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Robert Pattinson Vs. John Mayer = No Contest
Robert Pattinson shares a few freewheeling details -- you listening, John Mayer?
In the March issue of Details magazine, cover boy Robert Pattinson steps right up to what could've been the edge of John Mayer territory -- then cleverly walks away from that line, demonstrating that it's possible to discuss lady parts, man parts, porn and more without ending up thrown to the media wolves.
One tip: Don't run your mouth for years in advance like some sort of new-age, "meta-aware," cooler-than-all-of-us Twitter prophet.
Some other takeaway guidelines we gleaned from reading the interview:
-- If you say you want to snort something, let it be wasabi peas, not Jessica Simpson.
-- If someone's going to use an old-fangled word for black people, let it be the interviewer, not you.
-- It's OK to mention your man parts as long as you don't ascribe political beliefs to them.
-- If you're going to discuss porn, discuss the quaintness of '80s porn compared with the no-holds-barred smut fest that's available now, rather than relishing the fact that you can see 300 anonymous private parts online before you get out of bed in the morning.
-- If you're going to admit that sudden fame (and the attendant gabillions of interviews that come with something like "The Twilight Saga") gave you a sense that you had "a responsibility to be fascinating," rather than attempting to be fascinating for fascinating's sake -- or as some would say, embarking on a "quest to be clever" -- draw a parallel to an interest you once had in becoming a political speech writer. Which is sort of fascinating.
-- If you in the past possessed mad confidence, and admit to it, show that you now realize some folks might know more about some things (say, your career choices) than you might: "[Y]ou have to figure out whether the way you think at 19 or 20 has any value. And eventually I understood, with all that control, which was probably illusory, I wasn't progressing. So now I'm relinquishing a bit."
-- Tell endearing stories about experiences with elephants.
-- Talk about how much you love your dog.
-- And, finally, don't kiss and tell.
"As an actor," he tells the magazine, "you can elevate the human condition or cheapen it. I would assume it's the same with anything you do -- you try to elevate and maybe someday you will."
Pattinson's Details interview is geared to adults -- we'll link you to the one page without an f-bomb -- but it's an interesting read.
And now we know that elephants purr.
Source LA Times
138 comments:
- Gwen Cooper 426 said...
Yep, this article rocks! ; )
- February 15, 2010 at 10:08 PM
- Lisa said...
I love the Details interview. There's just something so pure and innocent about it, F-bombs and all :D
- February 15, 2010 at 10:13 PM
- CullenLover07 said...
Read that and yes, finally someone "gets it and gets him." I think Shani left the link in another thread. Thanks to you both. I am going to send that to some people.
I love Rob, plain and simple.
@Gwen - where is everyone??? - February 15, 2010 at 10:14 PM
- angie-k said...
Thanks for posting this!
& thanks to CL for sending it to me earlier
I think Rob is the real deal and that is why I'm so ROBsessed! - February 15, 2010 at 10:17 PM
- LTavares2010 said...
"As an actor," he tells the magazine, "you can elevate the human condition or cheapen it. I would assume it's the same with anything you do -- you try to elevate and maybe someday you will."
Brilliant!!!! Perfect!!!
Thanks, Kat. - February 15, 2010 at 10:19 PM
- LeslieHeartsRob said...
Just popping in before I go to Rob dreamland....
Thank God somebody else gets it!! Let`s just hope it continues to spread!!
FILTM - February 15, 2010 at 10:20 PM
- rpattzgirl said...
Ok first off, Rob is #1 the epitome of class...
He's never talked about his past or present sexual endeavors... He's a class act and a gentleman...
The whole discussion about the elephants just killed me, and the fact that they affected him so, and he said the best day of his life, let's you peer inside his soul so much, it hurts....
I'm so proud and so fucking in AWE of him sometimes I can't breath...
Fuck, I love this man, for the rest of my life... - February 15, 2010 at 10:21 PM
- ADM said...
Oh, they so get it! There are people in the media with brains!!!
- February 15, 2010 at 10:21 PM
- Ana73 said...
wow that is great and from the LA Times too...
- February 15, 2010 at 10:21 PM
- LeslieHeartsRob said...
And I think that is one of my favorite outtakes from the shoot.......his eyes are so...penetrating...;)
(I couldn`t help myself!) - February 15, 2010 at 10:22 PM
- Martini Gal said...
- February 15, 2010 at 10:23 PM
- rpattzgirl said...
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- February 15, 2010 at 10:24 PM
- Martini Gal said...
@Leslie - I agree; the eyes are just mesmerizing. *Le sigh*
- February 15, 2010 at 10:24 PM
- CullenLover07 said...
OMG, almost everyone is here!!!
Hi ladies!
I love that pic of him. Well, I love every picture of him. - February 15, 2010 at 10:25 PM
- rpattzgirl said...
Ok too much wine, double posted!!
NB's!!!! - February 15, 2010 at 10:27 PM
- LeslieHeartsRob said...
*waves* Hi CL!!
I know...I really don`t think I`ve seen a picture of his that I didn`t like! Or if I have, I`ve effectively blocked it out of my memory! - February 15, 2010 at 10:29 PM
- LeslieHeartsRob said...
@ Martini
I know, right!! - February 15, 2010 at 10:30 PM
- rpattzgirl said...
Seriously made the mistake of running out to tell me family about this, and they were like, sooo???
Rob details shoot on extra... Good lord... - February 15, 2010 at 10:31 PM
- xxRobxx said...
Rob=perfection - February 15, 2010 at 10:32 PM
- rpattzgirl said...
Thank god a media outlet gets him...
- February 15, 2010 at 10:32 PM
- angie-k said...
@Leslie - penetrating...oh yeah baby! - February 15, 2010 at 10:33 PM
- LeslieHeartsRob said...
I hate to comment and run...but it`s been one helluva day and I`m beat.
Goodnight ladies (and NBs!)...say something dirty for me!!
;) - February 15, 2010 at 10:34 PM
- Haystackhair said...
Nice article. Glad to see it after the shitstorm of the last few days. LOL
- February 15, 2010 at 10:35 PM
- CullenLover07 said...
@xxRobxx - Couldn't have said it better.
@RPG - LOL! They were like, so what?
*Waves hi LHR* - February 15, 2010 at 10:36 PM
- LeslieHeartsRob said...
@ angie
Hehehehe...I literally couldn`t stop myself! And I think I`m pregnant...again...for like the millionth time...
FILTM - February 15, 2010 at 10:36 PM
- Martini Gal said...
- February 15, 2010 at 10:37 PM
- rpattzgirl said...
Ok, extra didn't say anything nasty, but his story was right after John Mayers porn story...
Co-winky-dink? - February 15, 2010 at 10:37 PM
- angie-k said...
Good night Leslie! Sweet sparkly ROB dreams!
- February 15, 2010 at 10:39 PM
- Marna said...
Lets hope a lot of people read this.
- February 15, 2010 at 10:40 PM
- angie-k said...
ITA Leslie! pregnant with a multiples...
- February 15, 2010 at 10:40 PM
- Ana73 said...
OT - speaking of John Mayer...i never would have thought that Jessica Simpson would have been a freak in bed, that part was hilarious.
Oh John, you never kiss and tell :) - February 15, 2010 at 10:40 PM
- rpattzgirl said...
CL, yea, they could give a fuck about Rob, I got excited, my bad....
- February 15, 2010 at 10:41 PM
- CullenLover07 said...
@LHR (are you still here?) - It will be called the Robboomers or Generation R (not sure which on I like). Pregnant woman all over the world, conceiving and having lots of lovely Rob beybehs.
- February 15, 2010 at 10:41 PM
- Martini Gal said...
Merely impregnated by his stare...
- February 15, 2010 at 10:42 PM
- Martini Gal said...
Rob's stare is so hot and penetrating that he just blew up the video driver on my computer! I had to jump to my iTouch.
