubiquitous in trademark practice.
The fruits of proving intent can be rewarding. When we seek to establish cybersquatting or compel the transfer of an offending domain name, bad faith intent to profit is required. And, proving that an adversary lacked a bona fide intent-to-use a trademark can achieve cancellation of the resulting registration. Invalidating an opponent's trademark for abandonment calls for proof of non-use coupled with no intention to resume use in commerce and in the ordinary course of trade.
Invalidating a trademark registration for fraud requires a specific intent to deceive. A defendant's bad faith intent is often a gateway for a plaintiff seeking enhanced monetary damages and/or attorneys fees too. And, when a defendant willfully intends to trade on the reputation of a famous mark or willfully intends to harm the mark's reputation, this opens the door to remedies beyond mere injunctive relief.
Even the pejorative "trademark bully" label — for which there is presently no specific cause of action or defense – garners public sympathy while imputing evil intentions to the trademark owner aiming to enforce its rights.
When it comes to proving trademark infringement by balancing the many likelihood of confusion factors, the defendant's intent can be relevant too, but mostly it ends up being a neutral factor. Having good faith does not insulate a defendant from trademark infringement if there is a likelihood of confusion. Having said that, many zealous advocates recognize that painting the defendant as a bad faith actor can tend to color the weighing of the other factors in the plaintiff's favor, hence the temptation to use the hammer of intent in pounding every action as an evil nail.
Yet, a bad faith intent is rarely proven by an open admission or through some other similar Perry Mason moment. So, we end up proving the necessary intent through a series of objective facts that justify a reasonable inference of the requisite intent. It isn't a perfect situation and unfortunately it may or may not yield the truth.
Less emotion and more objective facts should drive decisions on the question of likely confusion. If a case screams bad faith based on the objective facts, fine, make the case, but recognize this is likely a rare case.
Here's a thought to ponder: Driving down the highway yesterday, my family was convinced the car in the lane next to us wanted to enter our lane — the objective fact of the turn signal told us what was on the driver's mind, or so we thought. After minutes of waiting for the driver's movement into our lane of traffic, it never happened, and eventually he exited the highway in the opposite direction of the signal, who really knows why?
Imputing motives and intentions to people is a messy, dangerous, and emotional business, trademark types should honor the law's permission to to explore proof of bad faith intent, but not abuse it.
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Radiotherapy,Chemotherapy,Before and After Surgery in Advanced Esophageal or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer
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RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin and fluorouracil, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more tumor cells. Cisplatin and fluorouracil may also make tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy. Gefitinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving radiation therapy together with combination therapy and gefitinib before surgery may make the tumor smaller and reduce the amount of normal tissue that needs to be removed. Giving these treatments after surgery may kill any tumor cells that remain after surgery.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving radiation therapy together with combination chemotherapy and gefitinib before and after surgery works in treating patients with advanced esophageal or gastroesophageal junction cancer.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Esophageal Cancer |
Drug: cisplatin Drug: fluorouracil Drug: Iressa Procedure: conventional surgery Radiation: radiation therapy |
Phase 2 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Non-Randomized Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase II Trial of Pre- and Postoperative Chemoradiotherapy and ZD1839 (IRESSA) Followed by Maintenance ZD1839 in Patients With Locoregionally Advanced Esophageal and Gastroesophageal Junction Carcinoma |
- Survival at 1 year [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Survival at 1 year
- Distant metastatic control at 1 year [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Distant metastatic control at 1 year
- Response rate at 6 weeks [ Time Frame: 6 weeks ]Response rate at 6 weeks
- Toxicity of induction chemoradiotherapy and gefitinib as measured by CTC version 2.0 at 6 weeks [ Time Frame: 6 weeks ]Toxicity of induction chemoradiotherapy and gefitinib as measured by CTC version 2.0 at 6 weeks
- Toxicity of maintenance gefitinib as measured by CTC version 2.0 every 8 weeks after the completion of radiotherapy [ Time Frame: 8 weeks ]Toxicity of maintenance gefitinib as measured by CTC version 2.0
Enrollment: | 80 |
Study Start Date: | October 2005 |
Study Completion Date: | February 2010 |
Primary Completion Date: | July 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Drug: cisplatin
- Determine the activity of gefitinib, in terms of median survival and distant metastatic disease control, in patients treated with neoadjuvant and adjuvant cisplatin, fluorouracil, and radiotherapy who are undergoing surgery for esophageal and gastroesophageal junction cancer.
- Determine the pathologic complete and partial response rate in patients treated with this regimen.
- Determine the toxicity of this regimen in these patients and in patients who are disease free and receiving long-term maintenance gefitinib.
- Preoperative regimen: Patients undergo radiotherapy twice a day during days 1-12 (for a total of 10 treatment days). Patients receive fluorouracil IV continuously and cisplatin IV continuously on days 1-4. Patients also receive oral gefitinib once daily on days 1-28. At 6 weeks, patients with locoregionally confined disease undergo surgical resection and then proceed to the postoperative regimen. Patients with a medical contraindication to surgery proceed directly to the postoperative regimen.
- Postoperative regimen: Beginning 4-10 weeks after surgery or 6 weeks after completing the first course of therapy, patients undergo radiotherapy and receive fluorouracil and cisplatin as in the preoperative regimen.
