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Wendell Berry Presses Coal Protest, Wins Honors by Dylan Lovan Published on Sunday, March 27, 2011 by the Associated Press http://www.ap.org/ Distributed by Common Dreams http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/03/27-3 PORT ROYAL, Kentucky -- Wendell Berry is back in the wooden rocker in the kitchen of his central Kentucky farm house after a busy few weeks, and his mind is slowly returning to writing. Wendell Berry (portrait by Robert Shetterly - http://www.americanswhotellthetruth.org/) "There's been a good bit going on lately," he says with a chuckle. The Amish-made chair near the window is softer and more familiar than the floor of the Kentucky governor's office, where last month he joined environmentalists at a three-day sit-in to protest strip-mining in Appalachia. Two weeks later, the 76-year-old author of 40 books was being feted by the president at the White House as a recipient of the National Humanities Medal for "achievements as a poet, novelist, farmer, and conservationist." Authors John Updike, Toni Morrison and holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel have been awarded the medal in past years. President Barack Obama draped the medal around Berry's neck, and said he liked his poetry. Berry says he did not raise his concerns about Appalachian surface mining with the president during the encounter, saying it would have been rude. But environmental activism was not far from his mind. "I did examine the rugs in the White House to see how comfortable they'd be to sleep on," Berry said with a laugh. The famed rural writer is tall and slender, and speaks with a slow, deep drawl, measuring his words carefully. He has lived in this home in Henry County since the 1960s, and is glad to point out to visitors that not much has changed since then. No TV, no computer, no answering machine, but plenty of farm work - and ewes that will be lambing soon. The farm's grounds have one recent addition: three massive solar panel units, which Berry says help keep him from drawing electricity in a state that gets more than 90 percent of its electric power from burning coal. He views the state's booming coal industry through the eyes of a farmer who's concerned about destruction of the land - especially Appalachian forest. "I was raised to think that the good care of the land ought to be among a person's first thoughts," he said. His first thoughts on surface mining were formed during a visit to a mining site in eastern Kentucky in the 1960s. "When I first saw a bulldozer start around the mountain side, pushing the trees and the topsoil and everything that wasn't coal out of the way, I couldn't believe it." He says Kentucky is destroying a renewable resource - its mountain forests - to extract a resource that will someday run out. "When you destroy the topsoil, you're destroying the possibility of life for human beings and all other creatures. So you're working against your own long-term interests." Industry supporters argue that reclamation efforts restore vegetation and wildlife to strip-mined sites, while economic development occurs on some former surface mined sites. Berry says the reclamation efforts could never return the land to the way it was before mining occurred. "You can't do it if you destroy that topsoil by mixing it up with sub-soils and rock debris. When you take the topsoil off the top, you can't restore it in human time." For decades, his pen has taken aim at the industry and state government, which he calls a "wholly-owned subsidiary of the coal corporations." But Berry acknowledges that battling the state's most powerful industry is often a losing fight. "People who get into these conservation efforts aren't permitted to get in on the assumption that they're going to be successful by some deadline, and they better think of the possibility that they might lose," he said. "The possibility of failure is being proven every day." He lent his considerable stature to the mid-February protest in the office of Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, a Democrat and coal industry supporter who is running for re-election in the fall. The protesters had planned to call attention to their cause by getting arrested, but it didn't happen, said Erik Reece, an author and mining activist who joined the protest. "We realized the one smart thing the governor did was tell his staff, 'I don't want any press pictures of Wendell Berry in handcuffs,'" Reece said. "Our plan kind of got foiled there." The protest still made national headlines, and Reece said that was due to Berry's presence. But it has had little effect on Beshear's support for the industry and a controversial strip-mining method known as mountaintop removal. Berry made a less ballyhooed but more personally agonizing stand against the coal industry last summer when he severed a lifelong relationship with the University of Kentucky over a corporate sponsorship deal. The writer was horrified by UK's decision to accept $7 million for a new basketball dormitory from a group of donors organized by a coal company president. The dorm will be called the Wildcat Coal Lodge. He withdrew papers he had on loan to the university, the same campus where he studied as a student, later taught writing and met his wife, Tanya. He also vowed to end any other associations with the state's flagship school. "I have an immense debt to that university. I would have liked very much to be at peace with it and to be proud of it," he said. "I didn't have $7 million but I did have those papers on loan up there, so I made the most of what I had." He continues to add to his long list of fiction, non-fiction and poetry, still writing in longhand with a pencil. His wife edits and transfers the words with a typewriter. Berry is perhaps best known for his 1982 collection of essays on agriculture, "The Unsettling of America" and his long-running Port William fiction series. Along with an essay he's working on, Berry says he has completed his latest Port William short story. "That's up there by the typewriter," he said. © 2011 Associated Press ___________________________________________ Portside aims to provide material of interest to people on the left that will help them to interpret the world and to change it. 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The media lookalikes conspiracy meme started by Ed Chiarini of WellAware1, which I've covered here and here, is getting out of control. I thought it was restricted to the fringiest fringe of conspiranoid kooksters, but the picture below has gone viral in a minor way among conspiracy folks, even ending up on Snopes along with other Sandy Hook-related weirdness.
