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'Hollywood, we have a lot to talk about'. Wow, truer words have never been spoken.
From the predatory behavior of actors, studio executives, comedians, TV hosts, directors and producers like Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Matt Lauer, Louis C.K. and James Toback to name but a few, the resulting #MeToo and Time's Up initiatives (expect lots of women in black gowns on this red carpet), Trump's continued bashing of the media and the 'Hollywood elite', the proposed Disney and Fox merger and shocking celebrity splits, there's more than enough material for an opening monologue.
Late-night host Seth Meyers is no stranger to compering awards ceremonies, as this 2014 Emmys billboard illustrates, but how will he handle La La Land's biggest party of the year?
We're sure he'll be taking a closer look at all the big industry news and hot topics of the past days and months.
This billboard for the 75th Golden Globe Awards was spotted above Sunset Boulevard at Laurel Canyon Boulevard on December 27, 2017.
Plus fans of the annual entertainment industry awards show can also enjoy these Golden Globe Awards billboards featuring previous hosts like Jimmy Fallon, Ricky Gervais, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey.
Let's hope that whoever the recipients of these awards recognising excellence in the film and television, they remember to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for their golden accolades and not just their agents, stylist and pet hamster from their childhood.
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Try searching for Chevrolet C-60. Their font in those years makes the "C" look like a "G".
Thanks so much! It is a C60. Though I haven't figured out what year it is.


OKLAHOMA -Prepare yourselves for the arctic blast!
Arctic air starts to move into our state tonight.
Lows will reach the teens under partly cloudy skies.
A few flurries are possible tomorrow morning.
As arctic air continues to blast into our state, highs will only reach the teens and 20s with wind chills in the single digits!
Temperatures will bottom-out tomorrow night in the single digits with wind chills to 15 degrees below zero!
Temperatures will average 15-20 degrees below average for the rest of the week.
Our next storm system moves in for the weekend.
As of right now, models are showing a warming trend and Sunday's precip should fall as rain.
There is a chance for sleet and snow to mix-in Sunday night, followed by flurries for Monday.


In late 2009 my son was born and my wife had quit smoking when we found out she was pregnant. Over the next two years I tried to quit smoking a few different ways but it never stuck. I was still smoking when I was away from home, mostly at work, and when I was home for awhile and couldn't smoke like I wanted to, I was really not fun to be around.
I had a friend that smoked more than I did. We would have a cigarette and go inside and 30 min later he would want to go outside again. In January 2012 he came by my house and showed me his vaporizer and told me he dropped cigarettes 3 weeks prior. I tried it, some kind of pineapple flavor, it was pretty good. The next weekend we grabbed another guy and went down to the local vape store (25 min drive) and I got a starter kit, berry tobacco, and some coffee flavors.
At this point I really didn't have any intention of quitting smoking. I just needed something I could do at home without smelling like smoke or looking like a total reject smoking near my kid, not to mention the actual health risks. I quickly found that I actually liked vaping better than smoking. Without really trying, I haven't had a cigarette since. The ease of being able to vape here and there without going for a 10min trip outside and all the different flavors are awesome.
It's like I was driving a little gas powered scooter and someone showed me an electric car. I didn't have to try to quit riding my scooter, I just started driving my electric car everywhere.
Now it's late 2012 and I know quite a few people that vape. I still constantly get asked questions about my vaporizor and decided to put up this website to help dispel some common vaping myths and show how easy it is to get started. It's so much easier to tell someone to go to projectvape.com and read for a min than try to explain how a vaporizor works and what's in the e-juice.


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It was a storsmilende Camille Neale, on Wednesday evening took to the red carpet of Big Bio in Copenhagen's Nordhavn district in connection with the " movie p
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It was a storsmilende Camille Neale, on Wednesday evening took to the red carpet of Big Bio in Copenhagen's Nordhavn district in connection with the " movie premiere gala of the film 'The Gentlemen'.
Here had realitydeltageren, who are known especially from the 'Paradise Hotel', namely his new girlfriend under his arm, and it was the first time that she showed him up in public.
Danish well-known - 12. jan. 2020 - pm. 14:06 Tv-celebrity reveals: Has scored a young guy
- So it was time. Now, we are officially boyfriends and have gained the title on. It has been three months on the. There should be a while before I showed him, said Camilla Neale with a big smile.
Camilla Neale did not hide that she is very happy with his Noah, as the two arrived on the red carpet. Photo: Mogens Flindt
The 28-year-old realitydeltager could at the same time tell her that her boyfriend called Noah, Brogaard, and that he is working as a personal trainer and model.
Also Camilla Neale working as a personal trainer, but that is not the way, they have met each other.
Film, tv & radio - 18. christmas. 2019 - at. 18:30 Paradisoer beats again: They're talking shit
- We know each other through Instagram. I wrote to him, because he was so nice, and then it's just gone on then, said Camilla Neale, who continued:
- We are so happy and we are very much in love.
