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Talk: Showfacts biography
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1 Good work
2 To do list
2.1 Dates
2.2 Places
2.2.1 Counties
2.2.2 Introductory words etc
2.3 Person names
3 Detailed examination
4 Errors to be fixed
4.1 No death date
4.2 Bad problem probably linked to "short name"
4.3 Reducing birth year
4.4 Bad dates after the March 2011 upgrade
4.5 Street field ought to be still prefixed with "at"
5 Where does page "pull" Ancestor information ????
5.1 Complaint in 2011
5.2 Serious ancestry questions in 2015
6 Placement of other places
7 Understating dates
8 Illogical order for dates
9 "the" Netherlands etc
Good work[]
This is great. Note the utility of |default- it can be used to avoid needless if else logic. If the query returns nothing, you can insert text like "at an unknown date" or alternatively fire another query. EG if date is empty, then return " {{#show:{{BASEPAGENAME}}|default=unknown date|?birth date-y}}".
Auto narratives like this are especially useful because the massive scale of details that are stored in the SMW fields cannot be practically displayed in the person infobox, and are unsuitable for tabular output. For example death causes, and other properties that I haven't added like physical description and medical history to general info. We might like to provide some way to clearly allow contributors a forms way of correcting/adding details to these narratives. Perhaps decoration like a border or subtle background color with a small text link for editing details like we have with showinfo person/ showfacts person? -~ Phlox 18:34, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
I added death causes - great idea! I noticed one problem: even though the defaults show on the template page, they do no show on the Person page. Also, birth subdivision1 is shown but death subdivision1 is not. Bill Hunsicker 20:08, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
Right. There are some non intuitive things about SMW, so I made up some wrapper templates that simplify some of these issues. Let me know what you think. The changes are reflected in the template code I just entered. This is your baby, and feel free to change it to whatever you want. I omitted some of the stuff like second marriage you had- but the template edit was just to give an example of usage of these wrapper templates. SMW and the info boxes are great but they tend to depersonalize our ancestors which for many contributors is diametrically opposed to their goals. A lot of templates generated from gedcoms are going to be sparse on text, so I think this is a great way to personalize the SMW information.
You mentioned other programs or sites that generate these stories. Can you give me pointers to the best ones?-~ Phlox 19:54, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Actually, Robin Patterson created the /doc for the Biography Template (which mentions the programs that create little stories - which I assume are family tree type programs). I copied that /doc and modified it for this template. I prefer your solution that eliminates the commas without the bulky unknown this, unknown that. For the most part people who visit the site will know state names and counties have "county" after the name. Bill Hunsicker 21:41, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
To do list[]
Dates[]
Approx dates
If death date or birth date is unknown, we need to say so and not calc age. eg: Caroline Maggie Belcher (1870-?)
-~ Phlox 04:57, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
As I've said elsewhere in the last 22 hours (on a less relevant page), if death date or birth date is unknown, but was stated to be "bef" something or "aft" something, we should not get this template to state (as it currently does) that the birth or death was in that year — we could let that part of the code default to the "unknown date" statement, which is clearly accurate, or we could say "in or before" or "in or after" to cover the cases where the "bef" or "aft" could be referring to the same year because a month was specified. I'm inclined to go the same way with "c" (which probably ties in with what Phlox had in mind for the first item on this list) - say "about" instead of "in". — Robin Patterson (Talk) 12:22, 21 July 2009 (UTC) --- revised 01:41, April 18, 2010 (UTC)
Places[]
Counties[]
Stop it truncating county names. When I say my ancestor was born in Lanarkshire, I don't want to be told "William Forlong of Wellshott was born 22 January 1762 in Wellshott, Lanark, Scotland". He was not. Lanark is a small town in the middle of Lanarkshire, a long way from Wellshott. — Robin Patterson (Talk) 13:07, March 8, 2010 (UTC)
It's still doing it. I've just upgraded a page, including "Wellington County, New South Wales" in the proper box, and the minibio says "Wellington, New South Wales". Would someone please record here the place where we can look to fix that. — Robin Patterson (Talk) 11:27, September 29, 2010 (UTC)
I have just changed {{Infobox Australian cadastral}} to include the word "County" in the "short name" property, which should fix it (in the fullness of time). Thurstan 21:17, September 29, 2010 (UTC)
Thank you, cobber! — Robin Patterson (Talk) 02:38, October 16, 2010 (UTC)
Introductory words etc[]
We have inconsistent use of prepositions and countries and possibly of punctuation. Example:
Willie Warner was born 5 December 1905 in Cross Village, Michigan to William Lowell Warner (1876-1932) and Emma Mae Austin (1871-1949) and died 9 April 1974 in Petoskey, in Michigan, of unspecified causes. William married Lottie Kunkle 11 November 1938 in Petoskey, Michigan, United States.
Birth and marriage are "locality, Michigan" but death is "locality, in Michigan". We should standardize; on whichever is easier if one is much easier. I prefer the proper narrative style using "in" if it can be arranged, but it's not necessary when there's an "in" for an earlier (lower-level) place, so maybe we can have an introductory "in" with no separate "in" for county or state, etc?
Marriage is in United States but birth and death don't mention the country. Consistency desirable there, too. I suggest omitting the country because it would be a bit repetitive for all three and is often generally known or easy to find elsewhere (e.g. the infobox).
— Robin Patterson (Talk) 02:38, October 16, 2010 (UTC)
I noticed the inconsistency, and would prefer the style with "," rather than "in". Note that if you only have country for birth/death, I think it currently displays nothing, so if we drop the country, we need to make sure that it is shown if that is all we have. Thurstan 03:28, October 16, 2010 (UTC) (away from home)
Person names[]
Our clever use of "short name" is good. But there are inconsistencies, which are probably worth ironing out.
Starting with the short name ("Willie Warner" here) is good. But we use his first name near the end in the marriage sentence. No need to repeat the whole short name, but the stated "first name" may be not a name that the person or his or her family ever used. I get annoyed when government organizations address my wife as "Dear Virginia". She has been called "Julie" by family and friends since birth. Better to repeat the "short name", I suggest, despite the repetition; there will often be a line or two between them, thus making the repetition not too tedious. A long-term alternative could be the creation of a new Property:Usual "first" name. A short-term alternative would be to use "He" or "She" in the marriage sentences.
Detailed examination[]
This template is one of the most obvious things about a Familypedia article and therefore deserves to be as flawless and friendly as possible.
Some of us can't do all the coding necessary but can offer ideas and can partly understand what's there. So here it is broken into bits (generally starting a new line where a template starts or ends) for discussion of each. Inside "pre" tags so that it remains as non-functioning code. Explanation and discussion in new lines starting with stars and with explanations/translations in parentheses. omments best prefaced with "Comment:".
