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Christian Loriaux, the man responsible for Ford's rally cars these days, is not one for mincing his words. So when he gets around to explaining why the machines at the heart of the sport's new era are all the better for being tougher to drive, he doesn't hold back from accusing the top World Rally Championship racers of being a bit, well, soft.
"Look at it this way," he opines. "Previously, at the start of a special stage, the driver pushed a button that operated the clutch and the launch control. Now it's down to the guy behind the wheel to judge traction, the operation of the clutch and the manual gear change in order to leave the start.
"It means they have more to do, and that's a good thing. If a driver wants to be World Champion, then he needs to be capable of moving the car from a standing start without technology doing it for him."
Ouch. But a good point, well made.
World rallying, you see, has been spoiling its stars – and, you could argue, its own core values – through technology for the best part of a decade. Sure, the basic principle has stayed the same – 2.0 liters, turbocharging and four-wheel drive – but elements like electronics, transmissions and suspension have leaped forward. Speeds have improved; the spectacle has not. This trend should end now, though, because in 2011 teams and drivers will have to cope with the biggest technical shake-up since World Rally Cars revolutionized the sport in 1997.
Gone are cars like the Focus and C4, replaced by smaller models – Ford Fiesta (which won the opening round in Sweden in the hands of Mikko Hirvonen (LEFT), Citroen DS3 and, on a part-time basis this year ahead of a full campaign in 2012, Mini Countryman. The engine size falls from 2.0 liters to 1.6. There's a smaller air restrictor to reduce power and, in particular, torque. Sophisticated "active" center differentials are banned, as are trick paddle-shift gearboxes (there's a mechanically linked sequential shifter instead). Specified common parts will make it harder for anyone to gain a real technical advantage.
The sum total of all this, the groundswell of opinion suggests, is a lineup of machines that will need to be pushed harder, and closer to the edge, than any rally cars we've seen for 20 years. They could even go sideways once in a while.
Take the view of Sebastien Loeb, seven times a champion, the dominant driver of the 2.0-liter World Rally Car era and the man whose neat, precise driving style revolutionized the sport: "The DS3 reacts quicker than our older car [the C4]," he says. "It's shorter and feels lighter to drive, more reactive. That's good in some cases, such as on twisty gravel roads, but on a fast, flowing stage where grip levels are changing, it's more nervous. You have to fight more, basically."
It's fun, though, right? "Yes, for sure."
Ford's Mikko Hirvonen agrees. "The biggest difference is really the engine," he says. "There's less torque, so you need to keep the motor at higher revs and that demands a different driving style. You need a more aggressive approach, especially in slower corners, where you need to take command and attack, rather than letting the car do the work."Loeb's Citroen teammate, Sebastien Ogier, has driven the normally aspirated S2000 cars on which the new WRC rules are based. He says drivers could be caught out. "When it's going well in these cars, it will feel great," he says, "but if you suddenly need to brake and go down a couple of gears, there could be some interesting moments."
This all sounds like a formula that should benefit spectators – and it is. But the reasoning behind it is not one of how good the cars are to watch, but how many of them there are, period. Broadly speaking, each 2.0-liter World Rally Car is an investment of around $730,000 – so the final bill for anywhere from 12 to 14 events, plus testing, can up around $50 million. That's peanuts compared with Formula 1, but then F1 gets hours of live television coverage instead of being squeezed onto satellite channels.
By contrast, a 2011-spec World Rally Car should trim around $160,000 from the initial cost and be much cheaper to run, with key components – engine and gearbox, mainly – designed to contest five or six events without the need for major rebuilds.
That, in turn, could bring fresh manufacturer interest to a series that has, frankly, been limping badly since the disappearance of names like Subaru, Mitsubishi and Seat over the past decade. Mini is the first step, and Volkswagen is widely tipped to be preparing a car.
A quartet of teams still doesn't sound like much – but then most pundits believe that four factory operations is about as much as the WRC can support in its current form. Even in the seven-brand heyday of the World Rally Car, the likes of Skoda and Hyundai never had more than bit parts.
Citroen actually started work on its DS3 before the new rules were formulated, as a proposed replacement for the C4. But that didn't necessarily mean it was well prepared for the switch. "It is a completely new sheet of paper," says the team's technical director, Xavier Mestelan-Pinon. "We were able to do some running with a 2.0-liter engine, de-tuned slightly, but things like suspension and transmission setup changed as soon as we went to the smaller motor.
"For an engineer, the biggest change is probably in the handling. The car is smaller, so it has less inertia and is more agile. But we also have to make it driveable, and the simpler center differential is not such a big help in this as it used to be. It's a different sort of compromise than we've seen recently. The drivers might have to accept a car that's a little more difficult to drive, but faster."
Problems remain. TV coverage of the WRC is limited to satellite channels in Europe and the UK, while in the U.S. it has gone from limited to non-existent, at least for now: Discovery Channel's HD Theater, which carried WRC highlights last year, says it has no current plans to air rally events this season, despite the presence of American interest in the form of Ken Block. The loss of iconic events such as the Monte Carlo and Safari rallies from the calendar has also robbed the series of some of its adventurous spirit.
And there's still a split in the approaches of some of the teams. The Fiestas and Minis are run by private companies M Sport and Prodrive, both of whom want to sell cars as well as claim victories. (Prodrive estimates it could sell 100 Mini WRCs over the next four years.) Citroen Racing, on the other hand, exists to win the WRC, so profit and loss there is less of a concern.
Still, 2011 could be a fresh start. And if the new cars do spice things up, Loeb could finally lay to rest the accusation that his dominance has been in some way undermined by a paucity of strong opposition. An eighth crown, scored genuinely against the odds, would be an astonishing achievement. It sounds like he wants the challenge.
"When the regs don't change, and you have one car stronger than the others, then you can see how the start of each season would not be so different to the ones that have just happened," he admits. "But now a lot of things are changing. We have no point of comparison here, so I think there will be a few surprises."
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How Low Income Neighborhoods Change: Entry, Exit, and Enhancement
The 1990s were a decade of economic improvement for low-income neighborhoods. The number of high-poverty neighborhoods declined (Jargowsky, 2003), and the number of low-income neighborhoods experiencing a gain in average income greatly exceeded those experiencing a decline. In this study we have three research questions focused on neighborhoods that gain economically. First, do we indeed find evidence of displacement, particularly among those with fewest resources? Second, what are the sources of neighborhood income change? Are the sole sources of change selective entry and exit, or does incumbent upgrading also play a role? And finally, what other changes accompany neighborhood income gains?
