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JFK and Castro
The Secret Quest For Accommodation Recently Declassified U.S. government Documents Reveal That, at the Height of the Cold War, John F. Kennedy and Fidel Castro Were Exploring Ways To Normalize U.S.-Cuba Relations
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Would John F. Kennedy, had he lived, have been able to establish a modus vivendi with Fidel Castro? The question haunts almost 40 years of acrimonious U.S.-Cuba relations. In a Top Secret--Eyes Only memorandum written three days after the president's death, one of his White House aides, Gordon Chase, noted that "President Kennedy could have accommodated with Castro and gotten away with it with a minimum of domestic heat"--because of his track record "of being successfully nasty to Castro and the Communists" during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. Castro and his advisers believed the same. A CIA intelligence report, based on a high-level Cuban source and written for National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy in 1964, noted that "Fidel Castro felt that it was possible that President Kennedy would have gone on ultimately to negotiate with Cuba...[as an] acceptance of a fait accompli for practical reasons."
The file on the Kennedy administration's "Cuban contacts" that Robert Jr. and Michael took to Cuba (declassified at the request of the author) sheds significant light on a story that has never been fully told--John Kennedy's secret pursuit of a rapprochement with Fidel Castro. Along with papers recently released pursuant to the Kennedy Assassination Records Act of 1992, the documents reveal the escalating efforts toward negotiations in 1963 that, if successful, might have changed the ensuing decades of perpetual hostility between Washington and Havana. Given the continuing state of tension with Castro's regime, this history carries an immediate relevance for present policy makers. Indeed, with the Clinton administration buffeted between increasingly vocal critics of U.S. policy toward Cuba and powerful proponents of the status quo, reconstructing the hitherto secret record of Kennedy's efforts in the fall of 1963 to advance "the rapprochement track" with Castro is more relevant than ever.
John F. Kennedy would seem the most unlikely of presidents to seek an accommodation with Fidel Castro. His tragically abbreviated administration bore responsibility for some of the most infamous U.S. efforts to roll back the Cuban revolution: the Bay of Pigs invasion, the trade embargo, Operation Mongoose (a U.S. plan to destabilize the Castro government) and a series of CIA-Mafia assassination attempts against the Cuban leader. Castro's demise, Seymour M. Hersh argues in his book, The Dark Side of Camelot, "became a presidential obsession" until the end. "The top priority in the United States government--all else is secondary--no time, money, effort, or manpower is to be spared" is to find a "solution" to the Cuba problem, Attorney General Robert Kennedy told a high-level group of CIA and Pentagon officials in early 1962. The president's opinion, according to CIA minutes of the meeting, was that "the final chapter [on Cuba] has not been written."
Unbeknownst to all but his brother and a handful of advisers, however, in 1963 John Kennedy began pursuing an alternative script on Cuba: a secret dialogue toward an actual rapprochement with Castro. To a policy built upon "overt and covert nastiness," as Top Secret White House memoranda characterized U.S. operations against Cuba, was added "the sweet approach," meaning the possibility of "quietly enticing Castro over to us." National Security Council officials referred to this multitrack policy as "simil-opting"--the use of disparate methods toward the goal of moving Cuba out of the Soviet orbit.
By April 1963, alongside proposals for covert sabotage, diplomatic pressure and military contingency plans, "gradual development of some form of accommodation with Castro" was listed in high-level NSC option papers. In a memorandum on "The Cuban Problem," Kennedy adviser McGeorge Bundy provided the rationale for this type of initiative: There is always the possibility that Castro or others currently high in the regime might find advantage in a gradual shift away from their present level of dependence on Moscow. In strictly economic terms, both the United States and Cuba have much to gain from reestablishment of relations. A Titoist Castro is not inconceivable, and a full diplomatic revolution would not be the most extraordinary event in the 20th century.
For the Kennedy White House, there was nothing incongruous about such a policy turnaround, Bundy explained in an interview shortly before his death, in 1996. "We wanted to make a reality check on what could or could not be done with Castro," he said. President Kennedy, according to Bundy, "clearly thought this was an exploration worth making because it might lead to something." Kennedy was "strong enough to explore it in a politically nondangerous way."
Then, as now, the dangers of domestic politics mitigated against any open effort at a dialogue. With the president already thinking ahead to the 1964 elections, the key problem, Bundy recalls, was "finding a way to do it" that was secure and reliable. "We didn't have a department of peaceful tricks," he noted cryptically. By mid-1963, the Kennedy White House was waiting for what Bundy referred to as "a target of opportunity" to talk to Fidel.
It is a historical irony that the opportunity to communicate with Castro arose from the two most hostile episodes in U.S.-Cuba relations: the CIA-directed invasion at the Bay of Pigs and the missile crisis. Negotiations for the ransomed return of 1,200 Bay of Pigs prisoners provided the contacts and confidences under which the first messages could be passed; and the Kremlin's unilateral decision to withdraw its nuclear missiles appeared to provoke a Cuban-Soviet breach that the United States could exploit.
Castro's anger at Khrushchev for failing to consult him on the end of the missile crisis caught the attention of U.S. policy makers. An intelligence report on "Future Relations with Castro" prepared by the State Department in June 1963 noted that the "Soviet refusal to run the quarantine and its acquiescence in withdrawing the missiles shook the foundation of Cuban foreign policy." Since the missile crisis, the report stated:
Castro has indicated, sometimes vaguely, sometimes rather clearly, through various channels, public as well as private, that he is interested in an accommodation with the United States. His immediate disillusion over the Soviet missile crisis posture probably prompted him to grope for a policy which would diminish his dependence upon the Soviet Union.1 In March 1963, Cuban minister Raul Roa Garcia sent a letter to U.N. Secretary General U Thant hinting that Cuba was interested in friendly relations with the United States. European businessmen returning from Havana told CIA sources that Castro wanted to deal with Washington. By June 5, the CIA had accumulated a half-dozen intelligence reports, according to a secret summary by Deputy Director Richard Helms, "suggesting Cuban interest in a rapprochement with the United States."
The first private channel through which Castro directly transmitted this message was James Donovan, a New York lawyer negotiating the release of the Bay of Pigs prisoners. In the late fall of 1962, Donovan became the first American emissary to gain Castro's ear, and his trust. Secretly representing the Kennedy brothers, Donovan arranged a trade of $53 million in food and medicine for the Bay of Pigs captives; in early 1963, he continued his trips to Havana to secure the release of two dozen American citizens, including three CIA operatives, held in Cuban jails.
Debriefed by U.S. intelligence officials after each trip, Donovan described his meetings with Castro as "most cordial and intimate." In late January 1963, as he was boarding his plane to return to the United States, Donovan reported, Castro's physician and aide-de-camp, Rene Vallejo, "broached the subject of re-establishing diplomatic relations with the U.S." Vallejo also extended Castro's invitation for Donovan to return to Havana for further talks "about the future of Cuba and international relations in general."
In early March, a State Department official suggested that Donovan be instructed to tell Castro that breaking Cuban relations with the Sino-Soviet bloc was a nonnegotiable U.S. demand for improved relations. But Kennedy overruled him. "The President does not agree that we should make the breaking of Sino/Soviet ties a non-negotiable point," stated a Top Secret/Eyes Only memorandum recording Kennedy's instructions to security adviser Bundy. "We don't want to present Castro with a condition that he obviously cannot fulfill. We should start thinking along more flexible lines."
Kennedy's surprising position "must be kept close to the vest," the memo advised. "The President, himself, is very interested in this one."
