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Hearing Africa in Dublin: Discovering Ireland's underground music scene
Posted on Monday, October 04, 2010 at 02:13 AM
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I'm officially obsessed with a dj. Well, not a dj really, but his music.
It started a few weeks ago on Dame Street in Dublin's city center.
What was turning out to be one of those painfully quiet nights in a local pub took a turn for the extraordinary thanks to a jaunt to the bathroom. As my sister and I walked down the stairs to the basement toilets, a shock of steel drums, distinctively African rhythms and choral vocals seeped out from behind the door and instinctively set our hips and limbs a-moving. Almost involuntarily.
It was like being called back to our ancestral homeland, and we're not even African.
The man behind the music is DJ Izem, or Jeremie Moussaid Kerouanton, co-founder of the global underground music collective known as "Groovalizacion." Intrigued by the man who brought Africa to Dublin that night, I decided to go to his office and find out more.
It was everything I'd expect from a modern music-oriented start-up company; small, cold, and equipped with just the necessities. Mac laptops and turn tables on every desk. Racks of amplifiers in one corner, an electronic drum kit in another, and a basic recording studio, which serves as homebase for Groovalizacion's web-radio broadcasts.
Dublin is Groovalizacion's headquarters, but its members - djs, musicians, journalists and video producers – are in every corner of the world. They submit podcasts, radio programs, and share tracks and ideas from their travels in places like Mali, Latin America, Uganda and France.
Groovalizacion is all about music that is off the radar. Kerouanton set up the collective with his friend and fellow dj, Tony Polo, with the idea of, musically speaking, making the world a smaller place.
Indeed, Kerouanton explain that the group aims "to have a global vision of music," and he showcases this in his performances. During one performance, Kerouanton will seamlessly transition between African, Latin, Arabic and klezmer songs.
That's the beauty of it. "We go from one style to another, but still maintain the link between them," he said.
The collective's primary concern is creating a forum for underground artists from "ghettoes, the countryside, the third world... anything that isn't the mainstream," said Kerouanton, explaining, "places where there is a music scene that nobody hears about."
Back to my obsession. Every experience with members of the Groovalizacion crew is a new and refreshing one.
So far, thanks to DJ Izem and his colleagues, I've seen a live Brazilian funk/soul band perform live, watched a Brazilian/dance fusion dj, danced to African music set to familiar hip hop beats, and heard a variety of songs from around the world so well fused together that I'm not even sure where any of them were born.
"If you say Latin, people have this caricature of Latin salsa," Kerouanton offered, "but we'll play Latin hip hop, and people can dance the same way they would dance to American rap." He added African electronic, Brazilian rock, and even, Celtic urban, to the list of unexpected genres he considers the backbone of Groovalizacion's musical offerings.
"In general, when people are in the venue and listening, they love it," he said. However, attracting Irish people to attend gigs "is a struggle."
While I was chatting with Kerouanton in his office, his fellow dj and Groovalizacion member, DJ Marina Diniz, joined the conversation. She talked about one of the challenges of playing global mixes for people who are used to hearing their favorite top 40 hits.
"Last night I was playing nice Brazilian samba, people were starting to move to it, and then a woman came up to me and asked 'Can you play something dance?' I said, 'what do you mean, dance?' She said, 'You know, Britney."
Dinitz shoke her head, and Kerouanton reasoned, "It's not very easy to push global underground music."
And I've witnessed this unfortunate truth firsthand.
Having been so impressed by all of the unique musical mixes at "Dublin Tropical" (the name of the parties hosted by Groovalizacion), I've made it my personal mission to bring as many friends as possible to enjoy my new favorite music scene. Many of them are instant-fans, but sometimes, they'll simply walk away, disinterested. And despite the high caliber of musicality and entertainment at these events, many of the performances I've seen have been for half-empty audiences.
Maybe he's just a glass-half-full type of person, but Kerouanton's outlook is positive.
"It's a nice country because people are outgoing, they like to go out, like to communicate," he said, adding, "The scene we're trying to push in Dublin is nothing new."
Groovalizacion is one of many hubs for musical exchanges and mashups around the world, like London-based Movimientos, Berlin's La Chusma, Barcelona's Brazelona Sessions, and Brooklyn's Dutty Artz.
"At the moment," he said, "it's Dublin's turn."
For more information, visit: groovalizacion.com
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krisdaly | Oct 04, 2010, 11:28 PM EDT
Just more of the sounds of Satan to sterilize your soul. Why not listen to "Tocatta et Fuga" from Bach and re-tune your soul to the "King of King's" and Lord of Lord's, our Saviour Jesus the Son of God
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irishwriter | Oct 04, 2010, 09:45 AM EDT
I think something like this only furthers Dublin as a city global in scope. It's all good! I am a big fan of things like Afrocelt Sound System and other fusion bands.
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LightningBringr | Oct 04, 2010, 07:16 AM EDT
The real question though is does this DJ Izem bring the lightning. Can he shoot bolts from his fingers? I thought not....
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LightningBringr | Oct 04, 2010, 05:44 AM EDT
Groovalizacion sounds awesome. Underground music is great because it acutally has some soul and creativity left in it and isnt just the same old commercial music shoved down our throats. Will definately check all this out.
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jamesadamo | Oct 04, 2010, 04:32 AM EDT
werd. i could groove to this. what clubs do they dj at yo?
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ABERDEEN - In the middle of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring or Beethoven's tricky No. 2, sometimes it's just nice to know you're not in it alone.
Since 2005, young musicians in Moore County have had the chance to share the stage - and fend off those accompanying butterflies - with the support of older, more experienced musicians.
And the results have been nothing less than melodic.
"I wish,'' one recent concert-goer remarked, "I had this program when I was a student.''
Music teacher Eric Kopecky came up with a win-win situation when he founded the Moore Philharmonic Orchestra. Students have the opportunity to learn and grow, while adults have the chance to continue their own musical careers. It costs nothing for either the students or adults to participate, though many of the experienced musicians make donations to the group.