Ingrid Gould Ellen, Kathy O'Regan. Regional Science and Urban Economics . March 2011.
How to House the Homeless
Homelessness is one of the most troubling and persistent social problems in the United States, yet experts can neither agree on its root causes nor on how to eradicate it. Is homelessness the result of individual life conditions, such as poverty, addiction, or mental illness, or is there simply not enough affordable housing? And which services are the most successful? In How to House the Homeless, editors Ingrid Gould Ellen and Brendan O'Flaherty propose that the answers entail rethinking how housing markets operate and developing more efficient interventions in existing service programs. The book critically reassesses where we are now, analyzes the most promising policies and programs going forward, and offers a new agenda for future research.
Ingrid Gould Ellen, Brendan O'Flaherty. July 2010.
Exploring Changes in Low-Income Neighborhoods in the 1990s
While there has been much talk of the resurgence of lower-income urban neighborhoods in the United States over the past ten to fifteen years, there has been surprisingly little empirical examination of the extent and nature of the phenomenon. Our chapter aims to address these key questions. In the first half, we undertake a broad empirical investigation of income changes in low-income neighborhoods in U.S. cities during the 1990s, comparing them to the changes that occurred during the two previous decades. In the second half of the chapter, we explore some reasons why the fortunes of lower-income urban neighborhoods improved during the 1990s.
Ingrid Gould Ellen & Katherine O'Regan. December 2009.
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Crime and U.S. Cities: Recent Patterns and Implications
For most of the twentieth century, U.S. cities – and their high-poverty neighborhoods in particular—were viewed as dangerous, crime-ridden places that middle class, mobile (and typically white) households avoided, fueling suburbanization. While some pundits and policy analysts bemoaned this urban flight, others voiced concern over the potential impact of crime-ridden environments on the urban residents who were left behind. In the past decade or so, the media has instead highlighted the dramatic reductions in crime taking place in many large cities. In this paper we explore these crime reductions and their implications for urban environments.
Ingrid Gould Ellen & Katherine O'Regan. January 2009.
Reversal of Fortunes? Low Income Neighborhoods in the US in the 1990s
This paper offers new empirical evidence about the prospects of lower-income, US urban neighbourhoods during the 1990s. Using the Neighborhood Change Database, which offers a balanced panel of census tracts with consistent boundaries from 1970 to 2000 for all metropolitan areas in the US, evidence is found of a significant shift in the fortunes of lower-income, urban neighbourhoods during the 1990s. There was a notable increase in the 1990s in the proportion of lower-income and poor neighbourhoods experiencing a gain in economic status. Secondly, in terms of geographical patterns, it is found that this upgrading occurred throughout the country, not just in selected regions or cities. Finally, it is found that the determinants of changes in lower-income, urban neighbourhoods shifted during the 1990s. In contrast to earlier decades, both the share of Blacks and the poverty rate were positively related to subsequent economic gain in these neighbourhoods during the 1990s.
Ellen, Ingrid Gould, Katherine O'Regan. Urban Studies 45(4), 2008: 845-869 . April 2008.
Immigrants and the Distribution of Resources within an Urban School District
In New York City, where almost 14% of elementary school pupils are foreign-born and roughly half of these are "recent immigrants," the impact of immigrant students on school resources may be important. While immigrant advocates worry about inequitable treatment of immigrant students, others worry that immigrants drain resources from native-born students. In this article, we explore the variation in school resources and the relationship to the representation of immigrant students. To what extent are variations in school resources explained by the presence of immigrants per se rather than by differences in student educational needs, such as poverty or language skills, or differences in other characteristics, such as race?
Schwartz, Amy Ellen and Leanna Stiefel. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 26(4), pp. 303 - 327 . January 2004.
Do Neighborhoods Matter and Why?
"Choosing a Better Life?" is the first distillation of years of research on the MTO project, the largest rigorously designed social experiment to investigate the consequences of moving low-income public housing residents to low-poverty neighborhoods. In this book, leading social scientists and policy experts examine the legislative and political foundations of the project, analyze the effects of MTO on lives of the families involved, and explore lessons learned from this important piece of U.S. social policy
Ingrid Gould Ellen & Margery Turner. Choosing A Better Life? A Social Experiment in Leaving Poverty Behind: Evaluation of the Moving to Opportunity Program (The Urban Institute Press) . December 2003.
What Have We Learned from HUD's Moving to Opportunity Program?
"Choosing a Better Life?" is the first distillation of years of research on the MTO project, the largest rigorously designed social experiment to investigate the consequences of moving low-income public housing residents to low-poverty neighborhoods. In this book, leading social scientists and policy experts examine the legislative and political foundations of the project, analyze the effects of MTO on lives of the families involved, and explore lessons learned from this important piece of U.S. social policy
Ellen, Ingrid Gould and Margery Turner. Choosing a Better Life? A Social Experiment in Leaving Poverty Behind: Evaluation of the Moving to Opportunity Program (Urban Institute Press) . June 2003.
Nativity Differences in Neighborhood Quality Among New York City Households, 1996
In this paper we add to the literature on locational attainment of immigrants by focusing on a broader range of neighborhood quality indicators that has been done before and by examining the foreign-born contingent of a given ethnic group separately from the native-born contingent of that group. Specifically, we evaluate in New York City how immigrant households compare to native-born households, overall and by race and ethnicity, with respect to neighborhood characteristics such as crime, health outcomes, poverty, and unsafe housing.
Rosenbaum, Emily, Samantha Friedman, Michael H. Schill and Hielke Buddelmeyer. Housing Policy Debate, Volume 10, Issue 3 . October 1999.
Polarisation, Public Housing and Racial Minorities
Cities in the US have become home to an increasing concentration of poor households, disproportionately composed of racial and ethnic minorities. In the US, poor and minority populations are overrepresented in public housing, mostly located in central cities. Racial and ethnic minorities in American public housing are, for the most part, composed of native-born households whereas in Europe they are more likely to be foreign-born. After a description of this concentration of poor and minority populations in public housing, we examine the effect of public housing on neighbourhood poverty rates in central cities. We construct a longitudinal database (1950-90) for four large cities-Boston, Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia—and examine the relationship between the location of public housing and changes in neighborhood poverty rates. We find that in each city, one or more of the variables relating to the existence of public housing is significantly related to increases in neighbourhood poverty rates in succeeding decades.
Carter, William H., Michael H. Schill, and Susan M. Wachter. Urban Studies, 35 (10), pp. 1889-1911 . October 1998.


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This is why I love flea markets!
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Two Heads are Certainly More Interesting Than One
This is why I love flea markets!
