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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 26, 2011) - The ETSU women's basketball team will look to make a run for its fourth straight Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament title next week in Macon, Ga. The Lady Bucs begin their championship journey on Wednesday when top-seeded ETSU takes on No. 8 seed Lipscomb at noon inside Mercer's University Center.
Despite suffering a 60-57 setback at Campbell Thursday night in its regular season finale, ETSU (18-11, 15-5 in the A-Sun) has still managed to win 10 of its last 12 games.
This marks the fourth straight season where the Lady Bucs enter the conference tournament as the No. 1 seed, and ETSU looks to join Florida International (1992-95) as the only other team in league history to win four consecutive tournament titles.
The winner of the ETSU/Lipscomb game will take on the winner of No. 4 seed North Florida and No. 5 seed Jacksonville in the first semifinal game Friday at noon.
The Lady Bucs swept Lipscomb in the regular season with the most recent win being a 66-52 victory back on Feb. 19 in Nashville. ETSU also defeated the Lady Bisons by 31, 95-64, last month in Johnson City. Overall, the Blue and Gold have won 13 of the 14 games in the series - including ten straight. ETSU and Lipscomb have met twice in the conference tournament, with the Lady Bucs taking both meetings.
All eight quarterfinal contests will air on ASun.TV, free of charge, while the semifinals and final will be aired live on CSS. Fans outside CSS markets can purchase the all semifinal games and final game on ASun.TV for $9.99.
For a full breakdown of the A-Sun Tournament bracket and other tournament news, visit www.Atlanticsun.org or click on the link above.
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Anemia is a condition in which the body does not have enough healthy red blood cells. Red blood cells provide oxygen to body tissues. There are many types of anemia.
Iron deficiency anemia occurs when your body does not have enough iron. Iron helps make red blood cells.
Alternative Names
Anemia - iron deficiency
Iron deficiency anemia is the most common form of
Red blood cells bring oxygen to the bodys tissues. Healthy red blood cells are made in your bone marrow. Red blood cells circulate through your body for 3 to 4 months. Parts of your body,such asyour spleen, remove old blood cells.
Iron is a key part of red blood cells. Without iron, the blood cannot carry oxygen effectively. Your body normally gets iron through your diet. It also reuses iron from old red blood cells.
You get iron deficiency anemia when your bodys iron stores run low. This can occur because:
- You lose more blood cells and iron than your body can replace
- Your body does not do a good job of absorbing iron
- Your body is able to absorb iron, but you are not eating enough foods that contain iron
- Your body needs more iron than normal (such as if you are pregnant or breastfeeding)
Bleeding can cause iron loss. Common causes of bleeding are:
- Heavy, long, or frequent menstrual periods
- Cancer in the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, or
colon Esophageal varices, usually from cirrhosis
- The use of aspirin, ibuprofen, or arthritis medicines for a long time, which can cause gastrointestinal bleeding
Peptic ulcer disease
The body may not absorb enough iron in your diet due to:
Celiac disease Crohn disease Gastric bypass surgery
- Taking too many antacids that contain calcium
You may not get enough iron in your diet if:
- You are a strict vegetarian
- You are an older adult and do not eat a full diet
You may have no symptoms if the anemia is mild.
Most of the time, symptoms are mild at first and develop slowly. Symptoms may include:
- Feeling grumpy
- Feeling weak or tired more often than usual, or with exercise
- Headaches
- Problems concentrating or thinking
As the anemia gets worse, symptoms may include:
- Blue color to the whites of the eyes
Brittle nails
- Desire to eat ice or other non-food things (
- Light-headedness when you stand up
Pale skin color Shortness of breath
- Sore tongue
Symptoms of the conditions that cause iron deficiency anemia include:
- Dark, tar-colored stools or blood
- Heavy menstrual bleeding (women)
- Pain in the upper belly (from ulcers)
- Weight loss (in people with cancer)
Exams and Tests
To diagnose anemia, your doctor may order these blood tests:
Hematocritand hemoglobin(red blood cell measures) RBC indices
Tests to check iron levels in your blood include:
Bone marrow exam(rare) Iron binding capacity(TIBC) in the blood Serum ferritin Serum ironlevel
Tests that may be done to look for the cause of iron deficiency:
- Fecal occult blood test
Upper endoscopy
Treatment may include taking
Iron supplements (most often ferrous sulfate) are needed to build up the iron stores in your body. Most of the time, your doctor or nurse will measure your iron levels before starting supplements.
If you cannot take iron by mouth, you may need to take it through a vein (
Pregnant and breastfeeding women will need to take extra iron because they often cannot get enough iron from their normal diets.
Your hematocrit should return to normal after 2 months of iron therapy. You will need to keep taking iron for another 6 to 12 months to replace the bodys iron stores in the bone marrow.
Iron-rich foods include:
- Chicken and turkey
- Dried lentils, peas, and beans
- Fish
- Meats (liver is the highest source)
- Peanut butter
- Soybeans
- Whole-grain bread
Other sources include:
- Oatmeal
- Raisins, prunes, and apricots
- Spinach, kale, and other greens
Outlook (Prognosis)
With treatment, the outcome is likely to be good. However, it does depend on the cause.
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your health care provider if:
- You have symptoms of iron deficiency
- You notice blood in your stool
A balanced diet should include enough iron. Red meat, liver, and egg yolks are high sources of iron. Flour, bread, and some cereals are fortified with iron. If advised by your doctor, take iron supplements if you are not getting enough iron in your diet.
Brittenham GM. Disorders of iron homeostasis: iron deficiency and overload. In: Hoffman R, Benz EJ Jr, Silberstein LE, et al., eds. Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 34.
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Temples in Shanghai and Beijing
The Jade Buddha Temple in Shanghai is a good place to go. In the temples is always a nice and calm atmosphere which sometimes is a needed contrast to the busy life in the city. The temple holds two jade Buddha statues. They are made of porcelain, one is a Sitting Buddha and the other is a recumbent Buddha.
The Lama Temple in Beijing is the largest Buddhist temple in China. There are five large halls and you should spend at least an hour in the temple. In the hall of Ten Thousand Happinesses you can find an amazingly tall (18m) statue of the Maitreya Buddha. It is carved from a single piece of White Sandalwood. This statue is one of three artworks in the temple that were included into the Guinness Book of Records in 1993.
Pudong and WFC
Pudong is a fast growing district of Shanghai. From The Bund you have a good view of the skyline of Pudong with the Oriental Pearl Tower, the Word Financial Center with the glas-bridge on the top and the Jin Mao Building.
We went to the top of the World Financial Center to visit the glas-bridge and take some pictures. There is also a nice cafe up there from where you have an amazing view.
Life, Shanghai
A few random pictures from life in the city.
You see a lot of people who collect cardboards, plastic etc. to earn some money. This is why, despite the dense population, you can't find much clutter on the main streets.
Shanghai City
Shanghai has a population of about 13 million people and is a relative young city (about 700 years) compared to the long history of China. It is also a booming financial center of China, especially the Pudong area. There you can find the Shanghai World Financial Center or the Jin Mao Tower.
The architecture is very modern and sometimes it was hard to find the traditional chinese characteristics. The Jade Buddha Temple or the Yu Yuan Garden are famous examples of these traditional places, but be prepared for a lot of pushing and shoving.
