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Tag Archives: New York Knicks
Community vs. 30 Rock
AKIE BERMISS: I was an early adopter of Community. It debuted when I still had cable and I still watched television live. But it was one of the last shows I did that with. Increasingly, as a man pushing thirty, I've found new television shows have very little to offer me. I don't get excited by reality shows — the pseudo-drama just doesn't do it for me — and, being a professional singer and vocal teacher, I can't stand shows like American Idol or The Voice. So I was finding myself marginalized more and more by primetime television. Call me old fashioned but I miss the days of primetime half-hour sitcoms followed by hour-long dramas at 10pm. To me, those were the days. I guess I was young and things seemed simpler then. But also, I rather think if I am going to sit down and waste an hour, I'd rather it be scripted material performed by professionals and shot by experienced techies.
CHRIS PUMMER: I think Akie's comparison of 30 Rock to the dynastic Bulls of Michael Jordan is apt. Because while Community is brilliant, 30 Rock has been at least that brilliant for much longer now. Continue reading
Posted in Arts & Culture Tagged 30 Rock, Akie Bermiss, Chicago Bulls, Community, Dan Harmon, Hulu, internet, iTunes, Joel McHale, Michael Jordan, NBC, Netflix, New York Knicks, reality TV, sitcom, television, The Soup 5 Comments
Jeremy Lin Perspectives
HOWARD MEGDAL: It never occurred to me that I might root for a player as vociferously as Patrick Ewing. But Jeremy Lin might just get there for me.
ROBERT SHATZKIN: I'm scared to fully embrace the Linsanity. Continue reading
Posted in Sports Tagged Jeremy Lin, LeBron James, Michael Jordan, New York Knicks, Patrick Ewing 64 Comments
Keep Mike D'Antoni?
MIKE SILVA: The question should not be whether the Knicks keep Mike D' Antoni for next season, but whether he is the right person to get this team to a championship level. Since Donnie Walsh took over in April of 2008 the goal was for the Knicks to clear cap room to make a run at Lebron James and another superstar. They didn't get James, but Amar'e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony will do just fine. Now that Walsh seemingly will be in control for the next couple of years I have confidence the remaining pieces necessary will be added to round out the roster. There should be no doubt the Knicks will be, regardless of the new collective bargaining agreement, one of the top teams in the NBA over the next five years. The task for D'Antoni is to get them to win a championship, something he failed to do during his time in Phoenix.
HOWARD MEGDAL: Mike is probably right: D'Antoni simply hasn't done enough to lose his job. But I am concerned about the idea of sacrificing a season to D'Antoni, if he truly isn't the person to coach this team (and issues of both defense and offense are still to be determined). Continue reading
Posted in Sports Tagged Amar'e Stoudemire, Carmelo Anthony, Mike D'Antoni, New York Knicks 1 Comment
Carmelo and the Knicks
JASON CLINKSCALES: The Carmelo Anthony talk has annoyed some, but that's because they see some similarities to the LeBron James hype and eventual departure to Miami. However, there are very few commonalities between the two. Anthony has said very little compared to James and here wasn't nearly the frothing at the mouth or silly customized jerseys for the Denver Nuggets forward as for the former Cleveland Cavalier.
AKIE BERMISS: I was born under a star-crossed sign! Mercury was in retrograde! I was cursed by an evil warlock for the heroic deeds of my father! Well, it was something like that at least, because all my life I've been Knicks fan. And that can mean only one thing: constant, inexorable suffering. When we had Patrick Ewing back in the 90s, we spent every spring being the foil for the likes of Michael Jordan and Reggie Miller. No matter how cohesive the team was, how stifling the defense, or how triumphant the 4th-quarter comebacks were, we always wound up losing. Missing out. Just barely getting a whiff of what it would be like to be champions. And every time, we fell short. Fast forward to 2011: we're having a pretty good year, Amar'e Stoudemire has brought up back from the brink of utter Isaiah-Thomas-ness (our name for Perdition), and all-in-all things are starting to look up. Then, there came word that Carmelo Anthony was strongly considering playing for New York. Continue reading
Posted in Sports Tagged Allan Houston, Amar'e Stoudemire, Carmelo Anthony, Denver Nuggets, Isaiah Thomas, Jeff Van Gundy, LeBron James, Madison Square Garden, New Jersey Nets, New York City, New York Knicks Comments Off
NBA Preview
JASON CLINKSCALES: As it has been for the entire existence of the NBA, only a handful of teams matter when it comes to winning the championship. Yet, we keep watching because maybe, just maybe, we'll be surprised by a fearless team that makes a ridiculous run later. We watch because games still have to be played. We keep watching because for all of the continued over-examination of the league, we will see something, for the lack of a better word, amazing.
ALEX PREWITT: As I flipped on the television to catch the end of the Celtics-Heat game before turning it over to my computer for Blazers-Suns and then Lakers-Rockets, I thought to myself about how I've never been this excited for an NBA season. For me in the past, it was all-NCAA, all-time. Whether it's because of how desperately I want to see LeBron James fail in Miami (last night's 88-80 loss at the Garden was a nice start) or because of how desperately I want my Memphis Grizzlies to succeed (success being a very relative term in Memphis), this season promises more, at least for me, than ever before. Continue reading
Posted in Sports Tagged 2010-11 NBA season, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Clippers, Miami Heat, Milwaukee Bucks, NBA, NBA League Pass, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic, Portland Trail Blazers, Utah Jazz Comments Off
The Knicks and Carmelo Anthony
KIYAN SOBHANI: Can the New York Knicks obtain Carmelo Anthony without giving up an important piece? The answer is yes. No matter who you ship off on the Knicks roster (besides Amar'e) for Melo you're significantly improving that team. Randolph never really was that impressive for the Knicks. If the Knicks can get Melo playing alongside Amar'e and Felton they instantly become a contender.
MIKE SILVA: Although the thought of pairing Amar'e Stoudemire with Carmelo Anthony is enticing, it can't be done at the expense of gutting the roster. After ten years of a rudderless ship, the Knicks appear to be headed in the right direction with a young roster full of intriguing upside. That is why I am a proponent of Donnie Walsh monitoring the Carmelo Anthony sweepstakes, but not trading either Danilo Gallinari or Anthony Randolph. In my opinion the waiting game works in the Knicks favor. Continue reading
Allen Iverson's Next Stop
ALEX PREWITT: The days of stardom for Allen Iverson seem like little else but a distant memory. Gone are the fadeaway jumpers and swift crossovers, in place are more doubters than ever before. Failure has replaced success for the greatest player under 6-feet in NBA history. The 30-points-per-game seasons are a thing of the past, bumped off Iverson's legacy in favor of his detrimental four-game stint with Memphis and his stock market-like crash into oblivion.
HOWARD MEGDAL: I believe the grand final move that could rehabilitate the unjustly-maligned career of Allen Iverson could be a move to the New York Knicks. This is predicated on New York also acquiring Carmelo Anthony, of course.
But a team with Anthony/Iverson/Stoudemire would be awfully entertaining to watch. And it could be what Allen Iverson is remembered for. Continue reading
Posted in Sports Tagged Allen Iverson, Cleveland, LeBron James, Miami Heat, New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers 4 Comments
Carmelo Anthony's Value
HOWARD MEGDAL: Carmelo Anthony's value to the Knicks is such that they should trade whomever it takes to get him, and give him a max contract, without thinking twice.
ALEX PREWITT: There's no doubting Carmelo Anthony's ability as a top-flight NBA player. Through seven seasons after leading Syracuse to the NCAA Championship, 'Melo has never averaged under 20 points per game and has led the Nuggets to the playoffs in all seven years. But with rumors swirling regarding his imminent departure from the Rocky Mountains and Anthony's pending free agency next summer, we can expect that some squad will throw a gaudy contract at 'Melo to make him the cornerstone of the franchise. But does he belong in the elite level of players deserving of a max salary, or in the upper echelon of NBA studs along with fellow '03 draftees LeBron James and Dwyane Wade? Continue reading
Posted in Sports Tagged Amar'e Stoudemire, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Denver Nuggets, LeBron James, max contract, NBA, New York Knicks, PER 283 Comments
Isiah Thomas = Seven Years of Famine?
MIKE SILVA: The Case of Isiah Thomas is one of the most frustrating sports periods in New York history. Ironically, Zeke has been tied to the organization much longer than seven years as the "non deal" for Thomas back in 1994 might have cost the Knicks a title. Isiah came with a lot of flash and promises, but was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The reluctance of Knicks management to "break down" the roster after Patrick Ewing left was more the reason why a the team has been a failure for a decade. Former President Dave Checketts still regrets trading Ewing to Seattle in his walk year.
AKIE BERMISS: As a New York Knicks fan my hatred for Isaiah Thomas knows no bounds. I am aware that were, of course mitigating factors of all kinds, but as far as my heart is concerned Thomas was at the helm when my team hit the ice-berg. And while we were taking on water, he was stacking the deck chairs. I was never in the Garden to chant "Fire Isaiah!" — but only because I couldn't bring myself to go to the Garden. Those were the dark days. Those were the times of no hope. Horrible as things seem now that was the winter of our discontent here in New York. Continue reading
Patrick Ewing: Head Coach
HOWARD MEGDAL: For me, a lifelong Patrick Ewing fan, seeing him become a head coach is about unfinished business. I want Patrick Ewing to win an NBA championship. But hearing that Ewing wants to be a head coach himself-well, who would be a better candidate?
