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Friday marks the scheduled deadline for borrowers who lost their homes to foreclosure to make a claim in the joint state-federal settlement.
In February, the federal government and 49 state attorneys general announced the settlement with the country's five largest mortgage servicers.
In the fall, the National Mortgage Settlement Administrator mailed notice letters and claim forms to those borrowers who lost their homes to foreclosure between Jan. 1, 2008, and Dec. 31, 2011, and whose loans were serviced by one of the five mortgage servicers who are parties in the settlement.
The mortgage servicers include Ally/GMAC, Bank of America, Citi, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo.
The settlement provides as much as $25 billion in relief to distressed borrowers and direct payments to states and the federal government. The agreement settles state and federal investigations that found that the mortgage servicers routinely signed foreclosure-related documents outside the presence of a notary public and without really knowing whether the facts they contained were correct.
A total of 3.8 million people are eligible for payments under the deal announced by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve, according to The Associated Press.
To file a claim, go online to nationalmortgagesettle mentclaim.com. You must have your personalized claimant ID number, which is on the notice letter and claim form that you received.
If you have questions or need help filing your claim, call the settlement administrator toll free at 866-430-8358.
Submit your claim online by Friday, or mail the form, postmarked no later than Friday.
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November 2013
Archaeology Discovery Day
Tuesday 29th October saw many staff from Archaeology & Numismatics take over the Main Hall in National Museum Cardiff for our special half-term Discovery Day. We were overwhelmed with the positive response from all who visited us.
We wanted to give you an idea of a little of the vast range of work we do and see some hidden gems from our collections, which you might not otherwise get a chance to experience.
A special treat was one of our conservators, Penny Hill, working on a large Roman pot from the recent Caerleon excavations by Cardiff University. Normally the conservation work has to take place in a lab in our basement, but she managed to get this wonderful item upstairs for you to see the work being done on it. It was too fragile to be fully excavated in the field, so it was carefully lifted, mud and all, and brought to us. Penny was gently scraping off the centuries of dirt to reveal the pot and its contents of bone.
We're not usually so lucky as to have a pot so intact. Usually they are broken into numerous pieces, with eroded edges and not all present. It's like putting together a jigsaw, without the picture, lots of missing pieces, and with the existing pieces the wrong shape. Louise Mumford is also a conservator and brought along some replica pots to demonstrate how she works her magic on them. Our visitors learnt how to look for matching edges and assemble the pots. They also had advice on sticking back together their own broken treasures.
Siân, Jody, Mary, Julie and Alice led art activities based on pieces in our collection. Siân Iles' specialism is medieval pottery, and she brought out some lovely examples of medieval tiles from our stores. Our visitors were able to see the wonderful designs on them, and how they built up across a floor to form a larger pattern. They then coloured in their own section of a "floor tile" on paper, to form part of a larger pattern which we displayed and added to throughout the day.
Jody Deacon works with prehistoric artefacts, and Mary Davis is a conservator with a particular interest in the analysis of materials, especially Iron Age and Bronze Age metals. They brought out some designs from Iron Age coins, and talked about how they were decorate with the symbols and patterns which meant something to the people of the time. Our visitors used multi-coloured scratch card to make their own beautiful designs.
Julie Taylor does the admin for the section, and Alice Forward is with us for a year on a Community Archaeology placement. Julie is a textile artist in her spare time, and is interested in the memory of places. An archaeological excavation can be like digging up the ghosts of the past – a small trace of someone, a stain in the ground, an unclear, faint picture. Julie and Alice helped the visitors to make "ghost pictures" – the visitors chose an object from our Origins gallery to draw on acetate, which was then transferred to light-sensitive fabric, making an ephemeral image of what you had seen. We have a few pieces which were left behind, so if you see yours here and want it back, do call to collect it.
Del Elliott can normally be found helping you to use the Clore Discovery Gallery or as a Museum Assistant in the general exhibitions. He also volunteers with our handling collection in the Origins gallery. He used a model of the "Celtic Warrior Grave" to talk to the public about the burial traditions of the Iron Age, the artefacts found in the grave and how they have changed over time.
Evan Chapman works with our Roman archaeology, and also looks after the image archive in the department. Some of our earliest photographs only now exist on glass-plate negatives; extremely fragile and difficult for anyone to use. The Museum has received a grant from the Esmée Fairbairn foundation to enable us to digitise some of these negatives, and Evan brought along a wonderful presentation of old photographs of excavations in Cardiff Castle, Llanmelin Hillfort and Segontium, also an archive of Early Christian Monuments from Glamorgan.
Last but not least, Jackie Chadwick and Tony Daly are the A&N illustrators. Photographs are a very useful record, but often a great deal of detail exists in the artefacts which simply cannot be picked up by the lens. Jackie and Tony have produced some incredible drawings, showing such things as the subtle marks left in the manufacturing process and the texture of an item. They also play a large part in the interpretation of a site or object, by illustrating how a site may have looked or an object used, based on the complex archaeological evidence. The visitors could chat to them about the process, see some of their work, and have a go at making their own illustrations.
We could not have done the day without our fabulous volunteers. Kym, Luke and Ciaran generously gave up their time and worked so hard with us to run the activities. A huge thank you to all of you!
The day was a bit of a swan-song for the Origins gallery – the gallery will close in February next year and the collection prepared for the new displays planned for St Fagans National History Museum. Archaeology & Numismatics is now part of the larger History and Archaeology Department, and the new displays are intended to cover the prehistory and history of Wales at a single site.
Archaeology will still have a strong programme of events in this new structure – look out in the What's On guide for our regular series of lunchtime talks and Behind The Scenes tours. Another Discovery Day is on the cards during the CBA's Festival of British Archaeology next July, and we are planning a one-day conference for next autumn; dates to be confirmed.
If you want to volunteer with us, you can get in touch with the Museum's volunteer co-ordinator Ffion Davies.
We'd love to hear your thoughts – what did you think of the day, what would you like to see at the next one, what can we do better? Just comment below.
Bye for now
September 2012
Return of the Vikings? 8th September
In the past week finds processing started in earnest, as stratified deposits were by then being dug across most of the site. In the first two weeks keeping on top of the objects coming from the site had only been a part time job: listing and packing the individual metal, pottery and glass finds that had been turning up. With the serious digging of stratified deposits, however, animal bone worth keeping for further study, started to emerge in considerable quantity. The midden (spread of dumped rubbish) in the main trench (Trench AG) was also being systematically sampled, producing tubs of soil needing processing.
The animal bone and the soil samples form the two main strands of the finds processing going on site. The animal bone needs washing and drying before it can be bagged up for future study: when it will hopefully give insights into the diet and farming methods of the inhabitants of the site.
The soil samples are processed in a flotation tank. A sample, held in a fine mesh, has water pumped up through it from below while being agitated and broken up by the hands of the operator. The flow of the water carries off light, organic, components (charcoal, grain, seeds and other plant remains), which is collected in a very fine mesh sieve. Meanwhile the bulk of the soil drops through the mesh into the bottom of the tank leaving the coarse residue of the sample in the mesh. This is mostly small fragments of stone but will hopefully also contain small animal and fish bones that would not otherwise get found. Both the material floated off and the coarse residues are then left to dry and bagged up for later sorting.
