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The lights cascade down in neon green and flashing blue, the electronic music pounds to a climax as Eddie Izzard walks smartly on stage in high-heeled boots, jeans and tails, looks out at the packed Parisian audience, puts up his hand to silence the applause and breaks into… German.
This is quite a good opening joke, since his devotees – and true Izzardians are every bit as committed in their fandom as Star Trek or Dr Who fans – all know that his next goal (having conquered French) is to learn German (for performing purposes, as well as world peace), then Spanish, Russian and Arabic (ditto). Not only is he striving to be an endurance athlete – as witnessed by his recent marathons, with more to come – but he is clearly set on becoming an endurance linguist, too.
The show is Stripped – which he toured in the UK in 2009 – but with a difference: this is all in French, which is quite an achievement, particularly considering it's a 90-minute show. He spent three months living in Paris last year, polishing his French, performing in French (the young, hip French stand-ups are all fous for Izzard) and living as a Frenchman. 'I worked my arse off, but I was living in Montmartre, rehearsing in the Jardins des Tuileries, living the Parisian life. I had my passe Navigo [Paris's version of our Oyster card] and I can make jokes about Le Marais,' he tells me.
It has taken him 15 years to get to the point where he can perform at l'Olympia, where Edith Piaf once sang – 'un rêve' which he has had since '******* longtemps' – in front of an audience of 1,800 people. It's a (literally) vintage Izzard show, covering the ascent of man, why he doesn't believe in God, the different mentality of the PC and the Apple Mac, the impossibility of Noah's Ark (if it were real, for one thing, all the animals would be dead except for the lions and the tigers), a giraffe signalling lion-danger through charades and a cough, and a jazz-crowing cockerel. There are nods to the French (s'il vous plaît, no more holes in the ground for WCs, they make it hard to balance your iPad, for one thing – and how come there's no broccoli, just endless haricots verts?), jokes in the subjunctive (for which he takes a bow), building up to a finale of a meditation on the frustrations of communicating in Latin ('quod the ****') with reference to Hannibal's defeat, all woven together in a typically ingenious, surreal arc.
Photo: Marius W Hansen
We had met back in London, a couple of weeks earlier, where our conversation was not unlike one of his shows; indeed, on the odd occasion, the interview was the show, albeit with an audience of one, in that he was trying out new material on me. He is far more friendly and seems happier than when I last spent time with him, 14 years ago. (This was for his first show in French, in a flea pit in the Pigalle area.) He looks quite different, too – more bearded-blokey and rugged, his skin is clear and lightly freckled; his gaze direct and very blue. Back then, Izzard was wearing a lot of make-up and slightly bondage-y leather skirts and stockings.
It has been ages since he was in girl-mode, for reasons we discuss later. Today, he is wearing a sporty fleece, jeans, boots with a three-inch heel and, the only flamboyant touch, what he calls his 'political nails' – plum-coloured apart from one that is the Union flag and another that is the flag of Europe. 'That's three statements there,' he says, extending his fingers. 'I'm proud of my country, I'm proud of my continent and I'm proud of being a transvestite.'
Izzard is nothing if not ambitious. He is about to embark on what, he claims, 'I feel pretty sure is the most extensive comedy tour in the history of the world, ever.' When I exclaim that he is so competitive, with himself as much as anyone else, he replies, 'Well, you can do the gossip columns and turn up at the opening of hats, you know, or you can go and play the Hollywood Bowl [he was the first comedian to do a solo show there, last year] or Kathmandu or do your gigs in French. So when people say, "Are you dead now?", I go, "No, I'm not... I just never did a TV comedy show thing. I studiously avoided that."'
Then he looks at his phone and rattles off some of the places he's performing in: St Petersburg, Moscow, Belgrade, Berlin ('which is almost sold out already'), Helsinki, Oslo, Gothenburg, Istanbul, Vienna, Kathmandu, Delhi, Mumbai, Zurich, Geneva, Ljubljana, Tallinn and also the aforementioned Hollywood Bowl; 25 countries so far, throughout Europe, the USA, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, India, Nepal and the Far East. The posters for the new Force Majeure show him looking rather Steed-like, sveltely-suited, brandishing an umbrella, and staring straight at you. They were designed by Sarah Townsend (who sings as Sarah McGuinness), an ex-girlfriend, who also directed the 2009 film Believe – The Eddie Izzard Story, and is directing and filming the new tour. Some years ago, the two formed a production company, Ella Communications, named after Eddie's mother, Dorothy Ella, a midwife and nurse, who died of cancer in 1968 when Eddie was six and his older brother, Mark, was eight.
Eddie Izzard on stage in New York in 1996 (GETTY IMAGES)
It's 25 years since Eddie Izzard did his first stand-up. 'It's worth mentioning that the Stones have been going for 50 years and we're catching up,' he says. Although he is less detached now, with his new, ebullient confidence comes a certain tendency towards self-aggrandisement as though – since working in the States (which he has been doing a lot) – he is impatient with the British tendency for self-deprecation. He has achieved a great deal in a quarter of a century, he has worked hard to get here, it took him long enough and hell if he is going to pretend otherwise. At one point he draws a parallel with Nelson Mandela – 'my most favourite politician' – saying that by learning so many languages, he likes to think he is following the same path. 'He is a politician – he's not a saint and he doesn't want to be a saint. The reality is that he did politics and he did it well, and he learnt Afrikaans and I would like to feel I'm following in his footsteps by learning French and German and Russian and Arabic...' – which is quite a large claim to make for oneself.
After dropping out of Sheffield University, where he read accountancy (his father, Harold, to whom he is close, was an accountant with BP), Izzard took a show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, then moved to Streatham Common in south London with some fellow performers, did street theatre in Covent Garden, and waited to be discovered. 'I got to 20 and said, "OK, let's go. I'm ready, I'm cookin'. I've been waiting for this. I can make people laugh... someone's bound to discover me." But it just kept on not happening,' he told me when we last met.
The first show he did on his own was at the Banana Cabaret in Balham, followed shortly by a tiny venue in central London, which was at capacity with 25 people, where he did his fly-fishing joke ('I caught three flies'). Then came the Comedy Store and, soon after, his own sell-out show in the West End. Izzard had arrived, choosing that moment to come out as a transvestite.
He says he is very like his father. 'We're about 80 per cent similar. When he got into BP, he thought, "This is bullshit: I'm going to change everything [the system of filing, for instance]." When he was told he couldn't, he said, "Well, I've already done it."'
Izzard with his father, Harold, in 2008 (GETTY IMAGES)
During the screenwriters' strike in 2007-08 in America, after the second season of the TV series The Riches (in which Izzard starred as an identity-stealing Irish traveller con-artist) had aired, Izzard and his father travelled to Aden together, where Harold used to work for BP and where Eddie was born. There he was given some old photos of his mother, which he shows me on his phone: she has a sweet, sideways smile, is wearing a 1950s skirt that fans out, and is cradling her son on her lap. Another one is of his parents on their honeymoon. It's charming and telling, I think, that Izzard keeps these black-and-white images in his pocket, close to his heart. He suddenly speaks in Arabic to me, saying, 'My name is Eddie and I was born in the Yemen.'
Izzard has just turned 51 – how does he feel about ageing? He's in a far better place in every way now, probably than at any time before in his life. 'Like they say, "Youth is wasted on the young" and so can I do my 20s again please, and not have Thatcher in power?' he says. 'It was just hellish for me, that decade – I did get my stuff done, and I came out as a transvestite and had all my midlife crises early. At 20, nothing had happened; at 30, nothing had happened, but was starting to happen; I was OK at 40, and I'm so OK about being 50 I decided to say I was 50 a year before I was.'
In July 2009 he completed seven weeks of back-to-back marathons – 43 in 51 days – around the UK to raise money for Sport Relief. Last May he attempted a bonkers 27 marathons in 27 days in South Africa to honour Nelson Mandela, who was imprisoned for 27 years. Due to health complications, Izzard had to pull out after only four. But, naturally, he is not deterred. As we sit across from one another, in an eyrie above a photographic studio in central London, he occasionally rubs his eyes with fatigue. That morning, he had been running with his new trainer. He had also been to see his doctor to get checked out for another attempt in South Africa.
