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Having visited ten countries in nearly five months without any major mishap, I had my camera bag stolen yesterday, and with it, also my passport.
This happened at the Berlin train station at around 12:45AM. I had left the apartment at 3:35AM Wednesday and was waiting for the 4:27AM train on Thursday to get back to Leipzig, meaning I would be inside my apartment again at 6:15AM the next day, or after nearly 27 hours away from home. These extremely long days are not untypical for me, since I always strive to maximize my travel budget and time. Fatigue, then, was a factor, but the thieves were also extremely professional.
I believe one man had a bag that could be folded and stored inside his jacket. Once inside the cafe where I was sitting, he took it out, then placed my bag inside his bag, then walked out. There were guys outside goofing around. They may have been his accomplices creating a distraction. There might have been another guy to distract the cashier also. I had my bag on the floor, but normally it would have been between my feet. Not this time. I screwed up.
It was a tiny cafe, and though I was looking straight out, I saw nothing since my bag had been placed inside the thief's bag.
Next Thursday, I'm scheduled to fly back to Philly. I had contemplated going down to Northern Bohemia this week to check out the Gypsy situation, but obviously, that's scrapped. Tomorrow or Monday, I'll have to go to the US embassy in Berlin to get a replacement passport.
For the last seven years, I've spent almost every spare day roaming the streets to take photos and, when I get a chance, talk to strangers. The results are the nearly 9,000 images on this blog and at least 250 articles. Without my camera, this blog will have to go on hiatus for a while. If I feel an urgent need to write something, of course I'll write, but there won't be nearly daily posting of images.
Though my activities here have been frantic, no one asked me to do any of this. I'm tired.
At least this mishap happened at the end of my overseas stay, after I had written about (and photographed) Germany, Singapore, England, Poland, Hungary, Turkey and Ukraine.
11:56AM 2/25 update: the embassy has responded to my request for a replacement passport, so at least I won't be stranded in Leipzig.
And a huge thank you to three regular donors for sending $180. After a few hours of fitful sleep, I woke up feeling pretty damn stupid, but the Vietnamese have a saying, "Keep going out at night, you will see ghosts." For this project, I've visited many of the worst places in the USA, such as Camden (repeatedly, even at night), Gary, Oakland and Detroit, etc., and during this stay in Europe, I've roamed completely unknown cities at all hours, so I've been very lucky to have nothing bad happen until yesterday.
In Istanbul, I was briefly surrounded by some assholes, one of whom struck me in the face. Since that had nothing to do with polictics and not emblematic of Turkey, I left it out of my article. In Istanbul, a restaurant owner also refused to charge me for lunch. Everywhere I've gone, I've met kindness way more often than rudeness, so I consider myself very blessed.
I just went on eBay to look for a replacement camera body and lens. Even used, this gear is expensive, so I will need to raise around $1,200 to get going again. It kills me that such a sum would only be used to replace what I already had, but what can I do now? From now on, I'll just have to make sure to never leave my camera bag where it could be snatched, and perhaps staying out for more than 24 hours at a time is not such a great idea, considering that I'm not getting younger. I'm 52.
P.S. Yesterday, I had gone to Hamburg, and Berlin was only a stop on the way back. A roundtrip from Leipzig to Hamburg was only 30 Euros, but the catch was a 4+ hour layover in Berlin in the middle of the night. I took some nice photos in Hamburg, including two I thought were formal breakthroughs for me. Hamburg itself, I found cold and rather charmless. Completely flattened in WWII, it appears very modern and sterile, and the famed seediness around the Reeperbahn has become pretty canned. Hamburg does have a huge foreign-born population, and that was interesting to observe. With a day pass on the subway, I was all over.
1:28PM 2/25 update: up to $200 from four donors. Many thanks!
2:10PM 2/25 update: up to $260 from six donors. Many thanks!
3:20PM 2/25 update: Ron Unz just sent me $1,000, so my goal has been met! Once I get back to the States, I will go on eBay to get a good-conditioned, used Canon 50D and at least one lens. Batteries, memory cards and a camera bag will also have to be bought. Thanks to everyone for helping me out, not just today but through the years. Without you, this blog would not be possible.
11:04PM 2/26/16 update: I was in Berlin today to get my replacement passport so I'm good to go home on Thursday. Thanks for a $25 donation from Cocoa, FL!
6:24PM 2/27/16 update: Thanks for a $50 donation from Tunbridge, VT! I'm working on an article about Gypsies. It should be up tomorrow or Monday.
Thursday, February 25, 2016
My luck ran out
Having visited ten countries in nearly five months without any major mishap, I had my camera bag stolen yesterday, and with it, also my passport.
21 comments:
- Mark and Jolee said...
Linh, How awful! But as you say, at least it happened at the end of your sojourn in Europe and we are lucky you shared it with us. We're really sorry about this, though. We remember you coming into our island ferry terminal with that big camera, and what wonderful pictures it took! Take care and anything we can do to help, we're ready. J and M
- February 25, 2016 at 3:54 PM
- Rudy said...
This is nothing short of disastrous.
- February 25, 2016 at 4:11 PM
- Christian said...
the solution is simple: Send some Money to Linh right away! So that he can buy a new one.
I will do so immediately. If everybody who reads this donates just five or ten quid - it's done. So let's fix it for Linh here. Auf geht's! (Let's get it on in German).
Take care Linh - sorry for your loss, but you will carry on - I am sure.
All the best
- February 25, 2016 at 4:39 PM
- Rudy said...
- February 25, 2016 at 5:29 PM
- Christian said...
Big thumbs up, Rudy!
C'mon lads - this guy (I mean Linh) just tries to show signs of humanity in rough times and circumstances - let us show him, that humanity works in many ways!
Big thanks to all who contribute!
Bis dann
- February 25, 2016 at 7:28 PM
- Ian Keenan said...
If you go to those no name New York photo shops where six immigrant guys are standing there in a small room and hone in on what you want, say this is all I can spend, and they know you're telling the truth because you are - the prices can be surprising, maybe not as good as eBay but maybe and for new gear. Insuring the camera may work with some company. I remember when I first saw your camera pack and was shocked you take that into all those dive bars.
But clearly one can go to the poorest rural (and often urban) places and it never occurs to anyone to commit petty theft and they don't know how. If you're somewhere where wealthy tourists consistently appear the petty theft can arrive and hone its practice. Who steals the least? "As with Jordan, the general absence of theft has to be one of the most refreshing thing about traveling in Syria. Your bags will be quite safe left unattended virtually anywhere." ('93 Lonely Planet) So maybe the Syrians will help out with that in Berlin.
- February 26, 2016 at 12:32 AM
- Chuck Olroski said...
Linh: First thing I thought upon reading the first sentences was "professional thieves" at work with perhaps a political agenda. How distrustful I become.
So happy to reach the end (in red), displaying the contributor saviors, including Ron Unz.
Better stitch camera equipment inside your underwear while Trans-Atlantic and until home! 10 nations, an incredible journey, long may you snap.
- February 26, 2016 at 7:08 AM
- LJansen said...
hi, Linh. pitched in a pittance. but hope it helps.
also, did you see this: http://www.latimes.com/local/orangecounty/la-me-adv-cabbie-inmate-friendship-20160225-story.html
- February 26, 2016 at 7:51 AM
- Linh Dinh said...
Thanks, LJansen!
Must run to train station right now to go back to Berlin to pick up my new passport...
- February 26, 2016 at 9:54 AM
- Chuck Olroski said...
On the stolen passport, here's a quote from Melville, Moby Dick, "The Sermon," (Chapter 9), "In this world shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel feerly, and without a PASSPORT; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers."