So what the heck is this? It's a two-headed ceramic panther, silly! What's it for? I have no idea! What does it do? I'm not sure, but whatever it does, it's doing it now.
Who made it, and for what purpose? I wish I knew! There is no "mark" on it anywhere, no country of origin. I tried googling it, and wish I hadn't. Take my advice, never ever google "two headed" anything. Just don't, and you will have a happier life. So I am just going to have to appreciate it for what it is: one of the best things I have ever found at a flea market.
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"What's it for? I have no idea! What does it do? I'm not sure, but whatever it does, it's doing it now."
hahahhaha i laughed so hard when i read that. thats awesome.
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Is there anything in there that looks suspicious? (Aside from the begin/end markers that aren't actually in the files)
not in particular, however, as soon as you build anything but stable (or stable with proper backports), you can have any breakage at any time, depending on the state of the testing repos you're pinning.
as you know, i prefere using backports. if you could elaborate why you need which and what for, we might find a solution (some of the packages you're pinning i already have in my own backports, you could use those instead).
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Microsoft describe its Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) certification as a reinvention of the well-known MCSE certification track that was present in the industry for a long time before being briefly removed and replaced with other Microsoft accreditations.
The new Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) acronym replaces the old MCSE acronym, which stood for Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. This is thought to be due to some legal controversy over the use of the word "engineer," as engineers are not "licensed" in the IT industry as they are in some others.
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Cigna Insurance Corporation will add more than 100 jobs to its claims/call center in Denison over the next three to four months, according to company spokesman Keri Lillis.
"We are grateful for all the community support," said Lillis, the local customer service senior manager. "We are happy to share this Cigna growth."
In the lobby of the southwest regional call center Thursday morning, a crowd of about 75 people assembled to hear the announcement. Local elected and business leaders were on hand as well as several Cigna employees. In addition to Lillis, Denison Mayor Jared Johnson, Lamont Thomas, of Cigna, and Grayson County Judge Drue Bynum spoke.
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He also noted that the 140,000 square foot facility has a payroll of about $35 million annually; and has grown from 750 jobs to 1100 in 2012.
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Perhaps you have seen Gmail's new "Email Intervention" campaign. If not, it really is funny. But here is where they are missing the mark.
I got one of these emails at work- which happens to be a google apps account. About a week later I got an even snarkier one berating me about why I had not made the switch. It would seem to me like Google would be able to tell if the recipient is a Gmail (or Gapps) account. In which case, my well meaning and humorous co-worker would have gotten an email saying "Hey, he already cleaned up his life and is using the Google platform for his email. Why not add him to one of your Google+ circles?"
As for me, instead of an "intervention" telling me to do something I have already done(and wasting my time in the process), I too should have received an email with my buddy's address and a suggestion to add him to a circle.
C'mon, Google. Carry it one step further even. If either of us is already G+ing stuff, instead of an email trying to convince me to change email platforms, how about a preview of his G+ stream? Show us what we are missing by not using your fancy new network!
If you are really bent on world domination (which we know you are), you are going to have to do better than sarcasm. Offer something no one else does- like showing us how we are already linked to each other and can easily close the gap of communication and interaction.
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The head of Ohio's Bureau of Workers' Compensation wants to continue and expand a program that rewards employers for participating in safety programs. Stephen Buehrer announced his plan at an annual safety meeting last month.
The Safety Council Rebate Incentive Program allows employers to earn rebates on their premiums in exchange for participating in the local safety councils and reducing workplace injuries. The program is due to expire soon.
There are 80 safety councils sponsored by the Division of Safety and Hygiene. They are organized by local safety groups to inform participants of new safety techniques, products, and services.
Buehrer is proposing that the program allow group-rated employers to participate in the safety councils and earn a 2 percent performance rebate for demonstrating improvements in workplace safety. Buehrer said employers that are most active in taking control of their safety programs are the most successful in preventing claims and managing their workers' comp costs.
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Pushing back against the "recall was a mistake" meme
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Pushing back against the "recall was a mistake" meme
How do I put this? Oh yeah....hate on me all you want, but the meme about what a mistake the recall was is bullshit.
Pushing back against "the recall was a mistake!" meme by StellaRay THU JUN 07, 2012 AT 04:30 PM PDT Monday morning quarterbacks are always irritating. That's why the cliche about them exists. The rear view mirror is something one always takes in sitting on their duff. It has its benefits, as there is rarely a bold political action taken, that should not be studied and learned from. ..... I am struck by the fact that "the recall was a mistake" meme, seems to clash pretty noisily with the Democratic meme that Democrats don't know how to fight, don't know how to message, and back down too easily. And that meme is gigantic in this community and elsewhere. ...... This is an excellent example of how Democrats can't get the message straight. And I'll tell you one thing, the message that "the recall was a mistake!" because we lost, is NOT the right message. And this kind of language is ABSOLUTELY the result of the loss, not the merits of the fight. If Wisconsin had succeeded in recalling Walker, we'd still be sweeping up the confetti here, and elsewhere. ..... To those who are waiting for the revolution to save you from the incredible gallop of the oligarchy towards destroying our democracy, thank Wisconsin for teaching you a few things. If folks don't believe in legal recall, better put your dreams of larger rising ups on the back burner. If folks are willing---democratic folks---to make the problem those who got out there and took a bold swing and a miss, those who fought back beyond voting day, then we are in very deep weeds. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/07...stake-meme |
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#41 – Schrödinger's Cat, Quantum Weirdness & Possibility = Observe "Yes" More Often
The paradox of Schrödinger's cat is indeed weird. It demonstrates that in a hypothetical experiment – in the world of the quantum – a live cat put in a box with radioactive decay that could possibly be released and therefore kill the cat, experiences two different wave forms superimposed on each other.
In other words, there are two possible outcomes for our feline friend.
The cat is both dead and alive until the observer opens the box to find out.
Like life – they're everywhere. But we don't see them. We ignore them. We shut them out. We deny them.
How? We continue to observe life from a place of limitations, instead of possibility.
No one is putting limits on you. No one sees you as limited, except yourself. You could argue that out in the world you're constantly being met with people trying to limit you (an agent saying you're "too old," or a boyfriend telling you "you're stupid," or a well-meaning parent expressing, "it's a brutal business.") but really, those limitations are projections of their stuff. Their fears. Their insecurities. Their doubts. Just because someone projects their stuff onto you doesn't make it real.
You limit yourself by what you put your attention on. What you focus on increases. So you shut out access to possibility because of the myriad ways you say "no" to something.
You listen to other people's projected limitations.
