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Can't catch whiff of suburban smelt fishermen these days
In March of 1986, fans of the Chicago Bulls were wondering when, or if, their young injured superstar would make it back onto the court in time for the playoffs. The Chicago Bears were eyeing the upcoming NFL draft with Super Bowl aspirations. The Chicago Cubs were hoping to rebound from a disastrous season. And smelt fisherman were making their annual pilgrimage to the shoreline of Lake Michigan.
In general, not much has changed on the sports pages, but what happened to all those smelt fishermen?
"It was huge. They'd line up along the piers, hundreds of people from Waukegan to Indiana," remembers Andy Johnson, 61, who grew up in a commercial fishing family and took over the legendary Don's Dock seafood restaurant and market in Des Plaines from his father, who turns 90 this year. "People would be out there drinking their beers and catching their smelt."
Now those fisherman would be just drinking their beers. The carnival atmosphere is gone, and so are the swarms of smelt.
"Smelt are not in numbers like they used to be," says Steve Robilard, a fishery biologist with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources office in Des Plaines. "Since 1993, numbers have declined, and now there are very few smelt out there."
An Atlantic Ocean species not native to the Great Lakes, rainbow smelt were imported a century ago as food for fisheries. Stocked in Michigan's Crystal Lake, the smelt apparently used connecting waterways to get into Lake Michigan in the 1920s. Every spring, they would spawn in the shallow water near the shore. Fishermen could dip a net (sometimes even a bait bucket) into the water and come up with enough smelt for supper.
"The smelt were holding up OK through most of the 1980s," says Chuck Madenjian, a research fisher biologist at the U.S. Geological Survey's Great Lakes Science Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. But the smelt population plummeted in 1993 and, except for an upward blip in 2005, has remained at low levels. Results from last year's bottom trawl surveys of the lake indicate there might have been four times as many smelt in the 1990s as there are now.
"By 2001, they were at levels so low we had never seen before," Madenjian says, adding that the smelt that were caught were smaller. "There could be some really subtle thing going on that has affected the smelt. We can't say for sure."
Populations all revolve around food, Robilard says. Perhaps the intrusion of mussels in the food chain somehow left smelt with less food. Perhaps predators simply ate more smelt.
"There isn't as much food out there, so the system isn't as productive as it used to be," Robilard says.
To help balance that food chain, Illinois is cutting back on the number of predatory Chinook salmon it uses to stock the lake. In 2012, Illinois added 3.2 million Chinook salmon to the lake. This year, that number will be cut in half.
But there are still enough smelt throughout the rest of the continent to fill the spring menu at Don's Dock with everything from fresh smelt at $5.75 a pound to the $6.65 fried smelt dinner with fries, slaw and sauce, and even the $9.95 all-you-can eat special.
"It will be our biggest seller the next two months," Johnson says of his smelt offerings.
Supreme Lobster in Villa Park delivers fresh smelt from lakes other than Lake Michigan to the restaurant four times a week.
"Over the years, they have diminished, but they're still available," says Tim Stramaglia of Supreme Lobster.
The lack of local smelt even has affected the legendary 62nd annual American Legion Smelt Fry on April 5 and 6 in Port Washington, Wis., which often draws visitors from our suburbs. The dinner, which includes fries and a free beer or pop, will see a price hike this year. "We raised it from $10 to $11 because the smelt are getting short in supply," explains Paul Tutas, adjutant of that American Legion Post.
Generally 3 to 5 inches in length, smelt are gutted, beheaded, breaded and fried with their tiny scales and bones intact, which adds a little crunch and unnerves some diners.
"My wife won't eat it, but I like it," Johnson says.
Even with the population drop, Lake Michigan smelt still aren't as rare as local smelt fishermen. The last time Robilard went smelt fishing was as a teen along the shoreline near his home in Kenosha, Wis.
"We caught a couple smelt," Robilard says, "and that might have been the last two."


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Looking for warm environment friendly hospitality then come and stay with us at the Hotel Vienna & your journey to Egypt ancient monuments will start with an experience that you won't forget!
*The only hotel in Cairo with a free (WI-FI) wireless broadband hotspot
*Our location in the heart Cairo down town, the Egyptian Museum, Talat harb Square, Khan Khalili Bazaar, Abdine Palace and the River Nile are few steps from us. It is easily accessible to Cairo Metro (subway).
Hotel Vienna is close to the best shopping (4 minutes walk from the main shopping street) and nightlife spots in a city that never sleeps. The hotel has 10 comfortable and spacious rooms and we are open 24 hours a day.
*Bed linens and breakfast included in price!
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It is ideal for budget travellers, students and groups who will find out everything they need to know by our helpful and friendly staff. Hotel Vienna usually offer during December and mid of January a free night for min stay three nights celebrating the new year, enjoy your stay with us
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RAS honours leading astronomers and geophysicists
The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) today announced the winners of the Society's medals and awards for 2012. These prizes honour leading figures that have made an outstanding contribution to astronomy (designated 'A') and geophysics (designated 'G') and recognise individuals and groups in the UK and around the world.
The awards will be presented at the 2012 National Astronomy Meeting (NAM 2012) that will take place from 27-30 March in Manchester.
Professor Roger Davies, President of the Royal Astronomical Society, congratulated the medal and award recipients on their achievements. "For nearly two hundred years the Society has recognised the achievements of the very best scientific researchers with medals and awards. The extraordinarily talented men and women who will receive prizes this year are amongst the ranks of the leading astronomers, space scientists and geophysicists who continue to shape the way we think about both our own planet and the wider universe."
Gold Medal (A): Professor Andy Fabian
The Society's highest honours are the Gold Medals for astronomy and geophysics, with one of these available for award annually for extraordinary work in each discipline.
This year the Gold Medal for Astronomy is awarded to Andy Fabian OBE FRS, Royal Society Professor at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge and vice-Master of Darwin College, Cambridge. Professor Fabian is recognised for his exceptional contribution to astrophysics over more than four decades. He is best known for his work on black holes and on the gas found in the cores of clusters of galaxies, both of which are strong sources of X-rays.
Beyond this, Professor Fabian has examined the origin of high-energy radiation throughout the Universe and contributed to many other areas of X-ray astronomy. He is the author of more than 850 peer reviewed papers that have attracted more than 44000 citations.
Professor Fabian's contribution to the broader astronomical community has been exemplary, from mentoring early career scientists to working as editor-in-chief for the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. From 2008 to 2010 he was President of the RAS, representing UK astronomers and geophysicists, during a period of severe and growing financial pressure, with distinction and strong leadership.
The recipient of numerous international awards and prizes, Professor Fabian received the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2006 in recognition of his services to science.
For all these reasons Professor Fabian is awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Gold Medal (G): Professor John Brown
Professor John Brown, 10th Astronomer Royal for Scotland and former Regius Chair of Astronomy at the University of Glasgow is awarded the 2012 RAS Gold Medal for Geophysics.
Early in his career Professor Brown's 'collisional thick-target model' led to a new paradigm for the production of X-rays by electrons in solar flares. Identifying the mechanism of electron acceleration remains a central and unsolved problem in solar activity and his seminal work on deriving the accelerated electron distributions from their observable X-ray emission is still the landmark paper in the field, cited over 600 times.
His leading role in NASA's award-winning Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) mission is testament to his impact in high-energy solar physics, where his work encompasses the interpretation of the properties of X-ray signatures, the modelling of particle acceleration and transport in the solar atmosphere and the analysis of the response of the flaring solar atmosphere.
Throughout his distinguished and productive research career John has collaborated widely, and - especially in his role as Astronomer Royal for Scotland - has inspired the astronomical passions of thousands of people across the UK and overseas through presentations, in person and on television and radio.
For his outstanding work in research, leadership and outreach Professor Brown is awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Herschel Medal: Dr Mike Irwin
Dr Mike Irwin of the University of Cambridge is awarded the Herschel Medal, which recognises investigations of outstanding merit in observational astrophysics.
Dr Irwin is known worldwide for the leading role he plays in processing of digital optical and infra-red survey data. Since entering research in 1980 he transformed the Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit (CASU) into a powerhouse, including handling the majority of new generation surveys from the European Southern Observatory. In 1985 he published an automated method for analysing images where objects are crowded together, the genesis of much of today's image detection and analysis.
Alongside this major technical achievement Dr Irwin has made a series of important contributions to science, for example the1994 co-discovery of the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy, an object being disrupted by and heading for a future collision with the Milky Way. This led on to galaxies being discovered in the constellations of Sextans, Cetus and Antlia, with a further 15 found in the last 5 years.
Over the last 25 years, his immense body of work has helped to shape modern astronomy and for this Dr Irwin is awarded the 2012 Herschel Medal.
Chapman Medal: Professor Andrew Fazakerley
Professor Andrew Fazakerley of the Mullard Space Science Laboratory receives the Chapman Medal, which recognises investigations of outstanding merit in solar-terrestrial physics.
Professor Fazakerley has played a leading role in the ESA Cluster science team since 1997. As Principal Investigator of the Plasma Electron and Current Experiment (PEACE), he and his team built, tested and integrated eight PEACE sensors on the four Cluster spacecraft and then two others for the Chinese Double Star mission.
The multi-point electron measurements yielded by the eight PEACE sensors have enabled very significant advances in our understanding of the terrestrial space plasma environment. He is included in the author list of over 300 publications, including papers on magnetic reconnection and flux transfer in the magnetosphere, auroral particle acceleration processes, the physics of the radiation belts, interactions between interplanetary current sheets and the Earth's bow shock, as well as serendipitous evidence of the crustal cracking of a distant neutron star.
Professor Fazakerley is awarded the RAS Chapman Medal in recognition of the sheer quality of the data coming from the sensors he developed, the team he leads and the outstanding results that have been and continue to be achieved, all of which have led to a significant contribution to our understanding of the magnetosphere of the Earth.


