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Interview date: 11/06/2009
Run date: 11/20/2009
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Don't miss Bullz-Eye's 2008 interview with "Chuck" star Zachary Levi!
When Bullz-Eye did its last TV Power Rankings in February 2009, the odds were barely hovering in the 50/50 range that we'd have the opportunity to write about "Chuck" again. Thankfully, however, NBC spared the series from cancellation – due in no small part to the folks at Subway ("Eat fresh!") – and renewed the series for a third season, but even better news emerged a few weeks ago, when the network added another six episodes to the show's order. Bullz-Eye had a chance to chat with Vik Sahay (Lester) about the saving of the show, his work on the series over the previous two seasons, and got just the tiniest bit of info out of him about the upcoming third season. Given our last encounter with him, however, we're probably lucky to have gotten what we did.
Vik Sahay: Will, it's Vik.
Bullz-Eye: Hey, man. How's it going?
VS: Good. How are you doing?
BE: Not bad. You and I talked at the TCA function.
VS: That's right.
BE: And if memory serves, I made some horrible comment about you selling stuff on e-bay, and you proceeded to give me the fish-eye for the rest of our conversation.
(Writer's note: Sahay made a comment about how, due to having a complete lack of any sort of musical background, the idea of performing as a member of Jeffster! was nerve-wracking, legitimately nauseating, and, indeed, may have caused him to wet his pants. I offered a throwaway joke about how there were fans who'd pay good money for those pants on eBay. He laughed nervously, "Uh, no, let's not do that," took a step back from me, and the conversation never really recovered from there.)
VS: Yeah, as I recall, you were a horrible person, basically.
BE: Yes. Yes, I am. Glad you remember.
VS: Yeah, that's how I remember you. But at least you are remembered.
BE: It's something, anyway.
VS: (Laughing) Yeah.
BE: So, now, are you guys currently at work, or you have worked and you're soon going back to work?
VS: Yeah, we're in the middle of work. We're getting a little bit of time off for Thanksgiving, but other than that, yeah, we're working.
BE: Awesome. So what episode are you on right now?
VS: We are on episode nine. Just finishing off nine.
BE: Okay. And how's the vibe now that the extra episodes have been added?
VS: I think that there is a bit of a big exhale, you know? You know, it's a very odd thing to be in the middle of shooting something, kind of almost assuming it's going to end. I think at the end of the second season, we were sure we were coming back. And then it literally went away, and then we got pulled back by the skin of our teeth, thanks to fans and whatnot. But when this thirteen got ordered and we were coming on in March, I mean, in my mind, I was, like, "Well, this is it, this is the kind of farewell season." And here we go. So it's kind of a roller coaster of exhilaration at this point. I don't know what it all means, but it's really good. Let me boil all of that down: good. I feel good about it.
BE: Excellent. So how much Subway are you guys eating on the set these days?
VS: It's relentless and a nightmare,, but just in case there are cameras around, I eat it constantly. No, I think everything is being integrated incredibly well. You know, they are brilliant writers, and so everything is still nice and subtle; blended in well, I think.
BE: But does Subway contribute to the craft services table?
VS: (Laughing) On occasion, yes. Yes.
BE: So where do we find Lester when the new season kicks off?
VS: Well, you know, I don't know how to even go into that. Right in front of me is a script that says, "Dear Team Chuck, as you know we expect all of our scripts to be treated with professional confidentiality and ask that everyone be extra aware of keeping any details to themselves. Josh and Chris." So, you know, I think that you will get me fired if you push this avenue.
BE: No, seriously, come on, tell me what's going on.
VS: Oh, okay, then I will. Now that you asked a second time. (Laughs, then sobers) No, seriously, I'm not telling you anything.
BE: (Laughs) So I'm sure that's loads of fun, when you've got people constantly asking you what's going to happen.
VS: Yeah. I mean, at the very least, it means that people are interested. Because it would be worse if people were like, "Yeah, I don't care." So at least it is a positive kind of tension.
BE: Well, even if you can't speak to what actually goes on, how about the guest stars? Because it looks like there's a pretty cool roster coming up.
VS: Yeah, I think it's been out there that Brandon Routh and Kristin Kreuk are coming on. You know, I mean, the thing is for me, those two are phenomenal, but most of the guest stars, for the most part, through all of the seasons have kind of existed predominantly in the spy world. And so it's Tony Hale that is the real joy for me, because I get to bounce back and forth with that maniac.
BE: So is he returning for season three?
VS: Yeah.
BE: Can you speak to who of the other guest stars you get to interact with?
VS: How should I even go down this road? I'll say a little bit with every one of them.
BE: Who's been your favorite, or just the coolest for you to work with?
VS: Well, again, I've got to say that I think it's working with Tony Hale, because it's also been a long-term thing and very cool. I mean, I was living in Toronto, working there right before I did "Chuck," so I would watch "Arrested Development" constantly. And then to be in a scene where I get to really show him what real comedy is… (Laughs) No, but that has been a really big thrill to kind of sit at the feet of the giant. That to me has been one of the best back and forth. And, then, of course there's the beautiful models we got to work with last year. Brooklyn Decker, who I have said before, makes me giddy because she is married to Andy Roddick, and I'm a huge tennis fan, so there is that.
BE: Any other favorite one-off guest stars?
VS: Let me think. I mean, when you get to work with someone like John Larroquette, you know, just to get to be on set when he's there is great. And then on the other hand, Jerome Bettis, you know, great for different reasons. To me, it's all…just to watch John Larroquette work or Chevy Chase work, you know, they are legends. They're legends, and to see that you are in fact better than they are is where you really get…no, no. It's an education. And so those two in particular, I was, like, "Wow, these guys I have seen for so many years doing such great things…" It's just really…I don't even know the word. It's exciting in a kind of really deep way, you know? It's something to have watched someone that you admired for so many years and then to be sitting down between takes, talking to them about their life and comedy and how they work on a scene and all of that. You know, the nerdy actor in me is just in heaven.
BE: Well, you know, seriously, half the reason I do this job is because I love to ask people about stuff they've done that I have loved and have them tell me stories about it.
VS: Yeah, yeah. It's exactly that. And that's what I'm doing when I'm on set with them. I'm, like, "So when you did this," or, "When you were doing that…" You know, and they are, like, "Oh, my God, somebody kill this little boy…"
BE: Given his love of "Spies Like Us," I had visions that Josh just walked around with Chevy going, "Yes, Mr. Chase; you got it, Mr. Chase."
VS: (Laughs) Yeah, really. But, no, he didn't.
BE: What's been your favorite song within the Jeffster! set list?
VS: A-ha! Well, let's see. I mean, they have all been interesting. "Africa" was the most daunting, I think, because it was the first one, and it's a hard song, and I didn't really know it. "Mr. Roboto" was just bizarre and hysterical to do. But I myself got to pick "Fat Bottomed Girls," which we did at Comic Con, so that kind of has a special, different vibe when I get to pick the song to do. I just think it's kind of a brilliant, hysterical, weirdo song. And tough to sing. I mean, the other thing I am gaining enormous respect for is people who can sing. Like, it's tough. Tough.
BE: Whose idea was it to do the gig at Comic-Con?
VS: It was J.S., Josh Schwartz. And it was just not even an idea, just a fact. That I was doing it, is how I was approached. "You're doing this, good luck." Yeah, and then we went back and forth on what song it was going to be. I was, like, "Let's do this one," and he was, like, "Okay."
BE: So were you psyched or petrified at the thought of doing it?
VS: Utterly, utterly, you know, blanched with terror. I literally skipped over the "what a great moment" to "oh, my God, I can't believe I have to do this." Yeah, it was absolutely the scariest thing I have ever done. And when I was up there, the people were, like, "Oh, my God," and they were all screaming and stuff. But I didn't hear a thing. I was just in my own little bubble of horror and panic.
BE: Did you have any hand in writing your bio on the official Jeffster! page on NBC.com?
VS: No. To be honest with you, no, I didn't.
BE: Have you seen it, at least?
VS: I looked at it. You know, I'm not good at looking at things of myself. I don't think I have seen a complete episode of "Chuck," I'm always fast forwarding. So I've looked at it. I mean, yeah, I've seen what it says there, some of it, yeah.
