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JLR wrote:I don't hate Japan but I don't love it either. Probably does not help that I am not attracted to Asian women. (not opposed to fucking them though).
I don't know how much it would hurt your career since I'm don't know anything about the international school scene but just because you sign a two year contract doesn't mean you have to stay two years. You aren't a slave. You could do one more year and leave if you wanted.
I'm kind of with you on Japanese women. I wouldn't say I'm not attracted to them but I don't know what the big deal is. Being an ass man doesn't help either.
International school teachers salaries are great* and the schools are usually private, well organised with good kids who are willing to learn. Beats teaching in a failing government system back home with poor wages, poor conditions and kids who don't give a shit.
So, back to your question. If you haven't decided where next you would like to go, just hang out here shag yourself silly while you can earn the big bucks, pay off your loans, invest in some property or shares and get your life in order while you travel the world. That is if you are enjoying the teaching side of it still.
As I said I feel weird as I see that most gaijin either LOVE it here or hate it with a passion. I don't like the food or women here but I like the cleanness and convenience. Everything else I don't have a strong opinion either way.
JLR wrote:Yup! That's why I left the USA after 2 years teaching in a poor, inner city district where the parents and students did not give a shit and my job was tied to the state test scores (thanks No Child Left Behind and President Bush! ). My school here the students are polite and the parents don't make excuses for their kids.
GomiGirl wrote:Don't invest in land here unless you know what you are doing or plan to be here for the long run. Real estate here is odd.
her favorite but actually not toughest jobs were in inner-city schools.
Make sure you have a fun life, get out and about, eat drink and be merry, but also do something smart for your future so that when you are ready to *ahem* settle down (for want of a better term) you have already made a start by paying off loans and starting a savings plan etc. Your future self will thank your present self for being so clever.
This cannot be said enough: unless you plan to live here long term, do not invest in real estate. It will mostly decrease in value over the years.
Samurai_Jerk wrote:I'm kind of with you on Japanese women. I wouldn't say I'm not attracted to them but I don't know what the big deal is. Being an ass man doesn't help either.
Russell wrote:This cannot be said enough: unless you plan to live here long term, do not invest in real estate. It will mostly decrease in value over the years.
chokonen888 wrote:Better to just say don't invest in real estate here until shit hits the fan
chokonen888 wrote:Better to just say don't invest in real estate here until shit hits the fan. I'll either be here long term or be bouncing back and forth between here in LA...but as GG said, better to invest up an investment property in the US while the getting is good cause the inflated to high hell land costs in the city and suburbia here will eventually fall apart. It's inevitable with the declining population and currency situation.
Coligny wrote:Don't know... you have to consider the bank collapse too... a piece of land... it stay yours...
GomiGirl wrote:Talk to a good financial person about the tax benefits available to you while you are living abroad. Be careful about who you work with though as there are lots of cowboys out there who are not licenced and are not looking out for your best interest.
Coligny wrote:Don't know... you have to consider the bank collapse too... a piece of land... it stay yours...
Russell wrote:Yes, that is true, especially if you are young, but at a certain age people want to settle down and have more space for their families. There are already good deals out there, but you have to find them. In any case, do not buy or build new, because prices are too high compared to the quality you get.
Rather, buy a good quality house (like steel-framed or concrete) second-hand. These are more expensive than the cheap trash that abound, but not too much, since the Japanese real-estate market has this peculiar characteristic that age discounts more than quality counts. There are relatively few buyers in the somewhat higher price segment of small/middle-sized-company-shachou-class houses, which tend to be better quality and come with more land. The higher property taxes also make this type of house unattractive to the average buyer, so expect bigger discounts in prices than in the lower regions. These houses tend to be cheaper than newly built smaller houses of lower quality with less land, and they are much less affected by age (I am talking 10 to 15 years old here).
Anyway, I am not American and do not plan to live long-term in the USA, so even the current cheap prices there are useless to me. Prices in the Netherlands (my home country) have deflated a bit, but they are still outrageously high, so that is not an option for me either (and I don't have a job there anyway). Keep in mind that real-estate prices in Japan have decreased a couple of percentages per year for two decades.
It also helps if you have two right hands, because with a second-hand house you will skip the basically maintenance-free first 10 years.
IparryU wrote:Mind you that a lot of the good and bad finance guys are licensed (general IFA BS licence... forgot acronym...) but break the agreement cause they get paid offshore...
very true about the tax benefits especially with property overseas. re japanese property... really make sure you know your stuff...
Catoneinutica wrote:Buying an existing house and fixing it up is certainly the cheapest way to go, but J-homes are so shoddily built that it'd be like buying a double-wide trailer (single-wide if in Tokyo) and fixing it up.
IparryU wrote:further this... you can get an apartment complex with 107% financing (including closing costs), monthly cash flow, tax benefits, and life converge. but then you would need an offshore property to depreciate your gains... this turns in a cycle of buying multiple properties over the years... many cycles of building equity and having to provide some sort of loss to knock down your taxable income.
Coligny wrote:Whut the fook is this guy saying...
Need to go back to my "kapitalism for dummies" bouks...
the question to ask is why do you stay on at all? For ass? like the above poster? Compared to what you could be accomplishing in your own country in terms of making a stab at a career and a place as a respectable person in your community, both of which are impossible on any significant level here, your motives for staying are without a doubt less meaningful.
Coligny wrote:Whut the fook is this guy saying...
Need to go back to my "kapitalism for dummies" bouks...
and most of the people I know, seem to have hit the "will I stay or will I go" stage at four years........... and I have had experiences here both in my career and in my private life that I would not have had the opportunity for back home.
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A New Senior Moment in Retirement Communities
High-end retirement communities aim at a new generation of retirees who don't think of themselves as old. Dawn Wotapka reports. Photo: Dawn Kish.
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- At least 34 people have been reported killed in the stormy onslaught
- Hurricane Ingrid made landfall on the Gulf Coast; Tropical Storm Manuel drenched the Pacific
- It's rare for Mexico to have major storms on both coasts at once
Mexico grappled Monday with a deadly double-punch of tropical weather.
Heavy rains caused by Hurricane Ingrid on the country's Gulf Coast and Tropical Storm Manuel on the Pacific Coast have left at least 34 dead and more than one million homeless.
On the Pacific side of things, 15 people died in Guerrero and one person died in Oaxaca, said a spokesperson for the Interior Ministry of Mexico during a press conference earlier Monday. On the Gulf side, 12 were killed after a landslide in Veracruz. Inland, three died in Hidalgo and three in Puebla.
The rains caused by Ingrid and Manuel have affected more than 1 million people. The southwestern state of Guerrero is the hardest hit with 15 killed and 238,000 homeless.
Hurricane Ingrid weakened to a tropical storm Monday morning as it made landfall at around 7 a.m. local time near La Pesca, Mexico, the National Hurricane Center said.
Ingrid is moving west at 8 mph and is expected to turn west-southwest Monday night, according to the National Hurricane Center's latest report.
"Ingrid is expected to become a Tropical Depression later today, and to dissipate on Tuesday," NHC said on its website.
Manuel dissipated overnight Monday, but heavy rain continued along the country's southwestern coast.
David Korenfeld, National Water Commission of Mexico's general director, said Mexico hasn't been hit by two simultaneous major storms on each coast since 1958.
Given the magnitude of the disaster, President Enrique Pena Nieto asked member of his cabinet to coordinate rescue and relief efforts in various states of the country.
On Sunday, before Ingrid's landfall, several municipalities in Tamaulipas state suspended the Independence Day celebrations and parades.


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AG: Lessons learned from Greenland shooting
Delaney says many recommendations of review being undertaken
More than two months after the release of a report analyzing the events surrounding the fatal shooting of a small-town police chief, the state's attorney general said many of the recommendations are being followed.
