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Parallel lines are at the same angle and will never cross... like two railroad tracks. It doesn't matter what direction the lines travel. As long as they are going the same way, they are parallel. In mathematical terms, two lines are said to be parallel if they have the exact same slope.
Remember our equation for a line, y = mx + b. Two parallel lines, each defined by their own equation, will have the same value for m, the slope. So, y = 3x + 5 and y = 3x + 200 are parallel lines (they differ in their y-intercepts, but they have the same slope m). You can plot this out for yourself quickly to see that this is indeed the case.
The opposite of parallel lines are perpendicular lines. But how can you determine if two lines are perpendicular? Perpendicular lines have a bit of a twist to them. Two lines are perpendicular if they cross (remember, any two straight lines that are NOT parallel will cross at only a single point. They cannot ever intersect again unless they curve back on themselves, in which case they are not straight!) and they form a 90 degree angle, or rather, a T-shape. For example: The x-axis and y-axis are perpendicular to each other. Mathematically, if line 1 has a slope of m1, then a perpendicular line 2 will have a slope m2=(-1/m1)... that is, it's slope will be the negative inverse of the first.
Try it out... y = 2x + 1 and y = (-1/2)x + 5... m1 = 2 and m2 = (-1/2). Check it out on the graph to see that they indeed form a 90 degree angle where they intersect. If you don't believe that this is correct, go get a protractor and measure it for yourself! You can then convince yourself that the relationship holds true.
Also of interest to you: the symbol for "perpendicular" is ┴, an upside-down capital T, whereas the symbol for "parallel" is two vertical lines next to each other, like ||. You would write AB┴CD to say that AB is perpendicular to CD, and similarly AB||CD to say that they are parallel.
So, I've shown you that to in order to determine if lines are parallel or perpendicular, all you need to know is their slopes! If you know the equations of the lines, then this is only a matter of simply reading the m value, or at the worst, performing some basic mathematical rearrangements to find this info. And once you have the numbers, you can easily see if either relationship applies. This is much faster than manually creating a table of values and plotting out the graphs by hand! Now, you should have no problem answering questions that ask you to quickly identify true parallel or perpendicular line relationships! If this post helped solve your questions, please remember to do me a favor and click the +1 button below to help me get the word out! Thanks!


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those cheeky sods at the spider house are using my photos on their site uncredited! it's a good job i love them. of course it's flattering really. i note there's no contact email.
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was just investigating/amused by the blog of jonathan grubb who sat next to me on the sofa at fray cafe. we didn't say much to each other, it was too noisy and i had just been pissed off by one paul d smith who had bounced up to us shouting questions and declaring that he was drunk - not a good way to introduce yourself to an introvert in a room full of strangers.
really it would have been a good idea to have investigated all the people one was going to run into so that one had something to say and a better impression of them. rather like greenbelt, where you find out what you've missed by reading the programme afterwards. also like greenbelt, i suspect that if you go every year the problem goes away, or it ceases to be your problem.
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or t-shirt slogans.
daniel:most poetry is just incomplete sentences
me:CHIPS ARE NOT FOOD!![that's US chips ie english crisps. they serve them with everything here as if they were food. but in england they are a party snack or for children. not food!]
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y'know it's sad to be leaving town just as i know and am known. the barista at little city knew what i wanted this morning. the breakfast came with extra fruit. this is the kind of city where you can become a regular quite easily. it doesn't seem to happen in london, except for the wrong reasons like there's nowhere else to go. we don't have time to hang out. there are too many places to hang out in. there are too many people passing through. unless you meet deliberately you don't see your friends even though you all live in the same part of town.
of course it would help immensely if places in london had free wifi. because then you could actually do things. i notice that people use their phones a lot less here, but laptops a lot more - maybe one is compensating for the other. people are networking by whatever means - but the laptop & wifi allows you to do a wider range of things. and less obtrusively. i haven't heard a single loud mobile phone conversation here. people aren't walking down the street yap-yap-yap tap-tap-tap.
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after hanging with dan hughes and his children in bookworld, chuys tex-mex restaurant:
then to 20x2 - twenty speakers, one question, two minutes. i'll tell you the dead whore joke later.
now we're in the spider house again. it's cold for the first time here.
my battery is flatlining and daniel [at work, above] wants to go indoors. goodnight.
cool blogger sticker for our laptops.
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last night: fray cafe - open mic, tell a true personal story in 5 minutes. the live version of the long-running site . trouble is, site is better than live. something to do with editing. also the proceedings were rather dominated by a bunch of people who all knew each other/were famous to each other. bit like church events. but some of the stuff was good.daniel wasn't going to speak. then when we'd seen the first three he put his name down. sadly the event ran out of time just when his was the next name on the list.
now that it's arrived, here's the video clip of people dancing to the happy bulletsDownload 12-03-06_0514.3gp
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keeping austin weird... the people passing dressed for a toga party. nobody knows why. the guy that just came in the cafe with the silliest hair - zoot suit, spiv moustache and slicked-back hair tied up in two big girly bunches. i've seen much silly hair but this simple gesture somehow beats them all. the average looking guy with the bushy beard and the red minidress. nobody acts surprised. declaring a place weird acts as a licence/neutraliser, like a party or festival. just don't try weirdness outside those containers.
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the happy bullets last night. enjoyed it, bought the cd. 60s-inspired indie pop. they make a great racket for five people.
above, daniel photographs/worships the happy bullets.
am waiting for the video footage off my phone to show up in my mailbox. i find phone messages to email tend to get lost at random.
dan hughes joined us for the evening, a pleasure to see him again.
bar camp in the afternoon . couldn't think of enough tags to write on my pass at the door. emerging church and architecture, but i didn't want to be limited to those. i had to go and look at my 'about' page to remember what i'm interested in. my blog is external memory. a mcluhanite extension of self.
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The hubs and son have been away from the house working a lot lately, and my "day job" is in a pretty relaxed period again until the end of May. This means that there are long stretches of mini time, and that is great news for me! I have been able to work on the shabby chic soap shop and it feels like I've gotten a lot accomplished this week! I am really going to have to come up with a better name for it, though!
I got a lot of the inside trim installed, and it's nearing completion. I'm at that stage where I can only go so far on it until some other pieces fall into place. I need to make decisions on raw wall edges etc before I can finish the trim there, and also have to install the roof before I can install quarter round etc... Once all of it is done I'll need to attempt some tiny caulking and touch up the paint job - or mess it up depending on the look it needs to have.
So the progress of the day has been to work on extending the front porch and getting the chimney attached in preparation for the egg carton stone that I have settled on.
I also took some of the same material and used it to extend the porch eaves to cover the larger floor space.