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2010-10-20 / Opinion
Constitutional question vital
Dear Editor, I am appalled at the course our Constitution may take should the U.S. Supreme Court rule that the torment, ridicule and inflaming of hatred be permitted at a private church funeral of a fallen U.S. Marine. Is this really what the founders and architects of the Constitution intended?
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The Smyrna High School football team improved to 2-1 on the season with their 33-9 win Friday over Laurel in the Eagles first away game of the season.
Smyrna took a 14-0 lead in the first quarter thanks to a 50-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Jordan Kiger to running back Maurice McFolling. Kiger also ran for a 33-yard touchdown in the first quarter.
McFolling scored again in the second and third quarters with a 36-yard and 3-yard touchdown runs.
The Eagles took a 27-3 lead going into the fourth quarter. Smyrna running back TeQuan Boyer added another six points to the Eagles score off a 3-yard touchdown run while Laurel finally scored a touchdown. The game ended with a 33-9 victory for Smyrna.
Next up for the Eagles is another home game this Friday against Dover High School at 7:30 p.m.


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WASHINGTON (AP) - January 4, 2011 --Taxpayers will get an extra three days to file their federal tax returns this year, and they can thank the nation's capital for the extra time.
The filing deadline is delayed because the District of Columbia will observe Emancipation Day on Friday, April 15. The Internal Revenue Service says local holidays in the nation's capital impact tax deadlines the same way federal holidays would.
Taxpayers will have until midnight Monday, April 18, to file their 2010 returns.
Emancipation Day marks the occasion when President Abraham Lincoln signed into law a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia. Lincoln signed the bill on April 16, 1862, more than eight months before he signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which eventually led to all slaves being freed.


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Actor Jay Thomas returns to participate in the annual "Late Show" holiday quarterback challenge, and singer Darlene Love marks her 19th year performing her classic "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" on the broadcast
The holiday traditions continue on the "Late Show with David Letterman" when actor Jay Thomas and musician Darlene Love return to ring in the celebrations on the broadcast, Friday, Dec. 21 (11:35 p.m.), on CBS.
Thomas returns to participate in the annual "Late Show" holiday quarterback challenge, where he and Letterman each take turns throwing footballs at the "Late Show" Christmas tree to try and knock off the giant meatball perched atop the tree. This tradition started on Dec. 30, 1998, when former New York Jets quarterback Vinny Testaverde was on the broadcast. He and Letterman tried unsuccessfully to knock the meatball off the tree, so Thomas, also a guest on the show that night, came on stage, took a throw and hit the meatball off the tree immediately. Also, Thomas will recount his hilarious encounter with "Lone Ranger" star Clayton Moore, one of Letterman's favorite stories, which Thomas recounts each year during his holiday visits.
In another favorite "Late Show" holiday tradition, legendary singer Darlene Love will perform her classic "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" for the 19th year on the broadcast, backed as always by "Late Show" musical director Paul Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra.
The "Late Show's" annual holiday broadcast rounds out a star-studded week on the CBS broadcast. On Monday, Dec. 17, actor Tom Cruise, star of the new film "Jack Reacher," visits, with a musical performance by MNDR. Actor Paul Rudd, star of the new film "This is 40," talks to Letterman, while Grammy-winning musician Alicia Keys performs. On Wednesday, Dec. 19, Letterman gets a look at the coolest toys this holiday season during the show's annual holiday toy demo, and actor Seth Rogen, star of the new movie "The Guilt Trip," and comedian John Witherspoon appear on the broadcast. Actress Katie Holmes, star of the new Broadway play "Dead Accounts," visits Thursday, Dec. 20, along with musician Jon Bon Jovi, who will talk to Letterman and also perform on the broadcast.


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In a larger study, 383 men performed 25 minutes of strength exercise and 25 minutes of endurance exercise, two or three days a week, for eight weeks (Westcott and Guy, 1996). This combination exercise program produced a 6.4-pound fat loss and a 3.7-pound muscle gain, for a 10-pound change in body composition.
These are impressive improvements for two months of basic exercise, so these men must have been in pretty good shape to start with, right? Actually, only a small percentage of the participants began the program with a desirable body composition. The rest started at varying levels of over-fatness.
As presented in Table 1, the men were divided into five categories based on their initial body fat assessment: (1) less than 15% fat; (2) 15-19% fat; (3) 20-24% fat; (4) 25-29% fat; and (5) 30% plus fat. You will note that the men's entry bodyweights averaged about 20 pounds heavier in successive categories, ranging from 169.9 lbs. to 247.9 lbs. You will also notice that the body composition improvements were greater in successive categories, ranging from a 1.1 to a 6.3 decrease in percent fat. It should be noted that it was difficult to obtain accurate body fat measurements on the most obese participants, rendering their results less reliable.
Table 1. Bodyweight and body composition data for male exercisers, categorized by initial percent body fat (N = 383).


