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I don't own Merlin. (Sadly)
Just something that popped in my head
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Arthur rolled over in bed and opened his eyes to look at the clock. It read seven thirty. He groaned in annoyance at the fact that he has woke up so early on his first day off. After getting up at six every morning to go to work for five weeks straight, he decided to have a week off work once he had finished doing early shifts only to find that his first day off he didn't have so much of a lie in.
He stumbled out of bed and walked into his bathroom wearing just his boxer shorts. After relieving himself and washing his hands he made his way into his kitchen to do his self some breakfast. Not knowing the first thing about how to use the cooker, he settled for some cereal. He was halfway through eating it when he heard his letterbox go, telling him he had mail. He decided to leave it until he finished his breakfast.
After finishing his cereal, he washed his dish and spoon and headed to his front door to get his mail when his mobile rang. Changing course he headed back to his bedroom where he left his mobile on the drawers next to his bed. "Hello?"
"Hello, Arthur?"
"Of course it's Arthur, idiot. What's up Merlin?"
"Have you got your mail yet?"
"I was about to get it when you rang. Why?"
"Let me know if you have got a cream coloured envelope with a little mask decorating the front of it."
"Hang on." Arthur picked his mail up and looked through a couple before coming to a cream coloured one with a mask decorated on the bottom right hand corner. He put the rest of his mail on the table and held the cream envelope in his left hand and used his right hand to put his mobile back to his ear. "I've got one."
"It's from Morgana."
"What is she sending us mail for? She sees us everyday. Anything she wanted us to have she would have handed over."
"I know. I've already rung and told her that, but she says she wants to do it properly."
"Do what properly?"
"Open it and find out. I'll talk to you later Arthur."
"Alright Merlin. See you later." Arthur put his phone on the table and opened the envelope and pulled out what was inside. It was an invitation that read:
Morgana Le Fay invites you, Arthur Pendragon to the masked ball on the eighteenth of this month.
The ball starts at six o'clock and finishes at midnight.
You are to wear either wear a suit with waist coat and tie or a tuxedo finishing off with your mask.
A black mask must be worn by all males whilst the females will wear the colour that matches their gown.
This is a masked ball for people who are single. If you see someone you like, you are to get to know them without giving away anything that will give you away.
You are to keep your mask on until you and the person you get to know decide to reveal yourselves.
You can mingle, but when you find the person you like the most you are to stick with them.
(I know what you are like Arthur.)
Please R.S.V.P as soon as.
Morgana x
Arthur picked his phone up and rang Morgana. "Hello?"
"Morgana it's Arthur. I have just got your invite. I'll be there."
"You said yes right away? Normally I have to nag you until you do."
"Yes and it pisses me off when you do that. So I'm going to save you from getting a sore throat and me getting earache and say yes now."
"Thank you Arthur. See you later." Arthur put his phone back on the table and went to have a shower.
Later that afternoon Arthur got a can of lager out of his fridge, planning to settle on the settee and watch the football. That was until he heard a frantic banging on his front door. He opened the door to come face to face with an angry looking Morgana. "He's not coming."
"Who's not coming?" Arthur asked, shutting the door after Morgana stormed past him.
"Merlin. He said he isn't coming. It's not fair Arthur. I can't threaten him with Uther like I can you. So you are going to tell him to go."
"I can't make Merlin do anything."
"You will have to this time."
"Why? Why are you determined to have Merlin there."
"Because it's a chance for all singles to find someone. Do you know what he told me?"
"No but I've got a feeling I'm about to know."
"He said he don't like social meetings. How can he call my party a social meeting?"
"If you think about it Morgana. That is what it is. What you are doing is trying to play cupid with all of your single friends and it's kind of like speed dating. Mingle with people before settling with someone you like. To make it sound like something it's not, you've just put that it's a masked ball to make it seem more exciting."
"Just get Merlin to go Arthur." she said before leaving.
Arthur sighed and text Merlin to come over. Within thirty minutes. Merlin was at Arthur's door. "She's not here is she?" Merlin asked when Arthur answered the door.
Arthur chuckled. "She was. She isn't now." Merlin walked in and sat down on Arthur's settee. Arthur sat down next to him and looked at him. "So. You're not going?"
"Morgana has ordered me to get you to change your mind. I won't. If you don't want to go, then you don't want to go. May I ask why?"
Merlin sighed. "There is someone I like. More than like. He'll be there."