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Bridget Jones's Diary (film)
Bridget Jones's Diary | |
Theatrical release poster
Directed by | Sharon Maguire |
Produced by | Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Jonathan Cavendish |
Screenplay by | Andrew Davies Richard Curtis |
Based on | Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding |
Starring | Renée Zellweger Hugh Grant Colin Firth Jim Broadbent Embeth Davidtz Gemma Jones |
Music by | Patrick Doyle |
Cinematography | Stuart Dryburgh |
Editing by | Martin Walsh |
Studio | StudioCanal Working Title Films |
Distributed by | Miramax Films (US) Universal Pictures (Int'l) |
Release dates |
Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom France |
Language | English |
Budget | $26 million |
Box office | $281,929,795 |
Bridget Jones's Diary is a 2001 British romantic comedy film based on Helen Fielding's novel of the same name which is a reinterpretation of Austen's Pride and Prejudice. The adaptation stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget, Hugh Grant as the caddish Daniel Cleaver and Colin Firth as Bridget's "true love", Mark Darcy. A sequel, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, was released in 2004.
Actresses who were considered for the role of Bridget Jones were Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Rachel Weisz and Cameron Diaz. Toni Collette declined the role because she was on Broadway starring in The Wild Party at the time. Kate Winslet was also considered, but the producers decided she was too young.
Before the film was released, a considerable amount of controversy surrounded the casting of the American Zellweger as what some saw as a quintessentially British heroine. However, her performance, including her English accent, is widely considered to be of a high standard.
The director of the film, Sharon Maguire, is one of Fielding's friends, on whom the character of Shazzer was reportedly based. In the film, Shazzer is played by Sally Phillips.
Zellweger was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film.
Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) is frustrated: she is in her early thirties, single, very accident prone and worried about her weight. She works in publicity at a book publishing company in London where her main focus is fantasizing about her boss, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant). At a New Year party hosted by her parents, she re-meets Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), the barrister son of her parents' friends. They had known each other as children. After their initial encounter, Mark thinks that Bridget is a fool and Bridget thinks that he is arrogant and rude, and is disgusted by his novelty Christmas jumper. After overhearing Mark grumble to his mother about her attempts to set him up with Bridget, she decides to turn her life around. She starts her own diary, which covers all her attempts to stop smoking, lose weight and find her Mr. Right.
Bridget and Daniel begin to flirt heavily at work, first over email, ahead of an important book launch, at which Bridget bumps into Mark and his glamorous but haughty colleague Natasha (Embeth Davidtz),. Bridget leaves with Daniel and they have dinner, despite the fact that he is a notorious womanizer with a questionable personality, of which Bridget is aware. Bridget learns from Daniel that he and Mark have a history and, as a result, hate each other. Daniel informs Bridget of their falling-out, telling her that Mark broke their friendship by sleeping with his fiancée.
Bridget is invited to a family party, and she takes Daniel along as her 'plus one'. They spend the day before the party at a country house hotel, where Mark and Natasha are also staying. Daniel makes an excuse about not being able to attend, and sends Bridget to the party alone. His dubious character becomes clearer to Bridget and she eventually breaks off their relationship when she catches him with another woman, a colleague of his, Lara (Lisa Barbuscia). Bridget begins to search for a new job and after landing a job in television, quits her role at the publishing house without giving notice. Daniel makes a desperate attempt to convince Bridget to stay, only for her to retort that "I'd rather have a job wiping Saddam Hussein's arse".
Bridget has a long-standing invitation to a friend's dinner party, where she is the only single person and distraught to see Mark and Natasha sat at the table. During the party, Mark privately confesses to Bridget that, despite her faults, he likes her "just the way she is". He later helps Bridget to achieve an exclusive TV interview in a landmark legal case.
Bridget begins to develop feelings for Mark, and he comes to her rescue at her birthday dinner party at her flat in Borough, which is she is disastrously attempting to cater for herself. Daniel drunkenly visits, temporarily claiming Bridget's attention. Mark leaves the party, but returns to face Daniel. Mark punches Daniel and the two fight. They end up in a nearby restaurant and finally smash through the window, landing on the street. Mark wins the battle and knocks Daniel out. Bridget chides Mark for being mean and he leaves, but after an insensitive appeal by Daniel, she also rejects him emphatically.
In the meantime, Bridget's mother, Pamela (Gemma Jones) temporarily leaves Bridget's father, Colin (Jim Broadbent) and begins an affair with a perma-tanned shopping channel presenter named Julian. After the affair is over and she has reconciled with Colin, she returns to the Jones family home and unintentionally reveals a truth: that Mark and Daniel's falling-out resulted from Daniel seducing Mark's wife, not the other way around, as Daniel had led Bridget to believe.
At the Darcys' ruby wedding anniversary party the same day, Bridget confesses her feelings for Mark, only to find out that he and Natasha are both leaving to accept jobs in New York. Bridget interrupts the toast to their pending engagement with a stuttering but moving speech about England losing one of its finest men. Her words clearly have an effect on Mark, but he still flies to New York, though with obvious misgivings. Bridget's friends rally to repair her broken heart with a surprise trip to Paris, and just as they are about to leave, Mark appears at Bridget's flat.
When they are about to kiss for the first time, Bridget goes to her bedroom to change into sexier underwear. While Bridget is changing, Mark peeks at her diary, in which she has written many insults about him. Bridget returns to find that he has left. Realizing that he had read her diary and that she might potentially lose him again, Bridget runs outside after him in the snow with a thin sweater and zebra skin-print underwear. Unable to find him, she is disheartened and is about to return home when Mark appears having bought a new diary for Bridget in order "to make a fresh start". They kiss in the snow-covered streets.
- Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones
- Colin Firth as Mark Darcy
- Hugh Grant as Daniel Cleaver
- Jim Broadbent as Mr. Colin Jones
- Gemma Jones as Mrs. Pamela Jones
- Celia Imrie as Una Alconbury
- James Faulkner as Uncle Geoffrey
- Shirley Henderson as Jude
- James Callis as Tom
- Lisa Barbuscia as Lara
- Charmian May as Mrs. Darcy
- Paul Brooke as Mr. "Tits pervert" Fitzherbert
- Sally Phillips as Shazza
- Embeth Davidtz as Natasha Glenville
- Patrick Barlow as Julian
- Felicity Montagu as Perpetua
- Donald Douglas as Admiral Darcy
- Dolly Wells as Woney
Also, Salman Rushdie and Jeffrey Archer[1] have cameos in the film. Honor Blackman also has a cameo[2] as a party guest. Christopher Kouros also made an appearance as the singing Greek chef in the restaurant fight scene.