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Skip to comments.Viral Facebook Post: 'I Didn't Join The Navy To Fight For Al Qaeda In Syria!'
Posted on 08/31/2013 11:42:13 PM PDT by Dallas59
(Excerpt) Read more at ijreview.com ...
They didn't join to be al-Qaeda's navy and air force, but remaining on active duty after Monkey With A Grenade (MWAG) took power laid them open for all kinds of new, "interesting" uses. Not only are they the firepower for al-Qaeda, but a social laboratory for enforced acceptance of lurid sexual lifestyles.
We are living in those "interesting times" mentioned in that old Chinese curse.
We need the the big brass Generals to stand up to the CIC and smack him around not the boots.
O.. That is right. The boy King has replaced all of the brass with his lil gay tin plated thumb suckers that "give permission" now and not orders anymore.
No our military is not what it was even pre-Iraq and Stan. Heck we have Marines stocking depots in Georgia for the UN. Queers getting married and accepted in every branch. Now we are going to be the Navy and Air Force for AQ.
Great transformation in the last 5 years... Time for REchange (is that a word)
They're not indicating a refusal to obey orders. They're expressing disgust at the policies of those who want to use them to illegally attack Syria.
The oath of enlistment also says they will support and defend the Constitution. "Following orders" can often be a thin line between legal and illegal prosecution of war. Ask those who participated in the My Lai massacre about that one.
All that said, these two should NOT be in uniform for those pics.. but that's a separate issue.
Yes we are, but with Odumbo about to attempt to start WW 4, I wonder if we might be living in those "interesting times" mentioned in the Book of Revelation?
"If the order does come, we do not mutiny, we just do."
What we have now is the equivalent of LBJ sending our troops to Viet Nam to fight for the Commies.
How would you fell about that order?
How would you respond to an order to disarm citizens?
Or to machine gun those who don"t comply?
Our military does not exist to protect the President, it exists to protect US from all enemies foreign and domestic.
Right now our worst enemy is domestic.
So when does our military start living up to their oath? Obey the orders of the president... that is from the new oath instilled in 1960. That is where the confusion began. Does an officer defend the constitution or obey the illegal actions of a president?
Before 1960, that wasn't even a question. Before 1960 it read "...that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter; So help me God."
I remember those days sir. I agree whole heartedly with these protesters, but they should do it in civilian clothes. I went to Vietnam myself. I hated every minute of it. Before I went, I didn't want to go. When I was there, I wanted to leave, and when I left Vietnam, I wished I hadn't been there in the first place, but there was a big difference between Vietnam and now. I don't believe we were there to fight for our enemies. When Odumbo said he was going to fundamentally transform America, I got a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. That feeling has never gone away. The times, they are a changin, and not for the better.
an oath is an oath first and foremost but we are in uncharted waters for sure with regard to the "all threats foreign and domestic" aspect.
It seems many people and even Obama for a while missed or ignored the Constitutional separation of who declares war and who is responsible for executing the war.
"If the order does come, we do not mutiny, we just do."
Whereas I have great respect for the commitment to duty of which you speak, there are most definitely exceptions to the 'we just do' credo, even if this particular instance isn't one of them. The most important duty of the military is to protect the people of the United States, our homeland, and our Constitutional governmental system with its guaranteed individual liberty. When asked to perform an act that is against the above, (like shooting at Americans), 'we just do' does not apply. Just commenting though. I know what you meant.
those active military that can't or won't serve the potus- should leave the military. get out
if they stay in because they "need the money" or are "careerists" then accept that you are paid mercenaries and follow the rules.
What kind of job will we get from people who do not have their hearts in their work?
This thing we have as President has divided every facet of American life. The most divisive pResident in history.
Our military will fight all right, as ordered.
But it's great to be fighting for something you believe in.
How is Obama going to convince our men in uniform that fighting for Al Qaeda is right. Fighting to allow Muslims to kill Christians is right. Fighting when we have absolutely no dog in this fight. Fighting for a man who said before his election that when things got ugly he would be with the Muslims, and now is proving it.
Wouldn't this pattern of ribbons on his uniform be very unique? Wouldn't this identify him rather quickly?
I know little about this and would appreciate any comments from those that do.
These officers ( the highest) **know** that Obama fails -verify, that he posted fake birth documents, is using another man's social security, and claimed on the jacket of his autobiography that he was born in Kenya. Yet, they have done nothing legally or peaceful about it. They have not approached congress or the courts in an effort to provide certifiable and court acceptable evidence that Obama is eligible to be Commander in Chief of the men and women serving under them.
Our brave and honor troops deserve better and so do their families.
"...we just do."
Anything? Really?
Like every cop knows, there's what you know and there's what you can prove. America has sailed off the edge of the map.
one of my first thoughts. hopefully, it's not enough to find him, because the progressives want to get rid of all military personnel that are not aligned with the party
once this idiot is gone, the command staff that is in place needs to be reviewed
If these are active duty personnel, they should not be doing this. Patriotic veterans, however, have every responsibility to speak out for those active duty ones that cannot. To send our armed forces on a mission to effectively abet al Qaeda, to strengthen those forces bent on wiping out Syrian Christendom, is sickening. And it hurts our national security.
"I understand what you are saying, but these are unique times and I agree with these protests."
I agree and disagree with you both in that if I were in these soldiers places I'd either shut up and follow orders or tell obozo to go feck himself sans disguise.
That video does not show the use of a chemical weapon, but a high explosive.
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The 49th Annual Arts and Crafts Fair
UNM SUB Ballroom
Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 28 and 29, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 30, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Find handmade, one-of-a-kind creations from more than 70 vendors.
Nob Hill Shop and Stroll
Nob Hill (Central between Girard and Washington)
Thursday, Dec. 1, from noon to midnight
Get a full dose of holiday cheer with the combined Twinkle Light Parade and Nob Hill Shop and Stroll. The parade kicks off at 5 p.m. with floats, bands, classic cars, horses and much more. After the parade clears, traffic-free shopping stays in full swing all night long.
Old Town Holiday Stroll
Old Town (between Mountain and Central, east of Rio Grande)
Friday, Dec. 7, from 4 to 9 p.m.
Luminarias and twinkling lights create the incredible ambiance that characterizes Old Town during the holidays. Enjoy music, hot cocoa, lots of shopping (and special offers), as well as the traditional lighting of the Old Town Christmas tree.
Winter Arts and Crafts Fair
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (2401 12th Street NW)
Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 15 and 16, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
$6 adults, $5.50 seniors, $3 students and children
Native American arts and crafts straight from the source.
First Friday Arts Crawl
Friday, Dec. 7, from 5 to 8:30 p.m.
Go gallery hopping while you're holiday shopping. Check out artscrawlabq.org for a full list of participating galleries.
Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice's 16th Annual Holiday Gala Fundraiser
First Congregational Church (2801 Lomas NE)
Saturday, Dec. 8, from 6 to 10 p.m.
$10 suggested donation
'Tis the season for peace, home-baked goodies and locally made, noncorporate gifts.
Holiday Olé
Hotel Albuquerque (800 Rio Grande NW)
Sunday, Nov. 18, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
A shopping spectacular presented by the Junior League of Albuquerque with nearly 50 local vendors.
Regalos Holiday Shopping Fair
National Hispanic Cultural Center (1701 Fourth Street SW)
Saturday, Dec. 8, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
More than 30 local vendors come together in the beautiful NHCC to offer their wares.
The 13th Annual Rio Grande Arts and Crafts Festival Holiday Show
Expo New Mexico (300 San Pedro NE)
Friday and Saturday, Nov. 23 and 24, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
$6 adults; $8 three-day pass; free 12-and-under
The Rio Grande holiday arts and crafts festival showcases more than 200 local and national artists and artisans. Plus, this event features a "holiday creation station" for the kids, demonstrations and an array of food and entertainment.
2012 Holiday Fair
The Albuquerque Garden Center (10120 Lomas NE)
Friday and Saturday, Dec. 7 and 8, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Snag aromatic plant-based holiday decor and great locally made gifts from more than 40 crafters. Rumor is Santa will be available for pictures on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Albuquerque Bead Renaissance Show
Expo New Mexico (300 San Pedro NE)
Friday and Saturday, Nov. 16 and 17, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 18, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Beads, beads and more beads. Snag great gifts for the crafters on your list, or get crafting yourself and make some one-of-a-kind jewelry for giving.
Placitas Holiday Fine Arts and Crafts Sale
Village of Placitas (Exit 242 east off I-25, then follow the signs)
Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 17 and 18, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Celebrating 31 years, this popular arts and crafts fair offers a range of local vendors selling fine arts, food, wine, music and more.
The 24th Annual Old Church Fine Crafts Show
Old San Ysidro Church (966 Old Church, Corrales)
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 30 through Dec. 2, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Quest for the perfect find through rows of jewelry, pottery, fabric, ornaments and other treasures in this juried show in the festive halls of the Old Church.
Corrales Holiday Art Fest
Corrales Rec Center (500 Jones, Corrales)
Friday and Saturday, Nov. 23 and 24, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Corrales Society of Artists presents its annual holiday festival showcasing a gaggle of gift options.
Santa Fe Winter Indian Market
Santa Fe Convention Center (201 W. Marcy, Santa Fe)
Saturday, Nov. 24, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
$5 admission
Organized by the creators of the famous summertime Indian Market, this winter event features work from 150 Native American artists from the U.S. and Canada. Also enjoy traditional storytelling, film screenings, a silent auction and food.
Fall 2012 Contemporary Clay Fair
Santa Fe Women's Club (1616 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe)
Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 17 and 18 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
More than two dozen artists display their handcrafted wares. Ceramics range from the practical to the artistic.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — It took a dark tale of teens and a pedophile in a Northern California suburb for Gia Coppola, the granddaughter of Francis and niece of Sofia, to also become a filmmaker.
"Outsiders were always asking me if I was going into film," says the soft-spoken 27-year-old writer-director, whose first movie, "Palo Alto," debuted in New York and Los Angeles last weekend. "It deterred me. It felt intimidating to have that kind of attention."
But she agreed to adapt James Franco's book "Palo Alto" after her mother, Jacqui de la Fontaine, introduced the two. Coppola had recently graduated from Bard College in New York, where she studied photography. Franco was impressed with her eye.
"There was this intense focus in a lot of the detail that added up to this dreamy feeling," says Franco of Coppola's photos. "I thought that would be good for this material."
Franco became Coppola's partner in the making of the film as well as her mentor, helping her push beyond the fear of helming a feature.
"He let me know that he trusted me . I didn't feel judged in any way," says Coppola, who shot short online videos for fashion companies before "Palo Alto."
Nearly five years after her initial chat with Franco, the film is finally in theaters. "I thought we were making something so small," says Coppola over coffee at a Hollywood cafe. "I thought we would just release it on the Internet."
But Tribeca Film had other ideas. In December of last year, the independent distribution company nabbed the North American rights to the film.
Starring Franco, Emma Roberts, Val Kilmer and his 18-year-old son, Jack Kilmer (making his acting debut), "Palo Alto" will expand to 15-20 screens this weekend.
Not a bad start for a low-budget film that initially struggled to gain financial backing. "No one wanted to invest in a first-time director with dark material and real teenagers," says Coppola.
But she didn't run to her film world relatives for cash. "It was important for me to do it on my own," says Coppola, who gained behind-the-scenes experience working on Sofia Coppola's "Somewhere" and Francis Ford Coppola's "Twixt." ''James and I wanted to keep it small and not have a second party involved."
Taking an acting gig in the 2013 thriller "Homefront," Franco used his salary to help pay for "Palo Alto." ''It was the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me," says Coppola. "He really stuck by me."
Coming from a family with a history of making films about teenage turmoil, Coppola was determined to find her own voice.
"I love my aunt and my grandpa's movies about teenagers and they are definitely influences, but they are different movies," she says.
"It's important to do your own thing and not necessarily try to emulate your family," says Roberts, whose father is Eric Roberts and aunt is Julia Roberts. "Gia has such a specific vision. A lot of what is good about this movie is what isn't said. In real life there is a silence and you don't know what to say and you're embarrassed."
When Coppola agreed to make "Palo Alto," she felt she hadn't really experienced much else in life other than having been a teenager. "That was the only story I could tell honestly," she says.
Coppola spent her "awkward" high school years in Los Angeles with her mother. (Her father died in a boating accident before she was born.)
"At the time, I was so uncomfortable," she recalls of her adolescence. "(As a teen) everything is a big deal and you act in extreme manners. After getting older I was able to look at things calmly."
Coppola says she's been influenced by filmmakers like Federico Fellini, David Fincher and Lena Dunham.
"When I saw that (Dunham) was successful it felt like there was a chance for everyone," she says.
Next Coppola plans to direct a music video for Blood Orange, the artist behind the synth-heavy music in "Palo Alto."
"I want to challenge myself in a new way," she says. "But it always has to have some sort of personal connection for me to feel excited about it."


