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Batman's origin story, like all great legends, is a constant work in progress, each generation giving it their own spin reflecting the values and fears of their time.
But the story of the Dark Knight's creation -- as in, who ever thought a bat was a good model for a super hero -- turns out to be somewhat malleable, too. "The Dark Knight Rises" hits the theaters Friday, so here's a look back at how this whole thing got started:
The late Bob Kane is widely acknowledged as Batman's creator. Born Oct. 24, 1915, in New York City, Kane studied art at Cooper Union before going pro in 1934. Following the runaway success of Superman in 1938, Kane's boss told him to come up with some new heroes, and Kane subsequently presented him with Batman.
Rob Conte, proprietor of Manhattan Comics, who knows Batman "like the back of my hand," cites three major influences on Kane that led him to create Batman.
"Bob was a huge fan of the pulp novels, as well as the radio shows like 'The Shadow.' As rumor would have it, he saw a movie in 1926 called 'The Bat,' and it made such an impression on him... He'd also studied the drawings of Leonardo Da Vinci, and Da Vinci had tried to invent a method of flying by constructing a mechanism based on bat wings. Bob came up with some sketches that were relevant to that. Along with his writing partner Bill Finger, they came up with Batman."
This is more or less the origin story that Kane himself told in his 1989 autobiography, "Batman and Me." Add those elements together and seems reasonable Kane was able to cook up the Caped Crusader. But according to author and comic book writer Gerard Jones, Kane's version of events doesn't quite ring true.
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In his book "Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book," Jones tears apart Kane's origin story, saying that Kane only acknowledged Finger's contributions years later, and claiming Kane went "so far as to forge sketches that he supposedly drew in January 1934 'at the age of 13,' showing a 'bat-man'… inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci's sketches."
In his book, Jones contends the alleged forgeries were part of a Kane's campaign to downplay the contributions made by Bill Finger, who came up with the Dark Knight's color scheme and cape, as well as the alias Bruce Wayne, among other details. Seven years removed from the publishing of his book, Jones is slightly less damning, while sounding a bit more understanding, about Kane's "forge(d) sketches."
"That's largely suppositional—there's no hard data for that. It's my assumption, and of most other people who track this stuff feel he came up with this stuff later to make it look as though he thought up this stuff before any other bat-like pulp hero had been created. Trying to stake prior claim that he couldn't actually have backed up," says Jones."
Dr. Will Brooker, author of the forthcoming "Hunting the Dark Knight" and the first person to do his Pd.D. thesis on Batman, isn't comfortable with accusation Kane of forgery, but concedes that he may bent the truth.
"I think forgeries is a bit strong," said Brooker by phone from London. "I think for decades Bob Kane's was the only voice we heard in terms of the creation of Batman--I do think it's possible he improved on history a bit by saying he found a sketch he did in 1934.
Conte, who's spent almost his entire career working in the worlds of comic books and rock music, chalks up Kane's prevarications to the artistic process.
"When you create something and you become famous, there's a tendency to not acknowledge your influences, for fear that you may be scrutinized for taking a little too much from them, and I certainly think that's the case with Bob Kane," says Conte. "There's no proof, it's all theory, but it wouldn't surprise if they did prove that Bob [forged the Da Vinci sketches]."
Batman is hardly alone in having his authorship contested, as many feel that Stan Lee, for all his talents, perhaps received too much credit for the creation of Spider-Man and other heroes. Jones suggests these controversies were just a byproduct of the creative process at the time, coupled with a certain level of naivete.
"I think it's the fact that these guys were just grinding things out so quickly, not doing any kind of documentation or journaling or anything else, and not expecting these things to be much. And suddenly they became these gigantic properties and they themselves probably weren't entirely clear on what had happened."

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Lindsay Lohan revealed on the deeply personal season finale of her reality TV show that she suffered a miscarriage after her stint in rehab. Though many viewers theorized that Lindsay was making up the story for ratings, the celeb has now sworn its legitimacy in court.
LiLo has been tangled up in a lawsuit over her clothing company 6126 for the last year, but there doesn't seem to be an end in sight. The clothing line's manufacturers felt the ultimate failure in sales was due to Lindsay's poor public image and reputation, and consequently went after the star for $5 million in damages.
Last summer the lawsuit was put on hold while the actress-turned-singer attempted to regain her mental and physical health in rehab. Once she was out and sober, the case resumed — for everyone but Lindsay. She didn't respond to the legal notices and, therefore, automatically lost the case.
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Per TMZ, Lindsay stated in her court documents, "I have been overwhelmed since leaving rehab and dealing with my sobriety and a miscarriage."
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While the Orlando VA Medical Center languishes well behind its promised delivery date, those most inconvenienced might take some comfort in knowing they're not alone. The 1.2-million-square-foot hospital under construction at Lake Nona Medical City isn't the only VA project having problems.
Across the country, many VA medical construction projects are also far behind schedule. The national situation points to a much larger problem within the department, say those familiar with the projects.
Of the four VA hospitals under construction, three are more than a year behind schedule, according to U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Pensacola), who oversees the House Committee on Veteran's Affairs.
Among the 55 VA medical clinics authorized by Congress since 1998, five are completed, while 38 are behind schedule, and more than a third of those are delayed at least three years. One Jacksonville clinic is more than 13 years behind schedule.
Congress has approved more than $3 billion for the hospitals, and $442 million in building costs.
Miller is among those on Capitol Hill frustrated by the delays. "I am not assured that the VA has the right team in place to oversee and manage these projects," he said.
"We have seen across VA contracting that there are deep-rooted problems, and leadership allows these problems to persist. We hear over and over in testimony that no one is to blame, nor held to account. Someone must be accountable for these problems. It appears we have a leadership vacuum, which is an even larger problem," said Miller, who has vowed to get to the bottom of the VA delay in Orlando.
For its part, the VA accepts much of the blame. "No question about it," said Bob Neary, VA director of construction and facilities management. "We experienced delays in many of these initiatives. We're taking steps to mitigate them."
In Central Florida, those most affected by the setback are the 400,000 local veterans who've been waiting for their long-promised hospital, and the estimated 700 construction workers who could have been working if VA procedures had been more efficient.
Originally set to open this October, the VA hospital will not open before December 2013, and possibly later, according to Brasfield & Gorrie, lead contractor on the project.
At a hearing inWashington, D.C., in March, B&G executives testified that the project would run $120 million over its $656 million budget. Most of the additional cost, they said, is related to medical equipment decisions the VA either made late or changed, which affected design and stalled construction.
"That's an at-least number," said George Paulson, on-site project executive for B&G, "assuming all goes well from here."
Neary said the additional cost won't be anywhere near that amount.
What's the hold up?
In addition to the Orlando facility, the VA is building hospitals in Las Vegas, New Orleans and Denver. Each has been delayed for a different reason.
•The Las Vegas project is close to completion, and is coming in close to its original $600 million budget, said Neary. Builders finished the hospital in December, four months behind schedule, according to hearing testimony from John O'Keefe, president of Clark Construction, one of two construction firms on the Vegas project. The facility should start admitting patients this summer.
•In New Orleans, land issues put the project two-years behind. Initially, the city agreed to deliver to the VA "construction-ready" land by November 2009, but didn't deliver it until April 2011, said Neary.
The land deal required the state to clear 190 private residences, many condemned after Hurricane Katrina, said Neary. "But that all took a good deal longer than anticipated."
Last May, the VA gave the construction team a notice to proceed, said O'Keefe, whose firm is also part of a joint venture building this project. After "articles of historical significance" were found on the site, construction halted again.
Construction resumed in February, said O'Keefe. So far, costs on the $995 million project, the most expensive of the four, appear to be in line.
Neary says the New Orleans hospital will open in January 2015. In his testimony, O'Keefe said the opening date would be in 2016.
•In Denver, the VA hospital was delayed more than a year because VA officials changed their minds about what they were going to build — twice.
Initially, VA officials planned to build a hospital. Then they decided to build a clinic instead, and operate out it out of a local existing hospital, Neary said. Then they reversed that decision and decided to build a full-service hospital after all.
"That led to a year delay," he said. "We wound up back where we started."