In April 2012, a suspected drug dealer later found to have anabolic steroids and narcotics in his system shot multiple police officers as they tried to serve a warrant at his Greenland house. One bullet struck and killed Police Chief Michael Maloney.
In December, Attorney General Michael Delaney detailed what went wrong in Greenland and laid out the findings of an independent report that urged more training and equipment for his drug task force teams.
When he released the report, Delaney said the purpose of the review into the shooting was not to assign blame, but on that day, things clearly went terribly wrong.
An attempt by Delaney's Seacoast Drug Task Force to bring in suspected drug dealer Cullen Mutrie resulted in the wounding of four officers, the killing of Maloney and a murder-suicide in which Mutrie shot his girlfriend and then turned the gun on himself.
The attorney general said the drug task force commander did not know about the operation ahead of time.
"And accordingly, nobody in the headquarters of the Department of Justice was aware of that, as well," Delaney said.
In its report, the Incident Review Commission said that was part of the problem. A panel of current and former law enforcement officials found that "clear and unambiguous lines of authority and responsibility did not previously exist within the DTF and were not well established at the time of this incident."
In that vacuum, DTF team members developed their own methods of operation, and that, commissioners said, "exposes the entire organization to unacceptable levels of inconsistency and, therefore, risk and liability."
"The review commission has recommended some new procedures for ensuring that the commander has direct contact with the teams in the field for all search warrant executions, and that's certainly a recommendation that I support and that we've implemented," Delaney said.
It wasn't just organizational control that was lacking.
"The DTF team did not have portable radios with them when they attempted the entry, which made it impossible to communicate with the Greenland officers on scene or to immediately call for assistance and coordinate the response," the report said.
After shots were fired, another institutional breakdown became apparent.
"Multiple officers were seriously wounded and needed immediate medical attention," the report said. "The officers did not have appropriate medical kits to self-treat or treat each other."
"The team was issued portable radios," Delaney said. "They simply weren't using them at the time. They were located at their off-site location. So, there are two radios that are assigned to each team. That team just happened not to use these at the time."
The attorney general said he has purchased new tactical vests and new first-aid kits, and provided for additional first-aid training for drug task force teams.
Rockingham County Attorney Jim Reams said some of the institutional problems with the DTF are not new, but failing to fix them after the Greenland shootings would be inexcusable.
"If things don't change, you're going to have a hard time getting police chiefs to put their men and women at risk by assigning them to a Drug Task Force, knowing that there's no supervision," Reams said. "We already have a half-dozen departments on the Seacoast that won't assign people to the Drug Task Force for that very reason."
In addition to a weakened chain of command and lack of safety equipment, the commission detailed shortcomings in training, as well.
"It was expected that members would attend relevant training programs," the report said. "Members advised that they were generally supported with requests to attend training programs, but often had to initiate the process from the bottom up."
"They're running around doing the best they can under the circumstances, but it's a disaster in terms of management," Reams said. "There really is no management -- was no management last year."
Whether more training would have helped avert the tragic events of April 12 is unknown. The review commission said teams should be trained to support no-knock warrants, such as the one issued for Mutrie's home on 512 Post Road. But the attorney general has suspended the DTF's use of no-knock warrants entirely.
Police said the ultimate responsibility for the shooting lies with Mutrie. But Delaney said he takes responsibility for making sure the team is trained and prepared.
"The Drug Task Force is attached to the Department of Justice, and as attorney general, certainly, we -- I -- am responsible for the overall implementation of the Drug Task Force operations," Delaney said. "We rely heavily on certified, trained police officers under the command of the commander of the Drug Task Force to oversee the day-in and day-out operations of the undercover officers in the field, and we are working very closely to implement all of the recommendations coming out of that incident report in the hopes of ensuring, at least minimizing, the potential that something like this could happen again."
A new DTF commander is in place, and Delaney said more changes to the structure of the task force could lie ahead. When asked whether current team leaders would still be heading up their regional teams after June 30, when current grant funding runs out, the attorney general said he could not give a definitive answer.


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We're ending the month in royal style, with a poem titled "Purple" by Nikki Grimes. Purple is the color associated with royalty, and it's also my daughter's favorite color. Given her fondness for purple it's really no surprise that she likes Grimes' poem about a girl named Danitra Brown who wears purple every day (she even wears purple underwear).
"Purple" is one of thirteen poems in Grimes' book, Meet Danitra Brown. The friendship-themed poems in the book are written from the viewpoint of Danitra's Brown best friend Zuri. Whether a jump rope rhyme, secrets or bike riding -- these childhood experiences interwoven with a few complex issues are ones that each reader can identify with, especially young girls. Grimes breathes real life into her verses and turns the everyday into extraordinary. Her ability to connect with young readers from all backgrounds is one of the reasons her poems are so special. According to the end page, Nikki Grimes calls "writing her first love and poetry her greatest pleasure." Her enthusiasm shows in her poems, and she possesses the unique potential to inspire even seemingly reluctant children into becoming poets themselves.
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... But her mom has told her stories about queens in Timbuktu.
And it seems they all wore purple -- never red or green or blue.
Now, she might just be a princess. After all, who's to say?
So just in case, she'll dress in purple each and every day!
Instead of drawing this week, my daughter decided to write a few lines poetry about different colors. See, I told you Grimes has a way of arousing the poet within! Here are a few of my daughter's poems:
Purple is exciting.
Purple is great.
Purple makes you happy.
I just love -- PURPLE!
Blue makes you sad.
Blue makes you cry.
Smile in the end,
Blue will end.
White is too bright
I hope it's not a fright
It makes your eyes go dark
But I don't care because it's light.
Today's illustration is from my daughter's artwork archive. She drew the picture last fall before attending a wedding. The bride in this picture is not wearing the traditional white but instead is pictured in a lovely purple/green dress.
Each week in April we hope you'll consider reading a poem (any poem, not just the one we have featured) with your child and then encourage your child to create an illustration based on the poem. This type of creative activity helps your child more thoroughly understand the poem and interpret it in his or her own way. If you would like to participate, please refer the original Kids' Poetry Challenge post and read the guidelines.
***Note: A few readers have mentioned that their child does not really like drawing or is not old enough to draw anything recognizable. If you prefer, please feel free to just post a favorite poem you shared with your child this week. Remember to only post a portion of the poem to avoid copyright issues.
We've tried to make it very simple for everyone to participate. Reading a poem together only takes a few minutes. The link-up will remain open all week long. Post the picture and accompanying text any day of the week and, if you have the time, stop by and visit the other participants' posts.
This week's Poetry Friday is hosted by Tabatha Yeatts. Head over to her blog for more poetry posts and consider joining the Poetry Friday link-up. Link up your Friday book posts at Little Sprout Books' Feed Me Books Friday and JDaniel4's Mom Read Explore Learn.
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Facebook Continues Testing Free Wi-Fi With Cafe Partners
Facebook is in the midst of a small program with a handful of cafes in the San Francisco and Silicon Valley areas. In the program, first noticed by Inside Facebook, Facebook provides its partner cafes with free routers, and customers check in to the business on Facebook in order to access the Internet. The service is being tested inside Philz Coffee in San Francisco, according to Hunter Walk, as well as a handful of Palo Alto cafes.


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Men do not communicate that well and you may be left wondering if he really loves you or not. It is important to know some of the signs to tell if he really is in love with you.
One of the most important signs is to see how much time he is spending with you. If he always has an excuse why you and him can not be together than this could be a good sign about how he really feels. But if he calls a lot and tries to surprise you with drop by visits then it can be a good sign that he really likes to be with you and spend time together.