The "Special Group"--the highest-level interagency committee responsible for Cuba policy--did not evaluate the issue of Donovan's talks with Castro, and the other intelligence reports on Cuba's interest in better relations, until June 6. According to minutes of their meeting, Bundy, CIA Director John McCone, State Department Deputy Undersecretary U. Alexis Johnson and others "discussed various possibilities of establishing channels of communication to Castro," and the group agreed that this was "a useful endeavor."
The CIA sources indicated that the Cubans would probably accept Donovan as a back-channel negotiator, but they also indicated that the United States would have to take the first step. The CIA's Helms quoted one Cuban source as stating that "Latin pride" would not permit Cuba to humiliate itself in the eyes of the world by making the first overture, but that the United States could "afford to be charitable and take the initiative."
Which country initiated the secret dialogue in the fall of 1963 remains a subject of historical dispute. The feelers toward a rapprochement "originally came, one might say, from their side," testified William Attwood, the key U.S. official involved in the subsequent talks, in a top secret deposition in 1975. In an interview, Cuba's former ambassador to the United Nations, Carlos Lechuga, insisted that "this was a Kennedy initiative, not Cuba's."
In fact, the immediate catalyst for the talks appears to have been a reporter for ABC News named Lisa Howard. A onetime actress and soap-opera star--in the late 1950s she was a regular on CBS's "Edge of Night"--Howard emerged on the media scene in 1960 as a correspondent for Mutual Radio Network. Covering the United Nations, she became the first journalist to score an interview with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. After ABC News hired her to cover the 1961 Vienna summit between Khrushchev and Kennedy, she became one of the first women to anchor a television news program--"The News Hour with Lisa Howard."
In 1962, Howard began peppering Cuba's U.N. mission for permission to go to Havana. "I am the woman who interviewed Khrushchev," she reminded Cuban officials in her correspondence. The American public wanted to know more about the Cuban revolution, she wrote; an ABC interview with Castro would serve the interests of both countries. In April 1963, she finally received permission to bring a TV crew to Cuba. To meet Castro, however, she had to prevail upon James Donovan to make the introduction. Castro granted her an exclusive televised interview--his first with a U.S. network since 1959, and a major journalistic coup for Howard and ABC.
Howard's Castro interview aired on May 10, 1963. The White House received a transcript of the program more than a week in advance and considered trying to block its broadcast. "Public airing in the United States of this interview would strengthen the arguments of 'peace' groups, 'liberal' thinkers, Commies, fellow travelers, and opportunistic political opponents of present United States policy," as well as provide Castro with a wide audience for his "reasonable line," warned a May 3 analysis provided to Bundy. On the other hand, "denial of ABC 'rights' to report the news would raise the question of 'managed' news."
Among the issues the Cuban premier addressed was the potential for better relations with Washington. He stated that a rapprochement was "possible [if] the United States government wishes it. In that case we would be agreed to seek and find the basis" for normalizing relations. A few months later, in a cover story, "Castro's Overture," in the liberal journal War/Peace Report, Howard wrote that in eight hours of private conversations Castro had been "even more emphatic about his desire for negotiations with the United States":
In our conversations he made it quite clear that he was ready to discuss: the Soviet personnel and military hardware on Cuban soil; compensation for expropriated American lands and investments; the question of Cuba as a base for Communist subversion throughout the Hemisphere.
In her article, Howard urged the Kennedy administration to "send an American government official on a quiet mission to Havana to hear what Castro has to say." A country as powerful as the United States, she concluded, "has nothing to lose at a bargaining table with Fidel Castro."
Behind the scenes, Howard assertively positioned herself as the key back-channel intermediary to facilitate such negotiations. Upon return from Cuba in late April, she briefed the CIA in detail on the substance of her lengthy talks with Castro. In a secret memorandum given to President Kennedy,2 CIA Deputy Director Richard Helms reported on Howard's view that "Fidel Castro is looking for a way to reach a rapprochement with the United States." After detailing her observations about Castro's political power, disagreements with his colleagues and Soviet troops in Cuba, the memo concluded that "Howard definitely wants to impress the U.S. Government with two facts: Castro is ready to discuss rapprochement and she herself is ready to discuss it with him if asked to do so by the U.S. Government."
CIA Director John McCone adamantly opposed Howard's approach to Cuba, arguing that it would leak and compromise a number of CIA operations against Castro. In a recently declassified May 2, 1963 memorandum to Bundy, McCone stressed that the "Lisa Howard report be handled in the most limited and sensitive manner," and "that no active steps be taken on the rapprochement matter at this time."
Indeed, nothing happened on this track until September, when Howard established her own trustworthy back channel into the Kennedy White House through William Attwood, an adviser to the U.S. mission to the United Nations. A former journalist who, as editor of Look magazine, had interviewed Castro in 1959, Attwood knew Howard and shared her belief that improved U.S.-Cuba relations were possible--and from the perspective of U.S. interests, preferable. At the United Nations he had heard from the Guinean ambassador to Havana, Seydon Diallo, that Castro was unhappy with Cuba's Soviet satellite status and "would go to some length to obtain normalization of relations with us." Howard's War/Peace article, which Attwood read, seemed to convey the same sentiment. On September 12, Attwood discussed the story with her by phone--a conversation during which the two set in motion a plan to initiate secret talks between the United States and Cuba.
In a two-page "memorandum on Cuba," dated September 18, 1963, and written for Under Secretary of State Averell Harriman and U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson, Attwood laid out an argument for being given permission to establish discreet, indirect contact with Cuban authorities. The impact of present U.S. policy, he wrote, "is mainly negative: a. It aggravates Castro's anti-Americanism and his desire to cause us trouble and embarrassment. b. In the eyes of a world largely made up of small countries, it freezes us in the unattractive posture of a big country trying to bully a small country."
Since the United States was not going to overthrow Castro by overt force, other options could include a dialogue. "It would seem that we have something to gain and nothing to lose by finding out whether in fact Castro does want to talk and what concessions he would be prepared to make," Attwood concluded.
On September 20, Stevenson obtained the green light from President Kennedy to authorize Attwood's direct contacts with Carlos Lechuga, the Cuban ambassador to the United Nations. "I then told Miss Howard to set up the contact, that is to have a small reception at her house so that it could be done very casually, not as a formal approach by us," Attwood would later recall. In the middle of the U.N. delegates lounge on September 23, Howard approached Lechuga and, according to Lechuga's recollection, said that Attwood "wanted to talk to me and that it was urgent." Howard invited Lechuga to come to a party at her Park Avenue apartment that night to meet Attwood.
In the midst of cocktails, finger foods and several dozen members of New York's high society, the first bilateral talks on the potential for a U.S.-Cuba accommodation took place. Standing in a corner of Howard's spacious living room, Attwood and Lechuga conferred on the interest of their respective leaders in what Attwood called "an exchange of views." Castro, Lechuga told Attwood, "had hoped to contact or get in touch with President Kennedy in '61 and then came the Bay of Pigs and that was that." Lechuga "hinted that Castro was indeed in a mood to talk," Attwood reported in a secret account of his meetings, and "thought there was a good chance that I might be invited to Cuba if I wished to resume our 1959 talks." As Lechuga remembers the conversation, it was Attwood who suggested going to Havana, stating that he was about "to request authorization from the President to go to Cuba to meet with Fidel Castro and ask about the feasibility of a rapprochement between Havana and Washington." Both made it clear to the other that they did not yet have instructions from their governments on how--or whether--to proceed with this plan.
The next day, September 24, Attwood met with Robert Kennedy in Washington, gave him his memo and reported on the talks with Lechuga. The attorney general promised to pass along the information to Bundy, the national security adviser. Robert Kennedy, as Attwood would later testify in a top secret hearing, believed that a trip to Cuba would be "rather risky." It was "bound to leak and...might result in some kind of Congressional investigation." Nevertheless, the attorney general did think the matter was "worth pursuing."