{{#if: {{REVISIONID}}
***(If this appears on a saved page, show all the following stuff down to the end of this inclusive template)
|'''{{showfact|short name|if blank={{BASEPAGENAME}}}}'''
***(If program can find a "short name" (which it should do, because that's one of the three required fields),
***show it here; else show the base page name)
***(Birth year, with or without detailed dates):
{{#if:
{{showfact|birth date-approx}}|
{{#switch:
{{showfact|birth date-approx}}
|bef=before |aft=after |c=circa }}
{{showfact|birth date|if blank=
{{showfact|birth year|intro=in the year|if blank=on an unknown date}}
***birth places:
{{no trailingcomma|
{{showfact|birth street|if blank=|intro=at}}
***(If there is a birth street, show it prefaced with "at"; if there is not, show nothing)
{{showfact|birth locality}}{{showfact|birth county}}{{showfact|birth nation-subdiv1}}{{showfact|birth country}}
|in}}
***(If there is one or are more than one of the village/county etc names, preface it or each (or the group? - see death and wedding coding) with "in"
***and show them in order, with their "short names" if any)
***Comment: short names can be quite misleading, as noted in the "Lanark" comment above
{{showfact|birth locality|outro=,|shortname}}
{{showfact|birth county|outro=,|shortname}}
{{showfact|birth nation-subdiv1|shortname|outro=,}}
{{showfact|birth country}}
**(Parents)
***First if there is a father (listed first if mother too))
{{showfact|father}}| to {{showfact|father}}
{{showfact|mother}}| and {{showfact|mother}}
}}|
***(Mother if no father stated)
{{showfact|mother}}| to {{showfact|mother}}
***(Death - age at death or current age if living)
{{#ifeq:
{{getfact|death date}}| |
{{getfact|birth year}}| ||
{{#ifexpr:
{{getfact age}}>100|
and died at an unspecified date|
and is now {{showfact age}} years of age
|and died
***(death year, with or without detailed dates, with logic as for birth):
{{showfact|death date-approx}}|
{{showfact|death date-approx}}
|bef=before |aft=after |c=circa
{{showfact|death date|if blank=
{{showfact|death year|intro=in the year|if blank=on an unknown date}}
***(Death places, with logic not quite the same as for birth):
{{showfact|death street|intro=at}}
{{showfact|death locality|intro=in|outro=,|shortname}}
{{showfact|death county|intro=in|outro=,|shortname}}
{{showfact|death nation-subdiv1|intro=in|outro=,}}
{{showfact|death country|intro=in}}
***(Death age and causes)
at the age of {{showfact age}} years
of {{showfact|death causes|if blank=unspecified causes}}}}.
***Comments: (1) if no birth year, it says "at the age of 0 years", which is silly; would someone please fix so that it says nothing about age if it has no birth year stated; (2) we have hundreds or thousands now that are said to have died of "unspecified causes" - but some of them have causes stated in the text, so there must be a problem getting that info into the death causes template; on one for which I had a death cause I did not see an appropriate box on the way through; where is it? -- Robin, 19 May 2010
***(Marriages):
***(First or only):
{{showfact|ifmarried-g1}}|
{{showfact|given name}}
married {{showfact|joined with-g1|shortname}}
***{Spouse short name - here no alternative if no short name; but it's compulsory)
***Dates and places, with logic not quite the same as for birth and death
{{showfact|wedding1 date|if blank=
{{showfact|wedding1 year|intro=in the year}}
{{showfact|wedding1 date|intro=
{{showfact|wedding1 date-approx}}|
{{showfact|wedding1 date-approx}}|bef=before |aft=after |c=circa
|if blank={{showfact|wedding1 year|intro= in the year}}
}} {{no trailingcomma|
{{showfact|wedding1 street-address|if blank=|intro= at}}
{{showfact|wedding1 locality}}{{showfact|wedding1 county}}{{showfact|wedding1 nation-subdiv1}}{{showfact|wedding1 country}}
{{showfact|wedding1 locality|outro=,|shortname}}
{{showfact|wedding1 county|outro=,|shortname}}
{{showfact|wedding1 nation-subdiv1|outro=,|shortname}}
{{showfact|wedding1 country}}
}}.
***Comment: There must be some way of including subsequent marriages!? Robin saw one in April 2010; it was in a new paragraph.
***(That was the end of the main inclusive "if" template;
***if, on the other hand, the showfacts template is NOT on a saved page but only on a preview, just show the following)
|The "showfacts biography" template displays an automatically generated narrative of the details of the person on file
including parents, vital statistics and spouse(s).}}
***(Then we have a template that displays the documentation page, with non-displayed categories.)
{{documentation}} [[Category:People and person templates|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:SMW templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]</noinclude>
Errors to be fixed[]
More important than adding frills such as latitude must be the fixing of some gross errors.
I repeat: If no birth year, it says "at the age of 0 years", which is silly; would someone please fix so that it says nothing. — Robin Patterson (Talk) 09:04, July 3, 2010 (UTC)
I have suppressed that, pending fixing. The "age" fact currently shows zero if there's no birth date. Some deeper recoding is probably called for. But it's not the least bit urgent. Statisticians are interested in age at death, but ordinary people can work it out if they want to. It was often wrong here anyway, if only the years were known, and that's worse than saying nothing about the age. — Robin Patterson (Talk) 14:39, July 10, 2010 (UTC)
No death date[]
Catherine Hanrahan was born 1 February 1864 in BathurstThe part "|Bathurst, New South Wales" of the query was not understood. Results might not be as expected. , The part "|New South Wales" of the query was not understood. Results might not be as expected. to Patrick Hanrahan (1811-1889) and Bridget Hogan (1825-1891) and is now 0 years of age.
No, she's not. How did that error creep back in?
Robin Patterson 05:40, February 1, 2011 (UTC)
I have removed the clause about age until we have all the SMW bits working again. Thurstan 04:36, February 9, 2011 (UTC)
Thank you. Robin Patterson 07:35, February 9, 2011 (UTC)
Bad problem probably linked to "short name"[]
For the past month or so, when I view the output of this template (on any page, as far as I can tell), many of the individual fields have warnings (displayed as a little yellow triangle with an exclamation mark). For example, in Elizabeth_Dunton_(1658-1740), the biography expands as
Elizabeth Dunton was born 25 March 1658 in The part "|Reading" of the query was not understood. Results might not be as expected. , Middlesex CountyThe part "|Middlesex County, Massachusetts" of the query was not understood. Results might not be as expected. , The part "|Massachusetts" of the query was not understood. Results might not be as expected. to Samuel Dunton (c1625-1683) and Anna Felch (c1625-) and died 1740 in The part "|Malden" of the query was not understood. Results might not be as expected. , in Middlesex CountyThe part "|Middlesex County, Massachusetts" of the query was not understood. Results might not be as expected. , in Massachusetts, of unspecified causes. Elizabeth married Nathaniel EvansThe part "|Nathaniel Evans (c1650-1710)" of the query was not understood. Results might not be as expected. .
The warnings appear to be associated with calls in the template that include the "shortname" option (contrast "Massachusetts" (nation-subdiv1) in the birth and death narratives). Is this something fixable? If not, can we get rid of those "shortname" calls? Bruce Kendall 08:53, February 19, 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for taking the trouble to paste and discuss that example, Bruce. See also Forum:Template:Showfacts biography. I had a feeling it was related to the short name. I hope one of our experts can give it attention, SOON. Robin Patterson (Talk) 09:54, February 19, 2011 (UTC)
Many thanks to Thurstan for fixing the problem with shortname! Bruce Kendall 22:08, March 13, 2011 (UTC)
Reducing birth year[]
Has anyone else noticed it cutting a year off the birth year? --- Robin Patterson (Talk to me) 12:06, March 10, 2011 (UTC)
Everything looks normal to me. -- Bruce Kendall 22:12, March 13, 2011 (UTC)
I think that SMW is mis-handling the "Gregorian Calendar switch" in 1582. My evidence is a sample of pages:
These are wrong (1582 or earlier):
Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine (953-993)
Adelaide de Troyes (c955-c991)
Catherine Carew (bef1500-?)
Lawrence Craufurd of Kilbirnie (c1500-1547)
Nael Unknown (c1550-1609)
Peter Gates (c1550-?)
Anna Unknown (c1570-?)
Robert Campbell of Glenorchy, 3rd Baronet (c1580-1659)
Margaret Cave (c1580-?)
Thomas Lumbert (c1582-1662)
Naele Oesminck (c1582-?)
These are okay (post 1582):
Unknown Boijckinck (c1583-?)
Mary Forth (1583-1615)
Henry Culliford (c1585-c1638)
Lambert Hemink (c1585-?)
John Churchill (c1590-1659)
Henry Fowler (c1590-?)
Aelken Eelinck (c1595-c1640)
Edward Doty (bef1600-1655)
Berent Cempes (c1600-?)