Another great sign is if he does not notice pretty women when they pass because men are a visual people and they usually look. But if you find that he does not seem interested then this can also be a good sign that he is only interested in you.
If he shows you attention such as holding your hand or kissing this can be a good sign that he loves you. Men usually don't like a lot of public attention and if he is showing some then this is always a great sign he is in love.
It is also important to see if you meet his close friends because a man will only want you to meet his friends and family if he has a real interest in you and wants you to be in his life.
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Silver State on the Silver Screen
Story brought to you exclusively by Nevada Magazine
Early in 2011, Carson City and Douglas County were abuzz with Dakota Fanning sightings. The famous 18-year-old actress (then 17) was in the Carson City area for the filming of "The Motel Life," based on a book of the same name by author-musician Willy Vlautin.
"I just saw her and Emile [Hirsch] filming in Carson City at the Back on Track Inn," wrote Frank Norton in a comment on the website onlocationvacations.com on March 4, 2011. "I yelled 'I love you' to her, and she stopped, looked at me, and started walking again."
Norton represents that crazed movie lover in all of us; we become obsessed with the characters, quotes, and places from our favorite films. While a release date has not been announced for "The Motel Life"—also shot in Gardnerville, Genoa, Minden, and Reno—it's just one of many in a long line of recognizable movies that take advantage of Nevada's unique cities, towns, and landscapes.
With the help of the Nevada Film Office, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, we chose a diverse group of films to spotlight in this story. Some of them you can even revisit—literally—today, simply by planning a trip to or within Nevada.
Or, as the days get shorter and the weather grows colder, it's also a great time of year to rent some movies and gather around the television with family and friends.
Plot descriptions are from International Movie Database—imdb.com.
"The Misfits" — 1961 — Dayton & Reno
Plot: A sexy divorcée falls for an over-the-hill cowboy who is struggling to maintain his romantically independent lifestyle in early-'60s Nevada.
Genre: Drama | Romance | Western
Director: John Huston
Stars: Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, & Montgomery Clift
Misfits Flat has quite a ring to it. Unfortunately for tourists, it's on private property. Fortunately, Lester Robinson—owner of the land and the company Complete Millwork Service—is open to playing tour guide. Robinson says motorized vehicles are off limits, but he's invited hikers, landsailers, and model airplane flyers and rocketeers to his acreage just south of Stagecoach off U.S. Highway 50. "Then there's the occasional school film shoot," he adds. "Schools from the Bay Area shoot shorts. It's really the only dry lakebed that's privately held. They're looking for that desert scenery; that cloud of dust. I have all those vistas."
As for "The Misfits," Robinson says he knows precisely where the movie was shot and where the action took place. "The only people who have been interested are Europeans," he says. "The French and Germans have an affinity for westerns."
Dayton's Odeon Hall & Saloon, now home to the aptly named Misfits Theater Group (misfitstheatergroup.org), is where the movie's lively bar scenes were filmed. Interestingly, director Huston was the winner of Virginia City's inaugural Camel Races in 1960. The event is still held annually in Virginia City.
Best known for being both Monroe and Gable's last completed films, "Misfits" scenes were also filmed in Stagecoach and at Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation. Both actors were at the twilight of their careers to say the least. A doctor was on call 24 hours a day during filming, as both were battling health problems. Gable died shortly after filming, and Monroe passed more than a year later.
"The Professionals" — 1966 — Valley of Fire State Park
Plot: An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.
Genre: Action | Adventure | Western
Director: Richard Brooks
Stars: Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, & Robert Ryan
Today, a plaque marks the spot where "The Professionals" set once stood, accessible via the White Domes Trail in Valley of Fire, Nevada's oldest and largest state park. "The main movie set, a Mexican hacienda, was located where the parking lot is now. Railroad ties can still be seen sticking out of the rocks," reads the plaque. Parts of the movie were also filmed in Las Vegas and at Lake Mead.
Hal Roach began the tradition of filming westerns among the red sandstone vistas in the 1920s before the area was officially recognized as a state park in 1935. Other well-known films to feature Valley of Fire State Park are "Electric Horseman" and "Star Trek Generations."
"The Godfather: Part II" — 1974 — Lake Tahoe
Plot: The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York is portrayed while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on his crime syndicate stretching from Lake Tahoe to pre-revolution 1958 Cuba.
Genre: Crime | Drama
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Stars: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, & Robert Duvall
In true mob fashion, the Lake Tahoe location used in the second "Godfather" is shrouded in secrecy. "It's long been rumored that a scene was filmed at the Thunderbird Lodge, but the property manager there has no recollection," says Robin Holabird, former deputy director of the Nevada Film Office before she retired in 2008. "The production designer, Dean Tavalouris, told me he could only remember shooting near Homewood. That was the old Kaiser Estate, which is now the Fleur du Lac condos. Only the boathouse remains standing." The original "Godfather" used the Riviera in Las Vegas for filming.
Some films that feature Lake Tahoe as a backdrop are more obvious. The 2006 film "Smokin' Aces" used the iconic Cave Rock, which drivers pass through on U.S. Highway 50. "The Deep End used Sand Harbor for Tilda Swinton's character to dump a body; ironic because Sand Harbor is probably the most shallow end of Lake Tahoe," Holabird adds.
"The Shootist" — 1976 — Carson City
Plot: A dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity.
Genre: Drama | Western
Director: Don Siegel
Stars: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, & Ron Howard
The 1914 Krebs-Peterson house on 500 Mountain Street in Carson City (near the Governor's Mansion) has a sidewalk plaque commemorating western icon John Wayne's final film. "Wayne was great to Carson City locals while he was staying at the Ormsby House Hotel during the filming," reads imdb.com. "He signed autographs for young people readily."
Nevada Magazine's former art director Tony deRonnebeck grew up with a similar story. Tony's grandfather, Otto, worked as a truck driver for Salvage Construction Company in Carson City. "He was delivering sand to cover the asphalt streets for the set. On one of the trips John Wayne jumped up in the cab of his truck shared a Camel straight and talked about the old days," Tony told me.
The movie was also filmed in nearby Washoe Lake State Park. Ironic that he played a dying gunfighter, Wayne's acting career faded quietly. He never made it back to the big screen despite dying of stomach cancer a whole three years after filming for "The Shootist" began.
"Lost in America" — 1985 — Hoover Dam & Las Vegas
Plot: A husband and wife in their 30s decide to quit their jobs, live as free spirits, and cruise America in a Winnebago.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Albert Brooks
Stars: Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty, & Sylvia Farrel
This story ranges from the work-a-day world of Los Angeles to the razzle-dazzle of Las Vegas to the high energy of New York City; from the stunning beauty of Hoover Dam to the quaint life of roadside trailer camps.
In Las Vegas, the picture company worked and lodged at the Desert Inn Hotel, filming in the casino, lobby, and coffee shop. In the casino, usually seen in films as a distant backdrop, special arrangements were made to enable filming at the gaming tables amid customers and employees.
In striking contrast to Vegas' neon shimmer was the majesty of the Hoover Dam. For the filmmakers, as well as for the main characters David and Linda, the journey proved to be an exercise in rediscovering America.—From albertbrooks.com
"Casino" — 1995 — Las Vegas
Plot: Greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two mobster best friends and a trophy wife over a gambling empire.
Genre: Biography | Crime | Drama
Director: Martin Scorsese
Stars: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, & Joe Pesci
The Las Vegas locations used in this classic mob film are too vast to list, but some notable ones are Bally's and former Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman's actual Fourth Street office. The driving scene in the beginning of the movie was filmed on Fremont Street in downtown, which is no longer open to automobile traffic.
The Tangiers casino mentioned in the movie is fictional; the story is actually based upon the history of the Stardust casino and the life of mobster Franky "Lefty" Rosenthal.