Part of the health problem last year was that he was on a prescription drug to cut down his cholesterol. He also seems to have realised – after that setback – that it's foolish to undertake such challenges without being properly prepared. As a glutton for punishment, he had upped the ante by attempting the barefoot running style favoured by many Africans, in specially customised barefoot-style shoes. 'It's OK on concrete, but it's really tough on broken rocks dropped into road surfaces, which is what I was running on in the Eastern Cape,' he says. 'The little African kids were just zipping along on it, but it would probably take me six months or a year to acclimatise and I didn't have that time.'
He gets up to demonstrate the barefoot running style – where everything is pushed back, rather than straining forward, a bit like a Homer Simpson boogie. 'Think about how a horse runs. When they film a horse that's running, the legs are all moving backwards.' He says that he was naturally doing that technique after his 43 marathons because he was so exhausted. 'I was so tired that my body just clicked into the same sort of rhythm that the tribes and the barefoot runners are doing.'
Izzard running for Sport Relief in 2009 (REX FEATURES)
His next attempt is scheduled for March 2014 and he has started preparing already. As well as the new trainer, he has taken on a sports nutritionist. His team will be expected to transform the comedian and actor into an endurance athlete. For the next 40 years of his life, he is planning to be a low-carb, sugar-free temple of health. Is it very Californian? 'No, it's Greek,' he says, a touch defensively. 'It's the Olympian idea of "sound of body, sound of mind". It's not Hollywood – it's feral. I'm trying to get feral because it's natural – it's how we used to live.
'There's not one wild animal that's not perfectly fit – like 100 per cent fit,' he adds. 'I mean, they're all getting up to chase the gazelles – it's just us and domestic animals that are chucking the wrong things down our throats.'
His way of dealing with ageing is to get younger (what's new?) by becoming slimmer and fitter than he has ever been. He was inspired – this being Izzard – by a lion he was introduced to 'backstage' at Boston Zoo. 'He was about 80 – in lion years – and he came up to us and roared [Izzard roars] and made a sort of feral statement which was, "I could eat any of you if it wasn't for these bars. I have that in me." He was like some ancient warrior but was as fit as we would all be in our 20s. So that's what we should all be trying to do, and I do feel that I'm going to get healthier and healthier.'
He was also inspired by the athletes he met when he was an ambassador and cheerleader for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. During his marathons, he met other marathon runners who were manning the feeding stations (as he calls them), and what impressed him was that they were people in their 50s, 60s and even 70s. One couple had done 730 marathons. 'They were both in their 60s and were lean and fit. They don't train but they do a marathon a week, and that's what I am aiming to do. I want to be a member of the 100 Club – people who have done more than 100 marathons.'
Izzard is also intending, of course, to live till he is 100 – which is why he isn't panicking, yet, about having children. He has been saying for quite some time that he is determined to be a father in his 50s. In Meet the Izzards, a two-part series which had Eddie travelling from Bexhill-on-Sea, where his father lives, to Namibia, Yemen, Turkey and Denmark, using his own DNA to trace his ancestors, he said several times that he was planning to have a baby – 'I'll buy one in a shop,' he quipped to two elderly sisters to whom he was very distantly related.
Izzard himself has a slightly childlike way about him which becomes even more pronounced when he talks about the practicalities of becoming a father. Will you adopt? 'Might do.' Do you think you need another person with whom to do this? (He never talks about his relationships, adopting the Daniel Day-Lewis approach. 'If Danny doesn't have to talk about it...') 'I don't know. I can't figure out the partner thing.' Would you be happy to be a single parent? 'Ah... yeah. Er, are you allowed to do that? Your own genetic baby, yeah, but you can't adopt can you?'
Izzard with Minnie Driver in the American TV series The Riches in 2007
Since he also plans to run for Mayor of London in 2020 and be an MP (he is a well-known Labour supporter) or an MEP, plus all those weekly marathons, as well as his film career, and his stand-up, I can't quite see the logistics of fitting in fatherhood. 'Me too,' he says. And yet he is determined and what he sets out to get he usually achieves. 'That is the plan. I may end up being a father at 61.' But, I ask Izzard, you do realise how much a child eclipses everything else, especially at the beginning? 'Eclipses and dictates things, yes,' he says. 'Hopefully all the really tough stuff will have been done, as I now have a certain amount of momentum. A number of people go into showbiz, have their kids and their kids go, "I didn't see my parents," and so...
'I just imagine myself being kind of parenty. I mean, obviously you've got to take it seriously. It's going to take up a hell of a lot of time and things will revolve around this child or children. But I don't have the answer about the logistics because I'm also thinking I've got to do a lot of stuff before I pack this career up. You're saying you can't see how I can work it out, and I'm saying the same thing.'
For a long time, he carried a deep emotional wound from his mother dying when he was so young. His father coped by sending the two small boys away to boarding school, aged six and eight.Izzard has talked about how he cried all the time, and was bullied, and how he stopped crying altogether at the age of 11 and how he was emotionally cauterised from that point on. Was he always looking for a mother figure in his relationships with women? 'Initially, I was in that frame of mind, but
I don't think I'm still like that. I don't think you ever get over your mother dying but I'm not a grown man crying into my beer. I'm doing a lot of practical things out of it. I thought she was great, I'd like her to be back, she won't seem to come back…'
He refers me to the moment in Believe when he is questioned by Sarah Townsend about why he keeps pushing himself so hard, and he answers, 'I keep thinking if I do all these things, and keep going and going, then... she'll come back,' before bursting into tears. Now, he says, 'It was a moment where I came up with something that I'd never thought about before – which is odd, as it was quite existential.'
Not for him the comfort of knowing that he will meet his mother again in the after-life, as he is a non-believer. 'I think things just stop, but if I did believe, I'd go to dyslexic heaven, which is Devon.'
When we first met, we talked almost exhaustively about the psychology of transvestism or, at any rate, this transvestite. It was a rather dreamlike encounter, after a show, after midnight – he in my hotel room, wearing a fluffy dressing gown, his face in full slap, talking and smoking into the early hours. It has been five or six years since we saw him in a skirt, and I wonder if he misses his female self – or whether his desire to be famous in Hollywood is more important to him. He says, 'I can't get dramatic roles if I turn up at an audition wearing a lot of make-up and going around all girlie,' which suggests it's the latter, but in that case, doesn't he feel repressed? 'Perhaps it's the opposite of repressed? Pressed? I've got all the boy stuff, except for drinking and vomiting. I love the action movies, wanted to be in the army, I'm football loving and football playing, I'm driven – and I have the girlie stuff, which I feel is about 15 per cent of me.'
I was wondering if it was something a bit more complicated than his desire for film roles. He had talked about the necessity of making himself into the sort of woman he found attractive when he was in girl mode. The 'look' he favoured was a sort of saucy punk-rock chick (bustiers, leather, PVC, dominatrix heels), which maybe isn't such a great image as you go into your 50s. And, also, ageing – himself – could mean he is less drawn to transforming himself into an older woman? But he is having none of it. 'I'm attracted to women of all ages, you know [the feeling is certainly mutual – my female friends, from young to old, were swooningly jealous; only interviewing George Clooney elicited a similar response], but it's not something I check.'
But he does admit that knowing how to dress now is difficult. 'Trying to get it right as a bloke is doubly tricky.'
Izzard really seems to believe that the world can be changed through stand-up. At the end of the show at l'Olympia, he said that the '******* melting pot is the way of the future. Maybe we can change some things,' and he looked quite emotional – or perhaps that was just the standing ovation. Yacine Belhouse, a French-Algerian comedian, whom Izzard chose as the opening act, will be doing a show in English at the Edinburgh Fringe next year. I was sitting next to a young French-African stand-up, Shirley Souagnon, who is coming to the Comedy Store in London next month to do her show in English, too. It's a bit of a Chauncey Gardiner idea but Izzard seems to have started something. His version of franglais – call it Frizzard – is to make a marriage of splitting a French word and inserting a good, old Anglo-Saxon f-word, one he uses a lot, in between. This is his version of 'détente'. As he says, 'Vive la différence but also vive la similarité.' Formi*******dable.
Force Majeure, Eddie Izzard's new live show, begins a UK tour on May 2. For tickets see eddieizzard.com


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Steven Van Zandt's Norwegian mob comedy "Lilyhammer" first got the ball rolling for Netflix as the debut show in their growing slate of original programming, and now it's continuing to lead the pack by becoming the first series to return for a second season -- even after the production was forced to take a brief hiatus for Van Zandt's "day job" touring as a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.