So, too, did John Kennedy. In a meeting with Attwood on November 5, Bundy stated that "the President was more in favor of pushing towards an opening toward Cuba than was the State Department, the idea being--well, getting them out of the Soviet fold and perhaps wiping out the Bay of Pigs and maybe getting back into normal."
Throughout the fall of 1963, the Kennedy administration secretly expanded its back-channel dialogue with Cuba. Bundy designated his assistant, Gordon Chase, to be Attwood's direct contact at the White House. At the United Nations, Attwood informed Ambassador Lechuga that it would be difficult to go to Cuba, but that the United States was interested in meeting with Castro or a "personal emissary" wherever such a meeting could be set up.3 And Lisa Howard offered her home as a communications center for Attwood to converse directly to Castro through Rene Vallejo. A series of phone exchanges took place in October. Vallejo conveyed the following message through Howard to Attwood:
Castro would very much like to talk to the U.S. official anytime and appreciated the importance of discretion to all concerned. Castro would therefore be willing to send a plane to Mexico to pick up the official and fly him to a private airport near Veradero where Castro would talk to him alone. The plane would fly him back immediately after the talk.
Castro wanted to "do the talking himself," Vallejo told Howard, but he did not rule out sending an emissary to the United Nations "if there was no other way of engaging a dialogue." Howard suggested that Vallejo come to New York. Castro's concrete invitation set off a flurry of discussion inside the administration. Would such a trip be secure? Should the United States find out first what Castro was willing to talk about? Was Castro sincere, or was he trying to manipulate a reduction of U.S. pressure? What were the political dangers of an accommodation with Cuba? Should a dialogue even be attempted?4
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Even though it's from 1999, this is an excellent, timeless article which I just came upon today. It's too bad this extremely important bit of JFK history is not more widely know. It needs to be published by the MSM! Thank you Mr Kornbluh!
David Savona October 24, 2013 11:49am ET
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Summit Up 10-10-12: Letting you have it on 10-10
October 9, 2012
Good morning and welcome to Summit Up, the world's only daily column that is soaking in the fact that it is the 10th day of the 10th month of the year. We're kind of kicking ourselves right now that we didn't realize the enormity of the situation two years prior. Oh, what we could have done with the little numerical gem that was 10-10-10. Instead, we just wistfully look back at another lost opportunity.
On a happier note, we received an email from one
of our good, ol' friends of Summit Up, Dan Taylor of Wildernest. Mr. Taylor had this to say:
"We grammarians lead a rather morose existence, for we see only errors: "less" instead of "fewer" with count nouns, "it's" for "its" and vice versa, "however"" misused for "but," and "lead" misconstrued as a simple past tense (it's "led) even by a well-known Denver Post sportswriter. The list is seemingly endless. No wonder we are grumpy. Rare are the moments when we can enjoy felicitous expressions, finely wrought turns of phrase, or elegantly crafted sentences.
Thus it was with extreme pleasure and even gratitude that I learned, thanks to the excerpt from M. John Fayhee's latest book in Friday's (Sept. 21) SCENE, why I live on the ungrammatical Eagles Nest Court. The U.S. Board of Geographic Names has deprived such locative expressions of their rightful genetival ending, i.e., either apostrophe plus s for singulars or s plus apostrophe for plurals, on maps and marketing brochures. Ah, but not all is lost.
I picked up a highway map of Montana from a state tourist stop a few days ago but didn't look at it until Saturday. Lo and behold there was "Bear's Paw" National Historic Landmark, where Chief Joseph surrendered with that magnificent sentence, "From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever." Thank you, Montana. Then Sunday I read a young friend's blog wherein he questioned the absence of the apostrophe in Wyoming's "Devils Tower," which he intended to climb, grammatical or not.
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Coincidences are, to my mind, the puns of life, and for me to encounter the same grammatical issue on three successive days is joy untold. May the SDN continue to publish similarly arcane and fascinating pieces like that of Mr. Fayhee."
Well, we are certainly proud that we can brighten one's day with a few simple turns of phrase. It might not pay well, but the smiles on the faces of MILLIONS of SUMMIT UP READERS as they digest our daily musings.
MSUR: Do really think that you are the reason we smile?
SU: If not us, than what could be the root of all this jovial behavior? Everywhere we look these days residents of the High County seem to be abuzz with a sense of anticipation.
MSUR: Perhaps you have an inflated sense of self- worth. You do realize ski season is literally right around the corner and that sense of anticipation is surely brought on by the thought of powder days filling our heads as the temperatures continue to fall and ski areas throughout the county begin blowing snow.
SU: Way to cut us to the quick. With that, we out. Have a wonderful Wednesday.

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Much better than I thought it would be. I would recommend it.
Fast Five
Not a fan of the series (only seen the first and fourth, and wasn't impressed with either.) But I listened to the reviews and went, and was glad I did. Yes, it's still utterly ridiculous, but this one was actually a lot of fun. From an action standpoint, it reminds me a lot of older Michael Bay films like The Rock or Bad Boys, before he went crazy with CGI. The vault chase is really tremendous stunt work, and it's no 2-minute scene either, more like 20.
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The Fighter
Good movie elevated to very good by 2 great performances from Leo and Bale. Interesting stuff on the bluray about the actual Micky and Dicky was fun to watch too.
When I first heard they were making a Thor movie I had very low expectations. I mean how do you make a Thor movie without it either be very cheesy ala the 70's Hulk TV show or without it being a complete & total CGI fest where it is basically an animated movie with just actors on a blue screen?
Then I saw a trailer for the movie & my expectations went from very low to being moderate.
Then I saw that J. Michael Strazenski was going to be one of the writers of the movie and my expectations went from moderate to hopeful.
I then went last night and saw the movie.
I'll say now that my expectations were waaaaaaaaaaaaaay to low.
I want to see it again before I go to overboard in praise. My first reaction upon leaving the theatre was to say that not only was this the best movie adaptation of a comic book hero of all time but it was one of my favorite films of all time.
I'm glad I waited before saying that because in all honesty while there were things that were done to perfection (the portrayal of Loki was so spot on that his performance actually overshadowed Thor's on many occasions) there might be a couple of things I want to think over before I declare Chris Hemsworth's version of Thor better than Toby Maguire's Spider Man.
If you are a fan of the comic books of Thor at all then this movie is an absolute must. If you are an avengers fan but not a Thor fan this movie is still a must.
Also for those of us who are Avenger fans there were a couple of really fan boy geek out moments.
I won't give away anything to anyone who hasn't seen the movie yet, but I will give you the usual warning. As with all marvel movies you have to stay past the end credits as there is a very important scene for the future.
After a few day's I want to come back to this and see how I feel about the movie then. But right now I can't recommend it highly enough.
Caveat, obviously if you are a person who does not like the comic book genre of movie and prefer movies like snow falling on cedars then this movie may not be for you.
Hobo with a Shotgun - Accomplished everything that Robert Rodriguez tried to accomplish with Machete. More of a Troma movie than the Grindhouse stuff you've seen, especially with the insane gore, Robocop-like setting, and silly lines. One of the best post-exploitation movies yet punctuated by a terrific performance by Rutger Hauer. Not much else to say; if it sounds like your kind of movie, you'll probably really enjoy it. Can't give it a higher rating than Super, though.
I thought Thor was pretty good, but overall seemed very disjointed. The first 30 minutes bored me, then I really enjoyed the milddle third a lot, and then the last 30 minutes was just OK.
but then I'm a tough sell on these type of movies.
Fast Five
it was like Ocean's 11 meets Fast and the Furious. I liked it - it was entertaining and a good way to kick off summer flicks
Damn Peck, I want to see Thor so badly now. I already did, but reading that makes me want to go now.