It's a closed system. Saying "no" is incompatible with possibility because in order for possibility to occur you have to experiment. You have to try. You have to play. You have to say "yes."
You are both the scientist of your life and the experiment. Your life is this gigantic laboratory. There are no rules. There are no directions. You make it up as you go along. But you need to get experimenting. Creating. Exploring.
Without experimentation there is no discovery. Without discovery, there is no possibility.
Stop tethering yourself to the world of "no" and all it's black & white blandness.
Light up your Bunsen burner, put on your goggles, mix some potions in your beaker and get creating.
Harry Potter had fun doing it in his potions class. Why don't you?
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The New Pornographers have always had a great sense of humor when it comes to making music videos, putting out some truly irreverent clips for songs like My Slow Descent Into Alcoholism, Use It and Moves. So it should come as no surprise that A.C. Newman, the indie-pop band's front man, would also go down that road when it came to making a clip for his latest solo album Shut Down the Streets – which was released back in October. In the video for the record's lead track I'm Not Talking, which also features Neko Case on backing vocals, the singer-songwriter decided to play on his vintage AM pop sound, as he performs it on the set of what looks like a 1970′s cable access show.
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Tour Dates: A.C. Newman's New Record & Road Dates
The members of The New Pornographers are very judicious when it comes to the release of their solo albums, putting them out usually in between releases and touring commitments for the indie-rock super-group. This fall the band's front man, A.C. Newman, will put out his still-untitled third solo effort, and first since 2009, via Matador Records. While the details of Newman's record are still TBD, he has revealed a full slate of fall dates in support of the record. Newman's North American tour kicks off on October 21, with a gig at Lee's Palace in Toronto, Ontario, and will wrap roughly three weeks later in San Diego, Calif. on November 14, at The Casbah.
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If you're not into a night with Mr. Newman, then maybe you'll be interested in hitting one of these recently announced tours…
- Father John Misty: Fall North American Tour (9/2 – 11/3)
- North Mississippi All Stars/Missing Cat: Fall Tour (9/7 – 10/6)
- Nada Surf: December U.S. Tour (12/6 – 12/14)
- New Order: October North American Tour (10/5 – 10/23)
- Bowerbirds: Fall West Coast Tour (10/16 – 11/1)
- Aaron Neville: Christmas Celebration Tour (12/1 – 12/18)
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Friday Mix Tape: New Winter Tunes
With 2008 starting to look smaller and smaller in the rear view mirror and 2009 now in full swing, we're sure that you've probably grown tired of some of the music you injected into your iPod last year. Since you may not get the itch each Tuesday to hit your local record shop for new tunes, I thought I'd use this week's mix tape to feature some new music that has already hit stores this year. So sit back, relax and take a listen…
We kick things off with the Derek Trucks Band's soulful cover of Down In The Flood from the band's seventh album Already Free. From there, we've got A.C. Newman – the "side-project" from New Pornographers front-man Carl Newman – with The Palace At 4 AM from Get Guilty. We continue on with the beautifully, spooky title track from Bon Iver's recent EP Blood Bank. Next up is Whispered Words from Black Keys guitar-slinger Dan Auerbach's solo debut Keep It Hid. Then, we've got another cover tune. This one comes from M. Ward who takes on Buddy Holly's Rave On from his upcoming release Hold Time. Finally, we close things with some indie-twang-pop with Ben Kweller's Things I Like To Do from Changing Horses.


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The Secret Life of Bees
Movie Review
The Secret Life of Bees
by Eric D. Snider
Grade: C+
Released: October 17, 2008
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The main thing I learned from "The Secret Life of Bees" is that forcing your disobedient daughter to kneel down, barelegged, on a pile of uncooked grits is mean and painful.
But obscure punishments enacted by abusive Southerners are not the main point of "The Secret Life of Bees." Surely the only reason I would start my review with it is that the film doesn't really offer much else to talk about.
Directed and adapted by Gina Prince-Bythewood, who made the well-liked "Love and Basketball" several years ago, "Secret Life" falls under the category of Well-Meaning Movies That Were Probably Much Better As Books. In Sue Monk Kidd's novel, the home-fried, honey-flavored tale of a lonely white girl finding refuge in a black family of beekeepers in South Carolina in 1964 probably seems less precious and more realistic than it does in Prince-Bythewood's shiny, gauzy version.
Lemme break it down for you one time. Fourteen-year-old Lily (Dakota Fanning) flees her abusive, unloving father (Paul Bettany) and takes the housekeeper, Rosaleen (Jennifer Hudson), a young woman who's been Lily's surrogate mom, with her. They head to a town that Lily knows her mother (who died when Lily was 4) once had a connection to, and are struck by a display of locally made honey called Black Madonna. A black Virgin Mary? On a jar of honey? What is up with THAT?
Feeling spiritually drawn, Lily and Rosaleen visit the family that makes the honey. (Well, the bees make it. The family puts it in bottles.) These are the Boatwrights, consisting of three sisters: motherly August (Queen Latifah), no-nonsense June (Alicia Keys), and simple-minded May (Sophie Okonedo).
August, June, and May? Shouldn't there be an April too?!!
Well, there was an April, and she died. There, don't you feel like a jerk now?
August welcomes Lily and Rosaleen to stay with them as long as necessary, putting them to work with the beekeeping and honey-jarring. Meanwhile, the Civil Rights Acts has just been passed, and racial tensions in this small, dusty town are running high. Lily's friendship with August's godson, Zach (Tristan Wilds), is problematic. Et cetera.
Hey! Did you know that you can learn a lot about life in general simply by observing the rules of beekeeping? Did you also know that beehives can be symbolic of other things, forming the basis of plainly spoken platitudes and folk wisdom? It's true!
The actors are all earnest and committed, except maybe for Paul Bettany, who quite rightly doesn't seem to know what he's doing in this movie. Sophie Okonedo is stuck in a thankless part, i.e., the smiling simpleton, but she does what she can. More notable is Alicia Keys, who adds the right amount of frostiness to balance Queen Latifah's open, lovable performance as August. In addition, Jennifer Hudson, breaking out of her "Dreamgirls" diva persona, shows more range than I thought she had.
Dakota Fanning, who is the same age as her character, continues to give phenomenal performances even in mediocre films. She has a couple of scenes here, related to Lily's life of feeling unloved, that show her reach as an actress. That being said, shouldn't a movie about a young girl who's never felt loved be more emotionally stirring than this one is? That ought to be a slam-dunk, but the most you get here is a mild sensation of warmth in the general area of your heart.