- Maintenance regimen: Patients receive oral gefitinib beginning on day 1 of the postoperative regimen and continuing for 2 years in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically for 5 years.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 80 patients will be accrued for this study.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Histologically or cytologically confirmed squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, or large cell undifferentiated cancer of the esophagus or gastroesophageal junction
- T3, N1, or M1a disease only
The following types are not allowed:
- Small cell undifferentiated carcinomas, lymphomas, or sarcomas
- Small cell or mixed small cell/non-small cell histology
- No evidence of distant hematogenous tumor metastases (M1b)
- No malignant pleural effusions
Performance status
Life expectancy
- Not specified
- WBC > 3,500/mm^3
- Platelet count > 100,000/mm^3
- Alkaline phosphatase < 2 times normal
- AST < 2 times normal
- No unstable or uncompensated hepatic disease
- Creatinine ≤ 2.0 mg/dL
- Calcium normal
- No unstable or uncompensated renal disease
- No unstable or uncontrolled angina
- No unstable or uncompensated cardiac disease
- See Disease Characteristics
- No limitations to pulmonary function that would preclude study participation
- No evidence of clinically active interstitial lung disease (asymptomatic patients with chronic stable radiographic changes are allowed)
- No unstable or uncompensated respiratory disease
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- No evidence of severe or uncontrolled systemic disease
- No other uncontrolled malignancy
- No active infection
- No known severe hypersensitivity to gefitinib or any of its excipients
Biologic therapy
- No prior immunotherapy for this cancer
- No prior chemotherapy for this cancer
- No prior radiotherapy for this cancer
- Recovered from any prior oncologic or other major surgery
- No prior surgical resection for this cancer
- No concurrent ophthalmic surgery
- No prior photodynamic therapy for this cancer (prior laser treatments are acceptable)
- More than 30 days since prior unapproved or investigational drug
- No concurrent phenytoin, carbamazepine, barbiturates, rifampin, phenobarbital, or Hypericum perforatum (St. John's wort)
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00258323
United States, Ohio | |
Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center | |
Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195 |
Study Chair: | David J. Adelstein, MD | Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center |
Additional Information:
Responsible Party: | Case Comprehensive Cancer Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00258323 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CCF5848 P30CA043703 ( US NIH Grant/Contract Award Number ) CCF-5848 ( Other Identifier: Cleveland Clinic IRB ) ZENECA-1839/US/0233 |
Study First Received: | November 22, 2005 |
Last Updated: | September 29, 2015 |
Keywords provided by Case Comprehensive Cancer Center:
adenocarcinoma of the esophagus squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus stage II esophageal cancer stage III esophageal cancer stage IV esophageal cancer |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Esophageal Neoplasms Gastrointestinal Neoplasms Digestive System Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Head and Neck Neoplasms Digestive System Diseases Esophageal Diseases Gastrointestinal Diseases Fluorouracil |
Gefitinib Antimetabolites Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic Antineoplastic Agents Immunosuppressive Agents Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs Protein Kinase Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors |
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High-tech companies make up more than 20% of the 5,000 fastest-growing privately held American companies on a recently released ranking from Inc. magazine.
The Inc. 5000 is based on revenue gains made by companies between 2003 and 2006. This is the first year Inc., which for years has published a ranking of the 500 fastest growing companies, extended its list.
In addition to a top-down order, the list is divided into 27 categories, four of which are computer- and communications-related.
A look into those four business segments finds 465 information technology services firms, 276 software developers, 139 telecommunications companies, and123 computer and electronic manufacturers.
In addition, a number of companies in other categories offer information technology products and services. For instance, 67 firms listed under consulting, 27 firms under security, and 24 under government services offer software or I.T. services.
Given American business' emphasis on information technology and innovation, the fact that tech-related companies make up 20% of the Inc. 5000 came as no surprise to Gartner vice president Martin Reynolds. However, in the coming years, he said, "I wouldn't expect it to go higher." Reynolds notes that information technology development and service jobs are going oversees and that the hot growth in the coming years will come from healthcare and biotech.
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It must be after 8 pm now. I forgot my watch. I think it is 5 hrs difference but I don't know why exactly. I will have to check so I can keep track. The flights were pretty uneventful...I did get a window seat from Dulles to London so I was happy and even slept a bit.
It wasn't too complicated to get from Heathrow to St Pancras Station. It was only one line but I didn't really know until I read the map that St Pancras was right on the Picadilly Line. I found the hostel but had to wait until the rooms were available. I almost fell asleep reading but the desk clerk came to let me know. Then I started out for a walk in the area. Regency Park seemed as if it were close so I headed there. It didn't take long to walk there.
It is Sunday today so lots of people were out in the park...walking their dogs, walking their babies, playing, boating, picnicking. There are quite a few outdoor restaurants in the park. There are several lakes. Lots of flower beds....naturalized daffodils, hyacinths, magnolias, some yellow and white-flowered fragrant shrubs and another familiar flower were all blooming. I went back and forth between my sweater and my added fleece jacket so it was pretty warm. Oh, forsythia was also blooming. It was a lovely park enjoyed by lots of people. Lots of foreign languages. I heard a lot of Russian or other Slavic language...not Polish I don't think. I head lots of people here telling their children to say Yummy for the camera. And there were many women with headscarves. There was one playground that seemed predominantly Muslim but it was in an area that abutted the Central Mosque...with minaret. I walked around to see the building that I thought was a greenhouse but when I got close, it was locked, then guarded by men with rifles. I found out it was the American Embassy.
The other notable experience was seeing many men around St Pancras station in kilts. I have to find out why. I had a great pizza for dinner with goat cheese and carmelized onions.


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Renee BonorchisCapitec Bank Holdings Ltd. tumbled in the first trading since Moody's Investors Service cut its credit rating, saying it shares some of the same risks as the failed African Bank Investments Ltd.
The shares fell 4.9 percent to 205.50 rand in Johannesburg, the lowest in intraday trading since May 8 and the biggest decliner among the South African banks as of 12:53 p.m. in the city. The stock has declined 1.3 percent this year.