So basically you liked the scene's from Midgard (earth) but did not enjoy the scene's from Asgard.
I see where you would view it as disjointed however from a different point of view I think it was the perfect way to blend the mystical mythical version of Thor with the Earthly version without making it either corny or overly dramatic.
Obviously I enjoyed the entire Lord of the Rings feel to the mythical version.
I was the opposite. I really got into the Asgard stuff (which I didn't expect to), and thought the Midgard stuff was less interesting (though I still liked it). The way Loki was done made this a much, much better film than it would have been if they'd just made him another generic "Hey, I'm EVIL!!" bad guy. Good job by the writers and the actor for making him a much better character than he could have been.
I liked Thor, but cannot attest to whether it was a good adaptation of the comic, as I have long forgotten his "Tales to Astonish" origin story.
I guess the only thing I would like to know (without divulging anything to those who have not seen the movie), is this: Shouldn't Loki have been taller? Did I miss something?
Really looking forward to Captain America and the new X-men movie. When I'm 80 years old, I can still see myself going out to see these movies.
I have to say, after a LOT of skepticism when it was announced, I'm actually now a little excited to see the new X-Men film. I'd forgotten until recently that Bryan Singer is back to being involved, and from what clips and trailers and interviews I've come across, it shows. I adored X2, and I'm now looking forward to what looks to possibly be another very solid film.
Regarding the other two comic book movies coming along, I'll probably check out both Captain American and Green Lantern, though neither has me excited.
Of the two, I'm definitely more interested in Captain America. Despite all of its flash, Green Lantern looks very boring to me.
With Cap, I have no idea how good or bad it will be, but Marvel movies have mostly gotten it right lately, and after Thor very pleasantly surprising me, I'm more encouraged for Cap coming through as well, though I realize it's a different production.
And the new X Men film gives me hope. X3 was so bad... The new one though, I really like the casting choices.
Is anyone else feeling we're over-saturated with 'comic book come to life' movies? True, a good movie is a good movie, but how about allowing the genre to breathe a little?
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
I still can't believe that they're actually going to reboot Spider-Man this soon
In Marvel's defence there is a reason you are getting a grouping of movies all of a sudden.
Thor, Iron Man, Captain America are all building up to "The Avengers" movie that is coming.
Last year we saw "Kick-***" which IMO did allow the genre to grow and change a bit.
And like Peck pointed out, they're building towards the Avengers movie, which will probably make or break how I view this era of superhero flicks.
I don't care how many there are as long as it least one of them is good.
This summer we got Thor, so if the others suck, I'm still satisfied. I'll be thrilled if at least one more is as good as Thor.
Next year should be nuts because I believe we have the Avengers AND The Dark Knight Rises AND the new Spider-Man and I believe even more that I'm forgetting. Could be nuts if they're all good.
Though with that said, my expectations for this Spider-Man reboot are incredibly low. I also think this is too soon and not really needed. I didn't like S-M 3 much, but it wasn't Batman & Robin bad. And even the gap between B&R and Batman Begins was still 8 years, I think.
Spider-Man 3 was in 2007. 5 years later a reboot?
Westerns were exactly the comparison I had in my head as well...
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
I had heard that we are seeing a lumping of the Marvel comic adaptations because the writer's strike a couple of years back really affected the production process.
yes it was
I really think the market has become way too saturated with superhero movies. They are entertaining, but I just can't muster up any excitement over any of these movies coming out.


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Ukiah Daily Journal
After a two-day search, authorities on Wednesday arrested Walter Kristopher Miller, 42, of Ukiah, who allegedly shot at a Mendocino County sheriff's deputy during a high-speed chase south of Ukiah Monday night.
The Best Western hotel on Orchard Avenue was under surveillance for several hours after the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office got a tip around noon that Miller was at the hotel, Sheriff Tom Allman said Wednesday evening. The Mendocino Major Crimes Task Force confirmed at about 2:15 p.m. that Miller was at the hotel, according to Allman. Detectives got a search warrant for his room, a SWAT team was deployed and agents spoke to him on the room's phone, according to Allman.
"We entered negotiations, and he made a request, and said he would give himself up when his parole officer from Sonoma County arrived on scene," Allman said Wednesday night.
He said it wasn't known Wednesday night whether Miller was armed inside the hotel room. Two MCSO negotiators were seen entering and leaving the scene throughout the afternoon and evening, and shortly after 5 p.m., Miller agreed to surrender when his parole agent arrived, Allman said. At 6:11 p.m., two state parole agents from Sonoma County arrived.
"Within five minutes after they arrived, he came out of his room with his hands up," Allman said.
At 6:27 p.m., Miller was walked out to a sheriff's patrol car in handcuffs without a struggle. Allman drove him to the Mendocino County Jail, where he was to be booked possibly under a no-bail hold on suspicion of attempted murder, felony evading, conspiracy and being a felon in possession of a firearm in the Monday night shooting.
Miller was sought for two days after he allegedly fired five or six rounds from what authorities believe was an AP9 9 mm semi-automatic pistol with a 30-round magazine from the passenger window of a 1995 Thunderbird. The driver, Christopher Skaggs, 30, of Redwood Valley, was arrested in Ukiah Tuesday morning.
Orchard Avenue was closed around 3 p.m. Wednesday between Gobbi Street and Kings Court, and some area businesses were evacuated or closed while SWAT agents stood at the hotel's doors on all sides of the building and a California Highway Patrol helicopter circled overhead.
People were standing around on the blocked street and near the temporarily closed-off businesses, snapping pictures with their camera phones and watching as agents came and went.
"The SWAT team rolled in like Hollywood," said Cole Cupples of Cupples Construction at the site of the new Ukiah Unified School District building going up on Orchard Avenue. He estimated that the agents arrived at about 3:15 p.m. Allman said the construction workers weren't evacuated, but were asked to come down from the roof where they were working.
Nick Patel, who owns the Best Western on Orchard Avenue, waited and worried for hours outside because his son, who manages the hotel, was inside.
Hotel guest Eric Moul of Sacramento said a "very polite" agent wearing a bullet-proof vest knocked on his door at about 4:20 p.m. and told him to leave his room "just as a precaution." He walked outside holding a paperback novel and waited with other bystanders in the parking lot.
"They said a guy with a gun on the second floor was threatening to take a pot shot at someone," Moul said.
Allman said other businesses in the area, including a day care, the post office and the Social Security office, were asked to keep employees inside. Authorities contacted the businesses at about 5 p.m., when Orchard Avenue was reopened to traffic, to tell them how to leave the area, Allman said.
At about 4:29 p.m., a woman whose identity wasn't released was seen walking out of the hotel in handcuffs and was taken away in a patrol car. Allman said she was an acquaintance of Miller's who was questioned and later released, but was not arrested on charges.
The shooting incident started when a sheriff's deputy stopped the T-bird Skaggs was driving at 9:49 p.m. Monday for having expired registration tags in the 1200 block of South State Street, south of Washington Avenue, in Ukiah. Skaggs allegedly sped away south just as the deputy walked up to the driver's window.
In the ensuing chase, Skaggs drove between 80 and 90 miles per hour until he slowed to between 50 and 60 miles per hour on Highway 253, the MCSO reported previously. The car swerved repeatedly into the oncoming lane on blind curves.
Miller allegedly leaned out the passenger's-side window in the 900 block of Highway 253 and shot at the pursuing deputy several times from a distance of about 35 feet, stopping when the gun jammed, according to Allman. One of the bullets hit the patrol car's radiator and disabled it. Deputies from throughout Mendocino County responded to look for the car, along with the California Highway Patrol, Ukiah Police Department, Cloverdale Police Department and Sonoma County Sheriff's Office.