It was also more kiss on the red carpet. Photo: Mogens Flindt


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Jane Henson R.I.P.
The Late Great Jonathan Winters
Phil Ramone Passes On
Milo O'Shea Passes On
Richard Griffiths R.I.P.
Godspeed Annette Funicello
Jane Henson, the widow of Muppets creator Jim Henson who collaborated with him through the years, died 2 April 2013 at the age of 78. The cause was cancer.
Jane Henson was born Jane Nebel on 16 June 1934 in St. Albans, Queens, New York. She majored in fine art at the University of Maryland in College Park. She had been planning to become a commercial artist. All of this changed when she went to work on the puppet TV show Sam and Friends on WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. with puppeteer Jim Henson. Together with Bob Payne they created characters for the show and created skits for it. Among the characters on the show was the prototype for Kermit the Frog. Miss Nebel and Mr. Henson were eventually asked to appear on The Tonight Show in 1956 (then hosted by Steve Allen), where they performed "I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face" with Miss Nebel voicing Yorick and Mr. Henson voicing Kermit.
When Jim Henson left to tour Europe for a year in 1958, he left Sam and Friends in the hands of Jane Nebel. After he returned from Europe the two would formally become business partners. After she graduated from the University of Maryland, Miss Nebel studied fine art at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. In 1959 Jim Henson and Jane Nebel married.
In 1964 the Hensons moved to Greenwich, Connecticut. In Greenwich Jane Henson served as an assistant art teacher at the Mead School for Human Development. Through the years she continued to work with the Jim Henson Company. Over the years she worked on such Muppets related projects as the TV special Tales of the Tinkerdee, Sesame Street, the TV special The Muppets Valentine Show, and The Muppet Show. She also worked on the touring exhibit Art of the Muppets in 1979 and various touring stage shows of Sesame Street. Beginning in 1982 she served on the board of the Jim Henson Foundation.
Jane and Jim Henson legally separated in 1986, although they would remain friends until his death in 1990. In 1992 she established the Jim Henson Legacy to continue to promote the achievements of Jim Henson.
Although not as well known as her husband, Jane Henson had an impact on the development of the Muppets. She was there at the very beginning, when the original Kermit was created. When she left working for the Jim Henson Company in the early Sixties to raise her children, it was Jane Henson who trained Frank Oz in lip-syncing. She would later be responsible for the hiring of Steve Whitmire in 1978, who voiced Rizzo the Rat and Lips (of the Electric Mayhem) and would go on to voice Kermit the Frog. Having a huge impact on the history of the Muppets, Jane Henson would then have an impact on American pop culture.
Jonathan Winters died last night, 12 April 2013, at the age of 87.
Jonathan Winters was born 11 November 1925 in Dayton, Ohio. His parents separated when he was seven and his mother took him to live in Springfield, Ohio where they lived with her mother. Mr. Winters left high school to join the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He served as a gunner on the aircraft carrier Bon Homme Richard in the Pacific Theatre. Following the war he studied art at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, in hopes of becoming a political cartoonist. He transferred from Kenyon College to the Dayton Art Institute to further his studies.
His career as a comic began when his wife entered him at a talent contest in Dayton, the grand prize of which was a wrist watch (Mr. Winters had lost his several months earlier). Mr. Winters won the contest and as a result got a job as a disc jockey at WING in Dayton, Ohio. He also worked at WIZE in Springfield, Ohio. It was while he was a disc jockey that he began making up characters. He moved from radio to television, performing at WBNS-TV in Columbus, Ohio as Johnny Winters. After two and half years at WBNS he moved to New York City seeking a job on network radio. He never found a job in network radio, but he did begin work as a stand up comic.
It was in 1954 he made his television debut on Chance of a Lifetime on the Dumont network. That same year he appeared on the TV shows The Blue Angel and Omnibus. In the Fifties he was the host of Here's the Show and his own show, The Jonathan Winters Show . He also appeared on such TV shows as The Colgate Comedy Hour, Tonight (both with Steve Allen and Jack Paar), The NBC Comedy Hour, The Jackie Gleason Show, The Arlene Francis Show, The George Gobel Show, The Steve Allen Plymouth Show, Candid Camera, The Magic Land of Alakazam, and Shirley Temple's Storybook.
In the Sixties Jonathan Winters once more had his own show, The Jonathan Winters Show, which ran from 1967 to 1969. He appeared on such shows as The Garry Moore Show, The Twilight Zone, Talent Scouts , The Jerry Lewis Show, The Andy Williams Show, What's My Line, I've Got a Secret, The Jack Paar Programme, The Carol Burnett Show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, and Rowan & Martin's Laugh In. He made his film debut in the epic comedy It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963). He also appeared in the films The Loved One (1965), The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966), Penelope (1966), Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (1967), Eight on the Lam (1967), and Viva Max (1969).