Once that was done I gave everything another dry fit, and figured out what modifications I needed to make for the thicker chimney. I needed to cut some of the roof material away. I made two attempts, both not having taken away enough, and then taking too much on the third attempt. Oh well, "you know what" happens. Us miniaturists are used to camouflage, smoke and mirrors so it will all work out in the end...
At present I am, of course, waiting for glue to dry. Then it's on to the egg carton stone making process. I took a couple photos from Mt. St. Helens on vacation last summer, and just love the rocks they used to line the walking paths. I might just try to replicate it, if I can...
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Tertiary Update Vol 14 No 32
After TEU members at Weltec took a lightning strike across Weltec's three campuses (Petone, Wellington and Auckland) earlier this week the union's bargaining team was able to meet with the polytechnic's chief executive. Because of those discussions, TEU members have suspended the threat of further strikes or other industrial action now for the rest of the week, and are hopeful that they will be back negotiating formally soon.
Before the strike on Monday Weltec employers wanted to increase staff weekly duty hours, remove all discretionary leave from new staff and tell existing staff how they can use their discretionary leave as well as claim the flexibility to require staff to work any hours between 7.00 am and 9.30 pm Monday to Sunday.
TEU organiser Phil Dyhrberg said the existing employment conditions are working well for Weltec and he is hopeful now that the two sides can reach a positive agreement.
"Last year Weltec had a surplus of $3.6 million. It got more revenue both from government and from other sources. It grew its asset base by $5 million. So there seems little financial reason for staff working longer working hours, the possibility of working late into the evening on Sundays, or less say for staff over how they use their leave."
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- Canterbury's international student numbers slump
- More investment needed in Canterbury University
- Ten new trades academies
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TEU's boycott of Courses and Careers Day at the University of Auckland was averted in last minute negotiations after the university's vice-chancellor agreed not to oppose an application by the union for facilitation by the Employment Relations Authority. Up until that point, the vice-chancellor had been opposed to facilitation, thereby slowing the negotiation process down.
New Zealand secondary schools are quietly being redesigned in a way that could make them dramatically more relevant to young people who are not heading towards university – New Zealand Herald
Yes, the public has a right to information about how public institutions are performing, but that information shouldn't be stripped of meaning and context just so people can absorb it quickly and easily. That is unfair on the universities being ranked, and it is unfair on people who want a fuller understanding of how they are performing – Manawatu Standard
A further 50,000 people who live overseas and owe money on their student loans are going to be targeted by the Government. Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce says a target programme aimed at 1000 debt holders in Australia and has netted more $4.7 million in debt repayments. The programme will be extended to cover not only people in Australia, but also Britain – Radio NZ
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There was a period in my childhood, I look upon Christmas as one of the most incredible times of the year, with Christmas pageants, plays, food and of course gifts.
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Once I was married with children, it was always an incredible sight to witness the joy and spirit of Christmas as my children experienced and learn the religious meaning of Christmas.
The memories of reading the night before Christmas to my children, and seeing them take part in their Christmas plays and pageants are memories that will last a lifetime.
After many years of decorating homes, attending holiday parties and reading the factual basis of how the holiday began, along with witnessing the commercialization of Christmas beginning in October with Christmas music being played twenty-four hours a day before Veterans Day.
I now celebrate Christmas two weeks before the Christmas Holiday, as not to burn out from all the activities and celebrations.
What has jaded me over the years is seeing people celebrating the holiday and not its spirit during the rest of the year, as it should live within the hearts of anyone who celebrates Christmas.
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At last! Coronado auditorium grand opening Sept. 27
Community can request seats, starting Sept. 22
After two years of planning and construction - and a few unwanted surprises - the grand opening of the new Coronado High School auditorium will be Saturday,
Sept. 27.
Performances by the school's orchestra, band, jazz band, choir and drama students will highlight the occasion, starting at 7 p.m.
The free event is invitation-only, but depending on how RSVPs go, a few of the 792 seats may wind up being available to members of the public, Principal Susan Humphrey said.
ōWe're trying to be judicious,ö she explained. ōWe want to be sure those who contributed get tickets.ö
Invitees include school board members, contractors, District 11 officials, school staff, the parents of the students performing and any students who want to come. At the same time, she said, ōWe want to fill it up.ö
So, beginning Monday, Sept. 22, community members interested in ticket availability can call Kathy Christy, the principal's administrative assistant, at 328-3611.
The good news for Westsiders is that, even if they can't get a seat on opening night, there will be many future student performances, and the school will make the new auditorium available in the future to groups that want to rent it, according to Humphrey.
The facility is located beside Coronado's main parking lot at 1590 W. Fillmore St.
Measuring 49 feet at its highest point, the building is 18 feet taller than the old one, and, at 24,000 square feet in size, more than 50 percent larger. The former structure, part of the original school in 1970, had stood in the same basic spot and was torn down to make room for the new model.
Some of the space was added around the entry doors on the north and south sides, creating a ōlobbyö effect at either end of the hallway between the auditorium and the adjoining classroom building. New stairs to the balcony were also built in those areas.The other expansions are on the northeasterly side. There is now a ōgreen roomö (which serves, during school, as an orchestra and drama classroom and, during shows, as a place for performers to ready themselves), men's and women's dressing rooms and a concealed performers' access from the lobby.
With an expanded balcony and redesigned main seating area, the auditorium has more than twice as many seats as the previous 340.
Alan Combs, the Coronado band instructor, is excited about the new space. ōIts going to be terrific,ö he said. ōWhen we do performances, we'll have the center section available for seats [the old auditorium had a space-divider partition down the middle]. The acoustics will be excellent, and it will be a lot more attractive.ö
The grand-opening date is approximately nine months later than originally foreseen, and the cost has escalated from the 2004 bond issue estimate of $1.4 million to a final amount of $4.9 million. But now that the work is nearly over -a few ōpunch-listö construction issues were keeping the school district from formally accepting the building until later this week - District 11 Facilities Director Mike Maloney said he's ōexcited about how the community is going to appreciate the auditorium.ö Maloney has been involved in all the planning and in having to find new money sources as the costs escalated. He's also the one having to negotiate with the contractor, Gerald H. Phipps, on a penalty for not meeting a deadline to have the auditorium ready before school started in August. (Previous project delays were for other reasons, including District 11's construction plans from 1970 that incorrectly showed grout and rebar in the original auditorium's walls - forcing them to be torn down instead of reused.)
ōI think our general contractor has done a good job and given the community a good product, and I don't want to give them a black eye.ö Maloney said. ōBut construction is construction, and they had various problems with their subcontractors.ö Yet, despite the resulting ōsmall sense of disappointment,ö he said, ōit will be far outweighed by the enjoyment of a product that's going to be long-lasting and a nice addition to the community.ö
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George W. Bush's gift to the American Republic may be that he has discredited a host of right-wing theories and practices – "trickle-down economics"; "self-regulating markets"; "tough-guy" foreign policy; the "imperial presidency"; and the notion that "government is the problem."