The T-bird was found abandoned in a driveway leading to a home in the 6000 block of Highway 253, according to the MCSO, and inside were items reported stolen from a Van Arsdale Road home in Potter Valley earlier the same evening. Among the stolen items but not in the abandoned car were five guns, including three handguns, a rifle and a shotgun, Allman said previously. Authorities also found ammunition in the T-bird.
"There are still outstanding stolen guns from Monday," Allman said Wednesday night. The hotel room was being searched Wednesday night, and information about what was inside was expected to be released today.
Skaggs was also wanted in an unrelated burglary and robbery incident reported to the Sheriff's Office Feb. 19, and was out on bail for an unrelated Nov. 14 incident in which the California Highway Patrol arrested him on suspicion of felony evading. He was booked at the Mendocino County Jail on suspicion of attempted murder, felony evading, conspiracy and being a felon in possession of a firearm, and held under $300,000 bail.
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The Case
A 91-year-old community-dwelling woman is seen for annual physical examination. Apart from hearing loss, she has no complaints; she continues to reside alone in an assisted-living apartment, and to take care of herself.
More History/Physical
Woman who appears stated age. Vital signs, normal. Handwriting, unremarkable and not laborious. Can pick up spoon readily. Conversation a little difficult because of hearing impairment. (She won't turn on her hearing aid "because I don't want to run down the battery.")
What's Your Diagnosis?
• Arthritis mutilans
• Mallet finger
• Osteoarthrosis
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Genus: Danaus
Species: plexippus
Brilliant orange and black monarchs are among the most easily recognizable of the butterfly species which call the Americas home. Their migration takes them as far north as Canada and, during the winter months, as far south as Mexico City. A single monarch can travel hundreds to thousands of miles!
Monarchs are truly spectacular migrants, because the butterflies know the correct direction to migrate even though they have never made the journey before. They follow an internal "compass" that points them in the right direction each spring and fall. The monarch migration is one of the greatest natural phenomena in the insect world.
Monarch butterflies are bright orange with black and white markings. The body of the monarch is black. The head has a set of antennae.
The wings are mostly orange with black veins running throughout. The outer edge of the wings has a thick black border. Within the black border are white spots. The white spots can range in size and they decorate the wings. At the upper corner of the top set of wings are orange spots.
The underside of the monarch butterflies' wings can be seen when the butterfly is at rest or when it is feeding on a flower. Instead of bright orange, the underside is more drab and orange-brown.
Males and females can be told apart by looking at the top of their hind wings. Males have a black spot at the center of each hind wing, while the females do not. The spot is a scent gland that helps the males attract female mates. Another less accurate way to tell males from females is that the females usually have much thicker veins than the males.
Monarch butterfly caterpillars are also easy to identify. The caterpillars have many yellow, black and white bands. There are antenna-like tentacles at each end of the caterpillar's body.
Size: Monarch butterflies have a wingspan of 3 1/2 - 4 inches.
Diet: Monarchs, like all butterflies, change their diet as they develop. During the caterpillar stage, they live exclusively on milkweed plants. Milkweeds are wildflowers in the genus Asclepias. Milkweeds contain glycoside toxins that are harmless to the monarch but poisonous to its predators. Monarch caterpillars feed on all the different parts of milkweed plants and store up the toxins in their body. The toxins remain in their system even after metamorphosis, thereby making adult monarchs poisonous as well.
Adult monarchs feed on nectar from a wide range of flowers, including milkweeds.
Typical Lifespan: Most monarch butterflies do not live more than a few weeks. There are about 3 to 5 generations born each spring and summer and most of the offspring do not live beyond 5 weeks. The lone exception is the last generation born at the end of the summer.
The last generation of each year is the over-wintering generation that must make the journey back to Mexico. Rather than breeding immediately, the over-wintering monarchs fly back to Mexico and stay there until the following spring. In the early spring, they fly north to the southern United States and breed. Over-wintering monarch butterflies can live upwards of 8 months.
Monarch butterflies utilize different habitat in the warm months versus the cold months. In the spring, summer and early fall, they can be found wherever there are milkweeds. Monarchs lay their eggs on milkweeds and they're always searching for them in fields, meadows and parks. Many people plant milkweeds in their gardens.
Monarchs cannot survive freezing temperatures, so they over-winter in the cool, high mountains of central Mexico and woodlands in central and southern California.
Range: Monarch butterflies can be found throughout the United States, including Hawaii.
The majority of monarch butterflies live east of the Rocky Mountains. In the early spring, they are first seen in Texas and the south. As spring turns to summer, they're seen in more and more states and Canada.
A much smaller population of monarch butterflies lives west of the Rocky Mountains. Instead of making the long journey between Mexico and Canada, the western monarchs only travel as far south as San Diego. Some monarchs live in California year-round and others spend summers as far north as British Columbia, Canada.
Hawaii also has monarch butterflies. Monarchs that were released or lost their way from California have found success year-round on the Hawaiian Islands.
Monarch butterflies communicate with scents and colors.
Over-wintering monarch butterflies in Mexico begin to make the journey north to the United States in early spring. Soon after they leave Mexico, pairs of monarchs mate. As they reach the southern United States, females will look for available milkweed plants to lay eggs.
The eggs hatch after approximately four days. The caterpillars are small and they grow many times their initial size over a two-week period. The caterpillars feed on the available milkweed plant. When they get big enough, each caterpillar forms a chrysalis and goes through metamorphosis.
The chrysalis protects the monarch as it is going through the major developmental change of turning from a caterpillar to a butterfly. The chrysalis is green with yellow spots. After another 2-week period, an adult butterfly will emerge from the chrysalis.
The adult monarchs continue the journey north that was left unfinished by their parents. Each year, about five generations will be born to continue migrating north. It is only the last generation, born in late summer that will live eight months and migrate back to Mexico to start the cycle over again.
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A sceptical professor soon develops a strong belief in the power of hypnotism. He thinks the hypnotist is trying to seduce him.
Norman Trace
4 to 4 1/2 comments: 1. This show to me is almost "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle tips his hat to Elspeth Eric". Indeed, Doyle lived way before and never knew the latter (with her slow, psychodramatic love stories on the RMT) but it almost feels like he honors her here albeit with his signature flair, detail and edginess..."The Parasite" is essentially a one-sided love affair. Sir Arthur made some wonderful non-Sherlock Holmes short stories. 2. There have been several well-done vampire tales on the RMT. This show is a variation on that theme, where instead of gobbling blood the antagonist goes after (for lack of a better phrase) the life force of her paramour. The RMT had one other similar tale - the downbeat, somewhat-strangely-named "The 800 pound gorilla" starring Mandel Kramer, Earl Hammond and Teri Keane. In that story everyone we cared about bit the dust. I liked this show better, and it had some humor to it (listen, for example, to Rose's fellow educator discuss his classroom antics while "under the spell"). (And one of my favorite moments is at the very beginning of the first act, right after E.G. says the words "Gilbert...Gilroy") 3. That's when one of the best. RMT. Music beds. EVER. sounds. It's a shrill, almost off-key piccolo alongside a glockenspiel or other mallet instrument chime, joined seconds later by a bass or contra-bass clarinet* beneath hitting what I think is the lowest "A" note possible, followed moments later by an oboe and bassoon. It's essentially a gothic woodwind quartet, playing an ominous, sinister sound that so well sets the listener on edge. Which is why it's such a good counterpoint to... 4. Norman Rose in a jaunty, victorian, educated, accomplished-but-not-quite-arrogant voice responding "Professor Gilbert Gilroy, if you please. I've worked hard for that distinction." Just because one was doing a monologue on the RMT didn't necessarily mean one's character was going to make it through the episode. However, the slight smile in Rose's voice is, without going any further, reassuring - especially alongside the aforementioned music. Not the most action-packed, but a fun listen regardless, IMO. * I believe a case could be made, were one ever to ask "What was the favorite instrument of the composers of the CBS/Twilight Zone/RMT music", that the answer would appear to be "bass clarinet". From the long soliloquy on the signature RMT theme to several music interludes both jazzy and sinister, this instrument was lovingly used with frequency. Makes me almost want to learn to play it. ")
Howard Stern
Great analysis of the musical score of the various episodes. The music on RMT was first-rate and was used to great success in enhancing the storytelling. They generally knew the best "bed" to use in a given scene. You mentioned in another thread "The Vampire Plant" ( a great episode!) and in it-- the music is utterly chilling and really helps "cement" that tale in your memory. It seems to me, during the earlier days of T.V.-- producers, directors, creators,etc. really saw music as an important an element as any other in the construction of their productions (ie.:the script, character development, special effects, etc.) and they went to great lengths to create moving and memorable scores. Just listen to the soundtracks of the original "TreK" or "Twilight Zone". Today, it seems as if the music in T.V. episodes is merely an afterthought. Perhaps, because many of the early T.V. "people" got their start on radio-- they were more in "tune" to this concept. By the way, do you have a musical background? You do a great job of "deciphering" which instruments are being utilized. (In most cases, I haven't a clue-- But I do appreaciate the musical soundtracks tremendously). Until next time..........