In the Seventies Jonathan Winters once more had his own television show, The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters He appeared on such shows as This is Your Life, The Dean Martin Comedy Hour, Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (voicing his character Maude Frickert), The Hollywood Squares, The New Scooby-Doo Movies (voicing himself), Jack Paar Tonite, Day at Night, and The Muppet Show. He was the voice of Porky Pine, Molester Mole, and Wiley Catt in the television special I Go Pogo. He also played the villain Albert Paradine II in the reunion special More Wild Wild West. He appeared in such films as Sonic Boom (1974) and The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979).
In the Eighties Jonathan Winters was a regular on both Mork & Mindy and Hee Haw. He had his own special The Wonderful World of Jonathan Winters in 1986. He appeared in the telefilm Alice in Wonderland. He also appeared on The Tonight Show. In the Nineties Mr. Winters he was the star of the TV show Davis Rules. He appeared in the films The Flintstones (1994), The Shadow (1994), and The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000). In the Naughts he starred in his own film, Certifiably Jonathan (2007), as well as the film Tell Me Who You Are (2004), and Cattle Call (2006).
Jonathan Winters the spokesman for Hefty brand trash bags for many years. He also recorded several comedy albums. Mr. Winters was in regular demand for voice work in television shows and animated films. He provided voices for such animated shows as Linus! The Lion Hearted in the Sixties, Smurfs and The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley in the Eighties, and Fish Police in the Nineties, among others. He also provided the voice for Papa Smurf in the live actions films The Smurfs (2011) and the soon to be released The Smurfs II.
It is hard to put into words just how talented and how funny Jonathan Winters was. He created a number of memorable characters in his routines, including acid tongued randmother Maude Frickert (my favourite), Midwestern outdoor guru Elwood P. Suggins, and small town tycoon B. B. Bindlestiff. His routines also often included sound effects; Mr. Winters' voice could imitate anything from machine gun fire to the roar of a car engine. He was also known for his skill at improvisation, at which he was one of the true masters. He was a comedian who did not do jokes. Indeed, unlike many of his contemporaries who arose in the Fifties, Jonathan Winters did not draw upon current affairs for his humour, but rather upon the human condition. More so than any other comic of his time, Mr. Winters' comedy was very character driven.
It is perhaps for this reason that Jonathan Winters shined in the few films in which he appeared. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World was his film debut and it was an impressive debut. As furniture mover Lennie Pike, Mr. Winters was easily one of the funniest characters in a film filled with funny men and women. He played no less than two roles in The Loved One, playing both the scheming Reverend Wilbur Glenworthy and his out of luck brother Henry Glenworthy. In The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming! he played bumbling Assistant Police Chief Norman Jonas. Mr. Winters played all of these characters very well. In fact, his performances are impressive enough that it seems a shame he did not appear in more films. Whether in his comedy routines or in films, Jonathan Winters had a talent for creating off the wall characters who were always three dimensional.
As both a comedian and an actor Jonathan Winters was a man of incredible talent. As a comedian there was no one else quite like him. Mr. Winters was impossible to categorise and wholly unpredictable. While with many other comedians, one could say, "He like so and so on," one could make no such comparisons with Jonathan Winters. Quite simply, Jonathan Winters was a most singular talent.
Music producer Phil Ramone died 30 March 2013 at the age of 79. The cause was a brain aneurysm.
Phil Ramone was born 5 January 1934 in South Africa. His family moved to Brooklyn, New York, where he grew up. He was a music prodigy as a child, learning violin when he was only three years old. As a child he listened to music by Charlie Parker and Count Basie. While he was interested in popular music, he also studied classical music. He studied for a time at Juilliard School in New York before he started his music career. He started his career as a songwriter in the legendary Brill Building. Afterwards he took a job as an engineer at JAC Recording in New York.
It was in 1958 that Phil Ramone and Jack Arnold opened A&R Recording in Manhattan, New York City. As an engineer there he worked with such names as John Coltrane and Quincy Jones. He won his first Grammy in 1964 for his work on tan Getz and Joao Gilberto's album Getz/Gilberto. As the Sixties progressed he moved more towards the fields of pop, rhythm and blues, and rock, working with such artists as Leslie Gore (including her hit single "It's My Party"), Dusty Springfield ("The Look of Love"), Procol Harum ("Whiter Shade of Pale"), and The Band (their self titled second album). He also reportedly recorded Marilyn Monroe's infamous version of "Happy Birthday" sung to President John F. Kennedy.
The Seventies saw Mr. Ramone work with such artists as Sir Paul McCartney, Elton John, The Band, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Art Garfunkel, and Billy Joel. In 1980 he produced the music for Paul Simon's film One Trick Pony. It was Phil Ramone who was responsible for an innovation on the film (the first time it was ever done), optical surround sound. In the Eighties he worked with such artists as Simon & Garfunkel, Billy Joel, Diane Keaton, Frank Sinatra, Julian Lennon, Carly Simon, Lou Reed, Cyndi Lauper, and Paul McCartney. It was on 1 October 1982 that A & R Recording released Billy Joel's 52nd Street, in Japan.