Grade: C+
Rated PG-13, moderate profanity, racial slurs, a little violence
1 hr., 50 min.
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Kaydria says:
October 17, 2008 at 8:31 amI would probably find myself sympathizing with Paul Bettany's character if I saw this. First off, I love him to death. Secondly, does anyone really love Dakota Fanning? Or even like her? Maybe it's just me. She gives me the willies.
If I see this for the sole reason that he's is in it, I think I will miss (or maybe even not care about) the point of the movie.
I think this might make me a bad person.
Ben C. says:
October 17, 2008 at 4:29 pmNope, nobody likes Dakota Fanning. She gives me the willies too. I refuse to watch anything she's in.
Aya says:
October 17, 2008 at 6:17 pmAgree with the dakota fanning comments. Ive never found her compelling. She's kind of freaky. Maybe it was that horse movie... I may be traumatized.
Sarah says:
October 17, 2008 at 8:38 pmWait,shouldn't the dead sister's name be July? May, June, ..., August? I always thought that was weird.
Lisa Watson says:
October 17, 2008 at 9:34 pm"Black Madonna. A black Virgin Mary? On a jar of honey? What is up with THAT?"
It may be a good idea Mr. Snider, to do some research, or travel the world before you unleash sarcastic, snide remarks...
I was tempted to take your rules advice and "let such idiocy speak for itself. " But your readers deserve better.
Black Madonnas are cultural icons throughout Europe and Central America. I visited a number of Churches that host statues of Black Madonnas in Costa Rica.
From Wikipedia: The hard-to-explain Black Madonnas are generally medieval, or copies of medieval figures, and are found in Catholic areas. The statues are mostly wooden but occasionally stone, often painted and up to 75 cm tall, many dating from between the 11th and 15th centuries. They fall into two main groups: free-standing upright figures and seated figures on a throne. The pictures are usually icons: Byzantine in style though sometimes made in 13th or 14th century Italy. Most are an image of Mother and Child. Their faces tend to have recognizably European features. There are about 450-500 Black Madonnas in Europe, depending on how they are classified.
Eric D. Snider says:
October 17, 2008 at 9:51 pmI was tempted to take your rules advice and "let such idiocy speak for itself. " But your readers deserve better.
Well, hopefully my readers understood that "A black Virgin Mary? On a jar of honey? What is up with THAT?" was meant to represent Lily and Rosaleen's reaction to it, not mine. But if they didn't, then this can serve as clarification.
Jim H says:
October 17, 2008 at 10:35 pmYeah. Excuse my ignorance. I did need that clarification.
Rick says:
October 18, 2008 at 5:19 amI didn't. It was quite obvious what the reviewer was going for. Even May got it.
BrianO says:
October 18, 2008 at 5:49 amIt's interesting that I'm being drawn into this side issue, but here it is anyway: I can't say that I "love" Dakota Fanning, but I sure do admire her. I don't look for every movie she's in, but always appreciate her performances when I happen to see one. For such a young kid she is very good at inhabiting the characters she plays and always makes me believe that she IS that person. When it's called for her intensity can really make you take a step back, and I understand how precociousness like that can give some people the willies. Still, you have to give the girl props for what she can do, and remember that she is NOT the characters she plays, regardless of how good she is at making you think so.
Drake Pope says:
October 19, 2008 at 3:19 pmSecondly, does anyone really love Dakota Fanning?
Um, her family? Jeez, just because you don't like her movies doesn't mean that she's a bad person.
And don't bring up that thing about that baseball bat when she was 4. She was never actually convicted, if you recall.
Alicia says:
October 20, 2008 at 6:18 pmI think Dakota did an excellent job in this movie. The other actors did great based on what they were given to work with.
Also, I am not positive, but I think Lily had a pic of that same black madonna in her possession, so her response was not "what's up with that?" but more of I need to follow this past based on what I know.
Kimberly says:
October 25, 2008 at 7:45 amIn the book lily found that picture with her mom's stuff, and kept it with her all the time, because it comforted her when she missed her mother. She sees the same picture on a jar of honey, which leads her to Miss August's house. The book explains it much better.
Aundrea says:
November 9, 2008 at 7:36 pmI loved the movie, so did my family.The statue of the black Mary really spoke to us we are trying to find one like the one in the movie.
Michele says:
November 20, 2008 at 4:21 amMay is not a simpleton. May suffers from severe, chronic depression which is a reaction to the death of her twin April. This is plainly explained in the book. I only wonder who it was that overlooked this obvious plot point - the critic or the director. It's hard to tell through the smarmy verbiage.
(And I seem to remember that July was the name of April, May, June & August's mother, btw.)
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September 29, 2005
Lincoln Elementary
I thought it was interesting to see that the basic skills testing for lincoln elementary scores were really low. it also said that students in the school only show like 30 percent respect for teachers, which goes to show that the attitudes of students seem to be really poor and negative. Also the incomes of parents are low, leaving 93 percent of the students having to get free lunches and other things because the parents cannot afford to pay for school lunches. It was also interesting to see that only 58 percent of students said they felt safe in there school. i find this really sad becasue school is a place that should be comfortable to be in. An environment of good students, teachers and people to look up to, however it seems that the students dont feel they have enough safety as they maybe should.
Posted by kelly435 at 3:12 PM
revision groups
this week in revision groups i learned quite alot. i find revision groups really helpful in the sense that its really nice to get feedback from other students and the teacher to help you see how you could improve on your writing ethic. i found out how to make my paper more interesting, maybe add a new introduction to the paper to catch the readers attention and where to add some dialogue in my paper to help the readers feel like they were there with me. adding visual aids to my paper will give the reader a sense of feeling in how the paper is going and where im trying to end up. I changed some things in my paper and then read it over to myself, and noticed what a difference it made to just touch it up a bit. Hopefully with the help from the students, my paper will make more sense and sound somewhat better with the things that i added.
Posted by kelly435 at 11:14 AM
September 22, 2005
Mean Girls
The girl in the story mean girls seemed to really give alot of details as far as letting us know what was going on throughout her homecoming experience. i would think however that it needs more information as far as what her friends were like before the situtation occured, maybe a description of each girl and what their attitudes were like. I also think she could have given us information to make us feel like we were there in her shoes, however i have experienced the things that happen during homecoming, but it was nothing of this story. I couldnt imagine a so call group of best friends would have said the nasty words they used to describe her or what they did to her house. Some of the things that made the story strong was that she stayed on the same track throughout the whole piece, she didnt drift away to other subjects or views.