Bastiaan Gerrits Metman (bef1680-?)
Peter Corben (c1700-1772)
Aaltje Ariens van der Salm (1729-aft1761)
Thurstan 00:57, March 14, 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for the research and theory. Food for thought. --- Robin Patterson (Talk to me) 11:52, March 20, 2011 (UTC)
Bad dates after the March 2011 upgrade[]
People born and died in 0 BC? Dates that have the year-m-d error (OK in the infobox but red link year-m-d in the minibio). --- Robin Patterson (Talk to me) 11:52, March 20, 2011 (UTC)
I find that hitting "refresh" once or twice fixes the "0 BC" problem. Do you have any examples where it is persistent? Thurstan 21:29, March 20, 2011 (UTC)
Just checked Charlemagne, who came right with one null edit. So I guess others respond equally. Thanks for fixing the other stuff. I'll sing out if I see another of those red dates. Can you organise a Refresh button for Firefox and the standard skin? --- Robin Patterson (Talk to me) 12:05, March 21, 2011 (UTC)
In the early days of the "new skin" I tried various "gadgets" which promised a "refresh" button, but none of them seem to work. Thurstan 20:24, March 21, 2011 (UTC)
Street field ought to be still prefixed with "at"[]
Near the top of this page, we read: " ". So if I put "sea" in the street field my person should appear (as he was) "born at sea", but the one I did a couple of hours ago (George Wright Palmer) is "born in sea". Has the coding slipped a bit? -- Robin Patterson (Talk) 08:11, December 19, 2013 (UTC)
Where does page "pull" Ancestor information ????[]
Complaint in 2011[]
Copied from one of the offending pages' talk page: Talk:Jane_Walker_Gillespy_(1800-1882).
Several of the pages are somehow pulling information so that it says something like "Ancestors are from United Kingdom."
On these pages, the ancestors were not from the United Kingdom.
I'd like to find out how to either eliminate the statement OR fix it correctly.
Margie Cowan
mcowan @ erols.com
Cowantex 17:58, April 8, 2011 (UTC)
The lady doth protest too much. At least some of that person's ancestors were indeed from the United Kingdom, though they may have had political reasons for not recognizing that term. -- Robin Patterson (Talk) 02:03, May 31, 2011 (UTC)
Serious ancestry questions in 2015[]
Thurstan told me back in about August that the ancestry and migration templates had crept into the minibio and made it a compulsory part of a person-page (so that if it was omitted it would break some ancestry chains). I said I thought (correctly, as I have confirmed) the migration had been in for about 5 years. Here's the evidence of when the ancestry crept in: http://familypedia.wikia.com/index.php?title=Template%3AShowfacts_biography&diff=695164&oldid=590649 shows the differences made by five undocumented edits by User:rtol, who added "death at event" (which is apparently fine though seldom used) and the ancestry. (Migration was already there.) Maybe rtol can tell us whether the result is that person-pages have to include the minibio because otherwise some important chains will be broken. If so, someone who knows what's what should have changed the documentation for the template, which clearly indicates that the minibio is optional. -- Robin Patterson (Talk) 01:50, November 5, 2015 (UTC)
Confused myself a bit about migration. Yes, it was there, and its documentation was changed in 2010 to indicate that it is recursive and has become part of the minibio: http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Migration/doc?diff=next&oldid=541122 - so the last sentence of my previous comment definitely stands. User:Phlox, who created the template and said in the documentation that it could be deleted at will, could not have foreseen that someone might insert things that needed to be on every ancestor's page. I wonder whether the insertions do need to be there. Could they instead be a separate, compulsory, template (with a stand-alone heading like {{Siblings}}) so that the minibio can once again be omitted if an author can replace it with something better? -- Robin Patterson (Talk) 04:41, November 5, 2015 (UTC)
Placement of other places[]
On the form, the last location box is for other places. Sometimes that's for an abolished county or country. More often (in my experience) it's a hospital or castle or cemetery or homestead. Having it at the end of the list can be puzzling, as in, for example:
Gordon Forlong was born 22 September 1897 in Pohangina, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand "Highland Home" to Douglas Gordon Forlong (1869-1955) and ...
Let's put it at the start (possibly in parentheses so that there's less of an oddity where it's a country etc).
-- Robin Patterson (Talk) 02:14, May 31, 2011 (UTC)
I disagree. As I read it, "street" is for "Highland Home" etc, and "other" is just a sign of complete failure of the model. Thurstan 03:01, May 31, 2011 (UTC)
That's certainly not what the documentation and instructions say. The example for "street" gives no hint of including buildings. -- Robin Patterson (Talk) 03:03, February 7, 2013 (UTC)
I saw the "other places" as a placeholder because a transfer from info pages to SMW would have been difficult to "split" the place names into the different subdivision fields. -— AMK152 05:03, May 31, 2011 (UTC)
"Other" certainly had that value (though it may not have been what Phlox intended for its long-term use); editors following the transition can easily drag the bits into their proper fields. Maybe we should dig deeper into his documentation in case there's any really useful info (er - fact???!) we can give users. -- Robin Patterson (Talk) 03:03, February 7, 2013 (UTC)
Understating dates[]
- each year is one less than what's in the infobox. -- Robin Patterson (Talk) 04:05, March 15, 2013 (UTC)
see discussion above at "Reducing birth year". Is this an SMW problem or a PHP problem? Thurstan (talk) 04:24, March 15, 2013 (UTC)
I've twigged. Even before I saw a reduction of a few days, I concluded that where there is only a year it takes that as 1 January then subtracts a few days for the Gregorian date, probably any time before the Brits switched in 1751/52, even before anybody switched (1580??). Now here's the proof: 5 days subtracted. .
That shot also illustrates what a difference a day makes (as they say). With just a year of three digits, the program says that's not a real year and gives us 1970. With a day or month it can handle the date. -- Robin Patterson (Talk) 10:20, October 16, 2013 (UTC)
(Thurstan fixed the 1970 problem shortly after this.) Now who can dig behind the template and find how to stay with the given date instead of converting to Gregorian calendar? -- Robin Patterson (Talk) 22:51, November 13, 2013 (UTC)
(see my note and the link): I think the problem is SMW is assuming Julian on input and Gregorian on output, or similar. It seems to say that SMW version 1.8.0 has a parameter for input and output to override this behaviour, but it doesn't seem to work on our version. Maybe we have to get the date, check if it is before the cutoff, and add the 10 days back if it is. Thurstan (talk) 23:15, November 13, 2013 (UTC)
Illogical order for dates[]
Recently I have been annoyed to see that full dates in the minibio are in the illogical form used by newspapers and people of North American origin: middle unit of time followed by smaller unit of time followed by much larger unit of time. (MDY, in short.) Has this been under my nose for long? Which property or template sets it? (Maybe I can be thankful they aren't just numbers joined by slashes to make them ambiguous!) -- Robin Patterson (Talk) 06:31, October 9, 2015 (UTC)
I am not seeing that: for Gisela Agnes von Anhalt-Köthen (1722-1751) I see (copy-and-paste):
Gisela Agnes von Anhalt-Köthen was born 21 September 1722 in Köthen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany to Leopold von Anhalt-Köthen (1694-1728) and Friederike Henriette von Anhalt-Bernburg (1702-1723) and died 20 April 1751 in Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany of unspecified causes. She married Leopold II. Maximilian von Anhalt-Dessau (1700-1751) 25 May 1737 in Bernburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Maybe it is being picked up from preferences (perhaps of the page creator?). The display is the properties which are actually displayed are Property:birth date string etc which were created in 2013 to fix the "off by one year" bug. Thurstan (talk) 06:42, October 9, 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for the detail. I will look more closely at instances I see in case there is a discernible pattern. -- Robin Patterson (Talk) 12:24, October 9, 2015 (UTC)
Here's the latest, which certainly can't be blamed on the sole author's wiki preferences. Notice how the style differs for some events:
Tame Horomona Rehe (Tommy Solomon) was born May 7, 1884 in Waikaripi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand to Rangitapua Horomona Rehe (1856-1915) and Ihimaera Te Teira (-1903) and died March 19, 1933 in Manukau, Chatham Islands, New Zealand of pneumonia and heart failure. He married Ada Fowler (c1870-1915) 30 September 1903 in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand. He married Whakarawa Rene (-1968) 21 October 1916 in Temuka, Timaru District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand.