"The selling is less based on fundamentals and more on fear," Rhynhardt Roodt, who helps oversee 5 billion rand ($471 million) as co-manager of the Investec Equity Fund, said in a phone interview from Cape Town today. "Over the longer term, it will be OK when people realize the companies are very different. We will see a reversal of these moves."
South Africa's Reserve Bank disputed Moody's decision on Aug. 15 to cut Capitec's deposit rating two levels to Ba2 from Baa3, with the potential for further downgrades. Moody's cited Capitec's consumer focus as a threat to investors and also said it suspects the central bank will be less willing to protect creditors now that it has shored up African Bank.
"We do not agree with the rationale given in taking this step," the Reserve Bank said in an Aug. 16 statement on its website. "Capitec follows a very conservative approach to risk and prudent provisioning practices and considerable diversification has been taking place in a steady manner in product, client and revenue streams."
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Capitec isn't involved in selling furniture and hasn't needed to raise debt or equity in capital the past year. While the bank, based in Stellenbosch near Cape Town, attracts the same type of low-income customers as Abil with loans that don't require collateral, it takes deposits and uses those proceeds to fund its lending, unlike its collapsed rival.
Abil was rescued on Aug. 10 after revelations of its financial difficulties nearly wiped out the value of its stock. Shares plunged more than 95 percent after it said it needed least 8.5 billion rand of new capital, in part to cover mounting losses at its furniture retailer.
Moody's shouldn't assume the central bank won't step in to back other financial institutions posing a systemic risk, the central bank said. The African Bank rescue package imposed a 10 percent "haircut" on bondholders, compared the 40 percent discount on prices during the meltdown, SARB said.
Greg Saffy, a Johannesburg-based analyst at RMB Morgan Stanley, agrees with the central bank that Capitec has a more diversified model, has more provisions to cover bad debts and is better capitalized than Abil, according to an e-mailed note.
Shared Clients
"That said, 40 percent of Capitec's client base is shared with Abil," Saffy said today, maintaining an underweight rating on the stock. "It is the most exposed to the unsecured credit market when compared to the big four banks and is the least operationally diversified of the companies we cover."
Capitec's total capital adequacy ratio is 40 percent and its liquidity coverage ratio is above regulatory minimums, according to RMB Morgan Stanley's note.
Capitec Bank said it was "extremely dissatisfied" with Moody's review, adding that it had discussed the matter with rating agency in a 30-minute phone call on Aug. 14, the day before the downgrade. "Despite assurances from Capitec Bank that our performance is according to plan, we feel Moody's did not take this into account," the lender said in a statement.
Part of African Bank's troubles stemmed from the 9.2 billion-rand acquisition of furniture retailer Ellerine Holdings Ltd. in 2008, which losses and writedowns after sales dropped. Abil had to fund Ellerine at the cost of at least 70 million rand a month and raised money in debt and equity markets because it didn't take deposits.
Debt Coverage
Capitec's bad debt coverage ratio was 167 percent in February, the central bank said, while its capital adequacy "is well above the regulatory requirement."
"It has a large cash holding and two thirds of funding comes from retail deposits," the central bank said, adding that Capitec's monthly financial data "indicate the continued good growth that the bank is experiencing."
Capitec is due to give a trading update on Sept. 10.


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... This is where the Emperor of Japan spends most of his time so much of the residence is closed to the public. You can however wander around the East Gardens and it's absolutely free. There's a token system in place which allows a limited number of visitors at one time. This is a marvellous way of preventing overcrowding.
Surrounded by modern skyscrapers, the palace complex is a superb example of old Japan meeting new. Once inside, ...
Tokyo, Part 1 - 3 Nights
... end (they played the same 30 seconds song over and over again...). We spent most time at the floor with cameras and equipment and at the one dedicated to video games – a paradise for geeks!
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2012-04-30, 00:33 | Link #3785 |
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yui was awsome... she allways talks about how shameless rito is... but it is her who constantly has strange delusions of having sex with rito and beign pregnant with his kid xD and its quite fun at the end where she gets mad (this and that are different) without rito even knowing what is this about.... he has no idea that yui was constantly thinking about the past and that rito was the first boy who was different compared to other boys (kind and nice) she met and it made a blush on her face that time xD
but momo is cute too... she started to call ritos father normaly "father" like if she was already married to rito.... and its nice that she realized herself about this ^^ and now we know what is the thing that scares momo xD its to be a flat chest |
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Nice to see Mea got a little focus in this chapter. It's rather intriguing that the master stopped contacting her. What could she be planning?
Yui's defenses continue to break down, she can't deny she's in love with Rito anymore. The main hurdle for Momo will be to get her to accept sharing Rito with others. That's not going to be easy. Quote:
"I can't tell him... that I'm going to a pet shop to look at cats" amused me too, for different reasons. Yui is so cute. Mikan is still cuter her though. She was adorable in that flashback. I wish the two of them would interact more. Quote:
He's definitely reading Takumi na muchi's doujins (that's where Mikan's fear of lightning originates from) at the very least . If it had happened only this once, we could write it off as a coincidence, but after that circle released a doujin in C80, there was a nod to it in Darkness two months later. That can't be innocent.
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I'd like her to make an invention that enables one to peer into others' minds. Momo needs to see Mikan and Yui's fantasies at some point (especially Yui's). I'd love to see her face when she realizes their imagination is as good as hers.
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^^^ Yes and yes, on two separate occasions already in fact. Though Yui got her her and Momo beat in terms of having the longest running fantasy scene to date.