JASON CLINKSCALES: The idea of Patrick Ewing as a future head coach may not be strange to those far removed from his heyday with the New York Knicks. However, but for those who followed his Hall of Fame career up close, it'll take some eye-rubbing. Continue reading
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Around 5am police were called after an oven door was blown off during the suspected preparation of drugs.
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The male occupant of the unit fled but was located by police a short time later nearby.
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If you would discipline your mind to see the good in everything, and good is in everything. If that's all you'll focus and see, then that's all you'll attract. But if you beco…me obsessed with the problems in the world, the problems in your life, then that's all you'll attract. Whenever something goes wrong say that's good. Then find something good about it. (MORE)


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Oil giant Shell has revealed profits of £578 A SECOND - as millions of motorists are suffering sky-high petrol prices.
The multi-national today confirmed it banked a colossal £4.6billion in the final three months of 2012.
The huge sum took its haul for the whole of 2012 to £17billion.
The results were announced a day after Shell, along with other oil companies, were cleared by the Office of Fair Trading of profiteering from petrol forecourts.
The watchdog declared motorists were getting a fair deal at the pump - despite an 80% surge in prices in the past decade.
The results showed Anglo Dutch Shell, to give the company its full name, made £732million profit from its "downstream" business, which includes forecourts as well as things like refining.
Shell rewarded shareholders with a hefty 4.7% increase in the dividend they get paid.
Most of Shell's money is made in its "upstream" business, bringing oil and gas out of the ground.
The environmental cost of Shell moving deeper into more environmentally-sensitive regions – such as the Arctic – also remains highly controversial.
The company, which has overtaken BP in stock market value to become the second largest group of its kind in the world behind ExxonMobil, said it would spend up to £82bn on finding and developing new reserves up to 2015.
Shell boss Peter Voser said last year's profits, which were down, came despite a number of "headwinds".
But AA spokesman Luke Bosdet said: "One of the headwinds the fuel industry is facing is the destruction of consumer demand.
"Failure to rein in the excesses of stock market speculation, particularly with petrol at the moment, haemorrhages money from drivers, businesses, high street spending – ultimately economic recovery."
He added: "Motorists think everything is stacked against them when they see higher pump prices and oil companies making huge profits."
Shell defended its profits, arguing it paid £1 in every £8 paid in dividends in the FTSE 100, which is vital for pension funds that millions of people rely on.


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By Jonathan Amburgey
From: Salt Lake City, UT
Jan 19, 2009
Beta: As of Jan. 18th 2009, the crack has one bolt with a rappel ring a few feet below the summit. On top, there are 3 bolts (in a triangular pattern) for setting up a top-rope, though they are located on the back side away from the face. To set up a tope-rope with these, you need to extend the TR onto the edge (approximately 12 feet or so from the bolts), or use the single bolt with a rappel ring. Be aware there will be rope drag if using the top anchors (i.e., the 3 bolts) without sufficient extension to the edge, and there are rope groves everywhere on top from past TR's (not to mention unsightly graffiti). The rock is very soft and sandy on top, and given the wavyness of the upper section, the rope can become lodged in the crack (as my partner and I discovered despite extending the TR - we opted to use the 3 bolts rather than the single for added safety).
By John Braun
From: Hendersonville, NC
Apr 17, 2011
The bolts are, as noted above, about 12ft from the edge. It is basically impossible to toprope the route due to rope grooves unless you extend the master point. This requires ~80ft of cord if you're doing it the conventional way.
Fun climb, though.
By Cody Drool
From: BEAVERTON, OR
May 21, 2011
|There is a bolt next to a ledge near the top where we top belayed from to lessen the rope friction. Tricky to belay but was a fun interesting climb. This was also my friends first free solo!
By Ryan N
From: Bellingham, WA
Oct 13, 2012
|Great route that's away from the crowds on potash and in the shade for most of the day. Not to be missed when climbing on potash. Anchors are probably 15ft from climbs edge. If TR, which I wouldn't recommend, bring lots of material to extend anchor.
By Josh Cameron
From: California in my Mind
May 1, 2015
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
Setting up a TR was super easy for us. 3 cordelettes and some biners and we had the power point over the edge, the rope ran freely, and the rope stayed out of the crack.
It's a fun little climb with good rock quality to start, then it slowly deteriorates the higher you climb. I second the gear selection: .75 to a #4 camalot. Bolt protects the exit moves.


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Classic Reviews Round-Up #56 and New Announcements (continued)
The Warner Archive release of
The Man I Love
is about on a par with
Juke Girl
quality-wise, and suffers from the same occasional brief break-up and one instance of freeze-up.
The mono sound is fine and the theatrical trailer has been added as the only supplement. Ida Lupino stars as a nightclub singer who travels to California to visit her sister and brother at Christmas time, and becomes involved with their and their neighbor's lives. A sleazy local nightclub owner (Robert Alda) tries to interest her, but she only has eyes for a piano player from her past. The plot doesn't sound like much and in fact it isn't, but the tone is set by a terrific opening number by Lupino's character and one is completely drawn in by the atmospheric feel of the film as created by director Raoul Walsh. It helps that Ida Lupino's performance is stellar, as is Bruce Bennett as the piano player. Bennett (who died only two years ago at age 100) is an often-overlooked WB player of the 1940s, but as in this 1947 release, he was a definite asset to virtually every film he appeared in (such as
Mildred Pierce
Nora Prentiss
A Stolen Life
Dark Passage
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
). It pains me not to be able to recommend this disc beyond a rental, but once again the transfer quality being offered for the price is not acceptable.
One of Ida Lupino's best films at Warner Bros. -
The Hard Way
- is now available in the Warner Archive. It's hard to believe that a proper pressed release of this title could not be justified given some of the films released on DVD, but there you are.
(For those with a laserdisc capability, try to get hold of the double feature LD that combines this film with
The Man I Love
- an outstanding release from the final days of that esteemed medium.)
The Hard Way
is Ida Lupino's film from start to finish as she plays an ambitious woman intent on show business success for her younger sister (Joan Leslie). She will step on anyone in the way - agents, producers, writers, and even her sister's husband and his partner (Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan respectively, in a pair of fine performances too). The 1943 film is melodrama of the highest order with the typical WB bite and polish of the era. Lupino's portrait of an uncompromising woman is one of that decade's best acting efforts, but was completely overlooked by the Academy, although she did win the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress. Even Lupino at the time of shooting thought little of her performance, often clashing with director Vincent Sherman over how she was being portrayed in the early part of the film. Those familiar with the film will be aware that it has a framing sequence that results in the film's story being told as a flashback. According to Sherman, this was added to the film in order to placate Jack Warner's concerns that the film would be a failure because viewers would be put off by its early sequences of tired unattractive-looking people in a grimy coal mining town. The Warner Archive presentation is quite good. The image is fairly clean and crisper-looking than any of the others in the current batch reviewed here. Black levels are quite deep and shadow detail is above average. Best of all, the disc was not characterized by break-up or freeze-up either. The mono sound is in good shape and the theatrical trailer has been included. Recommended.
Flicker Alley's latest DVD release in association with David Shepard's Film Preservation Associates,
The Lost Films of John Gilbert
, is a two-disc set containing
Bardelys the Magnificent
(1926) and
Monte Cristo
Both are entertaining efforts although I found myself most drawn to
Monte Cristo
's effective telling of the well-known Alexander Dumas tale. Gilbert plays the Edmund Dantes role of a man imprisoned unjustly in the infamous Chateau d'If who eventually escapes to take his revenge on those responsible for his incarceration. At 107 minutes, the film is long enough to capture the main points of the Dumas tale well and it is bolstered by energetic and convincing work by Gilbert.
Monte Cristo
was made at Fox with a careful eye to set construction and decoration, and the generous investment in the production conveys effectiveness on both the prison scenes and the subsequent ones that track Monte Cristo's revenge in the circles of French high society. The film is one of the only 2 of the 19 films Gilbert made at Fox that are known to survive (the other is
Cameo Kirby
Bardelys the Magnificent
was produced by MGM and was one of three important swashbucklers to be released in 1926. The others were Douglas Fairbanks'
The Black Pirate
and John Barrymore's
Don Juan
, which benefited from Technicolor and Vitaphone respectively.
had no such advantages, but adapted from an early novel by Rafael Sabatini (of "The Sea Hawk" and "Captain Blood" fame), it did offer superb direction by King Vidor and an excellent supporting cast in its slight but satirically amusing tale of a philandering French nobleman (Gilbert) who finally meets his true love (Eleanor Boardman). The film is justly famous for Vidor's romantic scene of the two lovers in a rowboat, drifting among hanging willow branches, but it is also bolstered by its concluding swordfight between Bardelys and his nemesis in the film (a juicily villainous portrayal by Roy D'Arcy). Its energetic and entertaining ending obviously offers a tongue-in-cheek nod to the climaxes of the Fairbanks swashbucklers with its many variants on swordsmanship (at one point Gilbert uses only the shaft of a sword with a handkerchief wrapped around one end of it to serve as a hilt). The
transfer available to us on Flicker Alley's DVD is derived from a nitrate print found in France in 2006. The film's third reel was missing but it has been effectively bridged with stills, footage from the original trailer, and intertitles. Aside from minor contrast issues and the usual speckles and scratches, the DVD image is always more than acceptable and at times luminous.