Construction on that $800 million project has also just begun. Originally set to open in 2014, the new completion date will be in spring of 2015, according to Neary.
"The past is the past and we're progressing according to schedule," said Celeste Davis, spokeswoman for Kiewit-Turner, the joint venture handling the construction. Beyond that the firm would not comment.
•As for the 38 VA clinics behind schedule, Neary conceded, "We've experienced delays in leased outpatient clinic facilities, too." Among the reasons he cited were the growing needs and numbers of veterans, the increased sophistication of these clinics and the difficulty acquiring land.
Under the long-term lease model, the VA hires an architectural and engineering firm to build a new clinic, or retrofit an existing building. The VA then leases the property from the firm for 20 years.
Time is money
Whether a hospital or a clinic, those working on the VA projects agree that delays cost money.
"As more time goes by, more money is lost," Miller said. "I have asked VA for a new estimate for Orlando, and I am still waiting on a response. I fully anticipate VA will request a third funding authorization for this project."
Neary said that the VA has money available to address these situations — including the one in Orlando — without having to seek additional funding from Congress.
"Certainly we've had a breakdown in Orlando," Neary said. "It's one of largest hospitals we've ever done, and we've had some missteps. We are working very diligently to move it forward."
Miller said that won't happen unless the VA changes its ways. "Until VA applies private-sector principles to mitigate cost increases and schedule delays," he said, "we'll have these problems."
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How many of the twentieth-century's vicious dictators also wrote a bodice-ripping historical novel? The answer is at least one, that one being Il Duce himself, Benito Mussolini.
In 1909, the future leader of Italy was secretary to a trade union organisation in Trent, and assisting the editor of the local socialist newspaper Il Popolo and its weekly supplement La Vita Trentina. For La Vita Trentina he wrote a serial, the extravagantly titled Claudia Particella, l'Amante del Cardinale: Grande Romanzo dei Tempi del Cardinale Emanuel Madruzzo. Apparently the story was popular with the readers of the magazine, but with the passage of time it was forgotten and it was not until 1929, after he had been in power for more than six years, that it was rediscovered and published in book form, with English and German editions appearing shortly after.
Mussolini's story is about a historical figure, Emanuel Madruzzo, Cardinal of Trent during the papal reign of Alexander VII (1655-1667), his mistress Claudia Particella, and the unhappy course of their love affair. Madruzzo wants to resign his cardinalcy and legitimise the relationship, but the pope will not permit it; meanwhile the couple's enemies inside and outside of the church are increasing in number and determination, as first Emanuel lavishes the town's wealth on Claudia then compounds his sin by carelessly bringing about the death of his niece and hiding her body. The dastardly Don Benizio could help them, but only if Claudia will yield to his lusts: she spurns him, sealing her fate. Assassins are recruited and several attempts are made on her life; finally they succeed in drugging her wine and she dies. Madruzzo lives on, presumably unhappily ever after.
You may gather from my synopsis that this is not great literature, nor would you expect it to be, given its author. But a book does not have to be great literature to be worth reading, if it has, say, a fast-moving plot, interesting characters, humour - intentional or otherwise - or a smattering of lubricious sex. None of these things are to be found here, sadly.
The plot wanders, betraying both its nature as a serial publication and its author's lack of serious interest in his story. A similar carelessness mars his characterisation, so that it is hard to say whether his two protagonists are supposed to be sympathetic or not. He does not really care what they do, or what happens to them: it seems that he is writing about them only because the historical setting provides an excuse for lengthy anti-clerical rants, and to portray the lust, vengefulness and murderousness of their adversaries. For him, love is merely a convenient motivating device that can be evoked by well-worn formulae, while hate is real.
Mussolini the dictator has often been portrayed as a comical figure, but there is not much fun in this book. The prose is often purple and overblown but it is rarely silly enough to be amusing (of course the Italian original may be different in this respect, but not being able to read it, I can't say). But here is one of the few truly enjoyable over-the-top passages, part of Don Benizio's vain attempt to seduce the lovely Claudia:-
Don Benizio wept like a boy. And like a boy he knelt at Claudia's feet. With broken phrases, interrupted by terrible groans which burst from his breast, with words which were in turn puerile, disordered, suave, and terrible, with the desperate gestures of one who has been crushed, he begged love, pardon, pity.
"Do not cast me into the abyss. Do not make me drain the bitter cup of vengeance. Cast a ray of your light into my darkened soul."
Then phrases of mystic adoration hurtled past his lips.
"I will build you a secret altar in the depths of my conscience. You will be the Madonna of the temple within me. I will be your slave. Strike me, despise me, beat me, open my veins with a subtle dagger, but grant me the revelation of yourself, grant that I may speak to you, grant that I may lose myself with you in the supreme illusion."
But Don Benizio's eloquence did not move Claudia. Then the priest returned to thoughts of vengeance.
"Ah, you do not listen to me, shameless courtesan, harlot. Well, I shall come to get you in this same castle. I shall let the common brutes of the market-place satiate their idle lusts on your sinful body. You shall be the mockery of the unreasoning mob. Your corpse will not have the rites of Christian burial. You will be cast into the field of the Badia with the witches. And when the hour of your agony comes, when, trampled on, transfixed and rent by the blows of the mob, you shall implore aid and succour with the eyes which now so disdainfully regard me, I shall be the evil demon of that supreme hour, I shall come to torture you with memories of me, to gloat in my triumph."
One nice image there: where those 'phrases ... hurtled past his lips', and elsewhere there are other occasional happy coinages, such as where some prelates are 'eyeing her with hostile snouts', but mostly it is tedious bombast without even such dodgy metaphors to lighten it.
The preface to the English edition, by the translator Hiram Motherwell, says that this was Mussolini's sole excursion into fiction, apart from one, reportedly morbid, short story. One must assume that despite the supposed success of his serial with readers of La Vita Trentina, he did not see himself as a historical novelist, perhaps because he was aware of his limitations as a writer: if so, the lazy pop-psychological explanation of the dictator as frustrated artist will not fit in this case.
That it is not a more interesting book is a shame: one would like, in answer to the query: "What are you reading at the moment?", to be able to answer smugly: "The Cardinal's Mistress, by Benito Mussolini", and hint by smirk and wink that this is the sort of meat only appreciated by the cognoscenti: gamey, adventurous; something rich and strange: but unfortunately it is merely rotten old tripe.
I think that this paper is
Yes, it's true, I am biased
Yes, it's true, I am biased against this book and its author by actually having read it. I am equally biased against you, because you seem like an idiot.
Horrendous paper. Frankly,
You again? Still posing as
You again? Still posing as an idiot, I see.
I agree with those who say
Never heard of this book
It seems as if I have found
Has anonymous entertained
But a book does not have to
Good point. I guess what I
Good point. I guess what I was trying to get at is that he takes little care to make them real to the reader, sympathetic or not. In much second-rate fiction the characters become subject to the needs of the plot, rather than it seeming to arise out of their nature: but here neither plot nor character seems to matter.
Mussolini wasn't the only
Nifty! I gather that Saddam
I really fancy the Kim Jong
I really fancy the Kim Jong Il ones, actually.
Come on, folks; What is
What is important here is
What is important here is not to critique Mussolini's skills or talents as a writer.
Bollocks. Don't tell me what's "important" on my own website, you nincompoop. This page is about the book, not about that puffed-up creep Mussolini. If you want to write a different article, in which you masturbate feverishly over the great man and his horrible enterprise, fine. Just do it somewhere else, you facile, weak-minded, cacophilic poltroon.
"Thanks for listening"? Piss off
The right biographer could
Great review, you have a real
Thanks Max. Hopefully
Thanks Max. Hopefully there'll be lots more in this New Year.
Alfred: thanks for the funny
I know of no books by Stalin
Alfred, I agree with your
Paul, yes, that seems to be
Paul, yes, that seems to be the consensus view, though I can't locate a primary source for the quote.
Google Books Search reveals
Google Books Search reveals both that "The Starving Artists Survival Guide" provides this attribution and also that my review on this page is quoted in an earlier chapter, haha.
Alfred, thanks for your quick
Hi Paul, if I do find the
Hi Paul, if I do find the time to write more reviews this is where you'll find them. In the meantime feel free to purchase a copy of my book!