Las Vegas residents and tourists can get a great overview of the city's mob history on the Vegas Mob Tour (vegasmobtour.com, 866-218-4935), Wednesday through Saturday in the winter months and daily in the spring and summer months. The two-and-a-half hour bus tour covers fedoras and pinstriped suits from Bugsy Siegel in the '40s to Rosenthal in the '70s. Former mobster Frank Cullotta served as a technical adviser on the "Casino" set and has provided his insights to the tour.
Be sure to tuck the kids into bed before pushing "play"—"Casino" holds the Guinness world record for the most swearing in a film, according to imdb.com, not to mention the intense violence.
"Independence Day" — 1996 — Rachel & West Wendover
Plot: The aliens are coming, and their goal is to invade and destroy. Fighting superior technology, man's best weapon is the will to survive.
Genre: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi
Director: Roland Emmerich
Stars: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, & Jeff Goldblum
Perhaps Nevada's most obscure monument to the motion-picture industry lies in the small town of Rachel on the Extraterrestrial Highway—or State Route 375. "The 'ID4' monument in front of the Little A'Le'Inn was placed here by the producers of the movie 'Independence Day,'" reads rachel-nevada.com. "It contains a time capsule, to be opened in the year 2050."
Imdb.com lists the "trailer park scene" as having been filmed in Rachel. Holabird says Pullman and Goldblum traveled to Rachel the year the movie was released in theaters—1996—to dedicate the official opening of the Extraterrestrial Highway. "The Area 51 shots were done at the Wendover Air Base, which meant the cast and crew, even Will Smith, stayed in West Wendover," she says. The movie also used Utah's famously salty and white Bonneville Salt Flats, just east of West Wendover, for filming.
The 1997 action movie "Con Air," starring Nicolas Cage, also used the Air Base and Salt Flats, and the crew stayed in Nevada, according to Holabird.
"3000 Miles to Graceland" — 2001 — Las Vegas & Nelson
Plot: A gang of ex-cons robs a casino during Elvis convention week.
Genre: Action | Comedy| Crime
Director: Demian Lichtenstein
Stars: Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, & Courteney Cox
Nelson is best known as one of Southern Nevada's most intriguing "living ghost towns," but it's also home to a piece—a big piece—of movie memorabilia. The remnants of a plane blown up by Costner's character sit adjacent to the Techatticup Mine, available for tours most days via Eldorado Canyon Mine Tours (eldoradocanyonminetours.com, 702-291-0026).
The set was not new to Russell. Another film he stars in, 1997's "Breakdown," also used the Nelson area as a backdrop. "[Producer] Martha De Laurentiis told me at a Cineposium that production went great there," Holabird says.
"Waking Up in Reno" — 2002
Plot: A romantic comedy about two trashy couples traveling to Reno to see a monster truck show.
Genre: Comedy| Romance
Director: Jordan Brady
Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Charlize Theron, & Patrick Swayze
The Biggest Little City has provided the backdrop for countless films, as is the case with this under-the-radar movie. Perhaps it wouldn't have flown quite so far under had Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston not dropped out prior to filming. Casino scenes were filmed in the former Fitzgeralds, also seen in the 2010 film "Love Ranch" starring Joe Pesci and based on the real-life story of Joe Conforte opening the first legal brothel in the state.
"Kingpin" used downtown Reno's National Bowling Stadium extensively, and who could forget the scene of Whoopi Goldberg and a group of fellow nuns running under the famous downtown "Biggest Little City in the World" arch in "Sister Act"?
"The Island" — 2005 — Rhyolite
Plot: A man goes on the run after he discovers that he is actually a "harvestable being," kept as a source of replacement parts, along with others, in a Utopian facility.
Genre: Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Director: Michael Bay
Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Ewan McGregor, & Djimon Hounsou
Forget its role in popular films. If you haven't been to Rhyolite, a popular ghost town just west of Beatty, you're missing a real Nevada treasure. The barely standing buildings and ruins remain from the early 1900s when the Bullfrog Mining District boomed. By the 1920s, the town was by all means abandoned. Structures such as the three-story Cook Bank Building fit Bay's vision of a desolate world in which Johansson and McGregor's characters are thrust.
Filming of "The Island" also commenced in Tonopah, according to imdb.com. 1987's "Cherry 2000," a sci-fi action number starring Melanie Griffith, was filmed almost exclusively in Nevada, utilizing the aforementioned Rhyolite, as well as Goldfield and Valley of Fire State Park.
Top 10 movies filmed in Nevada
By Forrest Hartman
- The Godfather Part II (1974)
- Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
- Casino (1995)
- Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
- The Misfits (1961)
- The Cooler (2003)
- Hard Eight (also known as Sydney) (1996)
- The Hangover (2009)
- Ocean's Eleven (2001)
- Misery (1990)
Forrest Hartman is a Reno-based film critic. Visit his website at forresthartman.com.
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Brit's parental units had filed a motion to have the battery and breach claims tossed out. Lutfi claimed that Brit's papa bear manhandled him back in 2008. The family claimed that he was never injured and that there was no legal and binding contract between him and Brit that would have lead to his back salary request.
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The New England Revolution won their first SuperLiga crown in a penalty shootout when the Houston Dynamo's Corey Ashe rang the crossbar in the eighth round of penalty kicks after the teams drew 2-2 after extra time.
With the score level at 1-1 entering extra time, the teams scored four minutes apart. Kei Kamara leapt to head home in the 98th minute, but Shalrie Joseph popped up to head home a free kick in the 102nd.
Then in the fifth round of penalty kicks, Khano Smith stepped up with a chance to give the Revolution the crown. But Pat Onstad saved the effort. The next six shooters all converted until Ashe fired off the bar.
Nate Jaqua opened the scoring after 18 minutes after Amaechi Igwe turned the ball over inside his own box. Steve Ralston tied the score four minutes before halftime with a volley from a Mauricio Castro cross.
Eddie Robinson (hamstring) and Richard Mulrooney (knee) did not travel for the Dynamo. Geoff Cameron continued at center back beside Bobby Boswell in Robinson's absence. Nate Jaqua and Brian Ching partnered up top once again after Jaqua set up Ching for a goal in Saturday's 2-0 win against Columbus. Selection problems also hampered the home team, with Jay Heaps suspended and Michael Parkhurst away on Olympic duty. Amaechi Igwe partnered Jeff Larentowicz in the center of defense. Rookie Chris Tierney started at left back.
The match started at breakneck pace with both teams seeking to attack the perceived weaknesses on defense. The Dynamo's Wade Barrett had to come back quickly to hook a ball over his own end line from a cross through the box. Dwayne De Rosario hit the post after just four minutes after jinking through the Revolution defense and hooking his effort towards the near post. Joseph nearly responded on both ends. Joseph's long-distance drive kept rising just over the bar, before he almost knocked the ball over the bar with his thigh. The cadence for a goal kept building as Mauricio Castro's free kick just missed the upper left corner with Onstad stranded.
But when the goal came, it came from the oddest of circumstances. Cameron lumped a free kick down the center of the field. No Dynamo player challenged and Reis looked likely to come out and collect it. Igwe decided to clear it with his back to the ball and shanked it right to Jaqua. The burly striker made no mistake to give the Dynamo the lead.
It should have been two just a minute later from another Igwe giveaway let Jaqua slide a ball to Ching with space inside the area. Ching didn't make good contact with his strike, but managed to knock it off before the ball trickled away from danger.
