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As a newly minted Fodorite, I hope I can get some help from anyone who has travelled to, or knows someone who has traveled to, the Macedonia region of Greece.
Our family has never been to Greece but from what I have read on the internet, this region seems less travelled than other parts of Greece, which is something that we would prefer. However, we have also been told to check out the South Peloponnese.
Thank you for your help.
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Macedonia, Greece
As a newly minted Fodorite, I hope I can get some help from anyone who has travelled to, or knows someone who has traveled to, the Macedonia region of Greece.
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Do you want to go to the Macedonian region of Greece, or the country of Macedonia?
I'd suggest you start with a good guidebook.
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You might get some useful information from these recent threads:
Hope that helps!
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The region of Macedonia in Greece is where I am thinking about and not the country of Macedonia.
The links you provided are mainly about the Peloponnese and I will look into that area some more. Thank you kja.
But my first choice is the Macedonia region. Guidebooks can be a good source of information but it is not the same as hearing from regular travellers who have actually gone there.
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Guidebooks can be incredily valuable, as they cover the things that others haven't visited for whatever reason. They can be especially valuable for people going to less travelled areas.
I find it curious that you have questions that are very similar to another Fodorite who consistently asks "A or B" questions. That person asks about A or B, and then changes it to B or C, and then C or D…. She has gotten a wealth of information from others by asking (among other things) about northern or southern Spain, then Spain or Croatia, then Croatia or Greece, then (just weeks ago!) the South Pelponnese or the Macedonian region of Greece or other parts of Greece. Oddly, that poster also always states a preference for other people's input rather than consulting a guidebook, but is then rude to Fodorites who ask what is needed beyond the information already given or who note that some choices are apples vs oranges. And all of you posting with names associated with dated songs – what an amazing coincidence!
Good luck with your dilemma.
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For us Greeks, there is just one Macedonia, and that is the region in Northern Greece.
Macedonia is a very large area and a very diverse one with lakes, mountains, fantastic beaches...
What is that attracted you to Macedonia and what are your interests ? The more we know, the more detailed answers you will receive.
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Before saying anything let's clarify a thing.
The Macedonia we all know, is the region of Greece. The other "Macedonia" is a new Slavic country, which is not even part of the ancient kingdom. This region was called Paeonia. That's why the official name of this small country is FYROM (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - aka not actual Macedonia) according to the UN.
So, let's start... Macedonia is the largest Greek province, and one of the most historic too. It's rich in cultural and natural wonders, and is home to 3 UNESCO sites. The stunning capital, Thessaloniki, is the second city of Greece. This will be your base to explore Macedonia, its ancient sites, byzantine churches, museums and beaches. Here is the must list:
1) Thessaloniki: the Macedonian metropolis is in fact an open-air museum. Being a major city for two thousand years and the second city of both the Byzantine & Ottoman Empires, Thessaloniki is full of monuments. Here are the must sees:
-The 13 UNESCO churches: best among them are the Hagios Demetrios Church and Crypt (634 AD) which is the patron saint of Thessaloniki and a major Orthodox Saint, the Hagia Sophia Cathedral (800 AD) which is rich in golden mosaics, the Rotunda of Galerius (306 AD) which is also rich in golden mosaics, and Hagios Nicolaos Orphanos Monastery (1,320 AD) which is rich in high quality frescoes.
-White Tower: the symbol of the city is this massive byzantine tower.
-Archaeological Museum: this major museum is home to some of the greatest treasures of ancient Macedonian art.
-Byzantine Culture Museum: this awarded large museum presents the rich history of the co-capital of the Byzantine Empire through great artifacts in a state of the art space.
-Alexander the Great Monument: the legendary Macedonian King is honored in the capital of his homeland through this large monument.
-Ano Polis: the "Upper City" is located in the north part of the walled city of Thessaloniki, has retained its century old architecture and is dotted with tavernas and byzantine monasteries. For a great view of the city go to the Trigonion Tower, located in the upper angle of Ano Polis.
-Nea Paralia: this newly built massive promenade is the favorite place of Thessalonians for relaxing and walking by the sea.
-Aristotelous Square: the heart of the city named after another son of Macedonia, Aristotle, is a beautiful large square ideal for doing the favorite local habit of coffee-drinking (frappé to be precise)
-Thessalonian Cuisine: the locals are legendary for their cooking skills, and for their sweet tooth. Don't miss these pastries: Tsoureki (from Terkenlis), Trigona (from Elenidis), and bougatsa (from Giannis). And some nice eateries are: Sebriko, Ouzeri Tsinari, and 7 Thalasses.
2) Royal Tombs of Aigai: This is the ancient capital of Macedonia, a UNESCO site. Here you wil find th e greatest treasure of ancient Macedonia, which is the greatest archaeological discovery of the 20th century. The tombs of the Macedonian Kings. Though most of them plundered, there are 2 tombs that were not. We are incredibly lucky that these tombs were the most important ones as they belong to:
1)King Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander
2)Alexander IV, son of Alexander.
The tomb of Philip is incredibly rich, and contains a marble chest, which included a golden larnax (11kg of 24 carat gold), which included the a golden wreath (of 313 oak leaves and 68 acorns, 717g of gold) and the bones of Philip. It also contains a golden and ivory panoply, a richly carved burial bed, exquisite silver utensils for the funeral feast, along with gold-adorned suits of armour and weapons. In another chamber of the tomb can be found the golden larnax of Queen Meda, which included a golden wreath of myrtle, and her bones which were wrapped in a golden-purple cloth with a golden diadem decorated with flowers and enamel, indicating a queen. The tomb of Philip in the outside is in doric style, and painted by one of the greatest Greek painters Philoxenls of Eretria. The scene he painted presents King Philip and Aleander the Great hunting together.
The tomb of Alexander IV is also rich, it contains a large silver hyfria which contained his cremated bones and a golden wreath of oak leaves, a golden and ivory mortuary couch with an exwuisite representation of God Dionysos with a satyr and a flute player, golden weapons and silver utensils. Another great painter decorated the outside of his tomb, representing a chariot race.
...The museum itself is a multiawarded masterpiece, built in situ on the tombs. It also contains more royal tombs which are beautifully painted, and all findings are masterfully presented.
It is one of the greatest museums in the World, its treasures are of immense artistic and historical value. Don't miss it.
3) Mount Athos: this is the heart of Orthodox Christianity, an autonomous state under Greek dominion. This UNESCO region is completely cut-out of the rest of the world, for more than a thousand years. Its 20 monasteries contain an unbelievable wealth, as gifts from Byzantine Emperors, Russian Czars, and Orthodox Kings and Lords have been sent here for centuries. The monasteries alone are of jaw-dropping beauty, decorated with frescoes, mosaics, icons, gold and carved marble. The list of its treasures is huge, each monastery has its own treasures and libraries that contain books and manuscripts from the lost libraries of the ancient world.
This place is simply out of this world. But mind one thing, no women are allowed as all the monasteries of Mt Athos are male. You also have to organize your visit, and you will be under specific program of eating, sleeping, and praying with the monks. Don't be shy, there are other foreign tourists and some monks speak English. But it's totally worth it, it's an unforgettable experience.