Without any discernible reason, yesterday's mail had a bill from the I.R.S. for $1,600.00. have 1-month to make payment! In order to determine what the hell is going on, I must now return to Jackson Hewitt who did our income tax filing. going on. (Note: In last night's GOP debate circus, Ben Carson claimed he got audited by the I.R.S. for opposing Obamacare) In contrast, Carol and I have had Obamacare since my company showed me the door, March 2014.
When you get grounded, Carol and I will welcome your visit, and this time, I won't have to jockey cars, and we can relax & unwind in Dorko's, Remo's bar, Mount Carmel. I need to get a good package on, not worry about driving D.U.I., and best wishes with your flight home!
- February 26, 2016 at 11:57 PM
- Linh Dinh said...
Yo Chuck,
I just got back from Berlin. At least getting a replacement passport wasn't a nightmare. When I had my bag stolen, I didn't even know how long it would take to get a replacement passport.
At the Berlin station, I watched the Gypsies with extra interest, considering what happened. I think I will write a piece about the Gypsy situation after all.
- February 27, 2016 at 5:12 AM
- Chuck Olroski said...
I thought getting the passport reissued was going to be a tortuous ordeal. Glad I was wrong.
In lieu of the equipment theft, writing on Gypsy situation is a good idea. I am for one wondering how organized they are? As you know, here in the US there's Heinz 57 varieties of ethnic mafias. In fact, there's a new lurid cops & robbers movie called "Triple 9." In the film, a character mentioned the Atlanta, Georgia-based "Kosher Nostra," the Russian-Jewish mob. I do not know the fate of the character who said that, but it's probably not good.
To date, the world's top historical robbers and rogues probably learned a lot of valuable techniques from the gypsies.
Lastly, early this morning, I talked with Joe "Remo" Remash on the telephone. He was seated upon Dorko's Cafe stool, and watching favorite, The Andy Griffith Show. Remo asked if I could join him in Freeland, PA tonight, a regional dart throwing competition is underway. Could not, must rise early for Kitchen duty.
A long time dart-hurler, Remo plans to compete in Freeland, and maybe you and I can go to Dorko's when you get rest and ooze into the crazy & numb Empire life.
Remo said hello, said he'll never forget your visit, pictures, and the Centralia Postcard. Wish you well!
- February 27, 2016 at 6:42 AM
- David A. Powell said...
Hello Linh,
At exactly the same time you were sitting in the cafe in Berlin, I was writing a mail to you. After finishing my mail, I looked at your blog and realized what had happened with your camera, etc. - probably not long after the fact. Finally, I'm very glad everything has worked out as well as it has.
On the other hand, I was a bit sad that I didn't discover your blog or residency here in Germany a bit sooner (but then, things - in my experience - usually happen in their own time rather than when and how we'd prefer). Your Kiev photos really knocked me over (and I've still not fully recovered from it). OK, I have very personal connections with Kiev as well as a particular person in Kiev (a very good friend for a number of years). But I won't go into this here.
At the same time (from what I've learned through two of your interviews), we seem to have quite a lot in common in terms of "worldviews" (and here I'm not merely speaking about "compatible political opinions"). When you talk about the tragedy of destroying and throwing away priceless cultural heritages - this is exactly where I live with my thoughts a great part of the time (and the main reason I'm involved with what occupies me...). In short, I don't come across many others who are as concerned with the vital importance of "creative preservation." Yes, I had the same reaction in 1989 to Prague as you did - I was astounded.
I may be dirt poor - but the building I live in was built in the early 1700's - and this allows me a very "rich" spiritual connection with things, people and ideas I've valued my whole life. This, to me, is worth a lot more than having a lot of cash (although having an extra Euro or two never hurts).
I'm an American artist living permanently in Germany since 1990. Unlike you, I DID become a painter (among other things ... but I won't go into this just now, either). My German partner (a writer) has been urging me to start a blog of my own for quite some years now. Well, it seems the exposure to your blog was what I needed as a "final push" in this direction. Needless to say, my partner is very pleased now...
Of course, the blog is still in its infancy - but one has to start somewhere.
I sincerely hope you can make it back to Germany at some point in the future. And I wish you a safe return trip. Above all, take good care of yourself regardless of where you are. You are very much need on this planet.
David Powell
- February 28, 2016 at 8:55 AM
- David A. Powell said...
correction: "You are very much needed on this planet." (sorry, it has been a long day)
- February 28, 2016 at 8:57 AM
- Linh Dinh said...
Hi David,
Many thanks for your email. I had too eventful a week, so need to unwind a bit.
Cultural losses has been an ongoing theme of mine. In my story "!" [from Blood and Soap] I wrote this:
The war was an outrage, Ho Muoi thought, not because it was wiping out thousands of people a day, the young, the old, and the unborn, but that it could exterminate a man of destiny like himself. And yet he understood that wars also provide many lessons to those who survived them. A war is a working man's university. Knowing that, he almost felt grateful.
Ho Muoi also had the superstition (or the inspiration) that if the war eliminates a single book from this earth, then that would be a greater loss than all the lives wasted. The death of a man affects three or four other individuals, at most. Its significance is symbolic and sentimental, but the loss of a single book is tangible, a disaster which should be mourned forever by all of mankind. The worth of a society is measured by how many books it has produced. This, from a man who had never actually read a book. Ho Muoi had seen so few books, he could not tell one from another; they were all equal in his mind. He never suspected that war is the chief generator of books. A war is a thinking man's university.
- February 28, 2016 at 4:25 PM
- David A. Powell said...
Thanks very much for your response - and the quote (it was unexpected since I've long ago gotten used to being ignored or passed over when I write someone).
You do seem exhausted and in need of winding down (yes, I know full well how it can go, being someone who relentlessly pursues something to the point of total collapse...). I'm sure (I hope) you'll get what you need in this sense in the coming time.
The passage which struck me was in your piece about Brighton:
"While I'm no progressive, I agree with Dan that we've lost a huge part of our core humanity and capacity for basic pleasures. In the name of progress, human nature has been deformed and beauty shattered, burnt or bombed into oblivion. It's as if we can't stand our magnificent heritage. Just look at what Europe did to itself in the 20th century. Visiting Prague for the first time, I was astounded to see what an intact, major European city should look like. As Lewis Mumford pointed out, man should study his entire past, even the most distant, for lessons on how to move forward. Instead of lunging ahead, he should walk backward as much as possible."
There is too much to be said about all of this. However, I especially like Mumford's idea of walking backward as much as possible (of course, it's an "impossible" idea given the ongoing state of things ... but "impossible" describes our dilemma ... as well as the direction needed if we are ever to really get serious about dealing with our dilemma).
Cultural artifacts (buildings, books, paintings, eating utinsils ... you name it) fall into different categories. Specialists study these things for what they reveal about "human culture" and put the old examples in museums and archives to preserve them for future study (or whatever). A very small amount can be called "art" - but for the most part it's all just a lot of objects which no one uses any more (even the painted images). Sometimes, what is no longer used turns out to be "art" when the veneer of use value falls away (so a fork might end up being almost as valuable as a third or fourth-rate "old master").
In one of his texts, Kasimir Malevich writes: "If it were possible to extract from the works of the great masters the feeling expressed in them - the actual artistic value, that is - and to hide this away, the public, along with the critics and art scholars, would never even miss it."