-- Robin Patterson (Talk) 12:31, October 9, 2015 (UTC)
A bit of a can-of-worms here. At present Property:birth date string and Property:death date string are set in {{set date/step1}} (called ultimately from {{Showfacts person}}), and used by {{Showfacts biography}}. These properties are set by capturing (as a string) the setting for Property:birth date and Property:death date. Note that the corresponding properties for wedding dates are not set or used (in fact, they have not been defined), though for consistency they probably should be. I don't know how the format is set: I will experiment with user preferences. If we look at people who died in March 1933, we see:
Margaret Petrenella Ackerman (1883-1933) 4 August 1883 4 August 1883 22 March 1933 22 March 1933
Lidia Basilescu (c1893-1933) 1893 1893 25 March 1933 25 March 1933
John Thomas Chapman (1853-1933) 11 December 1853 11 December 1853 17 March 1933 17 March 1933
John Francis Cramp (1887-1933) 7 June 1887 7 June 1887 13 March 1933 13 March 1933
Reuben George Cramp (1894-1933) 30 July 1894 30 July 1894 4 March 1933 4 March 1933
Henrietta Dyer (1841-1933) 1841 1841 4 March 1933 4 March 1933
Duncan Gillies (1846-1933) 13 August 1846 13 August 1846 28 March 1933 28 March 1933
Inez Louisa Hamblin (1871-1933) 4 April 1871 4 April 1871 4 March 1933 4 March 1933
John Samuel Jarrett (1850-1933) 29 September 1850 29 September 1850 4 March 1933 4 March 1933
John Charles Jefferay (1861-1933) 1861 1861 3 March 1933 3 March 1933
Charles Jeffery (1864-1933) 13 June 1864 13 June 1864 5 March 1933 5 March 1933
Szidónia Konkoly-Thege (1851-1933) 6 September 1851 6 September 1851 3 March 1933 3 March 1933
John Logan (1845-1933) 1845 1845 1 March 1933 1 March 1933
Mary Abigail Mangum (1858-1933) 2 June 1858 2 June 1858 28 March 1933 28 March 1933
Bregitta Overman (1860-) 19 March 1860 19 March 1860 17 March 1933 17 March 1933
Tame Horomona Rehe (1884-1933) 7 May 1884 7 May 1884 19 March 1933 19 March 1933
Joanna Hone Russell (1856-1933) 30 August 1856 30 August 1856 23 March 1933 23 March 1933
William Henry Teale (1859-1933) 15 February 1859 15 February 1859 22 March 1933 22 March 1933
Katherine Georgina Louisa Thynne (1865-1933) 22 July 1865 22 July 1865 4 March 1933 4 March 1933
Marino Torlonia, 4th prince of Civitella-Cesi (1861-1933) 29 July 1861 29 July 1861 5 March 1933 5 March 1933
Sarah Ann Unicomb (1843-1933) 27 June 1843 27 June 1843 26 March 1933 26 March 1933
William Cawthorne Unwin (1838-1933) 12 December 1838 12 December 1838 17 March 1933 17 March 1933
The odd one out (for me now) is Tame Horomona Rehe (1884-1933).
First test: with my date preference set to "04:48, 2015 October 10" I created two pages Leopold von Anhalt-Köthen (1694-1728) and Friederike Henriette von Anhalt-Bernburg (1702-1723), and I see nothing untoward about their "minibios". Thurstan (talk) 04:53, October 10, 2015 (UTC)
Hmmmm - Tame's dates are OK but date strings don't match. Thank you again. Now here's another clue, maybe. It's a pre-bugfix paste from Tame's son. Note: (1) styles differ for the duplicates; (2) no wedding mentioned even though it's in the infobox.
Thomas Solomon, Thomas Solomon was born 11 August 1918, August 11, 1918 in Chatham Islands, New Zealand, Chatham Islands, New Zealand to Tame Horomona Rehe (1884-1933), Tame Horomona Rehe (1884-1933) and Whakarawa Rene (-1968), Whakarawa Rene (-1968) and died 12 August 1985, August 12, 1985 in Ashburton, Ashburton District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand, Ashburton, Ashburton District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand of unspecified causes. Ancestors are from New Zealand.
Something else to ponder over during the square dancing. In case it might help with the date bugtracking, I'll leave Thomas in his bugged state until further notice. -- Robin Patterson (Talk) 05:07, October 10, 2015 (UTC)
The marriage is easy: {{showfact|ifmarried-g1|page=Thomas Tutanekai Solomon (1918-1985)}} returns "true", which is not equal to "true", so it doesn't look like he is married. Thurstan (talk) 05:36, October 10, 2015 (UTC)
More mystery? Code says:
"|ifmarried-g1=true
"| ... "
I know what it might be: I'd only just added the marriage date etc - but I think I'd had the "true" on a previous edit.
-- Robin Patterson (Talk) 13:09, October 10, 2015 (UTC)
I noticed one or two more "Newspapaer/American" dates the other day but I didn't have time to investigate. -- Robin Patterson (Talk) 21:14, May 1, 2017 (UTC)
"the" Netherlands etc[]
Would it be difficult to get the minibio to prefix "the" to nation names that want it? -- Robin Patterson (Talk) 21:19, May 1, 2017 (UTC)
But they don't want it: we write Harlingen, Netherlands, not "Harlingen, the Netherlands". We say "Harlingen is in the Netherlands", but that is not how the place names are formated in the minibio. Thurstan (talk) 21:39, May 1, 2017 (UTC)


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Larry Sapp was paralyzed from a spinal cord injury that was from a fall down a steep staircase April 1, 1995. To learn more about Larry the artist and business man inside - Click here!
The saying if you're not part of the solution - then you're part of the problem - applies to our problem of being recognized as people - worthy of having a voice in today's entertainment industry.
The only industry study on those with a disability was commissioned by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and published in May 2005. Complete with recommendations it is surprising that virtually nothing has changed. Obviously Hollywood is not affected by such reports of blatant discrimination as other industries. Read the Executive Summary by clicking here.
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Not giving an answer - is an answer! Ignoring and dismissing is an answer!
The disabled consumer market over the past 10 years have captured the attention of nearly every industry in American to the point they have made significant changes to their products, services and/or marketing to attract their business. What has the motion picture and television industry done?
The disabled consumer market now has an aggregate income that exceeds $1 trillion and boast $220 billion in discretionary spending power (in 2001).
In my business plan for Abilities United Productions, LLC, I have market research that describes five psychological factors that motivate the disabled consumer market to spend! And my film projects answer each one of them! And each one of my film projects are appealing to all, to general audiences and expect to attract moviegoers based on genre. Want to know more?
Life is hard enough, but add the extra challenges that come from having a disability where you have to learn the art of adapting to accomplish even the simplest of things but do so and keep a positive outlook, to be a happy, participating member of society, have meaning in your life despite the added personal challenges and then not get a fair opportunity based soley on the fact of being a person with a disability. Life can be a little difficult to deal with it should not have the complications of being discriminated! Everyone should have a fair and equal opportunity. Isn't that what this country is all about?
The industry does not have any statistics on the representation or employment of those with a disability. Probably because it is nearly non-existent and no one has made a loud enough protest (yet) like it has been in the past with other minorities sub-groups!