As the United States gazes out on the wreckage of the past eight years – a $1.2 trillion (and growing) budget deficit, 7.2 percent (and rising) unemployment, two open-ended wars, a sullied U.S. image abroad, environmental degradation and a world that seems to be ripping apart – the hope must be that Bush has so tarnished these policies, which trace back to Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, that they will never be tried again.
If that is the lesson that the United States learns, then Barack Obama's election truly could mark the end of an era and the start of something very different. However, if Obama and the Democrats fail to drive these lessons home – if they let bygones be bygones – they are courting a huge risk in that the same behavior could reemerge and the misjudgments could reoccur.
So far, it appears that President-elect Obama is so set on making friends with Washington's corrupt Establishment – from dinner with neoconservative columnists like Charles Krauthammer to coffee with the Washington Post's editorial board, which avidly supported the Iraq War – that he may be missing the opportunity for a genuine transformation.
Rather than confronting the architects of America's debacles and decline, Obama is currying favor with them. He's even equivocating over whether Bush and his subordinates should be held accountable for criminal behavior, like torture and aggressive war, violations of longstanding American principles.
It's possible that Obama is engaged in a tactical maneuver, keeping these pooh-bahs at bay or at least delaying their fury until they see their Establishment interests challenged. But there is a more troubling interpretation of Obama's positioning.
It's possible that Obama – an African-American outsider raised in Hawaii by a single mother on food stamps – really aspires to be part of the Establishment, that he sees his presidency as not transformative or revolutionary but only mildly reformist, with an emphasis on continuity, not change.
That is how Krauthammer, one of the President-elect's recent dinner partners, views Obama's quiet embrace of so much that was George W. Bush.
"Vindication is being expressed not in words but in deeds – the tacit endorsement conveyed by the Obama continuity-we-can-believe-in transition," Krauthammer wrote in his Washington Post column on Friday.
"It's not just the retention of such key figures as Defense Secretary Bob Gates or Treasury Secretary nominee Timothy Geithner, who, as president of the New York Fed, has been instrumental in guiding the Bush financial rescue over the past year. It's the continuity of policy."
If Krauthammer is right, Obama appears poised to make many of the same mistakes that marked the start of the Clinton presidency 16 years ago, when another Bush was leaving office in the midst of an economic recession and the Establishment (led by its chief mouthpiece, the Washington Post) was nearly unanimous on the need to look forward, not backward.
Then, there was widespread (and bipartisan) agreement with President George H.W. Bush's pardons of six Iran-Contra defendants, short-circuiting a trial of former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger that was set to begin in early 1993. That trial would have altered the historical understanding of the scandal by revealing the high-level approval of crimes by President Reagan and Vice President Bush.
The Weinberger trial also would have put front and center the concept of an all-powerful President. In effect, the Iran-Contra Affair was a way station in the restoration of the imperial presidency, from its collapse in Watergate to its post-9/11 resurrection under George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.
At its core, Iran-Contra – like its related scandals of secret Iraqgate assistance to Saddam Hussein and the cover-up of cocaine trafficking by the Nicaraguan contras – was a reassertion of Richard Nixon's famous edict: "When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal."
Yet even after George H.W. Bush's Christmas Eve 1992 pardons of Weinberger, Elliott Abrams and four other Iran-Contra culprits, the historical record still could have been set right if the new President, Bill Clinton, had lent his support to serious fact-finding and meaningful accountability.
Instead Clinton and other Democrats joined in sweeping the Republican scandals under the rug, hoping that they might gain some reciprocity of bipartisanship. As Clinton wrote in his 2004 memoir, My Life:
"I wanted the country to be more united, not more divided, even if that split would be to my political advantage," Clinton wrote. "Finally, President Bush had given decades of service to our country, and I thought we should allow him to retire in peace, leaving the matter between him and his conscience." [See Bill Clinton, My Life, p. 457]
In some cases, Clinton and the Democrats went beyond simply ignoring lumps in the rug; they joined in falsifying the history and intimidating whistleblowers.
For instance, when the opportunity arose in early 1995 to get to the bottom of the Iraqgate scandal – the Reagan-Bush-I coddling of Saddam Hussein – the Clinton administration didn't just look the other way; it went on the offensive against people who tried to expose the truth.
The context of this Clinton-Iraqgate cover-up came during a criminal trial of Teledyne, a company that sold explosives to a Chilean arms manufacturer, Carlos Cardoen, who then supplied Hussein with cluster bombs in the 1980s. Another defendant in the case was a hapless Teledyne salesman, named Ed Johnson, who earned a modest salary of about $30,000.
By the mid-1990s, the "official" take on Iraqgate was that the scandal about secret U.S. military assistance to Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was a "conspiracy theory" and that Reagan-Bush-I officials, including Vice President Bush, had been unfairly accused of facilitating shipments of weapons and WMD-related materiel to Iraq.
Solidifying this notion of a "conspiracy theory," Clinton's Justice Department issued a report on Jan. 15, 1995, stating that it had found no "evidence that U.S. agencies or officials illegally armed Iraq" in the 1980s. The report, however, contained a curious admission that the CIA had withheld relevant data from the investigators.
"In the course of our work, we learned of 'sensitive compartments' of information not normally retrievable and of specialized offices that previously were unknown to the CIA personnel who were assisting us," wrote John M. Hogan, counselor to Attorney General Janet Reno.
Then, without further skepticism, Hogan added, "I do not believe this uncertainty severely undermined our investigation."
But two weeks after Hogan's odd findings, Howard Teicher, a former National Security Council official under President Reagan, came forward with a startling affidavit in the Teledyne case.
Teicher asserted that the secret arming of Iraq had been ordered by Reagan in June 1982 as part of a National Security Decision Directive. Under the order, CIA Director William Casey and his then-deputy, Robert Gates, "authorized, approved and assisted" delivery of cluster bombs to Iraq through Cardoen.
"In the Spring of 1982, Iraq teetered on the brink of losing its war with Iran," Teicher wrote. "The Iranians discovered a gap in the Iraqi defenses along the Iran-Iraq border between Baghdad to the north and Basra to the south.
"Iran positioned a massive invasion force directly across from the gap in the Iraqi defenses. An Iranian breakthrough at the spot would have cutoff Baghdad from Basra and would have resulted in Iraq's defeat. ... In June 1982, President Reagan decided that the United States could not afford to allow Iraq to lose the war to Iran."