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Victoria is the capital of British Columbia and is located on the southeastern tip of Vancouver Island. It's a beautiful city with an English charm and an almost ideal climate. It was a lovely morning as our group of travelers from the Brazos Valley headed out for a guided tour of the city. Our guide Marv, a retired chaplain, gave us a very informative tour that stretched from the the Parliament Building and Victoria's Chinatown to Beacon Hill Park and the marina at Oak Bay, where we were visited by some friendly harbor seals. Then we were treated to lunch at the Empress Hotel, with fish and chips the most popular fare.
The afternoon was free for everyone to check out some of the local attractions. Beth and I did a walking tour of some of the shops, and some of the group were going to the Royal BC Museum and IMAX Theatre. Glenda decided to go on a whale watching tour, which sailed some 40 miles to the Pacific Ocean. We saw her when she returned, and she was so excited. Their captain told them it was the best trip he had seen in several years with close encounters with some Orca, or killer whales.
This place really is beautiful. Flowers of all colors everywhere. Hanging baskets filled with color, and the most interesting trees. We saw Sequoia and giant Douglas Firs, and a most interesting one called a Monkey Puzzle Tree. You can see many of these in the Day 3 entries of pictures in the Eye on You section.
Tomorrow we go to Butchart Gardens before boarding the ferry to Vancouver.
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What We Expect From Tonight's PlayStation Announcement
A new PlayStation! With a slightly different controller, better graphics, and more.
Tonight, Sony will announce what's all but certain to be the new PlayStation. A lot is still up in the air, but here's what the rumor mill has churned out so far.
Last week, photos leaked of the controller you see above, and they were confirmed to be a prototype controller for the new PlayStation by a source speaking with Kotaku. It looks similar to past models, but some of the differences are notable: it has what looks like a touch-sensitive pad on it, which would probably control something on-screen, rather than acting as a display. There's also a blue bar that's reminiscent of the PlayStation Move, a motion-controlled accessory to the PlayStation 3. That same blue glow is on the accessory, and picks up on movement. So the Move, or something like it, might be built right into the controller now. It's also possible you'll somehow be able to control the system with your phone.
You might remember how streaming services that sent games directly to the device of your choosing without the need for a physical disc were the Next Big Thing In Gaming for a while. That hasn't quite come to fruition, but there are hints the new PlayStation will offer some kind of similar service. Sony recently registered the domain playstation-cloud.com and others for something called PlayStation Cloud, and last year, the company bought the game-streaming company Gaikai, which beams games to the gadget of your choice. If they do announce something like this, it's bound to be one of the more interesting, if not surprising, developments. Game streaming is really fascinating, but some of the exciting companies working on it haven't fared well.
Backward compatibility with past PlayStation games will likely be there somehow, possibly through the streaming system.
But maybe not that much prettier. We've seen the leaked specs, but what does that mean for how beautiful a game will look? Well, it's almost certainly not going to be as profound a leap as it was from PS1 to PS2 or PS2 to PS3. (That's expected: Graphics are slowly starting to peak. The closer you get to portraying real-life, the harder it is to move forward.) BuzzFeed reported games might include 10 times as many assets (details, to be short) than PS3 games, but that doesn't mean it'll look 10 times "better." It'll mean something like 10 times the leaves on a tree. (That could also mean bigger dev teams working on bigger games, but that's a ways down the road still.)
A source told Kotaku that the system will have two models priced at $429 and $529, but that a pricing announcement won't be made until this summer, at the E3 gaming convention. It's not clear exactly what the difference in the models might be, but it's probably storage space on the device. At those prices, it would be cheaper than the two PS3 models at launch ($500 and $600), and although it's clearly looking for a different audience, the 32GB Wii U launched at $350.
On the other hand, there's also word that the new PlayStation will move to a subscription model for online play, similar to its counterpart, Xbox Live.
This has been a strange one. For a while, the new PlayStation was rumored to have some kind of a "share button" that would allow a player to share video or screenshots when pressed. The new PlayStation, according to the report, would continuously record the last 15 minutes of play, and any of that footage could be shared. It doesn't look like that's in the early controller, but who knows?
Early reports pegged a U.S. and Japan release date for "by Christmas," possibly in November, but that remains to be seen.
There was a hullabaloo over Sony patenting technology that could be used to track the "real" owner of a game, and keep used versions from being passed around. But there's a big difference between patenting an invention and earning the scorn of used-game players everywhere.
Also, it seems pretty darn unlikely this will support 4K, as some people have suggested. Not a lot of people are even sure what that means (higher resolution TVs, basically), and it's going to be a while still before a lot of people are using them.
The code name associated with the new PlayStation was "Orbis," but the new console will almost certainly be called the PlayStation 4. Sony has an identity built up by now and it'd be a big surprise if they veered off course.
On this new controller; we like these pressure sensitive device interfaces, right? It's good for players to be able to throw the whole haymaker in a jab situation any time they want without going for an extra button. But our big problem as consumers has been that these devices are not really robust.
Short wave infrared. It can read into our fingertips and know how much pressure we are putting out with far more accuracy and speed of interface than what we are offered now, with a well known, fairly cheap technology.