How is it the largest and fastest growing minority is the most ignored and discriminated against?
How can those with a disability be so dismissed in an industry full of people, groups and organizations that support equality for all?
All are questions I do not have any answers for BUT I do have a solution!
I invite you to visit the whole website - look at the tabs at the top of this page to direct you to the About Us, Feature Film Projects, Short Film and Short Stories I will adapt into screenplays and certainly to the Featured Actors page for a small sample of the actors with a disAbility who struggle just like most actors do only with the knowing going into an audition they will be and are constantly discriminated against.
Although there is little news out of Hollywood on those with a disAbility - that is GOING to CHANGE! And we are focusing on that right here! For some on going discussions where your comments are welcome - visit the blog
Keep in mind that the disAbility focus for Abilities United Productions is those using a wheelchair, since that is the authentic voice provided here through my own personal experiences as a paraplegic. This will change to include many other authentic voices from those with all types of disAbilities in the future. So for now, the News is going to focus on those with the same or similar disAbility as our work here. There are notable exceptions, such as Marlee Matlin and Heather Mills on "Dancing with the Stars." So for now read Hollywood News about paraplegics and other wheelchair users. Here is a list of those that we are speaking about. Click on anyone of them to jump ahead and read about it!
Inclusion in the Arts and Media for People with Disabilities (IAMPWD)
Oprah's "The BIG Give"
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I am excited about this announcement that happened on October 6, 2008. Three simultaneous press conferences held in LA, NY and DC – to coincide with "National Disability Employment Awareness Month" announced a historic movement in the entertainment industry by The Performers with Disabilities (PWD) Tri-Union Committee of SAG, AFTRA, and AEA. The "Inclusion in the Arts and Media for People with Disabilities (IAMPWD)" is a major campaign of disability rights to increase the visibility and equal employment opportunities for actors, broadcasters and sound recording artists with disabilities throughout the entertainment and news media.
This marks an occassion I, and I know a lot of others have been waiting for a long time coming. Like the Beatles song, "Come Together" we are now doing just that. This 3 year campaign is dedicated to outreach the entertainment and media industries, the general public, political and legislative leaders, and to the national and global civil rights, labor, and community allies in an effort to urge the entertainment industry to open up equal opportunities for disabled performers. To learn more visit www.IAMPWD.org.
I highlighted the entertainment industry because that is where this starts and will end. I hope it will not take more drastic measures in the middle of this revolution of equal access, representation, and opportunity in the entertainment industry for those with a disability, such at involving the "political and legislative leaders" to institute a program similar to Affirmative Action for the disabled in the entertainment industry. I know that sounds a bit like a threat and all I can say is that I am so tired of being ignored! Under-represented and stereotyped in movies and television. Just my "Perspectives of a Paraplegic!"
Still let's focus on what we can do to make this change in Hollywood together. I am so grateful to SAG, AFTRA, AEA, and all the actors who fought to make the Tri-Unuion PWD Committee and to put it into action with this "Inclusion in the Arts and Media for People with Disabilities (IAMPWD)" campaign. The SAG report published in 2005 didn't seem to make any difference to the studios despite the findings that showed just how discriminatory the industry was.
But this is a campaign of people and action as we can now "Come Together" (in the more effective Aerosmith version) and hopefully get some face time. All I need is a few minutes and I can and will show you a potential gold mine of opportunity. If it is produced with certain elements and incorporates specific marketing strategies. Well coincidently I just happen to have all of that after 13+ years of research and work!
So let's get to work!
Oprah's "BIG Give"
Ten contestants are challenged to give away to those who are in need. Each week the contestants were given a specific goal to give and are judged by three people who are known for their charity work.
I am not sure how the contestants were choosen but it does look like a cross section of America with representatives from different races and gender and finally some recognition of a very significant segment of our society - a person with a disAbility! Carlana Stone is a paraplegic and an amazing person and incredible woman. I strongly recommend that you visit her website at www.carlanastone.com
While the show aired it was influencing people all over the country to Give BIG for others in their neighborhood who are in need. This is a great example of how entertainment, movies and television influence our culture and society. I added an entry to on my blog to speak directly to that influence entertainment has. And with the inclusion of a person with a disAbility it goes a long way to breaking not only Hollywood but ultimately the general public's stereotypes of those with a disAbility! Thanks Oprah this has been a "Big Give" even more that you know!
The season that began on March 17, 2008 also on ABC starred a Performer with a disAbility (PWD) - a real star with a disAbility as one of the contestants - the wonderful and talented, Marlee Matlin. I look forward to watching and not only because of Marlee but there is a lot of star contestants that I like.
Unfortunately early on there was a bit of controversy with the use or as some would say exploitation of someone with a disAbility. Marlee, in case you don't know is deaf and the issue of hearing the music to dance to and Marlee's contention that she can feel the rhythm and beat to keep time and dance. I think this is a perfect example of letting the person with the disability decide what they can and cannot do. Curiosity is fine to ask a couple of questions. But once that performer, or person with a disability explains it, that should be the end of the conversation. If things change the person with the disability should, and if not afraid of retribution, such as losing a job, to be able to say what has changed and why there is need for a change. In the end I look at the positive side of all of this - people are talking about it! This is essential to finally be brought out of abscurity that the entertianment industry has kept those with a disAbility ignored except for the one or two token lines of dialogue or more commonly the completely non-speaking background roles.
All in all, Including the previous season of "Dancing with the Stars" that included Heather Mills, I commend and thank the ABC network for their programs that support inclusion of those with a disAbility. This is just the beginning and I will do whatever I can to make sure of it!
The first Headline I want to talk about is James Cameron's new movie that is in production right now. It is called, "Avatar" and the imdb.com has this description for the plot summary:
In the future, Jake, a paraplegic war veteran, is brought to another planet, Pandora, which is inhabited by the Na'vi, a humanoid race with their own language and culture. Those from Earth find themselves at odds with each other and the local culture.
It is in production now and expected to be finished and released in 2009. Cameron wrote this script and I have to commend him on having not only the featured character being a paraplegic but also for it being non-stereotypical - this featured character is in a Sci-fi, Futuristic, Action film! A blockbuster as everything James Cameron does is done on a grand scale! The estimated budget for this film is $200 million! And as his work is on a grand scale so are his successes. In this particular film he tells the media that the revolutionary technology he is using (digital 3-D) to make this film will "blow you to the back wall of the theatre"!
That is the news – not much but Cameron was working on this for several years and with a hush-hush clause, actively engaging cast and crew for 12 months prior to the announcement in February 2007. He began principal photography in April 2007.
Not many know about it – YET – and in fact I have spoken to a few actors with a disAbility and when I told them of this Cameron project were outraged that they were not informed.
* Did Cameron audition any actors with a disAbility? Especially in view that he did not cast an name recognizable talent - which is the typical excuse most of Hollywood gives when casting an able bodied actor in the role of a character with a disAbility. Instead a relatively unknown Aussie actor Sam Worthington.
* If he did was it accessible and provided a fair and equal evaluation of the auditioned actors? I must say that in no way am I questioning his character, as I believe he is a very good person, but must be asked because it is a serious and common barrier that is real as reported in the 2005 SAG report on Performers with a Disability. Actors with a disAbility are the hardest working as they deal daily all the same "struggles" actors face but also with the attitudes of Hollywood. If they are even given an opportunity to audition - they have to get to it - and if not they do not want to ask for help because that is a "sign" of weakness that they will not be able to perform when in production and therefore will be discounted at this point if not already done so asthen they hope to get a fair evaluation as most doing the auditions have already made up their mind before the actor even hits the mark!