In the Nineties Phil Ramone worked with such artists as Les Paul, Ringo Starr, Sinead O'Connor, Frank Sinatra, Laura Brannigan, Brian Setzer, Natalie Cole, Tony Bennett, Aretha Franklin, Linda Ronstadt, and Paul Simon. In the Naughts and the Teens he worked with such artists as Elton John, Liza Minelli, Tony Bennett, Rod Stewart, Bono, Ray Charles, Olivia Newton John, and Elaine Page.
Phil Ramone may not have been as well known to the general public as other music producers, there can be no doubt that he is one of the all time greats. He worked on such iconic songs as Leslie Gore's "It's My Party," Procol Harum's "Whiter Shade of Pale," Dusty Springfield's "The Look of Love," and many others. In addition, he also made important innovations. He introduced optical surround sound in film, and it was A&R Recording who released the very first commercial CD. Throughout his career he made some very important contributions in the field of music, to the point that he really should have been better known.
Irish character actor Milo O'Shea died 2 April 2013 at the age of 86.
Milo O'Shea was born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland on 2 June 1926. His father was a professional singer and his mother was both a harpist and a ballerina. His acting career began when he was very young, and he appeared in a radio adaptation of Oliver Twist when he was only 10 years old. He was twelve years old when he appeared in a production of George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra at the Gate Theatre in Dublin. By the time he was 17 years old he was already touring with an Irish acting troupe.
Mr. O'Shea made his film debut in an uncredited role in Contraband in 1940. In the Fifties he appeared in the films Talk of a Million (1951) and This Other Eden (1959), and he was the off screen narrator of the film Never Love a Stranger (1958). He appeared in the television programmes The Passing Show, Armchair Theatre, ITV Television Playhouse, On Trial.
In 1961 he received widespread recognition for his role in Glory Be! at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East. He made Broadway debut in Staircase in 1968. In 1969 he appeared again on Broadway in Dear World. In the Sixties he regularly appeared on television. He was the star of the BBC sitcom Me Mammy, which ran from 1968 to 1971. Milo O'Shea also appeared in such shows as Play of the Week, Out of This World, Z Cars, Maupassant, First Night, ITV Play of the Week, Uncle Charles, and On the House. He also appeared in several films over the decade, including such films as Mrs. Gibbons' Boys (1962), Carry on Cabby (1963), Never Put It in Writing (1964), Ulysses (1967), Journey Into Darkness (1968), Romeo and Juliet (1968), Barbarella (1968), The Adding Machine (1969), Paddy (1970), Loot (1970), and The Angel Levine (1970).
In the Seventies Milo O'Shea appeared on Broadway in Mrs. Warren's Profession, Comedians, and A Touch of the Poet. On television he was a storyteller on Jackanory. He appeared on such shows as Tales from the Lazy Ace, The Protectors, QB VII, Microbes and Men, and My Son Reuben. He appeared in the films Sacco & Vanzetti (1971), The Love Ban (1973), Theatre of Blood (1973), Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973), Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (1973), Professor Popper's Problem (1974) Percy's Progress (1974), Arabian Adventure (1979), and The Pilot (1980).
In the Eighties Mr. O'Shea appeared on Broadway in a revival of My Fair Lady, Mass Appeal, Corpse, and a revival of Meet Me in St. Louis. He appeared in the films The Verdict (1982), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), The Dream Team (1989), and Opportunity Knocks (1990). He appeared in the television shows Jennifer Slept Here, St. Elsewhere, Once a Hero, Who's The Boss, The Golden Girls, and Beauty & The Beast.
From the Nineties into the Naughts, Milo O'Shea appeared in such films as Only the Lonely (1991), The Playboys (1992), The Butcher Boy (1997), The MatchMaker (1997), Rough for Theatre I (2000), Moonglow (2000), Puckoon (2002), and Mystics (2003). He appeared on television in such shows as The Commish, Cheers, Fraiser, Early Edition, Spin City, Oz, Madigan Men, and The West Wing.
Milo O'Shea played a wide variety of roles throughout his career, and he did all of them well. He was an actor who was blessed not only with talent, but also versatility as well. Indeed, not only could he play a number of different roles well, but he was equally adept at both comedy and drama. Mr. O'Shea was easily one of the best things about Barbarella (1968), endowing the role of Durand-Durand with just the right amount of over the top madness high camp requires. At the same time, however, he was equally good in the much more restrained role of Dermot, the thoughtful matchmaker in The MatchMaker (1997). Over the years Milo O'Shea played Bloom in Ulysses, Friar Laurence in Romeo & Juliet, Inspector Boot in Theatre of Blood, and Judge Hoyle in The Verdict. Over the years Milo O'Shea played everything from doctors to priests to judges to mad scientists, and he did all of them well.
Richard Griffiths, who played Uncle Monty in Withnail & I and Vernon Dursley in the "Harry Potter" films, died 28 March 2013 at the age of 65. The cause was complications following heart surgery.