All-in-all a very good chapter, not only for the Yui scenes, but many of the others were reasonably featured as well. Though it doesn't really make much sense why Momo's hair would grow in length after being chibi-fied like that. But hey, such overwhelming cuteness doesn't need to be bound by scientific logic. And poor Yui has less to worry about Rito as opposed to every other person within that crossroad vicinity getting a good eyeful of her privates. |
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Long-haired Momo looked exactly like Nana in chapter 18.5. It's at time like these you can tell they are twins. I just noticed she changed the position of her two flower hair accessories: she's wearing one on each side instead of both on the left. It looks a bit cuter this way.
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I believe we got freedom at Midnight. i.e. 12.00.01 am of 15th August 1947. So why we celebrate 14th August as Pakistani Independence Day and 15th August as India's Independance Day?
Is it the first seed of difference in our thinking?
I believe we got freedom at Midnight. i.e. 12.00.01 am of 15th August 1947. So why we celebrate 14th August as Pakistani Independence Day and 15th August as India's Independance Day?
Is it the first seed of difference in our thinking?
Pakistan came in existence when first Hindu accepted Islam - Quaid -a- Azam.
British signed papers at midnight, the night between 13th and 14th Aug, therefore Pakistan celebrates correctly, the independence started at the struck of midnight, the beginning of the 14th day.
India delayed a day because they did not want to coincide its day with Pakistan. Pretty stupid if yu think about it. or it could also be that papers were not officially signed until 24 hrs later.
Or it could also be that Indians are genetically slow by 24 hrs.
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ye tou ek new development he ...........now its born a new question...........shubh ghari kis ke liye...........India ke liye....but india is secular country..........then only for Hindu...........or ..........for Sikh............or for Muslim.............kiyoon ke in cheezon pe tou sirf Hindu ka yaqeen he Shubh Ghari..................others ke liye Ashubh Ghari hui na..............spezially for Britain ke liye.............
Hi all.. Here s your Answer..
Lord Mount baten has to sign the documents of Independence of Subcontinent on 15th August.. but He cannot be at the same time on both places ( INDIA N PAKISTAN ) so for Pakistan he signed the document on 14th August and for INDIA he went and signed the document on 15th .. Hence for us 14th is the day we got our INDEPENDENCE .. and so we are 1 day elder then modern times INDIA..
In early days, till 1950 or may b 1951 on our rupee notes the Independence day was wriiten as 15th August but earlier it get changed because of the same date issue and the fact that we have been signed 1 day before INDIA.. hope u find the answer...
These genetically slow indians are way ahead of us... ppl of Pakistan.. jus come out of pakistan n explore the world u will find these guyz everywhere and even successfull. We are always only say this kinda words and make ourselves proud but when u go outside and explore this world ull see that how far are we from the real truth.. bat tu sach hay magar bat hay ruswai ki... in logo mai laakh khamiyaan sahi ... ye log buzdil darpok dramaybaaz aur naa janay kia kia sahi... laikin nalaaik nahi hain.. ye alag baat hay k hum inkay muqablay par utar ayen tu ye dum dabaa k bhag jain.. laikin hum muqaablain par ayen tab ki baat hay..
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Well we invented :
1 indians invented zero it was invented by aryabhatta
2.The first university of this world taksshila was on soil of india
3. we are largest producer of milk and tea in world
4 we have largest railway and postal network.
5. we are the third largest english speaking country.
6. india is technical and outsoursing hub.
are u just stupid or are you a racist bigot? i never understand your likes. do you go about your day casually abusing india, israel whatever, so that you can get some sleep at night? or do you genuinely believe what you are saying? its not a rhetorical question, but a genuine one. it would be interesting to know.
if you care to reply back, plz save some space by not abusing me. i will abuse myself. i am a %$%& sonof@*****, @sshole, hindu cheap poor black, cow piss drinking [email protected] now hope it makes you happy.
No need to abuse brother.. there is quite hatred spreaded in both india n pakistan.. u can see ppl like him everywhere .. even in india u can see ur own ppl abusing us pakistanis everytime.. ur media always spread toxicating metierial against us.. there are alot of things like this.. being a Pakistani m calling u brother means i really mean it but every1 is not like me.. every1 has its own point of view.. so dnwrry if som1 is condeming u or abusing u.. may b u can find a better point out of his sayings and change a bit of urself for ur betterment.. So cheers
Com'on man.. don run in a race of this inventions and achievments..
like U.. even we Pakistanis have a a very big list of that.. not only the 6 points u mentioned for india.
i was only saying that u guyz are not slow... u guyz are really good.. but that does'nt means that u r the Best.. We still owns the Title !!
bhai sorry.. laikin mai aapka point samajh nahi saka.. ye awaam kahan say agayi ismain ? aur ye ustad ap pakistanio ko aur talib e ilm indians ko kahrahay ho tu kio ? aur kis angle se ? bhai m pakistani n i love my country laikin kasam say aapki bat samajh nahi ayee :S
14 and 15 aug 1947,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
ustad always senior in study.......................student same college but always junior


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Robbins Barstow and cinematic communities
July 20, 2012 in Home movies | Tags: Disneyland, Robbins Barstow | by dwswanson | Leave a comment
Kristi McGuire of the University of Chicago Press's Chicago Blog has posted a short essay "Disneyland Dream and utopian home movies," centered around Robbins' Barstow's "Disneyland Dream."
The Lost Robbins Barstow Film
March 29, 2011 in Historical, Home movies | Tags: Robbins Barstow | by dwswanson | Leave a comment
In 1936, the same year that he filmed Tarzan and the Rocky Gorge, a 16 year old Robbins Barstow joined his brother and five other boys on a journey of nearly 8,000 miles from Hartford, Connecticut to Montana and back. Led by a Hartford Seminary graduate student, the boys crossed 14 states and into Canada, camping along the way.
Before his death last year Robbins had the film, which he title The Adventure of the Galloping Geese, transferred to videotape, though sadly it is lacking his trademark narration.