4) Mount Olympus: the most legendary mountain in the world is a national park, perfect for driving and seeing the views of its snowy peak.
5) Chalcidice (or Halkidiki): this is one of the best beach regions in Greece, perfecf for a day-trip from Thessaloniki.
6) Nymfaio: one of the most beautiful Macedonian villages, with cobble stone streets, small lanes, beautiful architecture, and rustic tavernas.
7) Pella: birthplace of Alexander the Great, second capital of ancient Macedonia and s beautiful archaeological site. It also has s great museum.
I hope this helped! If you want any more help on Macedonia, ask me
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I have visited the area, and not being Greek or living in Greece, have no reason to convince you one way or the other on whether to visit, and what area is or is not part of historic Macedonia.
You can find my TR here:
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@thursdaysd It's not about being Greek, it's about being correct. History doesn't change and there is only one truth. Here is a map of ancient Macedonia, and compare it to the Greek province of Macedonia, and then to FYROM. Here you are:
Ancient Macedonia: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Expansion_of_Macedon_%28English%29.svg
Modern Macedonia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_(Greece)
FYROM: http://www.macedonia.info/images/map1991.gif
But let's remember that this is a travel site, we are not here to teach history. I will just leave these facts for you.
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Clausar and PetrosB3, I accept your reasoning on what should be called "Macedonia", and yes it is a region of Greece. Now all you have to do is convince everyone else, including Fodor's. Click on the "View by Country" drop-down on the top of the page, and see how they list the country.
When in Greece I would always use the term FYROM, but you have to accept that people in other countries are free to call it what they want.
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I agree guidebooks are useful but you can not get the type of information that we see from the posters here and I am going over it all over the next few days.
The reason I am thinking about the Macedonia region is that I want to go to Greece but try and stay away from where many travellers go, like many of the islands. When I came across this area, it just seemed very interesting and exotic. With its culture, history, beaches and beautiful natural landscapes, it fits with what we like to surround ourselves with when we are on vacation.
Also, the links that kja gave do offer interesting information about the Peloponnese and other parts of Greece but nothing about the Macedonia area and don't know what this poster means about coincidences or similar song names (if you are just having some fun, sorry .
I am planning to have about 2 weeks in this area so how could we split our time so we have time to tour and relax. PetrosB3's post is very informative but I am not too sure what to include in these 2 weeks and we will be landing in Athens and driving to and from Macedonia (the region).
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What time of year are you going? For a first time visit to Greece, Macedonia is not what I would choose.
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You are new here, so you may not understand that we do not generally give specific itineraries, much less turn by turn directions.
PetrosB has shared the best historic, cultural and religious sites as well as the best beaches and nicest towns.
thursdaysd is an experienced traveler with a practiced eye who has shared he inimitable trips with you.
I don't know how much more you can expect. If you have specific interests -- the Balkan Wars, partisan activity during the German occupation, the best restaurant in Nymfalo -- ask on. But don't expect others to read your mind and tell you what you want to do. I don't mean this harshly; it is just the way it is.
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Ackislander, I do not know who you think you are or why you are reacting like this, but from what I read on many postings here on Fodors, there are many, many, many itineraries suggested to other travellers for many destinations.
I did not ask for turn by turn directions, just a sample itinerary for those that have been to the region of Macedonia.
Your post is very demeaning and I would really like it if you would not answer if you have nothing positive to say.
By the way, PetrosB ended his very excellent post with:
"I hope this helped! If you want any more help on Macedonia, ask me "
To everyone else who has posted here in good faith, I thank you.
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Odin, we are planning to go in July or August.
Why would you not go to Macedonia as a first trip to Greece?
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When I first posted, I was not certain that you were AirBalloon, aka MyBeautifulBalloon, Andrea/Lara/Tristan.
I think the proof is now in.
@ Ackislander: Welcome to the dissed club.
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Is this the welcome everyone who joins Fodors gets?
kja,I read your postings on the questions of airballoon and mybeautifulballoon, who seem like decent people, and you must be a very lonely, mean human being with nothing better to do than stalk people's postings and make up stories in your head that fulfill some weird paranoia. GET A LIFE!!!!
Now, back to the Macedonia region of Greece.
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IME, new posters on Fodor's Forums get comments from many posters that are welcoming, as this thread shows! And among those responses are some comments that seem genuinely intended to be constructive, like the very thoughtful and gentle post from Ackislander that you seem to have decided, for no apparent reason, to take as an insult. (I seem to be blind to any cause for offense in that post; must be my problem....) Speaking for myself, I try to offer helpful comments to new posters, even when they seem "re-"minted, rather than new -- and that's exactly what I did on this thread.
Thanks again, SoFarAway / AirBalloon / MyBeautifulBalloon, for making yourself clear, and of course, many thanks for the grace and diplomacy with which you conduct yourself on this Board. Once again, I wish you well.
BTW, I have a life. No need for a second one!
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I am not trying to convince anyone, i am only pointing out a fact, that someone visiting Macedonia will be confronted with anyway.
It is not only about geography, but mainly about how a whole country is trying to steal the history of another country to justify territorial disputes.
When in Greece it is better to just call it Skopia ( Skopje) like most, if not all Greeks do.
Others can of course call Fyrom whatever they like, still Greeks will always be very sensitive when it comes to the history of their own country.
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Hi clausar,
I wasn't criticising, just pointing out that most people outside Greece call the country Macedonia, including the good people at Fodor's who created this forum. You have always been very polite, and it is helpful to know how Greeks feel about the issue.
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Clausar, you taught me something this morning! Thank you! I wasn't aware that Greeks refer to the country as Skopia, and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is too much of a mouthful for me.
Reminds me a bit of Africa, where the two Congos are referred to as Congo-Kinshasa and Congo-Brazzaville respectively.
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Hey, kja, it seems that this is your second life.
And for you to think that Ackislander's post was gentle and constructive shows how warped your definition of helping is.
If thinking I am someone else satisfies your paranoid fantasies, who am I to argue.
So, do you have any recommendations about the Macedonia region of Greece or not?
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One issue that is important to our kids is that they would love to do some snorkeling while in Greece.
Do the beaches in Macedonia offer good snorkeling?
Thank you.
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We spent a week in Sithonia this past July and would say the beaches are absolutely stunning. But underwater, there is not much to see, yes some fish here and there. We did one scuba dive from the Porto Carras hotel and it was very enjoyable. Overall, the area was overun by tourists from Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine etc who drive to this area. Some of the best beaches were almost impossible to get on (Vourvourou & Orange Beach/Kavourotripes for instance.) There was a stretch of very beautiful beach on the south side of Sithonia (Kouviou) which was amazing and has space at the far end. What we liked about some beaches is that some provide sun chairs/umbrellas for no charge but you can buy drinks/meals from the bar (eg Bahia Beach bar at Zographou Beach).
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Thanks Odin,
As it will be our first time in Greece, some friends say we should go to Crete (and another island) and others tell us to go to the Peloponnese and save Macedonia for another time.