BE: I was just particularly curious about your stylistic influences being listed as Morrissey, Kurt Cobain, Bon Scott, Billy Joel, and Madonna.
VS: Right. Well, I mean, obviously, Kurt Cobain and Madonna are practically one in the same.
BE: Sure.
VS: Yeah, basically, I think what that implies is that he has no vocal influences at all. So when he opens his mouth, it's whatever comes out.
BE: Also, you are credited with lead vocals and kicking ass.
VS: Well, I mean, I think that's a given.
BE: So what's been your favorite episode of the first two seasons? If you can even narrow it down to a single one, that is.
VS: Yeah, it's tough. I mean, obviously you know, the episode "Chuck vs. the Best Friend," where Jeffster! kind of emerged, was a great episode because I feel like we got to see the friendship between Lester and Jeff a little more. There was a little bit of almost sweetness to it that you don't often get to see from Lester. And so that was obviously one of the kind of highlights. But there have been so many. I mean, the run as assistant manager was fun, and the Thunderdome. I mean, the thing is, the things I get to do on the show…I mean, at the very least, it's not the same bloody thing week after week. I mean, I'm going in and I'm in a harness doing Thunderdome, or I'm singing an insane song, or I'm, you know, throwing a keg party at the Buy More. So it's pretty tough, but I guess if I narrowed it down, "Best Friend" was kind of the episode that meant a lot to me.
BE: So Lester is of Indian decent and is Jewish.
VS: Right. Of course.
BE: Have you found that interesting to play?
VS: Yeah, you know, I'm a huge research guy. I love to do research and go into the background of characters. And, you know, as you discover things about the character I, in my own nerdy, obsessive-compulsive way, go into "oh, my God" mode and then go and research everything I can about it. And I have discovered that, yes, there are a little group of Jewish people in India, the Bnei Menashe, and figured that out. But also it was, like, okay, I guess that must mean that his father…maybe it could mean that his father is Indian, you know, his mother is Jewish, and we went back and forth about that. And then just going into, like, researching Hebrew and Yiddish and throwing that in whenever I can. Yeah, it's been a wild ride.
BE: I understand that you actually auditioned for the role of Morgan.
VS: Yes.
BE: Are you still bitter at Joshua about getting the role?
VS: Well, there are many other reasons now. It was originally just that reason, but now there are so many other ones. No, I think that the right people got cast in the right way. I mean, Josh is a phenomenal actor and very funny. And, I think, very suited to the role of Morgan. They are, Zach and Josh, and Scott, believe it or not, are very much like their characters. So it's perfect, you know?
BE: Do you remember if, when you were originally doing the auditions, the role of Lester stuck out to you at all?
VS: Not even a little. Not even a little. When they said the name "Lester," I had to go back into the script and see who he was, because there was really nothing written for him; a word here, a word there in the pilot. And I was reading it, concentrating on Morgan, so I had no idea. And it came at a moment…the offer came in a moment of, like, utter confusion and heartbreak at not getting the role of Morgan. So I was wiping tears from my eyes, winded, going, "What? What?" And then I found his one word in the thing and was, like, "Okay."
BE: "I could make this one word stand out."
VS: Yeah. Exactly.
BE: I've heard that there is a certain amount of improvisation that goes on.
VS: Yeah, yeah.
BE: So how much do you think that you yourself have added to the character of Lester? I mean, obviously, there wasn't much to him at first, so have you been able to add to his character traits personally?
VS: I think so, yeah, I think so. You know, I made a choice very early on that he was not going to be a guy who admired or liked Chuck. And has what I call an unrequited rivalry with Chuck. Unrequited because Chuck almost doesn't know he exists. But you know, Lester loathes him because he wants to be him. And that's sort of where I riff from, and I think that the writers have gone with that, and there has been a nice back and forth about that. So, yeah, I think that that's what has been a great kind of collaboration in creating the guy.
BE: Now, are you guys the kind of cast who hangs out off set as well?
VS: Sadly, we are. We are absolutely…oh, it's sad. We get along so well, and we have so much fun with each other that, after 14 hours of shooting, we're, like, "Well, what do you guys want to do now?" So, yeah, it's a little pathetic, quite honestly.
BE: Obviously, "Chuck" has got a rabid fan base. How does that affect you? I mean, are you actually recognized now?
VS: Yeah, but for other, more sordid things. No, no, no. I am, but it's a bit of a double edged sword, I think, to a certain degree. I don't think Lester is the most likable of the characters, and I think in television there can be a blurring between who the actor is and the character. So, you know, my worry is that I am hated, personally, and that's why I never go on the blogs or anything. But, yeah, yeah, I think that's quite exciting because when I am approached, because obviously very few people approach me to tell me they hate me. When they do approach, it's always because they are, like, "We love the show, and we're so happy it's back, and congratulations." Etc., etc. So it's always with such pure positivity that, yeah, I'm really grateful for that.
BE: Given how tenuous the series' status was toward the end of the season, had you guys basically just made your…
VS: Peace with it?
BE: Yeah, exactly.
VS: Wel,l yeah. To me, it's such an incredible job, really, I'm really blessed to be on it. And however long it goes, whatever happens, I'm not going to be upset at a cancellation. Do you know what I mean? I have had the experience of being able to do it and work with these guys, whether it goes one season, two seasons, three seasons…you know, it's so kind of bittersweet to think of it ending because it's sad, but at the same time, I'm, like, "What an incredible experience I had." And, really, at the end of the second season, when we didn't get renewed right away and all of that stuff, and other shows did, yeah, I think that there was a part of me that was, like, "Well, okay, let's move on. Let's figure out what's going on." And then this slow rumbling began, and the next thing I knew, they had called us back and…it was just incredibly startling.
BE: So, obviously, like you said, you can't really speak to season three a whole lot. But can you give us even a hint of the feel of it? I mean, does the thrust change dramatically, given the change in Chuck's situation?
VS: Well, I don't know if it changes dramatically in that sense. I mean, certainly something changes. It deepens. I would say that the mythology gets explored more. We go deeper into this world and into kind of how Chuck starts to deal with this new kind of intersect in his head, and the ramifications of that on the people around him. You know, there has been a lot of talk about the budget cuts and what does that mean. Does it do something to the show to have to cut the budget, and, you know, are people are in it less? And to me it's more…what it's done is kind of focused the show, I feel. It streamlined it, and made it more potent, in a way. So the episodes are really, really…I find them very strong. They are very poignant. There is not a lot of fat on them. It's a lean, kind of mean season. You know, I'm struggling not to say any details…
BE: No, I understand.
VS: But it definitely goes deeper into the mythology of…I don't know, I guess the ordinary man in extraordinary circumstances. Those kinds of big archetypes of rising up to who you are supposed to be and the conflicts and inherent contradictions within that I guess.
BE: That's heavy stuff.
VS: (Laughing) Yes, well, now you know why people don't like talking to me. They're, like, "Just say a joke!"
BE: And, last one, which actually isn't "Chuck"-related. What would you say is your favorite project you have worked on, excluding "Chuck", that didn't get the love that you thought it deserved?
VS: Well, it's a tough call about what love it doesn't deserve or deserve means, but, you know, I did a movie…and I have talked about this a little bit…that I shot in India a couple of years ago called "Amal." And it was a Canadian film, a really low-budget indie film. It's a very stark contrast to what I get to do on "Chuck." It was this really dark, gritty, dramatic role that I was doing. And it was amazing. It was one of those things where I could indulge all of my method-y pretentiousness and just get inside the character and not leave it. So it was quite a brilliant experience for me. And unfortunately…you know, it did a great release in Canada, and it's come out on DVD just now there, but we just couldn't snag American distribution. And that was too bad, because I would have loved for people here to have seen it, because the movie itself is quite beautiful and simple. So, yeah, in terms of love it deserves or doesn't deserve…it still got nominated for a Genie, which is a Canadian Academy award. So it got love it that way. It just didn't get the American distribution, which is kind of the pot of gold, you know?
BE: And just on a whim, I was looking at your IMDb page and saw all your voice-work credits for those "For Better or for Worse" animated specials. Lynn Johnston is actually selling those on DVD through her website.
VS: Oh, my God. Is she?
BE: Yeah, I got an announcement from TVShowsOnDVD.com the other day about it.
VS: Wow. My gosh.
BE: How did you get into doing voiceover work?