Peking was in my opinion far more traditional and less modern.
Nightshots, Shanghai
Most of the pictures were made from "The Bund" from where you have an excellent view of the Pudong skyline.
A even better view of the whole skyline, the river and "The Bund" area is from the Hyatt Hotel Skybar. It's an amazing bar and a perfect spot for taking pictures.
Pet Conspiracy @ MAO Livehouse Shanghai
On night we went to the MAO Livehouse to see Pet Conspiracy and other bands live. It's a nice location and worth a visit.
Yu Yuan (Yu Garden)
The Yu Garden is a pleasant private garden with many small lakes, ponds and bridges. It is a very nice place to visit, however it is very very crowded. Actually I never saw so many people on a small bridge like the Jiu Qu Qiao Bridge (Watch the video). It is a famous zig-zag bridge and a so called 'Bridge of Nine Turnings'. A zig-zag bridge may have three, five or more zig-zags.
Although the lake is only about thirty metres wide, the bridge winds more than a hundred meters because of its nine twists. In the middle of the lake is a pavilion in which visitors may have a cup of tea or enjoy the view all around.
Markets, Shanghai
Shanghai offers a lot of different kinds of markets.
You can find anything from clothing, electronics, souvenirs or antiques. It is also known for the Fake Markets where you can get copies of famous brands in electronics, watches or clothing.
However walking through these markets is very stressful because every meter someone wants you to come with him and have a look at his products. It's nearly impossible to just look at the things without people dragging you into their shops, but I guess the cheap products have their price 🙂
Expo 2010
We spent one of our ten day trip to Shanghai at the Expo. The area was huge and for the bigger and interesting Pavilions, like the German or the UK Pavilion, the waiting time was between 4 and 5 hours! Nobody wants to stand that long in a line on a very hot summer day.
It was so hot, that some places had installed water steams coming out of the ground. That was a nice cooling and made the walking easier.


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Minnesota Wildlife Rehab Center Has Record Year
ROSEVILLE (AP) - An emergency wildlife treatment center in Roseville helped a record number of animals in 2012.
The Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota treated more than 8,870 animals. That's 200 more than the previous record set in 2010.
Executive Director Phil Jenni says the center's staff treats any animal that's brought in. This time of year, the center sees more trumpeter swans with lead poisoning. Jenni says that treatment is long and expensive, costing more than $50 a day.
He also says many crows showed signs of West Nile virus in 2012.
Jenni also says children are the ones who often bring in sick or injured baby animals. He says that experience can have an impact on how they view the world.
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I know the concept of driver responsibility has been promoted before but it is good to see "mainstream" columnists expressing similar views.
Change the legal relationship between pedestrians, cyclists and drivers. In boating, the slowest, smallest vessel has priority, generally speaking. Thus the motorboater looks out first for the sailboater, not the other way around.
If drivers knew their insurance rates would go up if they hit a cyclist, they would be more cautious. Something similar should happen here. Although the passage of "Elle's law†helped, right now, when a driver hits a cyclist or a pedestrian, there is still no presumption of fault, even if just for liability purposes.
That should change. If drivers knew their insurance companies would raise their rates or cancel their policies if they hit a cyclist or pedestrian, they would be more cautious when turning onto a crosswalk or opening a car door. Right now, more people don't bicycle because it's simply still too dangerous, even with bike lanes. From my studies of the Netherlands and other bike-saturated places, it is the proper arrangement of these legal lines that is even more important than the painted lines on the streets marking a bike lane.
I feel that Alan Marshall has some more good points to make in his posting in the New York Times.


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Lance Marell Briggs (born November 12, 1980 in Sacramento, California) is an American football linebacker for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Bears in the third round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Arizona.
A Sacramento native, Briggs attended Elk Grove High School in Elk Grove, California. He was a two-time first-team All-Pac-10 Conference selection as a linebacker at the University of Arizona. Briggs finished his college career with 308 tackles, 10.5 sacks, 36 tackles for losses, three interceptions, 10 passes deflected, five forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries in 33 games at strong side linebacker.
Briggs was a third round draft pick (68th overall) by the Chicago Bears in the 2003 NFL Draft. In 2004, he made 126 tackles and was elected as a second alternate to the Pro Bowl. In 2005, Briggs was selected to represent the National Football Conference in the 2006 Pro Bowl. However, Briggs drew controversy when he refused to attended the Bears' summer camp, resulting in a temporary demotion.


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In the undergraduate course Principles of Marketing, students enter a virtual world using use the Practice Marketing software. It simulates the backpack industry, where you design a product and test your marketing skills in a fun and competitive, real-world environment.
It's all based on the "4 Ps" of marketing: product, price, placement, and promotion. Using strategies from the classroom, your goal is to bring a new backpack to market and manage your business over time to be profitable and successful against competitors.
"It's a chance to 'flip the classroom,' so I'm not just lecturing to a passive audience of students. They're actively learning and experiencing marketing," said Professor Elizabeth Wilson, who's been using the software for the last three years.
The simulation counts toward the project grade, which also includes a presentation and written reports. For the first week, students compete against the computer. Then they're split into small teams, where they'll test new strategies against classmates.
"Students are making decisions as product managers and actually seeing the results. This allows them to learn from their mistakes. If they don't like the results, they can change their strategy" said Wilson.
"In the fall 2013 semester, the teams worked through 13 turns, with each turn being equivalent to a financial quarter. During that time, students experience valuable lessons," she said. Students can see, for example, the cumulative effects of promotion and how external market events affect their business. They must wrestle with the tradeoffs of meeting consumer needs while keeping costs low enough to allow an acceptable profit.
The students are enjoying the hands-on approach to learning.
"I definitely think that simulations are good to get a real world feel of what it is like to market. And it's a great way to keep students interested in the subject matter," said Ryan Sedlacek, a junior management major.
"It feels really realistic since we're applying our knowledge and testing it. It's a great way to practice your skills, and showcase your knowledge," said Eneda Golemi, a sophomore finance/accounting double major.
"The biggest lesson I've learned is to consider every part of the game, since even a small decision may have a big impact on your overall results," Golemi added.
Sedlacek agreed. "You must pay attention to every small statistic and number because each one means something. No matter how small a trend looks, it still is a trend and needs to be taken into account," he said.
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GOOGLE MAPS no longer available: With apologies, I am unable to continue showing Google Maps. Google has forced my hand by increasing their map usage fee from nothing/free to OVER $300 A MONTH for the Abandoned Rails website! This is an expense that I simply cannot afford. Rest assured I am looking at available open source alternatives, so maps should be back online soon!
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Cuomo signs law for new oversight of disabled care
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation to create a new state agency he says will better protect about a million New Yorkers with disabilities and special needs under state-funded care.
The law will establish a new special prosecutor and inspector general, with more than 400 staff, to oversee six state agencies and their contractors.
It will establish a single point for reporting and screening abuse allegations for those in residential care and day programs.
The agency will have a hotline, statewide incident database and a list of employees banned from working with the disabled because of abusive behavior.
Critics, including a man whose autistic son died in state care, caution the agency will perpetuate abuse and cover-ups because the law doesn't create true independent oversight of the system.
The signing was announced Monday.


