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Staten Island alumni have always had a special place in their hearts for the campus they called home during their student days, and that connection was there for all to see at the Staten Island Barbeque and Family Fun Fair. There were smiles all around and laughter in the air as alumni and their families gathered on the Great Lawn for an afternoon of good times with friends from days gone by.
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Police officers aim their weapons Friday, April 19, 2013, in Watertown, Mass. A tense night of police activity that left a university officer dead on campus just days after the Boston Marathon bombings and amid a hunt for two suspects caused officers to converge on a neighborhood outside Boston, where residents heard gunfire and explosions.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Galatasaray launch Drogba bid
Turkish giants Galatasaray have entered talks to bring Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba back to European football following a short spell in China.
The 34-year-old stirker, who is currently on international duty at the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa, joined Shanghai Shenhua seven months ago.
"Galatasaray Sports Club has begun official negotiations regarding the transfer of Ivorian professional football player Didier Drogba from FC Shanghai Shenhua," the Turkish club announced on its official website.
Drogba and former Chelsea team-mate Nicolas Anelka have failed to settle in China amid reports of unpaid bonuses, with both strikers currently seeking a return to Europe.
This is despite the fact that Anelka had agreed a two-year contract with Shenhua which reportedly earned him over $300,000 a week, while Drogba was believed to have signed an even more lucrative deal.
Anelka, who is a 1998 World Cup winner, is currently in Italy as he seeks to negotiate a move to join reigning champions Juventus, which the club says will be for an initial five-month period with a view to a longer deal.
"Nicolas Anelka continued his medical ahead of a proposed transfer to Juventus," the club said on its official website on Monday.
"The French forward underwent a series of tests yesterday at Turin's Istituto di Medicina dello Sport and continued with further assessments this morning at the city's Clinica Fornaca di Sessant."
Now 33, Anelka briefly worked as a player-coach at Shenhua following the dismissal of coach Jean Tigana but is now looking to play in Serie A for the first time in his career.
The departure of two marquee signings will represent a major blow for the standing of Chinese football, which has sought to improve its image after a number of match-fixing scandals in recent years.
Founded in 1994, China's first professional football league boomed in its early years until fans fell away after a match-fixing and gambling scandal.
Despite attempts to clean up the sport, one of the country's leading referees -- Lu Jun, who officiated at the 2002 World Cup -- was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in jail in 2012 for his role in fixing matches.
During their time with Shenhua, Drogba and Anelka could only help the team finish ninth in the 16-team Chinese Super League.
The arrival of Drogba at Galatasaray would mark the Turkish club's second significant signing in a week after Dutchman Wesley Sneijder joined the 18-time champions from Italians Inter Milan.
Drogba, who had wanted to go on loan to Chelsea to keep fit for the Nations Cup, is currently preparing for Ivory Coast's final Group D game against Algeria as the West Africans seek to win the tournament for the first time since 1992.
Recently training with his first senior team, Paris Saint-Germain in France, Anelka will boost the offensive options of the Serie A leaders, with Spaniard Fernando Llorente due to join in the summer from Atletico Bilbao.
In a separate development on Monday, the Turin club was handed a series of bans and fines following the aggressive behaviour shown to referee Marco Giuda after he refused to award a late penalty in Saturday's 1-1 draw at home to Genoa.
Coach Antonio Conte was handed a two-game touchline ban and a $13,500 fine by Serie A officials, while defenders Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini were handed two and one-game bans respectively.
Club president Giuseppe Marotta was suspended from carrying out of any his functions until 18 February for challenging the officials in an "intimidating and insulting manner in their dressing room".
"Juventus are fined 50,000 euros ($67,250) for failing to control fans who spat in the faces and on the clothes of officials as they left the pitch," added the statement by Serie A's disciplinary body.
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Ufa, Russia (Sports Network) - Valeri Nichushkin scored the overtime winner to give Russia a 6-5 victory over Canada in the bronze medal game at the World Junior Championship.
Nail Yakupov scored twice for Russia, which had to fight off numerous Canadian comeback attempts before finally winning it in the extra session. Canada went down 2-0 and 3-1 before knotting the contest at 3-3, then trailed 4-3 and 5-4 before tying it each time.
Nichushkin ended it with a brilliant goal just 1:35 into the overtime period. He raced down the right wing and drove to the net from the corner before stuffing a shot past Canadian goaltender Malcolm Subban.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, who plays for the Edmonton Oilers, posted a goal and three assists for the Canadians, who failed to pick up a medal for the first time in 15 years.
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Konami confirms Japanese release for Silent Hill HD Collection
Konami's announced it'll release the Silent Hill HD Collection in Japan. The pack, which will consist of Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3, will release on March 29 for PlayStation 3. There's no mention of the 360 version on Andriasang, but one would assume it'll be there.
The western release for the collection is March 6.
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Silent Hill HD likely to see individual digital releases
PEGI has rated both Silent HIll 2 and 3 HD as discrete entities, suggesting individual release via the console networks is likely.
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Latest Silent Hill HD Collection screens are full of creepy nostalgia
Konami has released a new set of screenshots for its Silent Hill HD Collection, and the full lot can be found over on the Silent Hill Historical Society. Each one shows different scenes and locations from the collection, and reminds us of just how creeped out Silent Hill 2 and 3 made us. Now we just need to decide which platform we're getting this for: PS3 or Xbox 360. It's out in March.
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Friday Shorts II: ABBA, Ultima, SWTOR email goof, Gotham City, UC3 Subway
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Quick Shots: Two screens for Silent Hill HD Collection released, shaky-cam footage out of Comic-Con
Konami has provided two screenshots for the Silent Hill HD collection. Announced at the firm's pre-E3 conference, the Re-Mastered Collection contains Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3 in HD 720p for PS3. There still isn't an exact date for it yet. There's also some shaky-cam footage from the collection taken at Comic-Con here. When we get the actual video from Konami, we will post it.
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Silent Hill 2 actor "seeking compensation" from Konami over performance rights
The actor who played James Sunderland in Silent Hill 2 has said he's "seeking compensation" from Konami over performances he gave for the horror.


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The number of people who buy classic cars as part of a collection hobby is growing, with a 65 per cent increase registered since 2008 by the Hagerty Price Guide, according to Bloomberg.
In addition, more people are turning to classic cars as a form of investment, with rare and exotic models, like Ferraris and the Jaguar XJR, actually proving to be less popular on the whole than more common classics, such as those bearing a Ford or Chevy badge.