Steve Ralston tested Onstad at his near post with a free kick, but the Canadian international reacted smartly to push it around the post for a corner kick. Sainey Nyassi should have tested Onstad minutes latter after a quick buildup from left wing to right wing gave him space at the far post, but Nyassi managed to drive his effort off the side netting. The Revs were growing in confidence and generated a penalty shout in the 33rd minute. Nyassi jumped to meet a corner kick at the far post only to see Craig Waibel barge him in the back. Referee Howard Webb wasn't impressed, much to the chagrin of the Revolution players.
Houston responded quickly through De Rosario. A thumping shot forced Reis into an acrobatic save at the near post after the Revs couldn't hack it clear. De Rosario then got in behind the defense moments later with another route one service. After rounding Reis, De Rosario slid a ball towards goal before Larentowicz recovered and cleared the goal-bound effort. Tierney's turn to clear off the line came quickly afterwards after Reis came for a corner kick and couldn't collect. Jaqua shot towards goal, but Tierney managed to keep it out and get it clear.
Just when Houston looked to score the killer second, New England conjured up the equalizer. Castro's right-footed cross found Ralston at the far post and the Revs captain smashed home his volley to equalize.
Another defensive giveaway nearly put the Revs in front three minutes before the break. Bobby Boswell coughed it up on the edge of his penalty area. Kheli Dube surged into the penalty area and whacked his effort towards goal. Onstad charged out of his goal and diverted the ball out of harm's way.
The early stages of the second half didn't produce nearly the amount of chances as in the first half. The frantic pace settled down to merely a frenetic pace, one where both teams still tried to surge forward but didn't connect nearly as well. Half-chances ruled as Jaqua shanked wide after Ching played him in and substitute Khano Smith cut inside and drove towards Onstad. Extra time loomed, and Igwe ensured it would arrive after tackling Davis as he shaped to shoot in second-half stoppage time.
Kamara headed the Dynamo in front in the 98th minute. Ching drove a curling ball into the box. Reis looked like he should have punched away, but didn't get to the ball in time. Kamara nodded into the vacated net to restore the Dynamo's lead. That lead lasted just four minutes. Ralston lofted a free kick up towards the far post. Joseph wrestled away from Bobby Boswell and directed his header into the far side netting.
That would be enough to drive the match into penalties, and the crossbar emerged as New England's hero after Ashe's shot caromed away to give the Revs the SuperLiga crown.
Houston Dynamo vs. New England Revolution
August 05, 2008 -- Gillette Stadium, Foxborough MA
SuperLiga -- Final
Scoring Summary:
HOU -- Nate Jaqua 1 (unassisted) 18
NE -- Steve Ralston 1 (Mauricio Castro 1) 41
HOU -- Kei Kamara 1 (Brian Ching 2) 98
NE -- Shalrie Joseph 3 (Steve Ralston 4) 102
Penalty-Kick Shootout:
NE -- Steve Ralston (Goal)
HOU -- Craig Waibel (Goal)
NE -- Matt Reis (High)
HOU -- Chris Wondolowski (Goal)
NE -- Shalrie Joseph (Goal)
HOU -- Dwayne De Rosario (Saved)
NE -- Taylor Twellman (Goal)
HOU -- Brian Ching (Saved)
NE -- Khano Smith (Saved)
HOU -- Ricardo Clark (Goal)
NE -- Jeff Larentowicz (Goal)
HOU -- Wade Barrett (Goal)
NE -- Chris Tierney (Goal)
HOU -- Kei Kamara (Goal)
NE -- Chris Albright (Goal)
HOU -- Corey Ashe (Crossbar)
Houston Dynamo -- Pat Onstad, Craig Waibel, Bobby Boswell, Wade Barrett, Brian Mullan (Corey Ashe 79), Geoff Cameron, Ricardo Clark, Dwayne De Rosario, Brad Davis (Chris Wondolowski 110), Brian Ching, Nate Jaqua (Kei Kamara 72).
Substitutes Not Used: unavailable.
New England Revolution -- Matt Reis, Chris Albright, Amaechi Igwe, Chris Tierney, Sainey Nyassi, Shalrie Joseph, Jeff Larentowicz, Steve Ralston, Mauricio Castro (Khano Smith 71), Kheli Dube (Adam Cristman 90), Kenny Mansally (Taylor Twellman 58).
Substitutes Not Used: unavailable.
Misconduct Summary:
HOU -- Brad Davis (caution) 14
NE -- Shalrie Joseph (caution) 82
Referee: Howard Webb (ENG)
Referee's Assistants: Greg Barkey, Hector Vergara
4th official: Jorge Gonzalez
Attendance: 9,242
Weather: Partly Cloudy-and-71-degrees
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London, England (CNN) -- There is a special place reserved in the history of film for the gothic kitsch of "Hammer horror."
During the 1950s and 60s, British Hammer Film Productions developed an international reputation for low-budget yet lavishly-designed romantic chillers.
Today, Hammer is most commonly associated with the career-defining roles of its leading men, namely Peter Cushing's Frankenstein and Christopher Lee in "Dracula."
Less commonly remembered is the wealth of highly-glamorous roles for distressed damsels and femme-fatales alike.
Continental beauties like Ingrid Pitt, Hollywood film stars such as Ursula Andress, and provincial English girls like Veronica Carlson, would all become leading ladies under Hammer.
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The company resorted to amplifying the sexual content of their films, with the likes of "To the Devil A Daughter" featuring a young Nastassja Kinski in the role of an infrequently-dressed teenage nun.
By 1984, having departed from films to concentrate on television dramas, Hammer ceased production altogether. Now, after over 20 years, Hammer is set to make a return to the big screen with an English production of Swedish vampire tale "Let the Right One In" scheduled for release in 2010.
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Hi guys seek your help.
Im searching for a movie from the 80's maybe 70's .
I was less than 10 years old when I saw this, so I'll be probably be of on some details.
The only scenes/ clues I can remember are:
The setting is an apocalyptic world.
The bad guys at least 1 of them wear(s) a plastic or glass seethrough mask.(sort of like in point blank)
The bad guys drive motor bikes, buggy etc,
The good guys hide/move in an (fortified)schoolbus.
Which gets attacked at some point this scene takes place in a riverbed with some jungle to the sides, From which shot bad guys fall.
The end I believe is on a cliff ridge or dam or some big structure, The main character and the girl ride a bike.
I mean to recall that the last lines are something like the good die young/ to young to die or something in that way.
The music is like most of the 80's alike rock/metal/(eg bonjovi,reo speedwagon, whitesnake but cheesier)
Would love to see it once more after all these years.
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Here's a freshly-updated infographic by SPACE.com's Karl Tate, illustrating the distances driven by various rovers on the Moon and Mars.
Tate assembled a similar infographic back in August 2012 (see below), just a few days before NASA's Curiosity rover landed on the suface of the Red Planet. The one-ton, six-wheel drive, nuclear-powered super lab is obviously the biggest addition to this diagram, but we'd be remiss not to call attention to the Agency's intrepid Opportunity rover, which has covered significant ground since August, and continues to explore the Martian terrain in the lead up to its nine-year anniversary on the planet's surface, which — if all goes well today — it will celebrate tomorrow.
Distances Driven on Other Worlds, updated January 23, 2013 | Source: SPACE.com
Distances Driven on Other Worlds, updated August 1, 2012
Rove on, you magnificent little bastard. Rove on. (You too, Curiosity. You... significantly bigger bastard, you.) More at SPACE.com.


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President Barack Obama today asked Congress to appropriate $146,255,000 for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in FY 2012.
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- $102,700,000 for the Endowment's grant programs in support of research, preservation, public programming, and teaching in the humanities, including $40,100,000 for the operations, projects, and programs of the 56 state and territorial humanities councils;
- $4,000,000 to support NEH's special initiative—Bridging Cultures—that will enhance Americans' understanding of the nation's rich cultural heritage, as well as the cultural complexity of the world in which we live;
- $11,500,000 in funds to help stimulate and match private donations in support of humanities institutions and organizations; and
- $28,055,000 for salaries and expenses needed to operate the agency.