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2014: NEWMAC All-Conference (1500m) …NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Award... Team Captain ... (Outdoor): concluded career with fourth place finish in the 1500m run at the ECAC Championships (5/16) with at time of 3:58.85 …recorded a personal best time in the 1500m at NEICAAA Championships (5/10) in 3:54.91 to finish 18th …finished 11th in 1500m at New England Division III Championships (5/3) in 3:58.57 … won 1500m at NEWMAC Championship (4/26) in 3:56.40 … recorded season best 800m of 2:00.15 at Sean Collier Invitational (4/19) .. (Indoor): finished 52nd in the mile with a season best time of 4:18.59 and crossed 31st in the 1000m (2:32.02) at the John Thomas Invitational (1/25) …at the Bowdoin Quad meet (1/18) was part of winning 4x800m relay and finished third in the mile in 4:21.38, and 3rd in the 1000m, crossing in 2:35.61 … finished in second place at Bates (1/11) in the 800m with a time of 1:59.86 … came within three seconds of his varsity record in the 3000m run, finishing in 3:22.20, at the BU Season Opener (12/7).
2013: NEWMAC All-Conference (1500m) … (indoor): came in third place in the 3,000m at the Jay Carisella Track and Field Invitational (12/01) with a time of 8:19.12, breaking the MIT varsity record … finished third in the mile run at the Harvard Challenge (1/19) with a 4:15.09 … finished in 21st in the mile with a time of 4:14.75 at the NEICAAA Championship (2/22) … was part of the Distance Medley Relay that finished in sixth place at the NCAA Championship (2/09) in 10:03.97 … (outdoor): finished second in the 800m in 1:56.15 and seventh in the 1500m with a time of 4:09.22 at the Westmont Collegiate Classic (3/30) … came first in the 1500 at NEWMACs (4/27) in 3:55.62 … was 18th in the 1500 at ECACs (5/17) with his time of 3:59.26.
2012: Came seventh overall in the 1000m (outdoor) at the New England Division III Championship (2:32.63) and received a silver medal in the mile (4:14.39) … came sixth in the 1500m (outdoor) at the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (4:01.07) … came fifth in the distance medley relay (10:02.41) at the NCAA Division III championship … Division III All-New England in the mile and the 1000m … All-America in the distance medley relay ... NEWMAC Academic-All Conference ... Division III All-New England in 1500m ... NEICAAA All-New England in 1500m.
2011: New England Division III champion in distance medley relay (indoor) and 4x800 relay (outdoor) … All-New England in 1000m (indoor) … set MIT indoor rookie record in 1000m (2:28.29) … recorded program's sixth-best indoor time in 1000m (2:28.29) of all-time … won 1500m (4:06.03) at Engineer's Cup … won 4x800 relay (8:12.61) at MIT Spring Invitational.
Off the Track: Majoring in chemical engineering with a minor in biology and a concentration in Spanish … also competes on the MIT indoor and outdoor track and field teams … broke a record from 2005 in the 3,000 with a time of 8:19.12 … volunteered in the Hospital General de Querétaro in Mexico during the summer of 2013 … protein engineering researcher in Wittrup Lab … Amgen … conducted research in the department of chemistry in the Nolan Lab … Freshman Award for Athletics … All-American 2012 Indoor … cross country and track and field captains … Student-Athlete Advisory Committee … UAAP Student Advisory Board .
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"Sons of Anarchy" begins its sixth season at 9 p.m. CT Sept. 10 with a special 90-minute episode, FX announced Wednesday.
The sixth season of FX's top-rated drama, creator Kart Sutter teased at San Diego Comic-Con International, will up the violence in what has always been a bloody series about the outlaw motorcycle club SAMCRO and the "family" it has created. During the show's Sunday panel, he also confirmed the show will conclude with its seventh season.
"My goal is to be able to tell the story I wanted to," he said. "I never wanted us to overstay our welcome."
He also suggested the mayhem will continue through to the series finale. "At a certain point, the shit just has to hit the fan. And for it to stay real and believable, it has to find its endgame," he said, adding that endgame will be "a pool of blood."
The upcoming sixth season will set up that endgame, however, and sees Jax Teller (Charlie Hunnam) running SAMCRO as its new president after he framed his stepfather and the club's former president, the now imprisoned Clay Morrow (Ron Perlman), for the murder of Damon Pope. Jax must face the consequences of the MC's illicit deeds before they tear the club apart.
Jax is in full control of the MC, but his family life is suffering from his single-minded pursuit of John Teller's vision. Jax must find a way to keep his old lady, Dr. Tara Knowles (Maggie Siff), from going to prison for conspiracy to commit murder while rebuilding his club and breaking from the cycle of violence and greed that ultimately led to his best friend's death.
"I think that he hadn't anticipated quite how difficult it was going to be to lead, partly because of the shit-show that he inherited from Clay Morrow," Hunnam said at the panel. "Can he be the leader of this outlaw organization and still be a loving father and devoted father?"
Tara and Jax's mother, Gemma Teller-Morrow (Katey Sagal), will continue their rivalry in the upcoming season.
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Captain America: The First Avenger (US - BD RA)
Gabe takes to the battlefield with Chris Evans and the Howling Commandos...
In 1942 SS officer Johann Schmidt, aka: The Red Skull (Hugo Weaving) invades Tønsberg, Norway with his Nazi forces, and steals a mysterious cube he claims possesses untold power. He and his colleague Dr. Arnim Zola (Toby Jones) successfully harness the energy in the cube, and use it to produce powerful weapons for HYDRA, a super secret deep science branch of the Nazi forces. Meanwhile, in New York, a 98-pound asthmatic weakling named Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) has his applications for armed forces service continuously rejected due to his physical shortcomings. During one of his attempted enlistments, Rogers is approached by Dr. Abraham Erskine (Stanley Tucci), who sees great potential in him and allows him into his super-soldier program. In the program Rogers is put up against the best of the best by Colonel Chester Phillips (Tommy Lee Jones), and British special agent Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell), both of whom remain unconvinced of the latent abilities Dr. Erskine insists make him the ideal candidate for the program.
Captain America: The First Avenger and Thor both represent expensive experiments on the part of Marvel Films. These films, both based on largely out-dated, and nominally popular (in a mainstream setting) characters, took huge chances with style, and even bigger chances in basically being elongated trailers for The Avengers. Iron Man proved this could be done, Iron Man 2 proved that perhaps it shouldn't. I went into each film with a different mindset, expecting the worst from Kenneth Branagh's take on Thor, and the best from Joe Johnston's take on Captain America. In the end I was surprised by Thor, and disappointed by Captain America, which leaves my final opinion on both films sitting somewhere along the same level. Not surprisingly Captain America suffers from the same major shortcomings as every film in the Marvel movie universe, but it also manages plenty of unique positive achievements, mostly pertaining to style. The problems begin and end, in my opinion, with Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely's script. Of course, given the fact that most of these movies seem to go into production without completed scripts, and feature about a thousand uncredited script doctors, I don't blame Markus and McFeely directly. Instead I blame the Marvel machine, and the flimsy plot architectures it seems to harvest. To the script's credit the first act of Captain America is really quite good. It successfully covers a lot of ground in a short time, and it finds a compelling, modern way to tell a story that remains true to the source material. Problems arise, as they did for Iron Man 2 and Thor, with the start of the second act.