Andrew Davies, screenwriter of the 1995 television adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, collaborated on the screenplays for the 2001 and 2004 Bridget Jones films, in which Crispin Bonham-Carter (Mr. Bingley) and Lucy Robinson (Mrs. Hurst) appeared in minor roles. The self-referential in-joke between the projects convinced Colin Firth to accept the role of Mark Darcy,[3] as it gave him an opportunity to ridicule and liberate himself from his Pride and Prejudice character.[4]
Bridget Jones's Diary was largely shot on location in London and the Home Counties. Bridget and Daniel ventured to Stoke Park in Buckinghamshire for their mini-break.[5] Stansted Airport doubled as JFK Airport in New York, while Syon House in Brentford featured as the venue for the anniversary party. Snowshill in Gloucestershire featured as the home of Bridget Jones's family.[6]
Bridget Jones received mostly positive reviews. Review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes currently gives the film an 81% 'Fresh' rating, with the consensus "Though there was controversy over the choice of casting, Zellweger's Bridget Jones is a sympathetic, likable, funny character, giving this romantic comedy a lot of charm."[7]
Critic Roger Ebert gave the film 3.5 out of 4 possible stars.[8]
Bridget Jones's Diary: Music From The Motion Picture[edit]
Bridget Jones's Diary: Music From The Motion Picture | ||||
UK cover
Soundtrack album by Various artists | ||||
Released | April 3, 2001 | |||
Genre | Mixed | |||
Length | 59:54 | |||
Label | US Universal | |||
Producer | Nick Angel | |||
Various artists chronology | ||||
US cover
The film's soundtrack was composed by Patrick Doyle.
It also features two hit songs that were released as singles, "Out of Reach" by Gabrielle and "It's Raining Men" by Geri Halliwell.
Track listing[edit]
Worldwide Edition
- "Out of Reach" by Gabrielle
- "Respect" by Aretha Franklin
- "It's Raining Men" by Geri Halliwell
- "Have You Met Miss Jones?" by Robbie Williams
- "I'm Every Woman" by Chaka Khan
- "Don't Get Me Wrong" by The Pretenders (UK bonus track)
- "Kiss That Girl" by Sheryl Crow
- "Killin' Kind" by Shelby Lynne
- "Someone Like You" by Dina Carroll
- "Not of This Earth" by Robbie Williams
- "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" by Andy Williams (UK bonus track)
- "Love" by Rosey
- "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)" by Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye
- "Dreamsome" by Shelby Lynne
- "It's Only a Diary" by Patrick Doyle
- "Pretender Got My Heart" by Alisha's Attic
- "All by Myself" by Jamie O'Neal
- "Woman Trouble" by Artful Dodger & Robbie Craig featuring Craig David (UK bonus track)
- "Ring Ring Ring" by Aaron Soul
- "Up, Up and Away" by The 5th Dimension
- U.S. Edition
- "Killin' Kind" by Shelby Lynne
- "Kiss That Girl" by Sheryl Crow
- "Love" by Rosey
- "Have You Met Miss Jones?" by Robbie Williams
- "All by Myself" by Jamie O'Neal
- "Just Perfect" by Tracy Bonham
- "Dreamsome" by Shelby Lynne
- "Not Of This Earth" by Robbie Williams
- "Out of Reach" by Gabrielle
- "Someone Like You" by Dina Carroll
- "It's Raining Men" by Geri Halliwell
- "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)" by Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye
- "I'm Every Woman" by Chaka Khan
- "Pretender Got My Heart" by Alisha's Attic
- "It's Only a Diary" by Patrick Doyle
- Soundtrack chart positions
Chart (2001) | Peak position |
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] | 1 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10] | 1 |
Canadian Albums (Nielsen Soundscan)[11] | 13 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12] | 5 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13] | 5 |
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[14] | 1 |
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[15] | 1 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[16] | 11 |
French Albums (SNEP)[17] | 6 |
German Albums (Media Control)[18] | 3 |
New Zealand Albums (Recorded Music NZ)[19] | 1 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[20] | 1 |
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[21] | 37 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] | 8 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[23] | 3 |
UK Albums (Official Charts Company) | 2 |
US Billboard 200[11] | 36 |
US Top Internet Albums (Billboard)[11] | 8 |
US Top Soundtracks (Billboard)[11] | 14 |
Preceded by Moulin Rouge! by Various artists |
Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album 13 August – 9 September 2001 17–23 September 2001 |
Succeeded by A Funk Odyssey by Jamiroquai |
Bridget Jones's Diary 2: More Music from the Motion Picture and Other V.G. Songs[edit]
Bridget Jones's Diary 2: More Music from the Motion Picture and Other V.G. Songs | ||||
CD cover
Soundtrack album by Various artists | ||||
Released | October 29, 2001 | |||
Genre | Mixed | |||
Length | 72:53 | |||
Label | Mercury Records | |||
Producer | Dave Allen | |||
Various artists chronology | ||||
Track listing[edit]
- "Me and Mrs. Jones" by The Dramatics
- "Someone Like You" by Van Morrison
- "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" by En Vogue
- "My Funny Valentine" by Elvis Costello
- "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by Diana Ross
- "Yes" by McAlmont and Butler
- "Woman" by Neneh Cherry
- "Without You" by Nilsson
- "Do What You Gotta Do" by Nina Simone
- "Say What You Want" by Texas
- "Brass in Pocket" by The Pretenders
- "Out of Reach (Acoustic Version)" by Gabrielle)
- "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" by The Shirelles
- "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye
- "Waterfalls" by TLC
- "Angels" by Robbie Williams
- "It Should Have Been Me" by Yvonne Fair
- "Ooo Baby Baby" by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
- "I Don't Want to Talk About It" by Dina Carroll
- "Passionate Kisses" by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Chart positions[edit]
Chart (2001) | Peak position |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10] | 67 |
German Albums (Media Control)[18] | 97 |
DVD and VHS release[edit]
The VHS was released in 2001 containing over 35 minutes of bonus material which includes; Deleted Scenes, Exclusive Interviews Bridget's Guide to "Getting It Right". There was also a VHS of "The Making of Bridget Jones". In 2001 the film was released on DVD containing brand new bonus material and in 2011 a Blu-ray version of the film was released.