And so it shall be done oh
"Bollocks","you facile, weak
"Bollocks","you facile, weak-minded, cacophilic poltroon". Thank you for the laugh and smile I wear while writing this. Having a copy which I read with (I must say) Great Difficulty I find it difficult to determine if this reply to a post 'Should have been made about the book'. "TRIPE" Sums it up quite nicely. Other than a gift to my Doctor (an Italophile) 'with a smirk and a wink'. Of the Thousands of books I have had the pleasure to read (mostly sci-fi) This Atrocity's Only claim to fame is the name of the author under a Horrendous title. It sits on my shelf next to Mien Kampf. Of Historical value Only (I should correct that to Hysterical value) It was a Chore to read and as satisfying as a used popsicle stick. (R R R) , C.T.
Goebbels wrote a novel, too.
Goebbels wrote a novel, too.
So he did, and somebody
So he did, and somebody really likes it, too. Thanks, Joe, I hadn't heard of it before.
The cardinal is not a
The cardinal is not a fictitious character, Carlo Emanuele Madruzzo was the last prince-bishops of Trento; look it up in Wikipedia.
Well spotted, my mistake.
Well spotted, my mistake. Thanks.
For some reason The Cardinal
For some reason The Cardinal's Mistress came up in conversation earlier today. I read the book several years ago, but I couldn't remember details, and the person I was speaking with didn't believe that Mussolini had written it.
This page has the most information that I have found about it. I agree with the general opinion of the book, but there were a few places where it was almost good. I think that it should have been edited after completion, so that the pieces would go together better, and I wonder if a better translator might have helped.
Thanks Peter. I'd certainly
Thanks Peter. I'd certainly be interested to hear from any Italian readers as to the qualities of the original versus this translation.


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RELIGST 221: The Talmud (RELIGST 321)
Strategies of interpretation, debate, and law making. Historical contexts. Prerequisite: Hebrew.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
RELIGST 224: Classical Islamic Texts (RELIGST 324)
The course is based on readings in primary Arabic sources in the key fields of pre-modern Islamic scholarship. The list of readings and topics will depend on the interests of the students. In addition to focusing on the language, contents, and context of the texts covered, the course introduces genre-specific historical research methods. The reading selections may be derived from Qur¿anic interpretation (tafsir), the hadith literature, adab, biographical dictionaries, fiqh, ta'rikh, kalam, or Sufism. Reading knowledge of Arabic is required.
Last offered: Autumn 2014 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II | Repeatable for credit
RELIGST 230X: Religion, Radicalization and Media in Africa since 1945 (AFRICAST 248, AFRICAST 348, HISTORY 248, HISTORY 348, RELIGST 330X)
What are the paths to religious radicalization, and what role have media- new and old- played in these conversion journeys? We examine how Pentecostal Christians and Reformist Muslims in countries such as South Africa, Nigeria, Sudan, and Ethiopia have used multiple media forms- newspapers, cell phones, TV, radio, and the internet- to gain new converts, contest the authority of colonial and post-colonial states, construct transnational communities, and position themselves as key political players.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
Instructors: Cabrita, J. (PI)
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04/01/2019 - 06/05/2019 Wed 11:30 AM - 2:20 PM at 50-52E with Cabrita, J. (PI)
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RELIGST 235: Religion in Modern Society: Secularization and the Sacred (RELIGST 335)
What is the status of religion in modern life? Is the modern world "secular" in some fundamental, irreversible way and what does this mean? This course will explore these questions through variety of readings from leading sociologists, philosophers, and anthropologists. Our goal will be to understand in what ways industrialization, political liberalization, the rise of technology, and the success of modern science have been used to support the "secularization" thesis that the modern West rendered religion a thing of the past. A central question to be asked will be: do assessments of the place of religion in modernity necessitate a philosophy of history i.e., a theory not only of historical change, but of the meaning of this change as well?n The course will begin by looking at the origins of the theory of secularization from its beginnings in Enlightenment attempts to understand the meaning of history. We will then turn to contemporary debates over the term "secular" against its counterpart, "religious", and the problems with their application to non-Western societies. We will read works by Talal Asad, Saba Mahmood, Max Weber, Charles Taylor, Jürgen Habermas, and Pope Benedict XVI.
Last offered: Spring 2014 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
RELIGST 253: Recent Research on Japanese Buddhism (RELIGST 353)
Readings in recent English-language scholarship on Japanese Buddhism. nUndergraduates must enroll for 5 units; graduate students can enroll for 3-5 units. Prerequisite: Solid foundation in either Buddhist studies or East Asian Studies (5 units for 253, 3-5 units for 353) May be repeat for credit.
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Instructors: Mross, M. (PI)
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RELIGST 262: Sex and the Early Church (CLASSICS 262, FEMGEN 262, RELIGST 362)
Sex and the Early Church examines the ways first- through sixth-century Christians addressed questions regarding human sexuality. We will pay particular attention to the relationship between sexuality and issues of gender, culture, power, and resistance. We will read a Roman gynecological manual, an ancient dating guide, the world's first harlequin romance novels, ancient pornography, early Christian martyrdom accounts, stories of female and male saints, instructions for how to best battle demons, visionary accounts, and monastic rules. These will be supplemented by modern scholarship in classics, early Christian studies, gender studies, queer studies, and the history of sexuality. The purpose of our exploration is not simply to better understand ancient views of gender and sexuality. Rather, this investigation of a society whose sexual system often seems so surprising aims to denaturalize many of our own assumptions concerning gender and sexuality. In the process, we will also examine the ways these first centuries of what eventually became the world's largest religious tradition has profoundly affected the sexual norms of our own time. The seminar assumes no prior knowledge of Judaism, Christianity, the bible, or ancient history.
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RELIGST 264: Hindu Tantra (RELIGST 364)
What is Tantra? Tantric forms of ritual and philosophy have been integral to the practice of Hinduism for most of its history. Tantra has provided initiates with a spiritual technology for embodying the divine and transcending the cycle of rebirth; on a social and political level, Tantra has mediated the institutions of Hindu kingship and appealed to a diverse population of initiates. This course covers a number of influential and well-documented Hindu tantric traditions, exploring several prominent features of Tantric religion as they develop historically, including: tantric ritual practice (core technologies of the subtle body, mantras, ma, alas, etc., along with the more notorious elements of sex and transgression), theology and philosophical speculation, as well as Tantra's relationship to the outside world and state power.
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RELIGST 271A: Dante's Spiritual Vision
Poetry, ethics, and theology in Dante's Divine Comedy. Supplementary readings from classical authors such as St. Thomas Aquinas, and from modern writers, such as Jorge Borges. Fulfills capstone seminar requirement for the Philosophy and Literature tracks. Students may take 271A without taking 271B. Consent of the instructor required.
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RELIGST 273: Historicism and Its Problems: Ernst Troeltsch, the Study of Religion, and the Crisis of Historicism (RELIGST 373)
Examination of the early twentieth-century historian of religion, philosopher of culture, sociologist of religion, Christian theologian, and philosopher of history, Ernst Troeltsch, within the context of the late nineteenth-century "crisis of historicism," i.e., the historicization and relativization of religious, ethical, social, and political norms. Attention to seminal theorists of history (Herder, Kant, Ranke, Hegel, Nietzsche) in the post-Enlightenment German intellectual tradition and the attempts of Christian and Jewish thinkers in the Weimar era (Barth, Gogarten, Rosenzweig, L. Strauss) to "overcome" the crisis wrought by a radically historical approach to human culture.
Last offered: Autumn 2013 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
RELIGST 274: From Kant to Kierkegaard (RELIGST 374)
(Graduate students register for 374. Undergrads register for 274 for 5 units.) The philosophy of religion emerged from the European Enlightenment as a new genre of reflection on religion distinct from both dogmatic theology and rationalist dreams of a "natural" religion of reason. Neither beholden to pre-critical tradition, nor dismissive of what Thomas Nagel has termed "the religious attitude," this new, ostensibly secular, genre of religious thought sought to rethink the meaning of Christianity at a time of immense philosophical ferment. The main currents of religious thought in Germany from Kant's critical philosophy to Kierkegaard's revolt against Hegelianism. Emphasis on the theories of religion, the epistemological status of religious discourse, the role of history (especially the figure of Jesus), and the problem of alienation/reconciliation in seminal modern thinkers: Kant, Schleiermacher, Hegel, and Kierkegaard.