The basis of the second act story, that of Cap's rise from a symbol to a genuine hero, is fantastic in theory, and the first half of the film moves with incredible pace without losing important elements. The truly heroic stuff is given the narrative shaft, and when we finally get around to kicking ass and taking names the action feels more like an obligation than a reward. I never felt properly roused by any of the fighting despite the fact I was more than willing to root the hero. The moment Cap brings home the POWs, the film feels like it's living on borrowed time, and that the plot has run its course to the proper climax. Every action cue after, right up to the climax, feels like an elongated teaser trailer for a sequel. I'd rather see a proper Captain America and the Howling Commandos movie instead (which apparently I will, someday). Captain America should've been either 40 minutes shorter to properly tease a sequel (or midquel in this case), or 20 minutes longer to properly develop our hero as a true super soldier (even if we're just talking more elaborate action montages). The climax is a good enough action set-piece, and ends with a hard earned emotional punch, but the Red Skull element is a huge disappointment, as his plans are never effectively spelled out (he's dropping tiny planes on American cities?), and worse, Captain America doesn't even (spoiler) win the fight. There's a frustrating mix of good and bad in the process of lining this film up with the greater Marvel continuity. The inclusion of Henry Stark (Dominic Cooper) works, and the SHIELD subplots that decimated Iron Man 2 are used only as bookends here. But funnily enough, the minimization of SHIELD's presence in the film magnifies the uselessness of the SHIELD-heavy scenes. The coda is particularly awkward, and really, really should've been moved past the credits.
I was expecting the best from Captain America because the filmmakers had made the valuable decision to set the film almost entirely in the WWII era, which was a brave move based on the average returns on period-based superhero and fantasy films. One of these period-based comic book flops was The Rocketeer, and it was made by a Steven Spielberg protégé, and former ILM effects worker Joe Johnston. This was not lost upon the Marvel brass, who are always on the look out for interesting, yet cheap, directing talent. Johnston does his part as a director for hire, and captures the tone of a futurist-themed period with stylized photography, wistful camera movement, and fun production design. His action direction doesn't quite reach expected levels (of the four Marvel Studio films Captain America has the weakest action), and some of his special effects work is iffy (the skinny Rogers effects work well enough, but the compositing shots are entirely unconvincing), but his work on both the dramatic and funny scenes is pretty great. Tonally speaking the film is nearly perfect. Structural defects plague the plot, and the imagery is occasionally silly, but there was so much that could've gone wrong in bringing such a gee-golly, old school concept to the big screen in this era of humourless, gritty superhero movies. Captain America is a Saturday morning serial through and through, from cheesy shades to gauche cliffhangers, and kooky '40s future tech. The characters manage to be true to their bases with just a hint of realistic edge, and comedy is an important and consistent element.
In Marvel Studios tradition the cast is largely perfect, and likely the whole production's strongest contribution to the greater Marvel film universe. I'm pretty sure there was little question as to if Chris Evans being a nice fit for the character, but it's still nice to see him living up to the expectations he set with Fantastic Four (a generally bad film he held above water), and Sunshine (the film that proved he could pull off a dramatic victory). Hugo Weaving was another no-brainer, and he manages to uncover the fun in one of Marvel's most one-dimensional long-standing villains. Red Skull is a narrative weakness for the film, as he doesn't have any kind of character arc, his attachment to the protagonist is coincidental at best, and his evil plans are roughly defined. But Weaving channels wicked charm, and embodies enough of a physical menace to verify the character's threat. Tommy Lee Jones was also very much typecast as Col. Chester Phillips, but like Weaving brings his A-game, and steals every scene he touches. Next to Cap, he also has the best character arc, and is a better antagonist than Red Skull for much of the film. Female characters haven't fared very well in any of the Marvel Studios films, outside of maybe Pepper Potts in the Iron Man. Peggy Carter is, by default, the strongest written Marvel movie universe woman since, and Hayley Atwell finds an incredibly effective subtlety for the character, who is both tough and tender without any histrionics. The film's biggest hero, however, is Stanley Tucci, who brings amazing humanity to Dr. Abraham Erskine, despite only scant minutes of screen time. The moment he places his hand on Rogers to calm him during the super soldier process brings more emotional weight than anything else in the entire film.
Captain America: The First Avenger comes to Blu-ray and it looks quite good in glorious 2D, 1080p, 2.35:1 video. Joe Johnston and cinematographer Shelly Johnson aim for an interesting mix of old and new, and create a lighting scheme and palette that recall the tone and shade of classic '40s films, along with the softness of a modern digital HD picture. I was surprised when I first saw the film and realized the production hadn't aimed for something akin to Saving Private Ryan, as Spielberg and Janusz Kaminski's high contrast, desaturated and grainy 35mm images have basically become the defacto look of the era on film, but in the end I'm happy they didn't go with the predictable, even if it does draw some unfortunate comparisons with Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. The high definition images offers a lot in the way of subtle hue differentiations that were all but entirely lost when I saw the film in theaters, though there's still a lot of basic purity to the frame. The film's 'period' palette, which is often either pseudo-sepia, or monochromatic in blue or silver tines, leads to some delightful highlights and tinting cues, especially the uber-blue of the Cosmic Cube's powers, which cuts wonderfully against the browns of Hydra's bases (this particular blue is amusing in that it's more or less the only element that creates lens flairs). Red Skull's red head is effectively contrasted with largely black and white backdrops several times as well. The palette is widened greatly during the musical USO scenes, which include many more warm elements, and look like a piece of period propaganda art come to life. Detail levels aren't incredibly sharp due to the generally soft style of the film, and edges are often blown-out thanks to the lighting techniques. Still, there are plenty of busy backgrounds and costumes, and plenty of fine textures, despite smoothness taking technical precedence throughout most of the film,. The clarity and cleanliness of the image (there's effectively no grain on the entire transfer) doesn't do the sometimes wonky special effects any favours, but that's not the transfer's fault.
This Blu-ray comes fitted with a 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. There aren't many surprises here, other than the fact that this track is tweaked a little more quiet than I've come to expect from the uncompressed DTS-HD tracks. I was forced to turn my amp up higher than average to make out all the dialogue. Perhaps it's my system's lack of the extra two channels in the 7.1 scale, but that's never been an issue before. I'm suspicious that this may be a sign of compression. Once I found a pleasing volume level I was charmed by the punchy, aggressive mix, one which is very much in-keeping with what I heard in theaters. The mix's greatest element is found in the noises created by the Cosmic Cube, including a low-level bass hum, and multi-channel abstract, swirling energy sounds. The 'Vita-Chamber' effects also wrap circularly around the room, and vibrate the LFE effectively as Rogers is transformed into the Übermensch. Battle scenes are big and boisterous, like sugar-coated versions of Saving Private Ryan's more realist aural interpretations. The Vibranium shield in particular offers some interesting texture not found in similar battle mixes. The musical number at the center of the film is another source of stereo and surround joy, punctuated by cracking fireworks at the end, otherwise the music is a mixed bag in both technical and musical terms. In general composer Alan Silvestri hits the right notes (so to speak), but all too often his music sounds a whole lot like John Williams' Superman score, and the emotional punch at the end of the film is largely muted by heavy melodic sentimentality. The more subtle underscore is left so quiet it's practically missing entirely from some scenes, but the big, brassy numbers are represented loudly and warmly enough.