Spokesperson, McKeel Hagerty, explained that American buyers are particularly keen on vintage trucks, in part because they are easy to maintain and parts are readily available, but also because they have a fashionable factor at the moment, that makes them quite the talking point.
Auctions held over the course of January in Arizona were able to generate $223.8 million, which is almost a $40 million increase in revenues seen during the same period in 2012.
The humble Ford Bronco has seen its price skyrocket in the past five years, up to $25,000 from almost $16,000 back in 2008, according to Hagerty. Whatever your taste, it seems now is the right time to start collecting classics.
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I seem to need to apologize once more for Failure To Post. I think Facebook has sucked some posting energy from me but I am aware that many, many of you are not my Facebook Friends...I reserve that for family and real friends...and I should be more attentive to this broader, less "exclusive" site.
At any rate: here I am again. And part of my silence, actually, has been the result of...as usual...too much travelling. But fun travelling! I whooshed off to Cape Town, South Africa to spend a few days on the movie set; they are filming "The GIver" there.
Cape Town is a fabuous city and I had been disappointed by the fact that although I had been in South Africa before, I had not had time to go to Cape Town. And sadly, though I was there..and loved it...I did not have time, this trip, to do the usual toursty things. No visit to Robben Isand. No trip to the top of Table Mountain.
Instead, I spent all my available time watching the filming of the movie. The movie folk (for lack of a better designation) were kind enough to let me roam behind the scenes...and behind the scenes of filmmaking is the thing that interests me the most. Perhaps because I am a highly visiual person who once worked as a photographer, I am fascinated by the process of visual images re-creating a story that existed only in words.
"The Giver" is a largely introspective book. Not much action. A movie has to approach the story differently. I knew that from the get-go and so was neither suprised nor disappointed that they had to add scenes that are not in the book, had to put in action and action-filled suspense.


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Born and bred in Ohio, Mark Royden Winchell was an unlikely Southerner. But after graduate school at Vanderbilt—where he befriended, and became a noted authority on, many of the literary giants who had emerged from that university—he spent his entire adult life in the South. More important, he became one of the most respected defenders of the Southern tradition, placing Southern literature and politics at the center of the twentieth-century American experience.
perspective of a self-proclaimed "copperhead," WinchellThe Cause of Us All, Winchell's final book, represents his most important and personal reflection on the American South. Writing from the offers a contrarian take on American and Southern history, including thoughtful reassessments of such secular saints as Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr., and an insightful look at the transition from the Old South to the New. He also examines the politics of Southern literary culture. The Cause of Us All covers issues ranging from the Agrarian movement of the 1930s—whose social and economic vision surely speaks to our anxious age—to the non-Southern writers, including Robert Frost and John Steinbeck, who were sympathetic to the Southern vision.
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Distinguishing Between "Disciples" and "Discipleship".
I've been thinking a lot lately about how local churches can best create contexts in which God's truth is more likely, not just to be clear, but become "real" for people (for more on this concept, see my feeble post here, listen to Tim Keller's fantastic lecture series Preaching to the Heart, or read Jared Wilson's wonderful book Gospel Wakefulness). We cannot, nor should we try to force people to change. And yet, I do believe that Christianity is most powerful outside of the institution. By this, I don't mean that local churches should have no structure. I simply mean that, to a large degree in the West, Christianity has become institutionalized.
We have largely helped people in the segmentation of their lives. We have encouraged them to abandon their "non-Christian" friends to enter into the "Christian" world. We have replaced their movies. We have replaced their music. We have replaced their friends. This, of course, has been done in order to protect Christians from "being pulled down." Because, as we all know, it is much easier to pull someone off a ladder than it is to pull someone up onto the top of a ladder.
The result, of course, has been that many Christians have isolated themselves from those who don't (yet) believe. We encourage our unbelieving neighbors to join us in the sports league at the local mega-church and we ask those who don't (yet) believe to cross cultural barriers that we ourselves are not willing to cross. All the while, we forget how much we love to sing "Jesus, What A Friend Of Sinners," without really wanting to live like Jesus lived.
I should have mentioned at the beginning that, alongside my thinking about making the Gospel "not just clear but real," I have been thinking about the idea of discipleship in light of Matthew 28:18-20, which has become known as "The Great Commission:"
And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.
The more I think about these verses and its implications, the more I have come to personally distinguish between "disciples" and "discipleship." In his fascinating book The Divine Conspiracy, Dallas Willard describes a "disciple" as:
A disciple or apprentice, then, is simply someone who has decided to be with another person, under appropriate conditions, in order to become capable of doing what that person does or to become what that person is.
I think (but please help me understand if I'm wrong), that we can safely distinguish between the process we have come to know as "discipleship" and someone who is actually a "disciples." Let me explain. Based on Willard's explanation, coupled with the "Great Commission," I understand a "disciple" to be someone who has actively decided to follow in Jesus' ways and strive to become more like Him.
"Discipleship," however, I understand, to be the process teaching people to "observe" or "practice" all that Jesus commanded, so that we can baptize them "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy spirit" in the promise and strength that, not only has "all authority in heaven and on earth" ben given to Jesus, but that He is with us, "always, to the end of the age."
But, let me further explain. As I understand it, "discipleship" applies to both those who have made the decision to become "disciples," but those who haven't. And, to add to the mix, "discipleship" is not just about modifying people's behavior. Because, let's be honest: we can tweak people's emotions and we can scare people into certain decisions, but, in our own strength, and in our own ways, we can never really change people's hearts. That's up to God and God alone.
So, what are some of the things that Jesus has commanded people to obey? Think about Matthew 16:24-28:
Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
Here, Jesus basically says that we should love God so much that the rest of life is simply rubbish to us (a sentiment the Apostle Paul expressed years later). We love God so much that we're living to give up the rest of life in order to follow Him. Or, when asked what the greatest commandment is/was, what was Jesus' response, was, if I may summarize, "Love God and Love Others" (Matthew 22:36-40). Or, what about the time when Jesus said that it was by our love for one another (not our political affiliations or the "family friendly" radio we listen to or the movies we watch or don't watch, or the neighborhood we live in, or the car we drive, or the church we "go to" or drinks we do or don't drink) that the world would know that we are His (John 13:35)?