Evan Chapman
Return of the Vikings? 5th September
The teams in our three trenches have made excellent progress. In the main trench (AG), the full width of the stone enclosure wall has been revealed, and today we were able to identify a buried ground surface beneath (pre-dating) the wall, as well as upcast from the cutting of the early medieval ditch. In the north-east of the trench, a gully has been identified which formed one side of a small enclosure within the walls. This appears to have been a drip gully and drainage ditch around a timber building.
We have decided to extend our small square trench (AH) in the light of the human remains found a few days ago. This trench was sited to establish whether further burials existed in this part of the site, and the discovery promises to add significantly to our understanding of this episode of the site's history. The crouched burial identified so far has only been partially uncovered (top of skull and femur), but it is clear that these articulated bones represent an addition to the small group of five bodies buried outside the defensive wall of the site during the second half of the tenth century.
In our narrow slit trench (AI) on the north-east side of the early medieval enclosure, the team has defined the edges on the inner and outer edges of the two defensive ditches, and a possible prehistoric feature at one end.
One of the more significant finds made so far is the hoop and decorated terminal of a copper-alloy penannular brooch. This is reminiscent of one found in the ninth- century Trewhiddle hoard. The midden deposits within trench AG continue to produce copious quantities of animal bone (important for our understanding of husbandry and diet), as well as ironwork.
Mark Redknap
Return of the Vikings? 3rd September
After two weeks of hard work by all the team to remove ploughsoil, and backfill from previous years' excavation, the archaeological remains are finally being examined in detail.
Today, one discovery brought the entire site to a halt, bringing everyone to gather around one of the smaller exploratory trenches opened last week. Following clearing rubble from the upper fill of the enclosure ditch, the longbone of a burial was found on the western side of the enclosure ditch. It is hoped that this exciting discovery will provide more information relating to a group of five skeletons previously found immediately to the south during the excavation seasons of 1998 and 1999.
Weather conditions on site are currently excellent for the detection of archaeological features. This is exemplified by the discovery of a several archaeological features within an area previously excavated in 1998 at the east end of the main trench. Some of these features were previously known from the earlier season, but remained unexcavated because of a lack of time.
Elsewhere in the main trench, the team has uncovered more of the enclosure wall defining the western boundary of the site, and have also begun the excavation of a slot through the enclosure ditch adjacent to that wall. Exploratory slots placed through midden deposits at the east end of the trench are finding animal bones in large quantities, which will provide valuable dietary information about the inhabitants of the site.
These tantalising glimpses into the archaeology of the site are getting everyone very excited, and we look forwards to seeing what new discoveries await us during the next two weeks.
Tudur Burke Davies
Return of the Vikings? Friday 31st August
Today started very pleasantly with sun and light winds, although became overcast by lunchtime, but thankfully still dry. The muddy remains of the deluges of previous days are now largely cleared away from site surfaces and we are down to midden layers across most of the main trench. The trench has now been allotted various sample areas to provide detailed insights into the midden layers, which are getting blacker as we go down through them. The main enclosure ditch where it crosses through this trench has been cross-sectioned, with a grey charcoal-flecked soil filling its upper layer. At the other end of the trench, not far from the spring and pool at the centre of the enclosure, the location of a single, important human burial found deep under the midden in a previous season (2001) is being explored and the backfill of the old trench above it is being removed.
Two smaller trenches are revealing details of the enclosure defences and ditches. One on the western side shows an interesting stepped profile to the ditch, almost as if those digging it were progressively deepening it as it crossed over the limestone scarp. Another long, narrow trench on the north-eastern side of the enclosure was started two days ago to test a possible double-ditch type anomaly which was noticed on the geophysics. This has proved to be correct, with two ditches crossing this trench. Work is now under way to establish their depth and extent, and hopefully to clarify whether one is earlier than the other.
Today is my last day on site as I am only able to supervise for the first half of the four week excavation season. It has been an extremely enjoyable and nostalgic return for me to dig on a favourite site with old friends, having been part of the site team here in the 1996-99 seasons. The weather this time has been less than brilliant, but we have had quite a few nice days amidst the rainy ones, and the forecast is now good. The student team (from Cardiff and Bangor universities) is excellent, at least as good as any we have had in previous seasons. I strongly suspect the most interesting discoveries of this season will now occur in the next two weeks! I will be watching this blog with interest.
August 2012
Return of the Vikings? Week One
The unexpected discovery in 2001 of an intramural burial within the early medieval enclosed settlement at Llanbedrgoch raised a new series of questions about the site, its occupants, their activities and their relationships with other regions.
We returned to the site a week ago, and the last eight days have focused on setting out the new areas of excavation, removing ploughsoil, monitoring weather forecasts and adjusting the daily tasks to make the best of at times trying conditions. The team of students includes volunteers from Bangor and Cardiff, and one from Toronto (Canada). Yesterday we were joined by some local, experienced, volunteers from Gwynedd and Anglesey. They have all been outstanding, and the early medieval archaeology of the site is already being transformed. Excavation is an ongoing process, and if you follow us over the next three weeks, the team will provide you with personal insights into the excavation.
Even though the research design has clearly stated objectives, the work often reveals evidence of a completely different nature. Our return this year was in fact the result of such an unexpected discovery and its implications. The burial from inside the enclosure (Burial 6) was not revealed in plan through specific searching for inhumations, or the recognition of subtle changes in soil colour or character, but by the decision to cut a narrow trench through the early medieval 'black earth' midden material in the south-western area of the site in order to reveal the midden sequence and facilitate section drawing and sampling.
In spite of the profound silence of the individual in this grave and those discovered in 1998-99, they continue since their discovery to help us answer in increasing detail a range of fundamental historical questions:
How did the people of Llanbedrgoch and north-west Wales, who had contact with Anglo-Saxons, Irish and Scandinavians, respond to such peoples?
How does the archaeological evidence for the politics and economy of early medieval Wales compare to that provided by other sources?
Were the daily lives of people at Llanbedrgoch during the sixth and seventh centuries different from those in the ninth and tenth centuries?
What types of diet and health did they enjoy?
How did Christianity affect their lives and burial practices?
We have already begun to answer some of these questions – one of the first artefacts to be found last week in the ploughsoil was a lead necklace pendant in the form of a cross – slightly larger than one found in an earlier season of excavation at the site.
This site continues to amaze, surprise and inspire – follow us if you can.
Mark Redknap
Return of the Vikings?
After a gap of more than a decade, a team of archaeologists has returned to excavate at Llanbedrgoch, Anglesey. You can read more about previous seasons at this Viking-Age settlement here http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/archaeology/vikings/
Mark Redknap and his team made an exciting discovery towards the end of the 2001 season - evidence that there might be an early medieval cemetery on the site. Are they right? Finds are appearing already, but what can they tell us? Watch this space to find out more!
Mark is joined this season by
Evan Chapman (Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales)
David Griffiths (University of Oxford)
Tudur Davies (University of Sheffield)
Brian Milton, an experienced archaeologist from Cornwall who has spent many seasons at Llanbedrgoch
Archie Gillespie, one of the two metal detectors who originally found the site and who is a dab hand with the archaeological trowel too.