Monte Cristo
's DVD image is derived from a worn and choppy print found in the Czech Republic. It is quite acceptable too, but not quite as sharp-looking as
. The accompanying stereo music on both films (by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra on
and pianist Neal Kurz on
Monte Cristo
) is quite appropriate. Supplements on the discs include an audio essay on
by Jeffrey Vance and Tony Maietta, who also wrote the discs' enclosed booklet and produced a 32-minute on-camera interview with John Gilbert's daughter and biographer, Leatrice Gilbert Fountain. Photo galleries and a copy of Gilbert's 1921 Fox contract round out the set. Recommended.
Howard Hughes' 1943 film
The Outlaw
has long been grist for the public domain DVD mill. The latest offering is a release from Legend Films that provides the company's typical treatment - a colourized version and a "restored and enhanced" B&W version.
The film tells an interesting though fabricated story of the relationship between Billy the Kid (Jack Beutel), Pat Garrett (Thomas Mitchell), and Doc Holliday (Walter Huston). Complicating things is Jane Russell as the girlfriend of both Doc and later Billy. Despite the plot (which even has Pat Garrett killing Doc, although the two supposedly never met in real life), the film might have been more successful had original director Howard Hawks been allowed to complete the film. He quit the project, however, (either due to interference from producer Howard Hughes, or a desire to direct
Sergeant York
, or perhaps both - sources vary) and Hughes took over the direction. Hughes was a bit obsessive over getting exactly what he wanted, resulting in numerous takes on some scenes. His sense of pacing is rather lacking so that the completed film at almost 2 hours in length too often meanders when it should canter. The film's performances are its strongest point with Walter Huston's the main one to keep an eye on. He plays Doc Holiday with a wink and a nudge, obviously realizing the messy filming he's gotten himself involved in, but enjoying himself nonetheless. Thomas Mitchell and Jack Beutel are both quite good too. The resulting film was notorious for its run-ins with the Production Code office due to excessive exposure of Jane Russell's breasts and a number of lesser transgressions. Although completed in 1941, it didn't receive its first theatrical showing until 1943 and widespread release until 1946 (through United Artists). Nowadays of course, it appears to be a rather tame affair in respect to the aspects that raised the ire of the wartime censors. Legend's presentation is on two discs with the first containing both the original B&W and a colourized version of the film. Of the DVDs of
The Outlaw
already available, that of the Roan Group is the best I've seen. In comparison with it, this new Legend version offers no effective improvement. There are some scenes where contrast and sharpness are slightly better, but equally others where the opposite is true. There's nothing much to choose between the two when it comes to the amount of speckles and scratches on view. The colourized version looks fairly realistic in the interior scenes, but exterior ones appear bland. Colour selection for fabrics seems appropriate although it doesn't always conform to that of the original clothing according to Jane Russell. Legend Films set up a screening of the B&W version of the film for Russell and Terry Moore with Moore interviewing Russell as they watched. The results are presented on disc two where the colourized film and video of the interview are presented in a picture-in-picture format with the screen varying between which of the two is the main image. The commentary provides an interesting experience just to see the two actresses together. Russell's memory of the original filming is about as good as you could expect although she's not great on detail. Moore does try to draw her out, but I must admit that most of the commentary is more of an admiring than analytical nature. If it's the film alone that interests you and you already have the Roan version, there's little reason to get this new version. But if you don't have the Roan, the Legend Films release is the one to get and on that basis is recommended. Legend is also to be congratulated for arranging the Russell and Moore commentary.
New Announcements
Please note that the
Classic Announcements database
has been updated to include the announcements listed below.
Available now from AC Comics is the 1951 Columbia serial
Mysterious Island
. Its presentation is on two DVD-R discs. The company has also recently released Republic's
Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe
on two DVD-Rs. The release contains the first 6 half-hour episodes of the 12-episode TV series of the same name that appeared in 1955. This is not a serial although it reflects Republic's serial capability via the extensive use of stock serial footage.
Alpha has released 41 titles this summer with 22 appearing on July 28th and the rest on August 25th. Most are from the 1930s and 1940s with a few familiar silents included. The offerings are quite top-heavy in westerns this time out with a number of double bills for the likes of Roy Rogers, Bob Steele, and Tom Keene along with single titles for Johnny Mack Brown, Ken Maynard, William S. Hart, and Reb Russell. Larger collections of Buster Crabbe (12 films) and Kermit Maynard (6 films) are also featured. A further 22 titles are set for September 29th. See the new announcements database for the complete list of titles.
In somewhat of a departure for Criterion, the company will release
The Golden Age of Television
on November 24th. The 3-disc set will include 8 live TV dramas from the 1950s -
No Time for Sergeants
A Wind from the South
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Bang the Drum Slowly
The Comedian
(1957), and
Days of Wine and Roses
(1958). Supplements will include commentaries by at least four of the original directors, interviews with various cast and crew, and a booklet of extensive liner notes.
Downhill Racer
(1969, with Robert Redford) will also be a November release, coming on the 17th. New interviews with several original crew members are to be included, as will be an AFI archival piece with the director. In other Criterion news,
(1939, from the UCLA restoration) is indeed the title that was hinted at earlier this summer in an edition of the Criterion newsletter. It's likely coming in December. Another newsletter hint is for a 25-disc set of Akira Kurosawa titles coming in early 2010 on honour of the 100th anniversary of Kurosawa's birth. The Josef von Sternberg silents
Docks of New York
are coming sometime in 2010 too. Criterion is apparently also in discussions to acquire rights to the Charlie Chaplin library.
On October 6th, Fox will be issuing
The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Season Five
as a three-DVD set containing all 24 episodes.
The Judy Garland Show: Volume 2
is set for a September 22nd release. These are single disc releases from Infinity Entertainment, each containing two shows from the Garland TV series. A total of 13 volumes are planned, with the first having come out at the end of July.
Kino will release the 1984 Marlene Dietrich documentary by Maximilian Schell -
- on October 6th. The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature at the time. Kino will also release a Blu-ray edition of Buster Keaton's
The General
on November 10th. It will contain the same bonus features included on last year's two-disc DVD release (three choices of musical score; a video tour of the authentic General, presented in association with The Southern Museum; a tour of the filming locations, presented by John Bengtson, author of "Silent Echoes"; behind-the-scenes home movie footage; filmed introduction by Gloria Swanson; filmed introduction by Orson Welles; and a montage of train gags from throughout Keaton's career).
Lionsgate will re-release
The Men
(1950, with Marlon Brando) on November 3rd. Only the packaging will be new.
MPI will have
Here's Lucy: Season Two
on November 3rd.
Paramount will have
Chinatown: Centennial Collection
on October 6th,
Hawaii Five-0: The Seventh Seaso
n on October 20th, followed by
Mannix: The Third Season
The Fugitive: Season Three, Volume One
on the 27th.
Mission Impossible: The Final TV Season
is set for November 3rd. That date also will bring
White Christmas: 55th Anniversary Edition
. There's no indication that there will be a new transfer, although one is needed. The 2-disc release will have 6 new featurettes plus the previously released bonus material (including commentary by Rosemary Clooney). November 10th will bring
The Untouchables: Season Three, Volume Two
. It's nice to see progress continuing on making this series available, and the imminent arrival of the first seasons of
One Step Beyond
, but how about first speeding up completion of two western series that appear to be languishing -
, and particularly
Have Gun, Will Travel
William Castle Film Collection
is now set for an October 20th release. As expected, it will be an 8-film, 5-disc set containing three titles new to DVD -
13 Frightened Girls
The Old Dark House
, and
The other 5 films are:
13 Ghosts
Mr. Sardonicus
, and
The Tingler
. All titles are from the 1959-1964 period and also included is the documentary
Spine Tingler: The William Castle Story
. The
Samuel Fuller Collection
(the 3rd release in Sony's partnership with the Film Foundation) has also been confirmed with a release date of October 27th. It will contain
It Happened in Hollywood
Adventure in Sahara
Power of the Press
The Crimson Kimono
Underworld U.S.A.
(1961), and
Scandal Sheet
(1952). Special features in the seven-disc set include four new featurettes with contributions from Martin Scorsese, Curtis Hanson, and Tim Robbins among others.
The Three Stooges Collection: Volume 7 (1952-54)
is coming on November 10th. It will be a two-disc set containing 22 shorts. Included are two that will be presented in both 3D and 2D (
Pardon My Backfire
) and others in widescreen as originally shown. The two 5-title film noir sets previously mentioned in past editions of this column are now planned for a November release by Sony, exact date yet to be announced although the 3rd seems likely. The expected
Rita Hayworth Collection
is set for an early-2010 release. Also of interest to Columbia fans will be a planned release of
The Bad Girls of Noir
in early 2010. It will contain 6 titles:
(1956, with Cleo Moore),
The Glass Wall
(1953, with Gloria Grahame),
One Girl's Confession
(1953, with Cleo Moore),
Two of a Kind
(1951, with Lizabeth Scott),
Bad for Each Other
(1953, with Lizabeth Scott), and
The Killer That Stalked New York
(1950, with Evelyn Keyes). Another of Sony's planned 2010 releases will be
Icons of Suspense
, to include
Stop Me Before I Kill
Cash on Demand
Never Take Candy from a Stranger
The Snorkel
(1958), and the great Joseph Losey-directed
These Are the Damned
(1962) - all with the longest, most original restored versions possible.