Here's the thing: "discipling" those who profess to follow Jesus and those that don't often boils down to the same thing: getting people to realize that they can't possibly meet God's standards on their own. They need Jesus. They need His perfect, Spirit-dependent, Law-abiding, God-loving, perfectly dependent, God-glorifying, joyfully obedient because it flows from Worship of the Almighty who created Heaven and Earth life. What Jesus did, we need but could never do. What Jesus is, we should be but don't want to be. We have loved other things. We have pursued other loves. We have bowed down to the altar of _____________ when all that said "god" represents is only found in the One true, Creator God who somehow exists in Three Persons in One Being and demands our worship because it is good, right and perfect.
So, as I meet and talk and live life with my Christian friends, we are continually finding the myriad of ways in which we fail to meet God's standards. And we are so thankful that Jesus has d0ne what we do not and could not and, frankly, do not want to do: glorify God in utter dependence with every breath. We learn to show one another how utterly dependent on Jesu we truly are and how utterly beautiful His life of perfect obedience not only was, but is for my everyday.
And, as I talk and live with my friends who do not yet belong to Jesus, my home becomes an example of my worship/joy-fueled pursuit of the Perfect Model, Sacrifice and Intercessor. They will begin to witness the way I lay down my own life for my wife's best interests and, in response, she joyfully yields herself to my lead. They will witness how we sacrifice our time, our money, our resources for the sake of others. And we will continually seek opportunities to tell them that it is only because we have come to know the depths of how much God has first loved us by giving His only Son (1 John 4:8-12) so that we may have everlasting life (John 3:16).
In other words, as I see it, the point of "discipleship" is to get those who already believe and those who don't to get to the point where they throw there hands up and say "I have no hope other than Jesus." The point of "discipleship" is always to get people to the Gospel, to get them as close to hugging that bloody, splintery Cross as possible.
For some, this will result in belief and new life and following Jesus through earthly death unto eternal life. For others, this will result in eternal judgment from God. At some point, everyone, everywhere, at every time, must decide what to do with Jesus. He is the the one inescapable historical figure who everyone must deal with. After all, He claimed to be God and that makes Him either a "liar, a lunatic" or a truth-teller, to paraphrase C.S. Lewis.
So as I understand it, though a "disciple" is someone who has been spiritually raised from the dead (Ephesians 2) and has committed themselves to Jesus and the glory of God in all things, "discipleship" is the point of getting people to the point of realizing that they have no hope before God other than Jesus. So, "discipleship" applies both to "disciples" and not-yet discipels, since the Gospel is the hope for both.
I hope you're tracking with me and I'm not sure I'm communicating my point here well, but what I'm trying to say is that I understand "discipleship" as something that applies to both "Believers" and "Non-Believers" (to use more traditional Evangelical terms) because the point of discipleship is never just behavior modification but heart modification which comes only through contact with God which comes only through the Spirit leading us through contact/confrontation with Jesus and His Work at the Cross.
As we bring everyone into contact with what is expected of them by God (Matthew 5:48, etc.), which is nothing less than perfection, we all begin to realize that the only way we can meet such expectations is by a perfect substitute inserting themselves between us and God, which is exactly what Jesus has done. So, the idea of "discipleship" means bringing a professed "disciple" through, not only the initial changes that come at salvation (I used to smoke/drink/think about that and now I don't) but the heat issues behind the sins (I now realize that I smoked/drank/thought about that because I was looking for _____) and it also means bringing someone who does not yet follow Jesus to a point of crisis, whether it means they realize they can't possibly do it on their own or they don't want to curtail their "freedom" to follow Jesus.
So the point of "discipleship," as I'm beginning to understand it, is to always make someone a better disciple of Jesus, no matter where they're at on the continuum; to always bring them closer to fuller belief (while realizing that there will be some who simply never cross over the full threshold of belief, which, ultimately, is God's business, not ours) and full discipleship. It is always meant to bring us to the point of brokenness (the intersection of "law/gospel"), where we realize that we can't possibly meet God's standards without Jesus.
What are your thoughts? Am I right in distinguishing form "disciples" and "discipleship"? Is the point always to bring us (as Sovereign Grace Ministries has taught me to sing}, "Deeper Into The Glories of Calvary"? Am I right in understanding the process of discipleship to begin even with those who don't (yet) believe in helping them to confront Jesus' expectations and guiding them to the realization that they will never meet such standards on their own? Am I right in understanding that the ongoing process for those who have already professed allegiance to Jesus is the same?
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Posted: Tue Nov 13th, 2007 03:56 pm |
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What do you think of Jefferson Davis? To me, he had an easier job than Abraham Lincoln but was no where near as skillful a politician and no where near as (for lack of a better word) saintly as Lincoln. The one place where Jeff Davis failed miserably was in his appointments of generals. The south had an embarrassment of riches in skilled commanders. But by indulging in personal vendettas and favoritism Jeff Davis ended up hurting the Confederate cause. Three cases come to mind. Nathan Bedford Forrest was never given his own command probably because he did not graduate from West Point. Beauregard was given minor assignments because Jeff Davis just didn't like him. And, Braxton Bragg was kept in command of Army of Tennessee too long because he was a friend of Jeff Davis. In stark contrast, Lincoln put up with all of the insubordination and condescenscion of McClellan and would have kept him in command throughout the war if McClellan's brain didn't freeze in combat situations. Picking generals by how much you like them or don't like them personally is a poor way to run a war. Jae |
Posted: Tue Nov 13th, 2007 04:54 pm |
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ole Member
That is the obvious pinata for Jeff, but he was inept in other areas as well. ("Inept" is perhaps too strong; how about less than outstanding?) While Lincoln managed to assemble a semi-efficient cabinet from a group steely-strong, highly individual men; Davis never did. Davis had some good men among his good friends, but not enough. And he was inflexible. And with his inflexibility, he was notoriously intolerant of those who disagreed with him. But he was in a trying situation during a bad time. I don't know if Lincoln hisself could have presided over the CSA, even without the war interfering. What do you think, past the failures of the military aspects? ole |
Posted: Tue Nov 13th, 2007 07:05 pm |