I'm not going to spend anymore money on consoles, maybe an Ouya that's all. That's going to be one of the best systems.$99 is a good deal compared to almost $500. Free games, free development, free demos of other games, is a much better deal to me than paying for $50 games.
Im tired of buying these new consoles every couple of years, its basically a required thing if you ever want to play any of the new games that come out. Id rather upgrade a few components in my PC and continue on with my life then totally switching consoles.


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In Brief
- Stem cells give rise to all the organs in the body, a process that continues to fascinate and mystify the scientific world.
- A leading Japanese group demonstrated the growth of both a human and mouse retina in a laboratory dish.
- The Fraunhofer network of technical institutes is an example of how researchers and manufacturers work closely together in industry.
- The event enables better understanding of brain development and may lead to eventual treatments for eye diseases.
In the womb, a ball of identical cells gives rise to varied cell types that ultimately form highly ordered structures and then the full panoply of organs in the human body. The process advances according to an internal biological script that directs each fold and crease of tissue to assume exactly the proper shape and dimension.
Scientists familiar with this progression from simple parts to a complex system have never stopped contemplating embryonic development with a sense of muted wonder and a concomitant desire to replicate early development on top of a laboratory bench—both to understand the biology better and to translate the information into ways of repairing and replacing damaged tissues. Their time may have come. Recent successes in deciphering the intricacies of development have raised the prospect of replacement organs grown outside the body arriving in surgical suites within as little as 10 years.
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Sonja on the other hand, sits still with an empty prototype box, waiting for its toaster oven and is still singing about her a "sexy j." Anyone with diligence and focus could have taken the packaging and the campaign we created, gotten in front of a buying team, if not several, for tons of feedback and launched that damn toaster oven six months ago. You could have one in your kitchen right now and Sonja could be off and running with the start of her brand. But as she drones on about placements and oven mitts and tongs (all sold in different departments than a toaster btw) she is left with her delusions of grandeur, and I am left with the reality that that her toaster oven and branded campaign (with a switched out logo or not), will never again see the light of day. I do have adoration for SJM, but she doesn't know the meaning of hard work and that getting arrested would be easier for her than staying focused -- and that my friends, is a wrap!
I naturally bonded with LuAnn throughout filming RHONY this season. She is a strong, but kind lady -- but like the rest of us LuAnn makes mistakes. LuAnn came to the reunion with a plan and Carole in her sights and she did not like to see me "taking sides." But what I said on the couch was the truth. There is a lot more to St. Barths and often times in filming there are things that are best left off-camera and this comment is directed to more than one of the ladies, and I will leave it at that.
Is it me, or do most of these ladies have double standards? One set applies to them and another to everyone else. Ramona judges herself and Sonja differently than she does Aviva. Aviva makes allowances for her dad but plays the high moral card on Samonja. Luann lives in her own paradigm and if anything contradicts it, she doesn't like it.
Hi Heather...You are one dynamic woman. Watching you during the fashion show was so empowering. At first I wasn't sure about you but the more I saw the more I liked. And your husband...what a cutie!
Heather, I just love your positive attitude and radiant smile. You are truly a breath of fresh air to the franchise. I hope you return next season. Love your whole vibe.
It was so nice that you tried to help Sonja with her branding but you can't help someone who thinks she's so entitled. And it didn't help that Ramona wants Sonja to crash and burn (some friend)!.
Don't change, you're the best!!
I wasn't sure at first whether or not I was going to like you and, to be honest, it took me awhile to get there but when you extended yourself and your expertise to Sonja to help her I began to warm up to you. Sonja revealed herself this season to be a complete fool and seriously delusional. It seems to me she's been talking about this toaster oven for years and could/should have had it on the market much longer than six months ago. After seeing how that situation played out between you two, it seems to me that the toaster oven will never have a debut. Let's face it, you gave her everything she needed to get started and she dropped the ball.
I'm sorry that she was so ungrateful, arrogant and rude to you and your team. She looked a gift horse in the mouth and showed the world that her head is full of air. You made a valiant effort and it appears to have been wasted on her. But you did a great job and I think your first season was a good one.
All's fair in love and war! Great smile Heather lol
Heather, you are a breath of fresh air to the show!! Hope you & Carole are ready for another season, filled with more drama from Ramona & Sonja. Can't stand watching Ramona & Sonja...I change the channel when they are on. I can't believe how IGNORANT Ramona is to everyone; especially the cab drivers who are providing her a service! HOW RUDE RUDE RUDE
So Glad Bravo finally added some class to the show. You are a class act Heather please don't change. I was an Aviva fan until recenty and what a disappointment she has turned out to be. Love your no nonsense attitude and honesty. You will keep the viewers watching.
Heather, I really like you. You are kind and don't like to engage in mean spirited conversations. I hope you are back on the next season.
I love you Heather! I find you honest, refreshing and fun and I think Ramona is just jealous of you. I have the same name as her in real life and whenever I watch the show I'm embarrassed to share it. You and Carole are the only reason I watch the show at all. I hope you both come back next season.
I agree with so many others if it was not for you I would have stopped watching RHONY. You are such a beautiful person in and out and I hope you come back next season. I wish you and your beautiful Family a wonderful Christmas.