Teicher wrote that he helped draft a secret national security decision directive that Reagan signed to authorize covert U.S. assistance to Hussein's military. "The NSDD, including even its identifying number, is classified," Teicher wrote.
The effort to arm the Iraqis was "spearheaded" by CIA Director William Casey and involved his deputy, Robert Gates, according to Teicher's affidavit. "The CIA, including both CIA Director Casey and Deputy Director Gates, knew of, approved of, and assisted in the sale of non-U.S. origin military weapons, ammunition and vehicles to Iraq," Teicher wrote.
In 1984, Teicher said he went to Iraq with Reagan's special envoy Donald Rumsfeld to convey a secret Israeli offer to assist Iraq after Israel had concluded that Iran was becoming a greater danger, according to the affidavit.
"I traveled with Rumsfeld to Baghdad and was present at the meeting in which Rumsfeld told Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz about Israel's offer of assistance," Teicher wrote. "Aziz refused even to accept the Israelis' letter to Hussein offering assistance because Aziz told us that he would be executed on the spot by Hussein if he did so."
Another key player in Reagan's Iraq tilt was then-Vice President Bush, according to Teicher's affidavit.
"In 1986, President Reagan sent a secret message to Saddam Hussein telling him that Iraq should step up its air war and bombing of Iran," Teicher wrote. "This message was delivered by Vice President Bush who communicated it to Egyptian President Mubarak, who in turn passed the message to Saddam Hussein.
"Similar strategic operational military advice was passed to Saddam Hussein through various meetings with European and Middle Eastern heads of state. I authored Bush's talking points for the 1986 meeting with Mubarak and personally attended numerous meetings with European and Middle East heads of state where the strategic operational advice was communicated."
Though Teicher's affidavit represented a major breakthrough in an important historical mystery, the Clinton administration instead rallied to the defense of Reagan and Bush-41. Clinton's Justice Department attacked the credibility of Teicher's affidavit and ordered it sealed as a national security secret.
Federal prosecutors even threatened Teicher with legal retaliation, pressed for sanctions against Teledyne's attorneys for trying to raise a justification defense, and convinced the Teledyne case judge to block Teicher's testimony on the grounds that it was irrelevant.
Barred from citing the Teicher evidence, Teledyne negotiated a plea deal. As for Ed Johnson, his jury never got to hear about Teicher or his affidavit, so it found the salesman guilty of violating the Arms Export Control Act. Johnson was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison.
The "official" history about Iraqgate solidified into a certainty that the story of secret U.S. military assistance to Iraq was bogus. That finding is enshrined in the shallow assessment of Wikipedia, whose entry states: "Although the charges received extensive attention in the early 1990s and are periodically repeated today, they were eventually discredited."
That judgment still holds even though other senior government officials have acknowledged that the Iraqgate allegations were, in fact, true. For instance, former CIA officer Melissa Boyle Mahle, a Middle East expert, stated flatly in her 2004 book, Denial and Deception, that in the mid-1980s, "the United States was already deeply involved in providing weapons and other military support to Iraq."
In other words, the Clinton administration didn't just look the other way when it came to Reagan-Bush-41 crimes. Its officials joined in obstructions of justice, even to the extent of sending an American citizen off to prison rather than divulge secrets that would have damaged the legacies of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
Similarly, the Clinton administration played down extraordinary admissions by the CIA's inspector general in 1998 that the Reagan administration had concealed evidence of widespread cocaine trafficking by the Nicaraguan contras. Despite the CIA's confession, that scandal, too, has gone down in American history as having been "discredited." [For details, see Robert Parry's Lost History.]
Beyond distorting the public record upon which Americans make their judgments in a democratic society, the Clinton administration got none of the wished-for reciprocity. The Republicans waged one of the most partisan assaults on a sitting American President ever, ultimately impeaching (though not convicting) Clinton of lying about a sexual dalliance.
Clinton's humiliation – and the perceived propriety of the Reagan-Bush-41 years – set the stage for George W. Bush to run for the presidency against Vice President Al Gore and to get close enough so five Republican justices on the U.S. Supreme Court could hand the White House back to the GOP. [For details, see our book Neck Deep.]
Despite the controversial outcome of Election 2000 – which actually saw Gore getting a half million more votes than Bush – the new Republican administration behaved as if it had a popular mandate. Right-wing economic theories were pushed, including tax cuts aimed at the rich and "self-regulating markets." Reagan's notion that "government is the problem" was back.
In foreign policy, especially after the 9/11 terror attacks, it was time for "tough-guy" swagger, American "exceptionalism" and "preemptive war." Regarding presidential power, Nixon's imperial theories returned with talk of the "unitary executive" exercising "plenary" – or unlimited – powers.
Along with these old Republican concepts came some of the same people who were responsible for the abuses in the 1980s, such as Elliott Abrams who parlayed his pardon from Bush-41 into a key job on the National Security Council staff of Bush-43.
Now, eight years later, with the disasters of Bush's policies apparent all around, another new Democratic President is taking office faced with the challenges of cleaning up messes at home and abroad – and also with the opportunity to insist on a truthful record and to demand real accountability from those who committed a new set of crimes.
However, as happened 16 years ago, the Washington Establishment is circling the wagons around the departing Republicans. Pundit after pundit insists that prosecutions for torture and other crimes would amount to misguided partisan revenge. Again, the incoming Democrat is being urged to look to the future, not the past.
Yet, the combined lesson of Bill Clinton's feckless gestures of bipartisanship in the 1990s and George W. Bush's reckless application of right-wing nostrums this decade should give pause to anyone who thinks that ignoring – and indeed covering up – past crimes is a smart way to guarantee a better future.
What recent history has shown is that failure to address serious government misconduct only invites a repeat of those abuses or worse. It can be unpleasant to exact accountability – it is often easier to look the other way – but it has been a hard-learned lesson for America that leniency in such circumstances can have devastating consequences.
That lesson arguably is President Bush's only gift to the Republic – and it is one that Barack Obama might well take to heart.
Robert Parry broke many of the Iran-Contra stories in the 1980s for the Associated Press and Newsweek. His latest book, Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush, was written with two of his sons, Sam and Nat, and can be ordered at neckdeepbook.com. His two previous books, Secrecy & Privilege: The Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq and Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & 'Project Truth' are also available there. Or go to Amazon.com.
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The Lacey Act of 1900, or simply the Lacey Act (16 U.S.C. §§ 3371–3378) is a conservation law in the United States. The Lacey Act protects both plants and wildlife by creating civil and criminal penalties for a wide array of violations, and most notably prohibits trade in wildlife, fish, and plants that have been illegally taken, transported or sold. It was introduced into Congress by Representative John F. Lacey of Iowa. President William McKinley signed the bill into law on May 25, 1900.