VS: I don't even know. I was so young. I mean, seriously, I don't know. (Laughs) I've been acting since I was a kid, and I barely remember it, to be honest with you. You know, as a kid, you're kind of walking around as though there are bright lights shining in your eyes. You can't quite see, and you're kind of being…I know I went to an audition, I think, and auditioned. I think I even read and was initially playing a friend of Michael's, and then they switched kind of halfway through filming to where I was playing the son and the other poor actor had to play the friend. So I did a few episodes of that, like, over one summer, I think.
BE: So you remember it fondly but vaguely.
VS: Yeah, fondly but vaguely. Well, it was a while ago, and it's hard to kind of retain what I must have been feeling in the moment. Do you know what I mean? When I look back on it, I can make things up, but…what could I have possibly been thinking as this kid, kind of doing these lines into a microphone?
BE: "What am I going to do with this money?"
VS: Yeah. "What am I going to buy?" That's exactly it. "I'll get a new bike, and I'll get a new…" (Trails off, laughing)
BE: All right, man, it's been good talking to you again.
VS: Yeah, great talking to you, too.
BE: I'm sure I'll see you out at the TCA in January, since I presume NBC will be pumping it up with a panel.VS: And I'm sure you'll embarrass yourself somewhere along the line once again. (Laughs) Take it easy!
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Belly button piercing
Okay, so I admit it! I am what you call a "goody two shoes." I get good grades, I study a lot, I'm respectful to my parents and peers -- and I even clean my room everyday. But more than anything, I wanted a bellybutton ring. "Cute," my mother called it. "Not for you!" is what my father called it, and "cool!" is what my friends call it.
Getting your navel pierced isn't the same as getting your ears pierced, where you walk into an accessories shop at the mall and have a teen-ager pierce a hole through your body. With your navel, you have to find the right place, with the right person, at the right time. My father was dead set against this, so dead set that we never even discussed the fact that I was seriously considering having it done.
While visiting my grandmother four hours away, my mom, little sister and I walked into our first body piercing shop. I cannot remember the name of the place -- but the people inside, I remember. There were two owners of the shop, and as we walked in they greeted us with happy smiles. My mother had told my sister and I that if we liked this shop, we could get our navels done here. After grilling the "professionals" with every question we could possibly think of, from "does it hurt?" (apparently not that much), to "how long does it take to heal?" (around 6 months), to "are you SURE it doesn't hurt?" (NO!), we decided to look at the rings themselves.
It was like a candy shop to our eyes, with the various colors, sizes and metals for every type of bellybutton. The owners were the first piercers we had ever talked to, and in examining the shop, we found it to be surprisingly clean. There were long, dentist-like chairs in two "operating" rooms, and the two professionals appeared to be clean cut and know exactly what they were doing. Although my sister and I both picked out the exact ring we wanted, in the end ... both of us chickened out.
"You go first!" I said to Allie. "No, you're the oldest!" she said back. Because neither of us had ever witnessed a piercing, we wanted to see it before the clamp went over our own skin, and a needle pierced through our stomachs. Walking towards our car, I thought maybe a bellybutton ring was not for me. Maybe I just wasn't rebellious enough, maybe it wouldn't look good on me, or maybe I was just too much of a wimp to go through with it. My "goody two shoes" persona once again showed up.
After our first piercing shop experience went well, we expected the same with the next set of shops we went to. My mom set aside the day before my first semester finals for her two daughters to have their navels pierced. The first place we went to you could see smoke all around the building, and t-shirts printed with complimentary comments about certain drugs and other substances. When we went up to the manager, he offered very little information about the actual piercing experience, and mumbled something that was so slurred that my mother hurried her two innocent daughters out of the shop.
Finally, we found the shop we had been looking for in Campbell. I admit, it was scary. The whole place was gothic, and all of the piercers were gothic as well. I don't mean to sound biased, but I was scared that they might not be gentle. In the store was a tall glass case with thousands of navel barbells, tongue rings, earrings and more.
After talking to the piercer, we became comfortable and at ease. He helped each of us choose the exact gauge of the navel barbell we needed, and even helped us with color choices. While I picked a diamond with a silver barbell, my little sister chose a topaz color. My mom then signed a stack of papers, and we prepped up for the big moment.
I don't even know how many times I asked the piercer, "Does it hurt..?" or "Are you sure it doesn't hurt that much?" I stood up straight in front of him, and pulled up my shirt just enough to see my stomach. He took out one of those purple pens that accessories stores use to mark your ears, and marked a little dot just above the hole in my stomach. He then rubbed alcohol all over the area to sanitize it. All this while, my choice for the barbell that will sit in my stomach for more than six months was soaking in alcohol.
I then was directed to lie down in the blue, dentist-like chair and to breathe...deeply. I was never shown the needle that went through my stomach, probably the piercer feared that I would have fainted or chickened out. Next, the piercer old me to breathe in, and breathe out, breathe in, and then breathe out.
Honestly, I had never been as scared in my whole life as I was right then. For what seemed like an eternity, but in reality was around two minutes, I lay in the chair breathing in and then breathing out. Finally, I felt a sharp point cross through the barrier between my skin and the air surrounding it. Although there was a small amount of pain within the five seconds or so that the needle was actually in my flesh, I was relieved to find that getting your navel pierced does not hurt nearly as much as I anticipated. A few minutes later, there was a small amount of blood oozing from the wound, but nothing to make me have a lot of discomfort.
Overall, getting my navel pierced has been an interesting experience, and I am glad that I did it. The pain is comparable to getting your ear pierced, and the experience is worthwhile.
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Monti was responding to comments by centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi, who has repeatedly attacked the German Chancellor and claimed Monti had already agreed to join forces with the PD after the election "with Merkel's blessing".
Polls suggest the PD is likely to win control of the lower house in the Feb. 24-25 vote. Monti's centrist alliance is trailing in fourth place, but the PD may need its support to control the upper house of parliament and form a government.
Merkel has been keeping her lips sealed before the vote but in an unusual foray into an election campaign in a European neighbour, her foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle, recently dropped a thinly veiled hint about sentiment in her government.
"We are of course not involved in the Italian election ... But whoever forms the new government, we think it is important that the pro-European course and the necessary reforms will be continued," Westerwelle told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung.
Westerwelle is a member of the pro-market Free Democrats (FDP), junior partner in Merkel's centre-right coalition.
While Italy's PD leader Pier Luigi Bersani has tended to avoid criticising Monti in the election campaign, the prime minister has been more aggressive.
Monti has blamed the PD for watering down his attempt to reform the labour market and frequently said it is too heavily influenced by the far left and the hardline CGIL trade union.
He said on Tuesday he had "nothing in common" with the centre-left coalition.
Asked to comment on Monti's latest remarks, Bersani answered bluntly: "I don't know if it's Monti's problem or Merkel's."
In an interview on Wednesday with local German daily Straubinger Tagblatt, Merkel refused to take sides in Italy's election.
"It's up to the Italians to choose their government and I won't get involved by giving recommendations or by speculating," she said.Last Mod: 21 Şubat 2013, 09:55


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These words of William Butler Yeats in his poem The Second Coming keep playing in my head:
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
My country is no longer at ease.
Before I wrap my head around what is going on I would like to:
Pay tribute to all the members of the security forces who have lost their lives in the recent days while in the line of duty.
Pay tribute to all Kenyans who have lost their lives due to the recent spate of violence.
Request you to spare a minute every day to say a prayer for our beloved country Kenya.


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Oh, God!
this is a total classic
a total '70's classic
this is a good chance for a list...
I guess it would be hard to find 10 movies to define the 70's...
Star Wars is a classic from the 70's
but I am thinking of feature films that work like time capsules to the world I grew up in
1. Oh God (maybe because it started this conversation)
2. Bad News Bears
3. Saturday Night Fever
4. Jaws
5. The Exorcist
6. ET, Poltergeist, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind
off the top of my head I can not get anything else
what other movies not only had major impact of the culture of the times but also reflected the culture of the times?
Fatmarc? I bet you could fill this list pretty quick!
oh... people stopped reading my blog years ago
I keep forgetting
blogs are blah.
By God West Virginia!
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- Grizzly said...