Richard Griffiths was born in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire on 31 July 1947. His parents were both deaf and as a result Mr. Griffiths learned sign language while very young. He grew up in poverty. While he would become known for his girth as an actor, as a child he was underweight to the point that at age eight he was given treatment on his pituitary gland. As a result of the treatment he started to gain weight. He attended Our Lady & St Bede School in Stockton-on-Tees. He left school at age 15 in an attempt to find a job. Unable to find work, he attended classes at Stockton and Billingham College. It was when he was 17 that a teacher took him to see Edward Albee's production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. He was so impressed that he enrolled in a drama class at Northern College of Music in Manchester.
It was while he was at university that he received his first major role, a part in a college production Arthur Miller's The Crucible. He was spotted by Sir Trevor Nunn, then artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and as a result joined the company. His television debut came in 1974, in a guest appearance on the show Crown Court. In the Seventies he guest starred on such shows as Village Hall, When the Boat Comes In, Red Letter Day, The Expert, Second City Firsts, ITV Playhouse, and The Sweeney. He made his film debut in 1977 in It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet. He also appeared in Breaking Glass (1980) and Superman II (1980).
In the Eighties he starred in the television shows Bird of Prey and A Kind of Living. He guest starred on the shows Minder, Whoops Apocalypse, Five-Minute Films, Boon, and The Marksman. In 1981 he was considered to replace Tom Baker in the role of The Doctor on Doctor Who, but was unavailable to take the part. He appeared in the films Chariots of Fire (1981), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Ragtime (1981), Britannia Hospital (1982), Gandhi (1982), Gorky Park (1983), Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984), Shanghai Surprise (1986), and Withnail & I (1987). He also provided the voice of Slartibartfast in radio adaptations of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series.
In the Nineties he starred in the television series Pie in the Sky. He guest starred in such shows as Perfect Scoundrels, El C.I.D., The Good Guys (not to be confused with the American series of the same name), Inspector Morse, Lovejoy, The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends, In the Red, The Canterbury Tales, and The Vicar of Dibley. He also appeared in the mini-series Gormenghast. He appeared in the films The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991), Blame It on the Bellboy (1992), Guarding Tess (1994), Funny Bones (1995), Sleepy Hollow (1999), and Vatel (2000).
It was in 2001 that he first appeared as Uncle Vernon in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. He appeared in the role in another four films of the eight in the series. In the Naughts he also appeared in the films Stage Beauty (2004), Venus (2006), The History Boys (2006), and Bedtime Stories (2008),. He was the voice of Jetlz in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005). He also appeared on the television show tlc, and the miniseries Bleak House. In the Teens he appeared in the films Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), Hugo (2011), and Private Peaceful (2012).
Richard Griffiths was a very talented and versatile actor, equally at home playing both drama and comedy. He was incredible as the flamboyant homosexual Monty in Withnail and I. At the same time he did well playing Anton in Gorky Park. While Mr. Griffiths was equally adept in comedy and drama, he was also versatile in the sorts of roles he could play. In The History Boys he played Hector, the popular General Studies teacher who fondles his students as he gives them rides home on his motorcycle. In Stage Beauty he played an entirely different role, that of the foppish and not particularly likeable Sir Charles Sedley. Richard Griffiths was an actor who could play both comedy and drama well, and one who could play a wide variety of roles. It is very sad that he died much too soon.
Annette Funicello, who came to fame on The Mickey Mouse Club and went on to greater fame as a film and recording star, died today at the age of 70. The cause was complications from multiple sclerosis.
Annette Funicello was born on 22 October 1942 in Utica, New York. In 1946 her family moved to Southern California in hopes of a better life. They lived in Studio City for a time before moving to Encino. She was talented even as a young child. She took dancing lessons and also learned to play drums. In 1955 Walt Disney was casting The Mickey Mouse Club and wanted amateurs rather than seasoned professionals. He discovered Miss Funicello dancing as the Swan Queen in "Swan Lake" at a recital in Burbank, California. She was the last of the original Mouseketeers to be cast. Strangely enough, at one point Annette Funicello wanted to change her surname to the more typically "American" sounding "Turner." She was talked out of this by Walt Disney himself, who told her that her given surname was much more memorable.
The Mickey Mouse Club proved to be a hit and Annette Funicello proved to be the most popular Mouseketeer on the show. As the first season of the show came to an end she was already receiving 6000 fan letters a month. She was soon appearing in the various serials that aired as a part of The Mickey Mouse Club, including "The Adventures of Spin & Marty" and "Adventure in Dairyland." In the third season Annette Funicello was awarded her very own serial, "Walt Disney Presents: Annette." The serial starred Miss Funicello as a poor orphaned girl from the country who goes to live with her rich uncle and aunt in town.
Annette Funicello's success on television would also lead to success as a recording artist. In 1958 she scored her first hit record, "How Will I Know My Love." The song was originally sung in an episode of "Walt Disney Presents: Annette" and proved so popular that Disney released it as a single. From 1958 to 1964 Miss Funicello released a number of singles. Her biggest hits were "Tall Paul," which went to #7 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Pineapple Princess," which went to #11. She also released six albums.