Source: Archive.org
Frank Rich on Robbins Barstow
December 27, 2010 in Home movies | Tags: Disneyland Dream, Robbins Barstow | by dwswanson | Leave a comment
New York Times columnist Frank Rich based his Christmas column "Who Killed the Disneyland Dream?" around Robbins Barstow's Disneyland Dream, using it as a symbolic representation of American middle class life in the 1950s.
Source: New York Times
Robbins Barstow memorials
November 17, 2010 in Uncategorized | Tags: Robbins Barstow | by dwswanson | Leave a comment
- The New York Times published a very nice obituary by Margalit Fox.
- The Barstow family has posted video of Robbin's memorial service, held at the at First Church of Christ in Wethersfield, Connecticut, on November 13, 2010.
- The Hartford Courant has posted a bio of Robbins in their "Extraordinary Life" column.
Robbins Barstow (1919-2010)
November 9, 2010 in Home movies | Tags: Disneyland Dream, Robbins Barstow, Tarzan and the Rocky Gorge | by dwswanson | 4 comments
Robbins Barstow's family has written to say that Robbins died at his home in Wethersfield, Connecticut on Sunday, two weeks after his 91st birthday.
Robbins joined the Amateur Cinema League in the 1930s and made one of his most famous films (and one of the very first fan films), Tarzan and the Rocky Gorge in 1936. His other masterpiece, 1956's Disneyland Dream, about winning a trip with his family to the newly-opened Disneyland park, was named to the National Film Registry in 2008.
One of the most unique things about Robbins was the way in which he kept his films alive for decades after their creation. He edited his 16mm films then transferred them to video at the Wethersfield public access TV station (which he helped to create), adding his own narration. He distributed his films first on VHS, then DVD, and then finally on the Internet Archive. After learning about Archive.org he leaped into digital realm with both feet, and uploaded nearly all of "Barstow Travel Adventure" films. He then eagerly watched as their popularity took off among the younger generations. Disneyland Dream and Tarzan and the Rocky Gorge both went viral, and currently have 76,000 and 151,000 downloads respectively. Last year he also began selling Disneyland Dream through Amazon's DVD-R program.
Although the film world got to know Robbins through his movies, he also worked as the director of professional development for the Connecticut Educational Association. He was also a founder of the Cetacean Society International, and many of his Barstow Travel Adventures as well as the 1970s sequel to Tarzan and the Rocky Gorge focused on his love for the great whales.
The Barstow family has asked that in lieu of flowers, checks be made out to:
CSI (Barstow Fund)
Mrs. Barbara Kilpatrick
15 Wood Pond Rd.
West Hartford, CT 06107
See also the excellent essay on Robbins and Disneyland Dream from Daniel Eagan's "America's Film Legacy"
2008 Home Movie Day PSA, featuring Robbins:
Remix of Family Camping Through 48 States – Part I by Captive Wild Woman
Disneyland Dream DVD for Sale Now
March 13, 2010 in Home movies | Tags: Disneyland Dream, DVDs, Robbins Barstow | by dwswanson | Leave a comment
Since Home & Amateur has practically become the unofficial Robbins Barstow blog, we are pleased to report that Robbins sends word that for the first time ever his award winning film Disneyland Dream is available for sale on DVD-R directly from Amazon. The DVD includes the film classic as well as a 20 minute special feature "The Making of Disneyland Dream."
Source: Amazon.com
Cory Doctorow's BoingBoing post about the release.
Robbins Barstow Remixed
March 3, 2010 in Home movies | Tags: Jonathan Richman, Lisa McElroy, New England, Robbins Barstow | by dwswanson | Leave a comment
The Captive Wild Woman herself is at it again, this time remixing our favorite filmmaker as the Barstow family travels around New England. Robbins Barstow and Jonathan Richman…together at last.
The original, Family Camping Through 48 States–Part I, is available at Archive.org.
Source: Captivewildwoman.blogspot.com
Disneyland Dream Essay from "America's Film Legacy"
December 14, 2009 in Home movies | Tags: Disneyland Dream, National Film Registry, Robbins Barstow | by dwswanson | Leave a comment
The new book America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry by Daniel Eagan includes essays on the first 500 films named to the National Film Registry. Publisher 33 1/3 included the essay about Robbins Barstow's Disneyland Dream in its entirety on its blog.
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November 22, 2009 in Home movies | Tags: Robbins Barstow | by dwswanson | 1 comment
America's adoration of filmmaker Robbins Barstow continues, with a feature article about him and his filmmaking career, in a feature article in the Waterbury Connecticut Republican-American.
Happy Birthday, Robbins Barstow
October 24, 2009 in Home movies | Tags: Robbins Barstow | by dwswanson | Leave a comment
Today is everybody's favorite amateur filmmaker Robbins Barstow's 90th birthday, and in tribute, the governor of Connecticut (Robbins's home state) has decreed this to be Dr. Robbins Barstow Day!
"Whereas, in tribute to his lifelong brilliance as an amateur filmmaker, ten of Dr. Barstow's family chronicles have been registered by the Library of Congress, and his 1955 "Disneyland Dreams" [sic] (featuring a cameo by then-teen actor-comedian Steve Martin) has been named to the National Film Registry as one of the finest examples of the home movie-making genre."


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Limerick Treat (Limerick-Off Monday)
It's Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same first line. Then you post your limerick here and, if you're a Facebook user, on Facebook too.
The best submission will be crowned Limerick Of The Week. (Here's last week's Limerick Of The Week Winner.)
How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, cleverness, and humor. (If you're feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, here's my How To Write A Limerick article.)
I'll announce the Limerick of the Week Winner next Sunday, right before I post next week's Limerick-Off. So that gives you a full week to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time.)