What I'm getting at is this: in a world determined only by "use value" - how something (or someone) can be USED to reach an exclusively MATERIAL end ... well, one hardly needs catastrophes such as wars for destroying what feeds us spiritually ... what Malevich calls "feeling" (whether it is transmitted by a painting, poem or person). This, as I see it, describes the real threat we face as a species. Finally, when we no longer feel anything, destructive events such as wars (or indeed immanent nuclear annihilation) simply no longer reach us; we are already effectively dead.
I don't expect you to respond to this - but, as you know from your own experience - when you have to write something, you just have to do it. So, I just had to write it. And you can always come back to it whenever you want or have the time, etc.
Take care
- February 28, 2016 at 9:43 PM
- Linh Dinh said...
Hi David,
The walking backward is actually my image!
In Austin, TX, I once saw a graffiti, "I don't know if you or I exist, but somewhere there are poems about us." After quoting it in a piece, this quotation has been attributed to me and posted all over the web. My most memorable line, then, is one I never wrote!
Anyway, getting to the meat of your comment. I think our speed culture has made people numb to every sort of pleasure, including aesthetic and spiritual ones. If people can't even enjoy food without being molested by distracting stimulants, as in TV, music or the smartphone, what can they appreciate?
Since slowness and silence have become intolerable, poetry and painting cannot be contemplated.
- February 28, 2016 at 11:00 PM
- David A. Powell said...
I thank you for your response - and the interesting information about "walking backwards." I had to laugh when I read it because I wrote something very similar to someone not long ago ... I wrote that it's time we went backward (instead of FOREVER FORWARD) to discover, finally, where we took a wrong turn going in the wrong direction. But Mumford is worth reading too (another subject, though). My comment, by the way, was made with a very broad brush (but, being a painter among other things, I sometimes fall into this sort of thing).
What you say about slowness and silence having become intolerable is a colossal understatement (which does not make it any less true ... it's only that there are mountains of aspects to it). What I mean is that this is only the tip of the iceberg. I've been living with what clearly concerns you as well for a very long time.
I hope that we can keep in touch because I'm certain we have a whole lot to exchange (but everything always comes in its own time).
Do you know the Berlin philosopher Byung-Chul_Han? If not, maybe you should get to know his thoughts(or maybe you can even somehow arrange to meet/talk with him on your next trip back to Germany). I was reminded of Byung-Chul Han by your graffiti "I don't know if you or I exist, but somewhere there are poems about us." (SURE WE EXIST - it only takes some time to find out where we are!)
One final thing: my blog has grown somewhat. I have some photographs as well which might interest you. Here's the recommendation I posted at google:
I've never forgotten a book I encountered in my hometown public library during the early 1960's - and which served as one of my earliest introductions to the world as it actually is...
The First World War: A Photographic History was edited and published in 1933 by Laurence Stallings (1894-1968), playwright, screenwriter, novelist, literary critic, and journalist.
Here is a small selection of photographs from this now largely forgotten book...
- March 3, 2016 at 6:37 PM
- David A. Powell said...
The First World War: A Photographic History.
"Stallings criticism of Victorian and Wilsonian optimism and sense of progress is apparent throughout the work. It is, in fact, evident in the title of the book ― The First World War: A Photographic History. In 1933, there had only been one world war. Stallings, through his title, implied that there will be more world wars. In addition to its use in the title, the phrase "first world war" appears twice in the introduction. Also in that introduction he alludes to the next war not being so distant. In addressing Africa's absence from the book he says, 'There should be more pictures of Africa? In the next war, experts assure us, there will be.' "
― Aaron J. Gulyas
- March 3, 2016 at 9:36 PM
- David A. Powell said...
... and there are some drawings:
Letters From Nowhere (I)
71 Drawings
... and paintings:
10 Paintings
- March 5, 2016 at 12:56 PM
- David A. Powell said...
Life and its manifestations have hitherto been considered from two different standpoints - the material and the religious. It would seem that a consideration of life from the standpoint of art ought to become a third and equally valid point of view. But in practice art (as a second-rate power) is relegated to the service of one or the other first two standpoints. This state of affairs is curiously inconsistent with the fact that art always and under all circumstances plays the decisive role in the creative life and that art values alone are absolute and endure forever. With the most primitive means (charcoal, hog bristles, modelling sticks, catgut and steel strings) the artist creates something which the most ingenious and efficient technology will never be able to create.
- Kasimir Malevich, "Suprematism" from: The Non-Objective World
For Malevich there is a direct relationship between representationalism, idol-making, deceptiveness and image cults in art - and a false consciousness, a dangerous capitulation of man to the world of objects, possession and power greed which ultimately all merge into a totalitarian cult of the leader, enslavement and war.
- Aage A. Hansen-Löve "Kazimir Malevic - Gott ist nicht gestürzt!", Hanser Verlag, 2004, page 444
Für Malevic besteht also ein direkter Zusammenhang zwischen Gegenständlichkeit, Abbildlichkeit, Scheinhaftigkeit und Bilderkult in der Kunst - und einem falschen Bewußtsein, ja einer gefährlichen Verfallenheit des Menschen an die Gegenstandswelt, an Besitz- und Machtgier, die letzlich allesamt in einem totalitären Führerkult, Verknechtung und Krieg münden.
- Aage A. Hansen-Löve "Kazimir Malevic - Gott ist nicht gestürzt!", Hanser Verlag, 2004, Seite 444
- March 7, 2016 at 1:11 PM
About Me
- Linh Dinh
- Born in Vietnam in 1963, I lived mostly in the US from 1975 until 2018, and have returned to my native Saigon. I've also lived in Italy, England and Germany. I'm the author of a non-fiction book, Postcards from the End of America (2017), a novel, Love Like Hate (2010), two books of stories, Fake House (2000) and Blood and Soap (2004), six collections of poems, with a Collected Poems soon to be released from Chax Press. I've been anthologized in Best American Poetry 2000, 2004, 2007, Great American Prose Poems from Poe to the Present, Postmodern American Poetry: a Norton Anthology (vol. 2) and Flash Fiction International: Very Short Stories From Around the World, etc. I'm also editor of Night, Again: Contemporary Fiction from Vietnam (1996) and The Deluge: New Vietnamese Poetry (2013). My writing has been translated into Japanese, Italian, Spanish, French, Dutch, German, Portuguese, Korean, Arabic, Icelandic and Finnish, and I've been invited to read in Tokyo, London, Cambridge, Brighton, Paris, Berlin, Leipzig, Halle, Reykjavik, Toronto, Singapore and all over the US. I've also published widely in Vietnamese.


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More problum now that My dad has pass
Now we are looking at $3,000 for all the expenses, everyone dont know what to do we dont know if we would come up with the money at time. we need the money befor the 9th. I thougt a car wash but you need 6 weeks in advance and thats to long, I really want to lay my dad to rest as soon as posiable.any suggestions thanks
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I just want to say thank you
Sorry for your loss and the extra financial stress.
If your dad was an honorably charged veteran of the U.S. Military he can be buried for free with a marker in a number of cemetaries across the country. Perhaps a funeral home will make all the arrangements and allow you to pay over time? I am so sorry for your loss. I know that the worry your having can only be compounding your grief. The more people you let know of your dilemna the more likely you will be to find help! I will pray that the people of your community find a way to help you and yours to bury your Dad.
I'm so sorry for this.
I had faced the same problem when my beloved "Jem" passed away. Fortunately her friends stepped in and helped with the $ to have her cremated. I have yet to fly usr to my family's plot in OH to bury her cremains. That should happen in early July.
I have learned to get a small burial policy so my children won't have to face that problem.