"I know we are all to wear a mask, but even with a mask on I'll probably know him. I have liked him for about a year now."
"Why have you never done anything about it?"
"Because he isn't gay Arthur. I've only seen him with girls. I know he'll be there because he always goes to these things. Truth is if I go, Morgana will be nagging me to try and hook up with someone. But all I'll end up doing is comparing them to him. Until I am over my thing for him, I'm best to stay how I am. Single."
"Who is he Merlin."
"I can't tell you."
"Why not?"
"Because you know him."
"I won't tell him Merlin."
"No Arthur. Do you understand now why I don't want to go?"
"I do Merlin."
"Good. You can tell Morgana. No matter how many times I explained it to her. It didn't register."
"Of course I can. I've got to get a tux for this thing. Do you want to come with me to get one."
"I'm best not to."
Arthur frowned. "Why not?"
"You'll be trying a tuxedo on Arthur."
"What's wrong with that?" Arthur asked, still not understanding.
"Seeing you in a tuxedo is going to be torture for me." Merlin explained.
"Why? It's not as if it's me you fancy Merlin."
"Well no. But it's any bloke in a tuxedo. Another reason for not going to this thing. He'll probably be wearing one." Merlin sighed.
Arthur's home phone rang twice before cutting to the answering machine. "Arthur." Morgana's voice said. "Have you convinced Merlin yet? I'm just on my way home. I've picked some things up for the party. Obviously your not in. I'll come round later. About four o'clock? See you then." The machine beeped and Merlin stood up. "I don't want to be here when she comes. She probably end up shouting at me some more. I'll see you later." Before Arthur could say anything, Merlin left. Arthur sighed, he picked up his car keys and left his flat. He ran down the stairs hoping to catch Merlin.
Merlin was just walking out of the building when Arthur spotted him. "Merlin. I've got to go and get my tux. It's daft you walking home. I'll drop you off." Merlin smiled in thanks and followed Arthur to his car.
A couple of days later Merlin opened his front door and saw Morgana stood there. "No Morgana." he said before Morgana had a chance to say anything. "Please Merlin. I need you to go. You said you wasn't going and now Arthur isn't going."
"Arthur isn't? Why not?"
"Because I told him not to bother. He knows the dress code. But he wants to wear a dark blue mask to match his suit. I said no. He wouldn't let it drop so I told him not to bother."
"I wonder what changed his mind then because when he drop me off at home the other day, he was going to buy a tuxedo."
"Oh I don't know. Please say you wil come Merlin?"
"No Morgana. Did Arthur explain to you why I really don't want to go?"
"Yes. But the best way to get over a man is to find yourself another one."
"No Morgana."
"Don't say no. Just tell me you will think about it."
"Say you will think about it and I'll leave you alone."
Merlin sighed. "Fine. I'll think about it." Morgana beamed and hugged Merlin before leaving.
On the day of the masked party Merlin was stood in his bedroom with his wardrobe door open, staring at the tuxedo that was hanging inside. Merlin spent all day thinking what he should do. Should he go or stop at home? Merlin sighed. Arthur won't be there. He thought. Making his mind up, he moved forward and took his tuxedo from the wardrobe.
Morgana opened her door in her blue gown, mask on her face and smiled when she saw a bloke with short black hair wearing a tuxedo and mask. "Who's under there?" she asked.
Not wanting anyone to know, Merlin put his finger to his lips to silently tell her he is not telling. Morgana smiled. "Of course. This is the whole point of this party isn't it. Come in." Merlin smiled in thanks and walked in.
An hour into the party, men and woman approached Merlin but he turned them down gently. He saw Morgana at the drinks table with her arms wrapped Leon who was wearing a tuxedo. He went to stand close enough to them so he could hear what they were saying whilst getting himself a drink. "I thought at least either Arthur or Merlin would change their mind and turn up, but neither of them have." Morgana said. Merlin smiled to himself. Arthur wasn't here. He could relax and talk to people now. He got his drink and walked away.
"I know. Arthur has surprised me. I thought that with all these woman here Arthur would show up."
"What's all these woman here got to do with anything? Arthur's gay."
"Since when?" asked Leon
"Since he fell in love."
"With who?"
Morgana sighed. "Promise you won't say anything?"
"I promise."
"Merlin. I think that's the real reason he didn't come tonight, because Merlin has refused to."
Unbeknown to Morgana, Leon and Merlin. Arthur was there. He kept to his self watching a certain male with short black hair and piercing blue eyes behind that mask. He was almost certain it was Merlin, he needed to know for sure and he knew just how to do that.