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Have yourself a darkly odd Christmas
BY TRAV S.D. (travsd.wordpress.com) | Christmas is usually associated with brightness: the North Star over Bethlehem, the lights on a Christmas tree, the whiteness of snow, the silver of tinsel. Fairy tales, on the other hand, are notoriously dark, with their stories about lost children and the wolves, witches, ogres, giants and trolls out to get them — unconscious maps of the anxieties that lie just underneath every human psyche. In any good yarn, the characters need to get into trouble. For the most part, the best Christmas stories walk a fine balance between the treacly and the treacherous: the Abominable Snowman, the Winter Warlock, the Mayor of Sombertown, the Grinch and that evil magician who harasses Frosty for his top hat are all fine villains. Yet all are redeemed and transformed by the Christmas spirit.
Essential viewings balance the treacly and the treacherous
The psychologies of some people who make Christmas movies and television specials, however, are apparently so badly wired or damaged that they unconsciously produce nightmarish effects far beyond the normally accepted bounds of the genre. Those are the shows I like to watch again and again and again and again and again.
"BABES IN TOYLAND" a.k.a. "MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS" (1934)
I'd never heard of this movie until they began to show it on cable television in the 1980s. It rapidly became my favorite holiday film, for it is every bit as bizarre and dark as it is charming and festive.
For some reason, Hal Roach liked to experiment with starring Laurel and Hardy in operas and operettas (he'd done the same with "The Bohemian Girl" and "Fra Diavolo"). Here of course, the team adapted the popular 1903 Broadway show by Victor Herbert. Much is changed from the stage version, however. The film is set in a land populated by all the characters from nursery rhymes and other children's literature (Stan and Ollie are versions of Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee, two toymakers who live in the Old Woman's Shoe).
Much more enjoyable than the conventional plot about young lovers and a rapacious landlord/suitor are the film's memorable details: a guy in a cat costume and a live monkey inexplicably dressed as Mickey Mouse; little people (or children?) costumed as the Three Little Pigs; the army of hairy little bogeymen — and then there's the scene where Oliver Hardy, nabbed for burglary, is made to receive a medieval dunking punishment while Old King Cole laughs merrily at the spectacle. My favorite line is "Oh, help! I'm smothering!" The whole thing is both sweet and unsettling and I can never get enough of it.
This is a bizarre film, no two ways about it. In this Mexican-made Christmas story, Santa and one "Pitch," a devil, battle for the souls of several children on Christmas Eve. On Santa's side are Merlin the Magician and contingents of child labor from all over the world. The first 20 minutes of the film are eaten up by a concert featuring songs from each nation. It gets quite preposterous after a while, and I must say the delegates from the USA make a pretty poor showing indeed. Don't forget to keep an eye peeled for the "Dance of the Giant Dolls" nightmare. At any rate, this is the NEW classic around my house. I'll need to watch it many more dozens of times until I get it out of my system.
Back in the day, people used to laugh at the kind of "cheap production values" evinced by movies like this. On the contrary. From where I sit, it's more like an example of the kind of magic you can make on a shoestring. Everything you need to know is in the title. The leaders of Mars are concerned about the growing apathy and depression of their children (one of whom is a very young Pia Zadora). To bring them joy, they kidnap Santa Claus, and (by accident) two stowaway earth children. Some of the Martians are good, some are evil. The evil ones are dispatched by an army of Santa's wind-up toys, in a scene that is truly a triumph of early psychedelia. I find the colors in this movie beautiful to look at. There is no more perfect film to watch on a double bill with "Santa Claus."
This popular Rankin/Bass show premiered when I was nine years old, and I can't tell you the unspeakable excitement with which we fourth graders greeted the event. All the previous Rankin/Bass specials had premiered before our time ("Rudolph the Red-Nosed" in 1964, "The Little Drummer Boy" in 1968, "Frosty the Snow Man" in 1969, and "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" in 1970). And while we gave this new one high marks (especially the Heat and Snow Miser songs), something was different. In modern parlance, it seems to me that with this special, the series jumped the shark.
How many holiday angles can you hit? Eventually you have to go downbeat. "What if, one year, there was no Christmas?" Though this show was based on a book written in 1956, it certainly feels very much in tune with the spirit of 1974, with its soaring divorce rates and cynicism. It was perhaps inevitable that given the tenor of the times, we would be given a Santa who is clinically depressed, who is having some kind of nervous breakdown or identity crisis. "I don't know, maw," he mutters, "There just doesn't seem to be any reason to bother any more."
My favorite part is during the show's closing number, when Santa shouts to the heavens: "I dreamed unpleasant things!"
I lied when I said I watched all of these shows over and over. I've only watched this one two or three times, and it was at least three times too much. My substitute name for this made-for-TV holiday movie is "The Worst Christmas Special Ever." Some may take umbrage (given entries number two and three), but I stand by it. Those movies at least have entertainment value. They provide a spectacle and entertainment, however bizarre. That sort of thing is never "bad" in my eyes, although that's the word people often resort to. Much worse than that in my eyes is bland mediocrity. The only true sin in cinema is to be boring.
This one has almost the identical plot to "The Year Without a Santa Claus." Charles Durning's Santa is so depressed he does everything but drink whiskey and smoke cigarettes. "I don't know why I'm knockin' myself out," he sighs, as though Santa were some under-paid, under-appreciated civil servant. Fortunately (or unfortunately), he is accosted by a very disturbing, over-sized elf creature who tries to stir him back into action. The day will be saved by none other than Wayne Osmond (not even Donny or Jimmy), who plays piano at the mall, and his wide-eyed little daughter. Wayne Osmond, as you have already surmised, is not a towering paragon of thespianism. One only hopes that Santa will leave a coupon for acting lessons in his stocking!
Trav S.D. has been producing the American Vaudeville Theatre since 1995, and periodically trots it out in new incarnations. Stay in the loop at travsd.wordpress.com, and also catch up with him at Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, et al. His books include "No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous" and "Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and its Legacies from Nickelodeons to YouTube."
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Import, export cargo at risk as port strike looms
Shipments of clothing, auto parts and frozen food risk being gridlocked at U.S. ports from Maine to Texas as about 15,000 dock workers prepare to strike.
The International Longshoremen's Association is vowing to walk out if a deal isn't reached before the Dec. 29 expiration of its contract with the U.S. Maritime Alliance, whose members include container-carrier companies. Talks broke down this week after nine months of negotiations.
A strike would be the first at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports since 1977. The fallout may be greatest for the New York and New Jersey area, still reeling from superstorm Sandy, and on automakers such as Bayerische Motoren Werke AG with factories in the U.S. Southeast that might struggle to get parts, according to consultant Martin Associates.
"It's going to be expensive and painful," said Ed Sands, a logistics specialist at procurement management firm Procurian. "If you consider the East Coast labor picture, Maine to Texas, and the amount of the economy that is tied to the flow of goods in and out of U.S. ports in that geographic range, there's an enormous amount of potential impact for the U.S. economy."
Union workers wouldn't move containerized cargo, including frozen foods, household goods and clothing, ILA President Harold J. Daggett told members in a Dec. 19 letter. Military cargo, mail, bulk items, finished autos and perishable items with a "limited shelf life" would still be handled, he wrote.
Even with the exemptions, a shutdown would have "a huge effect" on the economy, particularly if it lasts beyond mid- to late January, according to K.C. Conway, executive managing director at consultant Colliers International.
"You pile it on at the time that if these guys can't do something in Washington with the fiscal cliff, it's a compounding unknown that I think definitely puts us into recession," Conway said in a telephone interview from Atlanta. The so-called fiscal cliff refers to more than $600 billion in automatic tax increases and spending cuts set for next month.
The union and employers deadlocked in bargaining that has already required one extension and a federal mediator's intervention. The dispute centers on so-called container royalty fees, or levies on cargo that supplement wages. Employers seek to cap the payouts that the workers say are "untouchable."
While the union hasn't changed its stance, ILA's executive officers met today and reached out to the lawyers for the USMX and the federal mediator expressing willingness to resume talks, Jim McNamara, a spokesman, said by phone. The ILA hasn't yet received a response from the USMX and no meetings are currently scheduled, he said, boosting the risk of a walkout.
A strike "could have serious consequences for the nation's economy as well as for ILA members themselves, making it more important than ever that both sides work to reach an agreement and avert any disruption at the ports," the USMX said in a statement posted today on its website.
A strike would be most damaging to the retail and manufacturing industries, said John Martin, an economist at Martin Associates in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Those industries generated about 18 percent of U.S. gross domestic product last year.
Automakers such as BMW, which has a plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and Kia Motors Corp., which operates a factory in West Point, Georgia, rely on the ports to import parts, said Sands of King of Prussia, Pennsylvania-based Procurian. They also ship finished vehicles by sea.
"If you run out of parts, at some point that line is going to shut down," he said in a phone interview.
Exports of finished cars, which typically aren't shipped in containers, shouldn't be affected under the terms for the strike outlined in Daggett's letter, Martin said.
"But who knows? You don't know until the actual occurrence, until it happens, whether they will honor that or not," he said.
BMW is "prepared for all eventualities to ensure our business continues uninterrupted," Kenn Sparks, a spokesman for the Munich-based company's North American operations, wrote in an e-mail. Representatives for Seoul-based Kia didn't return phone and e-mail messages seeking comment.
The National Retail Federation, a Washington-based trade group, sent a letter to President Barack Obama yesterday renewing its call for the use of "all of the options available," including the Taft-Hartley Act, to prevent a shutdown that would cause delays in consumer-goods imports.
Taft-Hartley empowers leaders to intervene in strikes that create national emergencies. The law was last invoked by President George W. Bush in 2002, after a lockout shuttered West Coast ports for 10 days.
Federal mediators are assisting with the negotiations, Matt Lehrich, a White House spokesman, said by e-mail.
"We continue to monitor the situation closely and urge the parties to continue their work at the negotiating table to get a deal done as quickly as possible," Lehrich said.
A shutdown would pose an additional hurdle for New York- area companies still restocking goods destroyed by Sandy, said Martin, the economist.
"It certainly is a double whammy," he said. "This will really exacerbate the problem because any type of supplies that you need" may be unavailable.
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey is "in regular dialogue" with the affected parties, Executive Director Patrick Foye said in an interview yesterday after testifying at a hearing in Washington about Sandy recovery spending. He declined to comment on whether the agency would ask Obama to intervene.
"The economic impact of a strike to the New York-New Jersey region would be significant," Foye said.