Posted by kelly435 at 2:52 PM
September 19, 2005
least and most favorite things in class
Some of the things that i like most that were doing in class this week are typing essays and going over them in revision groups. I think that this is really beneficial to all the students only because its nice to get feedback from others and view other perspectives. Sometimes you think that everything in your essay sounds good until someone else reads it, then it a different story. I thing i like least about the class is having to turn things in through internet. im so used to being able to just print it off and not have to worry if it was sent over internet. When i turn it in myself i know for sure its in, and it will get graded. i get concerned when im not sure if i did it the correct way and sometimes computers can have a mind of their own. Overall i think this week has been fun and it will continue to be a good year. its nice to be able to meet with groups each week, even by doing group activities in class you get to learn about the other students and make new friends.
Posted by kelly435 at 1:56 PM
September 15, 2005
the land of red apples
The personal traits that i saw in the young girl in the story was that she seemed very close to her family, she was determined to get home and didnt want to be at the school, she also seemed scared of the peple in the school such as the teachers or other students. The most influence on this girl seemed to be her family she seemed to look up to her mother, and really rely on her brother dawnee. I thing i disliked most about the story was that when you think of going to school in most aspects you think of it being good, and in the story all it seemed like was it was bad, the girl was scared and just wanted to be back at home. When you think of school you think of it as being a safe, comfortable place for you to get an education.
Posted by kelly435 at 2:34 PM
September 13, 2005
connections from other classes
The things that we talk about in writing class connect to my other classes at this particular time because we are writing an essay about education. The essay topic is the things we carry, meaning success is school is usually due primarily to and individuals drive, effort, and talent. But the most important thing that matters is how friends, family and teachers context our learning. These people have and important role in our success or failure too. I see this in other classes because you choose the education you want however it is shaped around many other things other than yourself and your goals. Like in my other classes the teachers offer help and are interested in learning about our goals for ourselves. Also its important about who you meet in class and how they view their education, if they want to do good they could be a help to you, but if there just here because they feel forced, they more than likely are not going to try willingly. The way you choose to work will determine what kind of future you will have and the knowledge you gained from you educational experience.
Posted by kelly435 at 5:38 PM
shitty first drafts
The sentences that i found most interesting would have had to been at the end of the story. It was the second to last paragraph which told the readers to close there eyes and get quiet for a minute, until the chatter starts up. It said to isolate one of the voices and imagine the person speaking as a mouse. Pick it up by the tail and drop it into a mason jar. Then isolate another voice, pick it up by the tail, drop it in the jar. And so on. Then put the lid on, and watch all these mouse people clawing at the glass, jabbering away, trying to make you feel like shit because you won't do what they want. Then imagine that there is a volume control button on the bottle. Turn it up for a minute and listen to the screaming, of angry, neglected, guilt-mongering voices, then to turn it all the way down.
I found this so interesting only because i have never really heard someone explain in that way of how to ignore all of the voices that go on in your head while your trying to write. It was cool to see what other people think when there trying to block the other thoughts going on. It also gave the story a little style in that it was humorous and funny.
Posted by kelly435 at 3:11 PM
September 6, 2005
My Past and Future
My name is McKenzie Kelly i grew up in Farmington, Minnesota a town of about 25 to 30 thousand people, a small but growing community. I was about five years old when i moved from Eden Prarie to Farmington. I don't remember much about Eden Prarie only because i was so young, however, my Farmington neighborhood brings lots of memories. There was about 3 houses on my block when i first moved in because it was a new lot, but now it is full of houses. It was a quiet street but lots of kids to play with.
I went to Farmington High School from freshman to senior year. What i liked most about highschool was probably the teachers and students. It was such a small school so i new most everyone and became close with teachers and staff. The thing i hated most about highschool was there wasn't ever really new students that came during the year, so when the year ended and a new one begun you didn't really know who came and who left.
My worst teacher that i had in highschool would had to have been my 10th grade biology teacher. She and I didn't really see eye to eye and i had a long sememster trying to get along with her. Im not the hardest person to get along with either so i didn't really understand how it could be so hard. The thing i disliked most about her was her personality to teach. She really didn't seem like she liked it to much and i often wondered why she chose that as a career when she had such a hard time getting along with the students. She also talked to fast and i had a hard time understanding her teaching style. My favorite teacher was completly opposite of my worst teacher. He was my junior year chemistry teacher and also our varsity football coach. The things i liked most about him was his outgoing personality, his love for what he did and his motivation to help his students succeed in his class. He would have done anything and everything he could to make students understand him, and even if they didn't he would help till the did. He would come early to class to study with a student and stay late before football practice to explain a problem.
I would evaluate my education i recieved so far as priceless. I wouldn't have given anything to have made myself feel like i could have had more fun in highschool. It really was a memory never to be forgotten. I feel like i have learned alot throughout the years and just enough information to take me to the next level (college). However, some things i would have liked to have changed if i could have would have been studying harder and better prepared myself for tests and finals. I wish i would have asked for help more when i would have been stuck or needed it. Overall my highschool education was a good one, it couldn't have been that bad otherwise i probably wouldn't have made it as far as i did, like to where i am now.
From the day i can remember i always new i wanted to go to college. I didn't exactly know where i wanted to go but i new i was going. My junior and senior year is obviously when i narrowed it down to where i really wanted to go and where i felt i could recieve the best education. I picked the University of Minnesota because i wanted to stay close to home and it offered a good dental hygiene program or my other choice was nursing and the U is known for medical. I feel I am the most responsible for making the decision to go to college or not! With help and support from my parents they made it very possible for me to be where I am today, and I am very pleased that they pushed me as far as they did to have the positive and willing attitude to believe that if i want something bad enough i will do anything to get it!!