Timeless Media will be releasing
Wagon Train: The Complete First Season
on November 17th. It will contain all 39 one-hour episodes in a special limited edition 10-DVD tin.
As part of its otherwise un-noteworthy promotion of a multitude of already-available horror titles for the coming Hallowe'en season, Universal will give a wide release to the
Universal Horror Classic Movie Archive
on September 15th. Previously only available as a Best Buy exclusive, the set includes five titles:
The Black Cat
Man Made Monster
Horror Island
Night Monster
(1942), and
Captive Wild Woman
(1943). Interesting as some of these may be, most don't compare to the frustratingly un-released
Island of Lost Souls
The Uninvited
, or
Murders in the Zoo
. What is Universal waiting for? Who knows, perhaps their 100th anniversaries. The Legacy Collection edition of
The Wolf Man
, previously set for a mid-September release, has also been delayed until the new year. This is presumably related to the delay of the release of the new theatrical remake. Much better news is the forthcoming release on November 3rd of
The Claudette Colbert Legacy Collection
as part of the Universal Backlot Series. It will be a three-disc set containing six films:
Three-Cornered Moon
Maid of Salem
I Met Him in Paris
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
No Time for Love
(1943), and
The Egg and I
(1947). Supplements will include the Colbert featurette previously contained on this spring's
anniversary disc and trailers, and based on the track record,
The Egg and I
(the only title in the set previously available on DVD) will likely sport a new transfer. Universal also plans a November 24th release date for
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season 4
, including all 36 episodes. A bonus featurette
Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock
will also be included.
VCI's release of its restored version of
A Walk in the Sun
(1945) has been delayed from August 25th to November 24th. Increased time for the restoration work and the inclusion of a new featurette are the stated reasons. Meanwhile, VCI will release
Summer Storm
on October 20th. Originally a 1944 UA release, the film stars Linda Darnell and George Sanders. It was directed by Douglas Sirk and an interview of author Bernard Dick concerning Sirk will be included as a supplement. Also coming on the 20th is
Darn Good Westerns: Volume 2
, containing
Deputy Marshal
(1949, with Jon Hall),
Outlaw Women
(1951, with Marie Windsor),
Three Desperate Men
(1951, with Preston Foster),
(1955, with Sterling Hayden),
(1956, with Dane Clark), and
Four Fast Guns
(1959, with James Craig). Coming on November 3rd is
Buck Rogers: 70th Anniversary Edition
- a restored and remastered version of the 1939 serial. There are no details on supplementary content as yet.
Virgil Films has announced an October 20th release for
The Donna Reed Show: Season Three
. The set will contain 38 half-hour episodes on four discs.
Looney Tunes Golden Collections
are no more, but there will be a
Volume 7
of the
Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection
, coming from Warner Bros. on October 13th. This two-disc set will contain 26 cartoons, but all have been previously released on the first three volumes of the
Golden Collections
. The studio will offer a wide release to the 2008 documentary series
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
on October 20th. Until then, it is only available as an Amazon exclusive. Warner Blu-ray plans not already reported in previous editions of this column include
Logan's Run
(1976) on November 10th. And there are apparently Blu-ray releases of
Doctor Zhivago
(1965) and
The Exorcist
(1973) in the works for 2010 (celebrating the 45th anniversary of the former), in anticipation of which, Warners is instituting a moratorium on existing versions of the titles for the last four months of this year. In other news, Warners has lost the rights to
Foreign Correspondent
The Long Voyage Home
, effective August 27th. Film noir fans will be glad to know that the previously-promised fifth volume of titles is definitely a go for a pressed DVD release. The format will be 10 films on 5 DVDs with commentaries and other extras included. Titles have not yet been revealed and exact release timing has not been finalized either.
In Warner Archive news, August is bringing 28 new classic releases in several categories. No specific date seems to be associated with them. Silent Classics will include 8 MGM classics:
Across to Singapore
(1928, with Joan Crawford),
The Boob
(1926, with Joan Crawford),
West Point
(1927, with Joan Crawford),
(1929, with William Haines),
A Lady of Chance
(1928, with Norma Shearer),
The Patsy
(1928, with Marion Davies),
Desert Nights
(1929, with John Gilbert), and
The Viking
(1928, with Donald Crisp). Westerns include 6 titles from the 1950s and 1960s:
Return of the Frontiersman
(1950, with Gordon MacRae),
The First Texan
(1956, with Joel McCrea),
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
(1964, with Audie Murphy),
King of the Wild Stallions
(1959, with George Montgomery),
The Plunderers
(1960, with Jeff Chandler), and
Quantrill's Raiders
(1958, with Steve Cochran). TV Movies of the Week will be represented by
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
(1973, with Jim Hutton),
Bad Ronald
(1974, with Scott Jacoby), and
The Bermuda Depths
(1978, with Connie Sellecca). Cult Classics include
From Hell It Came
The Terminal Man
(1974, with George Segal)), and
Dealing … or The Berkeley-to-Boston Forty Brick Blues
(1972, with Barbara Hershey). 60s Comedies include
Mary, Mary
(1963, with Debbie Reynolds),
Never Too Late
(1965, with Maureen O'Sullivan),
A Majority of One
(1962, with Alec Guinness),
Any Wednesday
(1966, with Jane Fonda),
Not with My Wife You Don't
(1966, with Tony Curtis),
Kisses for My President
(1964, with Fred MacMurray),
Hot Millions
(1968, with Peter Ustinov), and
How Sweet It Is!
(1968, with James Garner). Reports have also surfaced of two collections of shorts being available - a 5-disc set of
Our Gang
(1938-1942, 52 shorts) and a 6-disc set of
Joe MacDoakes
(63 shorts), and each at $20 - but as is common with the Archive site, titles unofficially announced seem frequently to appear and then disappear until the official announcement arrives. These two releases may be intended as official September releases that have mistakenly been allowed to appear early.
Once again, that's it for now. I'll return again soon.
Barrie Maxwell
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 25, 2007
PricewaterhouseCoopers analysts forecast that in 2010, one-third of natural gas traded in the world will be liquefied. Meanwhile, Gazprom, a Russian monopoly with ambitions to be a global energy producer, is suffering from a bad shortage of liquefied natural gas (LNG) production and export facilities.
The feeling at the company is that this shortage is increasingly damaging its prospects, and its management has lately made some major efforts to develop its own production and export infrastructure for LNG. Gazprom is making preparations to win a sizeable part of the market in order to dominate it by 2030.
LNG projects are being undertaken in response to changes in the gas market, as shown by a debate at the recent Gas Exporting Countries' Forum in Doha, the capital of Qatar, on April 9-10. Gas producers' growing desire to join forces is foundering on the absence of a gas market as a platform for joint moves, for example, in price coordination.
Actually, there is no global gas market at present; it is divided into regional segments, including North America, Europe, Asia and South America. Most deliveries are through pipelines, and prices are fixed by long-term contracts, rather than in daily trading. Even in the case of LNG exports, liquefication and deliquefication terminals are so costly to build that export flows cannot be rerouted on short notice, again prompting the use of long-term contracts.
On the other hand, gas exporting countries have called for some thorough structural changes in the markets, above all raising the proportion of liquefied gas in the world gas trade to at least 10-15%.
Increasing the share of LNG in the gas trade would in effect establish a world market. And that share is increasing quickly. World LNG sales in 2005 totalled 188.8 billion cubic metres, accounting for 26.2% of world gas sales (the figure was 3% in 1970).
A report released by PwC at the beginning of this year and dealing with prospects for a worldwide natural gas market says that stepped-up LNG operations will bring about far-reaching changes in the next three years. In 2010, as a result, liquefied gas will make up one-third of all supplies. By 2020, the amount of gas exported by pipeline will decrease to 38% of all trade.
The United States and South-East Asia, especially China and South Korea, are expected to consume most of LNG. Already, the latter's share of total gas consumption in the United States is more than 25%. Up to 85% (45 billion cubic metres) of Japan's gas consumption is in the form of LNG imports.
According to forecasts by the International Energy Agency (IEA), LNG imports to Europe in 2030 will rise six-fold, and total gas consumption in Europe will increase by 80%. LNG's share of the gas sold in Europe will grow from the present 8.6% to 27%.
The stakes are high in this game. According to the IEA, the gas industry - both investor-owned energy companies and their partners that control resources - will invest more than $135 billion in LNG terminals and tankers.
These global processes are making Gazprom step up its LNG efforts. With no production of its own yet, Gazprom has begun LNG deliveries through swap deals to the United States, Britain, South Korea, and Japan.
Russia will produce its own LNG early in 2008, as part of the Sakhalin II project. The plant will consist of two production lines with a capacity of 4.8 million tonnes each of LNG a year, two storage tanks of 100,000 cubic metres each and one LNG shipping terminal. A spokesman for Shell (one of the project's participants) said at the weekend that the capacity might be doubled. Considering that Japanese firms have signed contracts for 92% of the future volume, expansion is inevitable. According to experts, the Sakhalin II project will allow Russia to become a leading gas exporter to the Asia-Pacific region and the US.