But after watching other Netflix shows go on to receive Emmy nominations and even a few wins for "House of Cards," now Van Zandt wants his. And the series star/executive producer/co-writer thinks that the bigger, better and badder second season of "Lilyhammer" ought to do the trick.
With the new season premiering on Netflix on December 13, we spoke to Van Zandt about his growing behind-the-scenes role, delaying filming for a world tour, and why he expects "Lilyhammer" to get the love it deserves come awards season.
HuffPost TV Canada: You have a ton of responsibility on this show, not just starring in the series, but also as a writer and as an executive producer. What's that experience been like for you, going from a supporting player on "The Sopranos" to really anchoring a series that's now going into its second season?
Steven Van Zandt: It's been quite an adventure. God, where to begin? The first part of the adventure was just starring, just working in a foreign country. I've had friends who've done that with movies, but I've never met anybody who did it on a TV show. And I was just very curious as to what was going to be the difference. And there were many differences. Just starting with the do-it-yourself attitude that the Norwegians have. Very, very different culture, as depicted in the show. Basically, some of the same things that Frank the character went through, I was going through as the actor.
So it was just a wonderful opportunity to mix the cultures. They wanted to know how American shows were done and I wanted to know how their shows were done. We kind of exchanged ideas, and I felt very comfortable after 10 years on "Sopranos," being with that incredible group of people at HBO at their height. I gathered a lot of information that I was able to communicate to the Norwegian people in terms of how things were done in America. And I don't know why, but I felt very comfortable doing all those things, being one of the producers and one of the writers and starring in it. And then this year, I'm doing the score as well, which was really a lot of fun.
It's been almost two years since "Lilyhammer" debuted on Netflix, and I know that part of the reason for the production not starting up right away on Season Two is because you were touring. What was it like balancing both a world tour and a TV series?
It was interesting because NRK, the home network, which is the equivalent to the national government station, they were not in the habit of repeating series very often. They've only had, literally, half a dozen in their entire history. And when they do repeat a series, they do it every other year. So I was having discussions with them very early on, saying, "Listen, it's not the way the rest of the world works. Especially in America."
Anyway, they understood that it was going to be a bit awkward trying to figure out how to change their entire system to do a series two years in a row. And while they were figuring that out, Bruce called and said, "What are you doing?" And I was really able to say, "Well, I'm not sure." So we worked it out where I did the tour. NRK was able to do things their normal way and skip a year. And Netflix, us being their first show and just being very cool people and, thank God, Bruce Springsteen fans, they were very cool about it. So we were able to skip that year, until everybody could get used to the idea of doing things every year in Norway. And now if we do a third season, which we're talking about doing, we'll probably have it out for next year. Now they understand because we're in 130 countries, they have to do things the normal way. [Laughs]
Netflix has promised "an amped up ride" for Season 2. What's the big difference in your mind between this season and the first one?
We basically just made everything a little bit better. It's funny, a TV series goes through an evolutionary process and it's wonderful to watch it from the inside. It happened with "Sopranos" and I'm sure it happens with everybody, where every year you just evolve. Usually from the budget increasing a little bit.
Frankly, we were concerned, because the first season was so popular. It was a little bit surprising. We hope we can at least equal that first season. And I think we did, and I think we even beat it. It was really a wonderful job by the other writers Eilif [Skodvin] and Anne [Bjørnstad]. We brought in some great new actors. And the stunts were a little bit more elaborate. Some of the things that you're not going to see so much, but behind-the-scenes, like post-production was done with a little bit more detail. The music is going to be greatly improved, I think. We have a little bit bigger budget for the music supervision, as well as I did the whole score this year, which was a much more serious enterprise than just farming it out. So it'll be better really in every way.
What are your feelings on "Lilyhammer" being the first original show for Netflix, and now the first series to premiere a second season?
We were very proud to be first. It made history. All of the conversations at MIPCOM and all the other TV conventions, it was such a history-making move for Netflix to choose a foreign show to be their first original programming. And sell it with subtitles. I mean, this was mind-boggling for the rest of the world. I'm telling you, the whole world was shook up by this. Because it meant, for the first time in history, great domestic shows had a shot to be shown in America, which is still the number one market.
This whole discussion about the modern world and where it's going and how the digital domain now is going to unify the world, I mean, here it was, in action. It wasn't just talk anymore. Ted Sarandos, the Chief Content Officer [at Netflix], had the vision to say, "Look, great is great, and we're gonna make a statement here and put this on first." And it was very, very successful, literally two or three million hits, and led the way for their other consecutive next five hits they've had. It's been an incredible run. For Netflix to not even be in the game two years ago, and now they're a rival of HBO, is just an absolutely extraordinary achievement. It's been fun to watch.
But they made quite a big statement by putting a foreign show on American TV for the first time. No one had ever done a domestic show and had it shown in America in the same form at the same time. Any hit from Europe or anywhere else is always remade. And this was the first show ever not remade, but shown in its original form.
A lot has changed in the TV landscape even just between Seasons 1 and 2 of this show.
I think we're going into a second or third golden era of television. I really do. I really feel a new era began with "Sopranos," and I was happy to be there to witness that. And now I'm witnessing a continuation of that new era being at Netflix. How they put all the shows up at once, that was a radical idea that everyone's going to be following. And the fact that you can stream it and keep it, and take it with you and have it be mobile. That was a radical idea. And it's fascinating to have the idea of a global network, which I believe this is already the beginnings of. When that happened two years ago I predicted, "There's going to be a lot of others following." I predicted there's going to be a Google network and an Amazon network and everybody else. TV networks are going to be these global distributors.
For us content creators, it's nothing but good. There's a whole lot of new outlets coming into the world now. And a lot more courageous, a lot more interesting, as far as adult programming, for those of us who now feel a little bit left out of the movie world, which has turned into one big playground for kids. It's all about comic books and video games. The only adult programming really is on TV, and specifically, subscription TV. Those five subscription networks in America have become the highest form of entertainment for adults. And when I say adults, not just sex and violence and language, but also intellect and literature and complexity. The things that make shows more interesting for adults are now almost exclusively on TV. The 20 movies that are mentioned at the Oscars every year are probably the only 20 movies that are made for adults at this point. It's a very, very different time right now. And I believe it's a whole new golden era for what we used to call television.
Now that "House of Cards" won an Emmy last year, and other Netflix shows received nominations, did that raise the bar for Season 2 of "Lilyhammer" for you?
Well, we set the bar. It was our bar that was set, and everybody followed us. And I'm proud to say that the quality of the shows on Netflix has been very consistent. I think the fact that we were first, there were a lot of elements that weren't quite in place yet in terms of publicity and the political parts of our industry that allow for awards [consideration]. And I think that will be corrected this time. Because there are people on this show, these actors from Norway are just some of the best actors I've ever worked with and I think the best actors working in television today. And they deserve to be recognized, for sure. Trond [Fausa] and Fridtjov [Såheim], these guys are amazing. And I think as America gets to know them a little bit better, hopefully they'll be recognized and the show will be recognized as well.
I think this year we really hit it out of the park. I really do. The first year felt like a little bit of a gimmick in a way. It was a funny premise. A gangster going in the Witness Protection Program in a different country was a unique idea. And the fact that it was Norwegian, and the fact that it had subtitles, all that stuff was sort of a novelty. Now we've got to deliver a show that is not going to catch you by surprise. Because we did. We caught everybody by surprise. And now people are tuned in. So, we had to step up our game and deliver a show that was competitive with what people are used to seeing in America, which has the highest budgets in the world. And I think with a small percentage of the usual budget we were able to do it this year. I really am quite proud of our achievement this year. I think the show is really, really, really good and really competitive. So I think it's going to be recognized this year in all of those awards shows that maybe overlooked us the first time.
"Lilyhammer" Season 2 will be available for streaming on Netflix and Netflix Canada starting December 13.
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We ended our A week with the Orton Gillingham Foam finger memory tracing. Orton Gillingham believes that in order to train the brain to remember sounds and names of letters you must add movement in repetitive motions while chanting like we did, "apple, Aaaaaaah" while making the letter A in the foam. You can also do this while tracing in the air with your finger or using a marker on whiteboard or chalk on blackboard.
I used a strawberry foam that came in Gage's shaving toy kit, and a metal tray that would show up nicely once the shaving cream was traced in.