I'm sooo sorry for your loss! Maybe you can go to your local church the larger ones usually have funds to help people in need! Ask if the church can do a fund raiser or something and most people who go to the church will give. Id ask the pastor for help. Suggest a fund raiser for that Sunday after church. I know large churches have funds and things to help people!do you have any family at all to help? If not do try large churches. They just might be able to help you! I wish you the very best and I'm sooo sorry! If I had the money id help but I do not. I'm on ssi and living day to day! I hope this helped in some way! Please keep us posted on what's happening ok? I will pray for you! I'm sorry you have to go through this! God bless.
Maybe you could try getting help from a bank for immediate help then hold a bake sale or something to pay back the bank later?
Was your dad a veteran? Sometimes you can get some money from the goverment.
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Sunday, April 12, 2015
Sunflower Update
Here is the updated sunflower photo taken on Saturday April 11th. It's looking a bit raggedly perhaps, but still standing strong. Hopefully I'll have a good harvest of seeds from this flower. For those who might be wondering what the heck this sunflower photo is all about you can find the story at A Special A to Z Tribute.
Making Progress
We are approaching the halfway point of the 2015 Blogging from A to Z April Challenge and it appears that the majority of those who originally signed on to the list are still going strong. To date we've lost maybe 150 of those who originally added their links to the list. Most of those either backed out and asked to be removed or were Link List opportunists who had no intention of participating.
The A to Z Team of co-hosts and their assistance teams have been busy scouring the list for bloggers who have fallen by the wayside and stopped posting or never started. We are trying to keep a clean list so you don't have to waste your time on the non-participants. I think overall we are doing a better job than any previous year of keeping the list cleaned up. Still a few get missed. Some of you have been reporting problem sites to us and that has been a great help to us. Feel free to let us know if you run across a site that you don't think should be on the Linky List and we'll check it out.
Just a notice to those of you who have fallen behind but don't wish to be removed from the list quite yet. At least update your blog with an A to Z post and if there is a problem note that in your most recent posts so we'll know what's going on with you. We don't like to have to remove links, but in fairness to everyone else if you aren't keeping up with the Challenge then you shouldn't expect the rest of us to be reading old posts.
Also, there are some blogs that can be a bit confusing to the new visitor. Make sure it is clear on the landing page that you are participating in the A to Z Challenge and be sure that each A to Z post is clearly identified with tags, a badge image, or a mention that your post is A to Z related. This is especially true if you do multiple daily postings and your A to Z posts get covered up by other posts.
I applaud this year's team and helpers and all of you bloggers for helping us maintain the list. And a big acknowledgement goes to Alex J. Cavanaugh for maintaining the list so well along with all of the other things he's got going with his blogging and book release.
Interested in an Official A to Z 2015 T-Shirt?
This week be watching co-host blogs and this site for a special announcement about an A to Z souvenir that will be offered to show your support and participation in the 2015 A to Z Challenge. We've been asked about T-shirts in the past and this year we're going to run a marketing test to see what kind of interest there would be in this. Be watching this week for the official announcements. I believe we'll start seeing something on Wednesday April 15th.
Have you been keeping up okay with A to Z this year? Have you found many sites that need to be removed from the list? Is an A to Z Tee-Shirt something that might interest you?
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It's great to see that the team is staying on top of everything. I've fallen a little behind on reading the blogs on the list but I've only had a couple that aren't taking part in the challenge.ReplyDelete
As someone who posts multiple posts each day, I've taken to popping a little note at the start of each non-A to Z Challenge post with a link to that day's post to save visitors scrolling through to find it. Hopefully that's helped people who aren't interested in my books reviews and other randomness. ;-)
Cait @ Click's ClanReplies
Thank you for taking the care to link to the A to Z posts. I'm sure that provides clarification for visitors.Delete
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Hi Lee - it's looking good in your sunshine - remembering Tina all the time. I've come across some who aren't posting .. but such is life - I'm attempting to do my 5 a day down the list ...ReplyDelete
I completely agree re all the work you, Alex, co-hosts and minions put in ..
Re T-shirts .. they should be amusing ... cheers HilaryReplies
My sunflower would probably be doing a bit better with more sunshine. It only gets a few hours in the afternoon. Most of the day it's in the shade, but that's the nature of my back yard.Delete
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I'm thrilled with the feedback I've received this year, and having a blast! Yes to a tee shirtReplyDelete
Thanks Arlee. Having fun. And all thanks to you and your team.ReplyDelete
I'm keeping up but only because I pre- prepared many posts. I've found a few 'non-participants but the have found it difficult to read the yellow/orange script on the participants list.ReplyDelete
*lol* I haven't been late ... yet ... with an A to Z post, but on Friday (?) I think I finished and hit 'publish' while the clock was chiming midnight. :p So far, I've only come across one that hadn't posted in a couple of days, but had done the days up until that point and has participated in prior years.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 12, 2015 at 12:08 PM
I haven't found any problems.....I'm actually enjoying taking a blogging break through the challenge. I pre posted all my A to Z posts so they are just popping up like good little soldiers every day and I can concentrate on reading my regular bloggers and dipping into the list. Not sure if that's cheating or not but it works for me and takes the stress off. Congratulations to all of you for doing such a great job on keeping the list clean. No to the tee shirt.ReplyDelete
Good morning, Lee. That sunflower is a good example of how many of us feel by now. Looking a bit raggedy, but still going strong...(maybe).ReplyDelete
Thanks to you and your staff for keeping it all running smoothly! Unfortunately, my pre-written posts end at "L" and due to being sick last week, plus dealing with offline stuff, I haven't had a chance to write the rest yet. ACK!
I'm keeping up. I've found a couple of non-participants, but mainly people who are not caught up.ReplyDelete
This may be my last A to Z. (Then again, I said that last year.)
Precious MonstersReplies
Jolie, don't even think it! We love having you participate and you add a great deal.Delete
Arlee Bird
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Next year you'll have dozens of sunflowers.ReplyDelete
Thanks! I am trying to keep up with the list. We want it clean so everyone can have fun visiting.
I pre posted all my blogs so that gives me time for responses and visiting.ReplyDelete
I ran into maybe one or two blogs that hadn't started the challenge but that was early on and might have already been removed by the team. I think my biggest problem is still dealing with how tough it is to leave comments on some people's blogs (Google Plus ones seem to be the most consistent with this). I try for a few minutes but if it won't work or take, then I move on sadly.ReplyDelete
I think the tee shirt idea is a good one.
It is nice to see the A to Z working really well this year. . . . .ReplyDelete
See, I think the sunflower looks fantastic! I had frost on the cars this morning, but its supposed to reach the high fifties today. I'm so sick of looking at brown that this sunflower is the most beautiful flower ever! Thank you, Tina.ReplyDelete
I think Alex has done a phenomenal job on the list.
I know I'm going to get a T-shirt!
I've managed to keep up with my posts and comments, and my assigned A to Z duties, and my A to Z list visits. By the third day I knew I was trying to follow too many wonderful themes I wanted to read. So, I had to par down the "read each one" list and am just reading the one's that grab me the most on the others. - I think I've personally found and and reported about 8 blogs not participating. I know of a couple of others, who, like you said, really are, but fell a little behind because life got in the way. - I would love to have a keepsake T-shirt if we can keep the price down, say under $20 to purchase and receive. - Is it just me, or does the Challenge seem better than ever this year?ReplyDelete
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with the A to Z ChallengeReplies
I'm thinking everything is going better and the blog postings are better. Maybe I'm just more prepared, but I'd say better than ever.Delete
Arlee Bird
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Thanks for sharing your sunflower. I wonder if it is too late to plant some seeds for this year.ReplyDelete
I'd love an A-Z T shirt - preferably one with sunflowers!