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ole wrote: And with his inflexibility, he was notoriously intolerant of those who disagreed with him. Jefferson Davis was much more of a Dictator than the head of a repulic. He wanted to be the second coming of George Washington. So, he forces on us the comparison between him and Washington as well as comparison between him and Lincoln. Jeff Davis suffers from both comparisons. One cannot run a republic, even a nascent one, without being able to build consensus. And, I don't agree that Jeff Davis had a tougher job. Lincoln constantly struggled to keep his coalition together, and he constantly had to mssage the North's flagging will to fight. He even managed to hold onto the border states. The South meanwhile had a strong will to fight and was much more united. Even southern papers, not a big fan of Lincoln, admitted that Jeff Davis was no where near the stateman that Lincoln was. The one other big failing that I see of Jeff Davis was the inability to draw Great Britain into the conflict. Great Britain had just fought the Opium Wars because they didn't want to pay for their tea with silver. So, don't tell me that convincing Great Britain to fight on the Confederate side was a hard sell, given Great Britain's dependence on Southern cotton. Jeff Davis basically had to do two things. Get the best generals to lead the armies and get Great Britain and France involved in the war. He failed on both counts. He had good generals in the East, but he had Braxton Bragg and Joseph Johnston in the west. Why didn't he give command of Army of Tennesse to Stonewall Jackson? Jackson would have wiped the floor with Rosecrans. Cheers, Jae |
Posted: Tue Nov 13th, 2007 11:02 pm |
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J, I have to disagree with some of your conclusions about Jefferson Davis in your last posting. One is that it was somehow the fault of Davis that England and France did not recognize and come to the aid of the Confederacy. What makes you think that better performance from Davis would have made any difference? The Confederate Government sent several diplomats to Europe to try to achieve recognition. I do not believe that they or any others could have achieved that purpose based on the events taking place during the war at that time. It is true that the loss of cotton from America greatly damaged the people in certain areas of Britain at that time. It is also true that there was a great degree of sympaty for the southern cause among the British aristocracy. However, the average Brit did not favor any form of intervention on the behalf of the Confederacy, because of slavery and other issues. When the war began, the British had stockpiled a good supply of cotton. They were also able to get a supply from Egypt during the war. This reduced the impact of the loss of American cotton as the war progressed. It can be maintained that the south relied too much on the so called British dependence on cotton, which gave them a false sense of security. The British soon decided on a passive neutrality, and refused to meet with the Confederate ministers. The French weren't going to do anything unless the Brits did. It was never in their interest to become entangled in the conflict. Both profited through a policy of neutrality. In fact, it was early blunders on the Union side (TRENT affair and diplomatic bellicosity) that gave the southerners hope early on. But this led to nothing. Charles Francis Adams and William Seward were soon able to put out those fires. I am at a loss to see what actions by Jefferson Davis would have turned the tables. Perhaps if Lee had won at Antietam, it might have been seen as the inevitability of the success of southern independence. But that didn't happen. My conclusion was that southern diplomacy tried and failed to win over the British and the French. It isn't easy to get people to take actions that aren't in their own self interest. Pointing a finger at Davis for this doesn't seem reasonable to me. I don't think that Davis saw himself as the second coming of George Washington. In fact, he never wanted to be president of the Confederacy. What he wanted was a military command. Being a major general commanding a division probably would have satisfied him completely. The South might have had a strong will to fight, but they were hardly united. The eleven Confederate states acted as eleven little oligarchies, each jealous of their own rights. There was no standardization of weapons, equipment, or even railroad gauges. Some governors openly defied the central government at times, and much of the Confederate Congress was hostile to Davis, as was much of the press. So- was Davis' job easier than Lincoln's? I don't know how you can measure that. It was certainly different. Davis had to try to make do with much fewer resources in almost every area. In the end, certainly after Lincoln's re-election, the task was an impossible one. While Davis had many faults as a national leader, I'm not sure that anyone else could have been successful in his position.Clearly, the south lost the war for a lot more reasons than just the decisions made by Jefferson Finis Davis. |
Posted: Wed Nov 14th, 2007 02:02 am |
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CleburneFan Member
A very interesting book that goes into much greater detail on what Texas Defender has so ably described is "Jefferson Davis and His Generals: The Failure of Confederate Command in the West" by Steven E Woodward. Although the book does concentrate on the generals who fought in the western theater of operations which includes Georgia and the Atlanta campaign, it spends much time describing Jefferson Davis himself , his character, his illnesses and the way he chose and treated his generals. It also describes many of the very difficult challenges Davis faced. This book is one of my favorite books about the Civil War and the Confederacy. Last edited on Wed Nov 14th, 2007 03:00 am by CleburneFan |
Posted: Wed Nov 14th, 2007 02:19 am |
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ole Member
I really don't like to pick on Jefferson Davis. The Confederacy had no business going to war (or thinking it could just walk away). Perhaps it was just too much to ask of one man who had no ability to make compromises or to admit that he wasn't Napoleon's equal. That said, the ambitions of those who pushed for secession and confederacy far exceeded the abilities of the man they chose to administer it. ole |
Posted: Wed Nov 14th, 2007 02:28 am |
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ole Member
And, Texas Defender is mostly right. You can't lay the failure of English recognition on Davis. Although many say that England was really close a couple of times, I doubt it. Close, I'll admit, but REALLY close doesn't fly. I can't imagine what it would have taken for England to pitch in on the side of the Confederacy. Even if Lee had driven Mac out of Maryland, I'm not sure that would have done it. It simply wasn't in the best interest of England's burgeoning pacificity to pitch in on dividing a profitable, strong, nation into two weak ones. Oh, yes, there were those who thought a divided America would pose no threat to their world domination, but there were more who were looking to American resources for trade and national prosperity. ole |
Posted: Wed Nov 14th, 2007 03:05 am |
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This subject does beg the question, if Jefferson Davis was not an adequate leader for the Confederate States, who would have been a better leader and made better use of what limited resources were available to the South? Or was the situation too much for any one man to have managed? |
Posted: Wed Nov 14th, 2007 06:57 am |