The law is still in effect, although it has been amended several times.[1] The Lacey Act was most recently amended as of May 22, 2008, when the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 expanded its protection to a broader range of plants and plant products (Section 8204. Prevention of Illegal Logging Practices).[2]
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- ↑ "Nation marks Lacey Act centennial, 100 years of federal wildlife law enforcement. US Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved on August 7, 2012.
- ↑ Khatchadourian, Rafi. (October 6, 2008.) "The Stolen Forests: Inside the covert war on illegal logging". The New Yorker. Retrieved on August 7, 2012.
- ↑ Maher, Kris. "Gibson Guitar to Pay Fine Of $300,000 Over Imports", Wall Street Journal, August 7, 2012, p. B1.


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This was the latest of the four Bills Super Bowls, in terms of the calendar. The news doesn't get any better here.
The score in Super Bowl XXVII says everything about how this day went -- Dallas Cowboys 52, Buffalo Bills 17. This was not the way the Bills wanted their third straight Super Bowl appearance to go.
The game, played in the Rose Bowl, might be best remembered for Don Beebe catching Leon Lett from behind and swatting the ball out of Lett's hands to prevent a touchdown. It was a rather meaningless play, unless you hoped the Cowboys could win, 59-17.
This was Buffalo's worst postseason loss and one of the highest point totals allowed in team history.
"Obviously, this is embarrassing to us, and to the organization," said linebacker Shane Conlan. "Are we going to be labeled like [four-time Super Bowl losers] Denver and Minnesota are labeled? It is something we are going to have to live with. I'd rather be there than not, but "
Bills coach Marv Levy said, "I told the players after the game, 'You don't want to hear a speech from me now. We're all hurting and speeches won't make it go away. We'll talk about it in depth at our team meeting on Tuesday.' "
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The Audiovox SMT 5600 (aka the C500) arrives in the States – Engadget – www.engadget.com
First the Motorola MPX220 starts trickling out, and now the Audiovox SMT5600 (a.k.a. the HTC Typhoon/SPV C500/Qtek 8010/Dopod 565)is available from AT&T Wireless:
Official AT&T Wireless page for the phone, including ordering, is here.
This is the smallest Windows Mobile Smartphone out there, and the specs are similar to the MPX220 – Windows Mobile 2003 for Smartphones Second Edition, Bluetooth, VGA Camera, mini-SD, and a nice large screen. The SMT5600 is also the first device to ship with Windows Media Player 10 embedded, meaning you can copy your DRM-protected content from the new MSN Music Store or your Window Media Center (recorded TV shows, etc.) to the phone.
The phone will cost $199 with activation of a new plan/2 year contract with AT&T, or $319 with no plan. No word on whether the phone is SIM locked to AT&T Wireless' GSM network, but given their history, I would guess it is. According to an email conversation I had with the support people at http://www.c500-unlock.com/, they can unlock any HTC Typhoon/C500-based phone, including the Audiovox SMT5600, given the IMEI number. So it doesn't look like that will be too big of a barrier.
Michael Gartenberg of Jupiter Research has posted his impressions of the phone here.
As much as I've been looking forward to the Moto MPX220, I'm starting to lean toward this phone. It's been getting tons of praise in its guise as the SPV C500, in contrast with the complaints that have been surfacing from early MPX220 owners, who have been noticing Bluetooth problems, build quality issues (especially the hinge, which seems flimsy), and low volume during calls that makes it hard to hear. None of these issues have been reported with the SMT5600/C500. The only downside, to me, is the candybar form factor – I'm become quite fond of the clamshell design of my MPX200, and the built-in screen protection that it offers. But the SMT5600 is absolutely tiny (barely bigger than the closed MPX220, and much thinner), and has bigger screen (2.2″ vs 2″).
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I think it's safe to say that many of us are on a mission to live better, cleaner and organically simply because our health depends on it. It seems like over the past few years, I've received validation after validation that changes needed to be made…so I'm listening loud and clear. There's sooooo much to consider when trying to incorporate a more natural lifestyle. Like the fact that it can be overwhelming AND expensive at times to eat organic and find ways to reduce our carbon footprint so that our kids and our kids' kids live healthier lives. But as overwhelming as it is, I'm trying to find small ways, day by day, to get there. And realizing at the same time that there is SOOOO much more to this clean way of living than just the food we put in our bodies or the cars we drive. Natural skin care is just as important AND just as challenging to incorporate into my household when you have folks who just don't want to get on board. My teenagers are the hardest to convince but I'm working on 'em!
My girl absolutely looooooves hanging out on 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica so that's an easy way for me to snag her for some #mommydaughter time and head to one of her fave stores, Lush. It's a cool, environmentally friendly store that totally appeals to teen girls with their fun, stylish colored bath bombs and face masks but I'll be honest and admit I'm lowkey digging the store too. It's hard not to. The store smells divine, and the employees are super hip, nice and helpful. My graphic design eye is drawn to the aesthetic appeal of the store and the funky packaging and typography that covers the walls but all the craze seems to be more on the notion that Lush's products are natural and "better" for you. But are they? Hmmmm….
Well for starters, Lush does not market their products as "organic" but they do offer some "partially natural" products. Feel better? Tee hee. The good news is all of their bath bombs are made with all natural ingredients and safe synthetics, mostly baking soda. But their shampoos, hair products, deodorants, and soaps…not so much. For instance, some of the soaps contain Sodium Hydroxide, and some of their face washes and shampoos contain Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) and EDTA (Lush argues that they use these ingredients in such small amounts that it is ok) Again, makes me say…Hmmmmmm.
The bottom line is Zoe loves the store, we love the bath bombs and face masks so we'll use sparingly, and avoid the body wash and shampoos. It's a good company with some really great products but some that just fall short. So it's important for me while I'm on my journey to be more eco-conscious to take things with a grain of salt, ask alot of questions and still do my homework.
#bebetter #dobetter
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There has been none progress on the thesis since no effort has been put into it.
However, since it is much more fun, of course, I've been working on various projects, but only one finished, a narrow scarf with icelandic insole roses, knit in garter stich for a friend.
The pattern is found in Helene Magnússon's book, Rósaleppaprjón. I used Kambgarn from my stash and needles no. 3,0 mm.