Connection to Pride and Prejudice[edit]
Fielding has stated in many interviews that her novel was based upon both Jane Austen's work Pride and Prejudice and its popular 1995 BBC adaptation. This was also reflected in the decision to cast Colin Firth as Darcy, since he played the 'real' Mr. Darcy in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. This is not the film's only connection to that serial – the screenplay was co-written by Andrew Davies, who had written the adaptation of Austen's novel for the BBC.[24]
Musical adaptation[edit]
The film version is currently being adapted into a musical, set to hit London's West End in 2011. British musician Lily Allen has written the score and lyrics, and Stephen Daldry, best known for his Tony award-winning work on the West End and Broadway productions of Billy Elliot, will be directing, joined by his co-worker Peter Darling, who will serve as choreographer.
An official cast for the production has not yet been announced, but workshops for the show have already begun with television actress and current star of Legally Blonde, Sheridan Smith, in the title role.[25]
See also[edit]
- "My Lovely Sam Soon", a Korean series with some thematic and narrative similarities
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, the sequel
- ^ Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) Acting Credits, www.movies.nytimes.com. Accessed 2009-05-23.
- ^ DVD commentary with Sharon Maguire
- ^ Steiner, Susie (31 March 2001). "Twice Shy". The Guardian. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
- ^ Faillaci, Sara (16 October 2003). Me Sexy?. Vanity Fair (Italy).
- ^ 'Stoke Park film history' Retrieved 21/03/2013
- ^ 'Bridget Jones' Diary Locations' at Gloucestershire On Screen
- ^ Bridget Jones's Diary at Rotten Tomatoes
- ^ "Bridget Jones's Diary :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews". Roger Ebert. 2001-04-13. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- ^ "Soundtrack – Bridget Jones's Diary". Australiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ a b "Soundtrack - Bridget Jones's Diary" (In German). Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ a b c d Original Soundtrack - Bridget Jones's Diary Awards. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ "Soundtrack – Bridget Jones's Diary" (In Dutch). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ "Soundtrack – Bridget Jones's Diary" (In French). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ "Soundtrack – Bridget Jones's Diary". Danishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ "Soundtrack – Bridget Jones's Diary". Dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ "Soundtrack: Bridget Jones's Diary" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ "Soundtrack – Bridget Jones's Diary". Lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ a b "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline". Musicline.de. Media Control. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ "Soundtrack – Bridget Jones's Diary". Charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ "Soundtrack – Bridget Jones's Diary". Norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ "Soundtrack – Bridget Jones's Diary". Spanishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ "Soundtrack – Bridget Jones's Diary". Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ "Soundtrack – Bridget Jones's Diary". Swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ "Colin Firth". Vanity Fair (Italy). 16 October 2003.
- ^ http://www.playbill.com/news/article/129268-Stage-Musical-Version-of-Bridget-Joness-Diary-Is-in-the-Works
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Bridget Jones's Diary at the Internet Movie Database
- Bridget Jones's Diary at Box Office Mojo
- Bridget Jones's Diary at Rotten Tomatoes
- Bridget Jones Online Archive
- 2001 films
- English-language films
- Bridget Jones
- 2000s romantic comedy films
- English films
- British romantic comedy films
- French films
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Microsoft's pitch for hybrids: Tablets alone don't cut it
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer pitched upcoming "2-in-1" devices hard Wednesday at the Build Conference. Part of the pitch included mocking the dedicated tablet experience.
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Square 0743N, which is home to the eastern entrance to the Navy Yard metro station, is currently home to new office building 100 M (completed in late 2008) and the Onyx on First apartment building, which opened in 2009. In the planning stages is 1111 New Jersey Ave., a 220,000-sq-ft 12-floor office building by Donohoe, though it could also become a residential building.
Links: 100 M Office Retail: SunTrust, Gordon Biersch (April 2013) Onyx: Official Web Site; Faison Press Release; Nov. 19 Grand Opening Party 1111 New Jersey Ave. (Donohoe) Architects: WDG (100 M, 1111 NJ); Esocoff & Associates (1100 First) 100 M Leasing Broker: CB Richard Ellis Zoning Case 06-03, CG Overlay District Review (approved 5/25/06) JD's 1st Street Projects News Items & Additional Links
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If you want to view more before-and-after photos of Onyx on First from additional locations, see the Expanded Project Archive.
A view of 1st and L before demolition and the start of construction September 2006. (06/06)
The same location, backed up a bit. Originally designed as a condo building, the developers converted to an apartment scheme in late 2007. (3/21/09)
The eastern side of First Street, just south of L Street, in February 2006. (02/06)
The same location, not quite three years later, as Onyx prepares to open. (Use the beige Market Deli building at far left to match the photo locations.) (8/3/08)
A car-repair shop on L Street marked the lot's northeast corner. (02/06)
The same location, completed. (11/15/08)
Square 743N, seen from overhead, in March 2006; St. Matthew's Baptist Church is at bottom, the parking lot is the 1111 New Jersey site, and the Onyx lot is at the right rear of the block. (03/06)
The same location, two years later, with 100 M (left) and Onyx (right) a few months from completion; 1111 New Jersey could start construction at lower left in 2008. At the very top left of the photo you can see the stadium. (11/17/08)
Backing away a bit to show Onyx's place in the L Street skyline; this is looking east down L from Cushing Street, in June 2007; the Onyx lot is the empty spot marked by the crane at far center. (6/07)
The same location, with Onyx nearing completion. (11/17/08)
Looking up First Street from M Street, in May 2003. The parcels that would eventually become the Onyx lot are at the far end of the block. (08/06)
Almost the same location, nearing completion. The Onyx site is the one further to the rear of the photo, beyond 100 M Street. (5/26/13)
Looking straight south down L Street, back in September 2003. (09/03)
The same location. (5/10/09)
Onyx's lobby, showing the elevator bank with its amber lighting. (10/4/08)
The reverse view of the lobby, showing the entrance doors from First Street. (10/4/08)
The club room, still awaiting its furniture but displaying the historic Washington baseball photographs that are hung throughout the first floor. (10/4/08)
The club room opens out onto the private courtyard. (10/4/08)
The private courtyard, with a smidge of 100 M at right. (10/4/08)
The concierge desk. (10/4/08)
Looking toward First Street in the 1 br model. (10/4/08)
Living space in the 1 br model. (10/4/08)
The reverse angle of the 1 br model, showing the unique glass separator between the bedroom and kitchen. (10/4/08)
Bedroom in the 1 br model. (10/4/08)
Skyline views to the northwest from Onyx's roof. (10/4/08)
The roof deck. (10/4/08)
The roof deck wraps around the entire building, allowing views of the Anacostia River (beyond the US DOT headquarters). (10/4/08)
On Nov. 1, 2006, an official groundbreaking ceremony for the Onyx project was held; Not-Quite-Yet-Mayor Adrian Fenty was one of the dignitaries. (11/06)
Faison's Donald Deutsch, Mayor-to-Be Adrian Fenty, and Quincy Allen of Canyon-Johnson Urban Funds take care of the ceremonial shovel work, as the Nats mascot Screech oversees. (11/06)
Behind the groundbreaking ceremony, digging work on the three levels of underground parking continued (and proving that the "groundbreaking ceremony" was indeed ceremonial). (11/06)
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Tachograph: A Practical Guide to the Rules and Regulations
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'Tachograph: A Practical Guide to the Rules and Regulations' is aimed primarily at police traffic officers who come into regular contact with large goods and passenger vehicles, and other vehicles covered by tachograph regulations. It will provide them with a quick guide to the rules and how they are used in practice.