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Hi Folks,
Due to a bunch of capacitors finally blowing up on my 8 year old dell MB (and they were from that bad batch of caps that came out then too - so that comp owes me nuthin...) I've decided that I'll be building everything from scratch again. So the parts are all here and I'll be installing BBM with Freedos, Win7, & WinXP later today.
And now I want to get to really learn and play with Linux. So I'll probably start playing with "puppy linux" (gotta love the name) and while that may work I don't know that I'd stay with it. Especially if I want to play with anything other than installing a few programs.
So what version would you all recommend? I'll be eventually doing programming in that environment (both native and WINE).
Also, at some point within the next few months I'll actually be setting up some linux servers (for an office network) which will also include a mail & database server. So I'd like to be able to have the same environment running at home as I will there (with the obvious hardware differences).
Thanks for the advice


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Hidden Remixes
"We're anti-'experimental,'" emphasizes Jack Barnett of These New Puritans, "anti-distortion, anti-avant garde. I'm into narrative, precision, clarity. I'm not one of those musicians who is obsessed with inspecting their instruments and trying to extract every possible sound from them or trying to reduce them down."
"The musicians and artists I love, be it Benjamin Britten or Supa Dups, what I admire in them is their immediacy."
As their name suggests, These New Puritans are a group on a very precise mission. Hailing from around Southend-On-Sea, and consisting of Barnett, his twin brother George, Thomas Hein and Sophie Sleigh-Johnson, they have established their reputation through a series of high profile live appearances alongside the likes of The Kills and Klaxons. They first came to prominence with their 2008 debut album, Beat Pyramid. Urgent, pared down, eyes on stalks, sharp as a stick, it was hailed by the NME as demonstrating a "span of ideas and singularity of vision that simply shouldn't happen to 20 year olds. They've created their own imperfect world."
And so they did. They were occasionally lumped in with the continuing post-punk revival, but attend closer to its warp, grain and shine and there's a lot more embedded in Beat Pyramid. As Barnett points out, there are elements of dancehall, electronica and the sheen of post-Timbaland pop at work in there, while recurring motifs across the songs point to an interest in theme, structure and musical narrative that set them well apart from their scattershot guitar contemporaries. This was not a band who had shot their bolt on their first album, but one who were only just beginning to unpack their ideas.
Now comes the evidence of that in the form of Hidden, their second album, a work so extraordinary in its range, ambition and clarity of purpose as to defy overall comparison with anything you have ever heard. Barnett is right; These New Puritans are not "experimental" in the hazy, blurry, hit and hope in the dark, sense of the word. He and they know exactly what they are doing. Hidden is an album which pulls together a host of unlikely influences – the later, more developed work of Steve Reich, with whose "interlocking rhythms" Barnett fell in love when he first heard them at a Leeds record shop, Britney Spears, Japanese percussion and, in particular, the great British composer Benjamin Britten, with whom These New Puritans literally share common ground – the Thames estuary in which both grew up.
Preparations for Hidden were rigorous and exacting. In order to score and arrange the woodwind, brass and choir sections which recur throughout the album, Barnett spent a frantic month learning notation. The upshot of this is the seasoned, unselfconscious accomplishment Barnett brings to the classical sections of Hidden. However, he is also conscious of the infamous, lazy habit of indie bands ladling their more sombre efforts with strings in a lazy attempt to denote gravitas. Barnett was sure to sabotage any possibility of that on Hidden.
"I wanted to bypass the usual practice of maintaining the 'dignity' of classical instrumentation, by using crappy dancehall - type preset sounds, or the sort you get on US pop and R&B records," he explains. "Because the worst thing for ensemble brass/woodwind and classical instrumentation is that feeling of poshness, credibility, "authenticity."
In order to exacerbate this, Barnett had Dave Cooley, whose CV includes names like Madvillain and the late, great hip-hop producer J Dilla, mix the album in LA. "He's fantastic but it was a logistical nightmare!" laughs Barnett. "I had to live on LA time in order to be in constant contact with him. We tried all those live streaming technologies, but they didn't really quite work, so we had to use a mix of e-mail and Skype. It took weeks, but it was absolutely worth it, in order to get his sensibility." The result on the album is a stark contrast between the polar arts of sequencing and notation. "It was about bouncing between the two forms – getting the thumping pop sound of a Britney Spears with the melancholy you can get from brass and woodwind ensembles."
Another vivid and striking feature of the album is its use of so-called Foley techniques, named after their creator, long beloved by those working in audio theatre – a simple example would be shaking sheet metal to replicate the sound of thunder on radio, although such methods are used in cinema, too. "I always thought film soundtracks had a very crisp and sharp quality which you don't always get on CDs. That's what we needed. As the track says, this is 'Attack Music.'"
And so, Barnett and co-producer Graham Sutton (of Bark Psychosis and Boymerang fame) went to great lengths to seek out and track down the exact sounds they were looking for. "We recorded sounds of knives being sharpened. and spent an hour in B&Q testing the sound qualities of various kinds of chain. Graham and I drove to various hardware stores and grocers getting the right components to make Foley recordings - we smashed (with a hammer) a melon with cream crackers sellotaped to it (simulating the sound of someone's head being smashed in). You can hear the melon on the track 'Fire-Power.'"
Then, there was the assembly of the guest musicians, including a pianist who assumed she was working on a regular minimalist classical album, and a school choir, recorded on a mobile set-up. These New Puritans are not the first to use children's voices in this way – The Durutti Column, Badly Drawn Boy and Talk Talk are among those who have done so in the past. However, none have quite achieved the eerie, Greek Chorus-like air of Hidden.
Finally, there was the hire of six-foot Japanese taiko drums, two of which were too big to fit into the studio, as well as a 13-piece woodwind and brass band comprising two clarinets, alto flute, bass clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon, flugelhorn, two french horns, baritone horn, trombone, bass trombone and tuba. Now, the stage was set for Hidden.
It begins with "Time Xone," a piece whose bleak brass beauty reminds of the sun rising over the flatlands of the Estuary. The connection is intended. For Barnett, there is a "very strong relationship" between the music and the part of the world he grew up in. As with Britten's Peter Grimes, this is a music that arises like mist from a particular landscape – flat, fertile, marshy, silently harbouring its own secrets. Then, in kicks "We Want War," defiant and martial. "The idea is that it's a secret recording locked in a tree in a marsh in East Anglia, whose contents are unleashed like a new English Round."
"We Want War" assaults you percussively from all sides. It's like being caught up in a ritual of whose purpose you are unaware. The knives are out, the sticks are clashing, the chorus is intoning. Musical worlds collide, combining harmonically dense sections with dancehall rhythms. "Three-Thousand" follows, and further reminders dance in the head – the hallucinogenic, shuffling beats of Madlib. Still, this is something undreamt of in pop before. Already, those who thought they had These New Puritans in a box, sealed and ticked, will be confounded and overcome – though the fact that TNPS have worked, among other projects, on the after show of Stage Of The Art, an art/dance performance at the Palais de Tokyo as well as the 2007 Dior Homme show soundtrack, hints strongly at their versatility and sense of theatre.
The scene seems to shift on "Hologram," which patters with the feeling of subdued, qualified joy of Steve Reich's Tehillim, before the self-descriptive "Attack Music." Then comes "Fire-Power," which involves the aforementioned ritual sacrifice of a melon). Any narratives are in the mind's eyes and ears – These New Puritans have constructed an imaginarium whose contents are of less importance than the way in which it has been assembled, the creative and unprecedented use of contrasting sound sources, no more evident than on "Drum Courts – Where Corals Lie." A climactic riot of sarcastically cheap dancehall-type presets, mournful brass, muttered incantations and strict, relentless percussion come together in a magnificent demonstration of all the forces that reveal Hidden's brilliance in plain sight.