Russia is thus diversifying its gas routes, pushing into gas markets previously closed to it for geographical reasons: the U.S. Atlantic seaboard and Asia-Pacific countries. Experts believe that Sakhalin II will make Russia a leading exporter of gas to those two markets.
Another LNG plant is planned in western Russia. Gazprom has short-listed four companies as possible partners for the Baltic LNG plant. In July, it plans to choose one or two, the plant's head, Alexander Krasnenkov, said at the weekend.
Gazprom and Sovkomflot, a shipping company, set up the Baltic LNG company in 2005 (the former owns 80%, the latter 20%). It will build a liquefication plant in Primorsk, with an annual output of about 5 million tonnes. Construction will cost $3.7 billion, and the plant is expected to go on stream in 2011-2012.
All these efforts are turning Russia into a global gas power. Moscow is continuing to play tug-of-war to gain a decisive say on the new world gas market that is rapidly taking shape. It is a difficult and costly process, but Russia has every factor - from mineral to geographic - at its disposal to mould the market in line with its own interests.
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"We hope to become producer number two after Gazprom [RTS: GAZP]," Leonid Fedun said.
LUKoil commercial gas production in 2006 was 13.6 billion cubic meters. The share of gas in the aggregate hydrocarbon production volume grew from 5% to 10% in the period, and will in the future be brought to 33%, in line with strategic plans.
By 2016, LUKoil plans to increase gas production five-fold - to 70 billion cubic meters.
LUKoil said earlier Tuesday its net income increased 16.2%, year-on-year, in 2006 to $7.48 billion, whereas earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) increased 18.2% to $12.3 billion and sales grew 21.4% to $67.7 billion.
LUKoil CEO Vagit Alekperov said at a presentation in London that his company plans to start industrial production of gas at its projects, whose maximum production level is assessed at 10 billion cubic meters annually, in Uzbekistan in late 2007.
He said a level of 3 billion cubic meters could be reached in 2008.
Alekperov said the gas would be sold at a price negotiated between Gazprom and Uzbekistan, $100 per 1,000 cubic meters.
A consortium of investors said in August 2006 that they signed a production-sharing agreement to prospect and develop oil and natural gas fields in Uzbekistan.
Exploration conducted by Uzbekneftegaz, the Central Asian state's national petroleum corporation, proved the Aral Sea holds vast hydrocarbon reserves, and work has started on two of the eight gas condensate fields discovered there in the last few years.
The consortium, made up of Uzbekneftegaz, Malaysia's Petronas, Russia's LUKoil Overseas Holding Ltd., South Korea's KNOC and China National Petroleum Corporation, was established in September 2005.
Uzbekistan is the former Soviet Union's second natural gas producer, behind Russia, with an annual gas output of 55 billion cubic meters.
Igor Tomberg has PhD in Economics and is a leading research fellow at the Center for Energy Studies of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations, the Russian Academy of Sciences
The opinions expressed in this article are the author's and do not necessarily represent those of RIA Novosti.
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Kazakhstan's government could join a proposed gas pipeline linking the energy-rich Caspian to Europe, bypassing Russia, if the project meets the country's economic interests, the premier said.
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Best Of :: Food & Drink
Dammit, we know our gol-darn greens! We've spent many years in the Deep South. We've dined repeatedly at the (sadly) now-closed Stacy's soul food restaurant, as well as Mrs. White's Golden Rule Cafe and Lo-Lo's Chicken and Waffles, in Phoenix. We've even brunched at Roscoe's over in La-La Land. All of them do, or did (in Stacy's case), a mean plate of collards. But the recently remodeled joint on Indian School Road, just west of the 51, called Memphx has the best greens we've ever tasted anywhere. The owners, who hail from (you guessed it) Memphis, Tennessee, and right here in Phoenix (MEM-PHX), are on their way to turning their place into the best soul food restaurant in the area. Now, we weren't too fond of their concept of putting fried chicken and catfish into taco shells (guys, you're taking the Memphx thing too far!), but we'd go back again and again just for the greens with ample smoked turkey mixed in. There's obviously a secret ingredient, but the cook admits that she uses not just collard greens, but turnip and mustard greens as well. She substitutes the ham hocks that would be used in the Deep South with the smoked turkey (it's an obvious sop to health nuts, but you can't tell the difference really). She admits that she seasons the concoction with garlic and jalapeos, but will reveal nothing else. If you go there, ask for a double order of the greens (one order's just $1.75), and an order of Memphx's hushpuppies. For the uninitiated, a hushpuppy's a ball of fried cornbread so named because at fish fries in the South, bits of the cornmeal batter from the catfish would be scooped out of the deep fryer, cooled and thrown to the begging yard dogs, with the admonition: "Hush, puppy!" As for us, we can't stop talking about these greens.
When we decided to do a Garden of Eden theme for this year's Best of Phoenix, we knew we'd have to tell you where to find the best apple pie, the best place to make your garden grow, the best place to rent a snake. And, of course, we figured we needed to tell you where to find the best spareribs apologies to Adam. Turns out, the term "sparerib" doesn't refer to an extra rib at all. It originates from the German word rippenspeer, which means "spear ribs" apparently, the cut was traditionally speared and roasted. We Americans bastardized the term 'til it became sparerib also so-named because the cut, from the bottom section of the ribs and breastbone of the pig, doesn't have much meat. So we're confused. We want to tell you where to get the best spareribs, but frankly, we're not 100 percent sure of the cut of the ribs at Golden Eggroll, one of our favorite little Chinese joints, just around the corner from REI in Tempe. No matter, really. These are the best ribs in town an order comes with four juicy, tasty ribs, covered in a light sweet sauce and sprinkled with scallions. We often make a meal of them alone, so perhaps therein lies our answer there's nothing spare about them. One thing we know for sure: Eve would have chosen these ribs over that apple any day of the week. And she wouldn't have had to leave the garden: Golden Eggroll delivers.
In our opinion, it's always worth a trek out to east Mesa, to this homey and charming shrine to the land where corn grows freely, and it's all because of our favorite part of the day: dessert. More than 20 types of homemade pie are baked daily using passed-down family recipes, and the offerings will overwhelm your taste buds. There are straight-ahead varieties like the cherry and peach pies, as well as more unusual offerings like the decadent chocolate peanut butter and the sweet sour cream raisin. But what keeps us coming back to fill our greedy guts is the award-winning apple pie, a thick and sweet creation with a flaky butter crust available by the slice at $2.59 a pop or as a whole delight for $10.99 (with a $2 refundable on each pie tin). We guarantee that you won't leave hungry or dissatisfied, you hear, now?
We can't help but sigh when we think about Hermosa Inn and its beloved restaurant, Lon's. With its view of Camelback Mountain, its cozy patio fireplace, and trees and cactuses everywhere, the place oozes so much desert charm that we wish we could live there. (Yeah, only in our dreams . . . ) Of course, painter Lon Megargee did live there in the 1930s, and these days, the old-fashioned Arizona adobe ranch house that used to be his residence is home to one of the Valley's most memorable dining destinations. From the dining rooms to the intimate bar to the candlelit stone wine cellar, the ambiance is rustic and romantic, with antique Navajo rugs, wood-beamed ceilings, and Southwestern art throughout. And true to Megargee's artistic spirit, Lon's not only serves Friday night drink specials in Megargee's former art studio (a.k.a. "the Studio Lounge"), but also hosts its own artist-in-residence series, a four-course wine dinner and reception with a different talent every month. As for executive chef Michael Rusconi's creative menu, many of the ingredients are organic, locally grown, or even plucked straight out of the inn's own gardens. For a taste of the Southwest, try the moist cactus pear lacquered breast of duck, or the smoky, pepper-crusted pork tenderloin with prickly pear braised red cabbage. Mmm. We might not be able to move in, but on the bright side, we can't wear out our welcome at the dinner table, either.
Fifty years ago, former circus trapeze artist Bill Johnson threw open the doors on what would become one of the best-known and longest-running restaurants in the Valley, and the place that bears his name has been dishing out chops and barbecue ever since. The rustic interior of Bill Johnson's Big Apple is still hung with Western memorabilia, its servers still dress in cowboy drag, and it's still run by the Johnson family (Bill died in 1966, after which his kids took over). All these things add up to a place perfect for the sentimentalist in us. Because Phoenix's first theme restaurant has changed so little over the years, we can head to the Big Apple and relive favorite memories of a late-night post-prom dinner date; a brother's long-ago "just divorced" party; or merely the memory of an exceptional slice of deep-dish apple pie, a specialty of the house. The sign out front features a giant steer's head and the legend "Let's Eat!" But we visit Bill Johnson's for more than grub; we go there to remember our and Phoenix's past.
"In vino veritas," as the Romans were fond of saying when they weren't having orgies or out conquering the ancient world: That is, "In wine, there's truth." But the truth we've discovered through our own oenophilia is that it's often too damned expensive to drink the blood of the vine while dining out at a fine restaurant, assuming you want something better than the cheapest swill on hand. Then along comes cork dork Jock Wulffson, who had the nutty idea of combining a wine store and storage facility with a French-influenced restaurant where the eclectic art and decor are all for sale. And voil! Backstreet Wine Salon was born. Wulffson knows how to score deals on various vintages, passing along the savings to the customer. And should you spy a bottle you crave from the retail side of the aisle, you can consume it on the premises for a corkage fee, instead of doling out two or three times the bottle's worth. To this setup, Wulffson adds the culinary know-how of chef Patrice Barry, who cranks out scrumptious, small plates, such as veal empanadas, roasted head of garlic, frisee aux lardons, sorrel bisque, pork-fig roulade, petite osso buco, and so on. As a result, Wulffson's got a winning recipe on his hands a funky-cool ambiance with a very knowledgeable wait staff, a kick-ass chef producing value-laden, Frenchified eats, and a collection of affordable, palate-tickling wines. Best new restaurant? You betcha. If only all newbies gave you this much for your hard-earned greenback.