Students from Cardiff, Bangor and Toronto Universities, and other volunteers.
Hopefully you'll get to hear more about them as the dig progresses over the next 3 weeks.
January 2012
The Pin Lifting Challenge. Excavating Roman objects from a soil block
Everything has now been recorded, so the next step is to lift the pins! The decorative pins were once attached to an organic material, possibly leather, this has now gone, replaced by soil and once the soil has been removed there will be nothing holding the pins together. So the challenge is to lift and conserve the pins in such a way to preserve the original fish scale pattern and any dimensions of the group, which may help identify this mystery object in the future.
A bit of a challenge, so I decided to lift only small sections at a time, which does mean breaking up the largest surviving section unfortunately, but I should be able to reconstruct this later.
In the first image you can see that some of the pins are facing up and some facing down, indicating that the material the pins were once attached to was folded, this has perished leaving the pins in this position. So now it's not just a mystery object it's also a layered mystery object! Oh joy!
On the next image, outlined in white, is the first section to be tackled; I thought I'd start with the smallest and simplest first! The upper surface of the pins is faced up with Japanese tissue and adhesive. Once dry I excavate round and under the section then lift and turn it over.
Not as straight forward as I thought as something new appears, not just pins, but a disc headed stud. The x-ray also reveals the remains of a chain, plus a line of dome headed studs
On cleaning, the chain can clearly be seen attached to the stud and would have once been suspended from it, possibly linking up to another stud elsewhere on the armour. There are also enough dome headed studs running in a line to suggest they were part of a deliberate pattern. The remains of a tinned surface and therefore white metal finish survive on the upper surface of the stud and at the end of the pin there is a washer or rove identical to that on the plaque featured on the previous blog. So there is a good chance that they were once part of the same object, but again it's too early to be sure.
The disc and pins are now cleaned and preserved, in the last photo they are laid out as they were in the ground. The dome headed pins were in direct contact with the disc suggesting they were on the same layer as the stud, which was facing downwards in the soil and attached to something folded under the layer with fish scale pins, which were facing up. Hope that makes sense!
Now to tackle the next section and I have a feeling that this may be full of surprises as well.
Unearthing more mystery objects from a soil block lifted during excavations at the Roman site of Caerleon
The second significant object in the same block as the pins (highlighted in the previous blog in this series) is an unusually shaped bronze sheet decorated with a stud depicting a human head. The head is wearing what appears to be a Phrygian cap. This type of soft, conical shaped hat with the top flopping forward was originally associated with people from the eastern part of the Roman Empire.
The head, cast in solid bronze, measures from ear to ear about 2cm. Soil and debris obscure the detail but I can see under this the features of a face peeking through, including large almond shaped eyes and curly hair poking out from under the cap. Looks a bit of a mischievous character to me!
The bronze sheet is an odd shape too; the edges are damaged and eroded in places. I've indicated with a black line the surviving edges I can be sure of. The damage on the other edges means unfortunately that they may not reflect the original dimensions of the object.
The sheet is not flat either, these bends and folds in the metal look like they were made in antiquity as the original patina is still smooth and undamaged around these areas. If the metal had been bent after the green patina was formed then this fragile surface would have cracked and flaked off revealing the metal below. So was this metal sheet originally wrapped round something more three dimensional? Difficult to say at this stage, it is also possible it got damaged in antiquity when flung on a pile of other armour and scrap, before it finally got buried. It's amazing such delicate objects have survived at all!
When the sheet was lifted and turned over, four metal pins were found protruding out of the back. One, in the middle, belonged to the decorative stud; the pin had been punctured through the sheet to secure it. The three smaller pins are part of the sheet, created during the original casting by the looks of things.
Where the metal had been lifted there was a dark stain in the soil, probably the only evidence we will ever have that an organic material was once present. Among this there were fragments of a small doughnut shaped object. On further examination its original location could be identified as it was dislodged when the plate was lifted. The object lined up with the central stud and is in fact a washer or rove associated with securing items to leather. Two other tiny roves were found and all 3 have now been reattached to the pins at the back of the sheet. These now give us an indication of the thickness of the original backing material, which is about 3mm. The possible association with leather links this object to the pins lying near by. These were also applied to a flexible backing like leather; therefore there is a strong possibility that these artifacts were part of the same object, but more work has to be done to establish this.
November 2011
Excavation of Roman Armour from Caerleon
The large block of armour was initially far too heavy to lift in one piece, so we had to split it into three. Julia has been working on the largest section (see previous blog) and I'm now excavating one of the smaller blocks.
At first glance this second block contains a number of interesting objects. A piece of bronze sheet with a cast head, a plain bronze disc, scale armour, a selection of iron objects (not yet identified) and something composed of rows of overlapping flat headed pins, similar in appearance to drawing pins. At this stage it's difficult to tell if these objects are associated or not.
The most striking object in the block is the cluster of overlapping disc headed pins that have been laid down in rows and imitate scale. When new and brightly polished the copper alloy discs would have shimmered and caught the light. They are now very fragile, little metal remains and their shape is preserved by the green copper corrosion products. Retrieval and conservation is going to be fun and probably age me about 10 years!
The pins were once attached to a backing, probably made of leather which would have been flexible and allowed movement. This has now perished, leaving a black stain in the soil. I've kept samples so we can have a closer look at this later. However, the thickness of the backing material can be established by measuring the distance between the head and the bend in the pin.
Now the backing has gone, the soil is the only thing keeping the pins together. It's going to be a challenge lifting them and preserving the pins original association. This is vital though as it might help identify this mysterious object .
In a time before modern mechanisation it is hard to work out how the Romans managed to make such small and perfectly formed little pins. A closer look down the microscope reveals interesting manufacturing marks but doesn't really help with the intriguing question, how did they make them? On closer inspection different types of pins have been used, some are domed, some flat and there are also slightly larger studs, which may indicate that the pins were possibly laid in a pattern. I've put a few pictures up just in case anyone has seen an object like this before or fancies a challenge and work out how these little disc headed pins could have been made?
