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Book Review: Too Many Cooks
In the first three Nero Wolfe books, Rex Stout firmly established that Wolfe rarely leaves the house. From 1937-46, Wolfe was routinely pushed out of the Brownstone by Stout with only two stories in this period allowing him to stay homebound:
- The Red Box (1937) sent Wolfe to a clothing store to question witnesses at the behest of a client and peers in the orchid community.
- Some Buried Caesar (1939) had Wolfe head upstate to put his orchids on display at an exposition.
- Where There's a Will (1940): had Wolfe visit a client's house.
- Black Orchids (1942) was the first novella collection and saw Wolfe heading out to another flower show where a murder occurred in the first of two stories.
- Not Quite Dead Enough (1944) featured Wolfe leaving the Brownstone in both novellas.
- The Silent Speaker (1946): Wolfe goes to police headquarters to report to an inspector who replaced Cramer on a case.
However, it wouldn't be until the 1950s that Wolfe was pulled as far from his home as in Too Many Cooks which sees Wolfe boarding a train to attend a convention of famous cooks in a West Virginia resort town where Wolfe had been invited as a guest of honor to speak about American contributions to fine dining. One of the great cooks, Philip Laszio is despised by his fellows for stealing recipes and for a Machivellian rise through the culinary world, and is killed with suspicion falling on the other cooks.
A wet behind the ears prosecutor asks for Wolfe's help in the case. When one of Wolfe's suggestions leads to the imprisonment of a prestigious chef , Wolfe has to set to work to find out what happened.
This book introduced Wolfe's lifelong friend, Marco Vukcic, the owner of Rosterman's as a character. Vukcic served as a humanizing force on the Wolfe character. Vukcic was one of the few people to call Wolfe by his first name. Wolfe's sentiment for Vukcic is in full force when he's confronted by the widow of the murdered man (who was Vukcic's ex-wife) and Wolfe delivers a classic smackdown for her ruthlessness.
Even involved in the stereotypically genteel world of cooks, there are risks. At one point in the course of his investigation, Wolfe ends up getting shot.
One controversey that surrounds the book is the use of racial epithets. This is, after all, the South in the 1930s, and it sounds it. There are about a dozen or so uses of the "N-word" and Archie uses a only slightly less offensive term a couple of times. So, it's hardly at the Huckleberry Finn level of racial language, but like Mark Twain, Stout had a point.
Of course, this is a detective book, so the points couldn't be too fine or too preachy, and whatever point he'd have to make would have to tie in to the story. On these points, Stout succeeded. Wolfe has reason to believe that the staff know who committed the crime after hearing from a relucant witness that the killer was black.
Wolfe decides to bring the staff up into his suite for questioning. Archie thinks the entire excercise will be a waste of time, as they cops hadn't gotten anything out of them and that Wolfe wouldn't know how to communicate with blacks.
Wolfe begins his session by humbly expressing his gratitude to the men for the privilege of being able to come to America. He then learns the men's names and refers to them by their proper names unless otherwise requested. In other words, Wolfe treated them with the same courtesy and respect that he initially gives to everyone he questions. And through that, Wolfe is eventually able to get their help.
What Stout communicates to a segregated America is that the way to live together in harmony is to treat every person with equal dignity, and judge them on their character. As Wolfe says, " ... the ideal human agreement is one in which distinctions of race and color and religion are totally disregarded." It's very powerfully done and not disruptive to the story.
Too Many Cooks is not without its flaws. The first few chapters drag a bit. However, the biggest weakness of the story is that Wolfe dominates the story line to such an extent that there's really not a whole lot for Archie to do.
Outside of a couple scenes on the train to and from New York, the action is confined to the resort, probably within a couple hundred yards of Wolfe's room. Archie is usually the focal point of the investigation with a lot of action and runing errand. Here Archie is more reactive and doesn't even get off many good lines of dialogue. Archie is about as useful and important to the plot as Captain Hastings in a Poirot book. Wolfe's next novel also took Wolfe away from the Brownstone in, Some Buried Caesar, but in that one, Stout wisely gave Archie a lot more play.
While I can't say it's a criticism, the story points to an inconsistency in the Wolfe universe. In Too Many Cooks, Wolfe prepares and delivers a lengthy speech (not fully included) on American contributions to fine dining, and at the final banquet, an all American gourmet dinner is served. Twenty years later in The Next Wintess, Wolfe commends chili as "One of the few contributions America has to world cuisine." One wonders why Stout changed Wolfe's mind on this point, or if Stout simply forgot Wolfe had delivered a stirring defense of American contributions to cooking.
The book also includes the recipes for the All-American gourmet meal, the preparation of which is beyond my simple talents. (If you have cookied the recipes in this book, please share your experience in the comments.)
Overall, Stout prepared a very good recipe in Too Many Cooks, although it could have used a dash or two more of Archie Goodwin action.
Overall, I'll give it a:
Rating: Satisfactory
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Just above the diner in the future Neonopolis Shopping Center will be the 8,000-square-foot Krave Massive nightclub, where newlyweds can celebrate on their special night. Or, perhaps two people may meet there for the first time and finish the night by tying the knot and sharing breakfast downstairs. Anything can happen in magical Sin City.
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Johnny Lee "H-e-e-ere's Johnny!" Classic Album Review
Greetings from Asheville, where good music is always on the turntable, in the CD, or in the MP3 players. Today's Classic Album Review is a 1977 GRT release from a then-relatively unknown Johnny Lee. H-e-e-ere's Johnny was his second album release. While the album failed to chart, it did contain his first Country 40 and Country 20 hits.
The album opens with a slow ballad, "Dear Alice". Not spectacular, but not bad. One thing interesting to note, though, is how different the younger Johnny Lee sounds, when compared to "Lookin' For Love" and later. The style is still developing, here.
"Red Sails In The Sunset" was a hit, three times in 1935, thanks to Bing Crosby, Guy Lombardo, and Mantovani. A song that has been revived numerous times, over the years, including Top 40 pop versions by Nat King Cole, The Platters, and Fats Domino. Johnny Lee's version would become his first Country 40 single, peaking at twenty-two in the Fall of 1976. The track has a cool 1950's-style arrangement, but still with enough Country to it to keep the twangy part of the ear, satisfied. A bouncy, likable track with the beat and prominent sax work.
Another cover, here, is the Nat King Cole hit "Ramblin' Rose". Slightly quicker than the original, it's not a bad cover, at all.