The special features begin with an audio commentary featuring director Joe Johnston, director of photography Shelly Johnson and editor Jeffrey Ford. The first thing I noticed is that Johnston doesn't seem to have seen the 3D version of the film, which strikes me as odd. In fact there's a general sense that Johnston is seeing the finished film for the first time. Generally speaking, however, this is a pleasant track, hampered by too much time spent on admiring the film, and a little too much discussion concerning the special effects. I didn't learn a lot besides the fact that the filmmakers intended to imply that Zola had done things to Bucky before Cap rescues him, obviously implying a return as The Winter Soldier in a sequel (as if there was any question), but found the experience relatively entertaining. Next up is another 'Marvel One-Shot' featuring Agent Coulson of SHIELD (who actually doesn't appear in this movie), entitled 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer' (4:00, HD). This short picks up where the short on the Thor disc left off, with Coulson on his way to investigate Thor's Hammer Mjölnir. Here the dry-witted agent takes down two armed robbers at a convenience store. That's about it.
From here we move on to a series of behind the scenes featurettes, starting with 'Outfitting a Hero' (10:50, HD), which features director Joe Johnston, producers Kevin Feige, Stephen Broussard and Louis D'Esposito, concept artist Ryan Meinerding, costume designer Anna B. Sheppard, actors Chris Evans and Dominic Cooper, suit modeler Patrick Whitaker, property master Barry Gibbs, visual effects supervisor Christopher Townsand, writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, and various Marvel staff like Joe Quesada, editors Ralph Maccio and Axel Alanso, and publisher Dan Buckly discussing the design of the film version of Captain America's costume. It includes production design images, comparison images from the comics, and behind the scenes footage. 'The Howling Commandos' (6:10, HD) features Feige, Broussard, and actors Sebastian Stan, JJ Field, Bruno Ricci, Kenneth Choi, Derek Luke, Neal McDonough talking about bringing the iconic comic characters into the already busy film, including character's comic book histories, the specifics of each actor's part, and more behind the scenes footage.
'Heightened Technology' (5:40, HD) features the producers, Townsand, Gibbs, Evans, Cooper, vehicle designer Daniel Simon discussing the futurist technology prop, vehicle and HYDRA costume design, including more production design illustrations and behind the scenes footage. 'The Transformation' (8:50, HD) features the producers, Johnston, Townsand, Evans and his double Leander Deeny discussing the process of making an Adonis like Evans look like a 98 pound weakling via special effects, including some fun comparison shots. 'Behind the Skull' (10:20, HD) sees the same producers, writers, designers and Marvel types, along with Hugo Weaving and make-up designer David White discussing the process of designing the villain, hiring the right actor for the role, and both the practical and digital effects involved. 'Captain America's Origin' (4:00, HD) features co-creator Joe Simon briefly discussing the history of the original character, including the fact that the round shield was designed in accordance with a lawsuit filed against the triangular shield, and footage of his family on the red carpet. 'The Assembly Begins' (1:50, HD) is another ad for the upcoming Avengers movie, and includes very little footage from the actual film.
The disc ends with four deleted/extended scenes (5:30, HD), three of which feature optional commentary with Johnston, Johnson and Ford (all of these scenes could easily be reinstated as far as I'm concerned), two trailers, a game trailer, and an Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes trailer.
Captain America: The First Avenger might be the most frustrating Marvel Studios solo production yet. Sometimes it's brilliant, heart-felt, exciting, and perfectly character driven, but other times it's missing important story elements, and is generally very unbalanced. I want to rate it highest among the five film collection, but if I'm going to be honest with myself it sits below Iron Man and Thor overall. In a different universe there's a 140 minute cut that fills out the sloppy middle section, and includes a couple of simple explanations to make the last act make sense. Still, it's an entertaining and unique take on the superhero film, and features some delightful performances. This Blu-ray release features an incredibly clean HD image, a slightly disappointing DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 soundtrack (I'm still wondering if it was just my copy or system based on the averages set by Paramount's DTS-HD tracks), and an assortment of fluffy, but mostly entertaining extras.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray image quality.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13
Disc Details
Release Date: 25th October 2011
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 English, DVS 2.0 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 French, Spanish and Portuguese
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese
Extras: Director, Editor and DP Commentary, Marvel One-Shot: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer, Outfitting A Hero, The Howling Commandos, Heightened Technology, The Transformation, Behind the Skull, Captain America's Origin, The Assembly Begins, Deleted/Extended Scenes, Trailers, DVD Copy, Digital Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Joe Johnston
Cast: Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Samuel L. Jackson, Hayley Atwell, Tommy Lee Jones, Sebastian Stan, Neal McDonough, Domonic Cooper, Stanley Tucci, Derek Luke, Toby Jones
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi and War
Length: 123 minutes
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I've never met a Karate expert who was in bad shape. On the other hand, I have met many Karate students who are in excellent shape, but are by no means experts.
Think about it. If you meet someone who is supposed to be a Karate expert, but find that he is in poor shape, then you will wonder what kind of training he does. Does he train at all? Does he practice in his mind only? At a seminar, does this "expert" train harder than everyone, or just stand around and watch, or take video?
But if you meet someone who is in great condition, that does not mean that he understands the principles of Karate. Sometimes, an instructor will hide behind conditioning to conceal that he does not truly understand Karate.
I practice bojutsu. I will carefully select the bo (many) that I use. Then I will carefully sand them and refinish them. If one develops the slightest crack, I will stop using it (I might cut it down for a club or yawara). I try to take good care of my bo.
Should I take less care of my body?
I also realize that people will judge me by my appearance (as shallow as that may seem).
Please do not get me wrong. I do not mean that Karate students should try to look like body builders. Karate students need to get in to the shape that is optimal for Karate training. When Shoshin Nagamine visited Hawaii in 1996, I drove him around the island with the sensei who had accompanied him from Okinawa. We stopped at a beach and one of the sensei took off his shirt. "Wow," I thought, "this guy is in bad shape." His body did not seem to have any muscles.
But later when he demonstrated, he was awesome! I was amazed. His body must have been like a thousand coiled springs. Was I ever wrong! He was in excellent shape for the type of Karate he practiced.
What kind of shape are you in? Do you take better care of your car than you body? If you don't take care of your body, it won't take care of you.
Conditioning is especially important as we age. One of the best ways to avoid injuries is to get into good shape. Good conditioning can lessen and postpone the effects of aging.
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I've never met a Karate expert who was in bad shape. On the other hand, I have met many Karate students who are in excellent shape, but are by no means experts.
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Today is the one hundredth anniversary of the start of International Women's Day. That's one hundred years of celebrating the achievements of women, past, present and future in all areas of life, be that social, political or economic. I've posted a more in depth discussion about the event on the Fi's Magical Writing Haven blog. There's also an Open University group for this event.
It got me thinking about the women in my own family and specifically the women alive in 1911 when International Women's Day began. Back then, to use a cliched phrase, my parents were not even twinklings in their parents' eyes.
What is undeniable is that both women were extremely strong and hardworking. Like their mothers before them, they were the backbones of their families. I'm very proud to name them among my ancestors. I wonder what they would think of the world in 2011.