* Is there any "Authentic" element in this film? Does Cameron, the writer and director, or his actor portraying the character have a disAbility? Can you think about how many previous films that featured a character with a disAbility were written, directed, or acted by a person with a disAbility? I suppose that able bodied individuals that are well meaning can understand what it is like to live with a disAbility and therefore can, by Hollywood standards, provide an authentic voice and representation?
* Are those of us living everyday of our lives with a disAbility no more significant then a foreign accent? That is the message to those with a disAbility when able bodied actors portray a character with a disAbility. This is no reflection on them as a person or as an actor - they are fantastic at their portrayals - but it is still far from authentic. It is like Al Jolson's in a wheelchair! Very good Al Jolson's but still Al Jolson's!
* Do you think the authentic element is only applicable to race and gender so that we do not have Caucasian actors cast in African-American roles, men in women, and visa versa? This of course does not apply to comedic stories where the audience is in on it, ie: "Soul Man", "White Chicks", "Mrs. Doubtfire", "Tootsie", and others. I am speaking of real dramatic roles and plots.
* Is a significant disAbility, like paralysis, not as significant as a person's race?
* Are we not supposed to ask these questions?
* Would Hollywood prefer that this never become an issue and have to deal with it?
That is the message ringing loud and clear from Hollywood and Cameron is unfortunately perpetuating it.
Do not get me wrong because I have huge respect and admiration of James Cameron as I think he is a great storyteller on film. I do not intentionally want to use him and his project as an example but it already is and I hope that this will become another acclaimed significance to his career rather than a stain or blotch – but that means we have to talk before the release – before the end of the production. I have made attempts to get in contact with him but I have not gotten any response.
I have dedicated an entire page to this and that is because of the enormous significance of the project – a Hollywood tent pole by a very brilliant and creative filmmaking god in Hollywood. So it will get some attention and I am here to be sure it is cast (no pun intended) before it is already in theatres and too late! So click here to go my "Cameron - Avatar" page for further commentary and to the blog if you wish to comment!
Another foreign film that Hollywood adorns with accolades and awards that feature a character with a disAbility because they do not do it themselves! But just like the previous one which was awarded with the "Best Foreign Language Film" Oscar in 2005 from Spain, "The Sea Inside" it is a biopic and that is as authentic as it gets! The actors, directors and writers(screenplay) are not persons with a disAbility. "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" is based on the life of editor-in-cheif of the French division of Elle magazine who suddenly had a massive stroke that cause complete paralysis of his body in a condition called "locked in syndrome." The only control he had was his left eye in which he used to "blink" when he is given the correct letter to communicate his memoir.
While I do not intend to dismiss or belittle the paralysis exsitence he had survived with for the last two years of his life, I must say that this seems to be the definition of a film with a character with a disAbility and that it has to "transdend the human condition" to be worthy to be a movie. Who gets to set the definitions of a worth drama that features a character with a disAbility? Do they all have to be like this? Are all people with a disAbility measured by how they transcend the human condition or how they make it a reminder to all those around them that they have to be grateful for what they have and that we all hav more then we see until it is taken away and it could be taken away in tragic terms? And that if a person with a disAbility does not do that for those around them then they really have no purpose in society? That is the message that is given when this is the only films that are made or celebrated as being so great of a contribution to audiences and the cinema.
Unfortunately I have not seen this film and so I cannot give you an honest review. I will see it as soon as I can but in the meantime all I can do is discuss other reviews and give my opinion on the Hollywood reaction to it. Again, just like it was with "The Sea Inside" reviewers are falling all over themselves to give us the same stereotypical quotes - "heart-warming", "transendent", "metaphor for the human condition", "poginant", "moving", "inspirational" and anymore and I will vomit!
As of this writing - mid-January 2008, The film has won the GOlden Globe for best foreign language film. The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has nominated, Julian Schnable for its best director award and the Producers Guild of America (PGA) has just announced that "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" as a nominee in its Best Feature Film category! But that looks like the best it will get as the Oscars say the film is ineligible for their Best Foreign Language film because even though it is all in French, it is a American produced film. More on that in a moment.
I must first make a quick comment on the reviews of the first half og the film's direction by Schnable is from the point-of-view (POV) of the main character and so we see what he sees which because the right eye is closed the right part of the screen is out of focus and so we get a feel for the characters' mindset. Not taking anything away from Schnable as he is known for his artistic creation in his painting and then his filmmaking - but I wrote a very similar description in a short story/film screenplay where you did only get the POV from my main character from his morning get together ritual with his colleagues at the coffee shop to waiting on a bus where a young black man talk about his race being denied to sit in the front of the bus until Rosa Parks. My main character then explains at least they had a seat and how he had to wait for a specific bus that can take him. Which is noted big time when a bus arrives and as the young black man asks if he is coming aboard he must tell him that although it is going where he needs to go - he is not allowed on that bus and will have to wait for the next! The second half of this story is then shown through the POV of his colleagues and the audience then understands the first half! I did a very similar one with "Glacial Breeze" in which we do not always get the main characters' POV but we see what those around them see and that is the main charcter form the waist up - until the end when it is revealed the two main characters, a man and a woman are using wheelchairs for thier mobility and whose lives kind of mirrored each others when it came to the opposite sex. Seems as if the able bodied Schnable (sorry I was looking for somewhere that I could use that Schnable able bodied reference!) beat me to the artistic expression of the POV he has no freakin' idea is really like.
Okay the last I want to comment on this is back to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science, the Oscars, policy or rules for the Best Foriegn Language film is that two of three elements, which are the writer, director or producer must be from the submitting country and it must be nominated by the official organization in that country, and France chose "Persepolis," an animated drama set in Iran. Now their isn't a category for Best Film that Features a Character with a disAbility" and I do not want one - but how interesting that the elements of a film must be two out of three to qualify as authentic! So where and when was a Hollywood picture - or for that matter even the foreign ones have any of those elements be from the disabled community when producing a feature film that stars a character with a disAbility to be considered authentic? In fact they cannot even get one out of four if we include the actor as one of the elements! I have asked this on many occassions and it fits here too, Double standard, or Double DIscrimination?
Even with this artistic portrait by Schnable, it is still the stereotypical inspirational story that features a character with a disAbility. When will Hollywood give it up for the authentic, non-stereotypical story and character written and directed by a person with a disAbility who will only cast an actor with the same or similar disAbility as the character? That is the question not only the dedicated and passionate artists in the motion picture industry that have a disAbility want to know but so does the 54+ million Americans with a disAbility, their family & friends, colleagues and in fact the general audiences who demand athenticity in their entertainment - and once they finally get exposed to it - have something to compare the previous attempts at these portrayals - they will want to see in their movies as well. Wake up Hollywood - even the foreign attemtps that you award and somehow feel justifies that fact you do not feature characters with a disAbility are not authentic. The time for a change is NOW!
Seems this is one of the few where critics and audiences' agreed. Although I didn't know anything about this movie until just before it hit theatres and that is what I read as I didn't see any trailers or tv commercials about it. But it sounded good. Well, I dig Zach Braff in "Scrubs" but not a big fan of any of his film work. Amanda Peet, I absolutely adore. She is a beautiful and talented woman and I have loved her in all her roles. And Charles Grodin - I loved him in a couple of my favorite films "Seems Like Old Times" and "Midnight Run" are the ones most know but the one that is my all time favorite Grodin film is "Sunburn"! It starred him, and in her first starring role, Farrah Fawcett-Majors! Along with Art Carney and a druken, nymphomaniac role played by Joan Collins. "The Ex" which was orginally called "Fast Track" when it announced a greenlight from The Weinstein Company also starred Jason Bateman in the role of the paraplegic co-worker and ex boyfriend of Amanda Peet's character who happens to be married to Braff's character and just had a baby. Now I like Jason, and maybe because I have had a crush on his sister, Justine forever - well since "Family Ties"!