This booklet will also be useful to all other officers involved in traffic work as well as the operators and drivers of goods vehicles wishing to know more about infringements that may bring them into conflict with law enforcement agencies. Broken down into short chapters, fully illustrated and presented in a pocket-sized format, this easy-to-use reference guide is essential for all professionals who need to know how tachograph rules are enforced in practice.
Key Features:
EC Driver hours - goods/passenger vehicle flowchart
Full details of vehicle exemptions
Details of EC rules on drivers' hours
Guide to tachograph instruments and how to read them
Quick data extraction guide.
'Tachograph: A Practical Guide to the Rules and Regulations' is approved by the Metropolitan Police, the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) and the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO).
Extent | 60 pages | ISBN | 9780113413201 |
Size | A5 | Price | £10.00 |
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Dr. Susan Block Puts On A Helluva Show !!
So last week, I was contacted by Dr. Suzy's studio peeps, and asked if i can come down to her Penthouse level "Speakeasy" in Downtown Los Angeles on Saturday night and film for them. I figured I've never been to Dr. Suzy's studio, and she did ask me to come by sometime after meeting her with Paula Labaredas at the Girls And Corpses Event… So I figured, Why the fu@k not? Holy Crap was I in for a surprise.
The night just so happen to be called "Confessions Of A Penthouse Pet"… Yeah, really. So she had several ladies of Penthouse there, which consisted of Alexis Ford, Emi Addison, Kayla Paige and Taylor Vixen. Also in the panel for the day was Erotic Photographer Holly Randall and Author of the Book "Confessions Of The Hundred Hottest Porn Stars" and Penthouse Publicist, Lainie Speiser.. And things definitely got Speisy.
Everything started out pretty normal and tame. Dr. Suzy started out with her usual Mystical Monologue, with full Serpent in hands. Then she began asking the girls about their confessions, and vibrators and dildos started comin out the woodworks by the baskets full. They were passed around to all the ladies who picked their favorites from the bunch.
Then Dr. Suzy brought Alexis to her bed. Before you know it, out jumps Emi Addison, who decided to confess her girl crush for Alexis. And then the full girl-on-girl began. Kayla joined in and it was, well… Hopefully you saw the webcast on DrSusanBlock.TV, cause I'm sure even words of description here would be too hot for .tv
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kanye is a joke tech please dont even consider working with this fuckin clown
I would prefer a track that was just produced by Kanye since I think hes better at that than rapping but I know a lot of people like him so its all good. This album is going to be fucking huge for Tech. I predict that it will be one of the top ten selling albums of 2011 and will go at least gold and hopefully (fingers crossed) platinum.
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Among rookie players, Lillard ranked first in scoring (19.0 ppg), assists (6.5 apg) and minutes (38.6 mpg). He led the entire league in minutes played.
"I kind of figured I was ahead," Lillard said. "But I ain't going to say I thought I had it locked up."
He was the only one.
Lillard, the sixth overall selection in the 2012 NBA Draft, made a clean sweep of the Kia NBA Rookie of the Month Award in the Western Conference this season. He set an NBA rookie record by making 185 three-point field goals, surpassing the 166 triples made by Golden State's Stephen Curry during his 2009-10 rookie campaign.
Lillard has always played with a chip on his shoulder since high school, and used his critics as motivation.
"Everybody was saying, 'Oh, he went to Weber State, he's only 6-2, he's not really that athletic, he didn't play against competition,'" said Lillard. "Anything they could think of to put an end to me, that was what they were saying. That wasn't anything new to me. In a press conference back in school, I told the crowd there that I wanted to be rookie of the year, and some people might have thought I was crazy. But now, here I am getting this award. I'm not surprised by it. That's not meant to be a cocky statement, but I'm not surprised because I know that I put the work in to be in this position."
Lillard, who started all 82 games for Portland this season, has always had confidence in his game. Not highly recruited out of high school in Oakland, Weber State head coach Randy Rahe knew Lillard had the work ethic to become one of the greats.
"Every summer he made a jump," Rahe said. "Every summer he took his weaknesses and he spent everyday in the gym to improve. It's a proud day for us, it's a proud day for Weber State University, it's just a great success story. Everything that has happened to him, he's earned every bit of it. Nothing has been given to him, and that's a testament to the person that he is."
Rahe has already used Lillard as a recruiting tool at Weber State.
"Oh, we're riding him so hard right now, and we have been for quite a while," Rahe said with a smile. "He has no idea. It's terrific for recruiting because he is proof that no matter where you play, you can still reach your goals."
Lillard is just the 4th player in NBA history to win the award unanimously, joining Ralph Sampson (1984). David Robinson (1990) and Blake Griffin (2011).