- February 15, 2010 at 10:44 PM
- rpattzgirl said...
Sad thing is, I love JM music.. I've sen him many times, he's an amazing song writer & performer,
But what a fuckin pig! - February 15, 2010 at 10:45 PM
- angie-k said...
CL - if we get eye contact in NY I will fuckin' cum! just thought I should warn you now...
- February 15, 2010 at 10:46 PM
- angie-k said...
@Martini - LOL! even your computer went *POOF* under the influence of Rob
- February 15, 2010 at 10:47 PM
- rpattzgirl said...
Back to nuMB...
bbl - February 15, 2010 at 10:47 PM
- Martini Gal said...
If you guys are close enough, you may get parts of *POOF'd* panties on him!
- February 15, 2010 at 10:49 PM
- CullenLover07 said...
@Martini - LMAO!!
@Angie - Ew! and true. LMFAO! NY is going to be scary for us and for The Pretty. He has no idea what is in store for him, if we can get near him.
You guys are cracking me up tonight! - February 15, 2010 at 10:49 PM
- Martini Gal said...
@angie -I KNOW!!!
- February 15, 2010 at 10:50 PM
- Jane said...
Rob, just chill. You don't have to prove anything to anyone.
- February 15, 2010 at 10:51 PM
- angie-k said...
LMAO! *POOF'd* panties on Rob!
- February 15, 2010 at 10:53 PM
- Martini Gal said...
Man, Rob just keeps blowing up my video driver tonight! That man is on fire!
- February 15, 2010 at 10:57 PM
- CullenLover07 said...
Just watched Biel's Rehab video again. I say no, no, no...
- February 15, 2010 at 10:59 PM
- Martini Gal said...
This is Robin Sherbotsky from New York 1 outside the Paris Theater where the premier for the new Robert Pattinson movie "Remember Me" opens tonight. Oh wait here he comes now!
And what's that? It appears that as Rob the theater, he is a bit bewildered by what looks like exploded pieces of women's panties on his clothing.... - February 15, 2010 at 11:01 PM
- angie-k said...
I say no,no,no...
I sent that video to my friend Sharon (not ROBsessed, but will be)and she said, "ok, that was hot!"
FILTM!!! - February 15, 2010 at 11:02 PM
- Heidi said...
There is no comparison...it's like comparing a pile of sh*t to a pile of diamonds.
And our Rob definitely outshines them all. :)
Great article! - February 15, 2010 at 11:04 PM
- angie-k said...
Rob - "this is the strangest confetti I've ever seen"
- February 15, 2010 at 11:07 PM
- Martini Gal said...
Rob - "A bunch of it is kinda lacey..."
- February 15, 2010 at 11:09 PM
- CullenLover07 said...
@Ang & Martini - "Why is it wet?"
- February 15, 2010 at 11:11 PM
- AnsleyC said...
Does anyone have the link to the details interview?? I can't find it :(
- February 15, 2010 at 11:11 PM
- Gwen Cooper 426 said...
Rob - "And pink?"
- February 15, 2010 at 11:11 PM
- Gwen Cooper 426 said...
@AnsleyC, http://www.details.com/celebrities-entertainment/cover-stars/201003/twilight-star-actor-robert-pattinson-remember-me
- February 15, 2010 at 11:13 PM
- Gwen Cooper 426 said...
Hiya, NBs! Off in ff land, wee glass of wine in hand. What a weekend, yes? Seriously trippy.
- February 15, 2010 at 11:14 PM
- CullenLover07 said...
@Gwen - whatcha' readin' CL says with glass of wine in her hand.
- February 15, 2010 at 11:15 PM
- angie-k said...
"why is it wet!!!" OMFG!!!
Rob - "Why am I getting hives?" - February 15, 2010 at 11:16 PM
- Monique said...
***Hands up in the air*** Finally... Somebody with a brain... They saw the V word and his comment about his dog and they couldn't get pass that. At 23 this young man say some profound things.
Excellent article... Thanks for post it. - February 15, 2010 at 11:18 PM
- Martini Gal said...
@Angie - LMFAO!!!!!
- February 15, 2010 at 11:20 PM
- ladykanga said...
Okay,I posted this on twitter the other day due 2 my frustration with some of the media. Thank God for this piece. It gives me some hope & faith that there are still reporters out there with a code of ethics."Call me ol'fashioned but after browsing the net 2 day I have 2 say I'm disgusted at the growing no of media outlets that contrive & twist the truth because they have their own agenda or 2 put it more crudely,they just wanna make a buck.
Unfortunately 4 their unknowing victims,the articles & their subject matter usually end up being taken totally out of context & the end product is usually more fiction than fact.2 b fair there r still sum reporters/media out there who can still make a profit while keeping faith with the public but it would seem they r in the minority these days.
The others are nothing more than the scum that lies at the bottom of the toilet bowl & that's being polite.Whatever happened 2 professionalism,integrity & having a moral compass...
It makes me angry but more importantly it makes me sad...but I take solace in the knowledge..KARMA'S A BITCH - February 15, 2010 at 11:23 PM
- Gwen Cooper 426 said...
CL, the better question is what am I NOT reading. Have 9, yes nine, ffs pulled up in various stages. Not to mention she's got WfE and Bel Ami sitting right next her plus Bloodborn, by Kathryn Fox that she's tempted to start, blatantly ignoring Kathy Reichs and Jeff Bass' last two books, already in progress. Yeah. Reading. Should be an Olympic sport, I've always said...
Oh, and still trying to finish the last HP book for the second time. Seriously, Gwen needs an intervention in the worst way. Or more wine.
; } - February 15, 2010 at 11:23 PM
- solas said...
about time.
- February 15, 2010 at 11:25 PM
- Martini Gal said...
@Gwen -I *love* Kathy Reichs' books! You ever read Tess Gerritson?
- February 15, 2010 at 11:26 PM
- Delle1 said...
OMG you ladies are on fire tonite...............I'm sitting here LMAO and my 2 daughters think I've lost it.
I can't even show them your comments because they won't understand them,Lol...........That's what Rob does to us.
Angie-K,cuming in NY....the best so far,keep it up,luv it. - February 15, 2010 at 11:26 PM
- Gwen Cooper 426 said...
@ladykanga, ITA!!! Especially the karma part! Maybe my perception is skewed, what with all the inhaling of fiction that I do, but also tend to be "distrustful" (snort) of media. Any media. There's always an agenda.
Isn't there a quote about no such thing as bad press? LOL.
Still, journalism should never excuse a lack in ethics. Karma. ITA. - February 15, 2010 at 11:28 PM
- CullenLover07 said...
I am a voracious reader, but damn girl, that's a lot. My co-worker borrowed Eclipse from me. Letting her take it was one of the hardest things I have done in a while. LEG HITCH!!! I told her Chapter 20 is my fav and to take care of my baby (Eclipse). Any ff recommendations?
- February 15, 2010 at 11:30 PM
- ADM said...
Gwen, Wallbanger just updated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- February 15, 2010 at 11:32 PM
- Gwen Cooper 426 said...
Martini, no, but she's now on my list! Just hit Amazon---sounds totally up my "lady detective" alley.
Yup, weaned on Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden. LOL.
Read all Anne Perry, Stabenow, Mueller, Paige, Cornewll, etc. Yeah. Long list. - February 15, 2010 at 11:33 PM
- Gwen Cooper 426 said...
ADM!!! Woooooot!!! bbl!
- February 15, 2010 at 11:34 PM
- Martini Gal said...
!!!!! What's Wallbanger?? (other than a drink)
And why is ADM so excited about it??? - February 15, 2010 at 11:34 PM
- angie-k said...
@Delle1 - I'm just tellin' it like it is!
I always find myself LOL on here. My husband thinks I'm crazy...