Me, me, me! I'd love a shirt!ReplyDelete
I'm keeping up and like Hilary, trying to visit 5 new blogs each day. I do have my faves that I visit every day - the themes I'm interested in. I also try to return to the blogs who visit me. I've come across a lot that are just advertising something and not posting a alphabet related post. I haven't reported them, didn't know if that was something we should do. As for the tshirt, depends on the cost. I'd consider it.ReplyDelete
I think you are all doing a great job. I appreciate the letter badges and use them on each of my posts. I like it when others do too, then it's clear that they're participating and what letter they're on. If you fall behind, that's okay, just post the next one on your list!ReplyDelete
I'll take a Large t-shirt!
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A Tee shirt sounds like a great idea!ReplyDelete
I have found some sites that haven't written since Feb. or so. Some sites that are hawking their books. Some lengthy tomes of post.
But mostly I have discovered some wonderful writers.
A t-shirt sounds fun, I'd consider it. I only came across one person who stopped after letter D, but the others I've seen have been keeping up. I'm sad that I have fallen behind on reading the last few days of posts because the list of bloggers I'm trying to follow is ever growing, kind of like the growth of a sunflower :)ReplyDelete
Can you hear me now???? I am bumfuzzled about what is happening to my mail and comments.ReplyDeleteReplies
I hear what you're saying, but I'm not sure what you are saying.Delete
Arlee Bird
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I see many of them are ahead of time, but I found some really great bloggers through A to Z,ReplyDelete
though I am trying to keep up both with posting and visiting, trying to balance is fun!
Even if I miss a day or two with the busy schedule, I make sure I post it later when I have time.
I hope that is ok. :)
And coming half the way round, I feel I should schedule the posts and still there's much learning...Replies
Try your best to keep current. If a blog falls behind a day or two then catches up then that's fine. If they just stop posting at a past letter and give no indication why they've stopped then they are likely to be removed from the list. We try to leave a warning/inquiry comment and then wait a few days before taking a link off of the master list.Delete
Arlee Bird
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I'm always amazed at how many people sign up but then never start posting, and haven't posted in months, or who regularly post but never started doing A to Z posts. One of the links near the end of the list, which hopefully has been removed by now, isn't for a blog at all, but some catering service. That's such a shameless ploy for free publicity.ReplyDeleteReplies
This doesn't surprise me as I see it on many Linky Lists. Some people with websites and advertising blogs look for any opportunity they can to get people to their sites. It leaves me with a negative impression of those folks, but I guess they don't see it that way. We're trying to remove those links that are not participating as quickly as we find them.Delete
Arlee Bird
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A T-shirt? YES!ReplyDelete
I'd wear a t-shirt.ReplyDelete
I missed doing anything Saturday for the challenge, but I was at my grandma's bday party. She's 85. =)
The tee shirt sounds like a great idea and I've found some interesting blogs so far.ReplyDelete
I'm interested in a t-shirt. and a coffee cup and mouse pad too!ReplyDelete
I'm interested in a t-shirt. and a coffee cup and mouse pad too!ReplyDelete
Maybe a bumper sticker for my spaceship!ReplyDelete
Maybe a bumper sticker for my spaceship!ReplyDelete
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Our family weekend fell on days our friends, Mr and Mrs. Smith was in town. So last Thursday while it rained (what typhoon signal #1 the news were talking about??) we took them swimming. It was cold but Yllac went for it anyway. Only Yllac and of course his Dad braved the icy cold water. 30 minutes later Yllac turned blue. So that was day one of our family weekend.
Friday turned out much better. Typhoon was gone but it was still a bit cold outside, just perfect for a jacket-kind-of-day. Leaves are falling, our toddler running, and here we have our very own Mr. and Mrs. Smith playing sitters for the day. They even paid us a box of doughnuts so they can get the job. Ah-What??? I must have done something good I do not know about that God blessed me with friends like Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Two free sitters plus a box of donuts in exchange of Yllac for a day? Oh-yeah-oh-sure-what-about-a week?? I could get used to life like this. Do you hear that Mr. & Mrs. Smith? We would love to have you everyday with us. Please don't go back to your home in Japan. You can even sit Yllac for free. Fair deal. No need for another box of doughnuts. My hips says so.....
It's good to have another fresh pairs of not just one but two sweet hands to carry Yllac and play with him and chase him around. Thank God for friends. Aaahhhh...we miss you Mr. & Mrs. Smith. See you again next time.
And to you (yes you), i wish you a great weekend.


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I'm a late-40s male who has been married over 20 years and masturbated for about 35. Though I can honestly say I am above average in looks, I have always far preferred my private pleasures to the anxiety and uncertainties of searching out partners for casual sex. While I'd classify myself as being on the straight side of Kinsey's 7-point scale, marriage never slowed down my masturbation fun — it just added another type of regular sex. I do enjoy my left hand: It's always there for me. I don't have to worry about its moods, or about adequate foreplay or premature ejaculation.
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I just recently came across JackinWorld and realized that at age 65, I have enjoyed 54 years of "self-abuse" so far. While not keeping count, I suppose I have averaged 3-4 times per week over the years, with no sign of stopping. Wow! That could be well over 10,000 masturbation sessions! For younger JackinWorld visitors the perspective of an older guy might be of interest — particularly, they should know life stays good!
Pencil you in
Hearing from a female and her masturbation experiences, I hope, will fuel some fires and enlighten the males on this site. My very first experience or orgasm I can remember was while playing with a male cousin of the same age. Ever since I could remember, he was always showing me his male anatomy, shaking it at me and the like. I was always very embarrassed by this and afraid we would be caught and severely punished, of course. Luckily, nothing like that ever happened. We were playing in a little fort my uncle built for him. It was dark inside, and my little brother was present.
Melon baller
I was 9 or 10 years old when I was first told about masturbation by a friend who was a year older than me. At that stage I did not think there was anything special about it. I shared a room with my younger brother, but fortunately, as I developed and came to enjoy masturbation, I was able to move into a room of my own and enjoy the privilege of masturbating in private without having to wait for my younger brother to get to sleep. I still had lots of "wet-dreams," although my mother did not seem to be fazed by the stains on the sheets.
Doctor's orders
A biography of my life as masturbator, huh? Well, I started at a very young age. I have my older brother (by three years), and his friends, to thank for that. I was about 9 or 10 and, of course, I looked up to my brother and wherever he went, that's where I wanted to be. He wasn't too thrilled by my always wanting to tag along. One summer day he and a couple of his friends decided to take a hike. Known as the Golden Stairs, the light brown, shale-bottomed creek stepped down and down into a canyon until it dumped into a pond. The area was heavily wooded and was very secluded.
Sage advice
I'm not sure exactly how old I was when I first started masturbating -- either 11 or 12 -- but I know I was curious about my body, other people's bodies, and sexuality from a very young age. At age 7 I remember lying in bed, pulling down my pants, and holding up my erection to look at it. There was no stroking, no sexual feelings at all -- just curiosity and amazement. At the same age, I became fascinated with the female body, having seen some female nudity in movies with the help of my older brother, and wanted to know what they had in their pants.