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"In fact, he never wanted to be president of the Confederacy. What he wanted was a military command. Being a major general commanding a division probably would have satisfied him completely." This was the first thing that I thought of when I started reading this thread. Thank You, Texas Defender. It should be remembered that Jefferson Davis did not aspire to be The President of The Confederacy, but was chosen by The South. And as his wife, Varina, famously said, he responded to his election "as a man might speak of sentence of death." Also, it should be remembered that, in the 1860 census, The North's population totaled around 22 million people, while that of The South had only 5.5 million whites (I think that may sound inflamatory, it is NOT meant to be!!!!!! As an awful reminder of that pecular institution, slaves were counted differently than whites, and as something like 2/3 of a person.... but I think we all know the census statistics, and how to interpret them, and no matter what horror they reflect, ,do not need to address that in this thread; another would be more appropriate. ) Also - The North had 1.3 million industrial workers, while the South had 110,000. Also - The North produced 97% of the nations firearms, 94% of its cloth, and more than 90% of its industial output. Draft animal in The North number 800,000, compared to 300,000 in The South. Northern railroads were twice that of Southern. Also - the North had 290 naval vessels, The South almost none. To verify these stats, I suggest "Damage Them All You Can", by George Walsh, an admitted northerner, trying to understand The South during The CW. I have verified them elsewhere, but if you look at the bibliography for that book, well, it is well researched, in my book (no pun intended!). O'l Jeff had notable personal faults that interfered with his running of The Confederacy; but he should not be totally made a pinata of, either. BTW, I dare anyone to say he wasn't the best president The Conferacy ever had. Or, the worst, either. Off topic - so many thought-provoking threads these past few days: I regret the fact that silly things like earning a living keep from addressing them more & better. Last edited on Thu Nov 15th, 2007 06:01 am by JoanieReb |
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Posted: Wed Nov 14th, 2007 03:24 pm |
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And finally, Lincoln was quite willing to exercise force to accomplish his goals.. the draft, the imprisonment of members of the Maryland legislature, shutting down of newspapers, the suspension of habeus corpus, etc, etc, etc... Davis did not! Did too. Mark Neely's Southern Rights goes into some detail on Davis' civil rights record. It's a small book, but well worth reading. Neely found records misfiled somewhere in the depths of wherever it is they keep such stuff. They were, of course, somewhat limited, but they gave him sources for further research. Try it. You'll like it. ole |
Posted: Wed Nov 14th, 2007 03:42 pm |
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ole Member
This subject does beg the question, if Jefferson Davis was not an adequate leader for the Confederate States, who would have been a better leader and made better use of what limited resources were available to the South? Or was the situation too much for any one man to have managed? The question would be a good topic for a very short thread. Someone, somewhere once suggested that Zebulon Vance might have been more capable. That was the first and last time I've seen a suggestion of a better choice. Davis was selected primarily because he had been in the Federal Cabinet as Secretary of war -- and because he was the least objectionable of the other possibilities. Just a thought. ole |
Posted: Wed Nov 14th, 2007 03:48 pm |
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Bama46 wrote: In fact, it can be argued that if you love the monstrosity the federal governemt has become, you probably idolize Lincoln...if you do not, you probably (ahem) do not! You cannot be serious. The huge federal bureaucracy was created by Franklin Roosevelt. As for Lincoln locking up the Maryland legislators, that was a necessity. In fact, I think the Civil War would have been much less traumatic had he done the same to Virginia legislators. The more I read about Lincoln, the more I think he should have been canonized a saint. You don't have to rely on historians' word. You can instead rely on first hand accounts. Americans of the civil war era were prodigious letter writers and diarists. Cheers, Jae |
Posted: Wed Nov 14th, 2007 04:01 pm |
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Also - I'd read a slightly different comparison. I don't recall the exact numbers, but it was that however many factory workers the south had, the north had that many factories. All of which only illustrate the impossibility of the job he was appointed to do. It wasn't his fault that southern leaders kicked off a devastating war. Although his ineptitude can be called into the lime-light, he gets far too much blame for the Confederacy's failure. ole |
Posted: Wed Nov 14th, 2007 05:33 pm |
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Bama writes: 'And finally, Lincoln was quite willing to exercise force to accomplish his goals.. the draft, the imprisonment of members of the Maryland legislature, shutting down of newspapers, the suspension of habeus corpus, etc, etc, etc... Davis did not!' Ole is right. The Confederacy approved conscription in Apri, 1862, while the Union approved conscription in March, 1863. Also, both Lincoln and Davis suspended the writ of habeas corpus at various times in their presidencies. It's actually remarkable, to me, how similar their presidencies were as opposed to how different they were. |
Posted: Wed Nov 14th, 2007 10:46 pm |
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ole wrote: Also - One would think at first blush that Davis simply had to know how outgunned, outmanned and out "industrialized" the Confederacy was, but I have read many times that he and his compatriots believed with all their hearts and souls that Northerners simply would not fight. Yanks were deemed to be bascially cowardly and would flee from battle at the first adversity. In contrast,they believed that Southern men were natural-born fighters of stout heart and unflinching courage...true cavaliers. In fact, at the start of the war it almost looked as if Southerners were correct in their estimation of Northern fighting spirit. |
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FDR improved on a theme, but 'twas St. Abraham that started it all Oh, dang! Here we go again. ole |
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J wrote: The more I read about Lincoln, the more I think he should have been canonized a saint. You don't have to rely on historians' word. You can instead rely on first hand accounts. Americans of the civil war era were prodigious letter writers and diarists. Some in the South feel the same way about Robert E. Lee. |
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Mercedes-Kurt Relationship | |
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Nickname: | Kurtcedes |
Intimacy Level: | Best Friends (Season One) Close friends Former one sided crush |
Mercedes and Kurt have never dated in the series seeing as Kurt is openly gay and Mercedes is a straight girl. However, Mercedes did have a crush on Kurt in Season One, during the episode Acafellas, which Kurt was not so open about his sexuality. When Mercedes told Kurt that they should hang out (like on a date), Kurt said that he liked Rachel Berry, but he was actually trying to hide his crush on Finn Hudson. Mercedes was angry and heart broken, so she sang Bust Your Windows after busting his car window with a rock. Later in that episode, Kurt told Mercedes that he was gay, Mercedes was fine with it and since then the two have been close friends. They have few scenes in Season Two showing their strong bond, but it is implied that their close friendship is still intact. However in Season Three, Kurt seems to have pulled away from Mercedes a little bit and formed a new best friendship with Rachel because the two were both determined to get into NYADA and share their passion and love for Broadway.
Although it originally appears that Mercedes and Kurt dislike each other, they soon find a connection in their mutual love of fashion, music, and diva attitudes.