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OCEAN CITY — News headlines relating to the municipal market — particularly in connection to Puerto Rico's tumult and the Illinois state budget — continue to be overwhelmingly negative. Puerto Rico faces the prospect of defaulting on its $72 billion debt.Prices for its general obligation bonds, as well as for the bonds of a number… Read more »
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Bond Market Volatility Likely To Hit Normal Levels
OCEAN CITY — Bond yields continued to rise, with the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield jumping as high as 2.5% in June before pulling back. As bond yields have risen, prices have fallen, with outflows accelerating and bond market volatility creeping higher. These developments have rekindled investor concerns over bond market volatility and liquidity.We expect bond… Read more »
'Taper Tantrum' Not Expected To Repeat This Year
OCEAN CITY — Bond yields have risen swiftly this month, with the 10-year U.S. Treasury having neared 2.5% from 2.12% at the end of May. The speed and magnitude of this move have caught most investors by surprise, just as they had become accustomed to the steady decline in yields over the past two years.The… Read more »
Maintain Perspective When Near-Term Volatility Surfaces
OCEAN CITY — U.S. stocks have been resilient this year but the summer months may prove noisy. We remain constructive on them in the medium term, but believe the risks of a pullback in the near term have grown. As such, investors, especially those with overweight positions relative to their strategic allocations, should be prepared… Read more »
Current Interest Rate Rise Provides Unique Opportunities
OCEAN CITY — Financials have performed well recently, garnering attention as rapidly rising bond yields have hurt other segments of the market.This week we take a deeper dive into the Financials sector to identify opportunities in the current interest rate environment. Selectivity is key, and we focus on banks, consumer finance companies and asset managers,… Read more »
Middle-Income Consumers Step Out
OCEAN CITY — Consumer spending was a bright spot in the otherwise lackluster first quarter GDP report, rising 1.9% annualized from the fourth quarter. In fact, the two biggest detractors from overall economic growth — low energy prices and a stronger U.S. dollar — have provided a big boost to consumers.We're seeing early signs of… Read more »
Corporate Spending Confidence Expected To Remain High
OCEAN CITY — The U.S. economy may have hit a soft patch, but there's been no letup in the confidence of corporate CEOs to spend their cash. U.S. companies have been shelling out record sums to raise their dividends, buy back shares and, more recently, do deals.Companies are flush with cash accrued over the last… Read more »
Seeking Value And Yield Abroad Can Be Attractive
OCEAN CITY — When most U.S. investors search for yield, they only look to opportunities here at home, typically in defensive sectors such as utilities or telecom. However, the focus on domestic equity sectors can leave them with concentrated positions and the risk those holdings entail. Overall, however, yields and valuations are more attractive abroad.Last… Read more »
Health Care Currently Among Best Performing Sectors
OCEAN CITY — Most investors' first impression of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was that it would be a negative for the Health Care sector. Despite the rancor surrounding the law, however, it has driven a reduction in the percentage of uninsured Americans from 18% to 13.4%, according to the New England Journal of Medicine… Read more »
Supply And Demand Driving Crude Oil Fluctuations
OCEAN CITY — We recently upgraded our commodity outlook to neutral from negative, as the steep decline in prices should help spur economic growth in the medium term, and with it demand for natural resources.However, headwinds may persist given a stronger U.S. dollar, rising interest rates and growing supply. With regard to oil, we expect… Read more »


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The thing about putting up a "Housemate Wanted" ad on the Internet is that the first responses you get are always from Nikolas from Greece and Adriano from Sicily, both of whom declare that yes, it's funny you mention making a house a home because they love nothing more than cosy nights in drinking wine on the sofa and chatting until it's late. Winky emoticon.
Urgh. Yes. You're beautiful. But also? No.
Dear All The Foreign Men: it's a rubbish idea to shit where you eat, and the one thing The Barrister and I agreed on before we picked a housemate was that it couldn't be a fit man because inevitably one of us would end up shagging said fit man. Probably, because we'd made the promise, we'd both end up shagging the fit man and then not mention it to the other because PROMISE BREAKERS ARE HORRIBLE PEOPLE and so for months, if not years, potentially we could be in a situation wherein three people live together in a sort of poly-amorous relationship except it's quasi not proper because not everyone has given their permission to bend the rules that way. Just you, Pedro, will know the dark secrets within. And that's not okay.
What we decided to do instead was to screen the applicants for the room via email, then get them over in a Hunger Games-style approach to housemate survival.
(Australians, of course, being an automatic "no" as the nightmare flatmate I broke my last lease to avoid forever and ever amen was Australian, and yup. That is the kind of passive-aggressive arbitrary ruling that means never shall I share a bathroom with one again. I'm not sorry.)
You meet some really weird people off the Internet.
One guy asked us nervously what kind of background checks the estate agent issues. I think we can all agree that if you have to ask that question, the answer is: all of them.
One girl told us about the fantastic relationship she and her current housemate have, because she works 9-5 and her housemate is out in the evenings because she works as a masseuse. An evening masseuse. I snorted and said oh, wow, that's… political, because she's a call girl. Obviously. After 8 p.m. it's not a massage, it's a hand-job. And if you've lived with a call girl you'll probably struggle with the amount of time I spend doing jigsaws in my pyjamas in the living room. Different worlds.
The first girl we saw seemed to think she was moving in, failing to realise that we also had to actually like her, and the way she wagged her finger telling us the room would need to be painted so who could she get confirmation of that from and yes, she does go to the gym twice a day and NO. GET OUT. GET OUT OF MY HOUSE.
By 9 p.m. we were knackered. There were some "okay" people who came by, but we both agreed that we felt the bar for awesome flatmates was quite high, on account of the fact of how much we both rate each other.
The Barrister can work very erratic and long hours, so it'd be interacting with the third housemate the most, in all likelihood. Although it crossed my mind to simply find the least offensive person out of our selection to take the room, somebody who wouldn't mind my thrice-weekly impromptu dinner parties but wouldn't throw any of their own, really I want somebody who you can grab a pint with after work. Somebody who you can say "cunt" in front of. Somebody with some stories.
'Fuck,' I said. 'I've just had a text from somebody wanting to come round now. OH GOD I'M SO TIRED.'
'What have you text him?'
'I said yes… he's only round the corner and it won't take long.'
'What's his name?'
'VETOED. Gary is a shit name. I'm not living with a Gary.'
'Well he just rang the bell, so be nice- in ten more minutes you can go to bed.'
A petite dark-haired man in a lovely knit jumper circled the corner. He had a seductive Irish lilt, cited a break-up with his boyfriend as the reason for his move, and declared, 'Oh, I'm like, lady clean. Even the bathroom I wipe down when I'm done.'
We sat for an hour and half chatting and getting to know each other. At one point, I told the story of how I once farted in my Pilate instructor's face, because why wouldn't you tell that story to somebody you've just met, and in riposte Gary revealed how he had farted in his bum waxist's face only last week.
The Barrister and I looked at each other across the room.
'When can you move in?' I said.
Because obviously.


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I'm sooo excited about these new fabulously upcycled skirts and tops
Thanks Allie for being such a good sport. Enjoy your new No rules skirt! Allie has more Moxie than a bottle of Pop! The skirt is made from re-worked tee shirts. Best upcycle I've seen in awhile! Skirts are $55.00 and the tops are $65.00
Who is this man? Who knows, but we had much fun with him and he is going to make me a star!