Arthur walked upto a bloke who had been talking and flirting with men. "Excuse me mate? I wonder if you could do me a favour?"
"What's that?"
"See him there?" Arthur asked, pointing discreetly in Merlin's direction.
"Tall skinny bloke with the short black hair?"
"That's him. I want you to go and whisper something in his ear."
"Course I can. What do you want me to say?"
Arthur told him what to say. The bloke nodded and walked over to Merlin and tapped him on the shoulder, making Merlin turn around. Arthur watched as the bloke leaned forward and whispered something in Merlin's ear. When Merlin blushed, Arthur couldn't help but smile. That's Merlin alright.
When the bloke walked away. Arthur made his move. Having a rough idea of what Merlin's type was Arthur acted as he talked to Merlin, who, with relief to Arthur, didn't turn him down.
For the next two hours Arthur got to know a lot more about Merlin. Arthur took his chance when he and Merlin were sat on their own and leaned forward and kissed him. Merlin responded straight away by wrapping his arms around Arthur who pulled him on to his lap so Merlin was straddling him. After a few minutes of this Arthur felt someone pull Merlin away from him. Arthur looked up to see Morgana. "If this is going to get more heated. There are some spare rooms upstairs." No sooner had Morgana finished talking, they both stood up and made their way towards the stairs.
They locked themselves in the nearest room and started kissing each other passionately whilst taking each others clothes off. Once they were both naked apart from their masks. Arthur realised. He wanted to look at Merlin whilst making love to him. "Wait." Arthur said as Merlin went to grab hold of his hardened member. "What's up? Have you changed your mind?"
Arthur moved forwards and cupped Merlin's face with his hands. "No. It's just that- that."
"I want to see your face whilst we are doing this. I want to know who's name I'll be screaming when I come."
Merlin smiled. "Alright." Merlin removed his mask. Knowing it was Merlin already, Arthur had to look surprised.
"What's wrong?"
"I know you."
"Do I know you?"
Arthur nodded. Merlin raised his hands to Arthur's face and touched his mask. "May I?"
Arthur nodded again. Merlin slowly removed the mask but quickly dropped it when he saw who it was. "Arthur."
What are you doing kissing me? You don't swing that way."
"I do Merlin. I have for a few months now."
Merlin swallowed hard. "Do you want to stop?"
Merlin lurched forward and kissed Arthur hard who kissed him back, picking him up. Merlin wrapped his legs around Arthur started to roam his hands over Arthur.
"Merlin. I want you."
"Take me." Arthur's fingers found Merlin's entrance and pushed them in, one by one, preparing Merlin. "Arthur now."
Arthur pushed Merlin up against the wall, withdrew his fingers, lined his cock up and thrust into Merlin. "Ah Arthur." Merlin wrapped his arms tightly around Arthur. "Faster Arthur. Harder."
Arthur sped up. As Merlin felt himself getting close, Arthur stopped and pulled out of Merlin. "Arthur?"
"Against the wall is fun Merlin but my first time with you, I want you in a bed." He led Merlin to the bed and laid him on the bed then knelt at the side of him. "Knees up." Merlin complied. Arthur moved in front of Merlin's legs and bent forward, taking Merlin's cock into his mouth. "Oh gods. Arthur."
Arthur kept one hand on Merlin's hip to stop him from thrusting upwards whilst his other hand was fondling Merlin's balls. "Arthur please." Arthur pulled his mouth away and lifted Merlin's legs up and placed them on his shoulders and moved forwards, entering Merlin. "Oh Merlin. You won't believe how long I have waited for this."
"Trust me Arthur. I do. AH." Merlin cried out when Arthur hit that spot inside of him. "Faster Arthur." Arthur quickened his pace and took hold of Merlin's cock, pumping it in time with his thrusts. "Ah. Merlin I'm close."
"Me too Arthur." Arthur thrust into Merlin a couple more times before coming, shouting Merlin's name, spilling all into Merlin who quickly followed, covering Arthur's hand and his stomach.
Merlin let his legs drop as Arthur pulled out of him and laid down beside him.
"I didn't even know you were gay Arthur." Merlin said once he got his breath back.
"I wasn't."
"What changed?"
"I fell in love."
"Who with?"
Arthur propped himself up on his elbow, looking down at Merlin who was smiling. "You Merlin."