Gwen - love to read, too! currently working on MotU, Laid Bare, Wide Awake and Alphabet Weekends as well as reading The Lovely Bones and Goblet Of Fire (with my daughter) - February 15, 2010 at 11:35 PM
- Gwen Cooper 426 said...
Martini, Edward Wallbanger, simply THE FUNNIEST FF EVER!!!
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5072648/1/ - February 15, 2010 at 11:37 PM
- Gwen Cooper 426 said...
CL, recs! ; ) These are sweet, not terribly angsty. And very good!
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5421617/1/ Girl With a Red Umbrella by Spanglemaker9
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5319052/1/ A Rough Start by ItzMegan73
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5654368/1/ Such Great Heights by SydneyAlice (also Waterfalls, Everlong, I Will Follow You Into the Dark) Yeah, love her stuff! - February 15, 2010 at 11:38 PM
- Martini Gal said...
Hot dog! I'll be adding that to my list! Nearly finished Laid Bare.
- February 15, 2010 at 11:42 PM
- Gwen Cooper 426 said...
CL, Gwen is ashamed to admit that she has TWO sets of all four Twi books. Yes. Ditto Harry Potter. (Dups of all 7.)
Would you like to know how many Star Trek and Star Wars books are in Gwen's basement? At one time, she had them all. LotR. Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Thrillers. Not to mention every ND, TB and Hardy Boys book she ever had.
Some people collect dolls or salt shakers. Or spoons.
Gwen. Books. Nightmare is that Twilight Zone ep with Burgess Meredith. "Time Enough at Last". Poetic. Scary. LOL. - February 15, 2010 at 11:43 PM
- angie-k said...
as much as I'd love to stay and play, it is time for this NB to head to bed...
G'nite ladies!!
Sweet sparkly ROBsessed dreams... - February 15, 2010 at 11:44 PM
- CullenLover07 said...
Good night Ang!!
- February 15, 2010 at 11:44 PM
- ADM said...
Martini Gal,
Go to this link to get my rec's for ff. I am reading to damn many to try to link them all here.
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2119870/adm01 - February 15, 2010 at 11:45 PM
- ADM said...
Good night Angie.
- February 15, 2010 at 11:46 PM
- CullenLover07 said...
Thanks Gwen, I bookmarked them all.
I am off to have Robsexed dreams. ROAR!
Chat with all of you tomorrow.
Here's to smexy Rob dreams for all! - February 15, 2010 at 11:46 PM
- angie-k said...
one last quick comment -
Gwen - I love that Twilight Zone ep - it makes me cry! yes, weird, but it does, and I don't even wear glasses. - February 15, 2010 at 11:46 PM
- ADM said...
Good night CL.
- February 15, 2010 at 11:48 PM
- Gwen Cooper 426 said...
Anyone ever read Peter Tremayne? Sister Fidelma? Yet to talk to anyone else who has... ; (
- February 15, 2010 at 11:49 PM
- Gwen Cooper 426 said...
Angie, since third grade.
- February 15, 2010 at 11:49 PM
- Gwen Cooper 426 said...
Shockingly, Gwen's heading off to read. LOL. Night!
- February 15, 2010 at 11:50 PM
- ADM said...
Good night Gwen.
I am going to read as well. - February 15, 2010 at 11:52 PM
- Shani said...
Christie D'Zurilla did a fantastic job clearing up peoples misconception of the Details interview. I think she needs to get a huge raise for that. She did a better job than any PR person possibly could. I was just reading the comments and there are still people who just don't get it. But Christie was on top of things and replied back to them as quickly as she could. She didn't let those ignorant comments stand as though they were true. I applaud her for taking the time out to set the record straight and to set some folks straight too. Good job.I'm proud of her. Very good and responsible journalism. Now that's how you do it.
- February 15, 2010 at 11:54 PM
- Martini Gal said...
Thanks ADM! I have that bookmarked. :o)
Night all!!! - February 15, 2010 at 11:54 PM
- nikola6 said...
I'm gonna go back and read all these comments but I just wanted to say that I've been over there (the LA times thingy) commenting myself. And yeah, this writer 'got it.' Unfortunately, some never will and these 'perceptions' will persist. Be prepared to see this 'vagina' comment follow him for some time to come. But what are ya gonna do with a world full of fuckwits?
I just don't want to see this shut him down in anyway, to see him start being too careful in how he expresses himself. To -god forbid-
censor himself. And worse, I hope Summit doesn't sic a publicist on him till he's through with Twilight.
Leave him alone. He's fine. And entertaining as hell. - February 16, 2010 at 12:13 AM
- ShariG said...
Oh God. For the first time in about ever I love the LA Times. SOmeone there actually gets Rob Pattinson. Thank you, thank you!
- February 16, 2010 at 12:21 AM
- rob-kris22 said...
Can someone please tell me what it meant "-- If someone's going to use an old-fangled word for black people, let it be the interviewer, not you." Did rob or the interviewer say something?
- February 16, 2010 at 12:39 AM
- jessegirl said...
Way to go, Christie! Breathes sigh of relief.
Quoted some of my fav Rob lines from the interview too.
Every time I read his words, I'm struck by his incredible understanding and his desire to come to greater understanding.
Good books? I repeat, for those who didn't get my post the first time: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. - February 16, 2010 at 1:07 AM
- RPlover said...
again, awesome article. Compared to Meyer (or Mel Gibson, or Tom Cruise, or...)the Details interview is nothing to get worked up over. Rob is Rob, aside from work he never pretends to be something else. He may not always say everything that's in his head, but that's because he's showing respect for the situation he's currently in. And when he's comfortable enough to say what he's actually thinking, he's got some interesting things to say, not to mention some very dry humor! Which all just makes me love him more. :)
and I freakin' LOVE the elephant story, so adorable! - February 16, 2010 at 1:12 AM
- robfan said...
vote Rob!!!
please vote Team Edward!!!
he's losing!!
http://dolly.ninemsn.com.au/new-moon/ - February 16, 2010 at 1:18 AM
- Marna said...
OK, this is absolutely, totally off topic, but it's just too funny not to post. Take a look at this product on Amazon.com & read all the reviews. You will die laughing.
Then, go to the section called Customers Who Bought Related Items Also Bought & look at the items. No wonder people think Twilight fans are insane. - February 16, 2010 at 1:36 AM
- puC_2_theWood said...
Just when I thought evolution was backtracking the LA times proves there is hope!
1st time posting, but you all have had me LOL for months.
I read a comment yesterday in reference to R's V comment (I think it was here) that has provoked too numerous counts of inappropriate laughter on my part today and wanted to just say thanks for making my Mon. a lot more tolerable. So to share…
The comment: (as I recall it)
Re: "I'm allergic to vagina." Yea…poor thing I know how that is, my boyfriend has the same problem. Every time he gets near mine, he just SWELLS right up.
In traffic this morning that random thought above goes through my head, and I am laughing so hard the guy in the car next to me is smiling. If he only knew, I think he would be laughing with me not at me.
In a meeting in my boss's office they're talking #s so my mind starts drifting, as it does on occasion, and here comes that random thought again…and so does the laughter. "Do you want to share something?"…um…no…allergies…sorry.
I don't know if it was just Monday madness, or if it was really that funny, but either way these scenarios repeated throughout my day and it was better for them.
So, thanks to you ladies and Rob for the quick wit humor! Details was fun…it was random…it was…Rob.
Sorry for the long post and probably coming off like a weirdo. Shakes head and goes back to lurking. - February 16, 2010 at 1:39 AM
- sissidelyon said...
@puC_2_theWood, your post was great and funny! I have been having the same thoughts throughout monday...
I like this article.. For once a journalist got it right, without trying to be mean, just using their brain... Hope exists!
Okay, back to real life...
Have a nice day ladies :o) - February 16, 2010 at 2:43 AM
- jc said...