However, the best cover on the album, may well be Johnny Lee's take on the Fats Domino classic "Blueberry Hill". Quicker than the original, Johnny gives an exceptional performance, here, as the song seems to glide effortlessly, from start to finish.
While Johnny Lee's vocal work on the Elton John classic "Your Song" is decent, there's a feeling of not quite being a fit, here. You want to like the track, but there's just not enough there to make you do so. In fairness, "Your Song" is a track that I've never heard anyone really perform effectively, outside of Elton John, himself.
Side one ends with a rollicking, rocking track, "Ruby Louise". It sounds just like something Billy Crash Craddock would have done, both in song styling and arrangement. A nice departure to end the first side; a true Country rocker.
Side two opens with Johnny Lee's first Country 20 single, 1977's "Country Party". A reworking of the 1972 Rick Nelson hit, "Garden Party", the single peaked at fifteen, during the Summer. Not bad, but I think with the lyrics being such as about nostalgia (which comes through on this version, as well), it would have been more effective in the hands of a veteran act. Also, the lyrics feel forced, in spots. Nothing to complain about, performance-wise, though.
"Frisco" is a decent ballad about, not the long-departed rail line of the same name, but rather of someone who's tried to make it in the big city of San Francisco, but hasn't, and is going home.
One of the album's best tracks is "Saturday's Heroes". Johnny Lee really excels, here.
One more time, they dip into the 1950's-style Rock 'n Roll sound, utilized on the track, "This Time". A good performance, here, and the song, itself, is a fine composition.
As good as most of the tracks have been on this disc, had they all been of the caliber of "Victims Of The Pretty Things In Life", then we'd be talking about a true classic; a killer of an album. Pure country, with a beat that is reminiscent of the Ray Price shuffle, mixed with an outstanding performance.
The album wraps with an odd juxtaposition on "Long Black Veil". Lyrically, a rather morbid, haunting track (especially in the hands of Lefty Frizzell), mixed with an almost dance-like beat. And it actually works, pretty well.
Long out of print, this is an album that I did not find too many used copies of. Of the ones I did find, the price range was $5 to $25. This album was released on vinyl and 8-track, but I'm unsure of cassette. Most, if not all, of these tracks can be found on other CD collections.
My pick for Standout Track is "Red Sails In The Sunset". Cool sound I really like. I'm going with "Victims Of The Pretty Things In Life" for my Hidden Gem. Weakest Track goes to "Your Song".
Overall, a pretty good effort. Johnny Lee is still finding his style, here, yet one can hear traces of what was to become in the next decade. The biggest change that would come would be a more mature tone in the voice. Still, the tracks are worthy listens, and the album has very little of what I'd consider "filler" material. I rate it a 3 out of 5.


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Sciencewoman ponders seen and unseen parenting responsibilities. In a discussion about parceling out responsibilities for a large project, the department chair expressed his desire not to unduly belabor a Department Dad because of his Very Special Parenting Responsibilities; Sciencewoman, however, he had no problem assigning the task to her. Until reminded by her colleague that Sciencewoman, too, is a parent. Why was Daddy's time more worth protecting than Mommy's? Well, one hopes the department chair has learned a lesson.
What really burns my shorts even more, however, are the resentful commenters who think that parents need to suck it up and not get "special treatment".
For example, J says
I agree this was ridiculous, but I'd also be upset since I don't think parents should be given special slack for the sake of the kids (even small kids) – at least not all the time. Everyone has things in their personal life they'd like to attend to, and I figure we should all share the burden, and make sure that at least over time things even out. So maybe I get a break on one service task because I can't really do one element of it due to daycare/whatever child related thing, but I'd hope I would remember the colleague who picked up the slack that time so I could repay them in the appropriate circumstances.
Mike opines
I have no problem if working parents are given some slack as long as the workers without children are given the exact same amount of slack. It is far better that some things go undone than it is for one group of workers to be forced to do more than others without receiving additional compensation.
And mxracer652 says
Since work & children was brought up, why no discussion of how working parent (male or female) gets cut a ridiculous amount of slack because they have kids?
It's just another form of preferential treatment toward one group.
Please explain to me why YOUR responsibilities are more important than what I do with the free time in my life? After all, your "responsibility" is a choice of which I have no voice in.
It is simple economics. People who work longer and produce more are worth more money, therefore they get paid more. People with kids can't work as long, therefore they get paid less. This is not some nefarious conspiracy.
Let's tackle that "it's all your responsibility, not my choice" and "you aren't worth as much if you are raising kids".
People with these views seem to forget that if society is going to continue, someone needs to have – and raise – kids. And that takes time and effort. And we need to somehow allow, as a group, for this task to be accomplished, because we all benefit. Even – especially! – those of us who don't have kids. After all, the kid you're raising today may be the person wiping my ass someday in the nursing home. I'm sure not going to have any kids of my own around to do it, and the cats are pretty worthless when it comes to things like that. What is it worth, to society, to have some people willing to take on the work of producing the next generation? It ought to be worth quite a lot, but so many people continually pretend that having kids is all "an individual choice" and has nothing to do with our collective selves.
Do working parents get cut a tremendous amount of slack because they have kids? Please show me the workplace where this happens. It's sure not in academia, where one is expected to produce just as much research and published papers as one's peers who aren't devoting any time to raising the next generation. In fact, some women who take advantage of a university's "stop the tenure clock" option find themselves penalized: their colleagues think that since they had all that "extra time" off from teaching, they ought to have produced more scholarship than normal.
Raising children is not a hobby, and your video game time is not equivalent in importance. That's not to say that your boss should think it perfectly normal that you spend every waking hour at work. People who whine about singles being disadvantaged compared to those slacker parents forget that the larger issue is about how to make our workplaces more humane for everyone.
The whiners often see child-care policies as just about children. What we should all be talking about is how to design our workplaces so that they can accommodate all kinds of life issues, whether it's a new baby (birthed or adopted), a devastating family illness, or the need to care for aged parents. Nearly everybody is going to encounter at least one of these at some point in their lives. The question is not "why special policies for those breeders" but "how do we accommodate the realities of life and make sure the workplace still functions?"
Advocating for parent-friendly policies is not just for those with children. Everyone in society benefits if people are able to raise children (to perpetuate society) and continue as productive members of the workforce. We all benefit from having the workplace recognize that people have lives, things happen in those lives, and we occasionally need time to attend to them.