"Heaven can Wait", "MASH", "All the President's Men" and "Three Days of the Condor" Maybe these could round out your 70's list
- 9/24/2012
- gwadzilla said...
all classics as well...
some of what I was trying to corner is was feature films that would work as quasi documentaries for the era I grew up in
sort of how I grew up thinking that Leave it to Beaver or Dennis the Menace depicted life for families during those eras
- 9/25/2012
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Historian Robert Caro has spent almost 40 years studying and writing about President Lyndon B. Johnson. The result of that toil, in addition to two Pulitzer prizes, is about 3,388 pages so far on Johnson's life.
The fourth volume, "Passage of Power," has just published.
In the web exclusive video above, Caro talks about why Johnson could get things done in Washington and gives an example of what he calls Johnson's legislative genius in action.
On Sunday's GPS show interview, Caro said Johnson could offer today's politicians - and president - lessons on wielding power. Below is an excerpt of that interview. (Watch the entire interview on Sunday's GPS episode on iTunes)
ZAKARIA: Contrast the style of Lyndon Johnson with this enormous legislative accomplishment [the Civil Rights Act], with the style of Barack Obama, as you have seen him.
CARO: Well, I know I'm supposed to say that there's this great contrast and Obama hasn't done enough, but I feel Obama was faced with some real problems that we hardly remember anymore: the extent of the financial crisis. I happen to think he has made great strides.
You know, people find a lot wrong with health care legislation, Fareed, as do I, the bill that's passed. But I keep remembering something that Lyndon Johnson said. Once we pass it, we can always go back and amend it. And I feel it was an accomplishment to get a health care bill.
ZAKARIA: But what about the issue that people raise about just the style of it - which is, he delegated too much of the stimulus or even health care to Congress. Do you think he should have been more active? Or, the alternative view is, look, the Republicans are very strong. The important thing is to get something done. Would Johnson have taken a more activist role?
CARO: You can answer that definitely. Johnson would have been on the phone every minute with the leaders of Congress. I mean, to watch him work on peopl ... Everybody says Johnson was always talking. Not so. You listen to him on with - when he wants somebody - when he wants something from somebody - he will let the senator talk and he will let the senator talk, and all you hear from Johnson sometimes is uh-huh, uh-huh. Until he hears what he wants to hear. What's the lever he can push with this guy? What does he want? And then Johnson starts speaking.
You know, in this book Kennedy has a tax cut bill. It's snarled in the finance committee. Someone calls him at, like, 12:00 exactly and say they've just broken for lunch, and we're three votes short. We're not going to get the bill through. Johnson says who are they? And the guy names the three senators. Johnson says to his secretary, get them on the phone for me one after the other.
One is Abe Ribicoff. He says you know, Abe, I put you on whatever committee he put you on. He says I want you to help me.
Ribicoff says, well, I have already persuaded my constituents. I'll lose face. Lyndon Johnson says to him, you save my face today, I'll save your face tomorrow. And Ribicoff knows that Johnson is a bad man to cross, but a good man to have on your side.
One of the other senators wants something, has to do with a mineral bill. Johnson says he will give it to him.
In 14 minutes if I have that right, the exact time is in my book, he has turned these three senators around. So if you want to know a contrast in style, Lyndon Johnson was a contrast with everyone else. He was the greatest legislator certainly since Roosevelt and perhaps even including Roosevelt. He was a legislative genius.
It seems impossible to pass a voting rights act in 1965. He does it vote by vote. And it's almost - you know, if you care about - my books are really about political power. If you care about political power, you say there never was a man with a talent - a talent that is beyond a talent - a gift that's beyond a gift. There never was anyone who could do this like Johnson.
From my perspective, I have very little good to say about Mr. Johnson. He used ever dirty trick to get what he wanted. He held few real convictions and rode the political winds of the day to his advantage. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was indeed noble in concept but so flawed a piece of legislation that its unintended consequences actually contributed to greater social and economic inequities for minorities rather than cured them. It was the ultimate "feel-good" law and LBJ pushed it through Congress with the expressed purpose of derailing Goldwater's campaign.
For what it is worth, Barry Goldwater would not have committed 500,000 US troops to fight a 'no-win" war. He knew that Vietnam was unwinnable and that proxy wars were never part of the conservative strategy to fighting the cold war. (Conservatives voted for Goldwater because they were against the Vietnam war) Maybe Goldwater wasn't the smartest "politician" we ever had, and he certainly was at times naive about the political maneuverings of his day, but the man had conviction - and actually believed in what he promoted. And what he promoted was, in his heart, in the best interest for all. LBJ promoted what was in the best interest for LBJ.
Sadly we are still living with the missteps Lyndon Johnson laid at the doorstep of our nation. And in today's political landscape we have a dysfunctional right wing and an unfocused middle. We haven't yet heard from the left in quite some time and you can put some of the blame on LBJ for this.
I am really beginning to be disgusted by the revisionist historians take on LBJ
First, on Civil Rights and the Voting rights act.
A little History. Both were first proposed by Eisenhower as president. He saw how the Black Veterans of the war were being treated and couldn't stand that. LBJ spent his time as senate leader opposing both, allowing only watered down version of each to pass in 54 and 55. (it might have been 53 and 54)
As president, he threatened to veto both. I suggest Caro actually read the congressional record from 1952 to 1968 concerning Johnson. I Have. He was no friend of either act and refused to enforce either.
And finally, if caro had taken the time to actually read the records of what was going on during the fight by the republicans for the passage of the latest incarnation of their voting rights and civil rights act, he would have found that this action was led by the republcians, trying to get enough moderate democrate on board to pass the legislation over LBJ's veto threat.
They finally did it, the acts were passed, and a republcian was the first to enforce them.That took Nixon to do.
On the Kennedy/Johnson victory, he was part of the "stolen'election (dead and duplicate voters on Texas and Illinois' that Nixon refused to challange, though that was reccomended by many.)
As a senate leader, then VP and then president, he was not a leader. He was a Bully.
Just read the records. Read his letters. Read news accounts of the time. I have done that.
But then Caro would have to do actual historical research. And we can't have that can we.
There were two Eisenhower Civil Rights bills that passed. One in 1957 and another one in 1960. Goldwater voted for both bills.
Those were actually the first rewrites of the earlier bills that passed that were so watered down by the dems to get them passed they were almost laughable, if not for their serious nature.
to j. von hettlingen
The voting rights and civil rights acts were not first proposed by LBJ.
The versions that finally passed over LBJ's objections were just expansions of the acts first proposed by eisenhower and in limited fashion passed by congress. The 60's acts
that passed were proposed by the republcans.
Thats all in the congressional record if you'd like to look them up.LBJ spent his life opposing both.
Well, he could teach them real good.
First of all. Ladybird met Marina Oswald at a Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs mixer for the Russian Attache to the US Embassy in Dallas. Ladybird was introduced to Marina by Ruth Paine, a cultural affairs volunteer. Ruth then rented her back apartment to Marina and Lee for them to give a comfortable place for the baby. Ruth also knew Lee struggled to get a job in Dallas and was not making it. She used her connections at the Dallas School Board to get him a janitorial position at the Dallas School Book Depository. Ruth also signed for the Italian rifle he had ordered from a magazine. Marina and Lee had opportunities to talk with Ladybird on several occasions and heard of her disdain for Kennedy. Ladybird felt like Kennedy was holding up the country. Also Ruth Paine's husband was an engineer for Bell Helicopter. He was not happy that Kennedy would not allow the US to fully enter the hostilities in SE Asia as it would mean a boon for Bell. So Lee was able to come up with the idea that if Kennedy was out of the way, Johnson would become president and the state of Texas would reel in all kinds of benefits. So Lee learned of the route that the motorcade was taking that day and took a rather easy shot to eliminate Kennedy and thus propel Johnson into the office. Part 2 of his plan also went to full fruition because Johnson signed the orders placing the US into full involvement into Vietnam. Bell wound up getting an order from the Pentagon for 16,000 units. Bell cashed in huge on those orders and to this day is still a large, financially viable company located right between Fort Worth and Dallas. All thanks to Lee listening to the Paines and Mrs. Ladybird.
Dear Rick Springfield (if that is your real name), two words: coo & coo!
Lee Harvey Oswald was, in his own words, a "patsy". There were incontrovertibly more than thre shots fired at the President and the fatal one that blew his brains backward came from the grassy knoll. All of your conjecturing neglects the basic forensics of the assassination.