If you had the choice as a first timer to Greece, where would you choose?
We will be travelling in July or August with our teenage son and daughter (ages 15 and 17) for about 16 nights and want to see historical sites, relax, enjoy nice beaches and be one with our destination, if you know what I mean.
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Truth is, Macedonia is not a beginners destination. It's a beautiful and historic place, but if you want to see the "classic" Greece stay in the south.
My advise is to tour the Peloponnese, an easy and very rich place. Though a small piece of land it has so much to offer, just the fact that it's home to 6 UNESCO sites makes it clear. The Itinerary goes like that:
Athens-Epidaurus Theatre-Nauplion
Ancient Mycenae-Monemvasia
Simos Beach-Monemvasia
Monemvasia-Medieval Mystras-Stemnitsa
Stemnitsa-Ancient Olympia-Galaxidi
Ancient Delphi-Delphi Museum-Galaxidi
Hosios Loukas Monastery-Athens
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PetrosB3, a very big thanks.
We actually had dinner with a greek couple yesterday evening who said the next place they want to visit is the Halkidiki area of Macedonia. When I mentioned the Peloponnese, that was the other area she wanted to go visit.
So, we have a decision to make and I will share your detailed itinerary with them.
Just one question:
When you say Macedonia is not the "classic" Greece or a great place to visit for a first time visitor to Greece, what do you mean?
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@ PetrosB3: You are incredibly kind to once again share a possible itinerary for the Peloponnese with this poster, who travels under many names and insults other Fodorites under each of them. Here's the thread in which you provided a wonderfully detailed option:
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When you say Macedonia is not the "classic" Greece or a great place to visit for a first time visitor to Greece, what do you mean?
Just what it says really. The classic Greece meaning the historical sites, the classic Greek culture and local traditions, all the things a tourist is expecting from a vacation in Greece.
had dinner with a greek couple yesterday evening who said the next place they want to visit is the Halkidiki area of Macedonia. Are they American Greeks?
As I mentioned above, I spent a week in Sithonia, Halkidiki this past July. It is a tourist area, with tourists from Eastern Europe. I can't imagine a American there, especially one who has never been to Greece. English is not well spoken in this area, I speak fluent Greek so not an issue for me and I was pleased not to hear English but I wonder how you would manage.
The other Halkidiki peninsula of Kassandra might suit you better. This is where the Brits/Germans/Scandinavians go. The small town we stayed in was lovely but it is dead in the winter with a very small permanent population. So in the summer when it is tourist season, they open all the tourist restaurants and serve tourist food. Fresh fish in the restaurants was €50 a kilo. I did not find the area overall to be terribly beautiful either. Some spots were incredibly beautiful, esp off the beaten track through the forests and down to the coast. If you had a boat and could sail around the coves, it would be fantastic. We went for the beaches, which is what we got, when we could get on them.
I would follow Petros advice and itinerary above for the Pelopponese and the advice of your friends and the advice on this forum.
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Thanks Odin,
The couple is originally from Greece but both moved to Canada about 15 years ago. The reason they are interested in that area is that they have some family who lives there but have never been to that part of Greece.
We are going to follow yours, PetrosB3's and others' advice and head to the Peloponnese.
Thank you all so very much.
P.S. kja, you must stop your complete obsession and again, GET A LIFE!!! I am my own person and in no way related to anyone else on this forum but I do appreciate you letting me know the other link as PetrosB3's detailed information about the Peloponnese will be very helpful.
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Happy Birthday James Joyce
Though many readers might not move beyond "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" or "Dubliners," those two books alone would have assured James Joyce's place in literary history.
To get the full effect of Joyce's genius, though, one must proceed to "Ulysses," which is a kaleidoscopic vision of human consciousness—a work so groundbreaking that its reverberations are still being felt in fiction as well as in post-modern philosophy, psychology, and even in one of my favorite pastimes, psychogeography (the art of drifting through a city landscape to see how mind, architecture and urban planning collide). Post-modern thinkers such as Felix Guattari, Gilles Deleuze and Jacques Lacan have all spent some time incorporating Joyce and his fiction into their work. (See: Deleuze & Guattari's "A Thousand Plateaus")
One might say that with "Ulysses" Joyce had mirrored the 20th century mind, or at least done the most in recording its illuminated and penumbral regions. With about 700 pages, Joyce had created and then given any willing reader the key to unleashing a movie inside their mind.
"Ulysses" has only a handful of works that might be said to rate as highly, and Joyce himself has very few peers of equal talent (Lewis Carroll should be placed in this category, but often is not owing to the fantastically warped nature of his work).
To draw the proper lines of ascent toward "Ulysses," we must note that Joyce was a fan of Laurence Sterne's "The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentlemen," an epic of digressions. It was, in a way, the "Ulysses" of its time. Although Sterne's influence on Joyce is considerable, "Tristram Shandy" does not have the same effect in our time. It's language is of the 18th century and Sterne's words do not pop, nor do the images have a projected quality. Perhaps if Sterne had written in the early 20th century, he might have been something like Joyce.
Joyce, on the other hand, is still very current despite his writing period being the very early 20th century.
Beyond Sterne lies Herman Melville's "Moby Dick," which might be superior to "Ulysses" in certain passages, such as Melville's chapters on the color white and one that discusses the myths of the sperm whale's mysterious quantum appearances around the globe. And Melville's masterpiece probably supersedes "Ulysses" in the true power of its narrative; but, Joyce was after something quite different in "Ulysses." He was trying to capture a single day in the every-day lives of Dubliners and then magnify it into the heroic tradition of Homer's works.
The two works are the twin monolithic hinges upon which all ambitious 20th century English literature is built. Both authors were great fans of Shakespeare, and yet both turned Shakespeare inside out into something new and exciting in their own times.
After "Ulysses" obliterated all ideas of what the novel had been and could be, only a few have followed that rate as highly, in my estimation.
Thomas Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow," for one, is an equal in style, sheer information, cinematic evocation and humor. It lies within the shadow of "Ulysses" and so often breaks out as to eclipse Joyce's master work. But it had over 50 years of world history and pop culture from which to draw, making it almost inevitable that its vision would rival Joyce's own.
It has been said that David Foster Wallace approached Joyce's heights with "Infinite Jest," but having never finished the book, I can't rightly comment on it. I have read Wallace's essays and his book "Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity," and certainly his mind was as agile and fragmented as Joyce's. And what I have read of "Infinite Jest" seems to indicate he had a great facility with the English language, though not nearly as rhythmic and poetic as Joyce. Wallace was, however, up to something quite different than Joyce, just as Joyce was up to something quite different than Melville's "Moby Dick."
Raymond Queneau could be said to have attempted a French analogue of Joyce's "Ulysses" with the novel "Witch Grass," but it does not approach the heights of the former. It is a strange and curious novel, to be sure, but one reading was quite enough (even though I love Queneau). This might have had something to do with the translation; either way, it was not so vivid as "Ulysses."