But unfortunately none of this wonderful and talented cast could salvage this movie as it tanked at the box and with critics alike. Most reviews said that Jason's character - being non-stereotypical - a fresh view of a paraplegic was the only saving grace of this movie. He did a good job - I've seen him do better so it was obviously the material, written by two first time writer and the ultimate repsonsibility is with the director and I think Jason would've done better given that those two elements were better! So although it upsets me that this was not authentic voice or representation I do not believe even that would have saved this film.
I am sure The Weinstein Company saw it differently, as the cast when reading the script and accepting the offer. But it unfortunately did not work out and I really hope this doesn't set Hollywood off even further then most already are on doing feature films with characters with a disAbility!
I do want to comment on one other related item - 2929 Productions was also part of bringing this to the screen. I would surely like to know if it was them or The Weinstein Company that originally optioned it and did the greenlighting. The reason is that when I lived in Dallas, TX and I read how Marc Cuban and his partner Todd Wagner had started this indie film production company to bring films that would not normally have a chance - to stretch the American Cinema canvass, I was excited and contacted thier coprorate offices and followed thier submission rules from the website for my then recently completed screenplay "London Time" in 2003. I was denied and I wondered why but nobody would give an answer. So my autehntic film about a paraplegic homicide detective did not peak their interest but this did? Oh well I have some satisfaction in knowing instant karma is going to get you! Mark is still a billionare and owns the NBA - Dallas Mavericks so I am sure he isn't hurt by any of this. I will just conclude in saying that I think overall - their mission to stretch the american cinema envelope has failed.
So unfortunately I cannot recommend this film and it has nothing to do with it being the epitome of Hollywood with characters and people with a disAbility. What do I mean people with a disAbility as there were none - exactly the epitome of Hollywood with a charcter with a disAbility!I am going to contact The Weinstein Company again to see if they are interested in "London Time" and working with an authentic story, film, writer, director, actor, production company to produce a film that through all my research and work has a much better chance at success then any other indie films out there and especially any that feature a character with a disAbility. In fact back in October 2007 I did contact Michael Cole at The Weinstein Company and they appear to be just like the rest of the Hollywood machine and ignored my letter and follow up calls. Maybe I should contact Bob and/or Harvey Weinstein and get it straight from the horse's mouth. Will they give me a fair and equal opportunity to present an authentic voice and representation of those with a disAbility? Stay tuned and I will give the answer here when and if I get one!
I didn't even know that one of the characters in "Family Guy" was a paraplegic until 2006! I never watched it and therefore had no idea but when I heard that Joe was a local police officer and a paraplegic, I had to check it out.
Oh, my! I laughed my - you know what - right off! Not just because of Joe but I enjoy the entire show! Still this is a great way to show, make humorous comment, and give a representation to those with a disAbility. Now I do get a little irratated in some of the content - like when Joe went to the doctor's to have this revolutionary procedure done that would implant him with new legs! As if that were the problem! But I try to remember this is all in fun in a already unconventional cartton program! Unlike with Carlos Mencia - do not get me started with him - the "Family Guy" is in context and nobody can deny that after just a couple of minutes into each episode! I only wish Joe had more story!
The character of Joe is voiced by actor Patrick Warburton. I love his presence and delivery every since I first saw him in about a ten episode recurring role in the television series, "Seinfeld." And today in both "Family Guy" as the voice of Joe and in the television series, "Rules of Engagement" that is a real funny show and a great follow from "Two and a Half Men" that I really love too.
If you have not gotten a chance to see it I suggest you do. The earlier seasons are out on DVD now and the only way they can make "Family Guy" better is more Joe and without commercials! At least you get one out of two with watching past episodes on DVD!
NBC television series was recently canceled BUT in a new and exciting manner it has been renewed thanks in large part to DirecTV working with NBC to keep it on the air!
You can view more info, including watching past episodes on the NBC website for Friday Night Lights.
I do not always catch this show and maybe if I had a DVR I would watch more often! Like most ensemble shows I have to sit through some of the stories - subplots - characters I am not interested in just to get to those I am. I think that is why I got so sick of ER after 6 seasons. I can't believe that show is still on! Anyway, back to Friday Night Lights - It is quite full of teenage angst since it is set in high school. Here is a description from Wikipedia
Friday Night Lights takes its inspiration from a book titled "Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream" and the 2004 film based on it. The book, published in 1990 and written by H.G. "Buzz" Bissinger, details the 1988 season of the Permian Panthers, a high school football team in Odessa, Texas. The book itself was intended as a work of journalism and is assumed to be completely factual. The characters in the book are not renamed and the book makes no attempt to conceal their identity.[3] The Universal Pictures film stars Billy Bob Thornton and was directed by Bissinger's second cousin Peter Berg. The film's characters are again based on the real life residents of Odessa circa 1988. The film is known for staying almost completely true to the source material.
As a show about the community of Dillon, Texas and how the football team effects the town as a whole, Friday Night Lights has a ensemble cast. While screen time of characters varies from episode to episode, the show is most focused on Panthers' football coach Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler), who strives to balance his emphasis on family, his status in a sometimes confrontational community, and his personal ambitions. His family of wife Tami Taylor (Connie Britton), a guidance counselor at Dillon High, and teenage daughter Julie Taylor (Aimee Teegarden) also are in the center of the show. When Tami becomes pregnant and gives birth to Grace Taylor, tensions within the family increase and Julie becomes more rebellious than her earlier self.
Outside of the Taylor family, the show focuses on the respective lives of the Dillon's high school football players. In the series' first episode, star quarterback Jason Street (Scott Porter) suffers an injury that leads to an end to his football career and a wheel chair-bound life which Jason resists and learns to cope with throughout the series. Lyla Garrity (Minka Kelly), who at the time of Jason's injury was his girlfriend, parallels his story, as she goes from a Panther cheerleader to a Christian youth minister.
As a result of Jason's injury, shy and nervous Matt Saracen (Zach Gilford) becomes the Panthers' starting quarterback and eventually dates Julie. It is also revealed that Matt's father is serving in Iraq and that he must therefore care for his grandmother Lorraine Saracen (Louanne Stephens) by himself, with help only from his best friend Landry Clarke (Jesse Plemons) and eventual live-in nurse and love-interest Carlotta Alonso (Daniella Alonso). Obnoxious and arrogant star running-back Brian Smash Williams's (Gaius Charles) quest for a college-football scholarship and full-back Tim Riggins' (Taylor Kitsch) tale of on-and-off alcoholism and party-life are told as well. Tyra Collette (Adrianne Palicki) also stars as a town vixen who goes from Tim's occasional girlfriend to Landry's lover following Landry's defense of her from a rapist.
As you can see there are a lot of stories, subplots going on here. I am glad that one of the characters, Jason Street is a paraplegic and not just a token wheeler, but was the star quarterback! And as the series continues from this summary of the first season, he continues to be athlete as he begins playing quad-Rugby. Unfortunately neither the story nor the character is authentically portrayed. And even on the NBC website there are not a lot of pictures of the character and the actor Zach Gilford is photographed for all promo shots as the able bodied person, performer, and non-authentic actor portraying a character with a disAbility. I do not blame Zach - he is getting a chance to play a role - I do BLAME the industry for treating those with a disAbility as if the life of a person with a disAbility is not significant - that it is not as significant as the person's gender, race, nationality or age - all of which is authentically represented in today's entertainment. This practice is saying that a disAbility is no big thing and that any actor could portray it - just as they portray a profession or an accent that is not their own. Sorry I got a little on a rant there! As usual huh?
Still I do recommend watching this television show. It is at least the right direction from well-meaning able bodied people!
I am not big into reality television. I have watched Survivor and Americna Idol once or twice each! There are some exceptions - "The Amazing Race" is fun and for a while "The Apprentice" but I got so tired of the obvious not being reported or known in the"board room" that it angered me too much. Oh and I am a sucker for "Brett Michaels' Rock of Love" on VH1 - just a glimpse into living the rockstar life!