We have to stop thinking narrowly about just what affects me, personally, right at this moment in my life. We have responsibilities to each other as citizens. I think we have a strong responsibility to speak up especially for issues that are not our "own" personally, because many times a person who doesn't "own" the issue will be taken more seriously and can have more impact than a person who does. Men speaking out for gender equity, whites for racial equality, straight people as allies of gays and lesbians, and non-parents advocating for better parental policies – this is how we ought to approach the world.
In the end, it all comes down to justice, and if you are advocating only for your own self-interest, you are not playing the part of a good citizen. Whose issue is this? It's yours, it's mine, it's everyone's.


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The world is divided into two types of people. There are those who try to add as much volume to their hair as possible… and there are those who constantly attempt to devoluminise their hair. (Yes, devoluminise is a made up word, but it describes the activity to perfection, so I am going to use it all the same.)
I fall into the latter category. The group of people who try to smooth, calm and minimise the fullness of their hair. We are the ones who run for cover when it rains, the ones who often smell a little burnt from GHD overuse, and the ones who fantasise about Keira Knightly's pixie-do (but cannot possibly have it for fear of ending up looking more like a toilet brush than a movie star.)
You know which category you fall into.
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When Legends Gather #398
Gary Cooper drops by the set of Union Pacific to chat with Cecil B. DeMille while Joel McCrea looks slightly incredulous.
Seminal Image #817
Divorce Italian Style
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Adventures in European Filmmaking #41
Today's Adventure: British mystery maven Edgar Wallace takes a stab at directing Red Aces in 1929.
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Artists in Action #367
Allen Jenkins takes Joan Crawford for a spin
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Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev and Chuck Connors
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Ann-Margret takes a Tortoise for a stroll
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Big Daddy Kane
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Hollywood -- Liberace, piano-playing idol of women television audiences, revealed that he hopes to marry Joanne Rio, 24, the "Girl of his Dreams", in a year. In an exclusive United Press interview, Liberace confided he had proposed and hoped to marry Joanne within the year "if she really loves me and wants to wait for me." He said concert, television and film commitments would keep him from marrying for a year. Here, the two are shown during a recent date at a Hollywood supper club. (1954)
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Artists in Action #366
Anita O'Day lets a song go out of her heart
Seminal Image #816
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The Cool Hall of Fame #123
Lee Marvin
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Josef von Sternberg
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Tricky: Scenes from a Life #53
Tricky weeps (1952)
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The Art of Cinema #307
Lancelot du Lac
(Robert Bresson; 1974)
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Before and After #126: Lew Wasserman
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Ziegfeld Girls #10
Billie Dove
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Atlanta, Georgia (1968)
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Audrey Hepburn and Brandon DeWilde
They Were Collaborators #458
The Sir Douglas Quintet
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H is for Hogarth #2
An Election Entertainment (1754)
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Subways Are for Sleeping
(Percy Faith and His Orchestra)
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Police are shown carrying out the body of Serge Rubinstein from his Fifth Avenue home where he was found slain today in an upstairs bedroom. Authorities said that the Russian born millionaire appeared to have been strangled. His body was found with hands and feet tied and the mouth taped. It is believed that he died after a "terrific struggle" with an intruder. According to police, "it could have been robbery" but the theory of planned attack was not ruled out. The 46 year old international financier was the central figure of a World War II 'draft dodger' case, and prior to his death had been fighting a deportation order. (1955)
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The Power and the Glory
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Artists in Action #365
Errol Flynn does standup
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New York -- Gambler Frank Costello, head bandaged and blood on his coat, is escorted by detectives from Roosevelt Hospital. Costello, returning to his swank apartment after an evening out, was shot and wounded by an unknown assailant who apparently lay in ambush for him. According to the superintendent, who witnessed the shooting, the gunman waited in a car. (1957)
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The Cotton Club
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Busby Berkeley and Mickey Rooney
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Jack Oakie
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Jack Oakie, whose real name is Lewis Offield, was born on November 14th, 1903, in Sedalia, Missouri, and educated at La Salle High School, New York. Leaving school, he became a clerk in the the office of a Wall Street broker, but chiefly occupied himself in entertaining the other clerks and devoting much more attention to his activities in amateur theatricals. Later he was offered a job as partner to a well-known vaudeville star, and then received a small part in a Laura La Plante comedy Finders Keepers. His latest successes include Murder at the Vanities, Looking for Trouble and Shoot the Works.
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Similar Images #7
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
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(James Whale; 1931)
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Julie London and Bobby Troup
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The Hitchcock/Truffaut Tapes make a tranquil return to this blog.
Under discussion in Part Fourteen are Notorious (1946) and The Paradine Case (1947)
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Charles Hawtrey
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Glenn Miller shows a sign of life
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Patti Smith and Arthur Miller
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Slick Rick
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Bohemians in Stereo (1903)
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Frank Sinatra gets intimate with the camera.
The Ink & Paint Set #33
Charles Chaplin, Sid Grauman and Buster Keaton in Mickey's Gala Premiere.
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Sex Education #101
Isabella Rossellini
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Artists & Animals #4
Mary Pickford hoses down a bear cub.
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Cuban Fire
Stan Kenton
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Great Con Artists of the 20th Century #17
Stephen Glass
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Pierre Salinger and Blondie
Poets are both clean and warm
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Fitness Guru Jack LaLanne Dies at 96
LaLanne died of respiratory failure due to pneumonia Sunday afternoon at his home in Morro Bay on California's central coast, said his longtime agent Rick Hersh.
LaLanne ate healthy and exercised every day of his life up until the end, Hersh said.
"I have not only lost my husband and a great American icon, but the best friend and most loving partner anyone could ever hope for," Elaine LaLanne, Lalanne's wife of 51 years and a frequent partner in his television appearances, said in a written statement.
Just before he had heart valve surgery in 2009 at age 95, Jack Lalanne told his family that dying would wreck his image, his publicist Ariel Hankin said at the time.
LaLanne (pronounced lah-LAYN') credited a sudden interest in fitness with transforming his life as a teen, and he worked tirelessly over the next eight decades to transform the lives of others.
"The only way you can hurt the body is not use it," LaLanne said. "Inactivity is the killer and, remember, it's never too late."