Anyone who thinks that the benefit of society is to raise taxes for social welfare programs sends an invitation for taxpayer abuse, and that's just what we have today. Free rent, utility payments, cell phones, daycare, food stamps, bus and taxicab vouchers... the list goes on. The payments go on and on... for decades to the same people and families. There's nothing LBJ could teach the government.
He was a piece of crap!
Fianl note for the night.
I love the Obamma people that hate Bush
And the Bush people that hate Obamma.
There policies are the same. There the same man folks.
Both are Ivy league Oligarchist, who belive in big is better.
Both came from upper class families. (Obamma was raised by his grandparents in Hawaii, she a bank VP, he a top sales person, 1%'s I am sure.)
Both have the total support of Wall Street and Big Business. Both supported Tarp (Which Romney opposed)
Both pursue the same social and economic policies. (keynes does't work folks)
Obamma has continued without change the Cheney/Bush foreign policy of contianment regarding the ONE war going on against Al Quida with all of its fronts.
What's the difference folks.
When Reagon was president the debt was under control and main street controlled 85+% of the capital.
Under Clinton the debt was under control and Main Street still controlled 80% of the capital.
Today, after 12 years of Bush/Obamma the debt is out of control, the economey in stuck in a recession, and 90% of the nations capital is held by a select few on wall street.
Casey: it would really help if you knew how to spell ... It's "Obama", not Obamma , you moron. Domestically LBJ was one of our greatest presidents and he was by far the greatest legislator. I was there. I don't have to read the congressional record. Why should we believe you have when you can't even spell. You are the one who is trying to re-write history ... and you are doing it badly.
This might be someone who is draining my tax dollars with the "everyone gets an education, housing, cell phone..." program. If you're going to spend my money and refer to the lousy leader who thinks it's essential, at least learn how to spell O B A M A.
His mother found a way to collect welfare so I'm sure that's why he has such a soft spot for the bleeding of the budget. LBJ wanted this "Great Society" too. (Great if you're not paying for it!)
Lets see what LBJ could teach Washington..How about how to assassinate a sitting president,or how to cover up the attack of the USS Liberty by Israel..or how to escalate a war over lies about the gulf of Tonkin attack..He was a liar and a murderer..
All I need to know is LBJ could have gotten us out of vietnam but he didn't.
Fareed, I heard you deride the size and scope of homeland security Sunday. How would YOU handle the continuing threat from Yemeni bomb builders and the threat of body bombs?
LBJ and Nixon dipped into SS. In covert operations the US was in Southeast Asia at the behest of Eisenhower and Nixon. Ladybird had the money. She owned the TV and radio stations that could disseminate information. LBJ was a misogynistic blowhard. He came from the time of hard drinking, hard partying and holding as much dirt as possible on people so he could use it when Ladybird told him to. He miscalculated portions of Viet Nam and his old methods didn't work any longer. The look on Ladybirds' face when LBJ took the oath of office in the plane tells you all you need to know.
Too easy. LBJ could teach Obama and the rest of the Democrats that the American people recognize a scammer when they see one, and it's far better to not run for re-election than to run and then go on to be impeached...as Nixon did. Johnson wisely saw the writing on the wall, that he was making things worse, not better, and he bailed, rightfully so. A man that knows his own limitations will always have my respect. Those that believe they are some sort of a messiah, and try to convince others of that, have my eternal pity and condemnation. Obama need to check his ego and then check out of the White House guest suite.
Johnson – from his long tenure in Congress – knew how to wield power in Congress – who could be blackmailed about pork, who could be bribed with pork – the power to say Yea or Nea and make it stick. The power of the smoke filled back rooms. Plus Congress wasn't as 'bought' then as it has become today.
The US today has the best form of government money can buy; it is being bought and sold daily!
LBJ could teach us ho to plot against JFK and then take his job. He could also tell us how he destroyed the black family with his welfare programs and how generations of able bodied folks refused to work as long as they got to suckle at the gov'ment teat
LBJ was very good at spending other peoples' money.
All of you represent the polarization of this country and why we are really in the mess we are in. You all are so smart and have all of the answers! Meanwhile, you don't really care about your country but about your ideology!! I have watched the birth of idiots who do nothing more than argue who is right and who is wrong while our country is on the way to becoming a 3rd world country! My heart goes out to those who have sacrificed their lives for this country when you are the legacy. Shame on all of you!!
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November 30, 2007
MEMO TO: Administrative Heads, Chairs, Deans, Directors and Vice Presidents
FROM: President Don W. Kassing
SUBJECT: Presidential Directive 2007-07 (Supersedes PD 96-04) San José State University Discrimination Complaint Procedure for Students and Applicants for Admission
The purpose of this Presidential Directive is to assure that San José State University continues to comply with all Federal and State legislation and California State University policies regarding unlawful discrimination. San José State University is committed to creating an atmosphere in which all persons and groups can work and study free of unlawful discrimination.
This directive supersedes Presidential Directive 96-04 and all prior discrimination complaint procedures for SJSU students, including procedures for complaints of sexual harassment.
In accordance with the San José State University SJSU equal opportunity policies, these procedures provide students and applicants for admission the right to request and receive a fair and impartial investigation of any on-campus perceived discriminatory act by an SJSU employee, fellow student, or student organization, or any on-campus incident that is believed to be harassment or discriminatory on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identification, religion, marital status, or pregnancy.
These procedures were adopted to encourage students and applicants for admission to seek redress of perceived discrimination through an SJSU internal process that is readily available, prompt, and meets high standards of fairness. However, no student or applicant for admission is precluded by these procedures from filing a complaint, at any time, with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.
A student or applicant for admission may fill out and submit a complaint form within 180 days after he or she knows, or could reasonably be expected to have known that an action of discrimination has taken place. The complaint form is available online.
All student complaints of discrimination, harassment, or retaliation shall be directed to the Human Resources Office for Equal Opportunity (OEO), UPD Building, 3rd Floor for investigation and resolution. This includes allegations of discrimination, harassment, or retaliation by employees or other students against a student. A student or applicant for admission may file a complaint by submitting a completed Discrimination Complaint Form to the Office for Equal Opportunity, San José State University, One Washington Square, San José, CA 95192-0046. Student complaints of discrimination against a member of the University Police Department (UPD) shall be brought to the attention of the Office for Equal Opportunity. The OEO will work with the UPD to ensure the complaint is fully investigated and resolved in accordance with this Directive.
The OEO shall notify in writing the student or applicant for admission who has filed a complaint within ten (10) days of receipt of the complaint, whether or not the complaint is being processed or has been found to be deficient in some manner. The letter of notification will include a copy of PD 2007-07, identify the complaint issue(s) to be investigated and state the time frame for Informal Resolution, Formal Investigation and Appeal to the SJSU President's Office.
Upon acknowledgement by OEO that a complaint is being processed, the OEO shall have thirty (30) working days to attempt to resolve the complaint informally in a manner that addresses any harm that may have been suffered as a result of the possible discrimination and step to take to prevent a similar discrimination from recurring.
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If the complainant remains dissatisfied with the Formal Investigation resolution of his or her complaint of discrimination, the complainant has the right to appeal the matter in writing to the SJSU Office of the President within (10) working days of receipt of notice from the OEO that the complaint has been investigated and a description of remedial steps taken, if appropriate.
The President's Office shall have twenty-one (21) working days, from the date of receipt, to act on the appeal. The OEO ultimately shall be responsible for promptly notifying in writing the student or applicant for admission that the President's Office appeal process has been concluded and that the President's Office any finding of possible discrimination has been appropriately remedied.
The University's Human Resources Office shall create and maintain a task force to ensure a coordinated response to complaints of discrimination. The task force will meet periodically, but no less than three times annually and shall be comprised of personnel from the University's Division of Student Affairs, the Faculty Affairs Office, the University Police Department and the Human Resources Office of Equal Opportunity.
Any complainant who has filed a complaint with the OEO may be represented by another person at any stage of the complaint process, provided that he or she gives the OEO written notice of the designated representative.
Reasonable extension of any time limit in these procedures shall be granted by the Associate Vice President of Human Resources for just cause, provided all concerned parties are given adequate notice of extension. Time limits set forth herein refer to working days, which are Monday through Friday, excluding all officially recognized University holidays or campus closures.