Aside from Pynchon, William S. Burroughs then might be Joyce's nearest English-language analogue, as his mind had the near limitless potential for absorbing ideas and then communicating them in interesting ways. Burroughs might never have admitted it, but his prose had much in common with passages from "Ulysses," what with its colorful combinations of words, rhythms and imagery all colliding and bursting in a strange literary fallout to suggest a projector in one's mind.
Surrealist writer Phillipe Souppault created a world somewhat similar to "Ulysses" with his novella "Last Nights of Paris," but, again, Souppault didn't have as prismatic a mind as Joyce, nor was he as talented a wordsmith. But who knows, if not for Andre Breton's rejection of the novel in his management of Surrealism (Breton being no fan of Joyce's fiction), Souppault might have become a French equivalent.
Faulkner is often said to be the American answer to Joyce, and this might be so in certain respects; but I've never been as impressed by Faulkner's fiction as I have been by Joyce's. Faulkner was a great writer, but I highly doubt he had it in him to write something as kaleidoscopic as "Ulysses."
After "Ulysses," Joyce's took 17 years to write his follow-up "Finnegan's Wake," which waits like an locked mechanism into a strange and terrible universe of words and associations. The nature of the work and its wordplay put him alongside Lewis Carroll, particularly the latter's work in "The Jabberwocky," where portmanteaus and puns strip normal sentences of their meaning and create new ones in their place.
To really understand the gravity of what Joyce did with "Ulysses," however, we must turn to the world of film.
Joyce was apparently a fan of the cinema, until his eyesight deteriorated. It seems likely that he saw the potential of the projected image and the persistence of motion at 24 frames per second, and then attempted to not only transpose film onto paper, but to do something a film, by virtue of its mechanics, technical limitations and budgetary constraints simply cannot do: create a film of epic length that unspools in the reader's mind.
To adapt "Ulysses" is impossible–but, not to worry, Joyce's readers have the ability to create their own film with Joyce's materials, and direct it themselves in a multitude of ways every time they read the novel. And the adventurous reader might even soundtrack their experience of "Ulysses," as I did by imagining Bloom and Stephen Daedalus' Dublin wanderings unwinding atop a wow and flutter score by Boards of Canada. To imagine their driftings as BoC's "Dawn Chorus" stretches around the buildings of Dublin, or as Bloom masturbates during the chapter "Nausicaa" as "The Beach at Redpoint" plays, was a wonderfully satisfying experiment.
What other books so lend themselves to such personal interior cinematic experiences?
The same could be said of "Gravity's Rainbow," of course (which is my favorite of the two novels); but while Pynchon requires the entire theater of an underground Europe during World War II, Joyce needed only a single day and the streets and people of Dublin for "Ulysses." Pynchon could no doubt have written something akin to "Ulysses" that takes place over a single day, but Joyce's achievement was so singular that he would not have dared.
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There were some icons, such as the Empire State Building, Lady Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge…
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Germany and France are reporting impressive increases in new vehicle registrations for March. Registrations for March increased a whopping 40 percent in Germany and the French automobile association (CCFA) is reporting an 8.1 rise in that country's vehicle registrations. Though a scant 0.24 percent, Italy is making noise about its first vehicle registration increase in a year.
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It is believed that so-called European governmental "scrapping" programs, a proposal we call Cash for Clunkers in the U.S., is a big driving force behind the registration and sales boosts.
Automotive News says these European developments are "raising eyebrows" in the U.S., which has been trying to pass a Cash For Clunkers program for some time now. Holding that program up is a debate as to whether such an incentive should give American buyers money towards the purchase of American vehicles only. The Europeans, of course, feel that it should apply to all vehicles purchased in the U.S.
In Germany, new car sales rose by 21.5 percent in February, the first month of the scrapping initiative. Italy believes that its 0.24 percent registration turnaround is the sign of significant sales boosts for April and May. The CCFA credits 30 to 40 percent of French auto sales in March to scrapping incentives.
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The ancient art of yoga has been used as a form of exercise, relaxation and meditation for over 5000 years. The meaning of the word Yoga is to yoke or join together because of the fact that it helps the mind and body to work together in a harmonious sequence. Today, there are thousands of people all over the world who enjoy receiving instruction in this form of relaxation. Accredited yoga instructor training is available in almost any major country in the world today.
Types of Yoga
After you have decided to study yoga, it is important to determine what type of yoga you are interested in. The most commonly known forms of yoga include Hatha Yoga (this covers breathing techniques, postures and movement and is the most common form of yoga), Karma Yoga (all movement is done with the persons thoughts being centred on a personal concept of God), Jnana Yoga (deals with finding the path to wisdom), Tantra Yoga (showing how consciousness is formed through diagrams, words and movement), Raja Yoga (combining meditation, breathing and exercise with study) and Kashmir Shaivism (a system that believes that all living things have both male and female properties).
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1. Israel is accused of waging an assassination campaign
Israel is waging a covert assassination campaign across the Middle East in an effort to stop its key enemies co-ordinating their activities.
Israeli agents have been targeting meetings between members of Hamas and the leadership of the militant Hezbollah group, and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
They are also suspected of recent killings in Dubai, Damascus and Beirut. While Israel's Mossad spy agency has been suspected of staging assassinations across the world since the 1970s, it does not officially acknowledge or admit its activities.
The current spate of killings began in December when a "tourist bus" carrying Iranian officials and Hamas members exploded outside Damascus. The official report by Syria claimed that a tyre had exploded but photographs surfaced showing the charred remains of the vehicle — prompting speculation that a much larger explosion had taken place.
Several weeks later a meeting between members of Hamas, which controls Gaza, and their counterparts from Hezbollah in its southern Beirut stronghold in Lebanon was also attacked, resulting in several deaths.
Hamas had sought to cover up the incidents because it was embarrassed, a senior Palestinian official in Ramallah told The Times.
"There has been growing co-operation between Gaza and Iran. Israel can read the writing on the wall and they know that with the help of Iran, the Hamas Government in Gaza will become stronger and will fight better.
"But Israel is overstepping their boundaries. Other countries don't want to become a killing field for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."
Most recently, the top Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was killed in Dubai on January 19, 2010. He is believed to have been poisoned by a woman who visited his room at the Al Bustan Rotana Hotel in Dubai.
Israeli officials said that Mabhouh had been a key figure in procuring Iranian-made longer-range rockets for Hamas that could be fired at targets in central Israel.
The exiled Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal has vowed revenge for Mabhouh's death. He has also suggested that the current fighting between Hamas and Israel will become more regional. In an interview with the London-based al-Hayat newspaper, Mr Mashaal said that future wars with Israel would not be fought solely in the Gaza Strip.
Under the current Mossad chief, Meir Dagan, Israel is believed to have renewed efforts to kill high-level opponents. Only months after the former paratrooper assumed leadership of the intelligence service in October 2002, senior Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon began to be targeted. He was credited with ordering the killing of two relatively senior Hezbollah members who were killed in southern Beirut in July 2003 and August 2004.
More recently, Israel has been accused of planting a car bomb in Damascus that killed the top Hezbollah leader Imad Mughniyah in February 2008. The Israeli Cabinet minister Daniel Herschkowitz last week praised the Mossad chief as one of the agency's most successful leaders.