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PARIS (AP) — France is increasing security on flights headed for the United States this summer, amid U.S. concerns that al-Qaida is trying to develop a new kind of bomb.
The Obama administration this week called for tighter security measures at foreign airports that have direct flights to the U.S., prompting British airports to increase security Thursday.
The French civil aviation authority on Friday announced stepped-up security measures "for the summer period." The agency said the measures might cause delays on U.S.-bound flights.
French government officials would not elaborate Friday on the measures, citing the need for discretion in security matters.
One fear is that extremists with a U.S. or other Western passport could carry the new bomb onto a plane undetected by airport security.


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Kathleen Sebelius is scheduled to testimony tomorrow morning [correction: Wednesday morning] before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The hearing — "PPACA Implementation Failures: Answers from HHS" — will start at 9:00 a.m.
I assume that C-SPAN will carry the proceedings. If so, I will live-blog them, at least for a while.
It will be interesting to see whether, or to what extent, Democrats on the Committee criticize Sebelius and/or the administration during the hearing. I expect most of the Committee Dems to adopt a "mistakes were made; it's time to move on" attitude. But some will likely express a bit of frustration, as well.
For reasons of my own curiosity, I hope Sebelius is asked about the expected effect of the website problems on the extent to which people are likely to purchase insurance policies offered on the exchanges in Year One. I also hope that members will explore the impact on the program if the number of purchasers falls short of administration targets.
Ezekiel Emmanuel repeatedly told Megyn Kelly that the number of people who have signed up to date is irrelevant. I suppose he meant that anyone interested in purchasing insurance through an exchange will have ample time to do so in Year One once the technical glitches are fixed. Thus, to the extent there is a shortfall now, it will be offset as those who wanted to purchase insurance early eventually purchase it later on.
But it seems likely that some who would have purchased early won't log into the system later — either because of the frustration they encountered initially, because they no longer trust the competence of the exchanges, or due to the fact that people are simply more likely to do something once than to do it twice. There may also be questions of timing, such as those raised by Yuval Levin, after talking to CMS sources, pertaining to the importance of having the system fully operational throughout an advertising campaign that will begin six weeks before Christmas.
There's a reason why Democrats — Ezekiel Emmanuel excepted, at least for purposes of public consumption — are so freaked out about the website problems. I'm hoping that these reasons will be articulated tomorrow.


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MILWAUKEE, WI – April 16, 2010 – (Motor Sports Newswire) – This summer the Harley-Davidson Museum will offer a select group of riders and enthusiasts an exclusive opportunity to become the ultimate Harley-Davidson insider.
The Harley-Davidson Fantasy Camp is an exclusive behind-the-scenes Harley-Davidson experience, offering participants a once-in-a-lifetime chance to immerse themselves in Harley-Davidson Motor Company history, gain entry to the building where bikes are engineered, styled and tested, ride with Harley-Davidson executives, and become the ultimate Harley-Davidson insider.
From June 21-25, 2010, twenty Harley-Davidson Fantasy Campers will be immersed in Harley-Davidson history and culture as well as get to know Milwaukee, Harley-Davidson's hometown for 107 years.
A sneak peek of what is planned:
- Enjoy VIP guided tours of the Harley-Davidson Museum including an in-depth look at the limited-access archives collection.
- Discover historic Harley-Davidson sites during a never-before-offered city tour of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- Tour the access-restricted Willie G. Davidson Product Development Center (PDC), where motorcycle prototypes are engineered, styled and tested.
- Learn how Harley-Davidson V-Twin engines work from a Harley-Davidson University instructor.
- Bond with a Harley-Davidson Motor Company executive while riding through Milwaukee's countryside.
- Experience must-do Milwaukee activities like enjoy a Brewer's game from the exclusive Harley-Davidson Deck, and check out Summerfest from the private Harley-Davidson Roadhouse.
- Share daily meals with Harley-Davidson staff and other H-D Fantasy Campers.
- Chronicle the trip with plenty of opportunities for photos
The Harley-Davidson Fantasy Camp experience includes hotel, food, and transportation to all destinations – including motorcycles for the ride – and exclusive access to areas not available to the public for $3,000 per person.
To enroll in the Harley-Davidson Fantasy Camp, call the Harley-Davidson Museum Group Tours Coordinator at 414-287-2799. Registration deadline is May 31, 2010.
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Harley-Davidson Motor Company produces heavyweight custom, cruiser and touring motorcycles and offers a complete line of Harley-Davidson motorcycle parts, accessories, riding gear and apparel, and general merchandise. For more information, visit harley-davidson.com.


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QUITO, Ecuador – Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa is formally beginning his campaign for February's election in which he will seek a third term.
The popular left-leaning leader had been widely expected to run again, but his re-election bid didn't become official until Saturday.
Correa appeared during a national assembly of his Alianza Pais party in Quito alongside his vice presidential candidate, former strategic sector minister Jorge Glas.
Current Vice President Lenin Moreno declined to be Correa's running mate this time, but issued a statement calling for his re-election.
Correa was first elected president in 2006. He has built a solid base of support by implementing populist programs that have widened Ecuador's social safety net and increased spending on education.


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For the first time in weeks, Obama is on the defensive over a speech he delivered earlier this month in Virginia. Obama created this furor when he said: "If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.'' So now Obama is forced to spend time explaining what he meant to say, never a good position to be in during a campaign.
Ad: "Always,'' a 30-second TV commercial.
Producer: Obama for America.
Where to see it: On television, statewide or at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0yK5NakN2o
Video: Video and audio of President Barack Obama talking directly to the camera, dressed casually in a shirt and blue jacket. Scenes of Americans in schools and at work also are flashed.
Script: "Those ads taking my words about small business out of context -- they're flat out wrong. Of course Americans build their own businesses. Every day, hard-working people sacrifice to meet a payroll, create jobs, and make our economy run. And what I said was that we need to stand behind them, as America always has. By investing in education and training, roads and bridges, research and technology. I'm Barack Obama and I approve this message because I believe we're all in this together.''
Analysis: For the first time in weeks, Obama is on the defensive over a speech he delivered earlier this month in Virginia. Obama created this furor when he said: "If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.'' So now Obama is forced to spend time explaining what he meant to say, never a good position to be in during a campaign.
It is true that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney – in his own attack ad -- focused on the one sentence and ignored the rest of the speech. In that sense, Romney can be accused of taking a sentence out of context.
So, you judge. Here is what Obama actually said: "Look, if you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own . . . I'm always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart. There are a lot of smart people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something -- there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there.''
"If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together.''
Taken in context, Obama was trying, without much success, to make a point emphasized in 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he said that "wealth in the modern world does not come merely from individual effort; it results from a combination of individual effort and of the manifold uses to which the community puts that effort. The individual does not create the product of his industry with his own hands; he utilizes the many processes and forces of mass production to meet the demands of a national and international market.''
Nor were Obama's remarks just a slip of the tongue. Instead, he clearly based his address on remarks last year by Elizabeth Warren, a onetime Obama consumer aide and now the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts. "You built a factory out there? Good for you. But I want to be clear: you moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for; you hired workers the rest of us paid to educate; you were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for . . . Now look, you built a factory and it turned into something terrific, or a great idea. God bless. Keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next kid who comes along."
Hidden by the intense charges and counter-charges is a serious debate that has divided the two major parties for decades. Republicans believe that given personal freedom, the individual is responsible for his or her success. By contrast, Democrats have long argued that individual success is at least partly attributable to a larger role by society.
The Romney campaign, sensing that it has put Obama on the defensive, sought to keep up the pressure today by scheduling so-called "We did build this" events in Toledo and Columbus "to allow Ohio small business owners the opportunity to respond to President Obama's insulting claim," according to a Romney press release.


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CIU Professor Addresses Judgment Day Prediction
You've seen the billboards: Judgment Day, May 21, 2011. The prediction was made by Harold Camping, the founder of Family Radio based in Oakland, Calif. His listeners spread out across the world to warn people that Jesus would return on May 21. But what does the Bible really have to say about the return of Christ?
For the answer to that question, Rob Kittle, a reporter for WSPA TV in Spartanburg, S.C. dropped by Columbia International University to ask Dr. Don Howell, professor of New Testament.
To see Kittle's report and Howell's answer, visit the WSPA Web site: http://www2.wspa.com/lifestyles/2011/may/19/4/christians-atheists-dismiss-saturday-rapture-predi-ar-1864219/.
Dr. Don Howell's book, "The Passion of the Servant" addresses issues regarding Christ's return. It can be purchased through the CIU bookstore.