Penultimately, on "White Chords," the guitars come to the fore, a sort of deferred gratification, shivery and ecstatic. Finally, on "5," the mysterious forces of Hidden recede, ghostlike, back into the marshes from which they arose. More than any other album you will hear this year, this decade, you're left wondering just what took place and immediately longing to experience it again. Precise mission well and truly accomplished. Another imperfect world created and finished to perfection.
-David Stubbs
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Underground Dining: Border Oak Celebrates 'American Midland Cuisine' in Chicago
Chef Jeremy Leven and the team behind Tuesday Night Dinner are back with Border Oak, which they describe as an "exploration and celebration of American Midland cuisine."
In contrast to Tuesday Night Dinners, where they might serve anywhere from 40 to 50 people, this was a more intimate experience. The inaugural dinner featured just eight diners, which allowed us to bond over the great food and shots of Malört.
Courses that still have me salivating include the smelt run with cabbage and the stinging nettle dumplings in raw kale gazpacho. After dinner, everyone headed out to the backyard, where we were serenaded by Alyssa Martinez and Weston Rose of Good Evening, while nibbling burnt strawberry marshmallows (leftover from dinner) roasted over the bonfire. My hair still smells like smoke and I kind of love it.
Leven, Jacqlyn Lancaster and the Border Oak team hope to open a brick-and-mortar cafe soon in addition to hosting underground suppers.
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Debate in the U. S. Senate on the Presentation of their Credentials by Senator Johnson, of Tenn. - The Traitors Vote Against their Admission - Their Triumphant Success.
Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee, said it afforded him great pleasure to present the certificate of the newly elected Senators from the State of Virginia, to fill vacancies now existing. He asked that the certificate might be read and the members sworn in.
Mr. Bayard said the question of acknowledging these gentlemen under the certificate presented by them, involved great questions of vital constitutional importance, and that should they be allowed to be sworn in at the present time, it would be a direct violation of the constitution. He asked that the matter be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, before the gentlemen are sworn in.
Mr. Saulsbury said he would call the attention of the Senate to the single fact that the gentlemen presented themselves on the strength of credentials issued to them by the Governor of a portion of the State of Virginia; that those credentials bore upon the face of them the fact that the election took place on the 9th of July, whereas at the same time there existed no vacancy in the Senate from the State of Virginia. The credentials state that the gentlemen were appointed owing to the withdrawal of Messrs. Hunter and Mason, but this House had yesterday decided that there was no vacancy, but that Messrs. Hunter and Mason held the seats, and the Senate, in accordance with the power vested in it by the Constitution, had expelled these members. If they were not Senators at that time, how was it possible to expel them! Yesterday, said Mr. Saulsbury, you treated them as Senators. The Senate is the judge of its own members - how then can you allow a Governor to declare a vacancy in the United States Senate? And how can you declare that the seats were vacant on the 9th of July when only yesterday you expelled them?
Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee, said there was prima facie evidence of an election; the certificates were regularly certified by the Governor; that there was no proof of any irregularity of election; the election was effected according to the laws of Virginia, and was subject both to the Constitution of the State and that of the United States. There is no contest for the seats - no evidence that the Senators are not regularly elected; but, on the contrary, there is proof now before the Senate that they were legally elected.
Ms. Saulsbury replied by reiterating his argument, and said that he hoped the Senate would act in accordance with the Constitution and preserve their consistency.
Mr. Trumbull presumed that the Senator from Delaware, (Mr. Saulsbury,) was elected before his predecessor had vacated the seat. That, in fact, it was true of most of the Senators on the floor, and especially so in the case of the Senators from Minnesota, who were elected even before the State was declared a part of the Union. Le me, said Mr. Trumbull, suppose a case. If, during the war with Mexico, a Senator from the State of Delaware had taken up arms against the United States, would not another Senator have been elected to fill the vacancy? And yet the case of Messrs. Hunter and Mason is infinitely more aggravated than that which I have supposed. They have incited the South to rebellion, and taken up arms against their country. I see, he said, no necessity for referring the case of the gentlemen from Virginia to any committee.
Mr. Bayard said that the remarks referring to the State of Delaware were not at all likely. That Delaware would do nothing except by law. That in this case they would require judicial evidence. That it was never known in the history of the country that the Governor of any State appointed a Senator for a broken term.
Mr. Hale said that it made no difference whether the gentlemen were elected today, or whether they were elected three days ago, the vacancy existed, and they bore the credentials that entitled them to seats. Were these gentlemen to be sent home to be elected over again? He, at least, hoped not. This is not a day for compromises, neither is it a day for forms. This is the time for action. Now was the day, the hour, the experiment. We are here to endeavor to crush out the rebellion which rages broadcast over the land. We have long submitted to indignities, but that time is past; and the present is the triumph of the constitution, of the Republican party. We had heretofore readily compromised all questions, but now and hereafter I am only for the constitution, that shall be my sole compromise. I am for collecting all the money and all the men at the North, and thus stake the issue. We will attack them with our entire energy, and if we are beaten we can but submit. He (Mr. Hale) said that some of his remarks were not pertinent to the question, but to return; the Union loving men of Virginia yet recognized the United States government, and asked to be represented on this floor, and they are, said he, entitled to such representation.
Mr. Latham said he considered the doctrine of secession one of the most damnable heresies that had ever been instituted. The government of Virginia that sent these Senators here has the same constitution and the same laws that the State always had; that there was a vacancy, and that the gentlemen from Virginia bore certificates that entitled them to seats and he hoped they would be allowed to take them.
Mr. Johnson of Tennessee, said he would answer the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Saulsbury) a question by asking one. Did he not yesterday admit that the seats were vacant?
Mr. Saulsbury replied that he had admitted that the Senate had a right to consider the seats as vacant. The Senate had passed on the question, and declared that the seats were not vacant. I agree with the Senator from California (Mr. Latham) that secession is a vile heresy. But whatever action is to be taken let it be lawful.
A message here arrived from the House of Representatives, announcing that the House had passed the bill regulating the duties on imports, &c., with the amendments; also the bill for the enrollment of volunteers, and presenting an enrolled bill for the signatures of Senators.
Mr. Trumbull said that on the 26th of April, 1790, the Governor of Virginia declared that inasmuch as John Mason was elected Senator and refused to serve, that he appointed John Walker, and the Legislature justified the action of the Governor.
_______________filled the seat, and his refusing to serve did not create a vacancy which had previous existence.
Mr. Trumbull replied that the appointment could only have been made while a vacancy existed. Another case in point, he stated, was that of Mr. Pinckney, of Maryland, in 1791, who resigned, when the Governor appointed Mr. Mercer. Mr. Giles objected to the constitutionality of the action, but the House of Representatives sustained the Governor in the premises he had taken, and agreed that the appointee, Mr. Mercer, was entitled to the seat.
Mr. Saulsbury said the arguments of the Senator from Illinois were well fitted to form a portion of a stump speech in a contest for popular favor, but would not possess any strength when addressed to cool and clear-headed men; that this was not a theatre, nor were speeches to be made to the gallery or the people, but it was the American Senate, where we are sent to make laws.
Mr. Collamer took up the argument on the new Senators from Virginia, and occupied the precise grounds covered by Senators Johnson and Trumbull.