Article IS "spot on". Nice to see in print, when someone hits the nail on the head. Rob always comes out on top!!!!!
Luv you, baby!! - February 16, 2010 at 3:46 AM
- robxD said...
good morning
Good to see somebody gets it
Thanks, Kat - February 16, 2010 at 3:52 AM
- annieforpatty said...
@marna LMAO ;)
Finally someone with brain who gets what Rob meant :D There is hope for human race after all.
Morning to all the ladies. - February 16, 2010 at 4:17 AM
- Athena said...
*thumbs up*! Amen and Halleluja!
And bye bye John Mayer. For five seconds I thought he was cute, when he came to Australia, recently. Then he opened his mouth. - February 16, 2010 at 4:31 AM
- nikola6 said...
puC 2 theWood...
Now darlin', don't you go wandering back to lurkdom. 'Cause with a 'porny' screen name like that, here on ROBsessed, you have found your home.
Hang out and play.
Just sayin' - February 16, 2010 at 4:47 AM
- Desi said...
Oh, what a crack up, thanks nik & co, i just got the allergic thing!!Slow aye!!!
Anyways I reckon that rob is getting in as much "practice" SEXY wise as he can cause he knows Breaking Dawn is coming and it's Edwards and Bella's big CLIMAX is so many different ways and doesn't wanna disappoint the fans...
...so he gets it on with as many "older" women as time allows, (cause all his latest co-stars are older), learn some new moves and techniques etc etc enhance the SEXY image with some photo shoots...
...Yeah cause the poor guy is terrified of whats comin, honeymoon scenewise and post-transformation of bella-wise...so he's combining "research" with money and publicity and pleasure-...but only a little bit of pleasure!!!!! Yeah right!!! Big ups RPatz u onto it bro!!! - February 16, 2010 at 5:16 AM
- Desi said...
still probably won't watch it but...
U onto it Bro!!! - February 16, 2010 at 5:18 AM
- LeslieHeartsRob said...
Awwwwww...you girls had fun after I left!!!
Exploding panties...LMFAO!!!!
That mental picture is gonna last me through the day...*snikers*!!
Talk to you girls later!!
FILTM - February 16, 2010 at 5:34 AM
- Maryann said...
Finally an article that actually GET it..nice :-D.
- February 16, 2010 at 5:51 AM
- Luna said...
Hi Fellow Addicts !
I've never blogged before but I cant think of a better subject than the divine Mr P ! What a fantastic interview, I love how he quite often says something that leaves you reeling, such as the 'peeing in a cup' comment to Steve Jones, just hilarious. I was watching the clip on Youtube yesterday of him and Nikki Reed buying packing boxes and trying to fit them in his car in LA, just typical Rob, he needs a good woman without doubt ! Anyway, I love this blog, keep up the good work ! Love to you all. X - February 16, 2010 at 6:19 AM
- Luna said...
Oh and the Eclipse still were AMAZING ! Kristen is such a lucky girl !
- February 16, 2010 at 6:21 AM
- Rowena Anne said...
Whoever wrote this...; I love you. You rock. You made my day better by helping all of us make a sensible comparison to what is stupid and brilliant. Mwaah! Everything is true here and I wish other people would see.
- February 16, 2010 at 6:26 AM
- jlsentangledweb said...
one word: vindication
- February 16, 2010 at 7:01 AM
- robxD said...
Why in this interview is the beer always counted..
in my country (Bavarian Germany) beer is a basic food ;) - February 16, 2010 at 7:26 AM
- sissidelyon said...
Because it's an American magazine.. I guess that in England, they drink beer like they drink tea... LOL...
- February 16, 2010 at 7:30 AM
- Rouba_j said...
Hey Girls,
I'm new on this blog (sort of), but i've been diagnosed with my ''Robsession'' a while ago (since 2008), and am proud to say that it's been getting bigger and bigger ever since!
I'm from Lebanon (Middle East) and I would like to inform you that Robert Pattinson has a SERIOUS fan base over here, and we all wish that he would visit one day.
I just wanted to thank you all for your hard work, you keep our Robsession very well fed ;)
and btw, this article rocks! - February 16, 2010 at 7:37 AM
- pj said...
Great article! Writer gets it and readers should too. I'm impressed.
- February 16, 2010 at 8:01 AM
- xxRobxx said...
CullenLover07 said...
"Why is it wet?"
OMG for some reason this is just making me giggle like an idiot.
Be careful girls.....remember, vag makes him swell up and you don't want him to rip his trousers on the way into the premiere! - February 16, 2010 at 8:25 AM
- MatildalovesRob said...
I think anyone with half a brain could understand that interview, it's the ones who want to misunderstand it that lack in the comprehension dept. Rob is such a breath of fresh air in HW, seriously, cardboard cutout actors do NOTHING for me whatsoever. If Rob was just pretty, I would still enjoy looking at him, but he's such a delight to read and watch too. Yum.
- February 16, 2010 at 8:43 AM
- sissidelyon said...
You guys are as insane and obsessed as I am... It's great! So funny and so not politically correct... I love it!
xxRobxx, he could rip his trousers because of the swelling but he could also trip over it (the swelling part)... Don't know what type of equipement or category he has... LOL...
You're gonna have me laughing all afternoon now... Thanks ! - February 16, 2010 at 8:45 AM
- Butterfly said...
Well finally someone GOT IT. Well done LA Times!!!
I really love this article, but I love the photo you used Kat even more. Damn, that stare is hot!!! - February 16, 2010 at 9:03 AM
- xxRobxx said...
Sissi, I'm sure his equipment is more than adequate to trip him up, LOL! I may have to just hold it out of his way to keep him safe.
- February 16, 2010 at 9:14 AM
- sissidelyon said...
That is so kind of you xxxRobxxx... Going through all that danger to keep him safe... LOL... Be careful however you don't get hit by it... LOL... Could cause a black eye or something... LOL...
- February 16, 2010 at 9:17 AM
- jc said...
LOL~If you were holdin "it", he wouldn't be safe at all, now would he!!!!!!!!! - February 16, 2010 at 9:25 AM
- sissidelyon said...
@jc... You're right! Might be safer if there where others of us to make sure it, sorry HE, is safe all the way... no?
- February 16, 2010 at 9:29 AM
- jc said...
Of course, you're right! I'm happy to lend a hand!!! - February 16, 2010 at 9:53 AM
- Leslie said...
The poor thing is going to be tortured forever by media interviewers during the press rounds for Eclipse about the vagina comments you wait and see. They will analyze every word of this article.
- February 16, 2010 at 9:57 AM
- Capitu said...
He looks like a vampire in this pic. I feel... dazzled!
:x - February 16, 2010 at 9:57 AM
- robsessive said...
yeah analyze evert word in here is something need to be done by us great interwiew
@sissidelyon I am late but you are right he is not in safe - February 16, 2010 at 11:09 AM
- xxRobxx said...
JC, I would gladly sacrifice my vag to give him a safe place to keep it.
lmao! - February 16, 2010 at 12:11 PM
- TwiHeart said...
Why I love Rob and love to hate JM. Glad his beauty comes across - and I DON'T mean the photos.
- February 16, 2010 at 12:12 PM
- solas said...
I think the beer count is to let you know how increasingly sloshed he is as he comments. :-)
- February 16, 2010 at 1:07 PM
- jc said...
lol~Wouldn't we all, sister!!!!! - February 16, 2010 at 1:08 PM
- nikola6 said...
About the beer thing...
Kid grew up in a pub culture and I seriously doubt that four beers would even make a dent. If Jenny thought he was so intoxicated that he couldn't walk or something, do you really think she would have let him wander off by himself into the night? Yeah, she showed a bit of concern there (but about what? too much to drink or just getting home by himself on a snowy, deserted night?), but not enough to stop him, so she obviously thought he was okay. And she didn't say that by evening's end, he'd turned into a sloppy, fall down drunk. Something tells me he can handle his hooch. She's his friend and if she honestly thought he couldn't have made it home by himself, she'd have made sure he got there or gotten him a room in the hotel and if the hotel was booked, would have dropped him dead drunk into her own room.