But I did watch Dancing with the Stars when Heather Mills was one of the contestants! I thought she did wonderfully. But I noticed what I see as a common occurance and it is just part of this society when it comes to the less fortunate. Balance between giving extra leeway because of sympathy or empathy or just because it is warranted due to circumstance versus fair and equal treatment of being treated the same as everyone. The judges did okay and it wasn't an over the top but it was there and I saw and felt it! I do in my own life - from others and even from within sometimes. It is a delicate balance as I want to be recognized for all the things I do that I took for granted when I was able bodied and I know most able bodied individuals do and wanting not to be given special treatment!! It is difficult and because it is a fact of living with a disAbility, I have incorporated that into my characters! That is what an authentic voice will bring. Honest and real experiences for characters and can only be portrayed authentically by actors who have expereined it and continue to live iwth it!
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Terry Morgan re-appointed as Crossrail Chairman
Crossrail Limited announced that Terry Morgan CBE has been re-appointed by the Crossrail Board as Non-Executive Chairman for a three-year term from 31 May 2012.
Current Non-Executive Board member, Michael Cassidy CBE, has been re-appointed by the Board for a further three-year term from 31 July 2012.
Current Non-Executive Board Member, Robert Jennings CBE has been reappointed by the Department for Transport as their nominee on the Crossrail Board for a further three-year term from 29 April 2012.
Crossrail Chairman Terry Morgan said: "Significant progress has been made since the start of Crossrail construction in May 2009. Work is now underway at all our central London station sites, excavation for the new Canary Wharf station is complete and the Tunnelling and Underground Construction Academy in east London is now training the next generation of tunnellers and construction workers.
"The major delivery of Crossrail will shortly commence with the start of tunnelling. Over the next two and a half years, eight tunnel boring machines will construct 21km of twin-bore tunnel under London. Over 3,000 people are now employed on the project and that number will increase nearly five-fold over the next two years. Tens of thousands of jobs will also be supported through the supply chain in London and in regionally-based manufacturers and suppliers."
WYSE Travel Confederation releases new research
Holiday Extras customers hold optimistic news for cruise
No concerns at Heathrow Express over Crossrail arrival
Bombardier selected for Crossrail rolling stock
Consultation opens on proposed routes for Crossrail 2
Network Rail awards major Crossrail contract for southeast London
Crossrail to bridge the gap
Cross Rail: UK's largest archaeology project uncovers the Bronze Age
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If you've ever met a Texan, you know that folks from the Lone Star State are proud of their independent nature and rebellious history. Just a few blocks north of the Texas State Capitol in Austin, visitors can experience the entire "Story of Texas" for themselves at the Bullock Texas State History Museum.
Named after former Texas Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock, a key supporter in the establishment of the museum, the $80 million project was funded through the state legislature and broke ground in 1999. The new museum finally opened its doors on April 21, 2001. Not coincidentally, that day marked the 165th anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto, the final battle of the Texas Revolution in which Texas was victorious in earning its independence from Mexico.


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«The Unicorns» - biography, albums, songs, video clips
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1 Ghost Mountain 03:09
2 Do the Knife Fight 00:00
3 Jellybones 02:43
4 Peach Moon 00:00
5 Let's Get Known 01:56
6 Ready To Die 01:42
7 Les OS 03:31
8 I Don't Wanna Die 02:03
9 Sea Ghost 03:41
10 Inoculate The Innocuous 05:17
The Unicorns was a rock band from Montreal, Canada formed in December 2000 by Nicholas Thorburn (Nick Diamonds) and Alden Penner (Alden Ginger), who were later joined by Jamie Thompson (J'aime Tambeur) in December 2003.
The Unicorns formed in Campbell River, British Columbia in December 2000 by Nicholas Thorburn (stage name Nick "Neil" Diamonds, as well as a host of other aliases) and Alden Penner (stage name, Alden Ginger; Elvis Presley's fiancée when he died was Ginger Alden). They were later joined by drummer Jamie Thompson (stage name J'aime Tambeur).
The band self-released their debut album Unicorns Are People Too in March 2003 through their own record label Caterpillars of the Community, with a limited press run of 500 copies.
In October of the same year they went back into the studio, recording several new songs as well as reworking a number of songs from their debut. The resulting second album, Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?, recorded by Mark Lawson in Montreal, was released in November 2003 on the label Alien8 Recordings.
The album received glowing reviews from The Village Voice, NME, online magazine Pitchfork Media and numerous other publications around the world, and it quickly earned the band a fanatical following on the indie-rock circuit. The band toured constantly for thirteen months following its release, initially supporting fellow Canadian band Hot Hot Heat across North America before proceeding to play to sold-out crowds in Australia, Europe and the UK, as well as touring several more times across the U.S. and Canada.
In November 2004, a split 7" between the Unicorns and noise artists, Man Is The Bastard, for release on Kitty Play Records was announced by the band's website and Pitchfork media but it was never finished.
The band's hectic touring schedule took its toll, however, and by the time of their Australian tour in December 2004 they were showing signs of exhaustion, playing reportedly lukewarm shows and verbally clashing with audience members. On December 28, 2004, a short message appeared on the Unicorns' website reading "THE UNICORNS ARE DEAD, (R.I.P.)", leading fans to speculate as to whether they had broken up. At The Unicorns last show, on December 21, 2004 in Houston, TX, Nicholas Thorburn looked over at Alden Penner and said something along the lines of, "I quit, I can't do this anymore" and walked off stage.
In early February 2005 Pitchfork Media reported that The Unicorns had split. Also the website issued a press statement on the band's behalf confirming the claims of break-up.
Later projects
Thorburn and Thompson continued to collaborate as Th' Corn Gangg (a pop/hip-hop project) and Islands (an indie rock project). On May 28, 2006, Thompson announced his departure from Islands. He returned to the band in June 2009, but left again a year later.
Penner released a 7" on the Melbourne-based Art School Dropout label. The A-side, The Ghost of Creaky Crater, was recorded in Melbourne on December 19, 2004 while The Unicorns were touring the country. The release was limited to a hundred copies. Penner performed under the name Dub Intefadah and scored the soundtrack for the indepdendent film The Hamster Cage. He then formed a band called Clues with Brendan Reed (formerly of Arcade Fire and Les Angles Morts), and Bethany Or of Shanghai Triad. They made their debut at Pop Montreal in October 2007.
In February 2014, Pitchfork reportedthat the band was working on new material and Alden Penner was quoted as saying, "We're definitely talking about playing together and seeing what happens. And we'll probably do some shows in the major cities we've played in–probably Toronto, Montreal, New York, L.A., Vancouver—that sort of thing."
Nicholas Thorburn – stage name "Nick 'Neil' Diamonds"
Alden Penner – stage name "Alden Ginger"
Jamie Thompson – stage name "J'aime Tambeur"
Three Inches of Blood (2002)
Unicorns Are People Too (2003)
Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? (2003)
Singles/EPs
The Unicorns: 2014 - 7" single (purple vinyl) w/B-side: "Emasculate the Masculine" (March 23, 2004); limited to 2,000 copies
The Unicorns: 2014 (2004)
Jellybeans - CD-R promo single (2004); UK release only
Unreleased tracks
"Haunted House"
"Abominable Snowman"
"Livin' in the Country"
"The Adventures of Bayou Billy"
"Hanz (Suicide Is a Shame)"
"I Do It (For Your Love)"
"Bad Mind"
"Ruff Gem"
"Are We Expanding"
Th' Corn Gangg
Human Highway
— fansite which became official after the break-up
— Nick Thorburn and Daddy Kev.
— Jamie Thompson's mashup/hip-hop project.
— Nick Thorburn and Jim Guthrie.


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