I believe most of the CBSRMT music comes from the Twilight Zone, which had sizable soundtrack contributions from Bernard Hermann (Citizen Kane, Vertigo, Taxi Driver) and Jerry Goldsmith (Planet of the Apes, Chinatown, Alien, Poltergeist) which would help explain the very high quality of the background music.
They used to sell a plastic spaceship model in 1968 or 1969, called the "Leif Erickson". Included in it was a paper record, called "The Sounds of Space", that lasts about 3-4 minutes. You were supposed to listen to it while you built the model, I guess. Well, mid-way through the recording, is some of the CBSRMT score. The prose of the record is really awful, but bear with it. Halfway through, you'll hear what I'm talking about. Warning - the record is terrible. As bad as William Shatner singing "Strawberry Fields Forever." I thought that it was awful when I was 8 years old, and that's saying something.
Marlon Rondain
I just started reading the Annotated Sherlock Holmes stories, released a few years ago, and around the same time I listened to this episode. In the introduction to the book, it is noted that Doyle wrote around 200 short stories, if memory serves. And the main character in The Lost World (Challenger?) apparently was almost as popular as Holmes for a period of time. Has any actor made more RMT appearances than Norman Rose? I doubt it. And he is my favorite. He was a true professional with a great voice. This episode is enjoyable and it seemed to get darker in tone as it progressed. What antics did Rose's character engage in during the lecture? I must have missed it somehow. I appreciate the fact that RMT did not always have nice, happy, everything explained totally, endings. I would imagine that most fans of RMT are also fans of The Twilight Zone. I wonder how many fans of these shows have also read the EC comics such as Tales from the Crypt.
Apparently Robert Dryden holds the record for most RMT appearances but Norman Rose was undoubtedly one of the greats. And the CBS library (source of the Twilight Zone scores)was heavily used to great effect.RMT would not have had the budget for original scoring. The cue Howard Stern referred to was composed by Fred Steiner for the TZ episode "King Nine Will Not Return."
Dale Haskell
The photo you show for G. Lewis, is actually the Actor who played Dr. Kildare in the old movies, Lew Ayres.


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McLouth to get second opinion on ailing shoulder
WASHINGTON -- Nationals outfielder Nate McLouth will get a second opinion on his ailing right shoulder from a doctor outside the team, manager Matt Williams said Friday. McLouth was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Aug. 4 because of inflammation stemming from a play in which he dove for a ball against the Marlins on July 28.
"It's not responding as well as he'd like it to respond," Williams said.
McLouth has done a variety of strengthening exercises and received a cortisone shot in his shoulder, but the rehab progress has not improved the injury. His move to the DL is retroactive to Aug. 2, meaning the Nationals can activate him as early as Sunday. However, Williams said McLouth is still in the "early stages" of his recovery, rendering that an unlikely proposition.
"It's not going quite as well as he'd like it to go. Doesn't mean it won't," Williams said. "Sometimes it takes longer than you would normally like. But he's going to go get a second look at it and see what that doc has to say, and then we'll make a determination from there what the next step would be."
Williams noted that getting a second opinion on an injury is a relatively standard occurrence among Major League players. Still, the circumstances leave the manager a little on edge.
"The fact that he's going to go have a second look is concerning, of course, because we would hope that it would just be taken care of and he'd be OK," Williams said. "But we want to do that to make sure that we're taking the proper path to making it better."
Daniel Popper is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Have you been denied employment on the basis of a criminal background check or credit check? If so, it is important to know your rights.
Employers are limited in their ability to obtain background checks and credit reports on employees and job applicants. The Fair Credit Reporting Act imposes two basic limitations on employers:
- Employers must get proper permission to conduct a background check or credit check on job applicants or employees. The authorization form must be in a stand-alone document which is separate from the job application and must not ask employees to release any claims or waive any rights. The law is very specific about the form of the authorization that is required, and many employers do not obtain proper authorization;
- Employers must provide job applicants or employees with a copy of the background check or credit report before taking adverse action, such as not hiring someone, demoting someone, or firing someone. This requirement ensures that the employee has the ability to challenge inaccuracies in the report.
If employers willfully violate any of these rules, they are liable for actual damages, punitive damages, and statutory penalties of up to $1,000 per violation. Moreover, even if employers follow all of these basic rules, they may still violate federal and state civil rights laws by automatically denying jobs to persons with criminal records or low credit scores, regardless of their individual circumstances and other qualifications.
Unfortunately, it is all too common for many employers – including some of the nation's largest companies – to ignore these laws. According to a recent study published by the National Employment Law Project, "the nation's largest employers are either unaware of civil rights and consumer protections for people with criminal records or are indifferent to them."
If you believe that your rights have been violated, our law firm may be able to help. We are currently prosecuting a class action lawsuit against Domino's Pizza for allegedly violating the rights of its employees in connection with unauthorized background checks that were not provided to employees. We are also investigating other companies that may have engaged in similar conduct. If you believe that you may have been the victim of an improper background check or that your credit report may have been improperly used by your employer, please contact us to take action.