If I'd been with him and thought that he might not have made it home okay, I'd have delivered him to his mama's doorstep myself. And he wouldn't have argued with me (or Jenny either). Were women, were older than him and as such, we (older women) get to tell younger men what to do. It's true. It's in the handbook. You can look it up.
Okay. They can argue, but they won't win. - February 16, 2010 at 1:40 PM
- sissidelyon said...
I'd just tell him to take his time and slow down... We've got all night... LOL...
- February 16, 2010 at 2:01 PM
- solas said...
Oh--I don't think he was drop down drunk, but enough so there was concern, and enough for her to enumerate, like an outline of descent.
- February 16, 2010 at 2:04 PM
- Cindygal said...
i really enjoyed this article. Thanks Kat :-)
- February 16, 2010 at 3:15 PM
- Cindygal said...
...some people still dont get the joke, there's nothing can be done about those who choose to play dump.
- February 16, 2010 at 3:17 PM
- femroc said...
We should write the LA times and thank them for being so intelligent and writing so smartly about this - it is definitely right on and I hope a lot of people see it.
Mayer is a creep of a person for saying all that he said - great musician but not a great guy and I dislike all of his tatoos - he has sleeve tatoos. I know Rob doesn't like tatoos either, thank goodness.
Why would you deface that perfect body in any way??? That's why I wish he'd quit smoking!!!!!!!!! - February 16, 2010 at 3:52 PM
- solas said...
fem-we might not agree on all things, but on that one last issue, it is full set and spot on.
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This article continues the dialogue on the origins of heath as beginning in the womb. It points to the positive effects and changes that can occur when re-evaluating the importance of the pregnancy period for matters of public health. A brief review of the literature on dietary habits preconception/prenatally, and the intrauterine pollution of fat-soluble synthetic chemicals were offered. Followed by the description of a pilot study for the purpose of initiating a new generation of research.
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This qualitative study was designed to explore the childbirth expectations of primiparas' (women pregnant for the first time) in light of current scientific understandings of consciousness. In-depth before-and-after-birth interviews were conducted. Explicit expectations were compared with implicit expectations portrayed through drawings of an ideal birth (a projective technique) rendered during the first interview. Participants experienced outcomes that differed from their conscious expectations.
This article is an updated review of the literature on the long term consequences of birth. Current literature reviewed includes the topics of autism, juvenile criminality, drug addiction, anorexia nervosa, asthma, exposure of antibiotics during pregnancy, the behavioural effects of hormones, and caesarean sections and is offered from a primal health perspective. The article closes with recommendations the profound changes that need to be made if this vision of childbirth is to be brought to a broader audience.
The birthing experience may be perceived as a traumatic in women who present with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Yet a woman's view can change if she gains knowledge about the birth experience. Narrative debriefing, for example, is a source of validation, through the telling and listening of birth narratives. Further, by reading books and articles, taking mental notes, and comparing outcomes women can reevaluate their own experiences and their perceptions change as a result. Women may require repetitive debriefing to facilitate healing from birth-related trauma.
Early childhood literature suggests children born after the loss of an infant sibling are at risk for attachment disorders, yet there continues to be a lack of intervention available to support the parents of these children during their pregnancies. The stories of these adult subsequent children give meaning to why attachment disorders can result and provide a strong case for intervention around infant loss and the subsequent pregnancy. Contrary to other studies on this topic, these participants summarize healing and hope.
This article explores the use of visual language as a means of examining and communicating the subjective experience of pregnancy. The participants, eleven women in their final trimester of pregnancy, were asked to complete five abstract drawings accompanied by verbal descriptions of their own perceptions and feelings. Using specialized concept cards developed by Rhyne (1979), participants were invited to consider four distinctive "mind states" or feeling states - sadness, anger, fear and joy.
Searching for the possible roots of anger, the author, from extensive experiential, clinical work with clients looks at the pre-conception imprinting that colours not only the birth, but also the life scripts and personality of humans, in order to find healing from violent, angry, raging negative imprinting.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today in San Francisco QB3 opened a new biotech incubator: QB3@953.
A full-service incubator, QB3@953 provides entrepreneurs with the resources they need to turn scientific discoveries into products and services. QB3@953 offers more than $500,000 in equipment, a rich network of mentors and investors, and a community of entrepreneurs.
"Startups are one of the best ways of turning breakthrough science into great products, but in the life sciences the high price of equipment and space means many great ideas never get a chance. We want to change that. We want to help entrepreneurial scientists change the world," said QB3 Associate Director Douglas Crawford, PhD. "QB3@953 is custom-built for this purpose."
QB3@953 makes creating a biotech startup affordable by offering specialized resources in increments as small as an eight-foot laboratory bench or half a shelf in a low-temperature freezer. The low cost allows a graduate student to launch a viable startup funded by a small grant or a credit card.
Located at 953 Indiana Street, the space provides laboratories and offices for 30 to 35 startup companies. Sixteen companies have already begun to move in, and eight more will join by the middle of November.
"The QB3@953 life science incubator in San Francisco secures our City as a premier hub for entrepreneurs and innovation," said Mayor Ed Lee. "QB3@953 will keep small biotech companies here in the Innovation Capital of the World by providing critically needed space to start, stay and grow and create jobs while driving innovative science and health discoveries."
"I am super-excited to have a new life-science incubator in District 10," said Supervisor Malia Cohen, the region's civic representative. "I can't wait to see these young entrepreneurs discussing their startups in coffee shops on 22nd Street. Incubators are one of the best ways to bring good jobs to San Francisco."
QB3@953 is a public-private-partnership that brings QB3- a University of California research institute- together with private investors and strategic partners.
QB3@953 is home to Janssen Labs @QB3-a 5,000 square foot space within the incubator.
GE, a founding partner, has donated major research equipment that will enable startups to culture cells, purify proteins and DNA, and analyze samples. "Since the creation of QB3, we have celebrated many joint projects, and are now thrilled to participate in the exciting expansion at QB3@953," said Jonathan A. Murray, Managing Director, GE Research Circle Technology.
Each tenant will have access to support including QB3's seed-stage venture fund, Mission Bay Capital; legal and business advisors; assistance in grant writing for small business funds; and access to high-end equipment in facilities on UC San Francisco's Mission Bay campus.
About QB3
QB3 is a cooperative effort among private industry and more than 220 scientists at UC San Francisco, UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz. One of four technology institutes created in 2000 by former California Governor Gray Davis, QB3 has a joint mission of supporting science, driving the California economy and transforming scientific research into public good.
Fundamental to the latter two missions are QB3's efforts to commercialize University of California science by creating mutually beneficial partnerships with industry and supporting innovative entrepreneurs. The effort has led to 54 bioscience startup companies currently in QB3's incubator network. QB3 also operates Mission Bay Capital, an $11.3M seed-stage venture capital fund designed to support UC startups. For more information on QB3, visit www.qb3.org.
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New dojo opened in St-Eustache Posted 11/25/2013 2:15pm [from Yannick Gagnon] A new dojo opened in a small city call St-Eustache near Montreal in the province of Quebec. The name of the teacher is Yannick Gagnon. He went to Japan in 2012 to follow a course call Kenshusei that is given by Shihan Jacques Payet Sensei (7th dan) in Kyoto. Kenshusei is a course of a year which oblige the students to do 4h of aikido per day, 5 days a week for a year (minimum). Days of training can go as long as 8h of training a day. To find information for the course, you can go on this link below : http://aikidomugenjuku.wordpress.com/aikido-mugenjuku-kenshuse-course/
Seminar: George Ledyard in Atlanta, Georgia, 12/6-12/8/2013 Posted 11/19/2013 7:33pm [from jonreading] Join Aikido South for a seminar with George Ledyard in Atlanta, Georgia, December 6-8, 2013. Ledyard sensei is a Rokudan in the Aikido Schools of Ueshiba and instructs at Eastside Aikido dojo in Bellvue, Washington. This seminar features an intense training schedule and lots of opportunity to work directly with sensei. Space is limited and we offer a pre-registration discount!