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can anyone answer this for me??
is he really a he??
does he helps out and punishes?
i dont think so!!
god is a myth for the hopeless!
i believe in something,
i can do whatever i want if i want,
i just have to fight for it!!
we control,
sometimes i think!
unfortunately we control what happens,
when does it happen,
where does it happen,
and if it will be in a good use or not?
i know i know...
we cant control everything!!
mother nature is a big responsible for part of the things that happen!!
but if we cant control it at all,
we can make it better!!
we also can make it worse it is up to US!!
i dont believe in god, but i respect who does!!!
i just dont respect the mothers and grandmothers that force their young to belive it..
pray and god will help you at school,
oh, im gonna pray so my boyfriend comes back fast!
is it gonna work??
i dont think so...
but i think,
even better i know!!
we are the ones!!
good or not, we are the responsible for our selfs!!
lets give it a good use!!!
lets show our selfs that we dont need to believe in something that we dont know if it even exists!!
lets put our selfs on moving for our dreams, hopes, and fears!!!
but please dont forget,
if casually god does not exist,
it does not exist too!!!
dont get me wrong!!
i really respect who believes in god..
im just trying to show my point without being disrespectful,
trying to help!!!
May 20, 2010
does god exists??
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I am rushing to finish this post so I don't miss yet another Challenge deadline! I am joining in on the Merry Monday Sketch Challenge this week. I love the idea of making Christmas cards all year long!! Here is my take on the sketch...
This was a fun card for me to make. I used the Festival Prints DSP from the SU! Holiday Catalog. I also made my own Very Vanilla Shimmer CS by spritzing the CS with my own Shimmer mist made with alcohol and Frost White Shimmer Paint. To make the snowflake I recently noticed that the second largest snowflake form Snowflake Soiree stamp set fits very nicely with the Blossom Punch. You may have figured this out already but it truly was a light bulb moment for me!! for the center of the snowflake I used the Boho Blossom punch and I sponged on the Illuminate Glimmer Watermark Stampin' Pad.
I usually do not make Christmas cards with these colors but I was very happy with how this card turned out. Thanks for taking a peek!!
Stamp Sets: Snowflake Soiree, Snow Swirled
Paper: Early Espresso, Bashful Blue, Island Indigo, Silver Glimmer Paper, Festival Prints DSP
Ink: Bashful Blue, Island Indigo. Versa mark, Illuminate Glimmer Watermark
Accessories: Early Espresso Taffeta Ribbon, Bashful Blue brad
Tools: Blossom Punch, 3/4 circle punch,Snow Flurry Bigz Die, Boho Blossom Punch, Early Espresso EP


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My family and I went to Monterey over the holidays. On the way we partook of a guilty pleasure- the deep fat fried artichoke hearts at the Giant Artichoke in Castroville. They were about as good as when I last tried them 10 years ago. They combine the childhood recollection of fried stuff with the more adult taste of artichoke.
We ate brekfast one morning at the Old Monterey Cafe in downtown Monterey. They serve huge breakfasts and lunches all through their business hours which is nice for my son who likes a French dip sandwich for breakfast. Food is fairly average, service good and prices reasonable. We were able to last until dinner with a 10:30 meal due to size of servings.
My favorite morning place is Parker-Lusseau Pastries which is in a hard to find strip mall location at 731 Munras in Monterey. They have a great chocolate croissant and fruit pastries as well as very good coffee. I haven't tried the individual tarts or cake yet. This place is the public face of a couple who mainly do catering esp weddings and wholesale sales of products to other restaurants. It's a good find.
We had a lunch in Carmel at Tutto Mondo which is a slightly above average version of standard US style red sauce Italian food. It was acceptable but a little expensive and had good service.
One dinner at Rio Grill was very good. I had a wood oven cooked half chicken with a buttery light chili spicey sauce with new potatoes and "baby" artichokes that was outstanding and is one of the very few chicken dishes I would order out. As my wife says, "Their food never fails to satisfy." I have heard a lot of disagreement about this place such as the menu is outdated, etc. but I would argue that a number of their dishes moved right from cutting edge to classics. My only complaints are noise level when crowded and prices that seem to keep going up. Their service is outstanding and desserts very good to great.
The best meal was a dinner in Pacific Grove at Passionfish. They use all in season, local food sources with a seafood emphasis but chicken, beef,etc are available. They have a very large wine list priced just above retail that features many of California's hardest to get wines such as a Brogan RRV pinot noir for about $45 and Seven Lions zin and pinot, a Siduri pinot, etc. The service including wine service is excellent. I had a fried squid appetizer with a rice wine viegar and cilantro dipping sauce with a touch of habenero that was wonderful. Other appetizers were a very good crab cake and a seared tuna that my son scarfed and wouldn't share. For main courses two of us had perfectly prepared sand dabs with a lemongrass aioli which were pronounced best ever by our friend who eats almost exclusively sea food when dining out and which I thoought were great, too. My wife had a tempura style half of a lobster. Prices for most appetizers are under $10 and entrees are $14 to about $21 and as with the wine are exceptional values. It was the best meal I have had in the last year- I almost stayed a second night to eat there again. I would recommend reservations.


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Over 26 years ago O. Ray Lipscomb Jr. was one of the top new car sales leader and associate at a local franchise dealership. His income was substantial and he won numerous honors and awards. He was salesman of the year the last 2 years at the dealership. Despite his success and stature as a star sales person, he longed for the day when he could once again be his own boss.
During 1970 thru 1980 O. Ray Lipscomb Jr. had experienced some small business success as the owner of a boutique in downtown
In 1995 PPA began doing business as First Stop Auto Sales and he changed his marketing strategy from PPA and began an effort to appeal to a more middle income and young professional market. This market would be interested in three to five year old vehicles in good condition with extended warranties and excellent financing terms which made First Stop Auto Sales an attractive dealership for potential buyers which would insure First Stop Auto Sales maintained growth and stayed ahead of the competition.
In 2003 Mr. Lipscomb formed Toorae Finance Corp. to better serve their customers with many financing options. In 2008 First Stop Auto Sales moved to a new location at
First Stop Auto Sales supports many Local Charities and is a member of the Better Business Bureau.


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- n. a portable drilling machine, provided with a breastplate, for forcing the drill against the work.
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from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In mech., a drill-stock operated by a crank and bevel gearing, and having a piece against which the workman bears his breast when engaged in drilling.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a portable drill with a plate that is pressed against the chest to force the drill point into the work
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Adoption of double-cropping soybeans and wheat
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Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics;24(4): 33-40
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Double-cropping of soybeans and wheat is often promoted by extension personnel. This paper seeks to explain how the decision to adopt double-cropping is made, using a Tobit regression model. Tobit makes use of more of the information in the data set than do logit or probit and explains not only the decision to double-crop but also the rate of adoption. The paper considers factors such as profit and risk perceptions and risk which have not been included in the past models used to explain adoption of technology. The results show that risk perception is important. Contrary to the findings of some other adoption studies, this decision is not influenced by human capital factors. The farmers who double-crop are more highly leveraged and appear to do so both to achieve higher income and as part of a risk diversification strategy. This is consistent with the importance of the location factor, measured as the average number of growing degree days is a proxy for the actual distribution of returns from double-cropping and is the main factor explaining this decision. Extensive adoption of double-cropping in cooler regions of the midwest must await technological advances that can increase the profitability of double-cropping by reducing the growing season for wheat and/or beans.
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Obituary: Simon MacCorkindale
Simon MacCorkindale is the subject of another of my Wikipedia articles, although this one is apparently not good enough to be a Good Article.
Simon MacCorkindale reached the cusp of Hollywood stardom only to, as so many do, not quite make it. Nevertheless, he enjoyed leading roles in film, theatre and above all television, in the UK, the US and Canada, as well success away from the screen, until his death from bowel cancer on October 14, 2010, aged 58.
MacCorkindale, the son of Mary and RAF Group Captain Peter, was born in 1952 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. His father's post entailed a childhood of movement; his lack of settled location curtailed much hope of friends and led to what MacCorkindale termed an "independent" childhood.