His workout show was a television staple from the 1950s to the '70s. LaLanne and his dog Happy encouraged kids to wake their mothers and drag them in front of the television set. He developed exercises that used no special equipment, just a chair and a towel.
He also founded a chain of fitness studios that bore his name. In recent years, he touted the value of raw fruits and vegetables as he helped market a machine called Jack LaLanne's Power Juicer.
When he turned 43 in 1957, he performed more than 1,000 push-ups in 23 minutes on the 'You Asked For It' television show. At 60, he swam from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco -- handcuffed, shackled and towing a boat. Ten years later, he performed a similar feat in Long Beach harbor.
He maintained a youthful physique and joked in 2006 that "I can't afford to die. It would wreck my image."
"I never think of my age, never," LaLanne said in 1990. "I could be 20 or 100. I never think about it, I'm just me. Look at Bob Hope, George Burns. They're more productive than they've ever been in their whole lives right now."
Fellow bodybuilder and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger credited LaLanne with taking exercise out of the gymnasium and into living rooms.
"He laid the groundwork for others to have exercise programs, and now it has bloomed from that black and white program into a very colorful enterprise," Schwarzenegger said in 1990.
In 1936 in his native Oakland, LaLanne opened a health studio that included weight-training for women and athletes. Those were revolutionary notions at the time, because of the theory that weight training made an athlete slow, and "muscle bound" and made a woman look masculine.
"You have to understand that it was absolutely forbidden in those days for athletes to use weights," he once said. "It just wasn't done. We had athletes who used to sneak into the studio to work out.
"It was the same with women. Back then, women weren't supposed to use weights. I guess I was a pioneer," LaLanne said.
The son of poor French immigrants, he was born in 1914 and grew up to become a sugar addict, he said.
The turning point occurred one night when he heard a lecture by pioneering nutritionist Paul Bragg, who advocated the benefits of brown rice, whole wheat and a vegetarian diet.
"He got me so enthused," LaLanne said. "After the lecture I went to his dressing room and spent an hour and a half with him. He said, 'Jack, you're a walking garbage can.'"
Soon after, LaLanne constructed a makeshift gym in his back yard. "I had all these firemen and police working out there and I kind of used them as guinea pigs," he said.
He said his own daily routine usually consisted of two hours of weightlifting and an hour in the swimming pool.
"It's a lifestyle, it's something you do the rest of your life," LaLanne said. "How long are you going to keep breathing? How long do you keep eating? You just do it."
In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Dan and Jon, and a daughter, Yvonne.
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- Monday 24 JanuaryBy NateLow Ranked Vote downVote upReport this
I always wondered how long you'd live. I was hoping it would turn out to be 110 to 115-years. Oh, well, I guess you should have treated yourself to those steaks and lobsters after all. I'll continue smoking my cigars, eating my NY steaks and lobsters, not to mention drinking my scotch, because you've just proved it's all in the genes, my friend...Rest in Peace...
- Monday 24 JanuaryBy donald
All things in moderation - that's the key.
- Monday 24 JanuaryBy vince
He was a great person,
I watched him swimming in Morro Bay Daily.
My father is turning 72 and can still bench press 350,
Do to great people like that when he was growing up.
- Tuesday 25 JanuaryBy Kristen
Rest in peace.
- Monday 24 JanuaryBy SirSFsBE
R.I.P MrJack
I remember as a young child watching you in the mornings b4 the cartoons came on.
I also remeber my mom excercizing along with you,you helped her beat depression and lose weight,Thanks to you mom is still here today,a healthy 86 year old..
Mrs Jack, you will always carry him in your heart:) God Bless
- Monday 24 JanuaryBy Mildred
I always had a crush on Jack. never told my husband though.I'm81
- Monday 24 JanuaryBy blubli8639
I remember the stretching exercises in front of the TV with my older sister in the early '60's. My sister is now a marathon runner. Jack, you inspired generations and revolutionized the fitness landscape of America. You will be sorely missed. My heartfelt sympathies to your family.
Exercise in Peace.
- Monday 24 January
I worked out with Jack in the early 70's with my son who was just a toddler. He was just on HSN a few weeks ago too and I love his Juicer! He was an inspiration to us all. RIP you wonderful man!!
- Monday 24 JanuaryBy David
Jack, you will be missed. Got me interesed in Physical Fitness 50 yrs ago and was truly inspirational; thank you. My condolences to his family and goodbye my friend.
- Monday 24 JanuaryBy RYAN
Well,he was right,he made it to 96 and worked out until the end.He wouldnt drink milk because he said it was for babies.He is a legend and he had it figured out .RIP JACK.
- Monday 24 January
A true inspiration to all! You will truly be missed my friend.
- Monday 24 JanuaryBy ErwinLowest Rank Vote downVote upReport this
He was a phony. Juicing was never proven to be anything except a money maker for him.
- Monday 24 JanuaryBy JOANhe
I have an aunt who will be 97 Feb 04...never exercise a day in her life with the exception of daily living/chores. Eats what she wants..lives alone and cares for herself in a 2 story house.
God determines the length of our lives. Thank you, Jack for thinking you kept yourself well. Rest in Peace. There something about those genes made by the Creator.
- Monday 24 JanuaryBy Lori
You can't really think there's little to do to help yourself, can you? If we were all to sit back, eat whatever we wanted, and never work on ourselves for our health, you think god would just take care of it all? With this philosophy, we'll have people dying earlier and living less able lives. This generation of boomers are more health conscious than the last and moving and looking better than their parents. Certainly, I don't think one would object to your praise of your god, but I think you have to invest in yourself and work toward making yourself a better body than just sitting back and thinking god will do it all, and god has your day of death planned. And, even if he/she/it has done this, no harm in working toward a better you and a better world.
- Monday 24 JanuaryBy Roy
Jack you were way ahead of your time in body and mind.....The world would be a better place with more people like you!..RIP
- Monday 24 JanuaryBy Ann
What an inspiration...couch potatoes should take heed and get up and move. As for smoking and drinking....we only know Burns & Hope both showed these activities on TV but you don't know about what they did when not on TV. Look at Dean Martin who made believe that he was drunk and yet hardly ever drank. The government is trying to get people motivated to exercise and eat right..after all the only ones who benefit from non-execising people and people not eating right are corporate un-America who pushes all things bad into the hands and mouths of the public.
- Thursday 27 JanuaryBy Rodor1960
For my dad's day?... It was Flash Gordon!