I am by no means a expert on OG however, my Daughter takes OG lessons once a week for a hour so I watch intently and I can see it working with my own two eyes.
Gage is being tested next weekend for Dyslexia as it can run in families. I figured why not use some of the OG methods to mix things up.
We tried doing this properly true to the OG method but Gage has issues with being wet, sticky or "messy" so we used a thin paint brush instead of his finger. Truth be told he did try with his finger but it truly freaked him out so we got cleaned up and tried again with the paint brush.
At the end I asked him what A says and as pictured he said "Aaaaaah".
I call that a Success!
In review of our A week I have to say it was fun however, this foam memory trace was by far the best at getting him to remember first what A looks like and second what the phonetic sound for A is.
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The prospective bridegroom is a 2002 graduate of Elkhart High School and a 2007 graduate of FHSU. He is the procurement manager of the Permian asset for Pioneer Natural Resources in Midland.
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PSA/Peugeot-Citroen's decision not to sell the DS 6WR compact crossover in Europe is strange.
The car debuts at the Beijing auto show and is the production version of the widely admired Wild Rubis SUV concept unveiled at the Shanghai show last year.
The stylish vehicle will seek to capitalize on how Chinese consumers equate French cars and French goods with fashion and style.
PSA needs the DS 6WR in Europe. The company does not have a competitive compact SUV in its home turf, where sales of the Mitsubishi ASX-based Citroen 4 Aircross and Peugeot 4008 siblings are languishing.
When PSA's new CEO Carlos Tavares drove a DS 6WR prototype, he asked when the model was coming to Europe. He was not happy when he was told it wasn't scheduled for European sales, sources told me.
The DS 6WR won't be sold in Europe because it lacks a diesel engine, banned in China but a must-have in Europe, the sources said. The crossover also needs adaptations to comply with the EU's tougher crash and pedestrian impact standards.
The DS 6WR will go on sale in China by the year-end. It will join the DS 5LS compact sedan as the second DS model developed solely for China where PSA is positioning the DS line as a standalone upscale brand with its own dealership network.
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First official pics of Carrey in Fun with Dick & Jane
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Thanks for the pics! Very cool!
Muse - 10, 11, 14, 22 & 23 November 2006
Muse - Wembley Stadium - 16 & 17 June 2007
Muse - Royal Albert Hall - 12 April 2008
Muse - 10 November 2009 & 13 November 2009
Muse - 11 September 2010
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This has made my day Thanks so much~! They're really cool pictures!
"I decided that I wanted to make movies that would uplift people." - Jim Carrey
I cant wait for tht film to come out it looks really good, and does anyone else agree tht jims hair looks great short like tht. i doooo.
tht film looks cool, cant wait to see it!! and more pics lol.
i love Jim carreys hair like tht, he looks way lush with it shorter, does anyone agree?... i kno he is finneeee anywaz!!! lol
Cool pics thanks for sharing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is it me or is Jim wearing a wedding ring in the second pic ???!!!!
His hair does look nice like that but I think I prefer it long!
I really like his hair like that........ *dreaming*
I think he is... there's like a ring... and I think it's sort of falling off.
And in the first picture, I think Tea looks like Naomi Watts.
"I decided that I wanted to make movies that would uplift people." - Jim Carrey
Re: Thanks for showing us the pictures!
Thanks Tommy for sharing the pictures with us. The shirt that he's wearing in the first pic looks like what he wore in Ace 2 eh! He looks so cute in those hawian shirts eh!?
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Author Notes: Gluten free baking, when not wanting to rely on commercial mixes, can be a tricky thing. As any seasoned baker knows, making one for one substitutions of any ingredient is never reliable; moreover, with the exception of (naturally gluten free!) flourless chocolate cake and hot fudge, acheiving moist and/or gooey textures can be somewhat of a challenge while chalky or dry textures are the downfall of many gf recipes.
This blondie recipe has become a runaway favorite at our house. Initially conceived as a gf potluck contribution, the blondies scratch that itch for something gooey and even a small square is satisfying. They come together easily in one bowl, and melted butter means not having to wait for it to soften. I've had great luck both doubling and halving it depending on my needs, and the mix ins can be altered to suit whatever you have on hand, though below is my favorite combo. A spiced molasses white chocolate chip version even made an appearance over the holidays. - nishis —nishis
Food52 Review: We'll admit we can sometimes be skeptical of traditional favorites reworked so that they're gluten-free (or sugar-free or dairy-free), but nishis's blondies break new ground in the world of bar cookies. The almond and coconut flours give the caramel-hued base substance and subtlety, and the combination of dried tart cherries, gooey dark chocolate and toasty hazelnuts (we chopped ours roughly) is a winner. As one of our tasters pointed out, it's fun not knowing which goody you'll run into next! Our blondies were cooked in 25 minutes, but our pan was a little larger than 9x13, and it was made of cast iron. Just keep an eye on yours, and if you like them soft, definitely stop them a bit early. - A&M —The Editors
Serves: 20-25
tablespoons (2 sticks) butter, melted
cups light brown sugar
tablespoons vanilla
1 1/2
cups almond flour (not to be confused with almond meal; Honeyville Farms makes my favorite)
cup coconut flour (Tropical Traditions brand is great)
teaspoon salt (or, if you're me, a half tsp)
cup dried cherries
cup dark chocolate, cut in to chunks
cup hazelnuts, toasted
- Preheat oven to 350 and line a 9x13 pan with parchment. Make sure your eggs are out of the fridge/not-too-cold. Start by melting your butter (microwave is fine, but browning it on the stove is even better if that's your thing). Let it sit off the heat to come to room temp while you do the following:
- Prep your mix-ins: Chop up your chocolate; toast your hazelnuts by heating them in a skillet until fragrant (5 minutes or so).
- Now mix your no-longer-hot butter and brown sugar vigorously with a whisk or spoon until evenly caramel-colored and smooth.
- Add eggs one at a time, mixing them in thoroughly. Stir in vanilla.
- Stir in both flours and the salt. I like to quickly blend the flours with eachother at the top of the bowl before mixing them in to the wet ingredients below. Overmixing isn't too much of an issue, but there's no reason to go overboard. Once combined, dump in the chocolate, cherries, and hazelnuts and fold in to the batter until evenly distributed.
- Spread your thick batter evenly into your prepared pan, tapping it against the counter to get out any air bubbles. Now in to the oven for 30-40 minutes (depending on your desired gooeyness factor).
- Remove from oven and cool in pan. I like to pop the pan in the fridge if I need to cut them neatly. Slice yourself a square and enjoy!
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Growing up "Farm size will continue to increase ...for three reasons: to spread machine costs over more acreage...; the desire to achieve higher income levels; and concentration of land ownership in older hands." - Neil E. Harl, Iowa State University, in a speech to the Chicago Farmers group.
Tyson deal off Smithfield Foods' plan to purchase Tyson Foods' hog operations recently fell through. Smithfield had announced in September it would buy Tyson's The Pork Group for about $80 million. An announcement from Tyson about the failed deal reports that its hog operations did not fit Smithfield's expectations or long-term plans.
Smithfield's other big hog purchase is expected to go through, however. Early this year, Smithfield should take possession of Murphy Family Farms' hog operations with its 325,000 sows. Added to Smithfield's current hog operations with 350,000 sows, the company will account for 13% of the nation's hog slaughter.
Seeking a new Team FIN As we enter a new year, we've decided it's time to add more members to our elite group of farmers that we refer to as Team FIN. We involve members in many projects, from generating ideas and critiquing stories to supplying input buying expertise, walking farm show aisles and even testing some new products.
If you want to be a member of the new Team FIN, you should represent the farmer of the new millennium. You may be a mechanical wizard, a technology lover, a large crop or livestock guru, a contract crop grower, a farm manager or crop consultant, or even all of the above. You are honest, trustworthy, open-minded and objective, and you combine a passion to succeed with the skills to make it happen.
Quickly, send us a letter and/or resume describing your farming experience and operation, and your specific skills and interests. You can e-mail it to firstname.lastname@example.com or mail it to Farm Industry News, Edit. Dept., 7900 International Dr., Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55425. Application deadline is February 15, 2000.