"I love you too Arthur." Arthur smiled before leaning down and capturing Merlin's lips.
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By Daniel Greenfield
July 31, 2013
Shortly, New York may be ruled by a governor who helped cause the financial meltdown, while New York City may have a mayor who was forced to resign from Congress and its comptroller will be a former governor who was forced to resign for transporting a prostitute across state lines. He will be replacing the current comptroller who may go to jail for campaign finance fraud.
All of that sounds like an elaborate setup to a punch line. And it is.
New York State has the 33rd highest unemployment rate in the country. New York City's unemployment rate is even higher at 8.3%. In June, New York City, with a population of 8 million, added just 3,100 jobs. Most of those jobs were in the city's tourism trade which bulks up during the summer.
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From BHG, with a few changes and adjustments. The original recipe called for walnuts but I'm not a fan so replaced with almonds. Serve with toasted baguette slices or crackers.
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Let me first state that I am not a goat cheese fan at all, but its earthiness really is complemented by the ingredients here. I had some dried mission figs that I used, and also added some fresh parsley to the other fresh herbs. I followed the recipe exactly as posted, except I did not garnish with any fresh thyme. This would be great to serve to guests, and is quite easy to put together. Thanks for sharing this unexpected delight!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- boiling water
- 3⁄4 cup chopped dried fig (about 14 whole figs)
- 3 ounces crumbled chevre cheese
- 1⁄2 cup light sour cream
- 3 tablespoons fresh basil, snipped
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, snipped
- salt, to taste
- ground black pepper, to taste
- 1⁄2 cup chopped toasted almond, divided
- 2 tablespoons milk (optional)
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The 2012 Ryder Cup, dubbed by the media as the "Miracle in Medinah" due to Europe's come-from-behind victory, took home the Sports Event of the Year and the Best Professional Single-Sport Event. Other winners included the 2012 Olympic Summer Games, the 2012 Army-Navy Football Game, the 2013 Sandy Hook Run for Families and the 2013 NBA Finals.
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Like an angry parent, upset that his/her kid is the subject of some vindictive rumors that he can't get along with anyone, NVIDIA stood up for its product and said that the Tegra chip has no compatibility issues with LTE. The chip manufacturer brought up the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G LTE tablet as an example of how Tegra and LTE play nicely with each other. According to NVIDIA, there is nothing unique about LTE that would prevent Tegra 2 chips from working on it.
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2. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4888; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
Yes maybe now there is no issue, because they have had all this time to fix the problem. There may be more than meets the eye to this supposed NVIDIA/LTE incompatibility issue! It just seems fishy that now NVIDIA is speaking up, but not then when the issue first came up.
3. luis_lopez_351 (Posts: 951; Member since: 18 Nov 2010)
This is stupid. No evidence, no sell. words are words no one listens too.
4. jroc74 (Posts: 6019; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
If the Bionic comes with an OMAP 4....somethings up. Might not be related to LTE but Moto didnt just wake up one day and say "Hey, lets take out Tegra 2 and put another chip in our new phone this year!!"
5. theBankRobber (unregistered)
I wish ATI would jump in and make a phone with its own cpu/gpu , oh and amd that way everyone has their hand into Android. Now that would deff be a HUGE PROBLEM WITH FRAGMENTATION . Think I'm lying, look the apps designed only for nvidia phones, every manufacture wants their own app store and its a hug problem for any consumer. Oh and before anyone says anything about me hating Android, I'm a die hard HTC fan buying the Evo 3d.
8. Twashbush (Posts: 47; Member since: 08 Jun 2011)
Well since you missed the news there is no more ATI. AMD bought them a few years and it's all AMD now.
6. supervalu (unregistered)
ATI did have it's own mobile gpu. they sold it. Today you know it as the Adreno line.
9. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
This is starting to sound like a game of he said, she said. The seem to be problems with LTE handsets. The problems also seem to be occurring on LTE handsets with the Tegra 2 chipset. If other handsets without the Tegra 2 chipset don't have problems with LTE, it is going to be pretty hard to deny a linkage. Best to get out in front of the issue and get it sorted out.
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Speaking of which, now that the new Bionic has surfaced I guess any issues they had were, hopefully, wiped out. There were issues for sure though. No new tech will come out clean the first time around.
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IRVINE, Calif. — The LSU women's tennis team (4-1) will take on UC Irvine (3-3) at 3:30 p.m. Monday at the UC Irvine Tennis Stadium.