From your fashion sense to how you are as a mother and business women, I admire you. Please come back next season, you are simply fabulous.
Heather the beautiful natured,u're so sweet and easy to watch,patient and understanding,pls what out for Aviva,she doesn't like u,she's only friends with u now bcos she fell out wit Ramona and Sonia,u re better than that,just stay close to Carole,pls stay true like u re,and far from bully Aviva.
I can only agree with chrissie_malcolm, Blueace and Lindie1967...You have the patience of an angel! Stay true to yourself and keep above it! Getting involved in shouting matches??? No point! Nobody hears what the other is saying anymore. Empathy is a lost word on the show...
Hi Heather - If it hadn't been for you and Carole this season I would have stopped watching RHONY. You are both so grounded and honest and it is so refreshing! Ramona and Sonja ... well, what's left to say? They bring out the very worst in one another; Sonja has become Ramona's unfortunate stooge and always comes off looking worst, or should I say, most drunk. You have such a positive, life-affirming personality and when you take the opportunity to say your piece it never fails to hit the target (unless it's Ramonja where the target is moving constantly ... hic). Hope you'll come back for Season 6. Best wishes to you and yours.
Heather you were the best thing for me this season. I really adored watching your steel core behind that smle. Dealing with the Comedy duo, crazy twins, Zig and Zag Sonja and Ramona without ripping your hair out is something. keep up the good work. hoping to see you next season.
Hi Heather! Jeez, you have the patience of an angel.. Ramona must want to make you pull your eyelids over your head!! She's clearly v jealous, you're fab!
Great season Heather and 'hi' from an Aussie fan. I'm so pleased Bravo finally chose some women with brains this season! It is a pity you wasted so much time on helping Sonja - she truly is a moron, an ungrateful one too. Aviva shouldn't apologise for the words she called Sonja and Ramona as their behaviour is just that - white trash.
I've loved watching you and Carole in this series, it's a relief to have two level-headed people in the show who seem to see things as they actually are.
Heather, I don't know how you put up with the spoilt and delusional Sonja, she treated you with such disrespect. As for the creature that is Ramona well she needs to keep quiet for a couple of hours watch the show back whilst drinking a very large cup of honesty. Hope your back next season.
You have the patience of a Saint to put up with Sonja and her crass attitude towards you and your hard work on her behalf ,maybe she just expects things to fall into place around her ! . Here in the UK we are part way through the series and not up to St Barts antics yet, I have to admire the way you have integrated within the group and to be honest yourself and Carol seem to be the only real personalities on that show that do not need the 100% devotion of a team of therapists.Good on ya girl (as we say in the UK ! )... Keep on being yourself xxxx much love xx
As much as I love Sonja, I think you should send her a big fat invoice for the work you did for her.
From one Heather to another. You're just great. You've earned your wings with this Sonja branding/campaign. I would have shut down the photo shoot and sent her a bill. And, then when she replied saying that she thought you were doing this pro bono, my reply would have been, 'yes, but not the team that I was using'. The trouble with 'rabit Ramona' and 'self-centred Sonja' is that they have nothing better to do with their lives. I use the term 'rabbit' because in England there is a cockney group Chas and Dave who produced a record Rabbit, Rabbit Rabbit which in England is a term that is used for a woman whose mouth is in constant activation. Another applicable term is 'verbal diarrhea'. Good luck and I do hope you stay. Take care and keep sane...
Heather, Love, love, love you. I've registered with Bravo just to voice my support for you. I've watched and enjoyed all seasons of RHONY but I must say you encompass all the qualities I associate with a smart and sassy NY success. Well done, I hope to see you next season.
Your husband appeared to be such a sweet man, kind and wise. I imagine you get along really well...I hope you all are one the next series..I think some amazing things could come out of it..
Stay well
Am just watching the toaster/photo shoot episode in England, how did you not kick Sonja's ungrateful butt out of the studio ? That woman (and I use the term loosely was ungrateful and as my 15 year old said acted like a spoilt brattish diva. She had absolutely no appreciation for the hard work you had put into her branding. Her and Romona are a disgrace, self centered, spoilt, two faced and totally deluded..............a disgrace to woman
I am now watching season 5 here in the UK and I must say that you are such a likeable, and honest addition to the cast. It is great to see you try with certain people on the show - and the way you chased one of them round a party to get your point across, had me in stitches!! I really do hope that there is a season 6 and I hope to see a lot more of you - go Heather xxx
Girlfriend you are a breath of fresh air! I hope your in the next season of RHNY! I love the fact that you are real and I do believe your a genuine nice person. Your much more interesting to watch that the other two new housewives who I think are snakes and so far up Ramona's butt its funny. Keep being you your amazing!!!!
P.s get back to London soon!!!
Interesting times on the show but Sonja is a user and does not understand business. She and Ramona like to think they do but neither of them have a clue. I would stay true to yourself and avoid those two drunks.
I think you did a great job being on the show. I am now a fan of yours and the Yummie mummie label. I found your hard working nature a sweet relief from the standard housewifes. Hope you are there for another season as women at home who watch this show need to have hard working women that they too can aspire to greatness.