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In the wake of revelations that Gov. Walker would evade criminal charges in the John Doe investigation, Democratic Party of Wisconsin spokesperson Graeme Zielinski sent out several tweets pointing out that Walker had spent more on his criminal defense than Wisconsin's most atrocious criminal, Jeffery Dahmer.
I took Zielinski's comments to mean that for someone that supposedly did "nothing wrong," Walker sure spent a fortune defending himself-- even more than Jeffery Dahmer! I don't think that making that pont is the same as "comparing" Walker with Jeffery Dahmer, as the various tentacles of the Journal Communications Corp are accusing Zielinski of doing.
In the past, I have compared Walker's dream team of criminal defense lawyers as a "something that would put O.J. to shame." I wasn't "comparing" Walker's crime of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars of tax payer dollars for his campaign to O.J. brutally murdering his ex-wife and Ron Goldman, I was comparing the massive army of lawyers both men employed to get themselves off.
I agree that saying "Jeffery Dahmer" in any sentence is a show-stopper and wasn't the best example of a criminal defense team to draw a comparison to, but its simply absurd to suggest that Zielinski was comparing Walker's crimes to Dahmer's crimes. He was clearly comparing both men's high-profile defense teams. Remember, Dahmer had nationally-known defense attorney Jerry Boyle heading up his defense team, whose credentials as a high-profile criminal defense lawyer are similar in stature to Walker's top attorneys, John Gallo and Mike Steinle. Considering that Steinle is currently also representing another high-profile client, Ben Sebena, who is facing first degree murder charges for killing his wife, the indignation over Zielinski's comments are a bit difficult to square.
If the folks at Journal Communications want an outrageous, grossly-inappropriate campaison to get indignant over, then I would suggest they go back and review Governor Walker's actual comparison of himself having to suffer through anti-Walker protests signs to Gabby Giffords having to suffer through getting shot in the head:


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Portable Arts
The Portable Arts section encompasses furnishings, manuscripts, metalwork, and the like from the
6th Century to the 20th Century. The section is divided into two main subsections: 500 through 1000 A.D.
and 1000 through 1900 A.D. Each of these is then divided alphabetically by medium according
to the list of media below. Each medium is then organized alphabetically by country or culture,
then chronologically by century, then alphabetically by medium subcategory (brass rubbings, liturgical
vessels, reliquaries, seals, etc.), then alphabetically by artists (if known).
Visual Resource Library
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Shakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 4, No. 296. Friday, 14 May 1993.
Date: Thursday, 13 May 1993 22:28:00 +0200
Subject: Re: *Hamlet* Interpretation
Comment: SHK 4.0291 Re: *Hamlet* Interpretation
Note that "Hamlet Goes Business" is not a Danish movie, but one be the
well-known Finnish director Aki Kaurismaeki. The business is not construction,
but, yes, rubber-ducks. There are some interesting changes in the plot, apart
from modernisation. Horatio is Hamlet's driver, and it is he who takes over
at the end rather than Fortinbras. It is a very interesting adaptation--I
am discussing it in a seminar this term. Kaurismaeki is at least well
known in Europe, as the director of *I Hired a Contract-Killer* and *The
Girl from the Match Factory*, also *Leningrad Cowboys Go West* and *Ariel*.
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According to media reports and Administration statements, U.S. and Russian teams are reaching the final stages of negotiating a follow-on agreement to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). Since Presidents Obama and Medvedev made their joint announcement in April to pursue further reductions in strategic arms, U.S. and Russian negotiating teams have held nine formal rounds of talks. Although the teams were unable to complete negotiations before the expiration of START on December 5, analysts expect that a new treaty will be secured at the conclusion of the current round of discussions, which began in late January. When the deal is completed, Presidents Obama and Medvedev will meet to sign the treaty and it then will be sent to the U.S. Senate and the Russian parliament to seek advice and consent for its ratification.[1]
The following report provides general background on the START and the START follow-on treaty; outlines the clear national security imperatives for ratifying a new, verifiable nuclear arms agreement with Russia; and underscores the strong bipartisan support for a new treaty.
Background to START
The United States and the Soviet Union signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) on July 31, 1991. The agreement required the two parties to reduce their deployed strategic (long-range) nuclear-capable arsenals to 1,600 delivery vehicles (intercontinental ballistic missiles or ICBMs, submarine-launched ballistic missiles, and heavy bombers) carrying no more than 6,000 nuclear warheads, as defined by the treaty's rules. The treaty enumerated a complex set of accounting rules that attribute specific numbers of warheads to each type of strategic nuclear delivery vehicle. Further, it put in place a comprehensive system for monitoring and verification, including requirements for detailed declarations and intrusive inspections, to ensure compliance with the treaty's terms.
The collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991 delayed the treaty's entry into force because it led to the establishment of four states with nuclear weapons: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine. In May 1992, these states, along with the United States, signed the Lisbon Protocol, making all five countries parties to START. The treaty officially entered force on December 5, 1994. It included a seven-year deadline to comply with the required reductions and a 15-year term, expiring on December 5, 2009. All parties met the seven year compliance deadline in December 2001. According to the Department of State, the United States has conducted over 600 inspections in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine and Russia has conducted over 400 inspections in the United States. Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine each subsequently eliminated their nuclear weapons arsenals and joined the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as non-nuclear nations.[2]
For further background information, please see an updated report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS).
START Follow-On Treaty
The Obama Administration has made the negotiation of a new START treaty a central priority:
- On April 1, at a meeting prior to the G-20 summit in London, President Obama and President Medvedev agreed that U.S. and Russian negotiating teams would begin work on a new, comprehensive, and legally binding agreement "to move further along the path of reducing and limiting strategic offensive arms" to replace START, with the goal of reaching an agreement before the Treaty expired in December 2009.[3]
- When Presidents Medvedev and Obama met in Moscow on July 6 and 7, they signed a Joint Understanding for the START follow-on treaty, based on three initial rounds of negotiations between the U.S. and Russian teams. The statement outlined key elements for the follow-on treaty, including a provision for setting numerical reductions and limitations for strategic offensive arms – in the range of 500 to 1,100 for strategic delivery vehicles and in the range of 1,500 to 1,675 for their associated warheads. Additionally, it listed several other issues that would be addressed in the treaty, including provisions for calculating these limits, verification measures, provisions on definitions, and provisions covering conventionally armed ballistic missiles and the relationship between strategic offensive and strategic defensive arms, among others.[4]
- Acknowledging that a new treaty to replace START would not be negotiated by December 5, Presidents Medvedev and Obama issued a joint statement on December 4: "Recognizing our mutual determination to support strategic stability between the United States of America and the Russian Federation, we express our commitment, as a matter of principle, to continue to work together in the spirit of the START Treaty following its expiration, as well as our firm intention to ensure that a new treaty on strategic arms enter into force at the earliest possible date." This joint statement is intended to ensure that the original START treaty continues in force until the signing of a follow-on treaty. In previous arms control negotiations, there have been precedents for the continued implementation of expiring treaties by administration statement, including during the Reagan Administration's negotiation of the original START treaty.[5]
START is a Vital Tool for Strengthening U.S. National Security
As Secretary Clinton underscored in October, "the United States is interested in a new START agreement because it will bolster our national security. We and Russia deploy far more nuclear weapons than we need or could ever potentially use without destroying our ways of life. We can reduce our stockpiles of nuclear weapons without posing any risk to our homeland, our deployed troops or our allies. Clinging to nuclear weapons in excess of our security needs does not make the United States safer. And the nuclear status quo is neither desirable nor sustainable. It gives other countries the motivation or the excuse to pursue their own nuclear options."[6]
Reducing U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles will make America safer and significantly reduce the possibility of nuclear war.