"We have a great opportunity again (Monday) to play a very good UC Irvine team and build on the valuable lessons we took with us from our loss to Long Beach State," LSU coach Julia S. Sell said. "I'm looking for our team to trust in the process (Monday) and be disciplined in their game style."
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The American second seed put in a strong display to get the better of Tursunov with a 6-4 7-5 victory.
The Russian, seeded seven, lost his concentration at key moments to allow Roddick break once in each set.
Roddick will face Nicolas Mahut in Sunday's final after he defeated fellow Frenchman Arnaud Clement 6-3 7-6.
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Roddick, who also triumphed in 2005, is now in with a chance of winning his fourth title at the venue and was happier with his performance than in his last two matches against Alex Bogdanovic and Mario Cilic
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Mahut has beaten Jonas Bjorkman, Ivan Ljubicic, Nadal and Clement to reach the final, but will still have to go through qualifying to earn a place in the main draw for Wimbledon, where he won as a junior seven years ago.
He said: "Before this tournament I was meant to play in the qualifiers, and six days later I am playing in the final against Andy.
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This being the shortest day of the year on Thursday, it struck me as worth revisiting that old favourite, the possibility of shifting Britain's clock-setting habits from our traditional GMT-plus-one-hour in the summer to continental time – GMT-plus-one in winter, plus-two in summer.
Alas, we instantly encounter what has been a familiar problem this dark December. A host of overpaid Fleet Street columnists have taken to calling continental time "Berlin time", as you must have noticed. I wonder why that is? Surely "Paris time" has a lighter touch? "Rome time?" There are so many options across our great peninsula.
But as the Brussels summit demonstrated, there is nothing a swath of Fleet Street loves better than fighting the last two world wars from the safety of their armchairs. So do plenty of politicians.
It was no surprise to find that Daniel Hannan MEP (sheer mischief requires me to call him "Peruvian-born Daniel Hannan") illustrated his summit blog with Low's great cartoon of Britain's defiance of Hitler in 1940: "Very well, alone," says the soldier on the White Cliffs. It is magnificent, but it was false even then. The empire stood at the soldier's back.
The question now is when the morning sun should fall on those splendid white cliffs each morning. In retirement, my sister and her husband, both teachers, live within sight of the Beachy Head end and I sometimes admire the cliffs in the sun's morning glow. Rather less often I admire Edinburgh Castle and the Old Town in the morning sunshine. They are both pretty good.
Traditionally this debate has been framed in a north-south way, with many southerners saying it would suit them – and assorted industries, including tourism – to have darker winter mornings and lighter evenings when we are all up and about and the kids can let off steam in daylight. Scots reply: "Steady on, it's dark enough up here in the mornings without making things worse."
I've always been on the Scots' side on this one. We live in a long thin country in which Edinburgh is four degrees further north than London, whereas Paris is less than three degrees south. The Orkneys are on 60 or so degrees north. So making allowances for Scotland's problem with the winter dark – and summer light, which is also noticeable – strikes me as a small courtesy to the union.
There was a letter in the FT this last year claiming that it would work as an east-west thing, not a north-south thing, and that Edinburgh is actually west of Bristol, which would make everything OK to have separate Scottish and English time zones. A sure way to bust the union, I'd say, but the FT author has a point: the Scottish capital is three degrees west of Greenwich, Bristol only 2.3 degrees.
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You can read James Randerson's summary here together with some good background links.
Harris has already attracted flack from the "Berlin Time" crowd. Here's a session of the BBC Politics Show in which she has to fend off Peter Hitchens, brother of the late Christopher, who shares some of the family's polemical talents but made a strange journey from Trot to Tory ultra in his politics and journalism. If the subject – or Hitchens – interests you, take a look.
Here's Hitchens's less guarded view in the Mail on Sunday. And here's a game bit of "news" reporting from its daily sister, warning of what dreadful things happened when Portugal experimented with Berlin time.
It's a complicated subject, freighted with emotion and history – one in which the desire to "modernise" economies by centralising time is a recurring feature. Here's a rational backgrounder from the FT's Clive Cookson if you can access it.
All Rebecca Harris is trying to do is to facilitate an experiment to see if it suits us, is good for jobs and road safety – as the pro camp says – or whether they are spurious arguments, as the antis say. We had an experiment in 1968-71 (I had quite forgotten) before returning to our old insular ways.