Monsanto, Pharmacia & Upjohn to merge Monsanto Company and Pharmacia & Upjohn an-nounced before the holidays a planned merger-of-equals transaction that surprised industry watchers. The merger will create a combined company, still unnamed, that has $17 billion in 1999 sales and a market capitalization of more than $50 billion. Monsanto reported it expects about 20% of the agricultural business to be offered in an initial public offering (IPO). The ag business will then be a separate legal entity with a stand-alone board of directors and its own publically traded stock after the IPO is completed.
Headquarters for the new company will be in Peapack, NJ. Current CEO of Pharmacia & Upjohn Fred Hassan will be president and CEO of the new company. Monsanto Chairman and CEO Robert Shapiro will become a nonexecutive chairman for 18 months.
Lawsuits...lawsuits...lawsuits On November 23, Pioneer Hi-Bred International re-ceived a broad patent to a method for making transgenic corn.
Pioneer developed the system for corn transformation using the "gene-gun" technology. But rights to products derived from bombardment-mediated transformation - including insect and herbicide-resistant hybrids and inbreds on the market today - are in dispute.
That same day, Pioneer filed a lawsuit against Monsanto and Novartis for infringing this patent, contending that their seed divisions are wrongly making and selling corn plants modified by this gene-gun method. The suit asks a judge to stop the companies from using the method and to award damages based on reasonable royalties on sales.
Because this gene-gun technology has been widely used across the industry to develop many biotech hybrids, the big questions are, How far will this suit go, and what price will farmers pay?
Monsanto also faces a headache from a class-action lawsuit, which charges that the company runs an international cartel to control the world's market of corn and soybean seed. It also accuses the company of failing to thoroughly test bioengineered products for safety.
Well-known activist Jeremy Rifkin and a coalition of environmental groups including Greenpeace initiated the lawsuit on behalf of six corn and soybean farmers from Indiana, Iowa and France.
Rifkin reportedly hired a "dream team" of lawyers to handle it. The team includes David Boies, who led the Justice Department's prosecution of Microsoft, and Michael D. Hausfeld, the Washington lawyer who represented Alaskan natives on the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
The lawsuit says Monsanto has tried to gain control over the corn and soybean seed markets since 1996. It states the company conspired with other seed companies to inflate prices and tech fees.
Monsanto responded to the lawsuit, stating it is based on unfounded claims by "veteran antagonists." A company official says the company is confident the suit will be dismissed.
EPA actions in question A study by Harvard University shows that the EPA's proposal to regulate several classes of pesticides will do more harm to public health than good. The Harvard analysis reports that EPA's attempt to limit the use of certain compounds including all organophosphate and carbamate pesticides could cause 1,000 premature deaths of Americans each year. The deaths are attributed to a decrease in disposable income and lower intakes of nutrients related to a ban on the two pesticide classes.
"It is impossible to link consumer exposure [from the two groups of pesticides] to any specific harm," the Harvard analysis states. "Any benefit that might come from preventing farmers from using these products will be partially or totally offset by risks induced by [their] ban." EPA has targeted these two classes of pesticides in a review under the Food Quality Protection Act. The American Farm Bureau Federation supported the Harvard study.
Lawsuits ended An agreement between Novartis Seeds and Mon-santo Company along with its seed unit Dekalb Genetics Corporation settles all pending lawsuits between them. The legal actions involve property rights regarding Bt corn, specifically Novartis NK Brand YieldGard corn and Novartis NK Brand Knockout corn.
Novartis secures a royalty-bearing license for future sales of Bt corn and for glufosinate resistance in corn. The company also agrees to pay the license for past sales of NK Brand Knockout corn.
The agreement ends the patent infringement lawsuits of Monsanto against Novartis; Dekalb against Novartis; and Novartis against Monsanto and Dekalb; and the mutual breach of contract lawsuits between Novartis and Monsanto.
Garst still Advanta The recent AstraZeneca and Novartis merger does not include Garst Seed Company. Instead, Garst, AgriPro Seeds, AgriPro Wheat, Interstate Seed Company and PSA Genetics are still members of the Advanta group of companies.
Survey says DECREASED CHEMICAL USE 19% of farmers who planted Bt corn in 1997 decreased their insecticide use. 26% of farmers who planted Bt corn in 1998 decreased their insecticide use. (Study conducted by Marlin Rice, Iowa State University entomologist, in conjunction with entomologists from Nebraska, Minnesota, Kansas, Illinois and Pennsylvania)
Finding humor in mergers We recently received this e-mail from a colleague who found some humor in today's big-business merger mania:
Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and W.R. Grace Company merge to become Hale Mary Fuller Grace.
Polygram Records, Warner Brothers, and Keebler Crackers become Polly-Warner-Cracker.
3M and Goodyear become MMMGood.
John Deere and Abitibi-Price become Deere Abi.
Honeywell, Imasco, and Home Oil become Honey I'm Home.
Zippo Manufacturing, Audi Motors, Dofasco, and Dakota Mining become Zip Audi Do Da.
Denison Mines, and Alliance & Metal Mining become MineAll Mine.
Federal Express and UPS become FED UP.
Xerox and Wurlitzer merge and begin manufacturing reproductive organs.
Fairchild Electronics and Honeywell Computers become Fairwell Honeychild.
3M, J.C. Penney and the Canadian Opera Company become 3 Penney Opera.
Grey Poupon and Dockers Pants become Poupon Pants.
Knott's Berry Farm and National Organization for Women become Knott NOW!


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By Chris Mooney • Monday, November 21, 2011 - 02:55
Two of my most popular posts here at DeSmogBlog were a pair of items documenting 1) just how many surveys have found Fox News viewers to be more misinformed about factual reality and 2) taking PolitiFact to task for giving Jon Stewart a "false" rating when he pointed this out.
Stewart wasn't wrong, PolitiFact was.
In these pieces, I identified 6 separate studies showing Fox News viewers to be the most misinformed, and in a right wing direction–studies on global warming, health care, health care a second time, the Ground Zero mosque, the Iraq war, and the 2010 election.
I also asked if anyone was aware of any counterevidence, and none was forthcoming. There might very well be a survey out there showing that Fox viewers aren't the most misinformed cable news consumers on some topic (presumably it would be a topic where Democrats have some sort of ideological blind spot), but I haven't seen it. And I have looked.
There really does seem to be a "Fox News effect," then, and one that is playing a central role in driving our political divide over reality in the U.S. And now comes a true tour-de-force seventh study showing that Fox News viewers are the most misinformed, this time once again about global warming.
The new paper, already flagged here by Farron Cousins, is just out in the International Journal of Press/Politics, by communication scholar Lauren Feldman of American University and her colleagues. The paper is quite sophisticated, and performs several powerful analyses. But for our purposes, here's what matters.
Feldman and her colleagues reported on their analysis of a 2008 national survey, which found that "Fox News viewing manifests a significant, negative association with global warming acceptance." Viewers of the station were less likely to agree that "most scientists think global warming is happening" and less likely to think global warming is mostly caused by human activities, among other measures. Viewers of CNN and MSNBC were the opposite.
And no wonder: Through a content analysis of Fox coverage in 2007 and 2008, Feldman and her colleagues also demonstrated that Fox coverage is more dismissive about climate science, and features more climate skeptics. That's no shocker, but the paper does a very good job of linking up the coverage itself with the reality denial that results in Fox viewers.
There is also a fascinating finding that those Republicans who do watch CNN/MSNBC are more persuaded than Democratic viewers are to accept global warming. In other words, Republicans in the study seem much more easily swayed by media framing than Democrats. Put them in the Fox information stream, just add water, and watch denialism sprout. Put them in another information stream, though, and something very different might happen.
I noted in my prior posts that the studies documenting the "Fox News effect" do not necessarily show causation. In other words, watching Fox may make you more misinformed, but people who believe lots of political misinformation may also gravitate towards Fox.
I actually think both things are going on simultaneously–but the new Feldman study does make a strong causal case that Fox is actively driving a lot of the problem.
In other words, why are Americans so divided today over reality and what is factually true? There are surely many causes—but one is that a news network with a powerful sway is constantly sowing right wing misinformation, and an army of followers are watching and believing it.
A 7th Study! A couple more of those and I'm sure they will put this issue to rest!
And in other news…….
"Congress kills request for National Climate Service."
"Fox News Viewers are the
"Fox News Viewers are the Most Misinformed: A Seventh Study Arrives to Prove It"
I think most of the planet is aware of that now except for Fox news viewers. It's really Fox's views, not news.