When asked about Mossad's involvement in the Dubai slaying, Eli Yishai, the Interior Minister, smiled and said: "All the security services make, thank God, great efforts to safeguard the security of the state of Israel."
While some countries are questioning whether Israel isn't taking credit to increase the reputation of its defence establishment, other moderate Arab States are now describing the assassinations as a "covert war" between Israel and Hamas.
Diplomats said they were aware that covert Israeli operations had increased. "We watch their comings and goings; we are aware that there is more activity both on our ground and other countries in the region," said an Egyptian diplomat. "They are trying to embroil us all in their conflict."
Tensions between Israel and Hamas have remained high, despite the relative quiet that has ensued since the end of Israel's offensive in Gaza last winter. Israeli troops were placed on alert yesterday after intelligence suggested that Hamas planned to abduct soldiers. Israel said this week that it had foiled a kidnapping in December by arresting the Hamas operative Slaman Abu Atik on the Israeli-Gaza border. He planned to enter Israel via Egypt, said the Shin Bet, Israel's internal security service.
2. all that talk about the plane in the trench, etc. and now it's 45 meters underwater… now that they squared away the black boxes
This issue, however, would raise a question of how to deal with the main parts of the plane which are still in place about 45 meters deep off the coast of Naameh south of Beirut. As-Safir newspaper on Monday quoted high-ranking official sources as saying that recovery of the main wreckage or moving it requires a decision by the international committee investigating the disaster. It said the committee is likely to take a decision in this regard on Monday or Tuesday after examining the data and pictures of the plane taken underwater.
3. Debka file — it was al qaeda that blew the plane up, but everyone's too shy to say so.
Evidence has reached debkafile's counter-terror sources that the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 which crashed after takeoff from Beirut on January 25, killing all 92 aboard, was blown up in mid-air. This was an al-Qaeda operation timed for one month to the day after its failed attempt to destroy an American Northwest airliner bound for Detroit.
It is becoming clear that either a bomb was planted on the Ethiopian flight with a timer or a passenger acted as suicide bomber.
Western security agencies in the Middle East involved in combating al Qaeda believe that its planners picked on the Ethiopian flight for more than one reason apart from the date: They had been tipped off that a group of French undercover agents, including Maria Sanchez Pietton, wife of the French ambassador to Beirut, and top Hizballah operatives, including secretary general Hassan Nasrallah, would be aboard.
Mme Pietton lost her life in the crash, while the Hizballah travelers were saved by switching to another flight at the last minute.
The first bodies recovered from the Mediterranean off the Lebanese town of Naama showed all the hallmarks of explosion victims: They were found strapped to their seats with their heads, hands and feet blown off and scattered, typical effects of an explosive blast.
Eye-witnesses at the time heard a loud explosion and saw the plane enveloped in a ball of fire as it gained altitude after takeoff from Beirut international airport. Both France and Hizballah have denied they were targets.
Lebanese officials, led by prime minister Saad Hariri, have spent two weeks trying to hide the fact that the Ethiopian airline disaster was caused by terror. But Lebanese health minister Jawad Khalifeh gave the game away by a slip of the tongue Tuesday, Feb. 9: "The plane exploded during flight and the cabin, as well as the bodies of those on board, were dispersed into the sea, in different locations," he said, trying to explain why some of the corpses were found dismembered. He then tried to correct himself by saying he "didn't mean a military explosion."
More confirmation of a terrorist hand behind the attack is found in the deep involvement of US intelligence, including the FBI, in the investigation of the disaster from the first moment. The US survey ship Ocean Alert was dispatched to the area of the crash and dropped a miniature submarine into the depths to retrieve fragments of the airliner from the seabed.
A US intelligence and naval headquarters was set up at Beirut harbor to coordinate the salvage of the plane from the sea. Treating the crash as terror-related, Washington ordered the plane to be reconstructed from recovered fragments to establish the site of the explosion and its cause.
US officials are also shy of discussing the case in public and admitting the crash was caused by an act of terror. It took place on January 25, shortly after President Barack Obama said "Al-Qaeda has been weakened." In an address to the American people to calm their anxieties after the Nigerian would-be bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had failed to detonate explosives carried in his underwear.
Al Qaeda's success in blowing a civilian airliner out of the sky over the Middle East proved the opposite. It therefore became the subject of a comprehensive cover-up, joined by France. Before the black box, recovered Tuesday, had even been examined, French sources announced that human error by the pilot was the cause of the Ethiopian airliner crash.
debkafile's counter-terror sources recall a previous al Qaeda attack on a civilian airliner in the Middle East.
Six years ago, on January 8, 2004, an Egyptian charter blew up after takeoff at Sharm al-Sheikh for Cairo, killing all 148 French citizens aboard on their way back to Paris from a Red Sea vacation.
Neither Cairo nor Paris ever admitted that the disaster was caused by terrorists
4. samson blinded — this guy is very funny. he's dead serious but he's very funny.
Debka suggested that the Ethiopian airliner's crash near Lebanon was a terrorist act. Possible, yes, though the plane could explode for innocuous reasons, too.
But we see no basis for the conclusion of Al Qaeda's involvement. Al Qaeda had no good reason to bomb a plane which carried Nasrallah and other Hezbollah leaders. They changed their tickets at the last minute.
A possibility that Al Qaeda tipped Hezbollah people to change the plane also does not hold. They would rather call off the bombing rather than risk leaking their plans. Hezbollah would inform the Ethiopians about the plan, since the terrorist group depends on Ethiopia for arms trafficking. Al Qaeda had no incentive to blow an Ethiopian jet at all.
Bombing plot against Nasrallah might suggest Israeli involvement, but it is our long-standing policy to avoid huge collateral damage.


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Light bulb moment. I'm struggling with trying to find a topic for my Master's Thesis in Literature. In doing so, I look at my manuscripts. Turns out, all of my work have moments of green. All have environmental issues buried in them. Yes, buried. I'm not one to enjoy an author stepping onto their soap box while I'm reading for enjoyment. That said, some of these issues are almost characters in themselves.
I have a short story with werewolves who are sensitive to the scent of petroleum. I have Phoenix who are worried over the gluttonous use of energy in their futuristic world. I have a faerie goblin who is angered over damage to his river and forest. There's more, but the point is that these issues are deeply important to me, and I was completely unaware that everything I'm writing has these elements in them.
Why should I be surprised? Forget my own personal views, look at the genres I'm drawn toward. SciFi is a perfect fit for environmentalism. Many of the major themes in these works come back to the damage that men can make on their world. Paranormal heroes in Paranormal Romance also tend to be friendly to the environment, if not completely tied to it. A common theme is even a fear of extinction of species.
I know that the environment is one of the most important political issues for me, but I have to wonder if the readers of SciFi, Fantasy, and Paranormal realize they are reading thinly veiled stories promoting conservation, preservation of wilderness, species protection, etc.
I'm doing my part. Recycling, teaching my kids about the environment, and writing from my conscience. I'm also participating in Blog Action Day, which is a day for bloggers to unite. Topic is the environment.