If the complainant, the respondent, the witnesses, campus administrator, or the investigator is on an approved vacation of three days or more and such person is required for the investigation to proceed, the time limits shall be extended by the length of time the individual is absent. Such extension should not exceed 15 working days. If the OEO requires additional time to respond appropriately to allegations of discrimination, harassment, or retaliation, an extension shall be requested from the Associate Vice President of Human Resources. Some justifications for such extensions might include emergency situations that require the investigator to be away from campus; additional time required for investigating more complex cases requiring access to numerous documents or witnesses; or other situations deemed appropriate by the Associate Vice President for Human Resources. Such extensions should not usually exceed 30 working days. The OEO will inform the complainant in writing of any extension.


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We started the day at LEGO – always fun. LEGO Duplo is the line designed as an entry point for older toddlers and preschoolers. New for 2010: a bigger bucket–we consider this basic gear for preschoolers.
The big new theme is a farm…
There's also a new set that includes numbers as an added feature.
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Episode 207 of The CyberJungle is about 48 minutes long. You can hear it by clicking on the flash player below. You may download the file directly – great for listening on many smartphones. Or, you may go to the listening options page and browse for other ways to hear the show. The interviews start at about the 26:30 mark.
To listen to Episode 207 via the flash player:
Rob Lee, of the SANS Institute and Mandiant: Defining the Advanced Persistent Threat(APT)
Our Take on The Week's News
The Epsilon breach, read more in two blog postings at The CyberJungle, here and here.
News on the causes of the RSA breach, read an in-depth blog report from RSA/EMC
Pornwikileaks and a Health clinic under fire for alleged release of porn actors' personal information. NSFW: Pornwikileaks
Tales from the Dark Web
If you don't understand this basic cyber crime concept, you better figure it out this week, because there is a large-scale attack underway. The Websense link to the blog posting and video Ira mentioned.
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About Aaron McCollough
English Literature Librarian, University of Michigan
All of us are faced with new questions about collections in the massively-networked digital age. The Modern Language Association has commissioned a special batch of articles on the subject of "Evaluating Digital Scholarship," which is freely accessible on the PMLA site.
Susan Schreibman, the editor of the section, has this to say:
The series is introduced by Susan Schreibman, Laura Mandell, and Stephen Olsen, with contributions by Steve Anderson and Tara McPherson ('Engaging Digital Scholarship: Thoughts on Evaluating Multimedia Scholarship'), Geoffrey Rockwell ('Engaging Digital Scholarship: Thoughts on Evaluating Multimedia Scholarship'), Bethany Nowviskie ('Where Credit Is Due: Preconditions for the Evaluation of Collaborative Digital Scholarship'), Jerome McGann ('On Creating a Usable Future'), and Katheleen Fitzpatrick ('Peer Review, Judgment, and Reading').
These articles provide an important intervention as digital scholarship and digital scholarly methods and practices are becoming more mainstreamed into traditional academic work
For the most part, these pieces are not directly addressed to the questions and concerns of library collections, but the entire conversation is highly relevant for us, and I hope we might begin some conversation here regarding that relevance.


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Life Time Fitness fell just short of its attrition goal, but CEO Bahram Akradi still was pleased with his company's overall performance in 2010.
Life Time grew its revenue 9.8 percent in fourth quarter 2010 and 9.1 percent for 2010, the Chanhassen, MN-based company announced today. Memberships grew 5.8 percent in 2010 while attrition dropped from 40.6 percent at the end of 2009 to 36.3 percent at the end of 2010, just shy of Akradi's attrition goal of 36 percent.
"Almost all of our financial and business metrics showed meaningful improvement this year," Akradi said today during a call with analysts. "We grew our memberships, square footage, average revenue per membership, operating margins and cash flow from operations. The strongest area of growth in the company came from our in-center businesses, which grew over 14 percent versus 2009. Our management team is very proud of these achievements."
In fourth quarter 2010, Life Time's revenue grew to $223.7 million from $203.7 million during fourth quarter 2009. Overall, revenue in 2010 was $912.8 million, up from $837.0 million during 2009. Memberships increased to 612,556 on Dec. 31, 2010 from 578,937 on Dec. 31, 2009.
Net income dipped slightly in fourth quarter 2010 ($17.6 million) compared to the same period the previous year ($18.4 million). However, net income for 2010 increased to $80.7 million from $72.4 million in 2009.
During fourth quarter 2010, Life Time opened its third planned large-format center for the year in Centennial, CO. Last month, Life Time opened a large-format center in Syosset, NY, the first Life Time location in the state of New York.
In May, Life Time plans to open its second and third large-format centers planned for 2011 in Colorado Springs, CO, and Summerlin, NV, the company's first club in the Las Vegas market. Life Time CFO Mike Robinson also said during today's call that the company planned to open its first club in Canada in 2012.
Life Time already is enjoying a good 2011. It had 21,000 memberships in January compared to 18,000 memberships generated in January 2010.
For 2011, Life Time expects its revenue will increase 6 percent to 8 percent, or $970 million to $990 million. The company also expects its net income will increase 13 percent to 18 percent, or $91 million to $95 million.
Akradi says $1 billion in revenue is not out of the question.
"We will do all within our power to achieve this $1 billion milestone this year," Akradi said today.
Life Time's stock price was $42.98 at the end of today's trading on the New York Stock Exchange.


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Davis points out what ink combinations and procedures will and worn't work for special-effects applications.
By Rick Davis
As garment screen printers across the land attempt to come up with new printing methods and effects to dazzle the consumer, many are applying unique processing techniques to specialty-ink products that are already on the market. Just as with garment-graphic designs themselves, the range of modifications and techniques that can be applied to special-effect inks are as vast as the imagination. As more and more printers start "thinking outside the box" in their use of these inks, special-effect prints are resulting that the ink manufacturers themselves never dreamed of.
High-density clears, metallics, reflectives, and crystalline inks are now being mixed, modified, and overprinted to create new twists on old ideas. As these new concepts and procedures surface, they typically offer new challenges, often in both the inkroom and on press. This month, we'll explore some of the do's and don'ts to keep in mind when applying unconventional production methods to these unconventional special-effect inks:
Don't use too many special-effect inks on one print
In most cases, the limit on the number of special-effect inks you want on any one garment is two. If printing on a dark garment that requires an underbase, you will already need two flash units in order to flash the underbase and one of the two special-effect inks. However, the majority of printing presses in the US do not support more than two flash units.
To build more than two special-effect inks into any one graphic would mean either sacrificing the quality of one special-effect ink by having to overprint that ink while it's still wet or adding an additional (third) flash unit to the press--which might mean sacrificing another color. This represents a great deal more trouble, time, and cost than the third special-effect ink is worth--in most cases, consumers won't even notice more than two special-effect inks in a single design.
Do engineer graphics so that metallics or glitters print last in the sequence
Due to their reflective nature, these inks are very slow to cure and resistant to the flashing process. This means their use can slow down the entire production process if they need to be flashed on press. Printing them last means that all curing can take place in the dryer.
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For Your Information
– Secretary Arne Duncan
New Secretary of Education Appointed
The new U. S. Secretary of Education is Arne Duncan, the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Chicago Public Schools. Duncan attended the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools and later went to Harvard University where he graduated magna cum laude with a degree in sociology in 1987. Prior to his work in Chicago, Duncan was director of the Ariel Education Initiative, a program to enhance educational opportunities for children in Chicago's South Side. For a complete biographical sketch please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/staff/bios/duncan.html.
First Lady Michelle Obama Pledges To Help Military Families
On Thursday, March 12, 2009, the First Lady, Michelle Obama, was welcomed to the home base of the "All American"82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, the sprawling military facility in North Carolina. The crowd, made up of military personnel and their families, greeted her with applause, cheers and hugs. The First Lady mingled with guests in the Iron Mike Dining Facility and then met privately with more than 20 military families. She also discussed policy and the struggles facing military families with Fort Bragg leaders. Later, she read "The Cat in the Hat" to a group of preschoolers at the Child Development Center on the base.