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
International Women's Day 2011
Posted by Fi at 12:00
Labels: 1911, 2011, international women's day, leeds, lydia jane whittaker, maud annie lockwood, scotland
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What wonderful women to have in your history!! Beautiful photos.ReplyDelete
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Prenda Law Tries The 'I Know You Are, But What Am I' Legal Strategy
from the legal-childishness-at-work dept
While Cooper's claims were not made by him in the California cases, Pietz brought them up in those cases, leading to a series of hissy fits from Gibbs. At first he refused to answer a simple question about who Alan Cooper really is, and then when ordered to do so by Judge Wright, asked that Wright be removed from the case for bias. If you thought that was the end of things, you don't know Prenda Law, apparently. The latest filing from Gibbs takes legal childishness to altogether new levels, more or less trying to flip things around and claim that it's really Pietz who is making up people who he represents. I'm not joking.
Thus far, Attorney Morgan Pietz has submitted filings in approximately twenty cases in the Central District on the basis of the fact that he represents the putative John Doe in this case. However, Mr. Pietz has not offered a single shred of evidence to support this assertion. As it stands, Mr. Pietz could very well be intervening in all of these cases for his own ends, with no real client that he is defending. If Mr. Pietz wishes to contest the plain, unambiguous evidence of bias that Plaintiff has demonstrated in its Motion for Disqualification, then Mr. Pietz should have to submit evidence that he is, in fact, representing the actual individual he claims to represent, and not merely inserting himself into cases on the pretense of representing that individual.Every time we see another story about Prenda law, it seems to involve someone associated with the firm doing something incredibly unprofessional and childish, in a manner suggesting they think they're a hell of a lot smarter than everyone else and are actually pulling something over on the world -- when the reality is that all of their moves seem ridiculously transparent.


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Healthy Rinne should make difference for Predatorsby John Manasso
As hard as the Nashville Predators worked to stabilize their season during the first half of last season, they were unable to do so without injured goaltender Pekka Rinne.
The two-time Vezina Trophy finalist had major hip surgery in May 2013. Less than three weeks into the 2013-14 season, the hip became infected and he was sidelined for more than four months.
With the Predators using a young defense that included a 19-year-old and three 23-year-olds, the goaltending duties fell to two players who entered last season with one combined game of NHL experience, Carter Hutton and Marek Mazanec. Hutton eventually became consistent, but there were some growing pains along the way; the Predators had a four-game losing streak in November in which they were outscored 17-2.
Rinne owns a career save percentage of .918, although that dipped to a career low (in seasons in which he has played in more than two games) of .902 last season. The four other goalies used by the Predators posted a collective save percentage of .904 in 2013-14.
It seems a fairly safe bet that if the Predators had a healthy Rinne and if he played anywhere close to his career norms, Nashville would have been a playoff team last season.
The question is whether the 31-year-old Rinne, who led the NHL in wins in 2011-12 with 43, will return to top form. Predators general manager David Poile is betting that he will, citing the fact that Rinne was named the most valuable player at the World Championship in May. Rinne had a .928 save percentage and three shutouts during the tournament, leading Finland to the gold medal game, where it lost 5-2 to Russia.
He also finished last season with two shutouts and one regulation loss in his final seven games. Poile said the hip severely curtailed Rinne's offseason regimen in 2012 (a year before he had surgery), making this summer his first normal one in three years.
"Pekka was good at the end of the season," Poile said. "I think he confirmed that to himself by playing at the World Championships and being named MVP of the World Championships. We've been in touch with him over the summer and he feels really great, which he hadn't been able to work out actually the last two summers…. A healthy Pekka Rinne makes everybody look better."
One factor that remains an unknown in terms of how it will affect Rinne is a change at the goaltending coach position. Mitch Korn, who departed to follow former Nashville coach Barry Trotz to the Washington Capitals, earned something of a reputation as a guru at the position. Korn played an integral role in developing Rinne, who was an eighth-round pick (No. 258) in 2004.
The Predators' new goaltending coach is Ben Vanderklok, who worked under Korn and served as Nashville's assistant goaltending coach for the past five seasons. In a news release announcing the promotion of Vanderklok, Poile called him a "natural fit" and cited Vanderklok's history of working with Korn.
In the highly competitive Central Division, Rinne could be a difference-maker. Rinne is the only goalie in the division other than Corey Crawford of the Chicago Blackhawks who has won all four games in a playoff series, a feat he has accomplished twice.
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How to find anime news
I've written this post in order to improve the speed of those posters who announce or wish to announce new anime information in the Unaired forum. I've been writing my own anime announcement blog for almost a year now, I have confidence in my sources and the tools I use. I don't know how long I'll keep writing it, since I'll have to start taking school a little more seriously, plus I have a job already, so I wish to relay my experience to eager members of this forum, which inspired me to delve into this practice in the first place. I hope the mentioned tools and sources can be of use to you guys. So without further ado...
You can have as many sources as you want, but I don't think having too many is such a good idea. If you're a busy student or working a job or two, time management becomes an issue sooner or later. I'm constantly refining sources of choice, as you should too. Below is my list of Japanese anime sources sorted based on personal importance, but I think it's pretty valid for purposes of this forum:
Japanese sources
MOON PHASE Diary (Feed)
MOON PHASE Anime List
MOON PHASE Main Site
Maintained by Cyan, MOON PHASE is consistently the fastest secondary and primary news source for newly announced anime. Unconfirmed news are usually tagged as タレコミ (tarekomi - information that hasn't been officially released).New Anime Information Bulletin Board @ 2ch (Feed via BBS News)
Shin Bangumi wo Aota-gai! (新番組を青田買い!) Thread (Feed via 2ch RSS Maker)
New information is mainly posted in Shin Bangumi wo Aota-gai! thread, which is 2ch's version of New Announced Anime, but sometimes separate new threads get created that might contain new information. There's a 1000-post limit for threads on this bulletin board, so when they reach that limit users promptly create a new thread. The board's feed will notify you when that happens, so you'll have to make a new feed for the recycled thread.Moe News+ @ 2ch (Feed via BBS News)
The Moe News+ 2ch board is a community-based aggregator for discussing general otaku news that get pulled from all over the place, not just anime-specific but also mainstream news sites. Thread titles are properly tagged for easier browsing. If you ever see a news article on ANN that isn't properly sourced, there's a good chance they found it here.Saishin Anime Jouhou (Feed)
SaiAni is useful for any trailers, promotional videos, and newly opened official websites that other sources initially miss.Getchu (NSFW)
Getchu is a retail site that's all about ero. They frequently announce new adult anime.Animate.tv Promo Section
Animate.tv posts a decent amount of promotional media, such as trailers, drama CD samples, and the likes. None of their feeds include articles from this section, but you can use Test for Updates.Optional
AnimeAnime News (Feed)
AnimeAnime Business (Feed)
AnimeAnime is a reputable website that's more about PR than anything else, so they occasionally stand as primary news sources. They are usually quick with announcements of theatrical anime or live-action films. Moe News+ copy-pastes pretty much all of their articles, so having it in your feed reader is optional.Famitsu (Feed)
I can't wholeheartedly recommend this one because it's hard to filter. On rare occasions they publish game event reports which contain announcements of new anime adaptations, but they publish so many articles per day that is just painful to sift through.English sources for backup
AnimeNation Blog (Feed)
AnimeNewsNetwork (Feed)
Yes, you can filter all of these feeds to cut down on received information. There are probably specialized programs out there that do this as extensively as what I'm using, which is Yahoo! Pipes, but I personally haven't checked. Yahoo! Pipes is a very intelligent, relatively easy-to-use web-based feed aggregation platform. I've been using this baby to cut down on reading time, especially the bulk of useless 2ch posts (who the heck has time to read through them all?!). What's great about this service is that users can clone each other's published pipes and simply modify or upgrade them to their tastes. I've published a few pipes for the purpose of this thread which include four of the recommended sources. All are custom-filtered, so you can view how they're structured, clone them, and modify them as you like. Of course, Yahoo! Pipes lets you subscribe to pipes' output with your feed reader.