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Life insurance: More than money?By Henry Friesen | ChristianWeek ColumnistPhoto by Jason L. Parks Smelling a sure sale, the young life insurance agent leaned toward his prospective client and explained: "You're betting you die young. I'm betting you don't. And you hope I win!" Life insurance has more to do with death than life. Collecting is not a question of if, but when. That makes life insurance a sure thing. Or does it? An insurance company recently notified an elderly friend of mine that the premiums on his universal policy would quadruple. The savings component built up in the early years of the policy was gone. And payments would continue to escalate each year until he died. He agonized over continuing the policy, as he could not afford the huge increase. His family discussed the pros and cons of maintaining the policy. They concluded that the original reasons for the insurance policy were no longer relevant. What would you have advised him to do? Does biblical stewardship fit into your thinking? Or is it just a matter of dollars and cents? Life insurance is an old concept. In ancient Greek and Roman cultures, "benevolent societies" cared for the families of deceased members and paid for funeral expenses. Canadians have had the opportunity to purchase life insurance since 1847 when Canada Life Assurance Company opened its doors. Life insurance continues to be a prudent component of many personal financial plans. Ensuring the financial wellbeing of a spouse and dependent children in the event of death is a good thing. Term insurance rates have decreased dramatically as our average life expectancy has increased, making this protection more affordable. Your concept of stewardship should influence the type and amount of insurance you decide to buy. Life insurance is not about "supplementing" your trust in God in case He won't come through when the going gets tough. It's about wisely using the resources you have been entrusted with, while fully recognizing that God is sovereign. If the goal is to protect your family while your children are dependent on you, renewable term insurance will take care of that. Odds are that you will terminate the policy before you die. But that's just fine if the insurance provided protection while you needed it. Or is your objective to die rich or to pay less tax at death? Whole life policies might be the answer, but inflation, life expectancy and tax legislation need to be considered. As my elderly friend found out, projections that looked good when he signed up, may not add up two or three decades later. Life seasons change, and as they do the need for life insurance will change too. A young family, big mortgage and fledgling business call for a different approach than almost retired with grown children and a portfolio of investments. And when you are rich enough to retire, you are probably rich enough to die. Life insurance is a "pay now, die later" proposition. Wise decisions should include consideration of potential need and the purpose of life insurance in the context of biblical stewardship. Henry Friesen contemplates insurance needs near Winnipeg. Respond to Article | E-mail Article | Print Article |
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Alzheimer's Disease - Medications
Depression occurs in close to half of people who have Alzheimer's disease. It is especially common during the early stages of the disease when a person may be aware of losing his or her ability to think and function independently. Antidepressants can relieve symptoms of depression and may improve quality of life, although they will not slow down the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Counseling, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, is also used to treat depression.
For more information , see the topic Depression.
Treating other causes of dementia
Conditions such as high blood pressure (which can lead to multi-infarct dementia), thyroid problems, or Parkinson's disease, also can contribute to dementia in an older person who has Alzheimer's disease. Some of these conditions may respond well to treatment with medicines.
Medication Choices
Medicines used to treat symptoms of mental decline in people who have moderate Alzheimer's disease include cholinesterase inhibitors such as donepezil (Aricept), galantamine (Razadyne), and rivastigmine (Exelon).
Memantine (Namenda) is a medicine for treating severe symptoms of confusion and memory loss from Alzheimer's disease. It works differently than cholinesterase inhibitors. But, like cholinesterase inhibitors, it does not prevent Alzheimer's disease from progressing. This medicine may cause dizziness, confusion, headache, and/or constipation in some people.
Other medicines may be tried to treat anxiety, agitated or hostile behavior, sleep problems, frightening or disruptive false beliefs (delusions), suspicion of others (paranoia), or hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that aren't there).
What To Think About
Close monitoring and regular reevaluation of the person who has Alzheimer's disease are very important during treatment with medicine. As the disease progresses and symptoms change, the person's medicine needs often change. If you are a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer's disease, be alert for adverse drug reactions or side effects that further impair the person's ability to function.
Before deciding to manage behavior problems with a medicine, try to figure out what is causing the behavior. Understanding why a person is behaving in a certain way can point to better ways of dealing with that behavior. If you are able to find other ways of dealing with behavior problems, you may be able to avoid treatment with medicine and the side effects and costs that come with it.
Doctors don't know for sure that cholinesterase inhibitors help with behavior problems in people who have Alzheimer's disease.8 Some studies show that these medicines do help, which can mean less burden on caregivers.9 If that burden is reduced, people who have Alzheimer's may be able to live at home longer.
Other studies show that cholinesterase inhibitors do not help with behavior.10, 11 But these medicines may still help some people with memory and daily functioning.
Rivastigmine (Exelon) can now be given through a skin patch. Skin patches release medicine into the blood at a steady level and may reduce side effects. And when the person uses a skin patch, it's easier for caregivers to make sure a person is taking the medicine properly.
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Proposte sees boost in US attendance
HTT Staff -- Home Textiles Today, 6/7/2011 9:58:27 AM
Como, Italy - The most recent edition of the Proposte fair for high-end fabrics and curtains, held last month, reported a 21% increase in U.S. visitors.
Some 325 Americans joined visitors from Europe, Russia, Asia, the Middle East and South America. While Europeans continued their strong showing, attendance from China nearly doubled to 42 visitors.
The Image 2012 design competition was won by Alessandro Cocchia from Napels, with Davide Incorvaia coming in second and Eliseu De Castro Leão third. The winning image can be viewed at www.propostefair.it on the Image 2012 page.
Proposte will mark its 20th anniversary at next year's show, which runs from May 8-10 at Villa Erba, Cernobbia near Como.
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NComputing Adds Web Management, Seeks Larger Virtual Deployments
5:50 PM EST Thu. Dec. 13, 2012Desktop virtualization vendor NComputing is best known for thin client hardware, but it is now trying to show that its virtualization software isn't too shabby either.
Earlier this month, NComputing released vSpace Server 7, the latest update to its virtual desktop software. The key addition is a Web-based management console, called vSpace Management Center, which significantly boosts NComputing's user capacity compared to previous versions.
NComputing's vSpace software uses the vendor's proprietary User eXtension Protocol (UXP), as well as its hardware and software clients, to deliver virtual Windows and Linux desktops. Where previous versions of vSpace Server could only be managed on a per-instance basis, NComputing can now manage multiple instances of vSpace Server collectively, as a single entity.
[Related: NComputing, Citrix Targeting Enterprise Virtualization Market]
Since each instance of vSpace can handle up to 100 virtual desktop users, the extra management capacity could make NComputing an option to a wider range of organizations, Mike Pagani, senior director of product marketing, said in an interview.
"This opens us up to bigger deployments," Pagani told CRN.
Adding extra capacity to vSpace and making it easier to manage is part of NComputing's push to establish itself as a mainstream virtualization player. Already well-established in the education space, NComputing is looking to expand its reach into small and medium-sized businesses.
NComputing has made some progress toward this goal: It currently has some 4 million seats deployed around the world, including some customers with tens of thousands of customers, according to Pagani.
"People have seen us as a thin client vendor targeting education [customers]. We're now using this as a springboard for a broader category of virtualization," Pagani told CRN. "It's not just the devices we've made, but what you can do with the software that can be put on the server to handle centralized management of Windows and apps."
NComputing is also going after the enterprise through a technology partnership with Citrix, which combines its Numo system-on-a-chip technology with HDX, a Citrix technology that optimizes graphics and multimedia performance on virtual desktops and mobile devices.