ED and DoD
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Includes Funds for Impact Aid
On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The bill aimed at stimulating America's lagging economy, includes $100 million in new funding for Impact Aid under section 8007 of Title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA). Under ARRA, $39.6 million of the Impact Aid will be awarded to 180 local education agencies under section 8003 of the Impact Aid Program. $59.4 million will be distributed through Impact Aid Construction grants for communities with military bases, Indian reservations and other federal property that do not generate local tax revenues. One percent of the appropriation is in reserve for management and oversight: supplemental reporting requirements to demonstrate the impact the expenditure of these funds has on the economy and local job creation. For more information, please see the fact sheet at http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/factsheet/impactaid.html or contact the Impact Aid program at 202-260-3858 or email@example.com. To read the guidance for the use of the ARRA Impact Aid funds, please see http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/guidance/impactaid.doc.
Collaborative Efforts Under Way
To build on the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Department of Education and Department of Defense, a working group was established that has been meeting monthly. The working group is currently focused on the development and implementation of an overall strategic plan. In January 2009, the first report of the group's efforts was submitted to the Deputy Secretaries of both agencies and will be updated semi-annually thereafter. Their accomplishments during the first three months of the partnership included (1) establishing a working group, (2) initiating a data bank of existing efforts and resources, and (3) collaborating on a new grant program and a host of state and local initiatives.
University Prepares for Influx of Military Families
Columbus State University, located in Georgia near Fort Benning, anticipates significant increases in enrollment from incoming Army personnel. The university has outgrown its current facility and is unable to accommodate increased enrollment or expand course offerings without additional space. As a solution, the university applied to acquire the Columbus U. S. Army Reserve Center, which is within minutes of the university and is part of the BRAC 2005 realignment. ED has now approved the transfer of the Reserve Center property, which will enable the university to expand its courses and workshops to enhance job skills through the Continuing Education Programs, known as CARES. Transfer is subject to the approval of the Army and would not take place until 2011. For additional information about the Federal Real Property Assistance Program, please see http://www.ed.gov/programs/fedrealproperty/realpropbrochure.html.
ED Employees
Veteran Joins U.S. Department of Education
Charles Boyer joined ED in Washington, DC, in January 2009 as Special Advisor for Military Affairs in the Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development. His primary role is to promote and enhance policies that will improve the education and overall well being of military-connected students. Boyer will work closely with DoD and ED to realize the promise of the DoD-ED Memorandum of Agreement that addresses the academic challenges and social and emotional struggles faced by children of the military. Boyer comes to ED from the Army Installation Management Command where he served as School Transition Specialist in the Family, Morale, Welfare and Recreation Division. Prior to his work as an Army civilian, Boyer was a Research and Evaluation Specialist for the DoD Education Activity Headquarters in Arlington, VA. His service includes being a school administrator, teacher, classical musician, and soldier. Boyer holds a Doctorate of Education in Educational Administration from Georgia Southern University.
ED Staff Attend Community Reintegration Summit
On January 26-27, 2009 ED staff attended the Community Reintegration Summit: Service Members and Veterans Returning to Civilian Life hosted by Survivor, the Veterans' coalition and Booz Allen Hamilton. Representatives from agencies, organizations, associations, the federal government, media, community, business, education, healthcare, nonprofits and non-governmental groups along with veterans and family members attended. The goal of the summit was to encourage the public, private and civil sectors to address collaboratively the critical issues of reintegration that affect service members' return to family, work, school and community. For more information go to http://us.survivorcorps.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=394
ED Presents at Financial Aid Forum
On Monday, March 30, 2009, Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY) hosted a Financial Aid Forum, an information session on the Post-9/11 GI Bill for college financial aid officers in Holbrook, New York. A representative from Federal Student Aid co-presented with the Veterans Administration.
For Your Information
Military One Source Announces School-Related Deployment Support Resources
Military One Source has announced three new deployment support DVD's for military children at no cost to educators: a new Sesame Street DVD kit, Talk, Listen, Connect: Deployments, Homecomings, Changes; Mr. Poe and Friends Discuss Family Reunion After Deployment; and Military Youth Coping with Separation: When Family Members Deploy. Active duty, Guard and Reserve soldiers and their family members are eligible for these items. For more information go to http://www.militaryonesource.com/skins/MOS/home.aspx.
Operation Military Family Offered to Military Couples
Operation Military Family is a book that offers a unique look at how military couples are facing everyday challenges and strengthening their marriages and families despite the stress brought on by unexpected or extended deployments. Not just stories, but proven tips, suggestions and resources are provided that will help family members maneuver through difficult times. See http://www.operationmilitaryfamily.org/ for more information.
The National Military Family Association Hosts "Operation Purple Camp"
Operation Purple Camp is a free, week-long, overnight camp, with locations in 37 states and territories, and open to all military children ages 7-17. The program aims to help military kids have fun while learning coping skills to deal with deployment-related stress and fostering relationships with other children who know what they are going through. The camps give military children an opportunity to make friends and be reminded that they also are America's heroes. Registration ended April 20, 2009 for Operation Purple Summer Camp. The deadline for registration for Operation Leadership Camp is May 8, 2009. For more information, see: http://www.nmfa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=op_default
Benjamin Banneker Middle School Partners with the Naval Academy
In 1989, the late Joseph Speller began a program for a few troubled teens at Benjamin Banneker Middle School in the Montgomery County Maryland School System to catch up in academics. What started as a small group of 12 young men meeting every Monday morning is now 200 boys and girls working with men and women of diverse backgrounds and cultures from the United States Naval Academy. Children gain study skills and an understanding of group diversity. The program has received many nationally recognized awards. For more information, go to http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/bannekerms/.
Disney Parks Celebrate U.S. Military
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts wishes to celebrate the men and women who serve in our U.S. military with "Disney's Armed Forces Salute." From January 4 to December 23, 2009, active and retired U.S. military personnel, including active members of the United States Coast Guard and activated members of the National Guard or Reservists, can enjoy complimentary, multi-day admission into Disney's U.S. theme parks with additional special ticket offers for family members and friends. For information regarding the program or to make reservations, military personnel may call 714-956-6424.
Contacts: Charles Boyer, Special Advisor for Military Affairs; Cynthia Hearn Dorfman, Advisor; Carrie Jasper, Writer and Editor; Kathy Facon, Julie Ewart, Adam Honeysett, Mary Hughes, Barbara Sawyer, Grace Brown, Connie Gillette, Contributors
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June 21, 2011
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Have you ever used the divorce, family law, services of Snell, Balka Saad? If so add your voice here to helps others in the region that are looking for a good lawyer.
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Find as many in your area and interview them all. Remember you're in charge and you're going to pay the charge so make sure you have the right one. You can learn something from everyone and that combined with your guy feeling will help you to choose the right divorce lawyer.
Tip 2: Consider a Female Lawyer
If you're a guy a female lawyer might help you to be understand what your ex-wife is wanting or doing. Remember you need every advantage when getting a divorce.
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Make sure you have a plan and stick to it, unless you MUST alter. A good divorce lawyer will help you achieve your goals and a bad one will keep you wandering. Know your goals and keep on track.
Tip 4: The money pit. What's your budget?
The cost of divorce is large both financially and emotionally. Have an idea of what you're willing to pay and for how long. Legal aid is not an option for everyone and remember divorce lawyers are a business and they must make money. Your money.
Tip 5: Can we all just get along? Is mediation an Option?
Mediation can work and often helps to calm things down. Working through a good mediator in the end may save you tons of money and have better results. Give it a thought!
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is one of the largest Robotics competition in India for students between the age group of 9 to 19, held since 2006.
Last year the Students who are all participated in the Indian Robot Olympiad competition through Robotix Lab Research Academy has emerged up in the runner up position in chennai last year. We are proud to share our winning


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We know the story. You want your family to eat more fruits and vegetables and you intend to serve more, but practical issues seem to always get in the way.
We know. You need foods that are convenient and quick to prepare but you also need to feed picky eaters!
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Take the Pledge
We know. You need foods that are convenient and quick to prepare but you also need to feed picky eaters!
We know.
What can you do? Here's a quick guide to help you think "fruits & veggies" whether you're at the store, in the car, entertaining, or making a grocery list!
Check out these surefire ways to add MORE fruits and veggies to your day!