I hope you'll join me in writing a limerick with this first line:
A fellow would frequently treat…*
A woman would frequently treat…*
*(Minor variations to my first lines are acceptable, but rhyme words may not be altered.)
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A fellow would frequently treat
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He assumed Twitter's feed
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But its myth-spreading speed can't be beat.
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It does not appear to be one of those 'all deaths are tragic' either...
"CNN's senior editor of Middle East affairs, Octavia Nasr, posted a message on her Twitter account on Sunday in which she expressed sadness at the death of Ayatollah Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah, described by terrorism analysts as the spiritual mentor of Hizbullah.
"Sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah... One of Hezbollah's giants I respect a lot," Nasr wrote.
Nasr's remarks drew fire from the Honest Reporting media watchdog, which asked on its Web site, "Is Nasr a Hezbollah sympathizer? This is disturbing enough given that the group is designated a terrorist organization by the US and is committed to the destruction of Israel.
And which of Fadlallah's individual views does Nasr admire?" CNN did not respond to a request for comment by press time."
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Monday, May 31, 2010
Bear Ye One Another's Burdens...
This week has probably been one of the most difficult weeks of a lifetime for a friend of mine. She is delivering the eulogy today at her brother's funeral. It is the final act of love that she will be able to offer him, and I am confident that she will be an agent of God's grace, mercy, compassion and love. This past week my friend's brother committed suicide as did his teenage son six years ago. He leaves behind a wife of one year and a daughter who is the twin of the teenage son who killed himself. Contemplating these two suicides in one family is beyond the scope of human understanding, and forces me to confront again and affirm my belief in a shepherd who never abandons His sheep. Over and over again, I have said the words of John out loud as I have prayed for my friend and her niece and sister-in-law: "All that the Father has given me are mine...and no one can snatch them out of my hand." My friend and her brother shared a unique and poignant life-time bond that was borne out of the survival of a most difficult childhood. Her brother took the role of protector, and she in turn kept him close and pursued him and loved him well even though 2000 miles separated their adult lives.
I have read my friend's eulogy, and her words left me weeping. In all likelihood she is speaking this very moment as I write these words. Even as I type I am offering up my prayer for strength and for the peace that passeth all understanding to encompass her soul. I pray that the Lord will both heal her wounds and use her in her time of deep sorrowing to be a comfort to others. It is said that the Lord does not waste our sorrows, that in His providence He uses our grief to draw others who need the touch of comfort that we ourselves have received. My friend's grief is great, but so is her faith. I am thankful for her today, and for the fact that despite the suffering and fiery attacks of the enemy that she has faced her in her lifetime, she has been given the grace and the strength to stand. She is a witness to the fact that the Lord is her strength and her shield. I see in her a woman of great courage whose soul beauty has been forged in the fires of pain and sorrow. And yet she manages to laugh in the face of adversity, comfort others in their hour of need, and find joy in the small and great blessings of life. Today I am praying for the Lord to let me and all others who know her to shoulder her burden and to stand before the throne of grace and mercy on her behalf....Bear ye one another's burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ...and what is the law of Christ? To love the Lord our God with all our heart, strength, mind and soul, and to love others before ourselves. I love you, sweet friend.
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Sunday, May 30, 2010
The Daughter's Birthday
She likes sunshine on her shoulders, watching sappy movies that make her cry, and hanging out with the 'fam. She is thoughtful, determined, and opinionated, yet she is tender, compassionate and cares deeply for the poor, the disenfranchised, the lonely, and the hurting. She loves well -- her husband, her daughter, her family, her friends. She readily opens her heart and her home, and is a lover of community in its finest sense. She seeks to know God more deeply and is both an encourager and one who speaks truth to many. She is a natural born leader and a big picture person who often can step in, assess a situation and immediately see what needs to be done. She is unafraid to speak her heart and her mind. I have watched her develop the maturity, wisdom, and discernment to handle her marvelous gifts.
As you might surmise, The Daughter is our only daughter and she is sandwiched between two older brothers and one younger. They adore her, taught her the value (their value) of competing for anything and everything, and nearly drove her crazy at times with their shenanigans. She just might have been a princess but for them. I also credit her brothers with helping to develop her sense of toughness and that sense of fairness that led her to become an advocate for those who cannot speak for themselves. Needless to say, she is a marvel to me.
My husband and I were not as diligent and serious with our family planning as young couples seem to be today. We probably really only discussed at length the decision to have our first child, and the rest just seemed to happen according to God's perfect plan. To be honest, I was filled with more than a little trepidation when I learned that fall that I was expecting another child. My first two sons were only 16 months apart and life was busy, busy, busy chasing two active little boys. The oldest would not yet be four when baby number three would arrive, meaning that I would have three children under the age of four. Yet my husband and I wholeheartedly believe that children are a gift of the Lord and so while we waited a bit to tell our family and friends our news, we immediately began to pray for the child that I was carrying.
After two sons, it was too much to hope that this baby would be a different sex; yet I secretly began to hope that baby number three might be a girl, even though my doctor, my husband, my pediatrician and everyone else who claimed to have the gift of prophecy told me that I was likely to have another boy. Back then there was not an option to discover the sex of one's child, so I had many months to gaze longingly at all of the pink in the department stores. But with so many prognosticators, I always passed by the tiny dresses. As the day approached, I unpacked all of my boy baby clothes, washed them one more time and carefully ironed the hand-sewn batiste day gown that each one of them had worn home from the hospital. Yet, when I packed my suitcase to go to the hospital, I tucked a tiny white bonnet with a ruffle around the edge in the very bottom of the suitcase where no one else could see it. It was my one secret. I had not even dared to show it to my husband. It was the physical representation of the secret longing that I carried close to my heart. I remember when my second child was born, I had wondered aloud to the Lord whether or not I could love another child the way that I loved the first...and proceeded to be amazed when the Lord opened the floodgates of love for my second son...so I did not doubt that God would more than meet me with whatever He had planned. I knew that I could trust Him to give me all that I needed to be the mother of three sons. I was confident of God's grace and as ready as I thought I could be. I was prepared.