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As previously posted, we've heard your call and are now racing towards the finish line for our Android for Work development. Through that, we enable you to separate work and private data on your devices. After deployment, there's zero risk of cross contamination, so no worries about your corporate contacts leaking via private instant messaging apps or e-mail attachments. What's more, other corporate data will not get mixed with a user's personal data or stay on the device after an employee leaves your organization.
Silent app installation and automatic configuration
Google Apps for Work will enable you to silently install work apps to your work container in all of your compatible Android smartphones running Android 5.1.1 or above. Managed configurations also enable you to configure the apps remotely – so whether you want to automatically configure your users' mailboxes or blacklist web addresses for Chrome, it's all at your fingertips.
Corporate app store
Google Apps for Work enables you to approve your apps on a per-user basis, and configure a store layout for them. The users can then open their Work Profile App Store, and install their approved apps from there as self-service. Did we mention this works for both free and paid apps?
Don't forget security
As usual, device security is paramount. Even with a container, you'll want to ensure the security of that container. Worry not — the passcode and encryption requirements are there to secure your data. Furthermore, we'll disable USB debugging mode and unknown sources package installations on your devices to ensure against malware.
Automation is where it's at
All of the above works together with our Business Policy Enforcement to make it happen automatically. After enrollment, you can have all the apps with the configurations deploy automatically. So the ability to get a container, install your business apps and enable true, safe BYOD in your organization is right around the corner. Start using Miradore Online today, and we'll be sure to buzz you once this feature becomes available later this month.
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Android – onRestoreInstanceState
Posted by mobilebitworks in Android, Development on May 28, 2011
Are your users complaining that your app is crashing when it's restarted after being killed by the operating system or a task manager? Are you still trying to figure out why? You might want to try overriding onRestoreInstanceState, not calling the super, and seeing if the problem goes away.
protected void onRestoreInstanceState (Bundle savedInstanceState) {
This is a quick way of dealing with the problem and keeping your users happy, while you're busy trying to figure out the root cause of the problem. You need to do a lot of testing to ensure it doesn't cause any new problems, especially when switching activities and using the home and back keys. Good luck!
Those first 24 hours after launching a new Android app are excruciating!
Posted by mobilebitworks in Android on April 24, 2011
It's amazing how much time and effort it takes to produce a useful Android app. The countless hours of research, development and testing – and more research and more testing, is just incredible. Then when it's all nice and working, you still have to obfuscate the code, package it, prepare the market graphics and text – and then … you let it sit for a day or two. Yes, you can't just launch it as soon as you "think" everything is done. You have to review it a day or two later to make sure everything make sense and you haven't made any mistakes. After you're happy with everything, you hit the "Publish" button and hope for the best.
And then you wait. And wait. And wait.
About the only statistics that are live in the Android Market are ratings – and you have to manually count the comments. If you're running ads, you can count the number of impressions and the revenue, if any, that you are making with your app, but then you still have to wait for another 24-48 hours before you have any meaningful Android Market statistics – and even then, they still aren't running live. It's possible to embed Google Analytics in your app, which still aren't live, but I'm not that crazy. Am I? If I really, really, really wanted live statistics, I could embed my own statistics collector in my app, but then people might accuse me of embedding spyware – and I don't want that!
The biggest thing for me is that the app doesn't crash. It took many days to test and finalize the app so that it won't crash. It seems to be okay on Samsung Galaxy S devices, because that's the platform that I've been testing it on. But what about other devices? One good thing about the Android Market, is that it collects crash statistics and the associated error information. It also has statistics on devices on which the app is installed. I have my fingers crossed that things will go well
If you have an Android phone and you like music, please download and try my new app, Mew Media Player. Be sure to rate it in the Android Market and leave a comment too. Thanks! 🙂


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Watch Video: Barack Obama endorses Hillary Clinton for President
US President Barack Obama has formally endorsed Hillary Clinton and called her the most qualified candidate to seek the White House, imploring Democrats to come together to elect her, the media reported.
In a video posted on Clinton's Facebook page on Thursday, Obama said: "I don't think there's ever been someone so qualified to hold this office," The New York Times reported.
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On his second album, Apocalypse, Thundercat pairs up with executive producer Flying Lotus to pull the veil back and reveal the simple truths of the cycle of life, for all its beauty and destruction. An album about loss and rebuilding, trying to gain something back, and capturing that moment of clarity where one finally finds feet back on the ground again. Bringing a fusion of pop, soul, electronica, prog rock and funk into an unexplored dimension, the album slowly descends and tunnels to the core of what it takes to grasp peace, at a time that it seems most far. From the deep, rumbling entrance of 'Tenfold,' each of the 12 tracks coalesce with Thundercat's signature bass, his riffs and basslines gliding sky high to meet Fly Lo's astral touch. Bruner's vocals and harmonies also soar with open honesty, rising above heartbreak with uplifting odes to love and companionship ('Tron Song') and wise mantras to live by ('Special Stage'). 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Yep. A cool trip down memory lane. I wonder why Windows ME and NT were left out - didn't they work as upgrades?
FAQ1) Why Didn't you Install ME?Since Windows ME cannot be upgraded to 2000, I chose to install 2000 straight from 98 as it was chronologically the next release.
Wow. I always wondered what Window 1 & 2 looked like. I remember we had pre-Windows machines like a TI-98 and some monochrome systems I don't know the names of, but the first version of Windows my family ever used was Windows 3.1(1).
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Netflix Must-Series: 'Lost Girl'
Lost Girl manages the impossible: it channels all of the best qualities of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It has punchy dialogue, action, and a fantasy world full of interesting new creatures. It has become a major cornerstone of the growing Canadian network Showcase. Plus, with all the sex, eye candy, and sass it's an instant guilty pleasure.
Bo (Anna Silk) has trouble connecting with people because if she gets too close she can literally suck out their soul. She learns she is a succubus and part of the underground community of the Fae. When asked to choose between The Light and The Dark she decides to become a private investigator. She gets into a love triangle with a werewolf cop, Dyson (Kris Holden-Ried) and a human doctor, Lauren (Zoie Palmer). The best character on the show is by far her human roommate, Kenzi (Ksenia Solo).
Lost Girl is the perfect blend of comedy and drama. There are random laugh-out-loud moments and hilariously snarky dialogue but there's still suspense and narrative tension. There are creative uses of mythology and magic to make the show distinct. The show doesn't take itself seriously and that allows for an irreverent moment one minute and a tear-jerking moment the next. Let's face it, the lead character has the power to seduce anyone with a touch and heal herself by having sex.
The show is downright sexy. There's no other way to put it. Silk, Ried and Palmer ooze sex appeal. As a creature that feeds on sexual energy, Bo has to sleep around a lot. So there's never a lack of eye candy. The show also takes a progressive view on sexuality: Bo herself is bisexual and the show doesn't shy from having LGBTQ characters.
The first two seasons are available on Netflix. The first season is 13 episodes and the second season is a whopping 22 episodes. If you watch the first episode, you will be hooked!