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A special event is any activity that may effect the safe and normal movement of vehicular and pedestrian traffic along the State Highway system, or which may require the assistance of local, county or state police, or the SHA. Special events may include marches and parades, filming, organized bicycle or pedestrian races and events, local festivals or other types of activities that may impact highway operations. A Maryland State Highway Administration Special Event Permit is required for any event that will impact an Interstate, U.S. Route or State numbered highway.
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THE PANTIES STILL HAD TAGS ON THEM! Are they going to return them?
Anybody know what the title of this video was? I'd like to buy a copy
I also found it boring at first all those changes of bad lingerie were not necessary
probably the most boring amateur lesbian porn ive ever seen
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Let's be honest here--in the genre of bad b-movie horror, its subject matter's close proximity to the realm of nightmare coupled with artistic ineptitude and sometimes manic overenthusiasm on the part of its filmmakers makes for a high level of opportunity for out-and-out jaw-dropping goofiness. Wild curses, outlandish monsters, over-the-top explosions of blasphemy and blood--if not reined in by a filmmaker of impeccable taste and exquisite restraint (and as I think we've shown definitively by now, it almost NEVER is) it runs the risk of getting a bit silly. Sometimes that risk pays off, most of the time it doesn't, but it's always there, just like the nattering homeless man on the bus who thinks he's Mighty Mouse.
That said, when it comes to opportunities for sheer mind-melting kee-razy, bad horror's got NOTHING on bad sci-fi. For proof one need look no further than the ne plus ultra of out-of-control space-opera fantasy, 1979's epic intergalactic adventure Starcrash.
We open looking up at the undercarriage of a spaceship that scrolls slowly over us toward the horizon, the first of many Star Wars homages--did I say homages? I meant "rip-offs"--to come. The model spacecraft is rather impressive, and the filmmakers know it: they give us minute after minute of sloooow, loving close-ups of its surface, just so that the interested viewer can get a good look at the craftsmanship. Luxuriate in this leisurely, uneventful crawl--from here on out, it's nothing but frenetic, madcap action.
A legion of soldiers in some of the snazziest helmets this side of the Crab Nebula walk purposefully across a rather baffling spaceship interior set--walls of blinking lights, inexplicable free-standing masonry, an elevator that rather than going up and down simply rotates (like a revolving door, but without that pesky door part). There's some talk of locating a "Phantom Planet" in the Great Star Fields among the Haunted Stars, all very portentious if nonsensical. The ship approaches a lifeless wintry world--"Nothing but ice and snow--a barren desert of whiteness!"--when suddenly they become the victims of an unprovoked attack of disco lights! Unable to withstand the funk, the ship explodes! WHAT VILLAINY IS THIS?
Zarth Arn "REPEND TERREUR ET DESTRUCTION!", which, you know, can't be good. Thus informed (and strangely desirous of red wine and soft cheese), we launch into our story proper.
It turns out to be story of a pair of charismatic outlaws on the run from the Intergalactic Law, as wanted criminal/adventurer Stella Star (the lovely Caroline Munro in the Han Solo role, but with half the clothes) and child-evangelist turned interplanetary navigator Marjoe Gortner as her sidekick. (Marjoe's a fascinating character even apart from this--check out his wiki page for more.) They're on the run from Bald Bad-cop (character actor Robert Tessier, veteran of such classics as The Longest Yard and Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell) and his cybernetic assistant L (or perhaps, in French, "Elle"), a C3P0 stand-in with, inexplicably, a stereotypically Texan accent and a phobia of just about EVERYTHING. Who programmed THIS guy? Jumping into hyperspace, Stella and Marjoe temporarily elude their pursuers just long enough to find one of the escape launches from the ship that got funked up in the opening scene.
PERFECT. She wears a constant expression of giddy, slightly manic intensity whose effect cannot be overstated. She really seems to be into it, whether running around in sub-Vampirella bathing suits and knee-boots or diving out an open window into the vacuum of space for an immediate spacewalk (in Weird Space Tales-inspired bubble-helmets). Here is an actress totally committed to her role, to a degree that is rare to see in movies of any genre. (Either that or she was totally fried on uppers. Still, the effect's the same.)
L and the Bald Cop overtake Stella just as she's exploring the launch and dragged before the Intergalactic Tribunal, where she and Marjoe are tried and sentenced by Oz the Great and Powerful (Brain-in-a-Vat version, with kung-fu tentacle accessories!). Stella is sentenced to break rocks on the Prison Planet, though she is not forced to relinquish her sexy vinyl outfits for a jumpsuit. In short order--and I mean SHORT order--she has instigated a prisoner revolt and is on the verge of escaping, when who should show up but...the Bald Cop and L! Don't these guys have anything ELSE to do?
not there to smack down the uprising! They pull her aboard ship and inform her that the Emperor of the First Circle of the Universe (Christopher Plummer in a TOTAL Oscar-baiting performance) wants to hire her and Marjoe to find his son the Prince, who was on the ship that asploded, which it turns out was looking for Count Zarth Arn's secret base. Why the Emperor didn't just request a prisoner transfer rather than staging a swashbuckling-style rescue is anyone's guess. Though judging by Plummer's costume, his character obviously has a thing for the dramatic gesture.
So L, Bald Cop, Stella and Marjoe take off into hyperspace to track down Zarth Arn's secret base, rescue the Prince, and make sure all's right with the universe--while presumably the Emperor and all his legions sit on their thumbs and wait to see what happens. Sounds like a universe-saving plan to me!
Stella's Barbarella-riffic outfits: when she's walking around, hauling rocks on the prison planet or glaring intensely at evil overlords, her shiny shiny boots always have 4-inch heels. However, when she's kung-fu fighting or running for her life, the boots are suddenly FLATS! Retractable stilettos, people! An idea whose time has come! Also, somehow they determine that Zarth Arn is likely somewhere around "an unknown planet in the Haunted Stars, called Uragus!" Wait, it's unknown, but you have its NAME? THAT'S technology you can use!
Also, too much cannot be said about the lovable mechanical mug L. In addition to his gold-rush prospector accent and bothersome phobias, he's also programmed to be the movies official EXPOSITRON! Whenever a new development comes barelling at the viewer from outta NOWHERE (which is OFTEN), you can always count on L to sum it up for everyone with an exclamation and a snap-thrust of his gloved, pointed finger. "Look! It's the Imperial Flagship!" "The Emperor's here! That's his holographic image!" "That seems to be a planetary artifact!" And of course, my all time favorite: "LOOK! TWO AMAZONS ON HORSEBACK!"
Somehow their search for Zarth Vader leads the crew to an Amazon planet, where the Queen damages L and captures Stella, giving the director a chance to show lots of babes in fur bikinis before--mere SECONDS later--L recovers and rescues Stella. As they run out on the beach to await the pickup by Marjoe and Baldy, the movie suddenly stops being a Star Wars rip-off and starts a second career as a Ray Harryhausen rip-off! In an almost shot-for-shot remake of the Colossus sequence from Jason and the Argonauts, a giant bosomy robot menaces our heroes before being disabled, somehow, by the rescuing crew. Barbarella outfits, fur bikinis, and stop-motion Harryhausen goodness? COULD IT GET BETTER?