In Acafellas, Kurt and Mercedes friendship progresses with Kurt offering Mercedes a friend to lean on when she finds herself feeling depressed over being single and not popular. Hoping to cause drama among the Glee kids, Sue gets Quinn, Santana, and Brittany lead Mercedes to believe that Kurt has feelings for her, despite Mercedes's initial belief that Kurt is gay. The idea, however, takes a hold on the hopeful Mercedes who is left hurt (and violent as she destroys the windshield of his car) when he rejects her advances. He later confesses to her that he is indeed gay, which is not all together surprising to her, as she had thought that was the case before she manipulated into thinking otherwise. The two manage to repair their friendship, with Mercedes offering Kurt her friendship and support for when he finally does come out officially.In The Substitute, she "substitutes Kurt for a boyfriend." When he tells her this, she decides to give Anthony Rashad a shot, a guy whom she thought was cute. Nothing further of that relationship is seen. Their peers often see Kurt and Mercedes as the school's main gossipers, as well as the divas of New Directions (along with Rachel).
Season One
They are seen next to each other in the Choir Room, where Kurt tells Mercedes she looks like a "technicolor zebra" and that she should call him before she dresses herself, she responds by calling him a "hater."
Mercedes begins pursuing Kurt and is encouraged by Quinn and Santana. They begin their friendship, and the two go out a couple times, but as friends, despite Mercedes' thinking that they were dating. Mercedes asks Kurt when they're going to make it official, a confused Kurt asks what they're going to make official, Mercedes says that they are dating. Kurt says, "I thought I made it clear I'm in love with someone else." He looks at Finn (as he is who Kurt is crushing on), but Mercedes looks over as Rachel stands up in front of him. Mercedes assumes he's talking about Rachel and Kurt goes along to cover up his feelings for Finn. Out of anger, Mercedes throws a rock on his window breaking the glass. She then sings Bust Your Windows to express her anger. Later Mercedes approaches Kurt to apologize for what she did; he forgives her and tells her that he is gay. Mercedes is unsurprised and accepts him; the two become close friends.
Before Finn attempts to slushie Kurt, Mercedes says, "You are not gonna slushie on my man Kurt!" After Kurt hits himself with a slushie, Mercedes takes him to the washroom to clean him.
They share smiles throughout this episode, and when Kurt asks to Audition for the Defying Gravity solo Mercedes rubs his shoulder encouragingly and the two share a smile. Later when Kurt asks the New Directions to pledge to vote for who sings the best in the Diva Off and not be biased, Mercedes says, "I promise to vote for you" and grins at Kurt. Mercedes smiles at him encouragingly in his part of Defying Gravity, and when he blows the note she looks shocked and upset for him.
They sit next each other in the Choir Room.
They sit together three times in this episode, and when Rachel tells them they will shoot a commercial for some mattresses they grin at each other and pull "diva faces," and both look very excited.
Kurt is very enthusiastic when Mercedes sings And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going, and she points to him during it, he responds by putting his hand over his heart and smiling.
The Power of Madonna
When Mr. Schue has the idea of doing a Madonna theme lesson, Kurt is first to offer doing a multimedia project, insisting on doing it with Mercedes. They both over hear an argument between Will and Sue, and Sue leaves angry after the memory of her hair loss is revealed, also implying why she is so mean towards Will's hair. They both decide to help her out and give her confidence, and with the help of the AV Club, they shoot their own video of Vogue, starring Sue. In return, Sue does something for Mercedes and Kurt. Near the end of the episode, Kurt and Mercedes have joined the Cheerios and together they sing the Madonna song 4 Minutes in the Gym. They join the Cheerios because Jesse St. James has joined New Directions and they think their chances at solos have dropped even more.
In the end of this episode, the Glee kids perform Like a Prayer, in which Kurt and Mercedes both get solos. Kurt also gives Mercedes a sweet little kiss on the cheek before her solo.
At the beginning of the episode, it shows Kurt and Mercedes talking with Sue in her office. During the meeting, Sue announces that Mercedes has to wear the girls uniform for the Cheerios, meaning that she has to lose 10 pounds by the end of the week. When Mercedes says she's uncomfortable and that the uniform doesn't fit her right. Kurt is there to help her, saying that she shouldn't feel uncomfortable with her weight. Although she then says she's really doesn't want to show too much skin and start a sex riot, which then gets Kurt and Mercedes to do their own personal handshake. This causes Sue to ask why they don't have a show on Bravo. They are also seen while Mercedes performs Beautiful with Kurt as one of the backups.
Season Two
When Will announces that nationals are in New York, Mercedes fans Kurt and they giggle. They are playing the piano together and chatting, when Rachel informs them of her plan to discourage Sunshine Corazon from joining New Directions, they are both disgusted by this and share exasperated looks. They are also standing together and look angry when they overhear that Sunshine is joining Vocal Adrenaline, as a result of Rachel's actions.
Grilled Cheesus
In this episode, Kurt's father, Burt, suffers a heart attack. Mercedes sings Whitney Houston's I Look to You and Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel to Kurt, and also to his dad. She convinces Kurt to attend church with her as she had already asked them to pray for Burt and dedicate a service to him. Kurt is doubtful but about attending church but enjoys it and comes to his own conclusions about belief thanks to Mercedes.Duets
Kurt and Mercedes sit together in this episode and Kurt tells Mercedes that he thinks that Sam is "Team Gay."
Never Been Kissed
During the New Directions Boys mash-up performance of Stop! In the Name of Love/Free Your Mind, Kurt waddles up to Mercedes and performs his signature dance style in front of her, causing her to burst out laughing.
The Substitute
They are seen having lunch together and Mercedes asks Kurt about some plans they had that she was looking forward to. He tells her that he already has plans with Blaine, she looks visibly upset. Mercedes is offended when Kurt tries to set her up on a date with a football player on the basis that they are both black, and feels left out when she accompanies Kurt and Blaine to dinner, at BreadstiX where conversation is dominated by gay issues and icons. They are seen having lunch together three times all together in this episode. In a flashback to when Rachel asks Will if she can do a dance number, Mercedes and Kurt can be seen chatting and laughing together behind Rachel. At the end of the episode, Kurt confronts Mercedes, suggesting that she is substituting food for love and their friendship for a romantic relationship. Mercedes agrees to talk to Anthony, the student Kurt attempted to set her up with.
At the wedding, Kurt and Mercedes are seen partnered up during Marry You as they dance down the aisle. They are also later partnered up when Finn sings Just the Way You Are. Later when Kurt informs New Directions that he is transferring to Dalton Academy, Mercedes walks up to him visibly upset and tries to find out why he hasn't talked to her or anyone else about it.Special Education
When seeing each other from across the stage, Mercedes gives a timid wave to Kurt and he winks back at her.