Mr. Powell said he had no doubt but that the members from Virginia would be allowed to take their seats. That he well understood the view of the majority on the other side, but he felt it to be his duty to enter his protest. He said it was a fact judicially known that the members of the Legislature who had sent the new members from the State of Virginia, represented perhaps not one fourth of the citizens of Virginia. That there were about one hundred and fifty counties in Virginia, yet but thirty or forty were represented in the Western Virginia Legislature.
If these gentlemen are allowed to take their seats it will be a virtual overthrow of the constitution; there is but little of it now left, but let us endeavor to preserve that little. Nothing I can say, I am convinced, will alter the decision which the majority of the Senators I know will give in the case, but I deem it my duty to the constitution, the country, and myself, that I protest against the gentlemen taking their seats. The committee on the judiciary should thoroughly investigate the question. I call the ayes and nays on the question.
Mr. Bayard said the Senate was constitutionally the judge of its own members. That the Legislature of a State, after their election, could not take from that body, neither could it supercede them before the term had expired for which they were elected. J. M. Mason and R.. M. T. Hunter were yesterday acknowledged Senators on this floor, and you expelled them. The Senate had no right to regard them as members the first day after the sitting of the present Congress, yet it had chosen to do so. He was willing that their seats should have been declared vacant, but the gentlemen on the other side were not. They absolutely recognized them (the seats) as being filled, and expelled the occupants. Yet Governor Peirpoint declares that Messrs. Willey and Carlile were elected to those seats on the 9th of July; three days before they were vacant. The question is, can you acknowledge the certificates presented on facts judicially known to you? Every Senator knows that John Letcher was legally elected Governor of Virginia, and his time has not yet expired. The State of Virginia is a belligerent, and you promote rebellion - aye, acknowledge it - if you admit on this floor her representatives. You say they were elected under the constitution and ordinances of the State.
You, therefore, knowing that State to be in rebellion, encourage the insurrection. The laws of the State are those under which Gov. Letcher was elected; he is yet their Chief Magistrate, and if these gentlemen are admitted, you are trampling on the Constitution, violating her laws - you are abusing the supreme doctrine of civil law, and the doctrine of State rights.
I love the Union, and have contended for it as much as any Senator on this floor. I may differ with some as to secession and revolution, but I say a peace cannot be conquered. We had better let the dissenting States sever their connection with us peaceably and forever, than, if it were possible, to be united under a military despotism. I am fully aware that the Senators on the other side are resolved to swear the gentlemen from Virginia as members of this Senate, and aught I may say cannot prevail against it; but I would be false to my people, my country and my conscience did I not enter my protest against such proceedings.
(Cries of "question,)
Mr. Ten Eyck said he wanted to say a word - but a word. He said he would not stand a minute to keep Virginia from being reinstated, and was glad that the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Powell) had called for the yeas and nays on the question now before the Senate. He wanted his vote to be a living record before the country. I, said Mr. Ten Eyck, believe it will be in support of the Constitution and the Union, and hope my vote may live through future ages - aye, I wish it may be recorded in letters of brass or iron. The Senator from Kentucky, who appears to be a great champion of the Constitution, said in his speech the other day that all the acts of the President since March 4th were infractions on the Constitution.
The honorable Senator seemed to dwell, said Mr. Ten Eyck, with peculiar force on the unconstitutional and illegal acts of the President. Has he forgotten the transaction that caused a hundred thousand gallant men to flock to the National Capital, on the wings of the whirlwind, in reply to the call of the President? How is it that Kentucky did not respond to that call? Why were not the gallant descendants of Jackson and Clay, courageous and unerring riflemen of Kentucky, found flocking to the national standard, to the defense of the Capital? The honorable Senator yields no answer. Yes, sir, she is another abettor in this heresy which now convulses America, and astounds Christendom.
Mr. Powell - I will answer the question which the Senator from New Jersey has been pleased to ask. I will at once correct the misapprehension which exists on his part. I declared it is true, that of the acts of the President to which I alluded there was but one constitutional. I spoke, though, of the specific acts enumerated in resolution No. 1; and it was the act of the President calling into the field 75,000 men; and I stated that under the act of 1795 the President was justified in calling those men out for the defence of the national capital, and stated, also, that if they were not used for this purpose, but were intended to invade sovereign States, the act was cruel, unnecessary and unconstitutional.
Now, Mr. President, the honorable gentleman asks why Kentucky did not obey___________the Senator and to the country the views of that State. Kentucky did not believe that the call for the immense body of men was ever made for the purpose of protecting the capital; but was for the particular purpose of making war upon her sister States, and no influence could prevail upon her - she had no desire whatever - to imbrue her hands in the blood of her brethren, either North or South. She believed that the war was unholy and unjust, and could only result in eternal disruption. She hoped that the Union might be rebuilt, not by force, but by just and equitable compromise. She desired peace, and yet desires it; but I see no measure, nor the likelihood of the proposal of any measure which will bring about a peace. It is this which has caused Kentucky to take the neutral stand which she has, and which she will maintain to the last.
This is the first time in the history of this country in which my State has failed to furnish her volunteers. She has, heretofore, always rushed to the combat, and endeavored to secure a place in the front ranks - in the war of 1812, as well as the war with Mexico. Her men have hitherto flocked to the national standard with such avidity and in such numbers, she has offered twenty times the number that would be accepted of her. But now she stands neutral, and can only be forced to shed the blood of either section; and I sincerely hope she may be able to maintain that neutrality. There has been presented to her no other course which she could pursue to bring about the great end of accomplishing a peaceful settlement. She now occupies a position alike distasteful to the men of the North and the radicals of the South, and I hope she may be able to maintain it.
[Cries of "question, question."]
Mr. Ten Eyck - I have but a simple word to say in explanation. If I misunderstood the Senator from Kentucky, it was because of the remoteness of my position. The honorable Senator says that the present war is one only of subjugation; that the troops were not brought here for the protection of the capital. I tell the Senator that they are here in obedience to the call of authority to rescue the loyal men of the South - the Union-loving men of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee - aye, and the loyal men of Kentucky.
Mr. Doolittle said the subject had been now fully discussed; that we were here to transact business; that deeds more than words were wanted.
The question being put on the motion of Mr. Bayard to refer the question to the committee on the judiciary, and the yeas and nays being called, the Senate refused to refer the matter by the following vote:
Yeas - Messrs. Bayard, Bright, Polk, Powell and Saulsbury - 5.
Nays - Messrs. Anthony, Bingham, Browning, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Cowan, Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, Harris, Howe, Johnson of Tenn., King, Lane of Ind., Lane of Kansas, Latham, McDougall, Morrill, Pomeroy, Rice, Sherman, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilmot and Wilson - 35.
Absent - Messrs. Baker, Breckinridge, Johnson of Mo., Kennedy, Nesmith, Pearce and Thompson.
Messrs. Willey and Carlile were accordingly sworn in as members of the Senate.


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VVS bowling teams defeat New Hartford
Vernon-Verona-Sherrill's boys bowling team improved to 8-1 with an 11-0 win at New Hartford on Friday. Nathan Desnoyers rolled a 256 game to spark a 729 series to lead coach David Hyle's team.
Brad Long added a 684 series and Brendan Thomas was one pin back to help VVS to, perhap, its best showing of the year. Thomas had the high game of the match with a 268.
VVS (8-1): Brad Long 248-684, Nathan Desnoyers 256-729, Kyle Levatino 246-623, Brendan Thomas 268-683, Troy Peters 222-619.
NH (1-7): Nathan Moretz 542.
Girls Bowling
SHERRILL -- Vernon-Verona-Sherrill's girls bowling team beat New Hartford 10-1 Friday as Barbara Stevens had a 238 game and 575 series.
NH (2-6): Heather Badger 187-518.
VVS (6-2): Barbara Stevens 238-575.


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