NEXT: Accounting For Windows Licensing Terms
NComputing added support for Windows devices in April and is currently running a beta for Android. Of course, there are licensing considerations when multiple users within an organization are sharing a single copy of Windows, and NComputing's Pagani said the company uses a two-pronged strategy.
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NComputing is also rolling out a premium support and services package for $25 per year that gives customers access to software updates and upgrades, Web resources and dedicated vSpace support engineers, and it will be sold by channel partners.


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"The coup left a deep imprint on the country -- not only on its polity and economy, but also on its popular culture and what some would call mentality," Abrahamian writes.
After the coup, Iranian citizens suffered under the dictatorship of the shah -- Mohammad-Reza Shah Pahlavi -- until 1979, when the oppressive religious government of Ayatollah Khomeini took over.
In promoting the coup against Mossadeq, Abrahamian writes, "The shah had inadvertently replaced the secular opposition with a religious one that proved in the long run to be far more lethal."
The 1953 coup promoted regional tensions as well. Today, things might get better under Hassan Rousani, Iran's new, and far more moderate, president.
The documents released by the CIA last week are very explicit and strongly back up Abrahamian's new book.
One document, titled "Campaign to Install Pro-Western Government in Iran," identifies "Prime Minister Mossadeq and his government" as the "target."
The "objectives" of the campaign were: "Through legal, or quasi-legal, methods to effect the fall of the Mossadeq government; and to replace it with a pro-Western government under the Shah's leadership."
The National Security Archive, an independent research institute and library at George Washington University, obtained the long-secret CIA documents through a Freedom of Information Act request. The newly released documents are available at: www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv.
The documents also reveal details of timing in planning the coup.
"Once it had been determined definitely that it was not in American interests for the Mossadeq government to remain in power and CIA had been so informed by the Secretary of State in March 1953," one document states, the "CIA began drafting a plan whereby the aims stated above could be realized through covert action."
That plan was completed by June 10 and given to British intelligence in London on June 14, 1953 -- two months before the actual coup.
"The Coup" also contains fascinating examples of reporting, in newspapers including "The New York Times," that were false, sometimes knowingly false. Media reports, for example, often promoted the notion that Mossadeq's regime might lead to a Communist takeover in Iran.
Abrahamian's new book offers detailed accounts, sometimes confusingly detailed, of Iranian politics and Mossadeq's "inner circle," which was predominantly composed of French-educated intellectuals from the middle-class Iran Party.
Many of his supporters knew Mossadeq was non-violent, wrote Sam Falle, from the British Foreign Office, in his 1986 memoir, "My Lucky Life."
Mossadeq, Falle wrote, "was non-violent and really was a powerhouse because people loved him, wanted him and saw him as a sort of Iranian Mahatma Gandhi."
Reach Paul J. Nyden at pjny...@wvgazette.com or 304-348-5164.


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Neyland is not a happy hunting ground for Narberth, who have to go back a good few seasons before they had any joy at the Athletic Ground.
Things were looking really bleak for the Bluebirds, who trailed two-nil with only six minutes on the clock, but the Bluebirds, gradually clawed their way back to earn a draw when all looked lost early doors.
The Nomads scored the quickest goal of the season with barely 12 seconds on the clock. Bluebirds' central defender Jamie Flegg slipped and striker Mike Chandler took advantage to slot his shot underneath advancing keeper John Durbridge.
Joe Charlton added a second for the Nomads, latching onto a long ball and burying his effort past Durbridge's inside post.
The visitors pulled a goal back on 12 minutes when veteran Richie Adams nodded-in at a corner. The visitors equalised midway through the second period as Sean Pemberton struck with a sweet 12-yard volley to secure a point.
Neyland: Patrick Hannon, Jeremy Evans, Sean Hannon, Andrew Kemp, Nick Koomen, Joe Charlton, Wayne Parry, Nathan Warlow, Paul Hannon, Craig Lucas, Mikey Chandler.
Subs: Luke Davies, Andrew Smith, Curtis Elliott.
Narberth: John Durbridge, Richard Henton, Kyle Quartermaine, Jamie Flegg, Aled Thomas, Ritchie Adams, Ashley Williams, Justin Blewitt, Morgan Preece, Jordan Richards, Jordan Williams. Subs: Sean Pemberton, Marc Hughes, Chris Court.
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There were some rumors that Diet Pepsi "shrunk" Sofia's chest via photoshop for their series of print ads for their new "Skinny Can" - not true says Sofia. She told the Boston Herald:
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With the release of the Amazon Kindle Fire HD this week, Mobile Fun are ensuring they have the Amazon tablet 'covered' with a range of accessories available now.
Birmingham, UK -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/23/2012 -- Due to be released in the UK this week, the Kindle Fire HD is Amazon's take on the small but visually stunning tablet market. Expected to rival the Google Nexus 7 and the rumoured to be announced iPad Mini, the Fire HD features a rich HD display making it perfect for viewing media and playing games. UK online retailer Mobile Fun have the Kindle Fire HD 'covered' with a wide range of accessories available to order now.
Running a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, the Fire HD combines anti-glare technology, rich colours and a deep contrast to create one of the best displays available on a small tablet. The Fire HD is the world's first tablet to use a dual antenna and dual-band WiFi for super fast performance, making it the dream tablet for use when streaming media: say goodbye to buffering.
In order to help keep the Kindle Fire HD looking and functioning newer for longer Mobile Fun have sourced a range of Kindle Fire HD covers, including the SD Stand and Type case. These cases and covers aim to help protect all the features of the Fire HD without adding a lot of bulk, so that the tablet can remain being light and highly portable.
The Stand and Type case protects the entire Fire HD tablet including the screen, so works as a Kindle Fire HD screen protector keeping the front facing camera and the display protected when the tablet isn't in use. The front cover uses magnets to stay closed when on the go as well so that the cover doesn't flap open and allow foreign objects to damage the screen.
When the Kindle Fire HD is in use, the front cover can be folded over and used to prop the Fire HD up, so that it can be docked at the best angle for typing, swiping and streaming media. This is a great feature for a tablet which strives on its display and ability to show media and games in the highest quality.
So that the Fire HD doesn't constantly need to be removed from the case, the Stand and Type case features cut-outs for the vital ports of the tablet, including the Kindle Fire HD charger port. This means that the ports can always be accessed and that the tablet remains protected when charging.
Helping to keep the Amazon HD tablet looking newer for longer, the SD Stand and Type case is available now in a variety of colours from Mobile Fun.
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