Heather, It was so funny when u pursued Ramona at the party. She looked like somehting looking for a hole. I feel u really did not want to treat Ramona that way, but sometimes u gotta beat em to get their attention. Ramona is a mystery to me. She appears to be successful, but it beats the heck out of me how ? SHe is obviously one sandwich short of picnic and the way she tries to stick that butt out is pitiful ! Someone needs to tell her to leave that donkey bootie stuff to the Ladies of Atlanta. A properly raised white girl would be wearing a girdle and tucking and squeezing. LOL Good luck!
Hi Heather, you're such a beautiful person
Heather you are wasting your time and your ability on an individual (Sonja) who does not understand true friendship. You extended yourself and your knowledge to help her, however, you are dealing with an individual who can only use her connection to her ex-husband as a ticket to get into society. The women came from nothing, all she did was marry well. Both her and Ramona need to leave the show and have a spin off program on how "Poor white trash made it into the lower level of New York society. You are a strong and intelligent women and you do not need to waste your time with these so-called ladies. The only one that deserves your friendship is Carol, she is the only person who is real besides yourself.
Heather, I hope you will be returning. You came across as a very kind person and one who would be a pleasure to have as a friend.
Heather, you were an amazing friend to Sonja by offering to help her with her toaster oven box. I will never understand why Sonja thought it appropriate to act so difficult when you were taking time out of your busy schedule to help her with her ad campaign. Talk about rude...Also, you're an amazing business woman!! I have never seen a woman act so cool, calm, and collected in a high pressure environment such as the business world. You're an inspiration and a wonderful example for young women!! Thank you for being you! :)
Hi Heather
Congratulations on getting through this season fairly unscathed. Unscathed by the viewers that is! Not by Ramona or Sonja or even Luann or Aviva. Haha. They are high maintenance. A friend of mine once said to someone that she had reached the point where he would have to pay her to continue being his friend because it was just too much work. That could apply to more than a few on this show.
It was a refreshing learning experience for me to watch you interact with everyone. Especially Ramona. The ability to speak your piece without losing your peace is a very admirable quality.
I came to understand the wisdom with which you 'danced' with Ramona. You refused to engage with her on her terms and she finally got weary of trying to feud with you. Especially after she found her nemesis in Aviva. Omg.
I really like you and I hope that you got whatever you wanted when you signed up for the show. While I enjoyed watching this show, I don't know how healthy it is for you all. Maybe it helped crack the hard shell of entitlement around Luann.... seems like maybe it does take a village when you're dealing with a narcissist. However, for you, I would like to suggest that you (and Carole) take this season's well-earned 'goodwill' and RUN!
Best wishes and take care.
Dear Heather,
I must admit with all the atrocities going on in the world today, I find that for myself watching Housewives is an indulgent brainless activity and I really should be doing something more productive with my free time. However, that being said the one thing the show does do is it reveals how egoistic our human nature has become and how harmful it is to ourselves and the people around us and it represents a realistic portrayal of human nature and why the world just can't get along. Our inability to see our own egoism in situations as they are happening and our innate ability to excuse our individual behavior or make up a fantasies regarding the facts in order to protect ourselves, happens again and again in all aspects of our lives. The fact that you women can film yourselves for the world do see your mistakes and the lies you tell yourselves in order to get the upper hand in situations is remarkable. I don't think I would ever have the courage to do that myself. I would be too mortified at having to live my mistakes so publicly. I have never commented before, but I felt you needed to hear that you handled yourself amazingly well. I mean astonishing really at how honest and authentic you came across and very reasonable. I would just say that to remain that way. Stay true to yourself and humble. Don't let the craziness sweep you up nor let what happened to Caroline or Jill happen to you. I think they were reasonable in their first seasons and then became self-righteous and swayed way, way off course from their true selves. Anyway, Housewives is my indulgent escape from the real problems we face in the world such as poverty, homelessness, war, famine, greed, abuse of power, apathy, and well the list goes on and on doesn't it? I wish you well.
Hi Heather, I think you are the one lady I would love to sit down and share a light lunch and talk. You handled yourself wit dignity. A strong woman, but, still very much a woman. I have actually been using your technique...the smile...You can speak your truth with control. I love this expression and it speaks to the way you deal with the ladies (?). I
"Mean what you say but, don't be mean when you say it."
You should be proud of yourself. You exhibited class, humor, kindness and, OMGosh...all that energy. Hope to see you next time on RHONY...
Heather needs to speak up instead for whinning about Aviva
Sorry to say...the Sonja-toaster Poster sucks...The naked man shouldn't be there at all...unless you're selling CONDOMS....Either your art dep't didn't know what they're doing...or they did it on purpose
@Jazzyrose I think it went well with Sonja's promiscuous behaviour
Sonja always wants something for nothing (i.e. her interns). She took advantage of you and showed not one whit of gratitude.
Heather, you are a breath of fresh air - love your attitude. However, I don't understand why you put yourself in the position to help Sonja when you knew she wasn't paying you. For someone who was getting assistance for free, she was very demanding. When she brought Ramona into it you should have told her to take a walk. Why did you put yourself through all of that chaos. Sonja has been living off of others for a long time you can tell that by her actions. She even walked out on a dinner bill in NYC. I feel bad that you did all of that work, gave her your expertise and then in the end, she blames you for not doing what she wanted. Perhaps her problme is communication, she doesn't know how to communicate her point thats why she didn't get what she wanted. Also, I don't think she really knew what she wanted or in what direction she was headed. I think she pulled this whole idea out of the air so she had some type of living to hang onto. She is obviously going to have long term money problems and probably saw this as an opportunity to get into a new business.