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'Fraid not. Travis was arrested last week in a church parking lot and charged with public intoxication. Predictably, the video footage has been released.
The officer asked Travis for ID, but the singer didn't have his driver's license on him at the time.
The officer continued, "Here's what's going to happen tonight … You're going to go to jail for public intoxication."
Travis: "Really? Are you kidding me?"
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March 14th 2009
Hilton Hotel, Colombo
It is a pleasure to be back once again in Sri Lanka and I am grateful to the government for the invitation to visit the country for which I have such great affection.
Sri Lanka lives in momentous times. The next few months are probably the most important since independence and will shape this country for the next generation and beyond. The decisions which are taken by politicians now will not only influence the internal development of Sri Lanka but how it is perceived in the world outside. It is a time for statesmanship not partisan politics and one where leaders must want to be judged by history rather than the contemporary electorate.
It now appears likely that Government forces will militarily defeat the LTTE. This will bring a historic opportunity for reconstruction and reconciliation which will require the political and economic commitment of the whole nation. It will offer a chance for this country to face the challenges of the 21st century globalised economy in a more positive and meritocratic way, free from the handicaps of ethnic division and violence. Any nation which wants to prosper in a competitive global economic environment must use the talents of all its citizens, without regard to ethnicity, armed with the necessary tools of economic empowerment and education.
As the conflict with the LTTE moves to a seemingly inevitable conclusion the most urgent concern is for the safety of civilians trapped in the conflict. It is essential that every effort is made to evacuate innocent citizens who might otherwise be used as a human shield. In my discussions with the President and his ministers it was reassuring to hear about coordination with the international community to help achieve this and the offers from other nations to help potential evacuation. This morning I met with the International Committee of the Red Cross to get an update from them on the current situation. Today up to 1000 people are being evacuated, mostly the sick and wounded and their carers. The scale of the task is such that international help and co-operation will be required and it is imperative that both sides in the hostilities maximise the chance of safe evacuation with the minimum risk possible of civilian casualties.
But while the military can win wars it is politics and economics which will be required to win the peace. A creative and constructive political initiative will need to be reinforced by a massive investment in reconstruction and resettlement, with particular attention paid to the development of necessary infrastructure.
The sheer scale of the task ahead, including the challenge of de-mining and the creation of necessary infrastructure, is of a magnitude that will require international assistance. The international community will need to play its part in this process and the government of Sri Lanka will need to take every measure possible to facilitate this.
It is essential that every effort is made to normalise the political situation in the North as quickly as possible. In the circumstances no early election will be perfect but it will be an important start to a process where the Tamil population in the area can be fully integrated into democratic politics. The TNA will have an important contribution to make to this process and I hope that they will be fully involved. This will be important not only for the perceived legitimacy of the elections themselves but also for the TNA and their ability to shape the future.
For long-term stability it will be necessary to minimise the risk of any residual terrorist activity and funding. Genuine political and economic reform will reduce the risk of political support for any potential insurgency but it will also be necessary to divert the flow of funds which has supported LTTE military activity into reconstruction. That is why I have suggested to the government that there should be a new, independent, Sri Lanka Construction Fund developed. This would have transparent and independent governance and be used for investment in development projects and economic empowerment rather than conflict. The international diaspora could then be sure that any financial aid they gave would result in material benefits rather than weapons of war. In my discussions with the President yesterday I made clear my own willingness to help in establishing such a project.


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- Displays great- Has 2 different heads/faces- It was a bit hard to find- I hope they release the other Adventure Team members
Kreo is freaking awesome
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About Me First Time Parent, Stay At Home Parent, Working Parent
I really enjoyed the Transformers Kreo, but couldn't wait for GI Joe since I'm a huge Joe fan. My ONLY problem is that my local TRU are not stocking the mini-figures! What a bummer.
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These little figures are posable and fun! Kreons are more posable than Lego mini-figs, as their hip and shoulder joints are ball-and-sockets, rather than a simple rotation. Best of all, they rotate on their single waist peg, rather than staying stationary on the two pegs that the Lego mini-figs use.These Kreons are great representations of figures from the entire span of Classic Joes. One is an Adventure Team Joe from the 1970s. Some are from the original "A Real American Hero" team from 1982. Most span the years from 1983 all the way to a couple from 1992 - Ninja Viper and Dice (the "Cobra Axe Ninje"). They even made Kamakura, a fan-favorite Joe that was introduced in 2003. Every Joe fan will have some Kreons that are Joe characters they remember.I am pleased with more than the posability and the selection of characters. The quality is excellent, the packaging is great, and the stands make displaying them simple.Add all this to the fact that you can customize these guys by mixing and matching parts from other kreo sets (and hair, hats, and gear from LEGO sets), and these guys are completely full of win.
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By Peter J. Spalding
When Clarence Darrow introduced himself to Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Richard Loeb, they weren't the least bit impressed.
Both boys were on trial for their lives, and all the Chicago papers had called for them to be hanged. Leopold and Loeb needed the best lawyer they could find, but the one who stood before them was a frumpy old man.
"My first impression was horror," Leopold later wrote. "For on the other side of the bars stood one of the least prepossessing, one of the least impressive-looking human beings I have ever seen. The day was warm, and Mr. Darrow was wearing a light seer-sucker jacket. Nothing wrong with that, surely. Only this one looked as if he had slept in it. His shirt was wrinkled, too, and he must have had eggs for breakfast that morning. I could see vestiges. Or perhaps he hadn't changed shirts since the day before. His tie was askew.... He looked for all the world like an innocent hayseed, a bumpkin who might have difficulty finding his way around the city. Could this be the renowned Darrow (for I had heard much of his reputation in the last twenty-four hours)?"
Actually, Darrow had been building his reputation for decades. His résumé was practically a history of late-19th-century Chicago, and he had a knack for taking on unpopular causes. Among other things, he had helped secure pardons for three accused Haymarket bombers. He had represented assassin Eugene Prendergast after the shooting of Mayor Carter Harrison. He had also defended labor leader Eugene Debs against charges stemming from the Pullman Strike.