Hitchens and his crowd see the whole thing as an EU plot with a bit of Lib Dem scheming thrown in. David Cameron is giving a bit of wind to the Harris bill – she used to be a party official, I think – because Nick Clegg is bullying him again. If you believe that, you'll believe that the late Kim Jong-il really is divine. Yeah, right.
As it happens, I would vote with Comrade Hitchens against a change. I rang a wise Scottish friend a moment ago, one who grew up in the Highlands, and she said that kids go to school in daylight and come home in the dark in the winter months. The Harris reform, if enacted, would make the trip a dark one both ways. They don't want it and nor do most adults.
That's good enough for me. Doubtful claims about saving lives and generating 80,000 jobs in tourism as visitors flock in to see Brits getting drunk in full daylight are just that, well-meaning but speculative. The downside of reform is often more tangible, as it is here.
But let's hear no more about the fantasy of Berlin time or how Brussels is forcing us to do this or that. I'm sure Brussels would love to make everyone change their underwear every day at the same hour from Lisbon to the Ukrainian border. We just have to say no politely to Paris time – lovely though it sounds when you put it like that.
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PENDLETON --- Mandy Hanks, an adjunct instructor in Tri-County Technical College's Expanded Duty Dental Assisting program, received the College's 2014 Adjunct Faculty Presidential Award May 6.
This award is given annually at the spring faculty/staff convocation to the adjunct faculty member who is recognized for excellence in teaching, who has consistently high student evaluations and who supports the philosophy and goals of the College.
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Mrs. Hanks also has assisted in community education projects for the program, including National Dental Health Month, Tri-County Dental Society meetings, and Dental Assisting Student Organization meetings, in addition to national and state meetings.
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Here's an interview with Peter Monaghan, editor of Moving Image Archive News, in which I discuss my new book, Death of the Moguls, from Rutgers University Press.
As Monaghan writes, "Wheeler Winston Dixon talks about how he went about researching his latest book, Death of the Moguls: The End of Classical Hollywood, which Rutgers University Press released in August 2012. Dixon is a prolific film historian based at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Among his many books are 21st Century Hollywood: Movies in the Era of Transformation (with Gwendolyn Audrey Foster), A History of Horror, and Film Noir and the Cinema of Paranoia (all Rutgers University Press).
In Death of the Moguls, he explains what happened when leaders of Hollywood studios during the "golden era" of the 1930s to 1950s faced obstacles they had not foreseen, and could barely countenance – dying, for example. Dixon describes the final years of the studio system and assesses the last days of the "rulers of film" – moguls like Harry Cohn at Columbia, Louis B. Mayer at MGM, Jack L. Warner at Warner Brothers, Adolph Zukor at Paramount, and Herbert J. Yates at Republic. Dixon asserts that because those figures made the studios through the sheer force of their personalities and business acumen, their deaths or departures hastened the studios' collapse. Why? Because almost none of them cultivated leaders to succeed them.
Dixon introduces many studios and their bosses of the late 1940s, just before the studios collapsed, and describes their last productions as they headed towards their demise in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He details such game-changing factors as the de Havilland decision, which made actors free agents; the Consent Decree, which forced the studios to get rid of their theaters and slash their payrolls; how the moguls dealt with their collapsing empires in the television era – by shifting to 3D, color, and CinemaScope; and the end of the conventional studio assembly line, where producers had rosters of directors, writers, and actors under their command.
In his 'lucid and penetrating account,' as film scholar Steven Shaviro of Wayne State University puts it, Dixon also describes what came next: the switch to television production and some distribution of independent film."
You can read the entire interview by clicking here, or on the image above.
Tags: Books, Death of the Moguls, Film History, Film Industry, Interviews, Moving Image Archive News, Peter Monaghan, Rutgers University Press


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Building a business during the recent economic downturn has been a tough row to hoe. Some segments have been especially tough.
Last fall, the Milwaukee Journal reported total U.S. beverage milk sales in 2011 were 53 billion pounds - about 6 billion gallons - the lowest level since 1984, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture figures released in August; and, whole milk beverage sales were less than half their level from the early 1980s. Those numbers were part of a decade long downward trend.
So why would Cattlemen's Beef Board member Doug Temme and his wife, Mary, choose to grow their dairy herd while consumption was nose-diving? "My son John came home from college four years ago. It seemed like a good time to expand the herd," he told me.