My day, it was 1966 when, I started exercising with my mother, to him ( Jack LaLanne) on television, (Black & White)...
Man... My father would tell me stories of Jack Lelanne, that lead to my body building days, in my younger years.
When I heard he was a bodybuilder, before his movie days, he kept me in the Gym for years.
I'm talking before...............//// Joe Weider, and, his superstars team...
Sadly, he will be missed
Thank you
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- Monday 24 JanuaryBy Owen
- Monday 24 JanuaryBy iansmomliz
Thanks for your service!
Keep it moving, keep it going!
- Monday 24 JanuaryBy AT
I used to jump around in front of the TV when it was "Time for Jack" when I was 6 years old. I credit that man with encouraging me to pursue a healthy lifestyle. I loved that man! Goodbye, Jack. You did a great job.
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I am most definitely a durian fan.. though i reserve it for freshly fallen fruit from the Malaysian rainforest ;)
Durian definitely is an acquired taste. I grew up eating the fruit...reminds me of my childhood.
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Gophers left off Big Ten Network's prime-time football schedule
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After ESPN/ABC unveiled its prime-time football schedule last week, the Big Ten Network followed suit on Tuesday.
The Minnesota Gophers were missing from the schedule.
As it stands now, the Gophers are one of five Big Ten teams not scheduled for a prime-time game this season. Wisconsin, Iowa, Purdue and Indiana were also left off.
Minnesota is slated to kickoff the 2014 with a Thursday night opener on Aug. 28 against Eastern Illinois. However, network assignments and game times have not yet been fully set for the season's opening weekend.
Additional prime-time games could still be announced in the next few weeks.
Ohio State and Nebraska both have a conference-high four games scheduled for prime time.
Here is the Big Ten's current 2014 prime-time schedule.
Sept. 6
Virginia Tech at Ohio State, 7 p.m. ESPN
Sept. 13
Penn State at Rutgers, 7 p.m. CT, BTN
Sept. 20
Miami at Nebraska, 8 p.m. ET, ABC or ESPN or ESPN2
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Cincinnati at Ohio State, 5 p.m. BTN
Illinois at Nebraska, 8 p.m. BTN
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Michigan at Rutgers, 6 p.m. BTN
Nebraska at Michigan State, 7 p.m., ABC or ESPN or ESPN2
Oct. 11
Penn State at Michigan, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN or ESPN2
Oct. 18
Nebraska at Northwestern, 6:30 p.m. BTN
Oct. 25
Ohio State at Penn State, 8 p.m. ET, ABC or ESPN or ESPN2
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Illinois at Ohio State, 8 p.m. ET, ABC or ESPN or ESPN2
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Dallas Stars head coach Marc Crawford has a pretty good idea how Marty Turco is reading it.
The Stars made a significant acquisition Tuesday, picking up goaltender Kari Lehtonen in a trade with the Atlanta Thrashers.
Lehtonen, 26, hasn't played a game in the NHL this season after two back surgeries in the off-season. But he's a former first-round pick (No. 2) and was once considered a cornerstone of the Thrashers franchise.
The 34-year-old Turco, meanwhile, will be an unrestricted free agent on July 1, and is making $5.4 million in the final year of his current contract in Dallas.
So does this mean the end of the line for Turco in "Big D"?
"It is part in parcel of what you deal with," Crawford said Thursday morning at the Saddledome, where his Stars were preparing for an evening game against the Flames. "And for Marty, his history has been when he's been pushed, whether it was Mike Smith or, this year, Alex Auld, that's when he's played his best hockey.
"We're hopeful that he comes out and plays a real strong game. The only way you can look at things is day by day, and put your best foot forward, and that's what he's doing."
The NHL's trade deadline is March 3, but a roster freeze will be imposed on all clubs, starting on Friday at 3 p.m. ET, for the Olympic hiatus.
Turco, who holds an array of career franchise goaltending records in Dallas, is staying positive under the circumstances.
"I don't have any qualms or problems ... you just focus on your job, and that's all you can do," Turco told the Dallas Morning News. "A lot of people know how I feel and where my heart is, and if I keep playing like I'm playing now, then I'll be OK and look back at everything and have a great big smile on my face."
Lehtonen underwent surgery in July for a herniated disc. Then, in October, he went under the knife again to repair vertebrae that were causing a pinched nerve in his back.
Lehtonen, who has a career 94-83-17 record in Atlanta, is coming off a five-game rehab stint with the AHL's Chicago Wolves, with a 1-2-2 record and 2.67 goals-against average.
"I don't have any qualms or problems ... you just focus on your job, and that's all you can do. A lot of people know how I feel and where my heart is, and if I keep playing like I'm playing now, then I'll be OK and look back at everything and have a great big smile on my face."
-- Marty Turco
Entering Thursday's game, meanwhile, Turco had allowed just six goals in his previous four outings, with a .957 save percentage in that span.
"I told (Turco) that I believe it's still his net right now," Stars general manager Joe Nieuwendyk told the Morning News. "We had four unrestricted free-agent goalies heading into the summer, and we needed to get some kind of plan for our future, so this is just one part of the process.
"Marty has played very well these past four games, and I imagine he will continue to play," added Nieuwendyk. "He's a professional, and I know that's how he will respond."


text: McCorkle/Sturtevant | IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information Official Broadway League sites: - sites - broadway.org broadwayleague.com broadwayfanclub.com kidsnightonbroadway.com stagespecs.org tonyawards.com Quick Search For: In This Category: All Show People/Org. Theatre Season McCorkle/Sturtevant Casting Primary Organization Members:Pat McCorkle and Roger Sturtevant Productions ProductionsDate of ProductionsA View From the Bridge[Play, Drama, Revival] Casting Consultant: McCorkle/Sturtevant Feb 03, 1983 - Jun 12, 1983The Wake of Jamey Foster[Play, Original] Casting: McCorkle/Sturtevant Oct 14, 1982 - Oct 23, 1982 Find out where McCorkle/Sturtevant and are credited together © 2001-2015, The Broadway League, All Rights Reserved. (Copyright and Disclaimer)


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Annotation for Deliege, Irene
Grouping Conditions in Listening to Music: An Approach to Lerdahl and Jackendoff's Grouping Preference Rules
Annotation (by James Halliday):
This article attempts experimentally to confirm the Grouping Preference Rules (GPR's) proposed by Lerdahl and Jackendoff in
A Generative Theory of Tonal Music
, as well as to develop an ordering of salience for these preference rules. Two experiments are performed. In the first, subjects (both musicians and nonmusicians) heard passages from preexisting music and were in some cases provided with a context for the examples. The subjects were asked to place segmentations among a line of dots which represented the notes. In this manner, the validity of the GPR's could be tested. A second experiment put GPR's into conflict with one another. A series of artificially generated descending and ascending major and minor scales was presented. Two different GPR's for each example would place segmentation at different places in the example. Listeners were forced to choose between the two by placing only one segmentation in a line of dots. The main conclusions of this study can be summarized as follows:
Lerdahl and Jackendoff's GPR's are valid, both for musicians and nonmusicians.