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Assalaaa Mu Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakaaatahuuuuu. Brothers and Sisters THIS WILL BE A LONG STORY . its about my life and any advice will be appreciated. I lived in UK. I was taken abroad when I was 15. I was told it was going to be a holiday but when I got there I was told I have to get married in order to go back UK. So at the age of 15 my mind was in all directions. i was told if i got married i will be going back with my mum and siblings. i agreed to get married. then i was told i wont be going back with my family back to UK and i will have to live with my husband for the rest of my life. for the first few months it was hell i cried every night .my husband was okay he didn't treat me bad or horrible. i then gave up and thought i'm destined to live like this. i wasn't allowed to go out or go to study. a few months went by and i couldn't take it anymore i wanted to go back. my father said if i want to go back i will have to get pregnant. and so i did but i wasn't allowed to go back just yet. i stayed abroad till i was 7 months pregnant and my mum payed for my ticket back to UK. my dad made life hell i wasn't allowed to watch TV or go out or make friends. i would spend hours and hours in my room doing nothing. if i wanted to eat something i would have to pay for everything i touch. so life was just like that i got the hang of it and never used to complain. i gave birth a day before eid in November 2009. life just got worse. if my baby cried he would curse me all night. if my mum wanted to help me he wouldn't speak to her and he would say he will divorce her if she helped me. my father kicked me out with my three month old baby because he wanted all the benefits i got for me and my daughter to be in his hand. because i refused he didn't want me in the house. i stayed with my aunt for a few days and i applied for homeless and i was offered a flat really far from where i live. my mum called me and begged me to refuse the offer and come back home. so for my mums sake i went back to live in hell. my father somehow changed my husband. my husband would demand money from me and if i don't send him he would verbally abuse me. if i had my phone on silent and i missed a call from him he would call me a slag and what not. i kept everything in my heart and didn't complain to anyone. in 2010 my inlaws wanted to see their granddaughter so i saved up every penny i can and went abroad because they refused to pay for our tickets. life was even tougher now that i had a baby they did nit support me even with nappies or milk. if i asked them i need milk or i need something for the baby they would say speak to your mum and let her send you money. i stayed there for 3 months thinking they would change but it was too much i didn't want to put my baby through all that. i came back to uk and same as usual nothing new problems where same with my father. i somehow managed to keep it all in my heart. in 2011 things where okay with my husband he did still verbally abused me but i thought he is my husband i cant disobey him and his word is what goes. i used to send him money all the time because he always said he wants to start a business so i always helped him but he never seemed to work. so around September time in 2011 i packed my suitcase and saved money for the tickets to go back abroad so they can see their granddaughter. my husband called me and told me he needs money and i didn't have any to spare as i was getting ready to go and see them . when i told him i don't have any he said fine i don't want u don't come abroad. and that was the last straw for me. i unpacked my suitcase and spoke to my mum about getting a divorce. i spoke to the whole family about a divorce and my husbands family said give us our money back and give us our granddaughter. i saved and i borrowed money and spoke again and told them i have the money but then they said speak to your father even though he already new but he had previously told them that he wont help me with the divorce and he will shut me up. i kept bringing up the subject about my divorce but each time i spoke they will shut me up and say wait . its been about a year or so and i'm still waiting. i spoke to my father about 2 weeks ago and i told him if he doesn't help me i will have to do it my self at a Islamic center and he started threatening me with black magic and he will pay men to rape me and he would kill me and all sorts of threats. i forgot to mention my husband also used to threaten me with black magic and since his daughter was born he has not supported me or her with a penny. also i didn't not get mahr or dowry or any money whatsoever . i was given a necklace and 3 bangles but my father took the bangles and sold them and took the money for himself. i was told i could go to an Islamic center and get a divorce letter . |
Keep the faith and allah will take you out of this problem ok. |
dear sister i just read this post wallahi all my life I've never heard of any human on earth with this situation. My advice keep obeying ur husband & parent nor matter what under on Allah says such a marriage is never accepted in islam i feel really empathetic about u may Allah assist u' may he protect u & ur daughter, may Allah accept this jihad frm may this patience be d cause of u entry paradise. pls sister i will want to know u to know once a while how is d progress of ur situation. |
@azeem jazakuallah khair. Im trying my best to pray all my salat and have Dhikr on my tongue as much as i can. I don't want people to feel sorry for me or take pity. All that has happened to me i became a stronger person. thank you for replying and may Allah bless you to and accept all your du'as insha'Allah |


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Is there any other package other than elinks
so that I browse internet inside the terminal using terminal as a browser. I feel elinks is a bit difficult to operate.
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What we stand for
Millions of youths live in poor, urban areas in Latin America. Many of these youths are born with potential and filled with dreams.
Yet they lack the support and resources to achieve what they are capable of. Deprived of education, opportunities and a social support system, many resort to criminal activity and prostitution.
Caramundo's experience is that, if only given the opportunity, many of these youths at risk will choose to develop into creative and productive members of their communities.
Caramundo is committed to providing these young people with this opportunity.
We support motivated youths (ages 12-30) in realizing their talents and acquiring the tools to attain economic self-sufficiency. By doing so, we enable them to achieve a better life for themselves and their communities.
Caramundo is a youth-driven, registered non-profit organization based in the Netherlands. Our organization is almost entirely run and operated by local young leaders in Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador and volunteers in the Netherlands.
Our vision
We work for a Latin America in which:
- young people from poor urban areas are able to live dignified, fulfilling lives as equal members of society,
- poor urban areas are bustling areas of creativity and young entrepreneurship providing the economic means to support the lives of their people.
Our mission
Our mission is to equip motivated, underprivileged youth in poor urban areas in Latin America with the skills needed to realize their talents and attain economic self-sufficiency.
Our strategy
Philosophy, programs & guiding principles
In our countless conversations with underprivileged youths in Latin America, we heard, over and over again, that they would like nothing more than find a job and earn the means to support themselves and their families.
Often, these young people expressed distinct ideas about what they need in order to succeed. These needs have included educational programs, a soccer field, a financial injection in a local start-up design business, expertise about setting up a multi media library, advice on how to write a project proposal or where to find a networking contact that will enable them to record their own cd.
What sets Caramundo apart from other organizations is our belief that locals are best positioned to determine their own needs and strengths. Once we determine to support a project, young locals take an active and leading part in running it. We serve as facilitators.
Although we support a wide range of initiatives, all our programs contain one or more of the following key elements:
Educational programs in vocational, artistic and athletic skills:
We support out-of-school learning programs in arts (graffiti, graphic design, silk screen, audio/video editing/production), sports and basic practical skills, including computer skills and basic financial literacy. In addition, we provide young athletic talents with the opportunity to improve their performance, and with the opportunity to get noticed.
- we provide daily workshops in our facilities, and mentoring and coaching programs. Our programs are initiated and conducted by local community-leaders,
- we support the establishment and running of (competitive) sports facilities, where young talents receive training and practice,
- through exchange programs with young artists in the Netherlands, which have proven to be a great way to expand networking and career opportunities for local artists.
Educational programs in social skills, practical knowledge and confidence
In order to prepare for a working life, we teach basic social skills, such as presentation, communication, conflict resolution and personal hygiene. We provide information on reproductive health and other issues. Finally, we place great emphasis on improving youth's self-confidence.
- through sports programs: working with community leaders, we drive initiatives that combine physical activities with social skills, leadership skills and building confidence. In addition, young people further develop their practical and social skills by being involved in/and responsible for the organization of, and fundraising for, sports events (computer, financial, and communication skills).
- our facilities and sports fields offer a safe place for interactive discussions on a wide variety of issues, ranging from reproductive health, to personal hygiene, to the challenges faced by youth growing up in poor urban areas.
- mentoring and coaching programs lead by peers from the community.
Youth entrepreneurship
We encourage young adults to find employment and offer assistance with the start-up of micro and small enterprises. We also organize cultural activities both in the Netherlands and in Latin America, including a yearly film festival featuring Latin American productions, debates, concerts and exhibitions, to increase the visibility of Latin American artists and create career and networking opportunities.
Our guiding principles
- we only work with youths that are motivated to make a positive change to their lives.
- we engage high-potential young leaders that serve as role models in their communities. Enabling these influential young leaders to realize their talents and pursue personal success, will inspire other young people in their communities to do the same. These young leaders in turn commit to training others in their communities (peer-to-peer education).