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What about the people who read the Wall Street Journal? Speaking of misinformation, they just published yet another opinion piece by S.F.Singer. He doesn't agree with the BEST study (surprise!) The BEST study was done by a climate change denier who analyzed the data according to his own criteria and found that, yes, the global temperature is rising.
I have a relative who subscribes to the WSJ and will not believe that a "little bit" of CO2 can be of any significance to the climate.
"What about the people who
"What about the people who read the Wall Street Journal? Speaking of misinformation, they just published yet another opinion piece by S.F.Singer."
WSJ is just Fox in disguise. Fox news & WSJ are both Murdoch stablemates, hence the similarity of message & readership it attracts. It demonstrates it's lack of morals by publishing Fraud Singer.
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Hi Phil. Not talk in a while.
Hi Phil. Not talk in a while. I guess no common ground. This is off topic but I want your opinion. As to the carbon tax in Australia I agree with but not about the way it was done. Or it may be that I don't have a handle on the long-term goals. My opinion a carbon tax must hit the end user directly. This is because if you take a hand-chosen few, the rich corporations, and tax them they will eventually, fines or not, find a way to make their money and their profits. However if you hit the end user and then use the tax to provide alternatives then you can cut into their profits and increase alternative jobs and alternative profits. Does the problem arise from getting the people to vote themselves a tax like it does in the US?
"Or it may be that I don't
"Or it may be that I don't have a handle on the long-term goals."
The main goal is just to reduce CO2 emissions. They chose a carbon tax & a small one at that, to basically commence retooling & gearing the economy towards a low carbon emission one. It will change in a couple of years to a full market based solution (ETS). Where the government will not be involved at all. The government are actually running at a loss to impliment the carbon tax due to the compensation measures.
It's not perfect & many argued they should have had an ETS straight up or a cap & dividend solution. The point is, to start doing something.
"My opinion a carbon tax must hit the end user directly."
I agree, but what do you do about the poor? Even if the extra costs are miniscule & short term, it is harder for them to absorb. They are picking on the biggest emitters, which are the coal plants, airlines etc. Compensation package are in place for low income people & small business.
"This is because if you take a hand-chosen few, the rich corporations, and tax them they will eventually, fines or not, find a way to make their money and their profits."
They don't even have to do that. They can simply pass on their added costs to the consumer. Regulation is supposed to stop gouging & profiteering though.
"However if you hit the end user and then use the tax to provide alternatives then you can cut into their profits and increase alternative jobs and alternative profits."
Thats the idea & it will happen like that after 2 years. The cost of doing nothing will be too prohibitive in cost the longer we leave things & costs of living will simply spiral.
Did they Tax Exports and Imports?
Everything I've heard about Kyoto signatories says that they basically exported dirty jobs and imported the resulting goods. Sans, Carbon Tax. This doesn't really green anything up.
I believe this is the kind of thing troydonscott has been eluding to with his comments about exporting Fracking jobs to say, Mexico.
"Did they Tax Exports and
"Did they Tax Exports and Imports?"
Yes & no to both. The explanation is a little obscure.
"Everything I've heard about Kyoto signatories says that they basically exported dirty jobs and imported the resulting goods. Sans, Carbon Tax. This doesn't really green anything up."
That's why it's important for the high per capita, highly developed countries to make a move first. Our economies have benefited from fossil fuels the past 100 years & emerging economies are just starting to get going with it. Because of labour costs their (India, China, Bangladesh etc) have become the manufacturers of our goods. The emissions are still really ours, it's just that the CO2 is released on another part of our planet to make the goods we require. Resulting in their countries having higher CO2 emissions than us.
We cannot turn around after 100 years of fossil fuel benefit & say, look China & India, there is this CO2 thing that is screwing things up, how about you cut your emissions, because they are higher than ours…….& in return, we will do nothing. Most of the CO2 in our atmosphere & oceans, plus the damage done already is from us in western countries. China & India will rightly give us the finger if we ask them to cut first.
We need to act & lead by example & they will come on board. By that time, economies of scale & the fact the joneses are buying up renewables, will mean it will be cheaper for emerging economies to go cleantech.
"I believe this is the kind of thing troydonscott has been eluding to with his comments about exporting Fracking jobs to say, Mexico."
You could say the same about native forests. Why not cut down all of our forests, thus creating jobs & revenue for our economy, instead of allowing another country to benefit from lopping down their forests & them enjoying the economic benefits from doing so?
It's a false dichotomy. There are more choices.
Out of interest, Oilman, Troy
Out of interest, Oilman, Troy & Rick. The Conservative Government in New Zealand were just re-elected.
Their carbon tax & green initiatives were so detrimental to their economy……that they not only decided to keep it….but expand it. It seems, there was no economic catastrophe like right wingers prophesied.
"National's environment and climate change policy will enable New Zealand to have a strong economy and a clean environment, Prime Minister and National Party Leader John Key announced today."
"National's practical environmental plan will see cleaner rivers and lakes, more trees, more renewable electricity, cleaner air, better management of our oceans and more recycling."
Mr Key says National will also continue to make sure New Zealand does its fair share to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
"Our climate change policies carefully balance the costs to households and businesses with the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
"That is why we intend to slow the phasing in of the emissions trading scheme from 2013 to 2015, at which point we will look to align our scheme with that adopted by Australia. Any change to our emissions trading scheme will be fiscally neutral," says Mr Key.
Mr Key says a major focus for National in a second term will be protecting and managing activities in our oceans.
"We will pass new legislation on managing activities in the Exclusive Economic Zone and Extended Continental Shelf by 1 July 2012. We will also provide new legislation to update the Marine Reserves Act 1971 to extend the purpose of marine reserves, to allow them beyond the territorial sea and to improve the way they are created."
National will also introduce a new Environmental Reporting Act in 2012 so there is greater transparency in how we match up to New Zealand's clean, green brand.
"This will enable our lakes and rivers to be ranked from the cleanest to the dirtiest. It will help us prioritise our lake and river clean up programme and monitor progress.
"National has made solid progress in improving water management, delivering cleaner air and addressing climate change in our first three years. This policy builds on that and sets an ambitious work programme for the next three years," says Mr Key."
With no massive fossil fuel reserves, the N.Z Conservatives are following Conservative governments in Europe who have strong climate change policies. Freed from bribe money & war chest money, Conservative parties like N.Z are free……..to conserve.
RickJames replied on Permalink
green energy if it works is
green energy if it works is fine. Sometimes it works, sometimes it just doesn't. People got all excited about corn ethanol - bad idea. Solar panels often underperform for various reasons. Wind turbines are often abandoned because the ongoing maintenance isn't worth doing. http://toryaardvark.com/2011/11/17/14000-abandoned-wind-turbines-in-the-usa/
so sure lets go green, but lets not go broke
troydonscott replied on Permalink
Just the way I see it is that
Just the way I see it is that no matter what they threaten to fine someone the big corporation will recoup the tax. The problem is if you tax them $10.00 it will end up being $20.00 by the time the end user gets it. So the government gets $10.00 but now has to spend more to help the low-income people because they got taxed even higher. Tax the end user and use more of the money on green projects. May be tougher to get a popular vote but this takes more control away from the people that don't need the control. I would not be against a carbon tax in the US but it must be done right. Problem here in the US is that the money will get thrown in the big pool. Maybe some gets used for good projects but over time it all gets diverted to other causes.
RickJames replied on Permalink
thats going to be the
thats going to be the problem. Government feels pressure from all directions to fund everything. Thats why they operate in the red all the time and thats why green pressure will be used as an excuse to grow funds to satisfy the hungry and ever growing beast.
Saying no to the demands doesn't work for the politicians who want to keep their jobs.
There's many aspects to Tax.
I'd prefer to see a Carbon Tax that directed funds into 'green' projects. However, the usual right wing arguement against this, is that it is just a money grab by the greens. (I'll abide by that complaint.)
But the reality is that companies faced with big expenses because of a Carbon Tax can and will react. They will do whatever they can to avoid losing money. (For instance, oil companies fund anti-climate change derp.)
I'm a big believer in market forces making decisions, and in market efficiency.