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TV TRICKERY (Jan, 1958)
When a man-size spider walks a giant web, when scissors draw the villain's blood or a lobster spits in the waiter's eye, put it down to
SEATED AT A SIDEWALK TABLE in a Paris cafe, a customer watched in fascination a huge, freshly cooked lobster placed in front of him by the waiter. Each time he reached for the lobster the huge shellfish swiftly moved its large claws protectingly over its head. Reaching for a hammer, the would-be diner attempted to hit the lobster but each time the claws parried the blow. The man finally called the waiter to see what he could do with the reluctant lobster. As the waiter bent over to inspect the lobster and its strange actions more closely a stream of water hit him in the eye.
Actually the customer and the waiter weren't too surprised. They had rehearsed this particular scene numerous times before it was used on one of Ed Sullivan's TV shows. The belligerent lobster had been ordered from the special-effects department to do just that and it had carried out its orders to perfection.
Constructing such a lobster wasn't too difficult a job for the special-effects gang of Columbia Broadcasting System, for they specialize in building trick sight props and their TV department in Hollywood is the largest of its kind in the country. Robert Waugh, Hollywood head of special effects for CBS, has had to produce such unusual props as spiders that crawl across webs, dragons that emit smoke and fire, crossbows that shoot tomatoes, barrels that spurt "beer" through a bullet hole, numerous false snakes, phony oil wells and anything else gag writers dream up for their clients.
On most ideas, ample time is allowed for building a prop but occasionally the writers or directors dream up a new gag on the very eve of the show. "That happened to us once," Waugh said, "when Red Skelton's director came in with an idea to use a huge diamond ring—about nine inches tall and at least that in diameter. Yet the ring still had to be light enough in weight so that Red's guest star, Carol Channing, could wear it on her finger."
To do this, the special-effects team designed the ring, grabbed a chunk of balsa wood and went to work. About six hours later, the "million-carat diamond" ring was ready.
"That was an easy one," Waugh grinned. "A sight prop we made for Playhouse 90 was a lot harder. They wanted a pair of shears that would 'bleed' on cue." The shears were made from wood and painted to look exactly like any ordinary pair of shears. A plastic tip was attached to the end of the blade with a tube running from the plastic tip up through the blade to the locknut that holds the shears together. Here a small rubber ball was inserted and filled with make-believe blood. In the TV show, the actress would pick up the shears to stab the villain but he would force the shears against her cheek, cutting a long bleeding gash. Actually, the actress squeezed the bulb in the shears and the "blood" appeared to flow from her cheek. Special-effects men often are asked to make "breakaways" of different kinds. One most frequently used is glass. But the "glass" used in TV bottles and window-panes actually is a resin called PS-2. A plaster mold is made of the object and the resin is melted and poured into the mold. Temperature is important because if the resin is too cool it won't pour properly and if it's too hot it acquires a yellow color and doesn't photograph properly The molded resin shatters like glass, but without the danger of cutting the TV performers.


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/ Tuesday, July 20, 2010 / 4 Comments / Chicken , Indians
Indian Butter Chicken-Murgh Makhani
Using a portion of the great tasting Tandoori Chicken which I had grilled earlier, I cooked up this popular Butter Chicken or Murgh Makhani dish. I had adapted this great recipe from The Moti Mahal's cookbook. The Moti Mahal's restaurant is reputedly very famous for it's tandoori chicken, and incidentally, this famed butter chicken apparently originated from their restaurant in Old Delhi. Indian butter chicken is usually served with roti, naan, or basmati rice. Simple irresistible!
Butter Chicken–Murgh Makhani
(Printable Recipe)
2 to 3 Pieces Tandoori Chicken (breast portion), cubed
Makhani Gravy
2 Tbsp Ghee
1 Medium Red Onion, chopped
4 Medium Ripe Tomatoes, chopped
1 tsp Sea Salt
1 ½ tsp Garlic Paste
1 ½ tsp Ginger Paste
1 Tbsp Garam Masala Powder
1 tsp Cumin Powder
2 Tbsp Butter
½ Cup Fresh Cream
2 Green Chilies, seeded and chopped
1 Tbsp Fresh Coriander Leaves, chopped
1 Tbsp Fresh Cream
In a large pan over moderate heat, add the ghee and sauté the onion until soft for about 1 minute.
Add the tomatoes, sea salt, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the oil floats to the surface.
Mix in the garlic paste, ginger paste, and all the spice powders. Give it a quick stir and add in the chicken. Cook the chicken for about 3 to 4 minutes, to coat the chicken evenly with the tomatoes mixture.
Then add the butter and stir until it melts. Pour in the cream, give it a quick stir and remove the pan from the heat. Garnish with green chilies, coriander leaves and a swirl of cream, if desired.
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That looks really fantastic. I'm gonna have to make it!ReplyDelete
Mmm...I'm drooling. I love Murgh Makhani.ReplyDelete
this looks delightful and I love the idea that you used the chicken you'd grilled earlier for this dish.ReplyDelete
I love Butter Chicken. I found this wonderful chef who gives a great video on how to make it here:ReplyDelete
http://www.vahrehvah.com/search.php Just click on the video link underneath butter chicken.
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When The Hogan Family Was Still Valerie
There's an e-mail that most of you have seen a hundred times that explains what it means to be a child of the 80s. And while it is clever and well-written (the original one, at least), it does not apply to anyone my age. See, we are not children of the 80s. We are children desperately trying to remember the 80s.
We look back on Voltron fondly, though we don't recall it well enough to realize that it was just an animated version of the Power Rangers, created by the same entertainment company. We hold fast to the life lessons we learned from Punky Brewster even though we can't really remember the plot of any episode. And we constantly quote Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller and Princess Bride despite not having been old enough to see any of them in the theatre and those movies having all come out in 1985 or later.
A child of the 80s needs to have lived through the entire decade, which anyone younger than 23 didn't do. But since most of us don't remember much before kindergarten, I'm going to up that age to 27 and say that anyone younger than that who associates themselves with growing up in the 80s is a big faker.
I don't remember listening to Toto, other than seeing them recently on a commercial for hits of the 80s. Very few of my female friends owned leg warmers, and those that did got them as hand-me-downs from their older sisters. And though I watched Knight Rider and A-Team and Dukes of Hazzard, all were after they stopped making new episodes. Because when those shows aired originally, I was in bed before prime time.
Who shot J.R.? I have no idea, because I was two at the time. What was I doing during the fight for the Falkland Islands? Teething. And to me, Corbin Bernsen is not a vain lawyer from Los Angeles, rather Billy Dorn, a veteran third baseman with the Cleveland Indians. I first saw Major League in 1992. That's right around when I grew up.
For someone my age (23, for those not keeping track) to claim that they grew up in the 80s is like a kid from Long Island saying he's from New York City. Sure, he was raised close to New York City. His fondest childhood memories might have even happened in New York City. But the differences between the Long Island Railroad and the subway are almost as big as the differences between Madonna and, well, Madonna.
I was technically born in the seventies, having a birthday in the last few months of 1979. But I still don't pretend to know what was going on around me until 1986. That's when my Mets won the World Series, and I was just old enough to understand that it was cool. But watching a few baseball games was all the pop culture I had.
Most current freshmen in college were born in 1984 (gasp!), making them six when the decade changed. And the 80s, pop-culturally, really stopped around 1988. 1989 was just a transitional year, featuring things like C&C Music Factory - not exactly Boy George. Think of a four-year-old that you know. Are they watching movies and buying their own clothes and going to concerts and developing an acute sense of pop culture? No. They are playing on swings and coloring outside the lines and wearing whatever their parents give them and learning how to read, just like we were. And hopefully when they grow up, these kids will not pretend to be children of the nineties, having lived there for just two years.
Yes, I loved Thundercats. I had a passion for the Back to the Future series. And I was a whiz with a snap bracelet. But this does not make me a child of the 80s. This makes me a child of the late 80s and early 90s.