Darrow had also gotten his share of hard knocks. The low point had come in Los Angeles in 1911. Darrow had represented two labor organizers accused of bombing the anti-union Los Angeles Times, which had left 21 people dead. Union leaders were convinced the suspects had been framed, and they saw Darrow as their savior. But before the case got to trial, Darrow realized that his clients had in fact done it. He knew he had no chance of winning, so he convinced the defendants to plead guilty, which the labor movement saw as a betrayal. On top of that, one of Darrow's assistants was caught trying to bribe a juror, which nearly got Darrow disbarred. By the time it was over, organized labor had lost all credibility in L.A., and Darrow had agreed to stop practicing law in California.
Leopold and Loeb would be his biggest case to date. He'd need to defend an indefensible killing; he'd need to confront overwhelming evidence; and he'd need to win over a furious public. And he'd need to do it all in the glare of the national spotlight.
"I felt that I would get a fair fee if I went into the case, but money never influenced my stand one way or another," Darrow wrote in his autobiography. "I knew of no good reason for refusing, but I was sixty-seven years old, and very weary.... I went in, to do what I could for sanity and humanity against the wave of hatred and malice that, as ever, was masquerading under its usual nom de plume: 'Justice.'"
Darrow quickly ruled out one angle of attack. An insanity defense was the most obvious way to go, but Darrow knew it wouldn't work. His clients were so smart and articulate that they wouldn't come across as lunatics in the usual sense.
"I'm not insane, and I'm not going to be made to appear insane," Leopold told the Chicago Herald and Examiner. "I'm sane-- as sane as you are."
Darrow decided to try an untested idea. No matter what his clients said, the fact remained that their actions made no sense. They had killed a teenaged kid in cold blood, and as their attorney, Darrow had to offer some kind of explanation. So he hired a panel of psychologists.
The prosecution had already hired the best analysts in Chicago, but they hadn't shed any light on what had happened. These doctors had followed the conventional wisdom of the time, which was based on 19th-century thinking. They assumed that a patient's mental health was driven by his physical health, and physically speaking, the boys' medical history was routine. Leopold had a calcified pineal gland, but that was thought to be a vestigial organ, and his condition was common in adults anyway. Loeb's voice had changed later than most, and he'd been in a car accident at the age of 15. None of that could explain-- much less justify-- what they'd done.
Darrow took a completely different tack. He had no use for traditional psychologists; he went for the avant-garde instead. He cast a nationwide net, bringing in the most distinguished physicians from New York, Washington, and Boston. Darrow hired endocrinologists-- who had just started to theorize that chemical imbalances could affect behavior-- and he sought out believers in the ideas of Sigmund Freud. All of these theories were very new, and many Americans actively dismissed them. But Darrow knew they would be key to his case.
The boys seemed to treat it all as a joke. Loeb hardly cooperated, and Leopold openly challenged his doctors. "I suppose the function of all this is to prolong my life as something worthwhile," Leopold said in one session. "I can't quite correlate that with my philosophy, but... my folks have decided on all this. Of course I am desperately trying to co-operate with them. As for me, I think this medical 'Psychiatric' stuff is all horseshit. Now, I don't know what it's all about, you've not let me in on it, but if you insist on a lumbar puncture you must have good reasons, which you think out-weigh the discomfort for me."
But as the doctors dug deeper, they found that the boys were a psychologist's catnip. Every piece of the story seemed to play into Freud's theories.
Leopold, for example, had developed a serious hangup over his mother's death. Her doctors had told her to stop having kids after her third son, but she'd gotten pregnant with Leopold-- her fourth-- and her body had never recovered. She was an invalid from there on out, until she died of nephritis when Leopold was 15. Leopold blamed himself, saying "my presence is the reason for her absence." He hadn't had a healthy relationship with a woman since.
Loeb's mother, like most society ladies, had had nannies take care of her kids. Because of that, Loeb's real mother figure was his governess Emily Struthers. She was the one who'd pushed him so hard in school, to the point where he'd gotten into college at age 13. That had come at the expense of a normal childhood, since he'd rarely made real friends or played with other kids. "I always obeyed her to the minute-- second," Loeb said. "Her word was law. To myself I would think certain things were not as they should be. I would brood some. To get by her I formed the habit of lying.... When she left I sort of broke loose."
Both boys also had active fantasy lives, and they incorporated each other into their dreams. Loeb imagined himself to be a famous "master criminal." Leopold's fantasies revolved around a "king and a slave." Sometimes he saw himself in the role of the king, but usually Loeb was the king with Leopold as the slave.
The boys' obsessions-- especially with each other-- seemed to know no bounds. Even years later, Leopold seemed downright smitten with Loeb. "Everybody went for the guy," he wrote in his autobiography, "and rightly so. There wasn't a sunnier, pleasanter, more likable fellow in the world. Why, I thought more of Dick than of all the rest of my friends put together. His charm was magnetic-- maybe mesmeric is the better word. He could charm anybody he had a mind to.... But then there was that other side to him. In the crime, for instance, he didn't have a single scruple of any kind. He wasn't immoral; he was just plain amoral-- unmoral, that is. Right and wrong didn't exist. He'd do anything-- anything. And it was all a game to him."
That was what ultimately caused the boys' downfall. As Leopold and Loeb drew closer, their "games" turned into crimes. They set fires and went on joyrides with stolen cars. They outwitted the police every time, so they assumed they were invincible.
It all came to a head on November 11, 1923, when they burglarized a Zeta Beta Tau fraternity house. Loeb had pledged ZBT as an undergrad, but they had only reluctantly let him in because of rumors that he and Leopold were homosexual. The burglary seemed to be Loeb's revenge. But on the drive home, the boys got into a bitter argument; Leopold thought the crime was sloppy and juvenile, while Loeb felt betrayed at his friend's lack of support. Their relationship threatened to fall apart until they worked out a "compact."
Under their agreement, they would keep their relationship going while they planned the perfect crime. And that, in turn, would become the plot to kill Bobby Franks.
Those revelations turned the case upside down. They didn't justify the murder, by any means, but they did reveal the boys' state of mind. And as the details became public, Leopold and Loeb started to garner sympathy. Fewer and fewer papers called for them to be hanged. A few flappers even showed up at the courthouse, wanting to meet the boys.