Does that affect everyone.. absolutely. Troy, you are often concerned about how this affects poor people. The price to fix a high carbon world gets far higher the longer we wait. In the grand scheme of things, I don't see poor people being better off in the future judging by the direction we are headed now. (The increasing gap between rich and poor…)
I feel that the longer we wait, the more 'totalitarian' our response will need to be. Rick James is saying we need to do that now. Order all cars off roads… (Not an insult Rick, and I likely took that out of context.)
Bill Gates has taken quite a stand on it. I think he sees his efforts in the third world to be a zero sum effort if we can't tackle Global Warming. (I personally like what has to say about funding R&D… fund a 1000 projects and maybe you'll get 4 or 5 good results.)
Innovating to Zero (Traveling Wave Nuclear Reactor)
Carbon Capture (Bill Gates Funded)
He's also shot a sucker punch at Climate Change Deniers by getting Koch to fund BEST.
climate criminal replied on Permalink
Fraud Singer
I'm sure you're aware for decades, Fraud Singer's career has been based upon taking money for lying about the science.
He, or rather SEPP was paid $143,000 for the NIPCC pack of lies. See part VII.
RickJames replied on Permalink
In other news foxaphobia
In other news foxaphobia grips lefty world and won't let go.
David B. Benson replied on Permalink
Why oh
why am I not surprised.
What surprises you, that
What surprises you, that Fox misinfoms, or that Rick James thinks it's just foxaphobia?
And speaking of Murdock and misinformation on climate change, lets not forget the "Austrailian", another Murdock rag, which has inspired over 70 articles called "The Australian's War on Science" by Tim Lambert over at Deltoid.
David B. Benson replied on Permalink
I'm not suprised that Faux Neuz watchers are ill-informed.
RalphNader replied on Permalink
Fox News
Fox is one of the networks that has provided balanced coverage on the climate issue. Just because there are two sides to this murky issue is no reason to shoot the messager. You are free to take there information and process it as you wish.
Also this just in, there is another release of cliamtegate e-mails today with more comments from warmist scientists whereby they express extreme doubt in AGW privately but publcially still tow the party line. Quick time for damage control as the truth leaks out some more.
lara jorgensen replied on Permalink
As we approach Durban talks,,,,,
Climagate 2.0 is upon us, just in time for Durban. This ougt to be interesting.
A note to those who insist on voting down posts conataining opinions they don't like; I'm posting links to 2 websites that support the CAGW mantra. Please be kind!
Fox North
I was forced to watch Fox North on Thanksgiving.
Its Canada's version of Fox, with Ezra Levant.
I instantly took a dislike to it.
You may remember the Vancouver riots a short while back. There was an Olympic hopeful caught participating in the mayhem. He was the son of a prominent physician. Everyone knows this.. its old news. But dear Ezra's coverage was;
"Who is that scumbag?"
"Why did that scumbag do that?"
"How can we get that scumbag"
This litany went on for about 5 minutes. Reminding me of George Orwell's 1984 and "5 minutes of hate".
RickJames replied on Permalink
"participating in the
"participating in the mayhem"is pretty kind to this dopey kid. He was lighting a police car on fire. He was seriously endagering lives and destroying property…. because of a lost hockey game and and probably way too many drinks.
Sure Ezra is milking it, but there is reason for that. Many of these punks are getting away with an absolute discharge after doing serious damage. That's not right.
Didn't even vote you down... I appreciate a lot of what you say.
I don't feel this is personal or Ezra.
What fire is he stoking, and why? For what purpose?
I trust our government to come to some sort of solution. Yeah… I think think the guy is a scumbag. But its not for me to pass some sort of judgement. As with many things in life only those close to the matter and really understand it. Is he a scumbag? Or is he off his meds? How is hating him helpful?
Appearently it was two minutes hate (I read it before 1984);
"Within the book, the purpose of the hate is said to satisfy the citizens' subdued feelings of angst and hatred from leading such a censored lifestyle."
Maybe Ezra is gathering together a lot of people who suffer from feelings of angst and hatred;
troydonscott replied on Permalink
Facts exaggerated,
Facts exaggerated, conclusions are jumped to, journalist elevated to the rank of investigative reporter, even down right lies. Sounds surprisingly familiar doesn't it.
Did they tape you eyelids open and bind you to a chair facing the TV. My self I don't watch Fox News, don't know enough about it to post anything good or bad. Yet on the other hand you were forced to watch for 5 minutes over Thanksgiving and you have become an expert at bashing them. Is the pattern sounding familiar? That is my relevance on the oil and gas industry. The experts can trump "scientific evidence" that comes from a reporter's factual evidence. And when this happens you loose. So if you make statements just to just to follow the crowd then go for it. You will become a good leader among the followers. So what do actually react to Investigative reporting or opinion? You never answered my questions!
So is it investigative reporting or following the crowd? Besides if someone wants to watch a show that is his or her choice be it a good documentary or science fiction.
What f'ing questions?
Yeah I bashed them. I didn't like what they had to offer. It wasn't like it was investigation or news, yet that's what it was presented as.
Having followed that story in the news the only new thing I learned from the show was 'Ezra Hates'.
Lastly… if you read back, you'll note that I take ownership of my own thoughts. I think, I feel, I saw. These are fact.. I'm sharing. If you don't like it, I don't care. If you like Ezra… great for you. Share. I don't care.
Maybe you should repost your questions instead of going off all half cocked with verbal diarrhea about it. Hmm? Let us all in on your little secret.
troydonscott replied on Permalink
No secret about it just that
No secret about it just that we have a local oilman on board I thought you might be able to clarify why.
For instance "Drilling pressures have increase 13,000 psi. Can you explain without bile fluids coming from your mouth?
How about it takes several times longer to drill a horizontal well than a vertical.
Or maybe that a resident expert scientist states that they have know way of knowing how far the fractures extend when they frac a well.
Or maybe that KBR hired 15,000 mercenaries to go to Iraq.
Just them questions. Pretty simple for the resident expert. No bile fluids please.
I have already told you that I am not an expert on oil wells.
So you are still moving ahead with debunking your own fantasy. Let me assure you and save you some time. (Again.) I am not an expert on oil wells.
Drilling pressures have not increased to 13,000 psi. The wells I was on were all under 5000psi and vertical. Why you need to know this, is beyond me. And no… I didn't keep the logs.
troydonscott replied on Permalink
Any answers
Any answers
David B. Benson replied on Permalink
the 7th seal is broken…


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Voice and data transmissions may not be the only things traveling on your communications infrastructure.
Electrical disturbances that enter a building through AC lines pose a threat to valuable electronic equipment. Although most electricians know how to protect those lines from high-voltage transients, some still fail to consider the underground and aerial data communications lines that can also transport high-magnitude transients into a facility through complex coupling mechanisms. The disruptive and destructive effects of power surges, spikes, and transient voltages on your telecommunications and computer networks include system lock-up, malfunctions, and erroneous output. In many cases, those effects can also include physical damage, such as burned PC boards or melted electronic components.
The logical remedy involves the implementation of surge protective devices (SPDs) for both your power and data lines. But before you set up SPDs to protect data communications lines, you need to understand the causes and effects of transients.
An SPD attenuates the magnitude of surges, but it doesn't necessarily reduce the surge to zero amplitude. In computer systems, it's only necessary to reduce transients to levels of about 150% to 300% of line voltage (400V to 500V peak) to prevent equipment damage. Thus, SPDs are adequate for attenuating the surge to a safe level. High-quality SPDs also have the ability to eliminate high-frequency noise.
Consider transient sources.
The first step you should take in formulating a viable SPD defense is to take a close look at coupling mechanisms. Transient voltages couple into data circuits by two mechanisms, one of which is inductive coupling. In this scenario, the data line forms part of an inductive loop. Surge currents that flow through metallic conductors produce a changing magnetic field, which induces a voltage in the loop formed by the data line. The greater the rate of change of surge current, the higher the voltage that current will induce in a data line loop. To lessen the effects of inductive coupling on data lines, you need to design the data line layout to comply with the rules of NEC Art. 300 and 800. For example:
Don't drape data lines over wireways. The NEC prohibits the use of conduits or other wireways to support external wiring of any kind.
Don't assume metal wireways will shield wiring from magnetic coupling.
Keep lines away from ballast transformers, lightning down-conductor areas, and building steel.
The second, and more destructive, of the two coupling mechanisms is ground potential difference. This occurs when a data line connecting two items of computer equipment is subjected to any difference in voltage that may exist between different, or unbonded, equipment grounds.