While Annette Funicello saw success on both The Mickey Mouse Club and on the record charts, she would gain even more fame as a film star. In 1957 Walt Disney Studios proposed a film to be based on L. Frank Baum's Oz books, Rainbow Road to Oz. In addition to Miss Funicello, the movie would have starred Tommy Kirk and fellow Mouseketeer Darlene Gillespie. Due to reasons that remain unclear today, the project Rainbow Road to Oz was abandoned. Miss Funicello then made her film debut in The Shaggy Dog (1959). The same year Miss Funicello also made guest appearances on Make Room For Daddy and Zorro, as well as her first appearance on Walt Disney Presents.
Annette Funicello began the Sixties with a starring role in the Disney film Babes in Toyland (1961). She would go on to appear in two more Disney films during the decade: The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964) and The Monkey's Uncle (1965). While Annette Funicello was under contract to Walt Disney Studios, her claim to fame as a film star would largely be due to American International Pictures' "Beach Party" series. It was in 1963 that American International Pictures approached Walt Disney about featuring Miss Funicello in a beach movie. Mr. Disney thought the film sounded like "good clean fun." Contrary to popular belief, he did not forbid Miss Funicello from wearing a bikini or bearing her navel, although her swimsuits were often more modest than those of the other girls in the "Beach Party" series. Annette Funicello would appear in Beach Party (1963), Muscle Beach Party (1964), Bikini Beach (1964), Pajama Party (1964), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), and How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965). She also had cameos in two films related to, but not necessarily part of the "Beach Party" series: Ski Party (1965) and Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965). In addition to her various Disney films and the "Beach Party" movies, Annette Funicello also appeared in Fireball 500 (1966), Thunder Alley (1967), and The Monkees' film Head (1968).
In the Sixties Annette Funicello also made appearances on television. As might be expected, she appeared in episodes of Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Colour. She also guest starred on Wagon Train, The Greatest Show on Earth, Burke's Law, and Hondo.
Annette Funicello married in 1965 and had her first child in 1966. Her career then slowed as she concentrated on raising her family. On television she guest starred on Easy Does It... Starring Frankie Avalon, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, and Growing Pains. She also appeared in the 1978 television special Frankie and Annette: The Second Time Around with Frankie Avalon. Her last film was Back to the Beach in 1987, in which she was reunited with Frankie Avalon. The film parodied the old "Beach Party" movies. Sadly, in 1992 Annette Funicello announced that she had multiple sclerosis. The following year she founded the Annette Funicello Fund for Neurological Disorders at the California Community Foundation.
Many remember Annette Funicello from her days as a Mousketeer on The Mickey Mouse Club. This is understandable given this was how many were introduced to her. The Mickey Mouse Club had long been off the air by the time I was born, so I first encountered Miss Funicello in the films she made for Disney and the "Beach Party" movies, which were frequently shown on television throughout my childhood. When I picture Annette Funicello, then, it is as Merlin Jones' girlfriend Jennifer in two of her better known Disney films or Frankie Avalon's love interest in the "Beach Party" films. Quite simply, Annette Funicello had an appeal that transcended generations. She appealed not only to Baby Boomers who discovered her on The Mickey Mouse Club, but also to the following generations who discovered her through her films.
As to the basis of Annette Funicello's appeal. that was simple. Miss Funicello combined beauty and, when she was older, sex appeal with sweetness, humility, and wholesomeness. She was often referred to as both "the girl next door" and "America's sweetheart," and both labels were fitting. Miss Funicello was the sort of girl that boys wanted to date, girls wanted as their best friend, and parents wanted as their daughter. Annette Funicello's on screen image largely reflected Annette Funicello in real life. She was an actress who, even in the days of her superstardom, maintained a rather ordinary family life and who was never affected by scandal. By all reports in real life she was much as she appeared to be on screen: a sweet, unassuming woman who was thoughtful of others. If Annette Funicello has remained popular for literally decades, and popular among successive generations, it is perhaps because she was an actress whose on screen image was more or less the same as she was in real life. In the end, it would seem that Annette Funicello truly was America's sweetheart, the ideal girl next door.


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Jason Derulo Thinks This Generation Is Antisocial
by Angela Bekiaris January 16, 2016
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Jason Derulo defines success as making money by doing what he loves, and thinks modern society is 'antisocial'.
The 26-year-old star is pretty sociable himself, keeping fans up to date via his Twitter and Instagram profiles. However, he doesn't think it's true of people in general and during a Q&A session with forbes.com described today's generation as 'antisocial'.
It was a quick-fire round of questions for Jason, who also had tips for others keen to emulate his successful career. He called a good work ethic the most crucial trait for an entrepreneur and revealed why he wanted to make it in the music industry.
"To change the world, get rich, (find) self fulfilment, be my own boss, follow my passion," he shared. "Success is when you can make money doing what you love."