They eventually settled, which allowed MacCorkindale to attend Haileybury and Imperial Service College in Hertfordshire from 1965–1970. He was Head Boy. A career following his father beckoned, but his eyesight was not good enough for the air force. His next move was obvious: theatre direction.
A fan of the theatre since his early years – he wrote a play aged eight which despite "requir[ing] an enormous cast and a considerable amount of rum drinking" was never produced – MacCorkindale had worked both on and off stage throughout his education. He attended Studio 68 drama school at the Theatre of Arts in London and there decided to take acting classes as well, so that he would have a better appreciation of the thespians he hoped to direct. Developing a taste for walking the boards himself, it was this path he chose to follow "until [he] felt confident enough to" direct "a seasoned performer".
His parents were less than keen on this career choice, but they softened their opposition once he introduced them to Sir John Mills, who certainly had made a success of it. MacCorkindale promised to get a more secure job if neither acting nor direction was sustaining him.
The roles soon came however. Starting out in theatre, his first professional stage role arrived in a 1973 run of A Bequest to the Nation at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry. His West End debut was a 1974 production of Pygmalion in which he played the minor role of "Sarcastic Bystander". As theatre roles continued, it was television which would provide him the greatest visibility. Roles in Hawkeye The Pathfinder, Within These Walls and Sutherland's Law, were followed by parts in two of the most acclaimed miniseries of all-time. In I, Claudius, MacCorkindale played Augustus' grandson Lucius Caesar and played the similarly named Lucius in Franco Zeffierlli's Jesus of Nazareth in 1977.
As his profile began to rise, his big break came aged 25 with the 1978 adaptation of Agatha Christie's Poirot classic Death on the Nile. Starring alongside such luminaries as Peter Ustinov, Mia Farrow, Maggie Smith and Bette Davis, MacCorkindale played Simon Doyle, husband of the story's primary murder victim. The role won him the London Evening Standard Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer.
"There was a feeling of being in awe of these people but I had a certain amount of pioneer courage, so I didn't let it get to me," he commented of the part. "But there were days when I thought, 'I'm about to do a scene with this cinema legend, am I up to it?' But people were very gracious. I was never the whipping boy because I was less experienced."
The role of Arthur Davies in The Riddle of the Sands came the following year, as did his performance as Joe Knapp, the astronomer in Nigel Kneale's fourth Quatermass serial. Although MacCorkindale enjoyed the latter as a break from romantic roles, Kneale didn't rate the serial or MacCorkindale's performance very highly. "We had him in Beasts", a previous Kneale series, "playing an idiot, and he was very good at that."
Nevertheless, America beckoned and in 1980 he moved stateside. But with his English accent and cumbersome surname, each of whom he refused to drop, the top parts were beyond his reach. MacCorkindale was told by ABC that "they didn't want viewers watching someone who sounded intellectual or who had an accent that was alien to their ears and, therefore, hard work when it came to listening."
Roles did slowly arrive, but they were often minor, or playing largely to his Britishness. This was shown none more so than the role of Gaylord Duke, the Dukes' snooty English cousin, in The Dukes of Hazzard. This was followed by the mini-series Manions of America, and roles on Fantasy Island, Hart to Hart and Dynasty. In film he appeared alongside Charles Bronson in Cobablanco (1980) and played Prince Mikah, one of the leading roles in the panned and now largely forgotten fantasy film The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982).
His chance to direct those seasoned stage performers also came, with productions of The Merchant of Venice and Sleuth, the latter featuring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Howard Keel and James Whitmore.
1983 marked the high point of his American career. In Jaws 3 he played aristocratic hunter Philip FitzRoyce, 16th Earl of Haddenfield. The film bombed at the box office and with critics and proved to be MacCorkindale's last major big screen role. Talk of succeeding both Sean Connery and Roger Moore as James Bond came to nothing.
But television saw more fruitful endeavours. MacCorkindale eventually secured the lead role in a pilot: NBC's sci-fi fantasy series Manimal. He played Professor Jonathan Chase, your everyday English professor who aided the police with his ability to transform in any animal you can imagine. It may not have been the most high-brow show, but MacCorkindale broke new ground as one the first English actors to land a starring role on American television. With use of expensive prosthetics and inevitable ratings defeat to Dallas, Manimal was axed after just eight episodes. It does, however, retain a global cult following.
His longest running US role came in the legendary soap opera Falcon Crest, between 1984 and 1986. As Greg Reardon, Angela Channing's (Jane Wyman) womanizing lawyer, he appeared in 59 episodes. The role was written for him and he also directed one episode. Although the producers were keen to extend MacCorkindale's stay on the show, he opted to leave in 1986. "The work I was doing was fun and lucrative but not as stretching as I felt I wanted or needed," he said. "I also was finding fault with much of the work, not only Falcon Crest, but everything. I was actually ready to quit acting and try producing so I could put myself on the line."
True to his word he returned to England to try his hand at producing. His first marriage, to actress Fiona Fullerton, had lasted from 1976-1982, but in 1984 he married Straw Dogs star Susan George. With George he founded Amy International and Anglo Films International, producing a number of projects out of love, not financial viability. These included the 1988 Abelard and Heloise film Stealing Heaven and 1989's The Summer of White Roses.
MacCorkindale did not abandon acting for long. He moved to Canada and starred alongside Christopher Plummer in Robert Lantos' crime series Counterstrike, from 1990 to 1993. He played ex-Scotland Yard inspector Peter Sinclair in 65 episodes and also wrote for the series. His role of Maxwell Harding in the finale of the series E.N.G. in 1994 was destined for a spin-off with the show's lead Sara Botsford, but the project was cancelled. The same fate also befell MacCorkindale's planned biopic of disappeared peer Lord Lucan.
Acting and production roles continued in Canada over the 1990s and early 2000s. These included TV films such as The Girl Next Door (1999) and roles in the series Earth: Final Conflict and Poltergeist: The Legacy. He co-wrote and directed The House That Mary Bought (1995) and produced the Genie Award nominated Such a Long Journey (1998). He co-produced and appeared in cult series Relic Hunter and Queen of Swords as well as producing Adventure Inc. He also reprised his role as Jonathan Chase in an episode of Night Man.
MacCorkindale rejected what could well have been the biggest role of his career and accepted what became his longest-running and for many his most memorable. He turned down the lead role of Captain Jonathan Archer in Star Trek: Enterprise, in favour of returning to the UK in 2002 and playing clinical lead Dr. Harry Harper in the long-running medical drama Casualty. He commented: "I can't do sci-fi., it just drives me up the wall, it's all rubbish and spouting that gibberish every day, was no thank you very much. The thing I loved about Casualty was although there was a lot of gobbledygook at least it was all about real life and people and medical situations and that became the challenge."
The decision was probably a wise one, as Enterprise largely failed, but Casualty continued on. MacCorkindale appeared in 229 episodes of the show, as well as spin-offs Holby City and Casualty@Holby City, before leaving in 2008. Controller of BBC Drama, John Yorke, praised MacCorkindale: "As the star and male lead of Casualty for over six years we owe Simon a massive debt. Not only was he a fabulously iconic consultant, he was also an inspirational team leader. One of the reasons so many people have loved working with him on Casualty is because of the tone he established on the shop floor—always welcoming, always disciplined, always quietly the leader."