- we work with grass-roots organizations and individuals based in local communities as they are best able to identify the local needs and to generate a greater impact than we ever could achieve alone.
- our programs focus on arts and sports. As a result, our programs are accessible to large groups of young people regardless of their social, educational and racial backgrounds.
- we provide a safe place. Positive gathering places and a trusting environment encourage young people to experiment with expressing thoughts that might otherwise remain hidden, realizing talents and taking chances and initiatives.


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-- cats he is a former US federal agent and the CEO of global security group.
David is -- -- for confidence.
No he's not just not a great job with the PA PR campaign what should be doing -- is not -- number one the NRA is is needs to be committed to to a dialogue.
Where they discuss these issues and and and most importantly.
The people were calling from gun control legislation didn't understand that there is nothing they can craft.
The word no verbiage that's -- -- prevent a guy like animal as -- from getting into with school.
And shooting children it's not going to happen there -- other steps that need to be taken like.
Number one.
Need to have meaningful security at the front door Lanza was apparently able to break his way that is unacceptable.
The door -- Easter recess with cold.
Determined forced entry attempts and the amount of time takes some kind of wire meshing between always or less even -- even -- left -- or small class wire meshing.
Steel frame something that was.
-- they -- they make products that have have.
Resistance for this thing forced entry -- tools forced entry and weapons politically effective July 1 -- reinforce the doors again -- -- right because if this guy couldn't get in.
-- -- was delayed you have time to get police respond to what about an armed guards armed guard yes absolutely and here's my thoughts on.
If there'd been -- I'm not talking about just any -- -- talking about perhaps retired law enforcement officer retired or former military who was specifically trade.
Not only two to fire a weapon as a as a security -- but specifically trained in.
What's called the the active -- response in schools -- we're not doing that now.
Gets -- like that in a school.
Prepare them to to address anything any eventuality are there enough people like that guy believe there are there you have.
You have literally tens of thousands retired police officers.
Every month you have thousands of you have thousands of folks separate from military service.
By the way -- DEA Asian are there other DEA agents -- retard DEA agents yeah you -- your federal law enforcement of state local law enforcement officers he took the train and specifically for this mission.
And you -- -- let's talk about the the most extreme -- the most effective we should say security which it would have to be the Israelis how did the Israelis do it could we do it their way.
Couple that -- number -- they -- there.
There are mindset is he might only have one -- -- In -- building facing determined attack by by one or more heavily armed individual they're trained to attack they're trained to attack that particular threat.
We don't do that.
We need to.
In addition you have people idol and the schools right now in new York city New York City area with the teachers -- return law enforcement reported a arming teachers.
We're talking about guys who who had.
Twenty years on the job carry a weapon -- -- that you could use that we're not using right now.
What -- do everything you've just suggested and restrict the sale.
The kinds of rifle that we saw used.
In this -- -- you know other countries that that the argument that mr.
-- made about violent video games and violent movies I think a lot of us would agree but.
Countries like Japan and France the United Kingdom they've got the same.
Violent video games in the same violent movies but the thing they don't have is the easier access.
To a weapon like that which was used so why not remove those weapons as well as -- to what companies to remove the weapons Europe can't honestly I mean I think -- -- simple English camp by the -- can't -- public the public the weapons that are already in circulation for people.
I I think that's going to be an issue I don't think you can give make people get the guns backed by right you can start to restrict you could restrict the -- that's the argument that's been made.
All the way -- look at it is this.
Give me -- give me the exact verbiage of the law and see whether that -- stopped lands.
And I submit Q it would not for example he's got weapons in the household rating and -- separate issue -- he's mentally disturbed fellow Brett and his mother has weapons unsecured house.
I don't know does that figure making a credit that they others are making -- very quickly -- how much would this cost these the kind of security that you're suggesting women peers -- if you.
If you use if you use -- to former military.
I would say per school anywhere between forty and 55000 dollars a year for the nation for what costs would that be gosh you're tens of billions well I would say -- it's.
He -- approximately -- 133000.
K through twelve schools.
So multiply that it the high cost areas like New York either have to pay cops and cute guys more.
What's what's at 2000 times.
I have got to build a -- if somebody that's continued damage you're not going to be able to arm enough couched his ass that's always white tacitly the last lady and gentlemen thank you very much --
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And we have to members of congress still to come in this hour we're gonna get into this very emotional debate about hurricane -- relief.
-- a little while but up more on the fiscal cliff right now -- congress reach that deal.
-- last night our next guest though says we can't just keep up your punting the ball democratic congressman Ron kind from Wisconsin is sure to be Democrat coalition.
He's with us now from Capitol Hill because that's essentially what happened here is an an even though the deal is hammered out congressman as we have to go through this whole thing again.
What is conference -- happy new year but it was an imperfect solution to an imperfect process and we have to stop this eleventh hour brinksmanship which.
Isn't conducive of the type of certainty that.
Our economy needs right now to continue to grow and to create the jobs that we need in the short term measures just don't get it done.
So what so what are we -- I mean the the idea of getting something big done.
And it seems like just about everybody.
A year or two ago there was a relative amount of optimism about a quote unquote grand bargain -- Something it look like Simpson Bowles I think most of mostly everybody's given upon -- -- think think about it just from the Democrats out of revenue.
Simpson -- I believe that like two point six trillion.
And you know in in revenue and it which some people forget that as a ton of revenue and -- this 1600 billion -- you're not even close on that side.
Forget about spending for a moment we're nowhere close to a grand bargain.
Well -- that's the irony as everyone knows what needs to be done every bipartisan commission you mentioned -- symbols they've reached the same conclusion we've got to have some additional revenue threatening major spending reforms with a big money is in the federal budget.
That's how we're gonna give -- -- and we.
There's nothing to this deal on spending -- nothing and and then -- and then you have to do it again in two months I guess the Republicans already have more leverage but.
You've got to the Democrats have gotta throw some spending cuts in him in does not everyone literally nothing.
You're right the automatic spending cuts take effect again at the end of February so between now and then we have to get back to talking to each other.
-- firstly the two largest spending categories which is rising health care costs and defense if we're not serious about reforming these programs.
We're not gonna be serious about reaching a long term deficit reduction agreement.
Think about the problem I mean everybody it is kind of frustrating to toxic that he may keep one earlier and other people said this but you think about you said and you're actually right about this.
Everybody knows what has to be done and you pretty much do and it's something climbing up the exact but it's something close to Simpson Bowles.
But getting from here to there is almost impossible right -- -- it's not even in the next time you guys.
Democrats will fight tooth and -- some -- -- spending cuts because -- say what we need more revenue we -- more than 600 -- right to ask for more revenue next time.
-- it's it's fein the political process and then the political will to get it done but let's be fair about this time -- -- we just came -- the campaign were Democrats for ruthlessly attacked by the other side for taking 800 billion dollars out of Medicare.
And the Republicans were promising to restore that funding while they're also promising to increase defense spending by two trillion dollars over the next ten years.
So they've got to be realistic to -- the spending cuts that they're willing to offer that we need that lock arms on.
And jump into the icy waters but we need to go -- and any that would be good for the type of economic certainty that's lacking right now and and they help the seek economic recovery and and help with job creation.