Jason also opened up about his role models, naming American business magnate Warren Buffett his dream mentor and Michael Jackson his biggest influence.
He loves King of Pop Michael's music so much, he'd even pick his album Thriller if he could only listen to one record for the rest of his life.
"Every song is a masterpiece," he gushed.
While Jason is well on the way to becoming a role model for up-and-coming musicians, there are some things he just can't master – like cooking.
"You know what my problem is I think? I think I'm a little too creative in the kitchen. For some reason when I get in the kitchen I feel like I know how to cook," he marvelled to BBC Radio 1.
"So I start putting things together, I be like, 'Oh that needs a little bit of ginger right there, let me put a little bit of chocolate on the chicken'. Yeah I like jelly, everybody likes jelly right?"
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An obsessive, armchair attempt to assemble a comprehensive bibliography, not just for the work of a poet, but for his entire life.
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I popped into the university bookstore this afternoon, specifically to pick up a copy of Titus Groan, which I've never read. I looked in Fiction & Literature: alas, no Groan. Science Fiction & Fantasy? None there, either. The bookstore, which is actually a Barnes & Noble branch, frequently disappoints, so. I even looked under "Groan," in case some hapless clerk had reversed title and author. They did have several fancy copies of Danielewski's House of Leaves, but after flipping through it I knew it wasn't going to be an appropriate substitute. So I ended up making another trip this evening, to the library, where I had several editions of Peake to choose from. At least until I can order a paperback online.
Henry Reed reviewed Titus Groan for his "New Novels" column in the May 4, 1946 issue of the New Statesman. This review is frequently quoted, because Reed says, "I do not think I have ever so much enjoyed a novel sent to me for review."
He is less enthusiastic—though still finds good things to say—about stories by William Sansom and Rosamond Lehmann, and Nabokov's The Real Life of Sebastian Knight. Roger Savage, incidentally, cites Nabokov's book as a possible influence for Reed's radio play, A Very Great Man Indeed (1953), since both works relate the entanglement of a biographer with his subject (p. 178).
Titus Groan. By Mervyn Peake. Eyre and Spottiswoode. 15s.
Three. By William Sansom. Hogarth. 8s. 6d.
The Gipsy's Baby. By Rosamond Lehmann. Collins. 7s. 6d.
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight. By Vladimir Nabokov. Poetry London. 8s. 6d.
In the face of Titus Groan I feel like a soldier who has sworn so much that he has no words left with which to describe the act of shame. I mean that I should like to describe the book as fascinating, but the semantic of the word has become so disgustingly eroded that it is inconceivable that it any longer conveys any meaning. I am therefore forced to say that Mr. Peake's first novel holds one with its glittering eye. It begins by saying: Part One: Gormenghast. No part two is discoverable throughout the entire length of the book (well over four hundred pages) and the hero is much younger than even Tristram Shandy by the time the book ends; he has in fact not spoken up to that point. The reader is left to anticipate further volumes. I hope they will come; I do not think I have ever so much enjoyed a novel sent to me for review.
The book, which is about the ancient family of Groan, who live in a vast castle in an unidentifiable landscape and at an unnamed time, is as nearly pure story-telling as any book I have read since childhood. I admit that every now and then I was uneasily conscious that by the contrast of the megalomaniac aristocrats and the hut-dwellers at their gates, a contemporary contrast might be adumbrated; and the internal struggle for power inside the castle itself might also "imply" something. But I shut these thoughts out as often as I could, and chide myself for being a victim of the intellectual inhibitions of my time. In any case even a Marxist might find so riotous an embellishment of his favourite themes a little frivolous.
The emphasis of the story lies principally in the machinations of the intelligent upstart, Steerpike, who escapes from the kitchens of Gormenghast and the domination of the loathesome cook, Swelter, and becomes the assistant of the castle doctor, Prunesquallor. He worms his way into the trust of the neglected twin sister of Lord Sepulchrave, and incites them to set fire to his lordship's library. Sepulchrave, "whose days are like a rook's nest with every twig a duty," leads a melancholic life, attending to a ritual traditionally planned for him, its origins lost in the mist of centuries; the fire accelerates his decline into insanity, and Titus, at the age of one, succeeds to the earldom. The book concludes with the ceremony of the "earling": a disturbing occasion for Titus's family and retainers, for Titus throws the sacred insignia into the lake on which the ceremony takes place, and turns his attention to the bastard infant daughter of Keda, a hut-dweller who has been his wet-nurse. On this provocative note the first instalment ends; I look forward eagerly to its later developments.