MacCorkindale continued to run his Arabian stud farm in Exmoor with his wife, and returned to the stage. He starred in performances of The Unexpected Guest, Sleuth and played Captain von Trapp in a London Palladium run of The Sound of Music. He enjoyed small roles in the films A Closed Book (as Andrew Boles) and 13Hrs (as Duncan Moore) before playing civil servant Sir David Bryant in a 2010 episode of the BBC series New Tricks.
The latter proved, sadly, to be his final role. Although he continued to act as he fought the disease, in October 2010, MacCorkindale succumbed to the bowel and lung cancer he had suffered from since 2006.
He enjoyed a varied and broadly successful career, one that he certainly enjoyed. "I had an enormous amount of fun. I was very lucky. I got to work in a lot of popular shows, got to know a lot of well-known people and as a result I got into that whole A-list circle. I went to some extraordinary parties, made a name for myself and managed to make it last for 30 years. I'm a lucky bunny."
He is survived by his wife Susan George. The two had no children.
Simon Charles Pendered MacCorkindale – Born: February 12, 1952, Ely Cambridgeshire, England; Died: October 14, 2010, London, England


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More than 100,000 people will perform a ceremony on the banks of Yamuna river in a show of strength and defiance. Photograph:( Getty )
Despite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tough message against cow vigilantism, thousands of gau rakshaks (cow vigilantes) are set to descend on Delhi on November 6.
A stadium is being booked in the national capital to accommodate the invitees, numbering more than a lakh. A ceremony will also be held on the banks of Yamuna river that very evening which may coincide with the North Indian festival of Chhath.
Former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideologue Govindacharya, the chief organiser of the event, said any person associated with the party cannot go against the cow protection movement.
"We will organise such awareness programmes at state levels throughout India," he said.
It is pertinent to mention that RSS is the parent body of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Meanwhile, the BJP-ruled Indian government is worried about the fact that cow vigilantism has accentuated caste differences within the larger rubric of Hindu politics. The party feels that such activism may hurt them in next year's elections in Uttar Pradesh, the largest state in India.
BJP, however, is trying to draw a fine line between vigilantism and 'love for cows'.
"The prime minister did not speak against cow protection. He spoke against cow vigilantism and those who take the law into their own hands and create social conflict," said BJP spokesperson Sudesh Verma.
The headache doesn't seem to end for the BJP as a number of cow protection associations have started targeting BJP governments at the state level itself.
One such meeting, held on Monday in Jaipur and attended by 550 members representing 125 cow shelters across western state Rajasthan, openly spoke against the government.
"We decided that if the Rajasthan government does not improve the current infrastructure, then all the bovines in the state would be taken to respective district magistrate's residence and set free," said Govindacharya.
Sources say that at this juncture despite a strong position being taken by the Centre, RSS will not disassociate itself from the issue of cow protection. As expected, the Congress has found a good opportunity to attack the BJP on the issue.
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Penitential Rite File Folder Game
This game is free, however it is only to be used for classroom and personal use. It may not be published on any websites or other electronic media, or distributed in newsletters, bulletins, or any other form or sold for profit. Reproduction or retransmission of any materials, in whole or in part, in any manner, is not permitted.
Penitential Rite file folder game is based on Alquerque which originated in the Middle East as the game Quirkat. Alquerque boards are carved into the stone slabs which form the roof of the great temple at Kurna, Egypt. The Arabic author Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani mentioned Quirkat in his 24 volume work Kitab al-Aghani ("Book of Songs") c. 950 AD. Alquergue migrated to Europe when the Moors invaded Spain. It was named Alquerque (the Spanish form of El-Quirkat) in the Alfonso X Manuscript which was written between 1251 - 1282 at the command of Alfonso X, King of Leon and Castile. This game is the ancestor of modern day checkers (Draughts in the UK) when it evolved to being played on a chess board instead of the standard Alqerque board. The Madagascan game Fanorama may have evolved from Quirkat. (From boardgamesoftheworld.com).
Penitential Rite File Folder Game: For 2 Players or 2 Teams
The idea is to answer questions about the Penitential Rite so you can remove one or more of your opponent's pieces. The goal of the game is to remove all the opponent's pieces.
*This game is in accordance with the new Roman Missal that was implemented on November 27, 2011.
Directions- Print out Directions, cut it out, and put inside file folder for safe keeping.
Game Board- Print out Game Board, trim, and glue on the inside of the file folder. Laminate or cover with clear contact paper to make it last.
Game Cards- (Use these cards or make your own.) Print Game Cards out on card stock. Cut out Game Cards. Laminate or cover with clear contact paper to make them last. Use only the cards that reflect your student's abilities.
Game Pieces- (Use these Game Pieces or make your own.) Print out Game Pieces on very thick card stock. Cut out.
*You can also use a large circle hole puncher and make your own game pieces using card stock, craft foam, etc.
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When I was a kid I got into lots of different hobbies and things for fun. I did things like wood carving, juggling, building models, building solid fuel rockets and launching them, skate boarding, collecting stamps and coins, photography, playing with science kits, rigging up all kinds of gadgets, taking things apart and put them together. I love to figure out how things work. When I was in boarding school in India I put all these skills to use to stay occupied and have fun. I remember friends teasing me about the things I made with Duct tape. This is the tape that myself and others would use to make just about anything (even making an airplane to fly home to America! Well that one was only in our imagination…hahaha). Arjan will remember shortly after our first meeting when she came to visit me in New Mexico and saw my "night table" (next to my bed) which was made from a cardboard shoe box and duct tape. Hey…I was a single guy from India! I spent all my time on the computer…why did I need "REAL" furniture anyway??? Hahaha… well… Arjan seemed to think differently. Since then she has slowly molded me to her likings (We have lots of REAL furniture now…and most of my old clothes are gone…and replaced with new stuff). From time to time my duct tape roots sneak in when she is not looking.
OK… A little off topic… but my point was that I was into a lot of creative things when I was a kid. These things gave me many skills that I still use today, and the creativity to explore and imagine. In this age of media where children are spending most of their time mindlessly watching TV or playing video games…it can be easy for a kid to not use their creativity and imagination.
One of the other things which I really had fun with as a kid was MAGIC TRICKS! I got exposed to magic when I was only a few years old. It must have been around 1980. I still remember the day when this Sikh guy (whose name I don't remember) came to my birthday party and did some tricks for us all. When I got a bit older I started learning some tricks and showed them to my friends. I lived in Los Angeles at the time, and in Hollywood there is a place called "The Magic Castle". As a treat for me my older magician friend took me there (since he worked there). I remember being so excited and thrilled watching all the different tricks. It was one of those really fun moments. This is one of the reasons why I love the Harry Potter Books. They are quite imaginative and take you to "another world". Magic tricks are like this. You see things that you can't believe…and it makes you wonder.
A month or so ago, I got an email from a 16 year old Gursikh boy from San Jose, California named Vikram Singh. He told me he was a magician, and was going to be posting some videos online of his tricks. When I saw his website it reminded me of myself in many ways when I was a kid. I have to admit though, Vikram Singh is a far better magician than I ever was!!
Have a look at the SikhNet News Article about Vikram Singh, which gives some more information about how he got into magic and what he does these days.
STUFF – On his website one of his sections titled "Stuff" is an interesting collection of creative gadgets and things that he made. Some are quite funny. Have a look at his "Stuff" section.
VIDEOS OF HIM DOING MAGIC TRICKS – I particularly enjoyed watching the 18 videos of him doing all different kinds of magic tricks. He is pretty good at it…being just 16 years old!
I think it is great to see Sikh youth applying their imagination and creativity in different ways and think Vikram Singh is doing a great job.
There is lots of other stuff on his website which you can check out at www.VikramKhalsa.com


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