That we desperately need that's the most important thing we can do to help get our fiscal house in order strong vibrant growing economy again.
Let me just ask you before I let you go because a minute talk to congressman -- about this coming up -- the idea.
We -- so much about spending cuts the idea that the spending bill for hurricane sandy.
Victims didn't make it to the house floor last night what your view on that right.
While we need to come back and address and hopefully later Friday later this week we'll have a chance to again the senate has finished their work.
The waiting for the house it but this is a major disaster the worst disaster to hit the north New England area.
In our lifetime is time for congress to step up and act as a community as a nation to go to those in need.
Congressman -- thank you very much for coming on today appreciate it thank you all the judges coming up by -- Pollack.
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Martha Stone
Martha Stone is the founder and executive eirector of the Center for Children's Advocacy, a non-profit organization dedicated to the legal rights of poor children. She is an adjunct professor and teaches an internship course in Child Advocacy as well as an interdisciplinary course entitled Law and Medicine in Child Protection. She received her B.A. from Wheaton College and her J.D. and L.L.M. from Georgetown University Law Center. She served as associate director of Children's Rights, Inc., a national organization engaged in foster care litigation around the country, and for 18 years previous to that, she was legal director of the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union. She is responsible for bringing the class action lawsuits resulting in Consent Decrees involving the Department of Children and Families, and the juvenile detention centers. She is the recent recipient of the "Phoebe Bennett" Award from the CT Association of Mental Health Clinics; the "Public Citizen of the Year" Award from the CT Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers; and the "Distinguished Service Award" from the CT Association of School Superintendents.


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When the hero of Robert Zemeckis Cast Away returns to civilization after spending
four years marooned on a South Pacific island, hes welcomed back in a homecoming
staged by his employers. We glimpse but a second of the ceremony, and even that we see
only through a videotape thats being played in an empty office. The movie has more
important things on its mind right then: the first reunion between Chuck Noland and his
former fiancee who, having given him up for dead, has married another man. The moment is
typical of the way the surprisingly low-key Cast
Away works: action that other films (including other Zemeckis films) would deliver
with great fanfare are here muttered out of one corner of the movies mouth.
Noland (Tom Hanks) is a systems
analyst for a worldwide express delivery service whos trying to balance the demands
of his job against those of his relationship with his longtime girlfriend, Kelly (Helen
Hunt, in a small part). On the day after Christmas hes called away on business, and
during the overseas flight his companys courier jet encounters a storm that first
blows the plane off-course, then out of the sky altogether. Noland is the sole survivor,
and in his tiny life raft he washes up onto a meager nub of an islanda
claustrophobic strip of beach backed by a couple of rugged peaks and a jungle whose one
bounty is its coconut trees. When Noland picks up a couple of packages that followed him
from the wreckage and stands surveying his new home, the movie seems to be asking us,
What would you do in his place?
Part of Nolands charm is
that he isnt any smarter than we are: he knows no better way of making a fire than
rubbing two sticks together, and only by accident does he discover that its easier
to slice than beat a coconut open. Other packages from the plane wash ashore, and he finds
a use for most of their contents. (A pair of ice-skates comes in particularly handy.) He
doesnt have a life on the islandtheres nowhere to go, nothing to
doand for four long years he lives in a suspended state with only his yearning to
keep him company. But when the laws of probability finally give in and provide him with
the means to save himself, and he makes his way back to civilizationback to the
girlfriend, the job, the places he knewhe finds that leaving the island isnt
the same thing as escaping it. Cast Away is at
its best in showing how irreversible the past is, how stained we are by our experiences,
and in Hanks and Zemeckis hands these changes arent treated as matters
of wistful contemplation. Theyre shattering.
Robert Zemeckis change of
style in Cast Away is so close to miraculous
that the Vatican ought to be notified. For 20 years hes specialized in hyperactive
entertainments that have the character and grace of a loudly-struck gong, but his Cast Away is a model of restrained storytelling
thats studded with a series of pure emotional peaks. Its content to slip its
detailsa blinking light, sayinto odd corners of the frame and let us notice
them when we will. Just before the crash, one of the jets crew members bashes his
head against a door jamb, and the action occurs in such a blur of activity that we want to
confirm that it happenedwere arent used to mainstream films working this
deftly. Zemeckis finds some brilliant ways to make us feel the frailty and helplessness of
Nolands situation, as when the camera gradually pulls backwards from his inflatable
life raft as it pitches about in the storm until its a mere leaf among the towering
Zemeckis and screenwriter William
Broyles keep the movie focused on Nolands state of mind by slicing away everything
extraneous to his story. The plane crash and Nolands rescue are both brisk affairs,
gotten through with a minimum of special effects or hyperbole. The island scenes are
played without any background music, and some of them have no more than a word or two of
dialogue, giving us the time and space to accept Nolands grief and rage as our own.
In Broyles savvy script, Nolands survival confuses and upsets the loved ones
whove written him out of their lives. In these scenes Cast Away protects its characters with touching
propriety, as in a devastating view of Hunts character thats discreetly given
to us through a plate glass window.
Broyles and Zemeckis brave certain
ridicule by paying so much attention to a Wilson volleyball that Noland finds in one of
the packages. After Noland accidentally bleeds on it, he impulsively draws a face in the
blood that gives the ball a homely personality, and by degrees Wilson becomes
his surrogate companion, until man and object are bonded in an emotionally detailed
relationship that would be deranged in any other context. We form neurotic attachments to
inanimate objects even in normal times, but Wilson is the invention of a mind
thats steeped in loneliness. Nolands interactions with the ball most obviously
recall Warren Oates talking to the lifeless head in Bring Me the Head of
Alfredo Garcia, but they also bring to mind Robert De Niros one-sided
conversations with the celebrity cardboard cutouts in The King of Comedy.
Its hard to face such dismal expressions of loneliness because they make us feel
like social spastics; were quick to dismiss them as ludicrous because theyd
otherwise fill us with shame. Theyre usually glossed over when they do appear in movies (as in the tug of kinship that
Billy Crudup feels for a damaged flower at the end of his acid trip in Almost
Famous), but Cast Away puts
Wilson at the center of its action.
Cast Away is so intelligent for most of its running
time that the obviousness of its missteps are surprising. It opens with an aggressively
bad scene in which Noland is seen hectoring his employees about the importance of time
management, as if to prepare us for another yuppie-awakening flick. (Once he reaches the
island, Noland is an Everymanhe learns the same lessons that you or I would.) As if
to complete a pair of bookends, the movies closing scene is marred by a character
who is meant to represent the moist and effervescent promise of life, yet whose vulgarity
is jarring in a story full of muted emotions. One wishes that the middle-brow pun built
into Nolands name didnt exist, and despite Zemeckis general
hard-headedness, he underscores the poignancy of a couple of late sequences with some
gooey string music. And while product placements are probably an irreversible fact of
life, Cast Away is cheapened by having a
real-life delivery services logo thrust before the camera in so many scenes. Would
it have been so hard to invent a fictitious company?
When the jet
pilots dead body washes ashore, Noland rummages through the mans pockets and
then buries him, and standing over the finished grave he thinks a minute before realizing
theres nothing to say beyond, Sothats it. Its a pure
Tom Hanks line, and Hanks delivers it with a perfect blend of respect and disappointment.