Musicians were more "efficient" in their placement of segmentations, due to their familiarity to the examples heard or to their familiarity with music in general.
The GPR's utilizing proximity of attack (GPR 2), timbre (GPR 7), and change of dynamics (GPR 4), were important for musicians as well as nonmusicians, whereas other GPR's, such as the ones utilizing articulation (GPR 1) and slur and rest (GPR 5), were much more discernable to musicians than nonmusicians.
When placed into conflict with other GPR's, GPR 7 (change of timbre) was chosen quite frequently, indicating a high degree of salience for GPR 7. Other GPR's, including the GPR for register (GPR 3) and the GPR for attack-point (GPR 2) are also chosen quite frequently, although not as frequently as GPR 7.
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I majored in English… not the helpful, Bachelor of Science kind, but the useless Bachelor of Arts kind. If you are from my generation, you are likely groaning and getting some palm-to-head exercise in for the day. You're welcome. Happy to help.
Like many people from my generation, I was told "you can do whatever you want" and "follow your dreams" and "unicorns, poetry and rainbows." I'm not saying that I wasn't skeptical, because I most definitely was, but I truly believed that my degree would supplement my skill and would help me find a job. This is the problem that many millennials face: too much faith in a failing system.
Despite the fact that we are "on track to become the most educated generation in history," only 41% of people ages 18-29 have full-time employment and 22% are not employed at all. Contrary to what our teachers told us, education does not necessarily equal employment anymore.
As the water laps up our ankles on this seemingly sinking ship, however, millennials seem to be the most optimistic Americans. 88% of millennials believe that they will earn enough in the future to live the good life. For now, faith is good enough for me.
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It was obvious that he was a man who marched through life to the rhythms of some drum I would never hear. —Hunter S. Thompson, Hell's Angels
He who joyfully marches to music rank and file has already earned my contempt. He as been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.
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The Ballroom (Chega de Saudade)
Drama, Musical
Centered around the events of one night in a typical dancehall in Sao Paolo, the story follows the mostly middle age customers who attend the evening in the hope of finding new love. As the evening progresses and the passions rise, the love lives of the characters become increasingly entwined as they try to find the partner of their dreams.
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Much has been pontificated about the origin of man and the purpose of our existence. We will examine the claims of evolution and creation in light of the scientific evidence. Are these differing world views theoretical or evidential? Is there any compatibility between the two views? Are they at there very core inherently religious? We will attempt to answer these questions and analyze the basic arguments used to support each claim in what should be an intellectually stimulating discussion. Be prepared to expand your mind, dismiss preconveived notions and use good old fashioned common sense to draw your own conclusions.
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Written by Karen Paolillo of the Turgwe Hippo Trust
In Africa, baboons are looked upon as vermin. The attitude is that the only good baboon is a dead one.
During daylight hours, baboons are constantly on the move for food. In lean times with no rains, they exist with empty stomachs for days on end. That changed abruptly for one group of baboons when my husband and I moved into the troop's territory. We began by camping above the riverbank, and eventually building a home of brick and thatch. During a time of absolutely no rain at all, we became saviors to all the animals around us.
We initially concentrated on two families of hippos living in the Turgwe River, but the food we laid out every evening was feeding over 60 other wild animals as well as the entire family of baboons and a troop of vervet monkeys. The baboons found the Soya bean hay left for the hippos more suitable to other herbivores but they loved the horse cubes tucked up in that huge mass of hay.
Foxy was one of these baboons and she learned that at least two humans were not as dangerous as so many others. She moved among us for many years and later gave birth to a baby named Vixen and would approach us relatively closely without fear. When Foxy was eventually killed by a predator, Vixen was still just a juvenille. She suddenly had no Mum to cuddle up to at night where they once stayed high on a tree limb, safe from nocturnal predators, like leopards. But Vixen was of high intelligence and she seemed to gravitate towards me.
I Was So Moved the First Time She Touched Me, Tears Rolled Down My Face
The very first time that Vixen approached me closely was one of those surreal moments in life when you know something very special is about to occur. I leant towards her and gently scratched her head and then even more slowly I stroked the hair upon her back. Now baboons don't normally get that kind of loving, as they will be cuddled by each other and groomed, but stroking is more a human to dog, cat or pony kind of thing. It obviously was just the ticket for little Vixen as she allowed me to continue, then she blew me away.
Leaning towards me she reached up to my own long hair and began sifting through in search of who knows what. This is a typical grooming behavior for baboons to do to each other, but this little girl baboon was doing it to a mere human.
She very carefully sorted through my hair looking for creepy crawlies or goodness knows what. I couldn't help it, tears rolled down my face, tears of incredulity that this little wild creature would honor me in such a way. I spoke to her telling her that she had touched me like no other animal, both physically and mentally with her trust, not realizing that this little girl actually understood every word I said. With time, I have learned that baboons do understand human words and it is us humans that are the stupid ones, since we cannot speak baboon!
Since that day, it is a regular treat for me for Vixen to groom me. She has given birth to two babies of her own, Terry, a male, and just recently Zorette, a little girl. She will sit next to me and groom me with baby Zorette suckling at her breast and most amazingly she will allow me to stroke her newborn. Of all of the baboons under our care, it took one little orphaned juvenile to show me that never a day can pass without us learning something new from the animals. More photos of Karen's wildlife protection work here
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thanks for a great story
great story
Hi Karen, thanks for the comments back. Most writers of stories on this website don't bother and sometimes it is very necessary and alleviates unnecessary bickering. Thanks for the info. I can't go on global numbers as it doesn't really work for 'localised problems'. For example, until a few years ago, elephants were endangered, but in certain parts of Africa they were overpopulated, just as they were extinct in others. It does, however, look like a pretty good project. Forgive me for my cynicism, I like to see places before really being for them, if you know what I mean.