John had graduated from South Dakota State's renowned dairy school. Managing a herd that had always been around 150 to 200 cows just didn't seem like a good use of his skills, so they began the expansion. With 1,100 acres there was plenty of room to grow. Today, they're milking 650 to 700 cows three times a day.
"We plan to grow some more," Temme said. "We might be able to double in a few years." John and his fiancée Molly will be married by then with a possible next generation of dairy farmers in the works. There are two other family members – a daughter Ann and her husband Connor Rocole, and another daughter, Lisa, who's working on a degree in Textile Science at the University of Nebraska.
While they were building the business, they took the opportunity to upgrade the facilities. "We've made some changes, mostly for the comfort of our herd. We built a new tunnel ventilated barn with sand for bedding – we want our animals to stand while eating and lay down while they're chewing their cud. We were getting 65 to 70 pounds of milk per animal per day; now we're getting 85 to 90 pounds."
Just finishing his first year as a CBB member, Temme claims he's still in the 'learning curve' but he has plenty of experience to bring to the table. Temme was nominated to the Beef Board by a caucus of the Nebraska Cattlemen, Farm Bureau and Associated Milk Producers, Inc. (AMPI). He has served as vice chairman of AMPI and is president of the Nebraska State Dairy Association.
Temme serves on the Freedom to Operate Committee, whose goal is to protect and enhance beef producers' freedom to operate. He had worked with "We Support Agriculture," a coalition of individuals and organizations that stand behind Nebraska farmers against attacks by animal right extremists.
"We want to make sure the public knows we support agriculture and the truth about animal rights groups," he said. His work with WSA as well as his service to the cattle industry through his committee work with CBB underscores his enthusiasm for the dairy industry and his faith in the continued success of animal agriculture.
Chuck Jolley is a free lance writer, based in Kansas City, who covers a wide range of ag industry topics for Vance Publishing.


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Table arrangements for your wedding that feature hydrangeas.
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Logs of white birch with hollowed out holes house sweet arrangements of white hydrangea.
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Enamel pails overflowing with fresh hydrangeas are charming at an informal reception.
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Multicolor mauve, blue, and pink hydrangea, as well as pink spray roses, make up this classic arrangement.


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South Allegheny boys soccer turning heads
South Allegheny had reason to believe its boys soccer team would be improved this year.
The Gladiators were beneficiaries of the WPIAL's biennial realignment and were dropping down a classification, out of Section 3-AA and away from perennial title contender South Park along with postseason regulars Southmoreland, Thomas Jefferson and Steel Valley. A move to Section 1-A, with defending champion Greensburg Central Catholic and several middling programs, appeared to be reason to believe South Allegheny would show improvement over a dismal 2011 campaign in which it finished 1-16-0.
But arguably no one expected this.
The Gladiators, who have not qualified for the WPIAL playoffs since 2001, are 4-0-0 with wins against teams in all three classifications and are readying themselves for their section opener at home at 7 p.m. Wednesday against Winchester-Thurston.
"I took (the team) to Camp Soles to bond for a week, which was a plus, and we picked up some players this year," said South Allegheny sixth-year coach Dean Vickers.
"Some of them played spring soccer before they played high school soccer, so that helped, and they're finally starting to understand the game."
South Allegheny picked up junior forward Jake Thieret, who lives in Liberty and transferred from Serra Catholic — a team that is now in the Gladiators' section — and the forward has been a solid addition, leading the team with five goals. Another fresh face, junior center-midfielder Anthony Lewis, has scored three times, meaning two of the new additions have accounted for eight of the team's 12 goals.
South Allegheny has scored 12 goals; the team netted just 16 in 17 games last season and was held to one goal or fewer 14 times while allowing 78 goals.
"I had 14 first-year players last year, and these kids are better now with a full year under their belts," Vickers said. "The move into Class A (helped) because that section we were in last year was a tough section. But we're beating Double-A teams … and I'm extremely proud and extremely pleased with how we've done and the work the kids have put in."
Still, the real litmus test will come this week, when South Allegheny opens section play. Not only will the Gladiators host Winchester-Thurston on Wednesday, they also travel to Greensburg Central Catholic at 7:30 p.m. Thursday for a showdown with the Centurions, the No. 4 team in the Trib Total Media preseason rankings.
"It's really nice to have the nonsection games that we did to get the kids ready and to have them come together before we play in the section," Vickers said. "With Winchester-Thurston and Greensburg Central Catholic, who is really good, I'll see how far we have come."
Keith Barnes is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 412-664-9161 Ext. 1977.