Dojo News: Wadokan Dojo Tomball Aikido's New Location (TX) Posted 11/19/2013 1:12pm [from Patrick Murphy] Tomball, Texas The Wadokan Dojo has opened at it's new location in Tomball, Texas, a northern suburb of Houston. The dojo-cho is yondan David Galdamez who is the founder and Chief Instructor of the school.
Seminar: Cognard Shihan, 8th Dan in Verona, Italy, November 30-December 1 Posted 11/14/2013 3:09pm [from Andrea Debiasi] �Accademia di Aikido e Cultura Tradizionale Giapponese� (AACTG) & "Kokusai Aikido Kenshukai Kobayashi Hirokazu Ryu Ha" (KAKKHRH) are glad to announce the Aikido Seminar directed by Cognard Andr� Shihan 8th Dan (Hanshi, Dai Nippon Butoku Kai) in Verona, Italy, November 30th-December 1st 2013. Location: Facolt� di Scienze Motorie, Via Casorati 43. The seminar is open to everyone. All affiliations, levels, and juniors are welcome. For more information (including the flyer and some lodging options) check out the following website
Seminar: Aiki Extensions European seminar 2014 Posted 11/14/2013 3:09pm [from Quentin Cooke] The Aiki Extensions European seminar in 2014 will be held between July 4th to 6th. The venue will be very near Cambridge in the UK. Accomodation facilities have been booked for up to 60 people. The programme isn't fixed, but the venue offers a number of halls and I do plan to offer a really great variety of on the mat and off mat sessions, all of which will fit into the theme of 'Pushing for Peace', whether that be inner peace or out there in the world at large. I hope to be able to introduce you to some amazing people doing amazing things. If you have something you want to present, then get in touch. If you want to attend, then mark your diary and please let me know. It would be really reassuring to know sooner rather than later. The accommodation is of a basic nature to keep costs down. I can't finalise costs yet as it depends on how many come, the more who attend the lower the cost. This aikido seminar will be very different to the norm, but I think I can promise you a truly fulfilling experience.
Seminar: Tomiki Aikido Seminar, Almussages/Valencia Spain, 11/23-11/24/13 Posted 11/14/2013 3:09pm [from Eddy Wolput] 23-24 November 2013 Almussafes/Valencia joint seminar with Eddy Wolput and Yoshiomi Inoue Aikido principles and applications (kata and randori)
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The city's newest Asian restaurant has opened.
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Sara Bright Rogers taught for 13 years before she traded molding young minds for molding gourmet cookies. Now her bakery, No Crumb Left Behind, is turning out great ones.
The string of holidays from Thanksgiving to the New Year brings great beers with them. When the weather outside is frightful, sit inside by the fire with friends and a well-made craft beer and spend some time counting your blessings.
Schimpff's Confectionery has brought an international candy competition to Jeffersonville sort of.
The trouble with the holiday season is the baking guilt.
My definition of the ideal summer cocktail? Easy to make, refreshing to drink. Come the winter holidays, I make only one change: Easy to make, comforting to drink.
We've seen all manner of ways to make brownies a holiday treat, everything from burying peppermint candies in them to topping them with candy canes.
Home beer and spirit-making have become popular hobbies. Bars and beverage stores feature a growing range of artisanal spirits and craft brews. Cocktail parties are back in vogue.
There are plenty of things you can do today. You can watch football. You can shop for Black Friday deals online or, yes, even in some stores. You can cook a turkey dinner for your family.
Gift cards are money in the bank for restaurants.
Thanksgiving can be a landmine of a meal. Creative cooks who tinker too aggressively with classic recipes may find themselves at the head of a table of disgruntled diners.
Halloween may be done, but pumpkin season rolls on! And it's a welcome fact of life for a pumpkin lover like me.
Every Thanksgiving presents the same challenge how to juggle the turkey and the stuffing and the pie and all those sides in just one oven.
Unless you really crave those accordion-like ridges or consider Thanksgiving a failure without hearing that classic shplopping noise, you have no excuse for resorting to canned cranberry sauce.
Can we all just agree that by 2013 we should be able to do better by green beans than dumping canned soup and fried onions all over them? Surely, there is a better way.
Vehicles line the drive-thru at QL's Barbecue to get a taste of the food they've been missing since it was closed down a few months ago.
As a Ball State University student, Audrey Hall is learning a lot, but not all of it is on campus.
'End of an era' is a phrase that gets used in a lot of situations that truly are not the 'end of an era.'
Thanksgiving is the holiday of sanctioned indulgence, but that doesn't mean the meal has to break the bank. Strategic splurging can keep your budget and your time under control.
With Thanksgiving falling on the first day of Hanukkah, I wanted to look for ways to blend a little of each holiday at the same table.
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Stop fussing over whether to prepare your Thanksgiving stuffing inside or alongside the turkey. Your life will be so much easier if you just embrace the wonder that is casserole dish stuffing.
Ahhh, it's nearly Thanksgiving, when the ultimate food vision that fills our head is a plump and lovely ... barbecue brisket?
Muncie's First Merchants Bank: It's not just for money stuff anymore.
Two Chicago men with experience in the restaurant business hope their new Muncie barbecue restaurant will fill a big void.
It certainly feels like fall, but the season's crisp weather also means shorter days and often busier schedules. Add a holiday like Halloween to the mix, and your weekday evenings can look pretty hectic.
Hanukkah and Thanksgiving may not coincide very often, but these pumpkin honey doughnuts will make you wish they did.
Is a meal without Sriracha worth eating? It's a quandary that recently took on real and scary proportions for fans of the wildly perhaps even weirdly popular tangy Thai hot sauce.
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Everybody calm down. Willow Smith has not -- repeat -- not pierced her tongue at the tender age of 11. Talk that the hair-whipping offspring of Will and Jada had added a very grown-up new accessory began when the fashion-experimenting tween shared a picture of a shiny stud sitting in the center of her braces-surrounded mouth (see below).
That set off a flurry of pearl-clutching on the Interwebs, with scandalized commenters waggling their fingers at Willow's famous parents over her youth (seems she would need permission to pierce her tongue) and the adult implications of the jewelry.
But there's no need to judge the Smiths for being too permissive with their daughter.
"It isn't a piercing," an insider explains to Gossip Cop. "It is a magnet. Just a young girl having fun with accessories."
(Not that fun accoutrements don't have potentially deadly risks.)
Then again, if Willow, who recently buzzed and dyed her hair, had wanted an actual piercing, we're not sure if Will and Jada would stand in her way.
"We let Willow cut her hair," the actor told Parade earlier this month. "When you have a little girl, it's, like, how can you teach her that you're in control of her body? If I teach her that I'm in charge of whether or not she can touch her hair, she's going to replace me with some other man when she goes out in the world."
Continued Will, "She has got to have command of her body. So when she goes out into the world, she's going out with a command that is hers. She is used to making those decisions herself. We try to keep giving them those decisions until they can hold the full weight of their lives."
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Salt water crocodile attack at Blue Water Mangroves
Posted 17 April 2009 - 06:02 PM
Leaving the croc alone in the mangroves is not an alternative because of the fear that now that it has attacked humans, it will do so again given the opportunity. Australia regularly kills off crocs that attack humans (although there are restrictions on size apparently).
"Journalism is what someone else does not want printed, everything else is public relations."