I once met someone who told me they were from New York, and I asked them what part. They replied, "Greenwich.†They didn't mean Greenwich Village – rather Greenwich, Connecticut which is "just a half hour outside the city.†But there's no ignoring that it's in a different state. Much like the state anyone my age was in when anything resembling the 80s actually happened.
Maybe it's easy for me to criticize Connecticut Yankees who pretend they're New York Yankees because I grew up in Queens. But if my story were different, I wouldn't lie about where I was from – I'd be proud of my heritage, whatever it was. Even Jersey.
So cast off Family Ties in favor of Saved By the Bell. Forget Atari, we had Nintendo. And Rambo? Well, everyone had Rambo because they made way too many of those movies. But you get my point. We are not children of the 80s. And it's about damn time we admitted it.
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It has been quite awhile since I've posted anything, but that doesn't mean I haven't been busy. Between work situations and outside activities (gardening, yardwork, etc.), I've managed to keep myself occupied. Now that fall is here and it's time to go back to school, I'm entering a new phase in my life.
I have decided to go back to school and pursue an MBA through Indiana Wesleyan University's LEAP program. So, for the next two years I will have to learn how to study while trying to maintain some continuity. Fortunately, my wife is behind this decision 100%, as I couldn't do this without her.
Genealogically, I don't know what effect this will have on my research - I do know that some things will have to be put aside in order to study.


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I just changed the PAGE on the blog titled PREVIOUS PROGRAMS 2002 – 2012 to PREVIOUS PROGRAMS 2002 – 2013 to reflect our historical view of genealogy programs presented at our library to now include 2013.
You will find "Pages" to this blog on the top of the homepage of the blog. You will see pages titled "About", "2014 Programs", "Previous Programs 2002 – 2013", "Favorite Links", "Genealogy Program Flyer".
Just look for it at the top of the blog.
Here is a direct link to the newly updated history of our genealogy programs presented at our library covering 2002 to 2013:
2002 – 2013 Genealogy Programs Presented at the Schaumburg Township District Library
Maybe you remember a program or speaker we had at one time. Use this page to refresh your memory. The programs are presented in order from 2013 back to 2002. The programs within each year are in January through December month order.
Enjoy your travel through Memory Lane as it pertains to our past library genealogy programs!
Tony Kierna
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NEWS- Wonder dog: How Freckles saved the day
Dogs have long been called "man's best friend," although the loyalty and friendship of Bowser or Rover are usually reserved for their owner. But when Charles Hitt found himself the victim of a perilous tractor accident, the first answer to his cries came in the form of a neighbor's dog.
Although health problems confine him mostly to his home, 91-year-old Hitt makes one exception: he pilots his tractor across his Greenwood Road farm property to mow the grass. But on June 27, Hitt's solitary ride over the farm's hills put him at the mercy of his machine.
"I turned one direction, and the tractor went the other, throwing me up against a wooden fence," Hitt says. "My leg got caught underneath."
Knowing the layout of his property, Hitt realized that the cars on Rt. 250 would not be able to see him wedged under the fence. His caretaker was back at his residence, eliminating any possible rescue from his dire situation. When Hitt's calls for help remained unanswered after 40 minutes, he says, he surrendered to the silence, thinking he would never be found.
But just as Hitt was losing hope for a timely rescue, he saw Freckles, a neighbor's white spaniel mix, dart across the highway– right onto his property.
"She realized something was wrong or else she would not have crossed over 250," Hitt says. "I'm surprised an automobile didn't knock her off."
Although the four-legged friend could do little physically to rescue Hitt, in time she proved to be just what was needed.
"She gave me a couple of kisses and got me revived again," Hitt says. "The little dog did a lot to get me going; she kept me alive, really."
And Freckles continued to aid him even after offering the initial comfort.
"The little dog went up to my house," Hitt explains. "I guess the lady who was taking care of me saw her and got on the phone."
Although Hitt's caretaker was not available to tell her story, Brett Wilson, Freckles' owner, explains how the dog alerted her to the tractor accident.
"Freckles backed away from her, which is not the way she would normally behave," Wilson explains. "Peggy [the caretaker] kept following the dog, and Freckles led her to where Mr. Hitt was."
After Freckles sounded the alarm, Peggy was able to contact Hitt's friend, Donald Wright, who quickly arrived at the scene to free him. Wright was aided by a young boy who passed by on his bicycle and saw that he needed help lifting the tractor.
"He was coming down Greenwood Road and saw me on the side struggling," Hitt says. "I don't know his name, but I would sure like to thank him."
Wilson didn't know about his dog's valiant actions until Hitt's caretaker contacted him while he was shopping for building materials at Lowe's.
"She was all in a panic," Wilson explains. "All she communicated to me was that she found my dog and that emergency services were on their way. I thought it was a coincidence."
The details of Hitt's situation were fuzzy to Wilson until he came to retrieve Freckles. However, when Hitt returned from the hospital, he proved that he would never forget Freckles' brave dash across Rt. 250.
"I went back to pick up Freckles, and another gentleman was just pulling up in a pick-up truck," Wilson says. "He told me that Mr. Hitt wanted me to wait. He said, 'Mr. Hitt is incredibly grateful for what Freckles has done.'"
Although the situation ended in a beautiful canine-human friendship rather than life-threatening injuries, Hitt acknowledges that riding his tractor on hilly terrain probably isn't the best idea.
"My friends keep telling me 'Don't ride the tractor again,'" Hitt says. "I will ride it again, but not where there's an incline or a decline."
As for Freckles, Wilson says he always knew she had it in her to be a hero.
"On her license I call her 'Freckles the wonder dog,' and then she does this," he says. "Now she's living up to her name."
Brett Wilson's noble canine, Freckles, made a daring dash across Rt. 250 to aid Charles Hitt, who lay trapped under his tractor.


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Truck YeahThe trucks are good!
2014 King Of The Hammers race winner Loren Healy keeps it simple; "I love going fast, there's nothing else like it!" He's only the second person ever to win that ball-busting race twice, and from the looks of these moves he might be up for a third title!
This is another clip from the upcoming King Of The Hammers movie, Element Of Survival. We're told we an expect it early next month.


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Area happenings
POKER RUN for Teens hosted by Onslow NCSSA at noon Sept. 29 at New River Harley-Davidson. Registration from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost $20. Call 910-219-1886.
GILBERT Family reunion will be held at 12:45 p.m. Sept. 15 at Trenton United Methodist Church. Call 910-743-0571.
DOWN EAST ALS support group meets at 2 p.m. Sept. 15 at Vidant Medical Center Rehab Center, Greenville, with speaker Kelly James. Call 252-746-4221.
EMERALD ISLE Parks and Recreation hosts its annual flounder fishing tournament from 8 a.m. Sept. 28 through 5 p.m. Oct. 5. Free registration. Call 252-354-6350.
NATIONAL Recovery Month from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 14 at Riverwalk Crossing Park with speakers, resource information and more. Call 910-340-9270.
JACKSONVILLE High School Class of 1963 celebrates its 50th class reunion Oct. 11-13 with pig pickin�, reunion dinner and breakfast. Cost $50. Email firstname.lastname@example.com.
ONSLOW COUNTY Historical Society meets at 2 p.m. Sept. 16 at Golden Corral with speaker Cliff Hill on �The Great Train Robbery� and business meeting following. Call 910-455-3893.
N.C. COASTAL Federation hosts its fall native plant sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 16-20 at the federation headquarters, 3609 N.C. 24, Ocean. Call 252-393-8185.
CPR/AED training/certification class from 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 5 at Sneads Ferry Presbyterian Church. Church members $20, public $40. Call 910-327-6477.
KNITTING/CROCHET Guild �Chain of Purls� meets at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 16 at Pine Valley Methodist Church, 910 Pine Valley Road. Call 910-577-7727.
CHARITY GOLF Tournament for Homes4NC at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 16 at North Shore Country Club. Cost $75 per person. Call 910-329-1406.
ONSLOW Memorial Hospital Auxiliary will hold a book fair fundraiser from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 16 at the hospital�s classrooms 1-2, education building. Call 910-455-3152.
SEASIDE Lodge No. 429 will hold an Emergent Communication at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16 for work in the Fellow Craft degree. Dinner served at 6:30 p.m.