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Dima Chebib fulfilling one of her dreams: meeting John Paul II
On Christmas Day 1999, as the Jubilee year was just
getting underway, I received a beautiful gift from God that
changed my whole life. I was on a pilgrimage in
Rome accompanying a lay Movement that I didn´t know very
well. A friend, who happens to be a member, gave
me a good dose of encouragement inviting me to come
along. He told me: "Don´t worry, they are so
nice and you will remember those two weeks with them
in Rome for the rest of your life.." Like all
the Lebanese, I love the Holy Father very much. After
he visited my country in May of the year 1997,
John Paul II inspired us to work hard for the
Kingdom of Christ in our region of the world. We
received many graces during and after his visit so I
was more than willing to see him again. If this
was not enough, tacking on an opportunity to visit Rome
for the first time provided plenty of motivation, especially because
I am an architect.Upon arrival to the eternal city, a
number of priests and women where waiting for us. I
soon realized that they where all consecrated to God! The
consecrated women were so kind and helpful that they made
every day in our pilgrimage better than the last. At
first I was amazed by the architecture, the sculptures, the
paintings, ... but afterwards my focus was more and more
fascinated by these consecrated women and their life in the
Movement. Their testimony was constantly inspiring me in new ways
because they lived such a delicate charity while spreading a
contagious happiness! Our Lord gave me the grace to meet
the Holy Father and to talk with him. I had
prayed to God for this grace and as our Lord
taught us: "Ask and you shall receive..." The gift which
I had been longing for was providentially placed in my
path without me really realizing it at the moment; the
gift of my encounter with the Regnum Christi Movement that
changed my whole life. The Movement helped me to wake
up from a coma that had lasted a long time!During
our pilgrimage, we visited the Quo Vadis, where Jesus appeared
to Peter while he was running away from the Romans
who wanted to kill him. Peter was afraid and didn´t
want to die just yet. In that place, I felt
that Jesus was upset with me because, like Peter, I
wasn´t willing to say YES to everything he was asking
me to give.After two weeks in Rome, I returned to
Lebanon but my heart was still in Rome. I wanted
to learn more about the Regnum Christi Movement so I
began surfing the Web while chatting with a friend. I
knew that Regnum Christi had something special in store for
me and I believed that my place in the Church
was within this Movement, which would help me to grow
in my relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ. I didn´t
grasp all of its charism or its spirituality but the
testimony of its members was clear enough for me. I
wrote to the consecrated women asking for guidance and shortly
thereafter I received some letters of Nuestro Padre to read:
Time and Eternity and Gospel Charity. My love for
the Movement and its founder grew through these letters. A
few weeks later, I decided to become a co-worker, giving
a year of my life to serve the Lord. This
was the best decision that I had ever made in
my life.I thank God for this wonderful year. I have
received so many graces, especially that of coming to know
and love Jesus in a personal way. My life became
a big house in need of hard work but I
chose the best Architect to do it. Jesus began to
build my life much better than I could. Moments of
prayers became a strong foundation for this new structure. I
realized how much I needed his graces to live as
He hoped from me. I know now that God has
a wonderful dream for each one of us. We discover
it by fulfilling his will each day of our lives.
Jesus taught me how to love and how to carry
my cross out of love for him and for souls.
Jesus taught me to live in a supernatural way and
to always keep my eyes on heaven. Now, after knowing
him, I want to help everyone have this same experience
so they can fall in love with Him as I
have. At this moment, I´m in Lebanon, collaborating to establish
the Kingdom of Christ in my country.I thank God for
his precious gift, which is the Movement that has formed
me and helped me to grow humanly and spiritually. Thank
you Lord. I love you!Dima ChebibRegnum Christi, Lebanon


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This system is lovely installed. I put two systems on opposing walls of a very small bedroom of my old house (which doesn't have much for traditional closet space) and it looks like a high-end walk in closet room with the addition of an island in the middle (I used a low dresser with a marble top for the island.) Instructions are easy to follow, but it does take a while to get up, particularly if you're working alone, and you will need another person to manage a couple things easily. (But nothing that takes more than a minute or so.) The materials were sturdy, there was more than adequate hardware (extras of things), the stain was even and pretty. TIPS: I have plaster and lath walls, so I could not use the plastic anchors provided, but instead took the time to find studs, and install (my own) longer wood screws directly into the studs when possible. For areas that needed attachment that were not on a stud, I used molly bolts. In addition, since plaster walls are rarely completely flat, I used some composite shims between the J-brackets and the wall where needed. (Wood shims would work fine as well.) But make sure you're using long enough screws so you are sure you go far enough into the stud, since you have the thickness of the bracket, shim, plaster and lath to get thru before you even hit a stud. All in all not much was necessary for adjustment to make the system work well on plaster - I would think you'd have some real problems if you tried to use the plastic stuff in plaster though.Read More
Nice Organizer
I actually modified this organizer to fit in a small walk in closet instead of the intended use of a straight long closet. I used an on-line design tool prior to ordering to ensure that I could make it work. The result was very nice and very functional. I recommend that you design this carefully before attempting assembly. With the help of a skilled son-in-law it took about 5hrs to complete the closet. The wood is soft and easy to mar so be really careful. A color stick is included so I think they are expecting this. Assembly was a little tricky because of the intended use but all the hardware supplied made it easier. Also take care when cutting the shelves. A little bit of pre-planning on the cuts will help so that you don't cut into a slat. There are only 2 con's to the product that I see. The screws supplied to attach the shelves were tiny and I really question their ability to hold any heavy objects. I bought a size larger. Be sure to pre-drill or you will split the wood. The second con is the rod. The attachment method looks good but takes up a lot of hanger space and requires a number of them when the rod is over 5'. I also lost 3" on each end of the rod due to mounting requirements. Be sure to use ample screws and anchors when mounting to wall. This makes up for the wood used to make the organizer. A hardwood version of this organizer would be a killer product at a slightly higher price point. I liked the results so much that I intend on buying 3 more organizers to redo our Master Walk In closet. I will do something different for the rod to increase strength to enable hanging all of the clothes.Read More
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I'm not mechanically inclined. The instructions were easy to follow and the manufacturer provided plenty of hardware. All pieces were included, there was no damage. The completed product is beautiful.Two notes: 1. If your closet configuration is 8', you are going to have to make saw cuts to the shelves.2. A decent 12" - 18" level is mandatory. (I saved $75 at Overstock.com over the warehouseprice for the same product).Read More
Definitely worth the money. We ordered only one for our walk in closet and plan on ordering another one. Very easy to modify to the size of the closet. It looks very professional and it certainly gives the closet a whole new look to it. Plenty of space and makes everything a lot more organized.The directions were a little confusing at first but once you figured them out it was not too bad. We were able to put all together in about 6 hours. We split it into 2 nights and that worked out great. It was a very wise purchase.Read More
Very happy with it.
The system arrived in a matter of days, faster than expected. There were no scratches on the wood and all the hardware was included. I hired someone to put my system in because it was to be installed in a complex space with a sloping roof, a light fixture, etc. Also because I'm all thumbs. In any case, the system was very, very flexible and we were able to adapt it to the problems at hand. It looks great - all hardwood compared to the other wire systems that are on the market - and it meets all my needs. The price compared extremely fairly to the wire models in the market. I recommend it highly.Read More
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"Are these closets CARB compliant"
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"Does it come with all the materials to make the same setup as the photo? Does it come with installation instructions to assemble the product to the same specs as the photo?"
yes but you have to design set up yourself. best if you hire someone to install for you as there are quite a few parts
Yes and you have the option for multiple configurations with the same kit. Great quality. I've installed three of these. and with the leftover materials as i have a shorter closet, i built a cool tie rack that stands about seven feet tall.
yes, but I created my own custom design to fit my closet and I still used all the pieces.
"my closet is only 5'5" wide... can i convert this set to fit that by taking out a section? what is the minimum width that this can be assembled into. thanks."
Provides plenty of storage space upto twenty four feet of shelf space and eighteen feet of hanging space.-Simply cut to fit closets up to 10 feet in length.-Interweaving shelves creates open sided tower.-Garment bars.-Ideal for home use.-ISTA 3A Certified. Includes: -Deep closet organizer set includes three 24'' shelves, three 72'' shelves, five wardrobe bars, nine bar spacers, four angle brackets, one assembly instructions/configuration guide and all hardware and fasteners. Construction: -100pct Solid wood construction. Color/Finish: -Red mahogany finish. Assembly Instructions: -Assembly required. Dimensions: -Three 24'' shelves dimensions: 24'' W x 12'' D.-Three 72'' shelves dimensions: 72'' W x 12'' D.
I have installed it into six foot spaces with no problem. It can configured in many different ways as it is very flexible. The wood shelves can be cut to length as I did. But you will not have to cut the shorter shelves. I've installed three of these in closets less than 7 feet. they are well built and cutting them is not an issue as it is all wood.