A word about the writing style at this point--you remember when you were a kid, and you'd be playing Star Wars or Superheroes in the back yard, and anything that popped into your head got slammed into the plot-line willy-nilly? Batman could suddenly fly, the Green Lantern created a sweet dune buggy with machine-gun headlights, and Lex Luthor suddenly reveals he's an alien from the past with six arms and an all-seeing eye up his butt? Well, THAT'S how the script for this movie was written. It has to be. There's no other explanation.
he's suddenly creating light sculptures in his hands and using un-heretofore-mentioned psychic powers to escape death. Then he DIES, but resurrects himself without trouble, and reveals he can see the future, but only a couple of minutes ahead. Then he pops up in the HOFF cave to fight cavement, and pulls a LIGHTSABER out of his ASS to go all Jedi on the Neanderthals! IT JUST DOESN'T STOP!
Joe Spinell, of Maniac fame and in full irrepressible Noo Yawk accent? Well he is. And he's awesome.
two Golem-Bots who are also stop-motion clones of a Harryhausen creation, in this case the famous Skeleton Warriors (HOFF gets to do the Sindbad bit, obviously and awesomely). Zarth is about to unleash his Doomsday Weapon ("By sunset, I'll be the new Emperor!" SUNSET? In SPACE?) when suddenly Emperor Plummer reveals that he has the power TO HALT THE FLOW OF TIME! And he DOES! The device is defused, they chase Zarn back to his hand-shaped space station (sadly, it does NOT give the Emperor the finger before exploding--a real missed opportunity), and it all culminates in an actually rather well-realized space battle with predictable and TOTALLY satisfying results--i.e., the starship models go up in flames (SMOOOOKE IIIIN SPAAAAACE!), but the glue remains for sniffing.
Oh, and the Imperial forces crash into Zarth's ship--through GLASS WINDOWS--riding in GOLDEN TROJAN SUPPOSITORIES. Because this flick just never stops with the giving. And Plummer's tear-jerking concluding speech--pure, cheesy gold.
Starcrash is absolutely one of the wackiest, most entertaining sci-fi/fantasy movies it has ever been my pleasure to see. Though it's padded a little toward the end, for most of the run-time it's nonstop, nonsensical action, with many LOL moments, some intense "acting" from the SMOKIN' HAWT Caroline Munro, and more insane plot developments than you can shake yer schwartz at. It's a must-be-seen-to-be-believed, and probably-not-even-then experience that a mad movie afficianado simply cannot, MUST not miss.
After a couple of weeks away, I have to say along with the inestimable robot companion L: "It's so nice to be turned on again!" Amen, brotherbot. Amen.
3 thumbs. See it.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Starcrash (1979): or, Eat It, Lucas
Posted by The Vicar of VHS at 12:48 PM
Labels: '70s, 2-3 thumbs, Science Fiction, The Hoff
10 comments:
- Tenebrous Kate said...
Were it not for the screen caps, I'd have thought you just magicked this movie out of the ether, scrabbling together a bunch of catch phrases designed solely to attract my attention (Child Preachers! Furkinis! Caroline Munro! Barbarella! Harryhausen monsters!). This sounds amazing--UH-MAZING, to use a wildly Noo Yawk accent (which is sadly disappearing now that the city is all safe 'n' stuff *sobs*).
Also, I think I've *seen* "Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell." And what I remember of it makes me think I should've been watching "Starcrash." I want this movie. BAD. I am shaking my fist at your superior film-fu! I mean, this appears to be Eurotrash and everything. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS. I'm angry at myself and in awe of yoooou, dear sir. *bats eyelashes*
- August 6, 2008 at 1:52 PM
- The Duke of DVD said...
My god, man! This movie just rocketed to the top of my must-watch priority list (overtaking Mini-Me's sex tape)!
Christopher Plummer AND The Hoff in one film, at the same time? How can the screen contain so much awesome?!
I can only surmise that by the end of this movie you were prostrate upon your velvet chaise, tongue protruding, your member semi-turgid after having delivered its salty load into the confines of your Underoos, wondering how soon you were going to be able to walk again.
- August 6, 2008 at 2:28 PM
Wow I must have this - and I also want to congratulate you Vicar for making me laugh the most I ever have while reading a film review. Now the people at work thing I really have lost it.
- August 6, 2008 at 2:44 PM
- The Vicar of VHS said...
Kate: I've seen FtBB, and it's no great shakes, certainly not in the same quadrant of awesomeness as Starcrash...though it does have one of the most hilariously out-of-nowhere waterfall baths in cinema history. Still, skippable, esp. when Starcrash is yet to be seen!
Duke: Plummer was totally robbed of award consideration in this movie. I mean, his outfit ALONE should have got him international acclaim, and his regal earnestness and Time Lord abilities...well, how can you top that? I'll save you some time: you can't.
Absinthe: Glad I could contribute to your reputation for unhingedness! As for finding this gem...there are wormholes among the stars where it can be glimpsed, and even tractor-beamed down to earth. IYKWIM. Plus, I think Netflix has it. ;)
- August 6, 2008 at 3:09 PM
Every time I watch a bad Italian Sci-Fi movie, I like to watch Fellini's 8 1/2 again, and imagine that the movie I just watched is the movie that Marcello Mastroianni's character is trying to avoid making.
- August 6, 2008 at 8:37 PM
- Inspector Winship said...
If only Plummer had a musical number in this his role might not have been so looked over. Did anyone else think that Hodges stole the ending of "Flash Gordon" from this film? You know the large-golden-slightly phallic- space-ship-crashes-through-huge glass-palace-windows-for-dramatic climax scene? Anyone? Or is it just me?
- August 7, 2008 at 9:12 AM
- Kitty LeClaw said...
I think Iron Maiden should get that crazy-azz robot to come out and walk around all stiff-legged on stage for the next leg of their tour. Eddie could use a rest. Or, maybe a girlfriend? Emailing Bruce Dickinson now!!!
Seriously, though... I recognize the plot structure that you have noted, as I think it is the same one used in the Almighty Rock N' Roll Nightmare. The results can't help but be pleasing. Furthermore, David Hasselhoff in that much eye makeup is something that should be witnessed by everyone. The words "gratitude" and "Vicar" immediately come to mind.
- August 7, 2008 at 6:03 PM
- Karswell said...
Caroline Munro in her outer space Vampirella outfit is one of the most ESSENTIAL "scream queen in crummy sci-fi movies" of all time.
- August 8, 2008 at 9:41 AM
- Fred said...
Vicar, you didn't even mention that Elle was played by Caroline's then-husband Judd Hamilton, one of the founding members of Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds ("Don't Pull Your Love"). I got to know Caroline Munro a few years back through a mutual friend, the writer Steve Swires (who passed away two years ago). She is one of the nicest celebrities I've ever met, and even more beautiful in person. I think she still does the Chiller Theatre conventions from time to time.
As for Christopher Plummer, if he'd broken out a guitar and started singing Eidel Weiss, he would have clinched at least a David nomination (the Italian Oscar), although I don't think Luigi Cozzi had it in the budget to buy him a Golden Globe nomiation.
- August 8, 2008 at 12:52 PM
- kindertrauma said...
The simpatico relationship between Munro and Spinell is a thing of great beauty. I want a box set of all their cinematic adventures together!
- August 8, 2008 at 5:01 PM