SWANSBORO Parks and Recreation hosts �Tee Time� at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 16 at the community center. Bring in a T-shirt. Cost $8. Call 910-326-2600.
ONSLOW COUNTY Schools Preschool office, 440 College St., is accepting applications from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Thursdays. Call 910-346-6222.
EMERALD ISLE Parks and Recreation seeks area vendors interested in its upcoming Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair held Nov. 30 at the community center. Call 252-354-6350.
STATE Employees Credit Union hosts its annual �Support the Troops� campaign collecting items for deployed military personnel through Oct. 31 at all branches.


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DURHAM — Two days after getting knocked down a peg, the Portsmouth High School girls basketball did the knocking around.
Guard Phoebe Collins and forward Christina Jones scored 12 points each, and the Clippers evened their record at 1-1 in the Bobcat Invitational Basketball Tournament with a 53-45 win over St. Thomas Aquinas on Friday.
The tone was set during a strong first quarter that saw Collins knock down three shots and her team build a 16-4 lead. The margin never got much bigger, but it didn't get a whole lot smaller, either.
"I thought we had a lot of intensity," said senior center Alicia Brown, who added 10 points and her customary defensive presence. "It was a lot better than (Wednesday)."
In Wednesday's 45-32 loss to Hanover in their tournament opener, the Clippers fell behind early, falling behind by eight at halftime before whittling that gap down to one. This time, they were the ones setting the pace.
"I liked the way we started the ballgame," said Portsmouth coach Danny Parr. "(Against) Hanover, we played like it was a Christmas tournament. Today, the kids were focused and played hard early."
Senior forward Meaghan Flynn (15 points) and sophomore guard Mariah Desmarais led the Saints, who are back in action today against Hanover. With a win, the Marauders would earn a spot in Sunday's tournament championship game.
In the first half, the Clippers combined their usual active play on the defensive end with some good-looking offensive possessions. Tighe Loch drained a 3-pointer early in the second quarter to make it 21-9, and after Collins hit a jumper and Hannah Stevens scored in transition, it was 29-13.
With a 43-28 lead heading to the fourth, Parr's intention was to give his starters the rest of the day off and work in some other players, depth development being right at the top of his holiday wish list.
But with Flynn taking over inside, and her team's pressing defense forcing turnovers, the Saints chipped away at the deficit. When Desmarais hit a 3-pointer from the right wing it was 45-37, prompting Parr to call a time-out with four minutes left and begin working his best players back in.
"I hated to do that," said Parr. "But at the same time, it's a team game and you've got to give them a chance."
He got an immediate return when forward Devon Parker blocked a shot. Then, Jones made a steal and eventually converted at the other end, drawing a foul for the three-point play that made it 48-37.
Desmarais hit another three, but Brown got free inside for back-to-back hoops to end the late-arriving drama.
"They didn't quit, which was real good," said Saints coach Sabrina Payeur, whose club (2-2 in Division II) is already knocking on the door of last year's win total after going 3-15. "We talk about no matter how many points we're down, we're not going to quit. That was a nice little confidence-booster. They really thought they could get it done."
"They didn't stop fighting," credited Brown.
The Clippers (4-1 in Division II) have one more game here Sunday before turning their attention back to league play. They host Coe-Brown in their next game that counts next Friday night.
Their coach knows they can defend and score in spurts. The free-throw shooting was even a pleasant addition Friday – they made their first 10 before Jones missed the back end of a 1-and-1 late, and finished 10-of-11.
The jury's still out on their overall offensive consistency and depth. That's what this week is for.
"We're trying very hard to develop more kids off the bench," said Parr. "We want to have that at the end."


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The Junior High students from Ruth Murdoch would like to invite you to join us for our "Virtual Tent" meetings. They began on Friday, May 22 and continue through June 2. Meetings are held at 7:00 PM each night, except Saturdays. Please come and support our kids and invite a friend or family member to watch so they can get to know Jesus better.
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This week I learned of our world church headquarters appeal for prayer throughout the global Seventh-day Adventist family. Originally timed to end during the recently-postponed General Conference session in Indianapolis, our church leaders are calling us to now focus 100 days of praying (March 27-July 4) on behalf of the global coronavirus pandemic. There could hardly be a more urgent need for earnest praying!
A pastor friend of mine, Jim Moon, pointed out a two-verse juxtaposition I'd not noticed before: "When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a pestilence among My people, if My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land" (2 Chronicles 7:13-14). While everyone knows the beloved prayer call in v 14, few of us connect it with the preceding divine action in v 13. "A pestilence among My people" certainly could represent a global pandemic like the coronavirus COVID-19. While Satan is the originator of destructive calamities, what more faith-appropriate response is our collective prayers to the One who can deliver this nation, this world, these people, from the grips of pestilence.
So let's join together in humbling ourselves before God and praying and seeking His face—that our world might be saved and our faith community might yet be mobilized to share the glad tidings of Jesus' soon return.
- Pastor Dwight
Over the summer and fall of 2019 Pioneer underwent significant physical renovation—including a new roof and a major Sanctuary makeover. During the same time congregation leaders engaged in multiple conversations about our missional renovation—how does a faith community like Pioneer seriously engage and impact the people around us for Christ? From this dialogue emerged a fresh new expression of our Pioneer mission: "Love on the Move."
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Raising Chickens 101: Collecting, Cleaning, and Storing Chicken Eggs
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Once you've eaten farm eggs, it's hard to go back to grocery store eggs. Fresh farm eggs, free-range or not, are delicious, with bright yolks and firm whites. Give your hens ground oyster shell or a similar calcium supplement, available at farm suppliers, for strong eggshells.
Collecting Eggs
You'll collect eggs every morning; hens cackling loudly are a sign or clue that they're laying. I usually had another look in the afternoon, as well.
Chickens like to eat eggs as much as we do. Most egg-eaters learn on broken eggs and then begin to break eggs themselves. Chickens are opportunists and will pick at whatever looks edible. If you clean up broken eggs immediately and throw out any "eggy" straw or shavings, you can prevent egg-eating. A chicken that learns this habit can't be cured, and others may follow her lead. You don't want the chickens eating your eggs—you want them yourself!
You can tell what color eggs a hen will lay by the color of her ear. Yes, her ear. Birds don't have external ears like humans do, so look for a small circle or oval of skin on the side of the head, next to the ear hole. If it's white, your hen will lay white eggs; if it's red, she'll lay brown ones. There's no difference in flavor or nutrition, but white eggs show the dyes more brightly at Easter!
Cleaning and Storing Eggs
Eggshells have a "bloom," a natural coating that protects the egg from bacteria. Avoid washing if you can; instead, a wipe with a dry, rough cloth.
If the eggs have a little manure on them, you can wipe with a damp cloth for small spots. A really dirty egg can be submerged and scrubbed with a vegetable brush. Always use warm water; cold water will make the egg shrink inside the shell and will draw in bacteria.
Let eggs air-dry thoroughly before putting them away. (I liked to sort them by color, darkest to lightest, but that's just me!)
Put them in dated egg cartons, and store them in the fridge on a shelf, not the door, where they will get jostled with every opening/closing. For partial cartons, I marked each egg in pencil with the day it was collected. Fresh eggs are good for a month in the refrigerator.
A cooking tip: To make deviled eggs, use week-old or older eggs, not this morning's. The shells of really fresh eggs stick rather than peel cleanly.
Hatching Eggs
If you want chicks, you'll need a rooster. As a rule of thumb, 10 to 12 hens per rooster is a good ratio. While you could build an incubator and supervise the development of the eggs, it's easiest to let the hens take care of hatching.
A hen that is getting ready to nest becomes "broody." This means that she wants to hatch her eggs. She'll sit "tight" on the nest and resist having her eggs collected, whereas a nonbroody hen will let you reach under her to collect eggs. A broody hen may even peck or screech at anyone coming near. There are ways to discourage broodiness, but why would you? The hen does the work of hatching and raising, and you get free chicks!
Farm chickens can live 4 to 7 years and lay eggs for most of that time. Every year they go "off-lay" (stop laying eggs) for several months. This happens over the winter, when there's too little daylight to trigger egg-laying. They'll begin again in the spring.