(The burial gave Noland something to do that day.) Hanks has appeared in so many earnest
movies that its easy to forget how diligent and affecting he can be as an actor; in
any case, this movie needs someone with his common touch because we spend so much time in
Nolands company. Never less assuming than he is here, Hanks' Noland is a man abashed by his turn of
luck, as if he were Fates chump. The one time that his performance becomes animated
in a way that might be mistaken for a stars showing off, its absolutely called
for by the momentafter all, Noland has just created fire.
Cast Away is a solid portrait
of a man whos suddenly forced to see his life in terms of distances, both geographic
and emotional; it offers a convincing demonstration of how bitterness and optimism can
taint each other, even within the same person. You feel slowed-down and appreciative when
you come out of it; it puts you back on the street with a fresh pair of eyes.
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Asian American and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities in Los Angeles County continued to increase steadily over the past decade, even as overall population growth slowed to a near standstill, according to a report issued today.
The county's Asian American population remained its fastest growing segment, increasing by 20 percent, nearly twice that of Latinos, between 2000 and 2010, the report by Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Los Angeles, said.
The Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander segment grew by 9 percent, approaching the rate of Latinos over the same period.
By comparison, the county's total population grew only 3 percent over the decade.
"Our communities are growing and making real contributions to Los Angeles' economy, but many also need help," said Stewart Kwoh, president and executive director of AAAJ, Los Angeles. "This growth deepens the urgency of our public policy concerns."
There are nearly 930,000 Asian American and 7,700 Native Hawaiian and
Pacific Islander immigrants in the county, according to data included in the
report from the U.S. Census Bureau.
In Monrovia, a city of around 36,000, 11.2 percent of residents are Asian, according to Census data.
Information from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security shows that more than 310,000 Asian American and 1,300 Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander immigrants countywide obtained legal permanent resident status between 2000 and 2010.
The report estimates that roughly 130,000 Asian Americans in Los Angeles County do not have legal permission to be in the country.
"Promoting access to services is critical, particularly among those who are limited-English proficient or struggling in this tough economy," said Betty Hung, policy director at AAAJ, Los Angeles. "Many in our communities are undocumented, so these services need to be accessible to everyone regardless of immigration status."
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Washington, DC Friday, July 13, 2012
This Saturday, July 14, C-SPAN Radio's Supreme Court Historic Oral Arguments continues this month's election issues cases with a 1985 consolidated case about campaign spending and the First Amendment: " Federal Election Commission and the Democratic Party of the United States, Appellants v. the National Conservative Political Action Committee, Appellees."
The National Conservative Political Action Committee -- or "NCPAC"-- was accused by both the Democratic Party of the United States and the Federal Election Commission of violating the Federal Election Campaign Act. The Act stipulated that independent political action committees could not spend more than $1,000 to support the election of a presidential candidate. NCPAC sought to spend $25 million to support Ronald Reagan's re-election campaign. This case was decided together with "Democratic Party v. NCPAC".
The audio and information in this program are courtesy of the Oyez project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law at: http://www.oyez.org/
Updated: Monday, July 16, 2012 at 8:12am (ET)
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Inherit the Wind [DVD]
Screenplay : Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith (based on the play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee)
MPAA Rating : NR
Year of Release : 1960
Stars : Spencer Tracy (Henry Drummond), Fredric March (Matthew Harrison Brady), Gene Kelly (E.K. Hornbeck), Florence Eldridge (Mrs. Brady), Dick York (Bertram T. Cates), Donna Anderson (Rachel Brown), Harry Morgan (Judge), Elliott Reid (Davenport), Philip Coolidge (Mayor), Claude Akins (Rev. Brown)
All the names were changed, but the events depicted in Stanley Kramer's Inherit the Wind were based on one of the most spectacular court battles of the first half of the 20th century. The trial is usually referred to as the "Scopes Monkey Trial, "which in a single phrase combines the name of the defendant (Tennessee schoolteacher John T. Scopes), the major bone of contention (whether he had broken a state law forbidding the teaching of Darwin's theory of evolution, including the notion that humankind evolved from apes), and the generally farcical nature of the whole case (calling it a "monkey trial" is almost too kind). It took place in the stifling heat of July 1925 and marked one of the most heated and public battles between the forces of fundamentalist Christianity and scientific progress.
What made the trial so notable was not just what was at stake (particularly the intrusion of a dominant religion into the realm of state-sponsored education), but the people involved. Defending Scopes was the noted criminal defense attorney Clarence Darrow, an agnostic who was well known for his work with labor unions and his strong opposition to capital punishment. The prosecution was headed by the great orator William Jennings Bryan, a Bible-thumping fundamentalist Senator who had already run for the Presidency three times. Both of these men were old warriors in the twilight of their public careers, and the Scopes trial offered them one of their greatest moments in the spotlight, where they feverishly argued their cases, appealing to authorities—for Bryan, God's revealed word in the Bible, and for Darrow, the rationality of scientific enquiry—that seemed at the time (and to many, still do) utterly irreconcilable.
Inherit the Wind sticks mostly to the general facts of the case, starting with the arrest of the schoolteacher in the small town of Hillsboro, Tennessee (the real town was Dayton) and following the development of the trial. Through and through, this is an actor's movie, and the leads chew the scenery with great gusto and aplomb. Two-time Oscar-winner Spencer Tracy, looking portly but still agile, tackles the Darrow role (renamed Henry Drummond) with great zeal—you can almost feel his frustration at the unwillingness of his adversaries to even consider any other possibilities beyond what is explicitly stated in the Bible. In the Bryan role, here named Matthew Harrison Brady, Fredric March plays up the resolute stiffness of the fundamentalist, at times sinking a bit too deep into near parody as he scowls at any criticism. Even Dick York, in the small role of Scopes surrogate Bertram T. Cates, has a few moments to shine, as his position as the martyr/heretic in the trial is constantly complicated by his engagement to Rachel Brown (Donna Anderson), the daughter of the local hellfire-and-brimstone preacher (Claude Akins).
In an against-type casting choice, Gene Kelly plays a reporter for the Baltimore Herald named E.K. Hornbeck (based on real-life columnist H.L. Mencken) who supports Scopes' plight if only because it makes for great copy. Hornbeck is the faithless cynic in a roomful of partisans, and he provides consistent comic relief, although it always comes at the expense of Brady and the people of Hillsboro, a town that he describes as being "the buckle on the Bible Belt." Hornbeck's sarcastic outlook provides the film with a running commentary, and it is hard not to let it become the dominant lens through which we view the action, especially because the film turns on him in the end and attempts to isolate his cynicism, rather than unquestioned religious idolatry, as the real problem.
Adapted from a Broadway play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, Inherit the Wind captures the heat and the clamor of the Scopes trial, although it misses any opportunity for subtlety or true understandings of both sides of the case. As adapted by Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith, Inherit the Wind plays as one virulent speech after another, in which scientific discourse clashes violently with deep-seated religious zeal.