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Seabreeze defeated top-seeded Winter Springs 1-0 to capture the District 5-4A title Friday.
WINTER SPRINGS — Annie Gelnaw's first-half goal lifted Seabreeze over top-seeded Winter Springs 1-0 and handed the Sandcrabs the District 5-4A crown Friday.
The Sandcrabs (15-3-4) will host a first-round state playoff game Wednesday while the Bears (11-9-3) will be on the road as a wild card.
Brianna Mengel sent the ball over the defense and Gelnaw connected off a one-on-one situation with the goalie. It was her eighth goal of the tournament.
Goalie Hailey Beach had seven saves to secure the shutout.
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The Sandcrabs, seeded second, did not allow a goal the entire district tournament and outscored their three opponents by a 27-0 margin.


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Ronald Beck, a program information specialist for the Landsat program told Scientific American that the wall is visible to Landsat as well, but only under certain weather conditions. "We have satellite images where snow covers the fields near the wall and snow has been cleared on the wall, and that allows us to see the wall," he said. "The key is contrast."
Commercial satellites, operated by companies such as GeoEye, offer the clearest view of the Great Wall from space. A sensor with half-meter resolution on the GeoEye-1 satellite acquired the image below on June 20, 2009. If you're interested in seeing how sensors on various Earth-observing satellites compare, here's a useful list categorized by their spatial resolution.
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