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Where would we be without the Chrysler experts at Allpar? We'd never have found the Chrysler A57 Multibank or IV2220 Hemi V16, for starters. Today we'll mainline the pure, un-stepped-on Allpar, with this history of Chrysler Europe. —Ed
Chrysler Europe was effectively formed around 1964 by the purchase of Rootes Group and Simca. Rootes Group was made up of Hillman, Humber, Sunbeam and Singer; platforms spanned each range, with Hillman selling the basic car, Sunbeam adding a bit more sportiness, Singer a bit more luxury, and Humber making big luxury sedans.
American readers might remember the Sunbeam Tiger, one of the last products to be made before the Chrysler takeover and the car driven by Maxwell Smart. Simca made small family sedans to compete with Renault, Citroen and Peugeot.
Bill Watson noted that Simca, which was originally created to build Fiats in France, bought Ford of France in 1955; on acquisition was the Ford Vedette, which used a Ford V8. By 1971, the outdated Simca Vedette had been replaced by models based on the Plymouth Valiant.
In 1958, Chrysler took over the marketing of the Simca in the U.S. (it had been handled by a subsidiary of Simca) and introduced the Simca to Canada. From 1960 to 1962, marketing of the Simca was handled by Simca of Canada, Ltd., a subsidiary of Chrysler Corporation of Canada Limited. Chrysler Canada resumed direct marketing control of Simca in Canada when the Simca 1000 was launched.
Simca acquired Talbot-Lago in 1959 (bringing the French half of the Sunbeam-Talbot-Darracq combine into the Mopar picture, to join the British half that was now part of Rootes Group). Chrysler announced that Simcas would be assembling the Aronde in Australia. The Vedette was shipped to Brazil in 1963, while to Aronde was laid to rest in 1966.
The rear-engine Simca 1000 (87" wheelbase) was introduced in 1962, with torsion bars front and rear. A year later came the front engine/rear wheel drive Simca 1301/1501 (100" wheelbase), which was to replace the Aronde line. This car and had coil springs on all four wheels and was last produced in 1976.
Meanwhile, Rootes was in over their head with the Hillman Imp - an advanced small car with rear-mounted aluminum overhead cam engine, and an independent suspension; a more advanced car than the Mini and one which deserved to succeed. Problems with development (overheating engines, body rust etc.) meant that it was never the success it should have been.
The large Humbers were going out of date, so the main focus was on the "Arrow" cars, four-door sedans and wagons with conventional live rear axle and overhead valve engines, which became the Hillman Hunter and Minx. These cars ran from 1966 until 1979 then went to Iran as the Peykan, where they were still popular and in production in 2001.
In 1968 a swoopy Barracuda-style coupe was run off the chassis for the Sunbeam line, the Alpine, Rapier and (with hot Holbay engine) H120. They ran until 1976.
In 1967, Simca released a revolutionary car, the 1100. It was unlike anything else it had done before. With front wheel drive and an independent suspension, including torsion bars up front, the four-door hatchback form was a sensation. This was to sow the seed of the second alliance, the Chrysler Alpine/Simca 1308 of 1975. Simca wanted to move the 1100 upmarket, to a larger size class (as the 1300/1500 series was dying); using the same assembly line (which determined factors like scuttle height), they designed a larger (102-in wheelbase) hatchback, using the same floorpan and suspension, and stroked (1294cc and 1442cc) versions of the 1100 engine.
The Alpine's sheet metal was designed at the Coventry factory. Alpine production started in Simca's Poissy, France factory in early 1975; in early 1976 the first UK-built Alpines arrived from the Coventry plant. Modifying the Avenger engines pushed domestic content up above 50%.
Bob Reynolds wrote:
In 1970, Chrysler sold both the 5-door and a 3-door version of the 1100 called the Simca 1204. The car listed for approximately $1750 US - about $100 US less than the Volkswagen Beetle. The car was slightly underpowered, but extremely willing. High body lean in turns, but very sticky on the road if you had the nerve to push it. Chrysler had parts problems supporting the car - a taillight could take 6 weeks (I know - twice).
Chrysler steps in
Once Chrysler took over, their main aim was to try and centralise the two companies and market a decent European car that would challenge Ford and Opel-Vauxhall for sales. The first fruit of this union was the Simca/Chrysler 180, which became the Chrysler Centura for Australia.
Bill Watson wrote:
For 1970 came the Chrysler 160/180 (105" wheelbase) which brought Simca back into the medium-price bracket again. This car was originally meant to be a Humber, but it was felt the French medium-priced market was stonger. That is why the 160/180 looks like an overgrown Avenger. A 2-litre version was added for 1972. This car also formed the basis for the Australian Centura, which was offered in 2-litre 4-cylinder and 245-cid inline six versions. The 160/180/2-litre was dropped in 1978.
Rootes' small-medium British family car, the Hillman Avenger, was smaller than the Arrow and more advanced, but still conventional. This car was released in late 1969, and became the basis of the US Plymouth Cricket, a "captive import" which seemed like a good fighter for the home-grown subcompacts like the Chevy Vega and Ford Pinto.
Though probably a far better car than these two, with advanced features like all-round disc brakes, four door sedan and wagon bodies and 1.5-liter OHV engines, poor workmanship and falling sales drove them from the US after the 1973 model year. In its home country the Avenger survived until the closing of its Scottish factory (originally home of the Imp - when the Alpine was moved to Coventry the Avenger went North and had a facelift too) in late 1981, when it was still selling steadily.
In 1977 (two years after the UK Government aid had given it new life, so the project was given the green light), a small hatchback called the Sunbeam (this time a model rather than a brand) using a shortened Avenger floorpan was released. This spawned the 1980 World Rally Championship-winning Sunbeam Lotus (with Esprit 2.2 engine).
Chrysler UK (as it was now named) called this new car the Alpine and added it to the existing range. They imported it from France at first; then, when Hunter and Avenger production were shifted to Linwood, Scotland (and, later, to Ireland), they built it at the Coventry plant. The car sold well but not spectacularly - the UK in particular just wasn't ready for the hatchback yet.
Andy Wilson, who worked at the Linwood plant, wrote:
The Hunter was also produced at Linwood in CKD (car knocked down) form for export to, of all places-Iran!-there was also a short production run of Sunbeam Vogues exported to USA and Canada, along with, slightly later, a short run of Avengers, badged as Plymouth Crickets, again for the USA/Canada market.
1976 and afterwards
In its first full month of sales in the UK, 1690 Alpines were sold, compared with 2400 Avengers and 2000 Hunters (for which demand had just increased). This is in a total market of about 1.5 million cars sold annually at the time.
The Simca 1510 and its British cousin, the Chrysler Alpine, both on a 102" wheelbase, arrived for 1976. The 1510 can be considered the replacement for the 1301/1501 series, which came to an end in 1976.
With the Alpine launched (and a sedan spin-off, the Solara in the pipeline for a 1980 intro), the Chrysler Europe range looked like this: Simca/Chrysler 180/2-litre large sedan (launched 1970) Simca 1000 mini sedan (launched 1960s) Simca 1308/Chrysler Alpine mid-size hatchback (launched 1975) Chrysler Avenger mid-size sedan (launched 1970) Chrysler Hunter mid-size sedan (launched 1966) Simca 1100 small/medium hatchback (launched 1967)
The Hunter was to be left to die of old age and neglect (it would be sold off to the Iranians), as would the 1000 (it would also die in 1979, and would partly be replaced by the Avenger-derived Sunbeam). Chrysler Europe turned to a replacement for the old 1100. Although this car had been a success, it was now looking old in a number of areas - internal design, rust resistance (most cars celebrated their 7th or 8th birthdays with a trip to the crusher), external styling.
The Horizon appears
Chrysler Europe used the Simca 1100 as the basis for its replacement, as they had with the Alpine. The new car was launched at the end of 1977 as the Chrysler Horizon. It was largely the same as the Plymouth Horizon and Dodge Omni. The cars were well engineered (Alpine was European Car of the Year in 1976, Horizon in 1978), but the European versions were poorly built and had poorly-finished plastic dashboards, rattly engines, and early rust.