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I am not a chef.
There. I've said it.
However, because I am the first home from work, I am usually the one who prepares dinner.
I'm fine with that. I'm comfortable enough cooking, and kind of enjoy it.
Last night, in an effort to avoid purchasing Rice-a-Roni, I attempted my own chicken flavored rice.
My approach was really simple. Replace water with chicken broth.
The result was a very mild chicken flavored rice. Not bad, but not as flavorful as I had hopped. So, I'm thinking about my next attempt. Any suggestions?


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When it comes to city living, most people have a few priorities in mind: Easy access to all parts of the city through roads, public transportation, or even walking trails is usually high on the list, plenty of activities and entertainment, and a feeling of safety along with aesthetic beauty tends to complete the package.
Of course there are other things you'll likely look for as well, like good weather, excellent healthcare, and affordability.
I recently found a city that meets all of these expectations and more: Medellín, Colombia. This city is just starting to hit the radar of international retirees…and for good reason.
The climate is comfortably spring-like all year round, making it easy to enjoy the beautiful outdoor surroundings. Every yard, greenbelt, and park is covered in lush foliage and filled with songbirds. You'll find art galleries, museums, musical venues, and world cuisine scattered all throughout the major neighborhoods, yet Medellin still manages to keep its strong Colombian roots.
It's a city that mixes European vibes with the famous Latin friendliness. And it's a place where you can easily live on a budget. Public transportation is cheap and accessible, with city buses roaming throughout the various neighborhoods in tandem with a state-of-the-art gondola system that transports passengers to the upper hillside barrios (neighborhoods).
Produce is plentiful and grown locally, so often costs less than half of what you'd pay in North America. And without a need for heating or air conditioning, you'll find your utility bills stay on the low end of double-digits.
But the best deal in Medellín right now is real estate. With the city only being newly discovered, the buying frenzy for real estate has not yet begun in earnest, which has kept housing prices from becoming inflated. But the biggest incentive right now is the exchange rate between the Colombian peso and the U.S. dollar.
The last eighteen months have seen the dollar rise dramatically in comparison to the peso and today is trading at over a 1:3300 ratio. This means that while real estate prices remain the same in terms of the peso, your dollar will go much further.
Imagine owning a newer three-bedroom condo in El Poblado, one of Medellín's most coveted neighborhoods. Not only do you have sweeping views of the city all around, but you'll be close to parks, nightlife, restaurants, and shopping malls. The average middle-class American would be priced out of such a residence in most U.S. cities, but here in Medellín this could be yours for under $130,000.
In the nearby town of Sabaneta you can find brand new high-rise condos for as little as $90,000 for a two-bedroom unit. For your money you'll get close proximity to Medellín, but in a quiet area away from the hustle and bustle. You'll also have access to a swimming pool, gym, and building security.
These examples are not a fluke. There are plenty of other good-value residences just like these for sale all over and around the city. You can even make money by renting your home out to others. There is a growing demand for rentals by foreigners and landlords, with desirable properties currently netting between 9% and 20% rental yields annually.
So if you're in the market for life in a fabulous city, at a low price, Medellín should be at the top of your list.
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I don't know who it was, but I know that he looked at the caller ID for a minute, then looked up at me.
You, he said, have no idea how much I don't want to say this, but I have to go.
Such excellent timing, I said. He cleared his throat. Yep, he said, and made a funny snorting sound, which made me laugh.
No problem. I can tell you more another time, I assured him. He said something like the moment would have passed. I shrugged, but thought, he is probably right.
Someone started to open the restaurant door so we moved back into the street. At the corner, I headed towards the subway and he stayed to catch a cab. I waved as he got in.
And that, my friends, was it. I haven't seen him since.
I know! That was kind of cruel. But that is just what you get with nonfiction. Real life is either breathtaking or mundane, it seems.


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Linda Hunt
|Linda Hunt
Lydia Susanna Hunter
April 2, 1945
Morristown, New Jersey
|Years active
|Karen Klein (m. 2008)[1]
Lydia Susanna Hunter (born April 2, 1945), better known by her stage name Linda Hunt, is an American film, stage, and television actress known for her role as Henrietta Lange in the CBS series NCIS: Los Angeles. After making her film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in Popeye (1980), Hunt portrayed the male character Billy Kwan, her breakthrough performance, in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982). Her role as Billy Kwan earned her an Academy Award, an Australian Film Institute Award, a Golden Globe nomination, and various other awards.
She has had great success in films such as The Bostonians (1984), Dune (1984), Silverado (1985), Eleni (1985), Waiting for the Moon (1987), She-Devil (1989), Kindergarten Cop (1990), If Looks Could Kill (1991), Rain Without Thunder (1992), Twenty Bucks (1993), Younger and Younger (1993), Prêt-à-Porter (1994), Pocahontas (1995), The Relic (1997), Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998), Dragonfly (2002), Yours Mine and Ours (2005), and Stranger Than Fiction (2006).
Hunt has also had a successful television career. She played Rose in the television movie Basements (1987) and narrated in the television movie The New Chimpanzees. She guest-starred on Hallmark Hall of Fame in both 1978 and 1987, Space Rangers in 1993, Carnivale in both 2003 and 2005, Without a Trace in 2008, The Unit in 2008, and Nip Tuck in 2009. From 1997 to 2002, Hunt played the recurring role of Judge Zoey Hiller on The Practice. She currently portrays Henrietta "Hetty" Lange on the CBS television series NCIS: Los Angeles, a role she has held since the 2009 debut, for which she has received two Teen Choice Awards. She is also the narrator in the God of War video game franchise.
Early life
Hunt was born in Morristown, New Jersey,[2] and raised in Westport, Connecticut. She is one of the two daughters of Raymond Davy Hunter, vice president of Harper Fuel Oil on Long Island, and Elsie Doying Hunter, a piano teacher who taught at the Westport School of Music and accompanied the Saugatuck Congregational Church choir.[3] Hunt attended the Interlochen Arts Academy[4] and the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago (now part of DePaul University).[5][6]
Hunt's film debut in 1980 was in Robert Altman's musical comedy Popeye. Two years later, she co-starred as Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously, Peter Weir's film adaptation of the novel of the same name. For her role as the male Chinese-Australian photographer Billy Kwan, Hunt won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1983, becoming the first person to win an Oscar for playing a character of the opposite sex.[7] In addition, the character was Asian and had the condition of dwarfism.[8] In her screen test, Hunt wore a hairpiece, a fake moustache, and "paste-on pieces above her eyes to [appear] Oriental". To accomplish the role during production, Hunt shortened "her hair and dye[d] it black[,] wore padding around her waist, shaved her eyebrows, and carried something in her shirt pocket."[9] In her 1986 interview with the Bomb magazine, Hunt remarked that Billy Kwan "is supra-personal [with] layers of sexual ambiguity[.]"[10]
Hunt also played a nurse in She-Devil (1989) and the austere school principal opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in Kindergarten Cop in 1990. Hunt played the assassin Ilsa Grunt in If Looks Could Kill (1991) opposite Richard Grieco and Roger Rees. Hunt also played a shop owner in Harry Potter in 2007.