I hope you come back next year with Carole, Luanne and Aviva, they should try to recycle Sonja and Ramona send them to Atlanta they will get their just dues with those Gals!!!
Good Luck.
msant2012 I agree with everything you stated except one thing: Aviva has got to be deleted from the group. She was a nightmare to watch.
Well, first off, do not try to justify your actions sweetie. You are who you are and it is what it is.
Instead of a four page blog we skim through blah, blah blah...it would have been much easier to apologize to the other ladies. I came on the show. I am a control freak. I need to work on my listening skills. I want the exposure for donor needs and to improve awareness. etc.
that said...I like ya chick
I'm sorry Heather, I love you but.....you really didn't listen to Sonja at times concerning her logo. She kept saying the same things over & over. I know we don't get to see all of what goes on, but...... I think it is true that anyone could have taken your campaign & launched the toaster oven, but Sonja didn't get exactly what she wanted. I think there was a failure to communicate. Sonja should have communicated her desires more & not acted like all was well when in fact she didn't feel that. Love you & Carol on the show! You go girl!
myhemic JEBFP6969 Sonja knew just what she wanted, Sonja with a sexy J, a black and white photo and the shot of her without the bare chested man. Heather nixed it and gave Sonja no respect.
@lynnwhitlock @myhemic @JEBFP6969 if Sonja wanted that then she should've contacted a photographer and done the whole thing herself instead of wasting Heather's professional skills and time.
Heather what did you expect from Sonja? She may have been a business women not even sure on that but she never has had to fight her way. Take her for what she is! You can't make a housewife a business women without sacrifice. You've learned through your mistakes and I'm sure college that it takes more than a logo to make a business. Sad to say but Sonja doesn't have a clue. Whoever told her a toaster oven would be a good idea is smoking marsh mellows!!!
Heather you are my favorite housewife on the show, but I do need to make two points. First, it was gross for Harry to make the comment about sleeping with Luann and Sonja at a dinner party and it was wrong of you to repeat it. Second, you made the comment that that if Luann doesn't like what she hears she gets defensive. Girl, you have been known to go off on people if you don't agree with what they said.
Heather I love that you are on the show, you are so real and fun and funny... Please come back next season it won't be great without you!!
WOW, finally a REAL classy woman on the Real Housewives, the voice of reason in heather, just a nice all-round girl, my whole family just love her!


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Pretty much everyone knows the story of the Herdmans and their wild ways. It's kind of the Star Wars of Christmas plays in that everyone has at least heard of it, and even when you find one of those weirdoes that claims never to have seen it, they can, when pressed, tell you the major plot points.
"It's a classic tale of the Christmas spirit in so many ways," said director Rebecca Blackmore. "The Herdmans are a group of children who are bullies in school and have been outcast from their peers. I think that fuels their desire to join in."
And you know the rest: they swoop in and boot out the Sunday school kids who are regulars in their annual Christmas pageant cast, shaking things up and learning things about God, love, themselves, and others along the way.
"They first get involved for the perks -- you know, 'We go to Sunday school, and we get cookies.' But they grow, and it's all about how the Christmas spirit can change one person," Blackmore said.
One challenge facing the director Clark Theatre's twelfth annual production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: how do you keep fresh something that isn't new to anyone? Like absolutely any other traditional Christmas play or musical -- so many of which play every single year in Tulsa, often by the same company each season -- it is a clichéd idea, but still a very real idea that must be tackled.
Like any good director, Blackmore had an answer.
"It's a different show every year," she said, almost as if the idea of stagnation rearing its head in repeated productions wasn't any issue at all.
"I think it's fresh every year," she continued. "There are things we do every year to keep it fresh."
By way of example, she offered up Clark's unofficial rule for casting this play.
"No actor plays a part they've played before," she said, which is not always the way it's been.
"I played the mother character three years in a row, but I think this change allows more actors to feel out the different roles," Blackmore said.
Oh, yeah, there's that: Blackmore has been a fixture at Clark since her early childhood, starting when she was still in the single digits, age-wise.
"As an actor with Clark, there were probably four shows a season for about nine years," she said. That's more than 30 shows. That's a lot of youth acting.
"I pretty much lived there and grew up there," she said. "In fact, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever was the first show I ever did, and it kind of spiraled from there."
Anyone involved with theatre probably recognizes the perfection of her choice of the word "spiraled," by the way.
And being that involved in a company gave her some insights that led to the guideline mentioned above that keeps kids from reprising roles.
"I don't feel like I got to grow much year after year in the same role," she said. "It's kind of a great process for them, because they're able to approach the show in a different way each year. And with a different director, that helps too."
This idea of new blood every year -- even if there aren't actually very many new people -- goes a long way to maintaining the show's freshness.