Darrow didn't intend to get Leopold and Loeb off the hook altogether. But he did want to save them from the gallows, so he convinced them to plead guilty and waive their right to a jury trial. The papers kept on calling the case "the trial of the century," but technically it was now just a sentencing hearing. The only question was whether the boys would end up with life in prison, or death.
In court, Darrow reigned supreme. He hardly bothered to dispute the prosecution's witnesses, because the basic case facts weren't in dispute. But he did parade his doctors through the witness stand, and he spent plenty of time laying out his own views on the subject.
Darrow had always opposed the death penalty, and now he was able to broadcast his views on a national stage. He took three days to deliver his closing statement, and his words were so eloquent that death-penalty opponents still use them to this day:
Here were two boys with good intellect, one eighteen and one nineteen. They had all the prospects that life could hold out for any of the young... [they were] boys who never knew what it was to want a dollar; boys who could reach any position that was given to boys of that kind to reach; boys of distinguished and honorable families, families of wealth and position, with all the world before them. And they gave it all up for nothing, for nothing! They took a little companion of one of them, on a crowded street, and killed him, for nothing, and sacrificed everything that could be of value in human life upon the crazy scheme of a couple of immature lads....
But when you are pitying the father and the mother of poor Bobby Franks, what about the fathers and mothers of these two unfortunate boys, and what about the unfortunate boys themselves, and what about all the fathers and all the mothers and all the boys and all the girls who tread a dangerous maze in darkness from birth to death? Do you think you can cure the hatreds and the maladjustments of the world by hanging them? You simply show your ignorance and your hate when you say it. You may here and there cure hatred with love and understanding, but you can only add fuel to the flames by cruelty and hate....
I know that every step in the progress of humanity has been met and opposed by prosecutors, and many times by courts. I know that when poaching and petty larceny was punishable by death in England, juries refused to convict. They were too humane to obey the law; and judges refused to sentence.... If these two boys die on the scaffold, which I can never bring myself to imagine, if they do die on the scaffold, the details of this will be spread over the world. Every newspaper in the United States will carry a full account. Every newspaper of Chicago will be filled with the gruesome details. It will enter every home and every family. Will it make men better or make men worse?...
I know the future is with me and what I stand for here; not merely for the lives of these two unfortunate lads, but for all boys and girls; all of the young, and as far as possible, for all of the old. I am pleading that we overcome cruelty with kindness and hatred with love. I know the future is on my side. Your Honor stands between the past and the future. You may hang these boys; you may hang them by the neck until they are dead. But in doing it you will turn your face toward the past.
In the end, Judge John Caverly wasn't swayed by the psychologists' findings, Darrow's closing statements, or any of the other evidence presented. Darrow had certainly won in the court of public opinion. But the only thing Judge Caverly considered was that there was no precedent for the State of Illinois hanging a youth. He said he had no choice but to sentence the boys to life plus ninety-nine years in prison.
For Loeb, it was indeed a life sentence. He would spend the next eleven years in jail, until he was stabbed by a fellow inmate. Leopold was incarcerated in the same prison, and he rushed to the infirmary as soon as he heard the news. Loeb died on January 26, 1936, with Leopold at his side.
There was no denying the irony in Loeb's death. His killer claimed to be fending off his sexual advances, but his story didn't hold up under scrutiny, and his true motive was never clear. That meant that Richard Loeb, who had committed the ultimate senseless crime, had now been killed in a senseless crime himself. And as before, his story made all the front pages; in Chicago it even upstaged the death of Britain's King George V, which had happened the same week.
Leopold did survive his incarceration. In 1949 Governor Adlai Stevenson commuted his sentence, and in 1958 Leopold was granted parole. By that point he was expressing remorse for his crime, although many people doubted his sincerity. He moved to Puerto Rico to escape the publicity, got married, and tried to build some semblance of a normal life. He kept mostly to himself until died on August 29, 1971.
Today, nearly 90 years after the murder, the case has mostly faded from popular culture. It has been chronicled in a few books-- most notably Hal Higdon's Crime of the Century-- but it has never appeared in the movies, aside from some heavily fictionalized films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Rope. The more famous cases today include the Charles Manson murders and the O.J. Simpson trial, which were as sensational in their era as the Leopold and Loeb case was in its own.
The scene of the crime is most notable now for its Secret Service presence, since President Obama's Chicago home lies just around the corner. Bobby Franks's home is in danger of demolition, but for now it still stands at the corner of Ellis Avenue and Hyde Park Boulevard. The homes of the Leopold and Loeb families are both gone, but certain pieces-- such as the Loebs' tennis courts-- are still there. Wolf Lake, where the killers hid Bobby's body, has been preserved as part of William Powers State Recreational Area.
More importantly, the impact of the case has never faded away. Today almost every serious crime involves psychological evaluations. Freudian psychology has become the conventional wisdom-- in no small part because of Leopold and Loeb-- and chemical imbalances are common knowledge.
A few things will never change. The killing of Bobby Franks is still as inexplicable as ever, and it probably always will be. And the drama, the weirdness, and the horror of the case will never fade away.
Peter J. Spalding likes to write. He has recently completed a screenplay based on the facts of the Leopold & Loeb case and is also the author of 1871: A Novel of the Great Fire, two stage plays and five additional screenplays. In addition, Spalding maintains a popular blog, "Finding the Write Words." A former Chicagoan, Spalding now resides in California.
Recommended reading:
The Leopold and Loeb Trial (Clarence Darrow Collection)
Illinois v. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb (Famous American Trials)


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handy for quick use
By Doug
from Salemburg N.C.
About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer
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Comments about 18V Cordless LXT Lithium-Ion 3-1/4-in Planer (Tool Only):
1. On job 2.No cord!


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Topic closed. 6 replies. Last post 1 year ago by Aneedtowin.
I dreamt i was a Police officer and i was Walking and patrolling the dock and i saw my Ex parents and they were holding a baby boy and i starting touching and playing with the baby and they told me the baby was there youngest daughter's child. any numbers please ?
Baby 069
Baby boy 049,,046 police 017,438 889.998 good luck
LET's get paid$$$$ money roll
Thanks everyone
Baby boy 120
Police 911 919 and play your age.
050 505 446 & 664
Play 012 & 512 for baby boy