Shin Bangumi wo Aota-gai! (Make sure you update the Fetch Feed module frequently as the thread gets recycled.)
2ch Moe News+ Custom Filter
SaiAni Custom Filter
Famitsu Custom Filter
Useful to know:
- Most new anime announcements and trailers come out a month before new anime seasons start. Anime themselves can be announced even a year before their broadcast/release dates, assuming their production schedule is in order (it can take a decade or more in extremely corrupt cases).
- I usually check Getchu manually once a day (around 15:00 GMT) because they update too frequently (and because I'm interested in more than just adult anime <_<).
- You can feed on YouTube search results as well. Comic Market 75 is coming up. Put this in your feed reader so as to catch bootleg recordings of new anime trailers as they are made ready.
- Check out Comipedia for important magazine release dates as those contain the bulk of new anime announcements, for example, monthly NewType gets released on the 10th every month. Leaks posted a few days early are nothing out of the ordinary.
That's pretty much it. Is there a point in keeping up with all these sources when we have AnimeNewsNetwork? I don't know, I just don't like their supremacy, so beating them to the punch when I'm not at work or sleeping makes this geek a happy puppy. :) Let's hope we can keep up this forum's tradition for many years to come.
This is an awesome post with lots of info. Thanks! I also agree that FeedReader is the best free feed reader for Windows, too.
thanks your a big help
Today Moonphase is replaced by another site called Cash Advance.
Someone didn't pay their server costs.
thanks for the usefull info
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I hate to say this, but some of the sources and tools are already embarrassingly old. I'd love it if anyone well-versed in today's news lore would update us with the latest. I only follow 2ch aggregate blogs these days (like Yaraon!), which are not the fastest way to get news anyway ...
Thanks to CrowKenobi for fixing MP's. :)
great!! i don't undertstand in totallity how found new anime, xD
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – After splitting their first two dual matches of the tournament the King Lady Tornado women's wrestling team decisively defeated Missouri Valley College for a third place finish at the 2013 NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals. Alli Ragan and Julia Salata led a host of Lady Tornado grapplers that finished the tournament with a 2-1 record.
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About Elizabeth Bishop
George S. Lensing
Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), poet, was born on 8 February 1911 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Her father died before her first birthday, and her mother suffered a series of nervous collapses and was committed to a mental hospital when Bishop was five, thus being permanently removed from the life of her only child. From ages three to six, Bishop lived in Great Village, Nova Scotia, with her mother's parents, and was then taken in by her father's family in Worcester and Boston. She attended Walnut Hill School near Boston during her high-school years, followed by four years at Vassar. By way of the Vassar librarian, in New York Bishop met the poet Marianne Moore, twenty-four years her senior, and their friendship quickly flourished. Her earliest work, which was influenced by George Herbert, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Moore, appeared in the Vassar undergraduate magazine she had helped to found. Having briefly considered a career in medicine, she turned to poetry with the encouragement of Moore, who published a handful of her poems in an anthology called Trial Balances in 1935. In residence in New York for a year, she wrote her first mature poems, including "The Map" and "The Man-Moth." She then lived intermittently in Europe for three years before purchasing a house in Key West, Florida, in 1938. After being rejected by several New York publishers, the first of her four volumes of poetry, North and South, was finally published in 1946. The next year she was introduced by Randall Jarrell to Robert Lowell, who became a lifelong friend.
In 1951, the geographical displacement in her life continued when she took ill on a trip to South America; left behind by a freighter in Brazil, she made that country her home for the next eighteen years. Her lesbian relationship with Lota de Macedo Soares gave her life stability and love, and she established residences in Rio de Janeiro, nearby Petrópolis, and, later, Ouro Pręto. A Cold Spring, her second volume of poetry, appeared in 1955. Brazil became the setting for many of the poems that were collected a decade later in Questions of Travel (1965).
After the suicide of Lota de Macedo Soares, Bishop increasingly began to live in the United States, and became poet-in-residence at Harvard University in 1969. A close friendship with Alice Methfessel began in 1971 and continued until the time of Bishop's death in 1979. Her final poetry volume, Geography III, was published in 1976,
Bishop often spent many years writing a single poem, working toward an effect of offfhandedness and spontaneity. Committed to a "passion for accuracy," she re-created her worlds of Canada, America, Europe, and Brazil. Shunning self-pity, the poems thinly conceal her estrangements as a woman, a lesbian, an orphan, a geographically rootless traveler, a frequently hospitalized asthmatic, and a sufferer of depression and alcoholism. "I'm not interested in big-scale work as such," she once told Lowell. "Something needn't be large to be good."
Manuscript holdings are at the Houghton Library, Harvard University; the Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the Vassar College Library; and the Washington University Libraries.
From The Oxford Companion to Womens Writing in the United States. Copyright © 1995 by Oxford University Press.
Anne Agnes Colwell
Bishop, Elizabeth (8 Feb. 1911-6 Oct. 1979), poet, was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, the daughter of Gertrude Bulmer and William Thomas Bishop, owners of the J. W. Bishop contracting firm. Bishop's childhood was filled with a sense of loss that pervades her poetry. Her father died from Bright's disease when she was eight months old. Her mother, psychologically distraught, spent the next five years in and out of psychiatric hospitals. With William's death, Gertrude lost her U.S. citizenship and, when she experienced the decisive breakdown in her family home in Nova Scotia, was hospitalized in a public sanatorium in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Elizabeth Bishop was five when this breakdown occurred; she later recounted it in her prose masterpiece "In the Village." Her mother, diagnosed as permanently insane, never saw Elizabeth again.
After her mother's hospitalization, Bishop lived in Great Village, Nova Scotia, with her mother's family, in a loving, comforting atmosphere. However, the equilibrium that she had gained was upset by her paternal grandparents' decision to raise the child with them in Worcester. In her prose memoir "The Country Mouse," Bishop writes,"I had been brought back unconsulted and against my wishes to the house my father had been born in, to be saved from a life of poverty and provincialism." There, in isolated wealth, Bishop keenly felt her lack of relations. She wrote, "I felt myself aging, even dying. I was bored and lonely with Grandma, my silent grandpa, the dinners alone. . . . At night I lay blinking my flashlight off and on, and crying."
When her mother's sister, Maud Bulmer Shepherdson, rescued Bishop in May 1918, even her paternal grandparents saw that their "experiment" had failed. Never a strong child, Bishop now suffered from eczema, asthma, St. Vitus's dance, and nervous ailments that made her nearly too weak to walk. Maud Shepherdson lived in an apartment in a South Boston tenement. An unpublished manuscript, "Mrs. Sullivan Downstairs," recounts Bishop's love for this neighborhood. There, Bishop later recalled, she began to write poetry, influenced by Aunt Maud's love of literature.