Yet, after fourteen hours of labor, at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 30th, my husband and I could not have been more surprised and delighted to have the pleasure of making the acquaintance of The Daughter, who came crying loudly and lustily into the world. I don't think either one of us could believe our eyes! And yes, I dressed my little girl in the same gown that the boys had worn home from the hospital, now complete with a little white bonnet with the ruffle all around.
Happy Birthday Daughter! You continue to bring joy and surprise into our lives. We are so thankful to the Lord for you!
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Here is the End to the Beach Post and Much More!
***Let me start by saying that I LOVE the pictures featured in the last post. I am so thankful for my photographer (www.katherineholly.com) and cannot wait to see the rest of the pictures.
After the beach trip in early May, we have been the good kind of busy ... not too much but just enough to keep you going. We have loved on friends at Eastland Cafe (Happy Hour of course), spent time in the front yard blowing bubbles, and had a surprise Mother's Day Brunch at Uncle Brother's house. It has been a good month. Oh, my birthday is coming up also, and I just LOVE eating cake, receiving gifts, and spending time with friends and family.
Three mommas (yes my sister-in-law is pregnant!!!) and Eloise
Enjoying the frontyard ...
soon will be enjoying the backyard as we have a new fence and grass!
Celebrating my dear friend @ Eastland
Little One
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Then and Now
Then Little One slept and ate, slept and ate, smiled occasionally and looked around with wonder at a very fuzzy world.
Now Little One is interested and curious about nearly everything. She is opinionated, very verbal (if you know The Daughter you are not surprised about this!), happy most of the time, and is finally sleeping through the night. She has grown and changed immensely in six short months. But one thing hasn't changed: Honey and Pappy still think she is the cat's meow.
Photos are courtesy of the very gifted photographer: www.katherineholly.com
Now Little One is interested and curious about nearly everything. She is opinionated, very verbal (if you know The Daughter you are not surprised about this!), happy most of the time, and is finally sleeping through the night. She has grown and changed immensely in six short months. But one thing hasn't changed: Honey and Pappy still think she is the cat's meow.
Photos are courtesy of the very gifted photographer: www.katherineholly.com
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Little One Goes to the Beach and much more ...
So everyone says that taking a trip with a child is very different, but I promise you do not understand until it is reality! Our family had the joy of joining my husband's family on a beach trip. We packed up the day the flood started (we did not know it would continue to rain non-stop for two more days) and headed to Northern Florida. We had 5 children ... yes 5 children 5 years and under staying in one house. It was chaotic but wonderful. The cousins loved on Little One so much and played like there was no tomorrow. There is something so precious about watching children play in the sand and dive in the water. Their happiness and shock at new things was contagious. They squealed with delight when catching crabs, spurted water out when staying under water too long, and zonked out after a day of swimming. All this to say, the beach trip was a success.
Little One loved her raft in the pool, enjoyed digging her toes in the sand, and enjoyed the waves crashing while being held by mom or dad.
We got to visit BaBa -- Little One's Great Grandmother.
Little One enjoying avocado with dad @ the Beach house.
Little One playing with Uncle J. and learning about baseball.
There is nothing like a kiss from GiGi!
Little One loves watching her cousins and cannot wait to join in on the fun.
Loving the beach ... or loving my toy frog with the beach in the background.
Dad saw this and said, "No one told me I was really white."
Mom is not sure that she wants to go home after sitting near the Gulf.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
RE: The Scent of Beauty
Last Wednesday I left the mud covered roads of Nashville and the shells of houses that remained beside a river that had left its banks in a wanderlust of destruction to visit a magical city that is itself no stranger to floods, hurricanes, and tragedy. Yet just as Nashville has and will, this city has likewise risen from the ashes more times than anyone can count; and despite the havoc that men and nature have wreaked upon it, the city still shines like some sparkling gem in a queen's diadem. I am talking about none other than fair Charleston.
The scent of the city captivated me as soon as we crossed the Ravenel Bridge over the Cooper River. The first whiff I caught was a moist humid boggy smell that estuary river cities know all too well but it was overlaid with the heady fragrance of lemony magnolias, the sweetness of Confederate Jasmine and the soft odor of the verbenas. I, who have the silvery sands of Walton County etched into my soul felt a bit like a traitor falling in love with the enemy. No matter how hard I tried to deny it, Charleston exerted her powerful charms on me. The history of our past is everywhere; there is no escaping it. I longed for the beautiful homes on the Battery to whisper their tales of loves won and lost; and I wished that the battlements of the long-since fought wars could tell me of the treachery, the honor, the pride, and the sacrifice that the sons of Charleston had known. Despite the fact that this city is firmly rooted in the South, historians say that she was the home for two civil wars: the War for Independence and the War Between the States. She was a city divided as brothers and neighbors lined up on opposite sides of the fence. Yet survive she did. I suppose if the South were to have an equivalent of that essential bastion of American freedom, Boston, Charleston would have to be the one. She slides gingerly into the present with two feet firmly planted in the past. She is ever-gracious and sometimes a bit shabby, but her elegance, refinement, and ability to endure are indisputable. She has a new lover...me!