The START Treaty has led to significant reductions in the U.S. and Russian Cold War nuclear stockpiles. According to data from the State Department, the United States had more than 10,500 accountable warheads deployed on an estimated 2,250 delivery vehicles and Russia had more than 10,000 accountable warheads deployed on 2,500 delivery vehicles in September 1990, prior to the treaty's entrance into force. During the Cold War, each one of these 20,000 U.S. and Russian nuclear warheads was maintained on a hair trigger alert, keeping the world's two superpowers locked in a dangerous military posture, known as mutually assured destruction. The risk of nuclear war was real and posed an existential threat to both countries as well as the world. Beyond the threat of an intentional attack, there was a possibility of inadvertent war from an unauthorized or accidental launch. Although data on Russian nuclear incidents are unavailable, according to conservative figures from the Department of Defense, there were 32 nuclear weapons incidents involving U.S. nuclear weapons between 1950 and 1980 – twenty of which, experts say, could have started an accidental nuclear war between the U.S. and Russia.[7]
With the implementation of the START, both sides have markedly reduced their stockpiles – and markedly reduced the risk of nuclear war. As of July 2009, the United States had 5,916 accountable warheads on 1,188 delivery vehicles and Russia had 3,897 accountable warheads on 809 delivery vehicles. These mutual reductions have ensured stability in our nuclear relationship, while significantly contributing to American, Russian, and global security.[8]
As the former co-chairs of the 9/11 Commission, Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton have underscored, negotiating deeper reductions in the U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles is a national security imperative. In a November 2008 op-ed, they wrote: "The highest priority for the Obama presidency must be securing nuclear weapons and materials to prevent them from falling into dangerous hands… More nuclear-armed states means more risks to peace and stability…We can help by making deeper nuclear arms reductions, ratifying the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and fulfilling the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty – steps that would have a powerful, positive effect."[9]
- The United States will continue to maintain a reliable and effective nuclear deterrent, even as make reductions in our arsenal in concert with Russia. Experts assert that we can continue to make cuts in the U.S. nuclear force while preserving our robust deterrent. As the JASON report, a recent assessment of the U.S. nuclear force conducted by independent scientists, explicitly asserts, we have a secure, reliable, and effective nuclear arsenal and an effective system in place for maintaining it: "Lifetimes of today's nuclear warheads could be extended for decades, with no anticipated loss in confidence, by using approaches similar to those employed in LEPs [Life Extension Programs] to date."[10]
- Further reductions will lower the risk of nuclear theft or accidents that pose a real threat to our homeland and global security. The U.S. and Russia together possess about 95 percent of the world's nuclear weapons – far more than is necessary to provide an effective deterrent. Responsibly reducing the size of these arsenals is critical to lowering the inherent risks of nuclear weapons to global and national security.
- Our allies support further reductions. As arms control expert Steven Pifer recently underscored, "U.S. security commitments to our NATO and Asian allies do not depend on maintaining more than 2,000 strategic nuclear warheads on more than 800 strategic nuclear delivery vehicles. Our allies support deeper, verifiable U.S.-Russian strategic reductions as a contribution to disarmament and strengthening the global nuclear risk reduction and nonproliferation effort."[11]
- Mutual reductions will preserve strategic stability and enhance global nonproliferation goals. Because the United States and Russia are working in parallel to reduce their nuclear stockpiles, START will not affect strategic stability and would actually contribute to the larger global nonproliferation effort.[12]
- A new START treaty will help us move to more rational limits on our nuclear arsenal that are economically sustainable and allow us to focus on the more real and pressing proliferation threats.
· Oversized U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear arsenals are a relic of the Cold War that no longer serve our national interest and, in fact, detract from efforts to combat 21st century security threats. Despite significant reductions, the United States and Russia each still maintain more than 2,200 strategic nuclear warheads – more than enough to destroy every life on the planet. As Daryl Kimball recently stated, "Massive arsenals capable of annihilating entire nations within an hour are more of a liability than an asset because they breed mistrust and worst-case assumptions among other states and perpetuate the risk of accidental or unauthorized launch, nor do U.S. nuclear weapons serve a necessary or practical role in deterring threats from non-nuclear adversaries or in response to non-nuclear attacks."[13]
· Responsibly reducing our arsenal, in concert with the Russians, will enable us to better focus our attention and resources on the more pressing nuclear proliferation challenges we face today. The resource and cost savings that will result from reducing the size of our arsenal will allow us to devote greater attention to addressing the real global proliferation threats we face, including efforts to roll back North Korea's nuclear program, prevent Iran from gaining a nuclear bomb, reign in illicit proliferation networks, and better secure loose nuclear materials around the globe to ensure that they do not fall into the hands of terrorists.[14]
A new START treaty will contribute to predictability and transparency in the United States and Russia strategic nuclear relationship. President Obama, President Medvedev, as well as U.S. and Russian negotiation teams have asserted that a new treaty will contain effective monitoring and verification measures to ensure continued transparency, openness, and predictability in the U.S.-Russian relationship. These measures will be based on the existing START regime, but will be significantly modified and simplified to reflect the current security environment. As chief negotiator Rose Gottemoeller stated in August, the new treaty "will combine the predictability of START with the flexibility of the Moscow Treaty, but at lower numbers of delivery vehicles and their associated warheads… The new treaty will also draw from the START verification regime; and, therefore, will provide predictability regarding the strategic forces on both sides – both for existing force structure and modernization programs" in order to "establish a strategic balance that reflects the current security environment in a way that benefits each party and promotes peace and stability."[15]
In December, State Department briefers described progress toward reaching an agreement on essential monitoring and verification measures that will preserve strategic stability in the U.S.-Russian nuclear relationship: "We're actively pursuing the means to continue transparency and verification measures on a bilateral basis with Russia during the period between START expiration and entry into force of the new treaty. We believe that the success of the verification procedures in the existing START treaty has given us a positive base to build on in the new treaty. This positive base includes transparency, openness and predictability as part of this relationship with Russia that's come out of the START treaty, and we want this new kind of relationship to continue. Just to reiterate, the two presidents agreed in July that the new treaty would contain verification treaties that are adapted, simplified, and made less costly in comparison with the procedures in the START treaty. We believe the new treaty will not be identical to START in terms of the verification regime, but what is in the new treaty has to ensure effective verification of the terms of the treaty."[16]
A follow-on START treaty is a key first step in strengthening international nonproliferation efforts and continuing nuclear arms reductions. Presidents Obama and Medvedev have made it clear that the negotiation of a follow-on START treaty is the first item on a broader and sustained agenda to combat nuclear proliferation and address other mutual national security challenges. Achieving a new START treaty will give momentum to these efforts, paving the way to long-term successes. In the words of William Perry, the START follow-on is "a very important step, not just because reducing nuclear weapons is important in and of itself, but because they make an indispensable contribution to reducing the danger of proliferation."[17]
- A new START treaty is essential for demonstrating U.S. and Russian commitment to nonproliferation. As a recent article from the Federation of American Scientists outlined, "the rest of the world is looking for the possessors of 95 percent of the global nuclear weapon stockpiles to show greater effort in working toward their nuclear disarmament obligation under the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). The NPT is both a nonproliferation and disarmament treaty, and at the NPT Review Conferences (RC's) and Preparatory Committees (PrepComs) the Non-Nuclear Weapons States Parties (NNWS) continue to voice their growing concern and anger over what they perceive to be lack of real progress on nuclear disarmament. At the PrepCom this past May those voices – including many of our closest allies – spoke loudly, stating that continued failure by the NWS to work in good faith toward their nuclear disarmament obligation could eventually break up the nonproliferation regime, spelling the end of the other part of the Treaty's bargain: the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons."[18]
- START is vital to preventing a new nuclear arms race. A follow-on treaty is critical to wider nonproliferation efforts and central to addressing concerns of a potential spread of nuclear technology across the Middle East. As President Obama stated in his first press conference last February, "…if we see a nuclear arms race in a region as volatile as the Middle East, everybody will be in danger. And one of my goals is to prevent nuclear proliferation generally. I think that it's important for the United States, in concert with Russia, to lead the way on this… I've mentioned this in conversations with the Russian president, Mr. Medvedev, to let him know that it is important for us to restart the conversations about how we can start reducing our nuclear arsenals in an effective way."[19]
- START will help pave the way for more comprehensive U.S.-Russian arms reduction initiatives. A new START treaty would open the opportunity for more comprehensive U.S. and Russian arms reduction talks, starting over the next year, which would address all types of nuclear warheads, including deployed and non-deployed as well as strategic and non-strategic warheads.[20]
- A new START treaty will strengthen the international nonproliferation regime. As President Obama has asserted, "The United States and Russia must lead by example" in order to make progress toward global nonproliferation objectives. In the words of one arms control expert, an agreement on a new START treaty would "demonstrate that the two countries are truly committed to fulfilling their disarmament obligations under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. This will, in turn, bolster efforts to win international support for new measures to strengthen the beleaguered treaty at the Review Conference in May 2010. A common approach on strategic missile defense would open the way for more dramatic reductions in the offensive nuclear forces…"[21]
U.S. leadership is required to combat the threat of nuclear proliferation. As William Perry, Brent Scowcroft and Charles Ferguson wrote in an op-ed this summer, "The dangers of nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism are real and imminent. Any serious effort to combat them will require the leadership of the United States. In a more recent interview, William Perry elaborated on that point, noting that U.S. and Russian cooperation is fundamental to halting nuclear proliferation and securing loose nuclear materials. Perry emphasized that efforts by the United States and Russia to reduce nuclear stockpiles would help convince other nations to give up their nuclear weapons: "Most of the other nuclear powers that I've talked to, when we talked with them about reducing nuclear weapons and nuclear danger, they said: 'We will follow the lead of Russia and the United States.' So, if the US and Russia take the leadership in bringing the nuclear weapons down, I do think that the other nations will follow this lead."[22]
START plays an important role in the larger U.S.-Russia relationship: it promotes cooperation and builds trust at a time when partnership is critical to addressing many national and global security concerns.
- A new START treaty would help to improve the political relationship between the United States and Russia. Recent years have seen the deterioration of relations between the two sides, with tensions rising over Russia's moves away from democratic rule and its concerns regarding possible U.S. missile defense plans. A new treaty could work to limit suspicions and even open the door to cooperation on critical national security issues, including efforts to halt Iran's nuclear program, address proliferation challenges in North Korea and better secure loose nuclear materials in Russia and throughout the region.