Silly Love Songs
Kurt and Mercedes, along with Rachel, are all together during a slumber party. Rachel and Kurt are expressing their difficulty with their love lives, but Mercedes is instead giving them her perspective. Mercedes believes that she doesn't need a man by her side, and instead to focus on her music and the diva she is. Kurt and Rachel agree, and Kurt expresses his joy over being around ladies again.
Born This Way
Mercedes gathers all the members of New Directions in the courtyard at noon. When asked what it's all about, she announces that it's official, and then Kurt is shown yelling back how he's returned at McKinley. When he approaches the group, Mercedes is the first to get a hug. During the Warblers' farewell number, Somewhere Only We Know, Mercedes gets another hug. She also gives Kurt a standing ovation after Kurt's welcome back solo, As If We Never Said Goodbye. They also sing lead vocal in Born This Way, along with Tina.
Prom Queen
When Will talks about New Directions performing at the prom, Mercedes is immediately uninterested and walks out. She's really sad because no one has asked her out to the prom. Kurt is the first to offer his comfort and support to Mercedes, however it's Rachel to go out and talk to Mercedes after she insisted on talking to her.
Season Three
The Purple Piano Project
When Sugar Motta was performing Kurt asked Mercedes how Motta was so familiar.
Asian F
Kurt sings a few lines in It's All Over along with Mercedes. Since the song is like a conversation between Mercedes and the other people present, Kurt and Mercedes somewhat converse during the song.
Pot o' Gold
During Rory's solo, Kurt, along with Tina and Artie, go to watch the Troubletones, Mercedes sees them and rushes to hug them, but is stopped by Santana. This shows that her leaving New Directions didn't affect their friendship, but shows they can't spend as much time together as they usually would.
I Kissed a Girl
At the school elections, Mercedes votes for Kurt for Class President, even though fellow Troubletones partner, Brittany, is also running.
Extraordinary Merry Christmas
Kurt and Mercedes have a lot of cute interactions during the Christmas show directed by Artie and even sing My Favorite Things together, with Rachel and Blaine.Yes/No
During Summer Nights, Kurt sings with Mercedes and the ND girls rather than with Sam and the guys.
They can be seen together taking part in a conversation at the beginning of the episode, when the former Troubletones members are talking about the Jackson Medley together with Blaine and Kurt.
The Spanish Teacher
Kurt and Mercedes goes over to sleepover at Rachel's house. They are seen sitting closely together on the bed while watching Twilight and swaps their snacks in unison. After Rachel exposes her engagement, both Mercedes and Kurt freak out and is agreed upon questioning what choice Rachel has chosen, to which they both believe is an insane one.
On My Way
Kurt is present when The God Squad is discussing David Karofsky's suicide attempt because Joe invited him. When Kurt starts crying because he thinks he has fault at it, Mercedes tries to comfort him by offering him to join them on their visit to the hospital. They are also dance partners during Fly/I Believe I Can Fly.Saturday Night Glee-ver
Kurt and Mercedes are first shown by their lockers, discussing about post-secondary choices. Kurt congratulates Mercedes on her acceptance to Defiance College and Cleveland State University, but carefully suggests NYU.
Wade, a student from Carmel High School, and also a member of Vocal Adrenaline, soon interrupt them. He is in awe of them both, going to all their performances. He approaches them by seeking for advice on his desire of presenting femininely onstage for Regionals competition, as he is identifies as a woman despite being assigned male at birth. The two are shown somewhat supportive, but uncertain and worried of Wade's concerns.
After, both of them are reported to Sue's office and are asked to deliver the high heels to Unique to damage Vocal Adrenaline's chances of making it to Nationals.
At Vocal Adrenaline's Regionals competition, Kurt and Mercedes are shown backstage, looking for Unique to stop her from wearing the heels that they have delivered as a "good luck gesture," which Unique refuses to do so. Jesse St. James, who calls Mercedes "The Laziest Person Alive," and calls Kurt "Pasty Face Ghost Boy," soons spots them.
During the number of Boogie Shoes, Kurt and Mercedes are impressed by Unique's performance, and are shown dancing to the song. Back in McKinley, Kurt and Mercedes are at their lockers, both impressed and surprised by Unique's performance. They start walking down the hallway together until Sam calls Mercedes. Kurt immediately turns around walking in the opposite direction.
Dance with Somebody
At the beginning of the episode they start to sing How Will I Know in the hallway then to the auditorium. During It's Not Right But It's Okay, Mercedes is seen looking rather disturbed and shocked to hear the drama unfold between Kurt and Blaine. During My Love Is Your Love, when Kurt reaches the stage, he and Mercedes share a hug.
While Mercedes doesn't seem to support Rachel, Kurt, and Blaine's 'Anti-Prom,' when Kurt finally goes to the prom, during What Makes You Beautiful Kurt and Mercedes can be seen dancing/jumping together while Sam is performing and Blaine is fixing his gel problem.
They are invited by Sue into her office at the beginning of the episode, who holds them responsible for "creating" Unique, since it was them who encouraged Wade to perform as her. Sue thinks it's a problem, because Jesse St. James is now being acclaimed for his commitment to diversity, though this honor really belongs to Kurt and Mercedes. Sue fears that Unique has now become such an attraction, that it might cost the New Directions nationals, so she orders Kurt to perform dressed like a woman. When Kurt objects, Mercedes reminds him of Halloween the year before when he was dressed like a girl, though Kurt claims that it was a different case since it hadn't been on a stage.
After the New Directions and before Vocal Adrenaline's performance, they go backstage to meet Unique in order to wish her luck. When Unique expresses how he doesn't want to perform, because the pressure on her is just to big for him, they encourage her to do the show. When Unique asks why they are helping him, although she is an enemy, they state that it's not the New Directions way to be mean to opponents and give her some final tips and good luck wishes.
They perform Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat together with the rest of the original members of New Directions. They are sitting together during Forever Young and You Get What You Give. Mercedes is also seen smiling at Kurt while he sings I'll Remember. Mercedes along with Kurt graduates from McKinley with Quinn, Puck, Finn, Rachel, Mike, and Santana in the auditorium during the performance of Glory Days.