As she grew stronger, Bishop spent her summers in Nova Scotia and attended Camp Chequesset on Cape Cod. Her unusual circumstances and poor health limited her formal schooling before age fourteen. However, she was an excellent student, and following her time at the Walnut Hill School for Girls, Bishop entered the Vassar College class of 1934.
At Vassar, Bishop, with novelist Mary McCarthy and others, began an underground literary magazine, Con Spirito, publishing a more socially conscious and avant-garde selection than the legitimate Vassar Review. In the spring of 1934, the year her mother died and the year of her graduation, Bishop met and became friends with poet Marianne Moore. Through Moore's influence, Bishop came to see poetry as an available, viable vocation for a woman. Moore recommended Bishop for the Houghton Mifflin Prize, and Bishop's manuscript North and South was chosen for publication in August 1946 from over 800 entries.
North and South introduces the themes central to Bishop's poetry: geography and landscape, human connection with the natural world, questions of knowledge and perception, and the ability or inability of form to control chaos. Before Robert Lowell reviewed North and South, he met Bishop at a dinner party, a meeting that marked the beginning of a crucial, if complicated, friendship. Lowell, like Moore, showed Bishop possibilities--practically, in the form of grants, fellowships, and awards, and artistically. In 1950 Lowell helped Bishop secure the post of poetry consultant for the Library of Congress while she worked on her second book.
Bishop won the Lucy Martin Donnelly Fellowship from Bryn Mawr College in 1950 and an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 1951 she traveled to South America to see the Amazon. However, before she could leave for the dreamed-of voyage, Bishop ate a cashew fruit to which she had a violent allergic reaction that kept her bedridden. As Bishop recovered her health, she fell in love, both with Lota de Macedo Soares, her friend and nurse, and with the landscape and culture of Brazil. For fifteen years Bishop lived with Soares, in the mountain town of Petropolis and in Rio de Janeiro. This new love and home offered Bishop happiness she had known only briefly in Great Village. She wrote to Lowell that she was "extremely happy for the first time in my life" (28 July 1953).
In April 1954 Bishop made an agreement with Houghton Mifflin to publish her second book, A Cold Spring, in a volume that included the poems from her first book, under the title Poems: North and South--A Cold Spring. This book won the 1956 Pulitzer Prize. When the book appeared in August 1955, the reviews were laudatory: Donald Hall called Bishop "one of the best poets alive."
After publishing A Cold Spring, Bishop spent the next three years translating a popular Brazilian work, the diary of "Helena Morely" (Dona Alice Brant) called Minha Vida de Menina. The story of Helena's life in the small town of Diamantina in 1893 reminded Bishop of her 1916 Great Village, and translating this work while reflecting on and writing about her own childhood helped Bishop explore her past as artistic material. The translation was published under the title The Diary of Helena Morely by Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy in 1957.
Bishop's third book, Questions of Travel (1965), includes both reflections on her childhood experiences and poems about her new home in Brazil. The book is divided into two sections, Brazil and Elsewhere, with the prose piece "In the Village" placed between the divisions. Bishop returns to themes of geography, form, and landscape, but here she allows more intimacy, both between viewer and landscape and between reader and poet. Questions of Travel garnered positive reviews. Robert Mazzocco in the New York Review of Books (Oct. 1967) called Bishop "one of the shining, central talents of our day." The book is filled with the description for which Bishop received so much praise, but it is also filled with an unmistakable sense of what Wyatt Prunty calls "the askew," moments in which the senses fail to report reality, slide off into the mysterious, terrifying, or ecstatic.
Throughout the mid-1960s, life in Brazil grew difficult for Bishop. Lota de Macedo Soares, involved in the politics of Rio, had taken charge of a public parks project that absorbed her time and attention. As the political situation worsened, Bishop felt more uncomfortable in her Brazilian home. In 1966 Bishop spent two semesters as poet in residence at the University of Washington but returned to Rio in the hope of reestablishing her life there. Both Bishop and Soares suffered physical and psychological distress and were hospitalized in Brazil. When Bishop grew stronger, she left for New York with the expectation that Soares, as soon as she was well enough, would join her. Soares arrived in New York on the afternoon of 19 September 1967 and later that evening took an overdose of tranquilizers and died at age fifty-seven.
This loss proved terribly difficult for Bishop personally, although she continued to write and publish. In 1969 Bishop published Complete Poems, a volume that included all of her previously published poems and several new pieces. This book won the National Book Award for 1970. When the ceremony took place, Bishop was once again trying to reestablish a Brazilian life. However, the politics, along with Bishop's inability to negotiate the culture without Soares's help, finally convinced her that a Brazilian life was impossible. In the fall of 1970 she returned to the United States to teach at Harvard. There Bishop met the woman who became a source of strength and love for the rest of her life, Alice Methfessel.
Bishop eventually signed a four-year contract with Harvard. Although she never felt completely comfortable as a teacher, her students report learning much from her precision, from the quiet conversation that constituted her class. In 1976 Bishop became the first American and the first woman to be awarded the Books Abroad/Neustadt International Prize for Literature. In that year she also published her last collection of poetry, Geography III, which won the Book Critics' Circle Award for 1977. This volume of nine beautifully crafted poems returns to themes of North and South but with greater intimacy and immediacy. Alfred Corn, writing in the 1977 Georgia Review, gives a clear and insightful reading of Geography III that could apply to all Bishop's work. He praises
a perfected transparence of expression, warmth of tone, and a singular blend of sadness and good humor, of pain and acceptance--a radiant patience few people ever achieve and few writers ever successfully render. The poems are works of philosophic beauty and calm, illuminated by that "laughter in the soul" that belongs to the best part of the comic genius.
When Bishop submitted her application for a Guggenheim Fellowship on 1 October 1977, she indicated that she would work on a new volume, tentatively titled "Grandmother's Glass Eye," and a book-length poem, Elegy. Four poems of the new volume, "Santarem," "North Haven," "Pink Dog," and "Sonnet," were complete when Bishop died in Boston, Massachusetts. Bishop's poems have been collected in The Complete Poems, 1927-1979, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1983).
Elizabeth Bishop's papers are in both the Houghton Library, Harvard University, and Vassar College Library special collections. Brett C. Millier's biography Elizabeth Bishop: Life and the Memory of It (1993) is a valuable resource, as is Candace W. MacMahon's bibliography Elizabeth Bishop: A Bibliography, 1927-1979 (1980). Other important critical assessments of Bishop's work include Bonnie Costello, Elizabeth Bishop: Questions of Mastery (1991); David Kalstone, Becoming a Poet (1989); Jeredith Merrin, An Enabling Humility: Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, and the Uses of Tradition (1990); Robert Dale Parker, The Unbeliever: The Poetry of Elizabeth Bishop (1988); and Thomas Travisano, Elizabeth Bishop: Her Artistic Development (1988). Her prose is in The Collected Prose (1984), with a helpful introduction by Robert Giroux. Giroux also edited and published Bishop's letters, masterpieces in themselves, in One Art: Letters (1994). An obituary is in the New York Times (8 Oct. 1979.
Source: http://www.anb.org/articles/16/16-01885.html; American National Biography Online Feb. 2000. Access Date: Sun Mar 18 16:53:45 2001 Copyright (c) 2000 American Council of Learned Societies. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
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