- Failure to renew start could lead to unnecessary tensions with Russia. Arms control experts have underscored the importance of a follow-on treaty in preventing a revival of Cold War tensions with Russia and for avoiding a new nuclear arms race. As national security experts, William Perry, Brent Scowcroft, and Charles Ferguson wrote in a recent op-ed, "With thousands of U.S. and Russian warheads still deployed, the threat of a nuclear war through strategic miscalculation is not entirely removed. Thankfully, Russia has neither shown nor threatened such intent against the U.S. The two nations cooperated through much of the post-Cold War period on reducing nuclear arsenals and curbing nuclear proliferation. But given the recent chill in U.S.-Russia relations – a result of NATO expansion efforts and missile-defense systems in Poland and the Czech Republic – the relationship faces significant challenges."[23]
There is bipartisan consensus that a follow-on START agreement is critical to our national security
The Independent Task Force on U.S. Nuclear Weapons emphasized the need for securing a follow-on agreement to START. In its April 2009 report, the task force, co-chaired by Brent Scowcroft and William Perry, underscored that "renewed U.S. leadership to shape global nuclear weapons policy and posture is critical" to addressing the dangers of nuclear proliferation and nuclear use. It identified the negotiation of a new START treaty as one of the key steps for strengthening the global nonproliferation system. The report highlighted "the need to strengthen nuclear risk reduction with the two major nuclear-armed states of Russia and China. The U.S. and Russian presidents recently pledged to reduce their nuclear arsenals. The Task Force supports efforts to renew legally binding arms control pacts with Russia by seeking follow-on agreements to START and the 2001 Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT)."[24]
The bipartisan Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States emphasized the need for successor agreement to START. In May, the congressionally-mandated commission, co-chaired by former Secretaries of Defense, William Perry and James Schlesinger, released its final report, stating that "the moment appears ripe for a renewal of arms control with Russia, and this bodes well for a continued reduction in the nuclear arsenal. The United States and Russia should pursue a step-by-step approach and take a modest first step to ensure that there is a successor to START I when it expires at the end of 2009."[25]
The bipartisan Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction described the negotiation of a new START treaty as an "imperative." In its December 2008 report, the commission wrote, "The United States must work with Russia to negotiate a post-START strategic nuclear framework. The Commission believes it imperative that we continue to reduce the size of the U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles in a structured and transparent manner. Consequently, we believe that the next administration should engage with Russia at the earliest possible date to negotiate additional reductions in both countries' strategic stockpiles… Such an agreement would send an important signal to the rest of the world regarding U.S. and Russian commitments to negotiate in good faith on effective measures relating to nuclear disarmament. Setting additional benchmarks for further reductions would serve as a natural reinforcement to continue this important strategic partnership in fighting terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction."[26]
Secretary Gates has described a post-START agreement as a key step in moving toward a nuclear weapons-free world. President Obama is the fourth president that I have worked for who has…said publicly he would like to see an end to nuclear weapons and having a nuclear weapons-free world. I think that's a laudable objective. I think it's clear to everyone it's a goal that you have to move toward step by step. I think that continued nonproliferation efforts, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, another post-START agreement with the Russians in terms of further reducing our stockpile, I think these are all important steps in that direction."[27]
Senator Lugar, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. As Senator Lugar recently asserted, the, "failure to renew START will be seen worldwide as weakening the international nuclear nonproliferation regime and a further sign to many foreign leaders and experts that the U.S. nonproliferation policy is adrift."[28]
Senator McCain, Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has called for reducing our nuclear arsenal to the "lowest number possible consistent with our security requirements and global commitments." On the Senate Floor, McCain stated, "The Cold War ended almost twenty years ago, and the time has come to take further measures to reduce dramatically the number of nuclear weapons in the world's arsenals. In so doing, the United States can – and indeed, must – show the kind of leadership the world expects from us, in the tradition of American presidents who worked to reduce the nuclear threat to mankind…As the Administration reviews its nuclear weapons posture, it should, I believe, seek to reduce the size of our nuclear arsenal to the lowest number possible consistent with our security requirements and global commitments. This means a move, as rapidly as possible, to a significantly smaller force."[29]
Former Secretaries of State George Schultz and Henry Kissinger as well as former Secretaries of Defense Sam Nunn and William Perry have called for further reductions under START and the extension of the treaty's key monitoring and verification requirements. In a January 2008 op-ed, these former national security leaders called for the extension of the key provisions of START, writing that "The key provisions of this treaty, including their essential monitoring and verification requirements, should be extended, and the further reductions agreed upon in the 2002 Moscow Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions should be completed as soon as possible."[30]
Many other key national security advisors – both Republicans and Democrats – have endorsed efforts to work with Russia to reduce our strategic nuclear arsenals in order to strengthen the global nonproliferation regime and move toward the goal of nuclear disarmament, including Colin Powell, Jim Baker, Frank Carlucci, and Madeleine Albright. For additional quotes from moderates and conservatives endorsing nuclear weapons cuts, please see a report from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.[31]
[1] Arms Control Association. Background Briefing for Reporters: The Follow-on to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, 12/4/09; Congressional Research Service, Strategic Arms Control After START: Issues and Options, 1/13/10.
[2] Arms Control Association. Background Briefing for Reporters: The Follow-on to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, 12/4/09; Department of State, Fact Sheet, The Legacy of START and Related U.S. Policies, 7/16/09.
[3] Joint Statement by Dmitry Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation, and Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, Regarding Negotiations on Further Reductions in Strategic Offensive Arms, 4/1/09.
[4] Joint Understanding for the START Follow-On Treaty, 7/8/09.
[5] Reuters, 12/4/09; State Department, Daily Press Briefing, 12/22/09.
[6] Joint Statement by the President of the United States of America and the President of the Russian Federation on the Expiration of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), 12/4/09.
[7] Congressional Research Service, Strategic Arms Control After START: Issues and Options, 1/13/10; Alan Philips, 20 Mishaps That Might Have Started Accidental Nuclear War, and Significant Nuclear Accidents nuclearfiles.org; Center for Defense Information, U.S. Nuclear Weapons Accidents.
[8] Congressional Research Service, Strategic Arms Control After START: Issues and Options, 1/13/10.
[9] Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton, former co-chairmen, 9/11 Commission, Washington Post op-ed, 11/9/08.
[10] JASON, Lifetime Extension Program, 9/09.
[11] Arms Control Association, Event: START Follow-on Treaty: Assessing Progress on Nuclear Risk Reduction. 12/9/09.
[12] Arms Control Association, Event: START Follow-on Treaty: Assessing Progress on Nuclear Risk Reduction. 12/9/09.
[13] Arms Control Association, Event: START Follow-on Treaty: Assessing Progress on Nuclear Risk Reduction. 12/9/09; Daryl Kimball, "Jump-STARTing U.S.-Russian Disarmament," Arms Control Association, 11/08.
[14] Secretary Clinton, Remarks at the U.S. Institute for Peace, 10/21/09.
[15] Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller, The Long Road From Prague, 8/14/09.
[16] State Department Briefing, 12/1/09.
[17] New York Times, 12/17/09; William Perry interview, RT, 12/29/09.
[18] "The Big Picture – what is really at stake with the START follow-on Treaty," Federation of American Scientists Strategic Security Blog, 7/15/09.
[19] President Obama, Press Conference, 2/9/09.
[20] Daryl Kimball, "Don't Stop with START," Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 12/3/09; Daryl Kimball, and Tom Collina, Moscow Times op-ed, 7/8/09.
[21] Arms Control Association, Event: START Follow-on Treaty: Assessing Progress on Nuclear Risk Reduction. 12/9/09.
[22] William Perry, Brent Scowcroft, and Charles Ferguson, "How to Reduce the Nuclear Threat." Wall Street Journal, 5/28/09; William Perry interview, RT, 12/29/09.
[23] William Perry, Brent Scowcroft, and Charles Ferguson, "How to Reduce the Nuclear Threat." Wall Street Journal, 5/28/09.
[24] Council on Foreign Relations, Independent Task Force on U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy, William Perry and Brent Scowcroft, Chairs, April 2009.
[25] William Perry and James Schlesinger, co-chairs, The Final Report of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, 5/6/09.
[26] Commission for the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, World At Risk, 12/08.
[27] Secretary Gates, Interview with CNN, 4/29/09.
[28] Senator Richard Lugar, Washington Times op-ed, 7/18/08.
[29] Floor Statement by Senator John McCain: A World Without Nuclear Weapons." 6/3/09.
[30] George Shultz, William Perry, Henry Kissinger and Sam Nunn, Wall Street Journal op-ed, 1/15/08.
[31] Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, 12/4/09.


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April 8, 2005
Dr. Bernd Haber
Head Scientific and Regulatory Affairs
Nutrinova Nutrition Specialities & Food Ingredients GmbH
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65926 Frankfurt, GERMANY
Re: GRAS Notice No. GRN 000160
Dear Dr. Haber:
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responding to the notice, dated November 11, 2004, that you submitted in accordance with the agency's proposed regulation, proposed 21 CFR 170.36 (62 FR 18938; April 17, 1997; Substances Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS)). FDA received the notice on November 17, 2004, filed it on November 19, 2004, and designated it as GRAS Notice No. GRN 000160.
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