Hi Mark just seen your comment. I live in Southern Africa ie Zimbabwe and here and down south they are considered as vermin I do not know about the rest of Africa. I agree you do not feed wild animals. I fed the hippos twice in 20 years. In 1991/92 when a severe drought wiped out all hippos in the river systems that were not fed. I live in a designated wildlife area which is now invaded by illegal settlers in areas but in general is looked upon as only for wildlife. The drought killed thousands of animals. The hippos pools in the river had already been damaged by man more than 70 yrs previously as they built a dam upstream about 50 miles away. This changed the rivers course. In the drought if I had not fed the hippos not one would have survived, since then that nucleous of wild hippos which were 13 that I saved have had 47 calves. I give the baboons titbits only as they live with us and when people come here to meet the hippos on safari or as volunteers it is nice for them to meet a troop of baboons that are totally and absolutely at home here and consider this as part of their territory. Which is was before we moved in, this is wild bush nothing artificial just straight bush. For your interst Hippos are now on appendix 2 of Cites and they are endangered in many of their home ranges, there are actually less hippos on our earth than elephants and elephants are definately being hammered by man. All of our big animals will be gone within the next 50 years if the growi
Okay, first off, they are not considered vermin all over Africa, you make it sound like they are virtually outlawed. Second, there are extremely few reasons why wild animals should be fed by humans, drought is generally not one of them as it is a rather natural occurrence. Thirdly, no, baboons cannot actually understand our language, but they do pick up our body language, any animal can including birds and some reptiles. Hell, some plants can recognise us when we walk into a room. Its only us humans that rely on speech so much and then read into things too much and think animals understand us.
I also don't understand this sanctuary? Hippos are common throughout Africa and drought commonly helps to naturally control their populations. Why are we moving in, saving them, and feeding them?
great article, thanks for sharing :)
Obviously baboons are better judges of character than the Africans are of knowing and appreciating the importance of these baboons.
I consider humans to be the vermin of the world.......................
Karen,you are a wonderful person whose love of wild animals shines through you.The video of you and Vixen shows how these animals have trust in you.To gain a wild animals' trust you must have that special bond with them that only a person with their well being put first and foremost can have.I am truely honored to be a Care2 friend of Karen,and I hope her work of saving these precious creatures can continue,for she is an angel of the wild ones.
Male baboons can be vicious brutes though, so don't take no bullshit!! First sign of excess or unwarranted aggression - i.e. you're sitting there minding your own business - reach for the tranq. gun!!
You are one brave lady.
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Children served in the child welfare system (CWS) are at greater risk of having psychological, social and developmental problems than children in the general population. However, little is known about which types of children in the CWS receive services and how services are delivered. This study will examine the mental health services received by children in the CWS, and the impact of placement types and changes over time within the context of state and regional policies regarding the use, organization and financing of mental health services.
In May 1999, the Child & Adolescent Services Research Center, in collaboration with Duke University, the University of Pittsburgh, and Research Triangle Institute, received a five-year grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to examine the impact of placement types and changes in the CWS on provision of mental health services to children, within the context of state and regional variation in mental health care policies, structure and fiscal support. The study collected systems level data through the use of key informant interviews with county personnel from approximately 94 identified counties in 40 states to describe the organization of mental health services for children in the CWS and the funding mechanisms for various youth by placement type. The data has been linked to data being collected simultaneously through the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being (NSCAW), a longitudinal study of 6,700 youth in the CWS.
A second wave of data collection, entitled Caring for Children in Child Welfare II (CCCW II) began in 2010 through pilot funding from the Implementation Methods Research Group (IMRG). The focus of CCCW II is an examination of how evidence-based parent training practices are being adopted in child welfare systems.


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Elected Officials, Business Leaders Ask FCC To Support LightSquared's Network
By Jeff Carlisle, Executive Vice President for Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy
February 14, 2012
LightSquared's network continues to receive strong support from around the country. Members of Congress and state elected officials from both parties are urging the Federal Communications Commission to resolve remaining hurdles so we can roll out our network and bring 4G-LTE wireless broadband to 260 million Americans by 2015.
Among those weighing in was Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee and dean of the Congressional Black Caucus. As The Hill reported on Monday, Conyers wrote FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski last week "to express about delays in the approval process involving LightSquared's proposed 4G-LTE wireless broadband network," citing the need for greater competition and new providers in the wireless industry. "I strongly urge the Commission to move with urgency to fully test potential solutions to the LightSquared-GPS interference issue employing transparent, fact-based methodologies, common-sense standards and independent testing facilities."
Conyers' support followed a bipartisan joint letter from four respected House members asking the FCC to "work towards a resolution of the dispute between LightSquared and the GPS coalition." Reps. Brian Bilbray (D-Calif.), John Campbell (R-Calif.), Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) and Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) wrote in December that they were "encouraged by recent reports that technical experts have found a way to solve the most challenging of the coexistence problems… we believe that a way forward is achievable and this dispute can be quickly resolved."
Rep. Ed Pastor (D-Ariz.) also wrote Chairman Genachowski in December, urging him to "begin bridging the 'digital divide'" separating relatively affluent Americans with Internet access and less affluent individuals with very limited access. "One key to addressing this 'digital divide' is ensuring lower prices, and one of the best ways to lower prices is to increase competition in the market." Pastor continued, "Since the GPS industry first expressed its concerns, LightSquared and private developers have released several inexpensive solutions that would insulate GPS devices from interference issues, and I believe innovative individuals will find additional solutions. Therefore, I ask that the FCC continue to support the parties in finding solutions."
Support also is pouring in from elected officials at the state level whose constituents would benefit from the lower prices, greater choice and world-class quality and speed of LightSquared's network.
Senator Robert Mayer (R-Dexter), president pro tem of the Missouri State Senate, told Chairman Genachowski in a January 26th letter that "LightSquared could be a 'game-changer' for southeast Missouri, providing broadband access through smart phones and tablet computers to thousands of men, women and children."
"I ask the FCC to do everything it can do to help LightSquared bring 4G broadband service to rural America," Senator Johnny Ray Turner (D-Prestonsburg), Chair of the Kentucky Senate Democratic Caucus, wrote to the FCC. "For those of us who live in rural areas, there are few issues more important today."