To avoid ground potential problems, use NEC Art. 250 as your minimum design reference. This will allow you to eliminate unbonded electrodes and design a system of bonding jumpers that tie into the main bonding jumper, which ties into the main grounding electrode conductor. This arrangement precludes the inadvertent development of multiple ground points, one effect of which is the creation of differences in line-to-ground voltage at various points in the distribution system. This results in the flow of undesired currents on low-voltage data lines.
Protective shield concept.
The protective shield approach to transient voltage surge suppression establishes a series of defined transient environments or zones, and requires you to adhere to the following two principles:
Keep the highest surge currents out of inner-building wiring. Just as locks prevent thieves from getting inside doors, the first protective shield must divert high-magnitude surge currents at the point where cables and communications lines enter a building. On AC systems, it's common to install a first line of defense at the service entrance panel. On incoming telephone lines, the telephone company may provide a basic level of protection in the form of a UL 497 primary protector at the main demarcation point.
Reduce transients to a level below equipment susceptibility and vulnerability at specific points by setting up additional protective zones within a facility for local control of transients. In some instances, control is mandatory for specific equipment or for a computer room.
It's common to drive separate ground rods for the data and power SPDs and not bond them together. However, this isn't a recommended practice because it sets up a potential difference between the two systems. Bond the AC and communications line surge suppressors to the same electrical ground.
Sometimes it's not practical or economical to set up a systematic approach in some sites. In these cases you can set up a local protective shield for individual equipment. By using a combined AC and data-line SPD, you can establish a local ground reference, or ground reference equalizer. This arrangement will precisely control the maximum transient voltages present between any line and local ground within the protective shield, eliminating the problem of potential differences.
Typical telecom SPD application.
Setting up a systematic defense against transients requires a network of strategically placed SPDs. The UPS usually has an integral power line conditioner that filters high-frequency noise with normal and common mode surge suppression. Low-voltage and data line surge protectors connect to modems and communications devices, forming a protective zone for CPUs and terminals. The SPDs are configurable to LANs, WANs, data lines, and CATV and CCTV cable networks. You can apply individual devices as needed, but they must share a common ground point. Products chosen for the network should meet the requirements of NEC Art. 800 and UL 497A — UL 497B for data — compliance standards for telecommunications protectors. When you're selecting data line protectors, make sure they're compatible with the frequency of the LAN — otherwise, your SPD will reduce or interfere with data transmission rates.
Troubleshooting an SPD installation.
If surge protectors are failing to do their jobs, it could be attributable to one of the following conditions:
Poor transient control level. When the selected SPD clamps the voltage at too high of a level, select a surge rating that matches the equipment needs. Your goal is to protect the equipment, not block surges.
Wiring errors. Problems with the wiring can lead to problems like voltage across the pigtail, which adds to the overall clamp level. To prevent this, avoid long leads and pigtails. Practice wiring methods per NEC Art. 300.
Poor bonding. Differences in potential can render protection from outside surges moot. Eliminate these differences by bonding per NEC Art. 250.
Unprotected lines. These can serve as a back door by which undesired currents can enter. Make sure you account for all the lines in your facility.
Protector circuitry exhibits high capacitance, resulting in signal interference. To prevent this, ensure your SPD data sheet agrees with your bandwidth requirements.
Taking a systematic approach to SPD installation can mitigate the effects of transients in data lines. By setting up a strong defense now, you can reduce downtime and decrease the need to replace equipment. An investment in a well thought out SPD strategy can save you money in the long run.
Wakeham is marketing director for Leviton's power quality division, Little Neck, N.Y.


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Since the dark days of 2008, employers have taken some steps to fix the 401(k), the backbone of the nation's private retirement-savings system. But Nobel laureate Robert C. Merton says that in the rush to upgrade these plans, plan sponsors and administrators have overlooked one big problem: They are managing these plans with the wrong goal in mind.
"The seeds of an investment crisis have been sown," the MIT professor of finance writes in an article in the July-August issue of Harvard Business Review, which was published Tuesday. "The only way to avoid a catastrophe is for plan participants, professionals, and regulators to shift the mind-set and metrics from asset value to income," writes Merton, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1997.
In recent years, employers have tried to improve 401(k)s by introducing features such as automatic enrollment and products including target-date funds. But in his article and in a recent interview with Encore, Merton said these moves weren't likely to be sufficient. To fix the 401(k), he argues, employers and the financial services companies that manage these plans must get past the ongoing obsession with two things: Account balances and annual returns. These metrics, Merton says, are far less important than one other: The amount of sustainable income an employee can expect to receive in retirement.
By disclosing annual income, instead of (or in addition to) an account balance, Merton says, employers will help employees quickly and easily calculate how much of their annual salary they can expect to replace in retirement, together with Social Security. As a result, employees will be better able to take action to ensure they are on track to retire as planned.
But that's only half the battle. In order to accurately calculate how much retirement income a participant's 401(k) balance will purchase, the plan sponsor must assume the money will be invested in an inflation-adjusted deferred annuity or long-term U.S. Treasury bonds. These investments, Merton writes, ensure "spendable income" that's "secure for the life" of the bond or annuity and are "the very assets that are the safest from a retirement income perspective."
That's not to say that 401(k) money shouldn't be invested in stocks. In fact, Merton says, 401(k) investment managers should invest participants' savings in a mixture of "risky assets," including equities, and "risk-free assets," such as long-term U.S. Treasuries and deferred annuities. Moreover, the investment manager should shift the investment mix over time to optimize the likelihood of success.
Employers, he says, should begin by asking employees not about their tolerance for investment risk, but about their expectations for income needs in retirement.
If the investments are managed well, the employee – upon retirement—should have enough money to buy a deferred, inflation-indexed annuity that (together with Social Security) will replace his or her salary in retirement. Retirees who don't want to buy an annuity don't have to. But once they achieve their retirement income goal, he says, they'd be foolish to leave their money at risk in the stock market.
"Think of risk as a tool," he writes. "When you don't need it, get rid of as much of it as you can because it's costly. When we take a risk, it's generally for a good reason. You wouldn't normally put yourself in harm's way for no reason."
Merton has also been working with mutual fund manager Dimensional Fund Advisors to turn his ideas about 401(k) reform into a commercially viable strategy. For more on those efforts see this recent Forbes article by Matt Schifrin.
This post was updated to include additional information about Robert Merton.
Also on Encore:
Every retirement saver needs to pass this test
3 ways to fight high fees in your 401(k)
3 ways to avoid outliving your nest egg
Anne Tergesen covers retirement for The Wall Street Journal. Follow her on Twitter @AnneTergesen .


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Need another excuse to buy candy this October? Like cheap entertainment? Of course you do! How about some do-it-yourself grow-animals? For a buck or two, you can have a hundred edible expanding critters of your very own.
You need a few gummi bears or other gummi snacks (I grant you they are of questionable nutritional value, but they have their uses) and water. That's pretty much it — see what we mean about cheap?
I started with three gummi bears and one much larger gummi shark which had a disturbing layer of opaque white gummi on the bottom.
If you want to know how much your gummi critters grow, you might want to trace around them or measure them, or just set some of your gummy snacks aside for comparison later. I had an electronic balance handy, so I used it, but that's definitely not necessary:
The growing: You need a container that can hold your gummi animals with a little room for expansion, and enough water to keep them covered:
And now we wait. You may notice some expansion an hour after you begin, but your animals will look significantly bigger after 12-24 hours in water. A few things to note: If you plan to eat your critters once they expand, please refrigerate them during the soaking process (this may slow their expansion somewhat, but you will also slow the growth of not-so-delicious bacteria). Whether you are refrigerating or not, set your critters somewhere and leave them alone as much as possible; if they jostle around too much, they may just dissolve and leave you with an unimpressive pool of colored sugar-water.
After a 20-hour soak, one of the bears intimidates his dry brother:
The "after" measurements:
This bear grew about three times as large as it was originally, and the shark about twice as large (it might have expanded further if given more time but it fell apart after being handled.)
Here's a brief explanationof growing gummi snacks.
Extensions to try: Soak your critters in distilled water, salt water, soda or juice, or try soaking an expanded critter in salt water. Do some brands of bears hold up better or expand more?
(In case you were curious: Yes, you can spell it either way: gummi or gummy.)


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