Hunt was a well-known stage actress before she entered film and television. She made her Broadway debut in a 1975 production of Ah, Wilderness.[11] She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her work in the 1984 play End of the World. She also received two ensemble Obie Awards for her work Off-Broadway in Top Girls and A Metamorphosis in Miniature.[12] She created the role of Aunt Dan in Wallace Shawn's play Aunt Dan and Lemon. She was a member of the Long Wharf Theatre Company in Connecticut. There she played the Player Queen in a production of Hamlet, among other roles. She portrayed Sister Aloysius in the Pasadena Playhouse production of John Patrick Shanley's play Doubt. She was praised for her performance as the title character in Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children.[13] Hunt also appeared as Pope Joan in Caryl Churchill's Top Girls when London's Royal Court Theatre's production was staged at the Public Theater in New York. In an interview with writer Craig Gholson and actor Vincent Caristi, Hunt discussed her experience acting in theatre, "Acting onstage is like an explosion each night. And what comes in at you all the time as you are trying to . . . create something which is a tremendous act of organization and concentration.".[10]
Her television appearances include recurring roles as Judge Zoey Hiller on David E. Kelley's series The Practice and as Dr. Claire Bryson on Without a Trace. She has narrated several installments of The American Experience on PBS. Since 2009, she has co-starred as Operations Manager Henrietta "Hetty" Lange, on the CBS show NCIS: Los Angeles with Chris O'Donnell, LL Cool J, Daniela Ruah, Eric Christian Olsen, and Barrett Foa.
Voice work
Hunt has a rich, resonant voice, which she has used in numerous documentaries, cartoons, and commercials. She is the on-air host for City Arts & Lectures, a radio program recorded by KQED public radio at the Nourse Theater in San Francisco,[14] a program that presents interviews with celebrated writers, artists, and thinkers addressing contemporary ideas and values, often discussing the creative process. Hunt was chosen by Walt Disney Feature Animation to lend her enigmatic speaking and singing voice to Grandmother Willow in the animated musical film Pocahontas and its direct-to-video sequel Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World.
Her voice work includes also the character of Management in Carnivàle, and the titan Gaia, who serves as the narrator in the God of War series of video games. She narrated the introductory film at the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC, and has also been heard in various commercials of the late 1990s for Tylenol.
Hunt narrated the PBS Nature special entitled Christmas in Yellowstone.[15] She also narrated the National Geographic documentary The Great Indian Railway.
Personal life
Hunt is 4 feet 9 inches (1.45 m) tall. In high school, she was diagnosed as having hypopituitary dwarfism.[16] She doesn't have Turner syndrome as some blogs have stated.
Since 1987 Hunt has lived in Los Angeles with her wife Karen Klein, whom she married in 2008.[1][17][18] Hunt is an ambassador for the Best Friends Animal Society.[19]
Video games
- God of War as Narrator
- God of War II as Gaia/Narrator
- God of War: Chains of Olympus as Narrator
- God of War III as Pre-title screen credits Narrator
- God of War: Ghost of Sparta as Narrator
- God of War: Ascension as Narrator
Television credits
|Rose Hudd
|Segment: "The Room" - director: Robert Altman
|The Room Upstairs
|Mrs. Sanders
|TV movie
|Space Rangers
|Commander Chenault
|The Practice
|Judge Zoey Hiller
|24 episodes
|The American Experience
|9 episodes
|Episode: "Christmas in Yellowstone"
|The Unit
|Dr. Eudora Hobbs
|2 episodes
|Without a Trace
|Dr. Claire Bryson
|3 episodes
|NCIS: Los Angeles
|Henrietta "Hetty" Lange
|Series regular
|2011, 2012
|Teen Choice Awards
|Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress Action
|Henrietta "Hetty" Lange
|Episode: "True Colors"
|Ah, Wilderness!
|Little Victories
|Top Girls
|Pope Joan / Louise
|End of the World
|Audrey Wood
|Aunt Dan and Lemon
|Aunt Dan
- 1 2 "Linda Hunt". Fatctoidz. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
- ↑ "Linda Hunt". Hollywood.com. Archived from the original on April 20, 2007.
- ↑ "Linda Hunt Biography". filmreference.com. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
- ↑ Hanson, Byron. "From the Archives with Byron Hanson: February 2010". Interlochen Center for the Arts. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
- ↑ Lacob, Jace (September 26, 2011). "The Cult of Linda Hunt". The Daily Beast. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
- ↑ "The Theatre School: History". DePaul University. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
- ↑ "Oscar trivia". Daily Mail. Retrieved May 26, 2011.
- ↑ Chung, Philip W (November 28, 2008). "The 25 Most Infamous Yellow Face Film Performances". AsianWeek. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
- ↑ Unger, Bertil (January 15, 1986). "Size Is Small Problem for Hunt". New Straits Times.
- 1 2 Hunt, Linda (Summer 1986). "BOMB Magazine — Linda Hunt by Craig Gholson". Bomb (Interview). Interview with Vincent Caristi and Craig Gholson.
- ↑ End of the Worldaccessed 11/23/2016
- ↑ Linda Hunt Awards Internet Broadway Databaseaccessed 11/23/2016
- ↑ Rich, Frank (January 29, 1984). "Theater: Mother Courage in Boston". The New York Times. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
- ↑ Nourse Theater
- ↑ "Full Documentary Films Yellowstone National Park National Geographic Documentary". YouTube. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ↑ Buchalter,Gail. "There are Always Answers" Parade Magazine, 1991 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1243&dat=19910502&id=UKpFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OocDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3689,6938803
- ↑ Ocamb, Karen (August 10, 2008). "WeHo Marriages Go On". The BILERICO Project. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
- ↑ Keveney, Bill (15 November 2010). "Linda Hunt: A 4-foot-9 force of nature on 'NCIS: LA'". USA Today. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ↑ "Acclaimed Ambassadors – Linda Hunt". Best Friends Animal Society. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
External links
- Linda Hunt at the Internet Movie Database
- Linda Hunt at the Internet Broadway Database
- Linda Hunt at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Linda Hunt at City Arts & Lectures