Check out these surefire ways to add MORE fruits and veggies to your day!
|As you cruise the grocery aisles, remember all forms count. Pick up fruits and veggies throughout the store; it's okay to grab canned and frozen.
Try dried as well!
And of course, 100%
Shopping for Fruits & Vegetables Guide
|Getting more fruits and vegetables in at dinner doesn't have to be a struggle. Hey, why not add fruits and vegetables to the meals you are already making? How Smart!
Or, make a meal starring just fruits and vegetables.
Family Dinner with Fruits & Vegetables Guide
|Eating on the go can feel chaotic, but it's easy to include more fruits and vegetables away from home.
Check our easy to prepare ideas and tips to avoid last minute sugary, high-fat snacks and meals that can really slow you down.
Eating Fruits & Vegetables On The Go Guide
|What better way to boost that brain power than to fuel those bodies with healthy fruits and veggies.
Here are a few tips to make your kids the envy of the lunchroom!
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It's easy to include more without spending more. Remember, all forms count, so look for weekly specials throughout the store and try these other tips for including MORE.
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|When you're entertaining – or being entertained – it's so easy to check those good habits at the door.
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With increased accessibility of digital recording equipment at a reasonable cost to the general public, the demand for knowledge and training in this area has increased in recent years. Not only may students use recording equipment in their own studios, they can also make a career choice in that direction. Career choices may include, but are not limited to, sound engineer, recording engineer, audio engineer, sound/video editor, multimedia publisher, radio program director, disc jockey, engineer mixer.
Upon completion of the program of study students shall:
- Write, edit, mix, and record music using current software and hardware;
- Compose, notate, and print engraver quality sheet music;
- Apply technological skills to various music disciplines;
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In 1948, Peter "Duke" Heid founded Heid Music, selling musical instruments and encouraging schools to offer music education. He is widely credited with bringing music and music education to the Fox Cities. Throughout our 70 years in business, music education has been the foundation of Heid Music.
Whether you are a new student 6 months, 5 years, or 100, we have instructors to fit your needs.
What you can expect from a Heid Lesson Studio:
• We select our teachers based on their musicianship, education and their passion for teaching
• We offer private studios that are equipped with the essentials for your instrument of choice
• All of our teachers go through an annual background check
• All our students receive: discounts, scholarship opportunities, free performance opportunities, in-store clinics and much more
• Our stores stock the books and materials you need for lessons, for a convenient centralized resource
• We will support you throughout your musical journey with a full line of instruments from student line to professionals
• Our teachers offer a personalized service—catering to the student's needs rather than the teacher's
• Learning styles are all unique. We understand this and therefore provide a variety of top-quality teachers to provide you with the best possible learning experience
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hey admin, there is this game called quiz and dragons which is on arcade and it is not on the site. can you add it?
hey admin, there is this game called quiz and dragons which is on arcade and it is not on the site. can you add it?
Oh yes, I did not think anyone would be interested in but I will add it if you're in, sure.
ok i was just going to try it. and thanks for the update. i had little to no lag when 5 tabs were on screen. it was full screen that had lag.
oh,and add sega sonic the hedgehog. you forgot that sonic game.
Which sonic game ?
it is sega sonic the hedgehog that is the game. (Yes That Is it's name.) and i would be glad if you made it.
add it plz
Can we have the arcade version of Wardner? Genesis version is ok but not quite as good.
Can you add the original Fallout game for pc?
what about pokemon heart gold and soul silver version?
would be great to have all the splatter house games. thank you :)
Wardner arcade -> not possible (so far). Looking into writing a driver from MAME code, complicated.
Fallout PC -> not going to happen + the game is still being sold through Goold Old Games (GOG.COM)
Pokemon Heart Gold & Soul Silver -> DS games + still being sold, no go
Splatter House : could you tell me which games do we miss ? I will add if possible.
Actually, neither Steam or Gog sell the old Fallout games anymore.
Moops, right.I heard there is a dispute between Bethesda (Zenimax) and Interplay about Fallout.
Too bad, it's a great game series.
Still, I have no technical solution right now to make the games online at a reasonable speed.This might changes as soon as I have figured a solution :)
What about Paper Mario? Do you think it would be possible, well, I have no experience with "making" emulators so I have no idea.
please add segasonic the hedgehog and add sonic r too and add a cheat menu ok
How about Tower of Druaga,Darkstalkers Revenge, and Marvel vs Capcom 2?
is marvel vs. capcom 2 on arcade? if so, admin should be able to add it :)
yeah its on arcade.
I think admin can add it easily
MSVC2 : Way too powerful (Naomi / Dreamcast)
Tower of Druaga : Let me have a look.
Quiz & Dragons : I have not forgot about it on my TODO list
Darkstalkers' Revenge already up in two versions :
Hey admin can you add pokemon shiny gold the hacked and remake of pokemon gold?
you can add pokemon ashgray version.it is also a hacked game.
I've always wanted a chance to replay "Night Trap" for SEGA CD.
I'd be so appreciative if there was a way to get it!
Thanks for this great website you guys have!
Hi gmoney,
It's a great idea but I need to find a way to implement disc swap and dynamic CD access. Or you will have to download / wait quite much at beginning of game.
what about my game requests.
Cameron they are NDS games I can't add them for technical & legal reasons
Sorry :(
If were getting ps1 here soon how would the FFVII,FFVIII, and FFIX work due to them being separate discs?
That's exactly one of the reasons why it's not available. Three main issues :
1. Games are BIG and will require some download time + a lot of servers (that means donations or more ads, and I'm not fan of either solution).
2. Games are often split on several discs (I should be able to handle this). I have to do this to support more SegaCD games for instance.
3. PS1 emulated in Flash would be slow until I find a way to properly multithread it.
Would that happen to a N64?
Basically the same, but I'm working on other solutions like Native Client (Chrome only), HTML5 or Unity Web Player.
Just be patient, this is research & development, and enjoy what's online so far.
I couldn't find Ninja Baseball Batman, a classic beat 'em up. Can that be added?
I almost forgot is it possible to get the 3rd Darkstalkers game that introduce Jedah, and Lilith?
I too play that one from time to time. Thanks.
Which one is missing ? We are 3 Darkstalkers games :
Vampire Savior: Lord of the Vampie aka Darkstalkers 3: Jedah's Damnation.
I'm lost
http://game-oldies.com/play-online/vampire-savior-the-lord-of-vampire-capcom-cps-2 = Vampire Savior: Lord of the Vampire = Darkstalkers 3: Jedah's Damnation so do we miss any game ?
You already got it. Darkstalkers 3: Jedah's Damnation was th scrapped name of the arcade release. It came to the US as Darkstalkers 3. Was Tower of Druaga found?
No, Tower of Druaga is not supported so far.
Sorry for that.I have not forgot about Quiz & Dragons.
its ok i'll go find Tower of Druaga for you.
I almost forgt is it possible to get Mother 3 either regular or fan translated on this site?
I have a question. Is it possible to add The King of lion 2,it´s a compendium of games of four games, for example is a labyrinth included. I loved that computer game so much, it is an old game.I couldn´t find it everywhere!
Hopeful Miakoda
whats the king of lion 2?
can u add m.u.g.e.n
Also (in case an admin hasn't seen this page yet) could you please add Earthbound 0 and Mother 3. I wanna do a series playthrough before Mother 4 at the end of the year. I'm guessing I'm not the only one either.
sorry no lion king 2 I am afraid
Yes I will add Earthbound / Mother when back home I am still abroad with limited Internet / computer until April 8.
Is it possible that you could at Ocarina of Time from the Nintendo 64 on to the site? Loving it so far, thanks for this.
pokemon platnum or something like that it would be good for all the pokemon lovers and other stuff
Add splatterhouse please


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Munich-based collective Isenseven recently released their 12th snowboarding film A Way We Go. Filmed across the world from Europe to Japan and Quebec, the film documents the seasons of Alex Tank, DBK, Stephan Maurer, Wojtek Pawlusiak, and Ludde Lejkner as they search for the best snow and good times. We have some behind-the-scenes shots from when the crew were filming in Hokkaido, Japan in February 2013 to give you real insight into their adventures. Featuring cameos from a bunch of other riders, A Way We Go is nothing short of impressive as we see some incredible skills on display filmed by a seasoned crew who truly loves snowboarding. A Way We Go is available now on DVD and iTunes.
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