Posted 18 April 2009 - 08:38 PM
Posted 18 April 2009 - 08:47 PM
Posted 18 April 2009 - 11:22 PM
Perhaps humans should dive in their backyard pool if they want 0% risk. Should we slaughter yellow margin and titan triggerfish because they bite divers during nesting season? No. Human beings continuously seem to disappoint with their narcissism...
Posted 19 April 2009 - 03:33 AM
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Hi Lauren,
How big was the Croc in your profile photo?
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Posted 19 April 2009 - 05:41 AM
The issue of liability is one of those things. There would be a public outcry if another person got bit about how the government or authorities didn't do anything to prevent it. All lame and BS but we all know it is pervasive thinking.
Relocation seems very unlikely due to local issues (can you imagine if someone dropped that particular croc near a local village and it attacked a local?).
If the croc is injured in the eye, the pressure to kill it will only increase. An injured croc can't hunt as well and humans would be considered easier prey. That seems to be the thinking (whether right or wrong isn't really an issue)
The other issue is that the news may hit locals who will take action on their own regardless of local authorities.
"Journalism is what someone else does not want printed, everything else is public relations."
Posted 19 April 2009 - 03:03 PM
There is unsubstantiated talk about someone stabbing the eye of the croc in order to get it to release the diver. However, I'm trying to reach Ricardo of the Ondina to confirm this. As usual there is a lot of chatter that facts just don't come clearly.
The issue of liability is one of those things. There would be a public outcry if another person got bit about how the government or authorities didn't do anything to prevent it. All lame and BS but we all know it is pervasive thinking.
Relocation seems very unlikely due to local issues (can you imagine if some foreign NGO dropped that particular croc near a local village and it attacked a local?).
If the croc is injured in the eye, the pressure to kill it will only increase. An injured croc can't hunt as well and humans would be considered easier prey. That seems to be the thinking (whether right or wrong isn't really an issue)
The other issue is that the news may hit locals who will take action on their own regardless of local authorities.
I was following this thread and waiting to see if some details come available because i was thinking that maybe that croc is injured or have some handicap . Now that i saw Lauren post about a croc with a missing leg probably that's the same croc that bite the diver .
Hope to see a report with the real facts . By now the blue water mangroves have seen many divers so why this happened now ? was the diver chasing it or was in their way or near a nest or the croc just targeted the diver as a prey ?
Posted 19 April 2009 - 05:07 PM
The best advice I've been given is not to snorkel alone around crocs. You're at the losing end of a breath hold endurance. Going deep and maintaining eye contact while making a hasty retreat is probably the best.
I'm pretty sure the details of this particular attack will not be truly known if not told by the diver himself. Hopefully it's not one of our members.
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Posted 20 April 2009 - 04:59 AM
Apparently the victim had no camera and did actually hurt the croc's eye. Hopefully this person will post more details when he gets settled at home.
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Posted 20 April 2009 - 06:58 AM
I have received an email from one of the passengers of the Ondina who was on the boat when this happened.
Apparently the victim had no camera and did actually hurt the croc's eye. Hopefully this person will post more details when he gets settled at home.
Hi all. As the regional coordinator for Conservation International's Bird's Head Seascape marine conservation program (which includes Raja Ampat), I'd like to quickly clarify a few misperceptions about the management response to this croc attack:
1) While there are a number of international NGOs (amongst them Conservation International and The Nature Conservancy) and local NGOs (including Papua Sea Turtle Foundation, Yayasan Nazareth, Belantara, etc) assisting the Raja Ampat government in its efforts to manage its marine resources (including the 7 marine parks which now span Raja Ampat), none of these can be said to "be in charge" of Raja Ampat. NGOs have no legal basis to manage Raja Ampat's reefs - we are simply facilitators. Moreover, I note that the Nampale Blue Water Mangrove site where the attack occurred is not actually within one of the marine parks which the NGOs facilitate the management of. The main point here is that NGOs have neither the authority to capture/kill this crocodile nor any liability were another diver to be attacked
2) Saltwater crocodiles are a protected species in Indonesia due to their threatened population status. Killing one is illegal unless done by the authorities vested with this power - in this case the Indonesian Department of Nature Conservation (PHKA). We have reported the attack to this authority so they are aware of this, but beyond this we have no intention of pursuing this crocodile. We will, however, monitor the response of the Department and in particular try to ensure that IF they decide to hunt down the injured animal (in my opinion unlikely), that this is done professionally and in a targeted manner that does not resort to a "witch hunt" that results in the needless deaths of multiple animals.
3) As members of conservation NGOs, I think I probably speak for all/most of us in saying that we are delighted that 4m crocodiles still exist in Raja Ampat and are committed to ensuring this remains the case. And that we echo the general sentiments expressed in this thread - ie, that divers must accept the risk of possible attacks by predators when they dive in a place like Raja Ampat - indeed, as divers we should revel in the fact that there are still areas we can dive where large predators still exist. Sadly, this is not the case on many of the reefs of the world today.
We are nonetheless relieved that the diver who was attacked managed to free himself, and wish him (and the croc) a speedy recovery. We'd advise that all divers/dive operators planning to visit mangrove areas in Raja Ampat and Papua in general take serious note of the risks involved, while also noting that these "blue water mangrove" areas are of course stunningly beautiful and offer unique dive and photography opportunities. I close in noting that I'm intrigued by Drew's suggestion to radio-collar this injured animal to monitor its movements (and its hopeful recovery) - I'd be keen to hear Drew's conclusions from researching this possibility...
Posted 20 April 2009 - 07:35 AM
Thanks for chiming in with valuable info with your busy schedule. As you and I both know, just cos it's illegal in Indonesia doesn't mean it's not done.
I'll forward you the info I've found on the radio collar once the research crew gets back to me ... but I'm afraid it'll be prohibitively expensive for a single croc unless someone in JKT wants to fund the "research". The problems are replacing the battery on the radio collar and distributing the radio receivers among all the boats. The collar can work the other way where photogs will want to find the croc to shoot it and probably start another incident or at the least harass the heck out of it. No win situation.
I'm actually glad I don't have to write a petition to help protect the croc now that you are aware of the situation and can relay some tourist reaction to the relevant authorities.
Again thanks for coming in for this.
"Journalism is what someone else does not want printed, everything else is public relations."
Posted 20 April 2009 - 05:49 PM
From the land of crocodiles here in Australia, crocs regularly attack humans and fail to raise the interests of the media.
This bloke has now grown to a size and sexual maturity where he now believes that he has to defend his territory from all intruders.
I would also be so bold as to predict the recent arrival of a certain little girl saltie that seems to have aroused his testosterone levels.
Leave him alone. . . . If he 'has' to be removed, there are plenty of burly Australians well versed in the capture and release of saltwater crocs.
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Posted 20 April 2009 - 06:54 PM
I've gone to Indo quite a few times over the years and only 2 cruise directors have ever mentioned the possibility of crocs. The same 2 even took me to look for the crocs.
To be fair to the operators, I don't think they are being dishonest. Salties are ALL over the Indonesian islands (well the less populated ones who haven't killed them off). Anywhere there's an estuarine environment or areas of mangrove, there is a possibility of a croc being there. I mean on 3 trips I've been on, we've run into crocs serendipitously in 3 different areas, Papua Barat, Wetar and some island near Misool. It's very difficult to foresee where the crocs might be hiding. Do they have to warn about the possibility on every site?
I would also like to take this opportunity to apologize for the possible allusion that the NGOs would be responsible for killing the croc. I wasn't clear in that exclusion that the NGOs are not responsible for the croc in any way.
"Journalism is what someone else does not want printed, everything else is public relations."
Posted 21 April 2009 - 06:55 AM
I realize there is an ongoing thread in this forum concerning the recent crocodile attack, but chose to start a new thread rather than tack on a 3rd (or perhaps 4th or 5th by now) page on top of the speculations.