Bill Watson noted:
Not many people realize it, but the European Horizon used torsion bars up front, as did its predecessor, the 1100. When Chrysler took the Horizon over to Detroit, the torsion bars were replaced by a MacPherson strut front suspension.
Ironic since Chrysler had pioneered the use of torsion bar suspensions.
The Simca 1100 lived on some four years after the Horizon was launched in late 1977, simply because some versions (like the wagon, panel van and pick-up) weren't replaced. The Horizon was not built in England until the 1980s.
The Horizon incorporated many of the refinements in the Alpine. The original 1118cc 1100 engine was used, along with the 1294 and 1442cc versions from the Alpine. A 4-speed manual transmission was initially standard. The car was to be wider and of longer wheelbase than the 1100, allowing more interior room. To this end similar seating to the Alpine, being large and soft in the French style, was fitted. The Horizon was marketed, like Alpine, as a brand-new car.
Chrysler Europe won Car Of The Year in 1978 with the Horizon (the Porsche 928 won the award in 1977, the year between the Alpine and Horizon winning). It was not in fact until 1993 that a Japanese car won the award (Nissan Micra), although it is open to any car sold in the European countries.
In 1978 the U.S. Omni and Horizon were launched, using a 70hp 1700cc VW engine. A Simca engine was used after the first year, but the 1.4 liter Simca engine was not seen as powerful enough; the Volkswagen engine used was enlarged for this use. Eventually the Omni and Horizon would use a 2.2 liter Chrysler four-cylinder engine.
Critics applauded the ride but not the steering, which was very low-geared (giving an exceptionally large turning circle). The Horizon sold better than the Alpine; it was the only "British" hatchback - the Ford Escort, Vauxhall Viva and Austin Allegro were all sedans.
For the 1980 model year the luxury SX model debuted, featuring the 1442cc engine and three-speed auto, with trip computer, electric windows and headlamp washers. The range at this time comprised of 1.1 LS, 1.3 LS and GL, 1.5 GL and 1.5 SX auto. Unlike the U.S. range, no sporty European Horizons (e.g. Omni GLHS) were developed; this was left to the Sunbeam. The Horizon was, though, the first model to receive the new XUD 1.9-liter 65hp diesel engine (subsequently to be developed as 71hp non-turbo and 92hp turbo versions in other Peugeot models). Since that time over 7.5 million of these engines, credited with converting many countries to diesel, have been produced.
For the 1983 model year, a shakeup took place to combat falling sales of the Talbot marque. All cars were re-designated "Series 2." Five-speed manual gearboxes and headrests were fitted on all models except the base 1.1 LE. Specification levels rose and special editions arrived, the Pullman (two-tone brown and gold with gold alloy wheels) and later the Ultra LX and GLX (with power steering and wheel covers).
The Horizon died in 1985, although the U.S. model continued until 1990.
Selling to Peugeot
One of the ways in which Chrysler survived in 1978 was by selling the entire Chrysler Europe operation to Peugeot - both the profitable Simca and the money-losing Rootes. The Chrysler name could no longer be used, so Peugeot dug up an old name with significance both in the UK and France, Talbot. Legend has it that many cars were rebadged in dealer's showrooms. The range was later slimmed to just Avenger, Sunbeam (both only big sellers in their UK homeland), Alpine, and Horizon.
No development was done on the existing cars (except using the new Peugeot/Citroen 1.9 diesel engine to Horizon in 1982), and only two new products were made. In 1981 the Linwood, Scotland factory closed for good, which meant the death of the Avenger and Sunbeam. The Avenger tooling was purchased by Volkswagen of Argentina, and cars were manufactured for South America throughout the 1980s. The remaining factories in Coventry and France continued to pump out Alpines, Solaras and Horizons.
Bill Watson wrote:
After Peugeot took over, a new notchback 6-window sedan was introduced for 1980, the Solara. It was actually the 1510, torsion bars and all, with a redesigned rear end. The Solara project was begun under Chrysler ownership.
Early 1980 Talbots still had the Chrysler pentastar in the centre of the grille! During the 1980 model year, the pentastar was replased by Talbot's T-in-a-circle.
The first new product, in 1982, was the Talbot Samba, a small front-drive hatchback coupe which was effectively a rebadged Peugeot 104. Talbot did get, in 1984, two unique versions: a convertible model which sold quite well to young affluent people, and the Rallye, a 600-off homologated (for Group A World Rally Championship) rocket with a hot 80bhp 1360cc motor. The Avenger and Sunbeam were both successful rally cars; for a long time after the death of Talbot the rally division of Peugeot was still called "Peugeot-Talbot Motorsport."
The final flourish under the Peugeot ownership was the large (and ill-fated) Tagora. While still under Chrysler's ownership there had been a planned replacement for the 180/2-Litre, codenamed C9. This was to have used a 2.2-liter stretch of the old motor and some carryover components which allowed a sleek, futuristic body style. (This 2.2 was completely unrelated to the US corporate 2.2).
Unfortunately, Peugeot stipulated that the new car must be based on their existing 604, although the 2.2 engine was to be Chrysler's rather than the identical-displacement Peugeot/Citroen motor of the time. As such the eventual styling was lumpy and not particularly attractive. The market for large cars was much smaller than when C9 was conceived, so the Tagora sold in only tiny quantities until its death in 1984.
Not long afterwards, the Alpine and Horizon met their maker, and the last Chrysler Europe car other than American Horizons and Omnis was the Samba, ending in 1986. The Talbot name lived on as late as 1991 on a rebadged Peugeot/Citroen/Fiat-design van, and the Peugeot 309 of 1985-93 was the intended Horizon replacement. It was the first Peugeot built in Britian (at the Coventry plant), and production of the 306 and 406 continues there to this day. The Omni/Horizon would last until 1990 in the United States, benefitting from their 2.2 liter engines and low prices.
638,000 Avengers were sold. 150,000 Alpines were built in the UK from 1975 to 1985. A similar number of Horizons were built in the UK from 1980 to 1985. 10135 Sunbeam Ti's were built between 1979 and 1981.
Why Chrysler Europe failed
The 1970s were one of the toughest decades that the automotive industry has ever faced, and even the mightiest makers were not immune. Rootes was perhaps more complex than Chrysler had first thought, and trying to combine it with Simca, with the conflicting interests and ideas this brought, was never going to be easy.
I would ask, why federalise the Horizon and not the Alpine? The Alpine was larger, more roomy and more comfortable (with its soft French-design seating and torsion bar suspension), so would have fitted in much better with American tastes. Maybe it was much easier to fit an alternative engine to the Horizon. [Editor's note: perhaps the Alpine would have conflicted with the upcoming K-cars.]
Another interesting "what if" concerns the 180/2-Litre; just as Chrysler Australia made it into the Centura by adding a straight-six engine and plush fittings, it could have been brought to the US as a new small Chrysler (significantly smaller than Cordoba), and stolen the march on Cadillac's Seville. Maybe Chrysler were scared of getting their fingers burnt, as they had been with the Cricket/Avenger. If only the workmanship had been decent.
Although it met an undignified end, Chrysler's spell in Europe was a good lesson learned - witness here, in 1993, the incredible sales performance of the Jeep Cherokee, with the following Wrangler, Neon, Grand Cherokee and Voyager doing decent "niche market" sales. The parent company's innovations set the standard in many areas for the whole of the European car market; the transistorised ignition that was applied to the whole US range in 1973 was fitted to all new Chrysler Europe products, and Sunbeam advertising played heavily on the fact. Typically though, and as a final point, the small print of that same advert states that "owing to a factory dispute, some early Sunbeams will not have been fitted with transistorised ignition." It was a hard time to be new to the game. Perhaps had it been any other period Chrysler Europe would still be with us in its native form.
Webmaster note: in 1997, Chrysler made 105,000 1997 European sales, and said that it has not lost money on European operations since it re-entered the market in 1988. SIMCA was profitable throughout Chrysler's ownership.
The museum
The Peugeot Museum in Poissy has a complete range of everything that was built or studied in Poissy, including a Dodge Omni that was sent to perform the first tests with the Peugeot diesel engine. The museum can be visited every Saturday at CAAPY, 45 Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, 78 Poissy.
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