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most dont like it, for some reason i do... but yeah im kinda allround anime fan.
but yeah the only anime i bought for real that is Death Note, DBZ(early days), Vampire knight season 1 + 2.
I cant wait for season 3 no one can convince me not to :| freedom of speech ftw though.
the serie it self yeah it has some like moe, add to it. but yeah if u want to know wich channel this came on first you'll probably know why u dont like it: Tv-Tokyo...
maybe thats why i like it because of the moe part and abnormal genre. :| + i like vampire related stuff and blood(allowed on tv-tokyo was kinda strange ).


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JEREMY HOBSON: Now to a court case involving a popular hair treatment. The Brazilian Blowout company is being accused of lying about toxic chemicals in its products.
Marketplace's Eve Troeh reports.
EVE TROEH: The Brazilian Blowout started as a Hollywood secret to smooth, straight hair, and became a craze at salons around the country.
YouTube's full of testimonials.
VIDEO MONTAGE ONE: $507 dollars -- My hair is smooth and silky.
VIDEO MONTAGE TWO: Takes out, like, the frizz and the pouf.
VIDEO MONTAGE THREE: It's just sooo soft.
But Stacy Malkan at the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics would like these customers to know:
STACY MALKAN: We don't need to be putting cancer causing chemicals on our heads in order to be beautiful.
Government tests found illegal levels of formaldehyde gas in salons that use Brazilian Blowout. The company's ads say the treatment is formaldehyde-free.
David Michaels at the U.S. Department of Labor says yes -- when it's in the bottle.
DAVID MICHAELS: When it hits the air, it becomes formaldehyde, so if you're nearby, you breath formaldehyde.
His office issued a warning to salon owners to stop using the product. And several lawsuits have been filed around the country. All those cases will now be consolidated in Los Angeles.
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WLM-Cannot restore files to it, as did manual export
Fearing a loss of files before a tricky operation, I backed up the whole storage folder. I didn't look for the WLM program to do it, I just did it manually. That is, simply using Windows Explorer. Sure enough, some files were lost in WLM. But on trying to manually restore from my backup, the system refuses to recognize the files. I can open them individually of course. Clues?
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Hello Koalady,
You might see if you may be able to use Option Two in METHOD TWO of the tutorial below after you open them to copy or move them to a email folder in Windows Live Mail one by one.
Windows Live Mail - Export and Import Email Messages
Hope this helps,
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solved, with gritted teeth
Dear Brink, thank you very much for your solution. It's absurd to have to use it, that is, it's absurd that WLM cannot recognize its own files -- but it worked! I had about 250 messages to process, one by ..... one. Now I'm done. To a crisp.
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You're most welcome. I'm happy to hear that you got them back in WLM.
I'm not sure why it's not allowing you to import them normally. Perhaps something went wrong while exporting, or the export may have gotten corrupted somehow later.
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The team behind the original Furby — the must-have toy of 1998 that led to fistfights in store aisles — had high hopes of re-creating...
NEW YORK — The team behind the original Furby — the must-have toy of 1998 that led to fistfights in store aisles — had high hopes of re-creating another big toy bonanza this year with a musical playmate called iZ, launched with big marketing fanfare.
The verdict? So far, iZ has generated strong sales this holiday season, but it's not creating the frenzied excitement that its marketers had hoped for. Maybe that's OK, given that gadgets like iPods have replaced toys as the new cultural phenomenon.
"The hot things always reflect the culture at large and right now, gadgets and tech are where it is for adults so it is natural that is where kids' aspirations would be," said Chris Byrne, an independent toy consultant.
The tale of iZ shows how difficult it is to create the one must-have toy of the season — no matter how much sweat and hard-core marketing tactics invested. It also highlights how hard toy marketers have to work to come up with an electronic toy that will catch the attention of children, who are more interested in iPods and other adult gadgets.
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"I don't think you can create the one hot hit anymore. The consumer is educated better than ever before," said Jim Silver, editor in chief of Toy Wishes magazine. "One toy doesn't fit all sizes."
The first toy from new company Zizzle — founded by Roger Shiffman, co-founder of Tiger Electronics, who was behind the Furby interactive pet and other popular items like Poo-Chi and Giga Pets — was launched with a billboard at Toys R Us' Times Square store, a concert featuring such pop-music stars as Lifehouse, and a multimillion-dollar marketing campaign. According to Zizzle officials, stores have sold several hundred thousand iZ units.
"iZ is doing very well. It is definitely one of the top sellers," said Silver. He ranked it among the season's top 15 hits, which isn't bad considering there are about 500 heavily marketed holiday toys.
But he noted that its rival I-Dog — a palm-sized sleek interactive pet that responds to music with lights, sounds and movement — is "the top dog."
While I-Dog is scarce on retailers' shelves, analysts say that iZ is easier to find at such stores as Toys R Us and Wal-Mart, Byrne said.
Says Sean McGowan, an analyst at Harris Nesbitt. "I-Dog is cuter and cheaper."
The 9-inch iZ character — priced at $39.99, $10 more expensive than I-Dog — has bulging eyes and three legs and allows children to create their own music — from hip-hop to jazz — by manipulating its ears, antennae and other parts. Like the I-Dog, iZ can be hooked up to any music source such as an iPod.
Shiffman, now CEO of Zizzle, is re-entering the toy business at a time when the industry is struggling with sluggish sales. Children are growing out of toys faster and are more interested in gadgets like digital-music players. Shiffman said he "wants to bring back the fun in the toy business."
Ernie Speranza, chief marketing officer at KB Toys, and Kathleen Waugh, a spokeswoman at Toys R Us, said sales are strong. Scott McCall, chief toy officer at Wal-Mart, which just started carrying iZ, reported that sales are just average.
Shiffman — who remained at Hasbro until 2001 — had been thinking about getting back into the toy business, after getting requests from retailers. At Thanksgiving 2004, he had a vague concept of a toy that would fuse music with play.
He met with long-standing partner Jeff Breslow, president of Big Monster Toys, one of the world's largest toy-design companies. Breslow produced a mock-up, a crude-looking toy with three legs and two eyes that bopped up and down and was pieced together with plastic and hot glue.
The team scrambled to bring it to stores in time for the holiday season. It made a number of changes, such as fine tuning the character's hip-hop gibberish and adding bodily function sounds and a DJ mode.
Shiffman requested a plug for an iPod or other digital-musical player to give the toy, aimed at someone 5 years and older, a broader appeal and to capitalize on the iPod rage.
Zizzle's 20-member team, based in Bannockburn, Ill., is counting on iZ to have staying power, while making steps to round out its toy portfolio. The company is negotiating with various partners to market products such as apparel and develop an animated DVD film. Next spring, consumers will see iZ on millions of Kool-Aid packages.
It's also developing a line of toys related to the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," as well as radio-controlled vehicles and handheld games, all of which will be in stores next year.
"I only need a small piece of the [toy] business to be successful," said Shiffman.


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I Think People Who Hurt Animals Or People Should Go to Jail
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What Is The Difference?It's an animal? But what about the dog or cat? I am making the point that we are all freakin animals and no creature breathing or not deserved to be destroyed for no reason.