Since shortly after the attack I've known about it, but since I could only get 3rd hand info decided to wait until I could speak face to face with some of the SMY Ondina crew and get the facts from those who were present at the time. I've just had dinner with the cruise director and one of the divemasters who were there. Tomorrow I will speak with the divemaster who was actually in the water with the croc and diver, so will post again on about May 4 when I return to Sorong.
The diver, Daniel, a non-photographer, British, technical diver with about 1000 dives was diving with his buddy and a divemaster on the 3rd dive of the day in the mangrove area. They had completed their dive and were heading slowly toward the surface. They were perhaps 4 meters from the edge of the mangroves.
Upon surfacing the divemaster saw a crocodile enter the water. He told the two divers and instructed them to get off the surface and dive deep. One diver and the divemaster did so. The other didn't hear (or possibly understand) stayed on the surface and the crocodile went straight for him, grabbing the diver around the neck and putting a large deep gash across his neck just under the chin.
The croc released the diver and immediately came back, grabbed the diver by the arm and hand and started dragging the diver down and shaking (rolling?) the diver who had the presence of mind to get his second reg and put it in his mouth meanwhile wresting with the crocodile. They struggled.
The buddy and divemaster came for the croc. The buddy tried to open the croc's mouth and free his friend (can you imagine?). Both the divemaster and buddy were poking at the croc's eyes with their fingers to try to get it to release Daniel and finally it did.
The dive tender was already beside the divers so they lifted Daniel onto the tender while one of the crew was hitting the croc with an oar.
A dentist on board cleaned the wounds, stitched up Daniel's chin and (I'm not clear on this) hand and arm. He was evacuated to a Sorong hospital by speedboat while the rest of the group continued their dive trip.
The surgeon at the Sorong hospital determined that the tendons in Daniel's hand were cut and wanted to do the surgery to repair them. Instead the dentist (guest diver) recommended that the injuries did not need immediate repair and that they be cleaned and Daniel prepared for a flight to some place with better medical facilities.
Daniel flew to Singapore with his buddy where he has already undergone 2 surgeries to repair the tendons in his hand and, I hear tonight, a third surgery is planned. Ondina's CD had been in touch daily with the injured diver.
The crocodile was not provoked, poked, prodded, fed or photographed by these divers, the crew or anyone from Ondina. The crew, divers, divemasters did not know it was there and had not seen any crocodiles at that site this season. We rarely see a croc in Raja Ampat but are aware they do exist.
There is no plan (at least from the SMY Ondina owners or crew) to attack, shoot, relocate or do anything with this crocodile. Ondina's crew is somewhat perplexed about the
Should they kill the saltie croc which just attacked a diver?
topic/poll and where it started. They are wondering why someone without the facts is speculating on a public forum.
The Ondina is not planning to dive the area anytime soon.. and I doubt any amount of money would get that divemaster back into the water there after watching this attack.
My opinion: Any diver or diver operator who chooses to dive in this area knowing full well this crocodile is there and willing to attack without provocation should do it on their own. They should not risk the dive holiday of the (other) divers aboard their ship or the lives of the crew & divemasters who would consider it their duty to try and save a diver from a crocodile attack. It is not worth risking lives for even an award winning photo or to sell a spot on a dive trip. To think otherwise is silly and selfish.
We have informed our group of photo/video divers of the incident (most of whom had specified the mangroves as one site they were most interested to visit) and they have decided unanimously to give it a miss after hearing the details of the attack from the people who were aboard at the time.
[EDIT BY MODERATOR (AM)] - Apologies to Deb for merging the threads - this was the start of a second thread - but I believe it makes sense to put all this information in a single place.
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Posted 21 April 2009 - 07:17 AM
Nice to hear some information from somewhere closer to the source. Sounds like a very scary situation and it also sounds like everyone (victim, buddy, divemaster, tender crew) is very lucky to be as OK as they are. As someone who has been there on trips where I and other photographers are often solo diving up the shallow channels, searching for that "perfect shot", this brings a new perspective to the wisdom of that practice. The tenders are normally nearby but certainly can't easily get into some of the areas that determined photographers can. What if the victim had been without his buddy and the divemaster? I shudder to think.
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Posted 21 April 2009 - 07:27 AM
I guess one has to assume that such attacks are possible from this croc or others anywhere in the area.
The question then arises what decisions are taken and to what degree divers are informed and cautioned or prevented from diving in ANY area where these animals are known to exist.
Two months ago I was diving in Jardin de la Reina where there is at least one well known resident salt water croc. We saw him at night around the boat and I was diving there the next day. There have not been any attacks YET, but it is quite possible there will be one in the future. Should diving be cautioned against in any area where there are crocs? I'm not suggesting one thing or another, I'd like to hear what others think.
Posted 21 April 2009 - 07:35 AM
She would have made this post but the Orchid lounge was closing and the internet connection at the Meridien Hotel was not working so I posted it for her.
"I realize this is an ongoing thread in this forum concerning the recent crocodile attack, but chose to start a new thread rather than tack on a 3rd (or perhaps 4th or 5th by now) page on top of the speculations."
The facts about the Crocodile attack from the Cruise Director and one of the divemasters.
[EDIT BY MODERATOR (AM)] - Apologies to Tony for merging the threads - this post was in the original thread directing readers to the new thread (which in now merged into this discussion). Ihave updated the link so it still takes you to Deb's comments (above in this thread).
Posted 21 April 2009 - 07:58 AM
Thanks for the reporting what the Ondina reported to you. A friend and member of WP was also on this trip and emailed me as to what happened (since he was on the dinghy that picked up
As for the "speculation" of killing the croc, Mark Erdmann of CI has already explained that matter in the other thread. I suggest you read that post (and the thread) since I never said the Ondina would do anything to the croc directly. It is clearly the local authorities (as Mark indicated) who would be responsible for that. I'm sorry if you misread my posts. I did apologize for the allusion that NGOs would be responsible though.
In your own words, you have said the croc will attack without provocation, when it's just being a predator. Local authorities may also think that and killing the croc is one possible outcome(in fact in many countries, they share that sentiment and do kill the crocs , even in a country where they are protected like Australia). This is not speculation as I know crocs have been killed in the Raja Empat area to protect the staff of certain businesses. My post was to make sure that the croc is protected, whose fate, as yet, is still undetermined.
With regards to the presence of crocs in Nampale, Kararu had already reported Lauren Greider's encounter (and pictures) in their Dec 08 newsletter. Other operators have spotted the croc before and shared the news. It's old news that there are crocs in Nampale. The fact is there are salties in quite a few places in the archipelago.
I am glad you think of your customer's safety first before photo ops. As always, there are various risks in this sport and divers have to assume responsibility for taking these risks, including DCS from unsafe diving and attacks from large predators in the wild.
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Posted 21 April 2009 - 08:57 AM
The crocodile came after me, I shot four photos thinking that would irritate it and it would split and then swam like hell. I probably should have gone deep but my fear was that if he/she followed me that I'd be dealing with a deep attack and could risk getting bent. I surfaced only after I could no longer see it behind me. It did spot me in the channel though and then swam out to me. I held my strobe arm against its nose and it lifted its lips and did a little test bite of my strobe arms. I whistled non-stop with my Scubalert until the boat came to my rescue. I was wondering what I would do if it attacked me and am grateful it didn't. I am also glad that I saw the croc and that the 68 y/o woman snorkeler on our trip didn't. I had my camera and my ex-ER-nurse sense of adventure to protect me!
I would dive the area again but only with good lighting and visibility. I would stay with my same-day-same ocean buddy diving spouse and would only venture up the wide mouthed rivers. I think in the day time the crocks probably hang on the surface and would most likely be visible from a distance. Maybe the boats can stay in touch with each other on locations to avoid. The area looks like such a crocodile habitat that I am assuming they are everywhere.