Then again, having kids involved helps a great deal, too. In fact, as the company's name itself suggests, Clark Youth Theatre casts only actors under the age of 18. And since kids will be kids, and since kids are hardly ever afraid to try something new, the Herdmans' tale remains an engaging one.
"No one's afraid to change it up year after year. It's the same script, but there are always different ways to go with it," Blackmore said.
She also said that the kids involved are less set in their ways as actors (and as human beings, for that matter) than are adults with whom she's acted or directed in the past.
"The kids are much more creative, intuitively," she said. "They're not afraid to take chances. Especially this cast -- it's extremely young, and because I'm working with younger kids, they haven't reached that age where they're afraid of their peers, and they're not afraid of me. They're young enough that they haven't lost that creative spark that we sometimes seem to lose when we get older. It reminds me not to lose that in myself."
So just like the Herdmans inadvertently teach the kids they've been bullying a lesson about the universal nature of Christmas, these kids are teaching Blackmore how to retain some part of what it's like to be a kid. And hey, who doesn't need that reminder from time to time?
It's fair to say that, even though this production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever has focused on remaining fresh, that focus has been on returning the show to its roots -- no fancy concepts of updating the setting or the time period or anything gimmicky.
"It's kind of going back to what I would say would be the original. It's kind of a homecoming for me," Blackmore said. "It's unique in that it's not the Christmas Pageant that's been performed in the last 11 years."
She again referred to her many years as a kid participating in this very show.
"I'm trying to see it through my own eyes a child when I was first introduced to the story," she said. "Our Beth is named Lexie Cutler, and she's very young and very spirited. I've tried to see what the story is through Beth's eyes. The story is narrated through her eyes, and it's her telling, you know, 'Let me tell you what the Herdmans did this time.' But her stories aren't always accurate. There's a little spin on it because you're seeing it through her eyes."
Blackmore has come full circle with Clark, and this isn't her first go-round as a shot-caller rather than an actor.
"It's kind of been a long time coming," she said. "I've been working with Heller and Clark for off and on maybe three years. I've been filling and teaching some homeschool drama classes and things like that."
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York City Knights 16, Batley Bulldogs 30
10:20am Monday 23rd April 2012 in Match reports By Peter Martini, firstname.lastname@example.com
York City Knights forward John Davies shrugs off a Batley Bulldogs tackler on his way to scoring a try in yesterday's 30-16 Co-operative Championship defeat at Huntington Stadium
JAMES FORD labelled his own performance as a "disgrace" via Twitter last night, after York City Knights made it five Championship games without a win, with only one bonus point banked.
The captain shouldn't be too harsh on himself as he is yet to let anyone down unduly – though here's hoping those who do under-perform are as quick to acknowledge the fact and indeed show a desire to make up for it. And it's fair to say the Knights have had their unfair share of under-performers so far this season.
It's rare, mind, that a referee would publicly acknowledge a gaffe, even one that plays a major role in proceedings – like in the Knights' 30-16 loss to Batley yesterday.
Jamie Leahy, generally one of the better referees in the Championship, and his two touch judges, unlike most other people inside Huntington Stadium, failed to spot a knock-down by Batley half-back Ben Black as he tried to intercept a pass by Jordan Tansey.
Bulldogs winger Gareth Potts duly picked up the loose ball and sprinted 80 metres to the other end, with Leahy, to the amazement of all and anger of many, awarding the try.
This turned what could have been an equaliser for the hosts into a third score – and 18-6 half-time lead – for the visitors.
The last thing the struggling Knights needed was a bad call to cost them, but this could well have been a big turning point in a game in which York were scrapping away albeit while continuing to waste good work with cheap turnover.
Ford may well have contributed to it, too, if only with another act of raw honesty. The centre, rather than stick his hand up and claim the knock-on, had chased Potts all the way down the pitch – which may have suggested to Leahy that all was good.
As errors go, that's pretty forgiveable. His bigger mistake had come midway through the half when he was badly caught out for Batley's second try, Black's pass leaving him clutching at straws and giving Jason Walton an easy run-in.
But if Ford was guilty of an error, then few in York's team were not.
Indeed, reigning Player of the Year Nathan Freer twice lost cheap ball in a very indifferent personal display, the first being costly as it set up field position for Alex Bretherton's opening try on eight minutes.
Paul King marked his return from injury with a crunching tackle on Johnny Walker that saw the Batley second-row treated in hospital for concussion. But he, too, was guilty of one fumble.
John Davies, who had gone straight into the side on his return to the club on dual-reg from Castleford 48 hours earlier, was guilty of three, marring an otherwise eye-catching display that earned him the sponsors' man-of-the-match award.
Matt Garside, Tom Bush, Rhys Clarke, Brett Turner (fit-again and back in a conventional half-back partnership with player-boss Chris Thorman) – all were guilty of individual errors.
Tansey also failed to deliver again – including with the pass that was knocked down by Black. If it had been sharper, the match could have gone a different way.
On their own, such errors are not too bad, but when added up, the accumulated cost is high.
In between times, on the back of the hosts' first penalty, York substitute James Houston – on for Ed Smith, who had returned from a knee injury but departed with an ankle problem – had scored with his first touch when taking Thorman's short pass, Thorman's conversion making it 12-6.