Tennessee State Senator Jim Tracy (R-Shelbyville), chair of the Senate Transportation and Safety Committee, wrote the FCC "to give my strong support for LightSquared, a 4G LTE company, which has the capability of providing wireless broadband throughout my state." Tracy pointed out that "the GPS industry has known about this technology and future plans to use its licensed spectrum, yet did nothing about it. I believe now is the time to act. LightSquared has the technology to bring an efficient nationwide 4G wireless broadband network that will not only help our rural consumers, but countless businesses nationwide by spurring innovation, jobs and economic growth."
In a February 3rd letter to the FCC, Kansas State Senator Kelly Kultala (D-Kansas City) expressed her "support for LightSquared and their proposed 4G-LTE mobile broadband network that can help our country avoid a very real spectrum crisis… LightSquared's sustainable wholesale-only business model will increase competition in the mobile broadband market, leading to lower consumer prices and increased access to services and applications through mobile devices."
"This proposed network will lower prices and dramatically improve wireless broadband infrastructure in rural areas like West Virginia without requiring any government funding," West Virginia Delegate John D. O'Neal IV (R-Raleigh) wrote in a January 24th letter to the FCC. "I encourage the FCC to retake control of the testing of LightSquared's network and the GPS devices to ensure that fair and impartial testing is conducted."
LightSquared's network partners around the country also are telling the FCC how crucial this network would be to their businesses and their customers.
"LightSquared's wholesale services are critical to our ability to deliver Broadband to low-income communities," wrote Dale R. Schmick, Chief Strategy Officer of YourTel America.
LightSquared's wholesale service "will enhance competition significantly by facilitating the ability of new providers to enter local, regional and nationwide markets and serve customers," wrote Randolph Kantorowicz-Toro, Chairman and CEO of iBanco Corp.
"Hundreds of millions of American consumers would benefit from the greater competition that would be made possible by LightSquared's network," wrote Jerome S. Kaiser, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AirTouch Communications.
Bernie Stevens, CEO of PowerNet Global Communications, urged the FCC to grant LightSquared's Petition for Declaratory Ruling regarding GPS receivers that "squat" in spectrum not licensed to them. "Granting LightSquared's Petition would reinforce the integrity of the Commission's rules, and provide the regulatory certainty necessary for companies like PNG and LightSquared to attract investment and continue developing innovative communications solutions that truly benefit consumers… I urge the Commission to grant LightSquared's Petition on an expedited basis."
"By affirming LightSquared's rights as described in the Petition, the Commission would facilitate our ability to deliver the tangible benefits of more robust competition to consumers in the form of higher quality service, lower rates, and expanded voice and broadband service options all at a lower price point," wrote Mark Richards, Chief Information Officer of VoX Communications. "We feel that the cost savings that would absolutely be enabled by LightSquared would be passed to the American consumer."
"I urge the FCC to fully support LightSquared in offering their services, and fear for the future of the telecom industry were it not allowed to do so," wrote Robert Gaal, CEO & Co-Founder of Karma Mobility Inc.
Jeff Carlisle serves as LightSquared's executive vice president for regulatory affairs and public policy. Carlisle, who previously served as vice president of regulatory affairs for SkyTerra, is responsible for all domestic and international regulatory and policy matters including those at the FCC, Congress, the Executive Branch, the ITU and in foreign markets.


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A parent who has enough power to stay calm when others aren't, also has the power to change the heart of a child who needs calming. So, how do you stay calm when they aren't?
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summary not supposed to be a novel. otherwsie decent review, might check this out later.
summary not supposed to be a novel. otherwise decent review, might check this out later.
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Never heard of her...
Mixing songs in Dutch and in English on the tracklist, doesn't seem like a good idea, however...
Album Rating: 3.5I'm sorry for the fact I made too much of a summary. I'll keep it in mind the next time I write a review.
Can just change it now ya'know....
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Atlantis, Royal Towers, Autograph Collection
Atlantis Resort
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Atlantis, Royal Towers, Autograph Collection Hotel Review: Home to The Dig and Ruins Lagoon --- the largest open-air marine habitat in the world --- Atlantis' Royal Towers offers a unique hotel experience. Taking its color cues from the marine habitat, which is located in the lower lobby, each guest room is done in vibrant blues, soft yellows and burnt oranges. Best of all, though, are the private French balconies overlooking the resort, harbor and/or sea. In addition, each guest room comes with basics such as wireless access, HD TV, 24-hour room service and a digital safe. Luxe amenities include a full-service Mandara Spa, private white sand beach, unlimited Aquaventure visits and more. If you want to spend your time in the water, you can snorkel with manta rays and even become a marine mammal trainer-for-a-day. As for how to spend your nights out, options include a lively casino and Japanese cuisine at Nobu. The hotel's premier accommodation -- the Bridge Suite -- is located between the two towers on the 23rd floor and comes with a permanent staff of seven, a grand piano and twin entertainment centers, a 22-karat gold chandelier in the dining room and twelve-foot ceilings with full-length windows.


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While Sony initially planned to take a 34% stake in the endeavor, the companies have yet to outline a final agreement on the stake and investment split. Both reportedly plan on closing the deal by the end of this month. Sony�s upfront investment is expected to be between $527.2 and $632.64 million, and will gradually rise to (or beyond) $1.1 billion. The hope is that the deal will secure it enough panels for the rapidly growing LCD TV market.
The plant, located in Sakai Japan, will be the world�s first to handle 10th-gen glass substrates, which are larger than previous generations and reduce production costs per panel. Operations at the location are expected to commence in October.


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Respond to Review of Herbivore - Berkeley
by Mimi710
Review: I just moved to Berkeley recently and since then I have been to the Herbivore in Berkeley twice and the one in the city once. Prior to that I had eaten at the location in the city 3 or 4 times while here on vacation. I always liked eating at Herbivore but found the food to often be mediocre. The last few trips have proved me wrong. My tastebuds have been amazed. I love eating at Herbivore. I highly recommend the portabella mushroom and sundried tomato sandwhich... mmm. The thai/curry dishes are all really good too. And if you are looking for a boozy night with friends their mixed drinks are good and then even have frambois on the menu as a beer offering. I don't recommend the ollallieberry pie but all of the other deserts I have had have been good. The Berkeley location seems to have more seating and is more spacious. Definetly check out Herbivore whether you are in the East Bay or in the City.
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