Justifiably noted for her fine cuisine, we dined all week in Charleston like kings and queens, and lay our heads to rest at night in a hotel that has had its doors open continuously since the early 1800's. We ate from the gifts of the sea 'till we could eat no more. Po' boys from Joseph's filled with shrimp and oysters, seafood from Shem Creek, and Shrimp Jambalaya over the ever-present creamy stone ground grits at the Rue de Jean. We were there in Charleston to celebrate a wedding, and it was a time of sweet joy among dear friends. My friendship with the groom's mother began in a history classroom at Vanderbilt over thirty-seven years ago and has more than stood the test of time. I was there when her youngest son, the groom, was born. I am honored to even know the two fine men for whom he is named. He and my daughter played together as babies and spent the night together until they figured out in first grade that they were not really a boy and a tom-boy, but members of the opposite sex.
Our lives with this family are so woven and interconnected that I can scarcely imagine my life without them. We have walked together through good times and bad and sat through more than a 1000 baseball games (she has one son who is still playing as the ballpen catcher for a Major League team). We endlessly chewed Super Bubble bubble gum, kept up a running commentary on the ballgame while we kept an eye out for our other children who were not playing that day, wore out too many plastic chairs to count, and traveled together to places such as Gulfport, Mississippi, and Jamestown, New York, all in pursuit of a baseball crown. We also took vacations to Destin together for many years with two other families, and today all of our children are now grown yet remain friends, just like the parents, thus the saga continues.
I look at these friends and can readily see what the body of Christ is all about: commitment, love, forgiveness, and fidelity. We are a living testament to the faithfulness of God. There have been weddings, births of children and grandchildren, a funeral of one who made the journey to heaven all too soon, and countless celebrations of every shape, size, and sort. There is a past, a present, and a future for us to treasure and embrace...together. Yet there is nothing sweeter than being there for the coming together of two beautiful joy-filled individuals who enter the sacrament of marriage with the understanding that they are pledging their lives not only to one another, but to the Lord as well. This is the hope of not just their future, but all of ours that we celebrated with great joy.
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010
RE: We are Nashville
I don't usually get on my soapbox about issues, but I have been amazed that the immense flooding and devastation in Nashville appears to be but a blip on the rest of the nation's radar screen. Granted, there are important news making events taking place that are certainly worthy of significant investigative work and reporting -- among them the BP oil spill and its potential effect on coastal wildlife and the already struggling shoreline economies in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, along with the almost superhero-like speed of the identification and apprehension of the aptly named Times Square Wanna-Be Bomber.
Yet what we have experienced here and are experiencing here in Middle Tennessee and the surrounding counties is staggering. And so many of those affected do not have a voice or a phone or the ability to make themselves heard. In natural disasters of this magnitude, it is always the poor and the low income strata who suffer the most -- primarily because they lack the ability or the access to the resources that many of us take for granted. Ironically, they have no rainy day fund. For example, I am thankful that I was able to call a roofer yesterday and get my name on the repair list. When the roofer gets finished, I know a good handy-man who can help repair my walls and ceilings and hopefully get rid of that dated 1970's popcorn stuff in my den that I have despised for years. I am also blessed that I do not live pay check to pay check like so many do. And I am not talking about people with inflated life-styles. I am talking about people who go to work every day and do an honest day's work in places like Opry Mills, Opryland Hotel or the Wendy's or McDonalds in Pennington Bend or Bellevue.
When I arrived at the Ace Hardware today I thought they were having a party in the parking lot. It was a seemingly convivial group sharing stories. Most everybody looked tired and some downright exhausted, and they were certainly all somewhat disheveled in appearance, yet they were introducing themselves to one another and patting each other on the back like old friends. Inside they told me that the folks who had driven from near and far had been there for some time patiently waiting for a truck delivery of shop vacs, industrial fans, tarps, and dehumidifiers. They were only 8 of each item on the truck and the people outside were discussing amongst themselves who had the most pressing circumstance so that they could decide without argument who would get what. It did not matter who got there first. It was a decision to be based on the severity of the need. I watched them determine that the church guy would get an industrial fan and a dehumidifier for sure. He did not ask; he did not plead; he simply told them where he had been and what he was working on. After I made my own purchase, I got in my car and wanted to cry. I do not know why it is the worst of times that brings out the best in most of us. I wish I could be a Good Samaritan every day and not just when a natural disaster strikes, but I am thankful that I was a witness to a lot of downright goodness, kindness, and mercy in the Ace Hardware parking lot today.
I am attaching a few photographs to give you a glimpse of what we have been through. One is from the neighborhood adjacent to mine. Another is of the iconic symbol of Music City, the Grand Ole Opry. Despite the absolute carnage in some sections of the city, other areas appear virtually untouched and unfazed, yet everyone I know has a friend, a family member, or perhaps is himself the very one who is facing a tremendous uphill battle. We are a city in crisis, but we are also resilient, faith-filled, hopeful people.
The final image I offer is one of a flooded cemetery in Franklin, Tennessee taken by a friend. It has an eerie haunting beauty. I am comforted to be able to find the beautiful in the midst of the tragic. But the most powerful beauty I have been blessed to observe is the sacramental giving of one person toward another with a greater need. It is the biblical truth that outweighs even a biblical flood.
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on her new tv show. rachel maddow taking over cable. hillary back at the center of this country's dialogues again, and all her cabinet choices are in place under her protege Obama. Michelle is calling her for advice on how to raise the girls in the limelight of the white house. Hillary, stay in the senate!!! this is my final decision for you!!! like eleanor roosevelt, bring us our healthcare and jobs!!! stay in the senate. make kucinich s.o.s!
detroit is the new new orleans and the failure of the auto industry is the new katrina. a whole city is going to be devastated. It has been planned, it is no accident. It's called de-populization. we want that money spent in america, mr paulson, not in india or china!!!! not in israel!!!!