No, not jail, I think THEY should be put down.THEY need to be euthanized.
Wolflover1999 18-21, M 1 Response 0 Sep 5, 2015
Damn Skippythat should be the 1st offense with a minimum stay of 10 yrs. no, animals are not people too-BUT they have feelings. they are not toys or here for entertainment. they're not something that should be bred for money or a quick fight then kill 'em. No! Mike vick's black ...
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They Are Nothing But CowardsPeople that hurt animals are the lowest forms of life. I am not talking about hunters, I am talking about those that deliberately harm creatures that look at them with love and trust. Kicking a dog, shooting at a squirrel or using a basking turtle as target practice is cowardly...
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Denver Police trolls Patriots offense on Twitter
Tom Brady was battered and bruised in the first half of Sunday's AFC Championship Game.
The New England Patriots quarterback was under constant pressure by Denver Broncos defenders. Brady, who threw two interceptions, was sacked twice and his completion percentage was woeful. The running game was also non-existent.
The Denver Police Department had a little fun on behalf of the Patriots' struggles.
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😉 MISSING PERSONS unit heading to @SportsAuthField to try & locate Patriots Offense. GO @Broncos
— Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) January 24, 2016
It has been a frustrating first half for Josh McDaniels' unit and the local deputies are happy about it.
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The Black Community and Crime
The FBI reported that the total number of homicides in 2015 was 15,696. Blacks were about 52 percent of homicide victims. That means about 8,100 black lives were ended violently, and over 90 percent of the time, the perpetrator was another black. Listening to the news media and the Black Lives Matter movement, one would think that black deaths at the hands of police are the major problem. It turns out that in 2015, police across the nation shot and killed 986 people. Of that number, 495 were white (50 percent), 258 were black (26 percent) and 172 Hispanic (17 percent). A study of 2,699 fatal police killings between 2013 and 2015, conducted by John R. Lott Jr. and Carlisle E. Moody of the Crime Prevention Research Center, demonstrates that the odds of a black suspect's being killed by a black police officer were consistently greater than a black suspect's getting killed by a white officer. Politicians, race hustlers and the news media keep such studies under wraps because these studies don't help their narrative about racist cops.
The homicide victim is not the only victim, whether he is a criminal or not, for there are mourning loved ones. No one ever fully recovers from having a son, daughter, husband, mother or father murdered. Murder is not the only crime that takes a heavy toll on the black community. Blacks are disproportionately represented as victims in every category of violent crime — e.g., forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault.
Today's level of lawlessness and insecurity in many black communities is a relatively new phenomenon. In the 1930s, '40s and '50s, people didn't bar their windows. Doors were often left unlocked. People didn't go to bed with the sounds of gunshots. What changed everything was the liberal vision that blamed crime on poverty and racial discrimination. Academic liberals and hustling politicians told us that to deal with crime, we had to deal with those "root causes." Plus, courts began granting criminals new rights that caused murder and other violent crime rates to skyrocket. The liberals' argument ignores the fact that there was far greater civility in black neighborhoods at a time when there was far greater poverty and discrimination.
The presence of criminals, having driven many businesses out, forces residents to bear the costs of shopping outside their neighborhoods. Fearing robberies, taxi drivers — including black drivers — often refuse to do home pickups in black neighborhoods and frequently pass up black customers hailing them. Plus, there's the insult associated with not being able to receive pizza or other deliveries on the same terms as people in other neighborhoods.
In low-crime neighborhoods, FedEx, UPS and other delivery companies routinely leave packages that contain valuable merchandise on a doorstep if no one is at home. That saves the expense of redelivery or recipients from having to go pick up the packages. In low-crime communities, supermarket managers may leave plants, fertilizer and other home and garden items outdoors, often unattended and overnight. They display merchandise at entryways and exits. Where there is less honesty, supermarkets cannot use all the space that they lease, and hence they are less profitable. In high-crime neighborhoods, delivery companies leaving packages at the door and supermarkets leaving goods outside unattended would be equivalent to economic suicide.
Politicians who call for law and order are often viewed negatively, but poor people are the most dependent on law and order. In the face of high crime or social disorder, wealthier people can afford to purchase alarm systems, buy guard dogs, hire guards and, if things get too bad, move to a gated community. These options are not available to poor people. The only protection they have is an orderly society.
Ultimately, the solution to high crime rests with black people. Given the current political environment, it doesn't pay a black or white politician to take those steps necessary to crack down on lawlessness in black communities.
Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. To find out more about Walter E. Williams and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.
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In 1980, he joined the faculty of George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., and is currently the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics. From 1995 to 2001, he served as department chairman. He has also served on the faculties of Los Angeles City College (1967-69), California State University (1967-1971) and Temple University (1973-1980). From 1963 to 1967, he was a group supervisor of juvenile delinquents for the Los Angeles County Probation Department.
More than 150 of his publications have appeared in scholarly journals such as Economic Inquiry, American Economic Review and Social Science Quarterly and popular publications such as Reader's Digest, The Wall Street Journal and Newsweek. He has made many TV and radio appearances on such programs as Milton Friedman's Free to Choose, William F. Buckley's Firing Line, Face The Nation, Nightline and Crossfire, and is an occasional substitute host for The Rush Limbaugh Show.
He is also the author of several books. Among these are The State Against Blacks, later made into a television documentary, America: A Minority Viewpoint, All It Takes Is Guts, South Africa's War Against Capitalism, More Liberty Means Less Government, Liberty Versus The Tyranny of Socialism, and recently his autobiography, Up From The Projects.
In 1981, he began writing his weekly column called A Minority View for Heritage Features Syndicate. And in 1991, he joined Creators Syndicate as part of its friendly takeover of Heritage Features.
Williams sits on many boards of directors and advisory boards, including the Hoover Institution, Grove City College, Cato Institute, Institute of Economic Affairs and the Heritage Foundation.
The awards and honors Williams has received are many. These include the National Fellow at the Hoover Institute of War, Revolution, and Peace; the Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship; the National Service Award from the Institute for Socioeconomic Studies; and the George Washington Medal of Honor from the Valley Forge Freedom Foundation and Adam Smith Award from the Foundation for Economic Education. In 1984-1985, he received the Faculty Member of the Year Award from the George Mason University Alumni. He is also a member of the American Economic Association, the Mont Pelerin Society and is a Distinguished Scholar of the Heritage Foundation.
Williams participates in many debates and conferences, is a frequent public speaker and has often given testimony before both houses of Congress.
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Hidden Veggies
OK, yesterday I posted a garden update with pictures. After that, I found this...
I'm going to roast them with some tiny, tiny potatoes that I have, then add them to some fresh picked lettuce. I made a dressing that Marilu Henner made on Live with Kelly last week. Whisk together 1/3 C. Olive Oil, 1/3 C. Balsalmic Vinegar, 1 T. Dijon Mustard and smash in some roasted garlic cloves. I'll let you know if it's yummy.
Posted by Garden Diva at 12:54 PM
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