The film's ideological agenda is more than clear, as its obvious caricature of fundamentalist Christian beliefs makes Drummond's ranting about the end-all-be-all of Enlightenment-era scientific rationality seem relatively demure in comparison. At times, this is taken to somewhat questionable extremes, as in one scene that visually juxtaposes the townspeople, who have devolved into something of a lynch mob, with a statue of blindfolded justice. The best idea the film might offer is that faith (whether in God or science) that is never questioned or explored can lead to stasis and a freezing of the mind, and every once in a while this leaks out, most notably in the juxtaposition of both Drummond and Harris to the cynical Hornbeck, whose lack of faith in anything makes him a villain in his own right, albeit a pitiful one.
Producer-director Stanley Kramer (High Noon, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World) ably handles the incendiary material visually, making good use of deep focus and careful compositions that emphasize the oppositions in the room. Some of the best scenes in the film, though, are actually the least contentious, in which Drummond and Harris, who were once old friends, sit down together and talk to, instead of yell at, each other. Rather than opposing each other face-to-face, they sit side-by-side, suggesting for a brief instance that disagreement can exist harmoniously without one side capitulating to the other. That these brief respites always end in harsh words is a reminder of the volatility of the human mind and how the danger of the imposition of one person's beliefs to the detriment of another's, no matter how well-intentioned.
Inherit the Wind DVD | |
Aspect Ratio | 1.66:1 |
Anamorphic | No |
Audio | Dolby 1.0 monaural |
Languages | English, French, Spanish |
Subtitles | French, Spanish |
Supplements | Original theatrical trailer |
Distributor | Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment |
Release Date | December 11, 2001 |
Inherit the Wind is presented in its original 1.66:1 theatrical aspect ratio in a nonanamorphic transfer that looks good, but not great. The image is sharp and clear throughout, with good detail and only a few scenes that look any bit soft. There is a fair amount of speckling from time to time, however, and although it is never particularly distracting, it is noticeable. | |
The soundtrack is presented in crisp Dolby monaural. All the dialogue is understandable and clear, and ambient hiss is kept to a minimum. | |
The only supplement included is the film's original theatrical trailer. |
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Local Young Lady Competes For The Miss Jr. Teen Buffalo Title
Tiffany Rodriguez of Amherst was recently selected to participate in Nationals' 2009 Miss Jr. Teen Buffalo pageant competition that will take place on Sunday, August 16, 2009. Tiffany learned of her acceptance into this year's competition as Nationals, Inc. announced their selections on Monday afternoon. Tiffany submitted an application and took part in an interview session that was conducted by Anna Klejonowski, this year's Buffalo Pageant Coordinator. Tiffany is a member of the drama club at Williamsville North High School and is participating in this pageant to be a positive role model for all young ladies.
Tiffany will be competing, for her share of thousands of dollars in prizes and specialty gifts that will be distributed to contestants. Tiffany will be competing in the Miss Jr. Teen division, one of four divisions that will have young ladies between the ages of 7 and 19 competing in modeling routines which include casual wear and formal wear. Most important, Tiffany will display her personality and interviewing skills while interviewing with this year's Buffalo judging panel. Personality is the number one aspect that each contestant is judged on during all phases of competition.
If Tiffany were to win the title of Miss Jr. Teen Buffalo, she would represent Buffalo and the surrounding communities at the Cities of America National Competition that will take place in Orlando, Florida. Over $60,000.00 in prizes and awards will be presented at the National Competition while each winner enjoys this expense paid trip of five nights and six days in Orlando, Florida.
There is no cost to Tiffany for participating in the pageant competition. Tiffany will be sponsored by Time Warner Cable. As a local company that employs Tiffany's mother, Time Warner Cable is pleased to help Tiffany receive the proper training, rehearsals and support to become a very confident and well prepared contestant in this year's Buffalo Pageant.


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Art Basel Attracts Abramovich, Kilmer, Millions
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So, who joined Abramovich in scratching the art itch ... one that's been hard to scratch since the art market collapsed in 2008? Well, Val Kilmer, Peter Brant and Laurence Graff were among the elite.
Prices haven't returned to 2007 levels, noted art dealer Nicholas Maclean to Bloomberg News, but he added that the top stuff is selling well. This doesn't exactly defy common sense, of course. There are 303 galleries at Art Basel this year, and they're all hoping to ride this wave.
A Christie's International auction in Paris the day before Art Basel started set the tone for the affair. A sculpture by Amedeo Modigliani moved for $53 million, setting a record for the French auction market.


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In a land very much like your own, but with more Sailor Moon uniforms, three podcasters did an episode on Changeling: The Lost. Lyal thought it was too dark. Wayne thought it wasn't dark enough. Chris thought, well, that was never quite clear. So, the three podcasters decided to look for gaming inspiration from real fairy tales. Chris collected ladies' shoes until his wife ... [click here for more]
We opin the Month o' Horror with aower debut Literature Lesson. In this un, we look at H.P. Lovecraft and haow te use 'is queer themes in yer games. Naow, dis Lovecraft feller kin set a body thinkin', an' when we git ta thinkin', we git ta talkin'. Thar's plenty here ta stir ye up an' make yer blood tickle. See ef ye kin find aower leetle soorpris... [click here for more]
"You sure do look pretty, Miss Leslie. Pert nigh good enough to eat!" -Jett Rink, Giant Now, imagine a 15-foot tall James Dean saying that. Size matters. In this installment of Creature Features, we discuss giants of legend and fiction. Go big or go home.
In the first of two parts, we discuss running games set before and during an apocalypse. In this episode, it's Wayne's turn to read out the difficult words. Unlike Lyal's struggles with Icelandic, though, Wayne struggles with English words. Fyndið! In part 2, we'll look at playing in a post-apocalyptic setting and the role zombies really play in a zombocalyp... [click here for more]
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In our second Locales episode, we look at prisons with their bars, confinement, monotony, brutality and rape. Your players will love them. We also review, with no spoilers, Prometheus and The Avengers, and discuss how to improve your Werewolf: The Forsaken game.
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Do their job.
I want to ask you about a domestic issue the State Department has been involved with as well the keystone XL pipeline this week -- Nebraska governor signing off on the -- that's been proposed.
And -- you sign onto a letter calling for this administration to move forward how hopeful are you that's gonna happen in a timely fashion.
Well of course you're always hope.
-- That that's gonna happen I don't know about a timely fashion I I I guess I don't understand that I come from a different.
Position in the administration does I wanna see energy resource -- developed in this country to -- this is an absolute no brainer.
I know the environmental community wants to stop this because they want to stop.
Using oil and and petrochemicals the fact is.
Not doing this pipeline is not gonna effect at at all.
This material this oil is going to go to China.
If we don't put it into a pipeline bringing into America can use it to create jobs here in America and lower the cost of energy here in the United States.
And the president walking a bit of a tight rope calls from environmentalists also calls from my union members who want to see this -- pipeline approved.
How he think killed love fine -- delicate balance.
Make a decision you know it's hard to say except that if you look at what he did last time and I he had to make this -- he cited.
Not with the unions.
But with the with the environmentalists and I think he's wrong on that.
The unions are absolutely right.
This is job creation pure unadulterated job creation that will really help.
Use of its natural resources and the increase jobs so I I think the president's been wrong on this I would hope that that he takes another look at it reaches the right decision.
-- applauded if he does.
Senator -- we thank you for your candidates -- thank you.
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