But this, again, was a rare highlight for Knights fans.
Houston later had another probable try ruled out, controversially, for a forward pass.
The officials first came to the fore when ex-Knight Mark Applegarth, impressing at loose-forward for Batley, flew home only for the try to be ruled out for a knock-on at the previous play-the-ball, spotted by a touch judge.
The next big refereeing decision – the Potts try – went their way, though, and, although York had the benefit of any refereeing doubt in the third quarter, they could not take advantage on the scoreboard.
The game got increasingly scrappy, literally so as Garside shared blows with ex-Knights half-back Gareth Moore, with both yellow carded.
Before they returned, Bretherton joined them in the sin-bin, presumably for mouthing-off as the Bulldogs were pinged for reefing, and Davies marked his third Knights debut – he played on dual-reg in 2010 and 2011 – by darting home, ignoring an overlap to score.
Most of the second half had been played at Batley's end, but the visitors scored as soon as they were back up to full strength, Moore having time aplenty to touch down Black's grubber after 68 minutes to add to his five goals.
Jack Lee likewise touched down Thorman's grubber at the other end, but a touch judge flagged for offside to curtail hopes of a comeback, and it was game completely over when Bretherton caught and touched down Moore's chip.
King smartly scored from short-range at the other end, Thorman goaling, but for the second league match on the trot, the Knights missed out on a bonus point by two points.
Match facts
Knights: Tansey 5, Bush 6, Ford 6, Garside 6, Elliott 6, Thorman 6, Turner 6, Sullivan 7, Lee 6, Freer 5, Davies 6, E Smith 6, King 7.
Subs (all used): Aldous 7, Clarke 6, Hemmings 7, Houston 7.
Tries: Houston 29; Davies 58; King 77.
Conversions: Thorman 29, 77.
Sin-binned: Garside 48.
Batley: Campbell, Potts, Walton, Williams, Brown, Black, Moore, B Smith, Mennell, Walmsley, Bretherton, Walker, Applegarth.
Subs (all used): Palfrey, Hirst, Menzies, Lythe.
Tries: Bretherton 8, 75; Walton 21; Potts 38; Moore 68.
Conversions: Moore 8, 21, 38, 68, 75.
Sin-binned: Moore 48; Bretherton 57.
Man of the match: James Houston – the forward probably had his most solid game for the Knights, after coming off the bench and scoring with his first touch.
Referee: Jamie Leahy (Dewsbury) – increasingly uncertain, not helped by the furore over Gareth Potts' long-range try just before half-time – he must have figured he'd maybe failed to spot a blatant knock-on.
Penalties: 7-7.
Attendance: 691.
Weather: changeable.
Moment of the match: the crunching first-half tackle by Paul King that knocked half of Johnny Walker into next week, meaning he lost his legs as he tried to play the ball.
Gaffe of the match: the refereeing blunder that allowed Gareth Potts' 80-metre try just before half-time to count, Ben Black having knocked forward an attempted intercept and Potts having possibly fumbled, too, when picking up the loose ball. York were again guilty of too many errors, mind.
Match-breaker: if the officials' decision to allow Potts' try was key in putting Batley clear, the touch judge's disallowing Jack Lee's try for offside, with ten minutes left and the scores at 24-10, prevented any possible home comeback.
Match rating: scrappy.
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10:45am Mon 23 Apr 12
P.A.W. says...
suggests the future is not,'onwards and upwards',as the YCK supporters suggested following the sacking,by email,of the previous head coach.
It does seem the empty rhetoric from the empty heads has now become the lingo of the loser.
It seems a risk giving the club more money to squander.
If ever the new stadium materialises YCK could be struggling in Championship 1 while the noisy neighbours are progressing through the Football Leagues.
11:04am Mon 23 Apr 12
fatmike says...
12:31pm Mon 23 Apr 12
hutcho16 says...
12:56pm Mon 23 Apr 12
fatmike says...
6:37pm Mon 23 Apr 12
The Mc says...
hutcho16 wrote:Or share with York RUFC at Clifton Park..
The york city Knights are a discrace and i cannot believe Mr Guilford is suggesting the Knights are an equal partner in this partnership with YCFC when really they could afford to play on the Knavesmire with the crowds and level of performance they are putting in they are shambolic.
10:19pm Mon 23 Apr 12
WideOpen says...
Only football supporters would think of viewing an article of the RL club struggling at present and actually spending time submitting a comment, however inane to get a response.
Get a life !
1:33pm Tue 24 Apr 12
Stage Duke says...
Oh, apart from the first post, sadly though the agenda there is not much better... such a shame.
6:19pm Wed 25 Apr 12
huntingtonagitator says...
8:34pm Wed 25 Apr 12
Stage Duke says...
Dont follow it too closely, red/bluey - aint no relegation this season.
8:19am Thu 26 Apr 12
Blue Moon Rising says...
As someone who has been to every game home & away, yes its not been a very good start, but when you have possibly 3 of your best players missing (Haynes, Pryce, King) most of the time, its not that surprising.
And just to confirm to those people who don't have a clue, there is no relegation this season, so therefore no point in panic buying to sort the current situation, all we need is patience & a bit of luck.
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