"I am interested in buying this organizer for my three bedrooms. However, are these available with drawer options as well."
Yes, type John Louis in the search bar Item #: 12029378 is the 10" drawer kit.
Yes they are. Type John Louis in the searchbar. There are 6 and 10 inch drawer options.
"What are the other accessories that I can use with - John Louis Standard Red Mahogany Closet System, Item #: 11056090"
Here is the link with everything that we have available: http://www.overstock.com/search?keywords=John+Louis+Standard+Red+Mahogany&SearchType=Header
"Doesn't say anything about the minimum height requirement on the product details. Thank you."
The closet systems are cut to fit up to a 10-foot closet, and there are multiple configuration options provided. You are able to design the closet any way you like in order to meet your needs. The closet''s size does not matter because you are able to fully customize this set to meet your personal needs.
The example configurations included in the instructions show the top shelf with rod at 84 inches from the floor and the lower shelf with rod at 42 inches from the floor. These are examples only and you have to choose your own configuration. My ceilings are only 7 feet so I installed a top shelf at 72 inches and bottom shelf at 36 inches and it is sufficient for hanging shirts on top and slacks on bottom. My other shelf/rod is at 64 inches for dresses.
"What is the minimum height required for this system?"
The exact height required for installation is not provided, however other users have stated that the system is adjustable to allow you to make it fit your closet perfectly.
"Will the drawers fit this system if purchased separately? Is there an online tool to help me with the layout?"
As long as they are also from the John Louis standard organizer line, they will fit this system.
"Can I use the solid drawers with this system? Is there an online tool that could help me organize my closet layout?"
The drawers only work with the deluxe system. The closet system can be configured in almost any way as long as there are side walls that the closet can attach to. We are looking into your question about the online tool.
"how tall is the system? i have a closet that measures different heights because its under stairs. part of the closet is 7' the other half is 5'. thanks"
This closet system can be configured in many different ways to fit the dimensions of your closet, so there are not specific dimensions to give.
"What's included (i.e., hardware, number of shelves) with this closet system? The product details does not specify the details as it does with other systems currently advertised."
This is a solid wood, wall-mounted closet shelving system with 12-inch depth and red mahogany. This closet system contains an open-sided tower shelves, a wood garment bar and all-metal hardware with decorative satin nickel finish. This product includes multiple configuration options with an easy to follow installation manual.
"Can I get this in the maple to match the standalone towers?"
No, it doesn''t come in maple.
"What is the width of this closet organizer?"
This organizer provides up to 24 feet of shelf space and 18 feet of hanging space. You can organize it in any way to fit your closet.
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Running back Theo Riddick also contributed 105 yards on the ground to aid a rushing attack that churned out 190 yards on the day.
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Something we learned last night is that this family is a very happy one—to celebrate its landmark 10th anniversary, Opening Ceremony threw a rager, and hundreds of the brand's devotees showed up to take part in the festivities. An impressive number of OC's famous fans got down with the rest of us—Chloe Sevigny, Alexander Wang, Kirsten Dunst, Paris Hilton, and Erin Wasson were all seen emerging from the steamy dance floor over the course of the evening.
At Webster Hall, the OC crew took us back in time where some of New York's most iconic parties from the past 10 years were revived for one night only. On three differently-themed floors, DJs spun an incredible array of the decade's best tunes. From the retro rock sounds of the MisShapes to the some of the best early '90s pop and hip-hop we could imagine—think: Mariah Carey - "Honey"—the ground on each story shook with excitement. In true birthday party fashion, there was confetti, glowsticks, balloons, and a special bar that served up Magnolia cupcakes and Momofuku Milk Bar cookies. In all, it was a sweaty, nostalgic love fest.
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Ebersole states that she will be playing herself in the forthcoming episode, which is filming now.
Ebersole writes on Tony Award-winning SMASH songwriter Marc Shaiman's Facebook page: "I am writing to you from the set of Smash!! I am playing a character named 'Christine Ebersole'..."
She adds that in the faux Tony Awards on the episode itself, she will be "announcing the Tony nominations with Cheyenne Jackson..."
So, is it safe then to assume that that triple-threat will appearing, too? SMASH Season Two is packed to the gills with talent, that's for sure!
Indeed, Ebersole joins a dizzying array of guest stars appearing on the second season of the Broadway-centric series: Sean Hayes, Daniel Sunjata, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Jennifer Hudson all have made appearances and some will continue to do so, while Broadway icons Liza Minnelli and Bernadette Peters are coming up in the next few weeks.
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The Redwood senior led the Giants to three consecutive third-place finishes in the MCAL, an impressive feat for a team limited on depth. Redwood went 37-21 (.638) over her four years as she became a four-time All-MCAL first-team selection.
More impressively, it was her leadership that anchored the Giants, as well as her willingness to recruit players out for the team and teach them the game.
"I think being captain is real important to help other people learn not just how to swing but how to play golf," Slocum said. "(It's important) to mark your ball properly, fix your divot and not be slow — just the basics."
Redwood went 9-5 this season, as Slocum again cemented herself as the team's No. 1 player before handing over the reins to freshman Mia Poynor next season.
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Chapter 54: Stormwater Management for Development and Re-development
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In 1999, the Minneapolis City Council amended Title 3 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances, relating to Air Pollution and Environmental Protection, by adding the Chapter 54 ordinance, entitled Stormwater Management. The Chapter 54 ordinance establishes requirements for projects with land disturbing activities on sites greater than one (1) acre, including phased or connected actions, and for existing stormwater devices.
The purpose of this ordinance is to minimize negative impacts of stormwater runoff rates, volumes and pollutants on Minneapolis lakes, streams, wetlands, and the Mississippi River by guiding future significant development and redevelopment activity, and by assuring long-term effectiveness of existing and future stormwater management constructed facilities. The Chapter 54 ordinance specifies that stormwater management standards be set according to the receiving water body, and the table below lists discharge requirements by receiving water. The standards include but are not limited to:
- For discharges to the Mississippi River, reductions of suspended solids
- For discharges to streams, reductions of suspended solids and controlled rate of runoff
- For discharges to lakes, reduction of suspended solids and reduction in nutrients
- In addition, for discharges to areas prone to flooding and areas with infrastructure limitations, controlled rate of runoff
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Stormwater Management Plans are required for all construction projects on sites greater than one (1) acre in size. These plans are reviewed through the MDR process. Responsibility for ongoing operation and maintenance is one component of the Stormwater Management Plan.
Stormwater devices shall be registered with the City of Minneapolis Department of Regulatory Services, with an annual permit being required for each registered stormwater device.
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The "Buyout" option is reserved only for sites that demonstrate that performance of on-site stormwater management is not feasible. With approval of the City Engineer, the Chapter 54 Ordinance allows developers to contribute to the construction of off-site management of a regional stormwater facility in lieu of on-site treatment/management. Final plan approval is conditional on payment received.
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All receiving waters
70% removal of total suspended solids
Brownie Lake
10% phosphorus load reduction
Cedar Lake
40% phosphorus load reduction
Lake of the Isles
20% phosphorus load reduction
Lake Calhoun
30% phosphorus load reduction
Lake Harriet
20% phosphorus load reduction
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30% phosphorus load reduction
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30% phosphorus load reduction
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30% phosphorus load reduction
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30% phosphorus load reduction
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30% phosphorus load reduction
Birch Pond
0% phosphorus load increase
Ryan Lake
30% phosphorus load reduction
Other wetlands
30% phosphorus load reduction
Mississippi River
70% removal of total suspended solids
Minneapolis streams
No increase in rate of runoff from site
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