Season Four
This is the first episode of season four where Mercedes, Rachel, and Kurt are reunited. Mercedes welcomes Kurt and Rachel to McKinley. She says that it's good for them to come and that the kids are ready to bring the house down. Mercedes also mentions her busy UCLA schedule and her back-up vocals. She invites both Rachel and Kurt to come and say hello. She then brings them to the stage with Kurt seeing Blaine, and Rachel seeing Finn, which is probably a tight spot for both. Mercedes notices the tension and leaves - giving an excuse that she'll walk the kids through their warm-up.
I Do
Mercedes knocks on the window of the car where Kurt is making out with Blaine. When they open the door, she tells them that the wedding is about to start and that her dress needs an audience to witness and that she needs her arm-gays. The two of them then crawl out of the car and Mercedes takes this moment to mention how trashy this situation is, but Kurt says that everyone hooks up at weddings and walks with her arm in arm. At the wedding, Kurt is sitting up front watching and singing back up for Mercedes who is up near the altar during Getting Married Today.
Sweet Dreams
Although Kurt and Mercedes do not interact in this episode, they both perform along with Artie, Finn, and Tina in Rachel's hallucination as she performs Don't Stop Believin' for her Funny Girl audition.
In this episode, the relationship between Kurt and Mercedes is highly shown as the two return to McKinley, along with Mike, to help New Directions prepare for Sectionals. When both watching a performance from one of the members, Mercedes criticizes the performance, but Kitty calls her out about not going to UCLA, and Kurt comes quickly to defend her, and states that she is having an album coming out. Meanwhile, at the Lima Bean, Mercedes consoles Kurt when he breaks down as he worries about his father's battle with cancer, telling him that his father will be fine. Mercedes, later on, tries to cheer him up while they are performing Superstition with New Directions. Kurt is also seen with disdain as he finds out about Mercedes' producer. At the end, Kurt watches Mercedes as she performs Higher Ground. Mercedes throws her jacket at him, which he puts on. When the New Directions perform For Once in My Life, Kurt, Mercedes and Mike sit together and join the song with Mr. Schue.Season Five
Love Love Love
Mercedes makes a small appearance at the end of the episode as she attends Blaine's surprise proposal to Kurt. When Kurt enters Dalton Academy, he hugs Mercedes. She can be seen cheering and happy when Kurt agrees to marry Blaine at the end.
The Quarterback
She appears in the very beginning of the show singing Seasons of Love beside her while sort of looking at her and Blaine who is on the other side of Mercedes. When Rachel is singing about Finn, Mercedes is crying and Kurt is sitting beside her with his hand on her back. Later on, it appears Mercedes and Blaine are holding Kurt's hands.
Sang Together (In a Group Number)
Season One | ||
Song |
Episode |
Solos with |
Like a Prayer | The Power of Madonna | Finn, Rachel, and Jesse |
Bad Romance | Theatricality | Santana, Quinn, and Tina |
Give up the Funk | Funk | Finn, Tina, and Artie |
Any Way You Want It/Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' | Journey | Finn, Rachel, Artie, and Puck |
Don't Stop Believin' | Finn, Rachel, Artie, Puck, and Santana | |
To Sir, with Love | Finn, Rachel, Artie, Tina, and Santana | |
Season Two | ||
Song |
Episode |
Solos with |
One of Us | Grilled Cheesus | Tina, Rachel, Finn, and Quinn |
Time Warp | The Rocky Horror Glee Show | Tina, Quinn, Finn, Artie, Santana, and Brittany |
We Need a Little Christmas | A Very Glee Christmas | Tina |
Born This Way | Born This Way | |
Season Three | ||
Song |
Episode |
Solos with |
You Can't Stop the Beat | The Purple Piano Project | Finn, Rachel, Tina, and Artie |
It's All Over | Asian F | Finn, Will, Santana, Puck, and Mike |
My Favorite Things | Extraordinary Merry Christmas | Rachel and Blaine |
Do They Know It's Christmas? | Rachel, Finn, Santana, Blaine, Brittany, Artie, Tina, and Puck | |
Summer Nights | Yes/No | Sam, Finn, Rory, Puck, Tina, Santana, and Sugar |
Black or White | Michael | Rachel, Artie, and Santana |
Love Shack | Heart | Blaine, Brittany, Rachel, and Sugar |
How Will I Know | Dance With Somebody | Rachel and Santana |
My Love Is Your Love | Artie and Blaine | |
Paradise by the Dashboard Light | Nationals | Rachel, Finn, Puck, Brittany, Blaine, Mike, and Santana |
Season Five | ||
Song |
Episode |
Solos with |
Seasons of Love | The Quarterback | Puck, Mike, Santana, and Tina |
Related Songs
- Bust Your Windows by Jazmine Sullivan. (Acafellas)
- Beautiful by Christina Aguilera. (Home)
- I Look to You by Whitney Houston. (Grilled Cheesus)
- Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel. (Grilled Cheesus)
- Not the Boy Next Door from The Boy from Oz. (Choke)
- All You Need Is Love by The Beatles. (Love Love Love)
- They both have a very special love/hate relationship with Rachel.
- Rachel considers both to be her two closest friends in the Glee club.
- They're the first people Rachel told about her engagement to Finn (The Spanish Teacher).
- They have both had diva-offs against Rachel (Kurt with Defying Gravity and Bring Him Home, and Mercedes with Take Me or Leave Me).
- Mercedes and Kurt have both had a crush on Sam, though only Mercedes has been in a relationship with him. (But Sam was also planned to be Kurt's love interest, until Ryan saw the chemistry between Dianna and Chord.)
- Unique claimed that her parents would be Kurt and Mercedes. Ryan Murphy joked that Alex Newell is the 'love child' of these two characters.
- They watch So You Think You Can Dance together, and they text each other about the dancers' outfits.
- Mercedes was the first person Kurt came out to.


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Yes blue spots in the snow. Some of you may remember this question. Several years ago, someone from N.Y. asked D&D Hunters Leonard Lee Rue about blue spots he had found in the snow, in deer tracked areas. Mr.Lee Rue said he was perplexed as to what would cause such a thing. I wrote a letter to Mr. Lee Rue explaining what caused the blue spots to occure in my neck of the woods. I also asked him to make note in his next column so the person could have an answer. Well, the answer never did appear. I can understand Mr. Lee Rue not printing something from a person with no notariaty about Whitetail deer. But I don't understand him not looking into the matter to find some kind of answer, even if for himself.
Any ideas? I'll give it a couple of days before posting the answer to blue spots in the snow.
Attached are some pics of the blue spots.