Titus Groan, though long and Gothically detailed, is not wayward; it has a genuine plot in the strictest sense, and it persuades you to read on simply in order to know what will happen; in spite of its setting, there is nothing particularly dream-like about it. Its gallery of characters is wonderful. The old nurse, Nannie Slagg, appears oftener than can easily be put up with, and the mysterious Keda, with her two lovers who kill each other, is not a success: she recalls, rather strongly, Meriam, the hired girl in Cold Comfort Farm; though her part in the action will doubtless later be revealed as indispensable. Otherwise the characters are a joy: Swelter, Flay, Prunesquallors, Steerpike, Barquentine, the Countess, and not least the thwarted and deluded twins, Cora and Clarice. ("I like roofs," said Clarice; "they are something I like more than most things because they are on top of the houses they cover, and Cora and I like being over the tops of things, because we love power, and that's why we are both fond of roofs.") The book is also remarkable for its gigantic set-pieces of action. Steerpike's daylong climb over the great roofscape of Gormenghast, and the final conflict of Flay and Swelter in the Hall of Spiders, are magnificently thrilling.
Mr. William Sansom's early story, The Wall, is one of the best pieces of writing the war has occasioned, and his other stories about the fire-service have a curious intensity, a kind of solid poetry, which is Mr. Sansom's own especial gift. There, his tendency to circle at great length round the same point becomes a virtue; elsewhere it is a dull, laborious vice, as in his Kafka fantasies and allegories. There is one of these fantasies in the present volume, called The Invited. It seems to me as dull and leaden as anything Mr. Sansom has written. He has abundant imagination and inventiveness, yet somehow he persists in muffling and distorting them; his stories uncoil themselves lethargically, and where one expects a tour de force, the tour de force doesn't appear. Fortunately, The Invited is preceded by two other stories. One of them is a fresh, clear and glittering anecdote of fire-service life, in which the statement is made, I hope truthfully, that it is legal to call out a fire brigade to get a cat down out of a tree. The other is a new and successful departure from Mr. Sansom's methods hitherto: a long reverie of a floor-cleaner in a French café, as she goes about her morning work. (It takes her from eleven to one to get the floor of the café done; and the café is moderately, or completely, full of people the whole time: we order these things better in England.) A story of small-town intrigue floats about above her head, and mingles with her memories and with her views of people's legs and of the floor which she is toiling her way across. Her sudden glimpses of the high-spots of the action are brilliantly done.
The Gipsy's Baby is a collection of five stories which have already appeared; taken separately, they are all rather slight, and it is clear that Miss Lehmann has no great interest in the short story as a form; together, they complement and light each other up, and they are executed with such grace and humour, such exquisitely exact observation, that one reads on through accounts of often trivial incidents, as Mr. Forster says he reads Jane Austen, with "the mouth open and the mind closed." The stories deal always with adult life seen though the eyes of a parent. Miss Lehmann has already shown what she can do with the first of these themes, on a larger and more serious scale (and with the same children) in The Ballad and the Source; the latter theme is, I think, new to her, and she imparts the vision with a curious astringent poignancy threaded through her fluent humour. In the first story she mentions E. Nesbit, the delightful author of The Treasure Seekers; Miss Lehmann herself shares E. Nesbit's gift of avoiding mushiness in presenting children; and of showing without evasion the dreadful and barley bridgeable gulf between children of different classes.
In The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, a novelist who comes to us with the blessing of Mr. Edmund Wilson, does what Mr. Maugham has done in one way or another several times already. he attempts to reconstruct the life of an imaginary famous artist, who has been misrepresented by another biographer. He collects material here and there, and unfolds his version with a cunning casualness. Unfortunately, neither Sebastian nor the other characters comes to life, and the amount of incident in the book is extraordinarily small. And though the outlines of Sebastian's books are engaging, the specimens of his prose which Mr. Nabokov is daring enough to show us do not suggest a great writer. Nevertheless there are good things in the book, among them the scenes where the writer tracks down Sebastian's last love; and one feels curiosity about Mr. Nabokov's other novels, several of which apparently exist in Russian.
Henry Reed
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1532. Vallette, Jacques. "Grand-Bretagne," Mercure de France, no. 1001 (1 January 1947): 157-158.
A contemporary French language review of Reed's A Map of Verona.
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Author of: A Map of Verona: Poems (1946)
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Aging brain reduces ovulation
Dutch researcher Annelieke Franke has discovered that the aging of the brain adversely affects the fertility of female rats. The scientist suspects that her research will provide insights into fertility problems of women over the age of 30.
Franke studied relatively young subfertile rats. Although the pituitary gland and ovaries of these rats still functioned normally, their brains had already started to function differently. This led Franke to conclude that the ageing of the brain reduces fertility.
Generally speaking, human brains regulate the reproductive system in the same manner as rat brains. However, an important difference is that rats still posses a significant number of oocytes after the fertile period, whereas in humans the supply is considerably depleted. This reduced supply of oocytes is the most important limiting factor for fertility in older women.
Despite this difference between humans and rats, the researcher still expects that the ageing of the brain in humans also plays a role in age-dependent reduced fertility. This knowledge could help to develop treatments for relatively young women who are subfertile. The fertility of women decreases from about the age of 30 years onwards. This can be problematic for women who wish to have a career before they have children.
Ovulation of oocytes is one of the reproductive cycle factors that is regulated by the brain. An initiating signal from the brain instructs the pituitary gland to produce more luteinising hormone (LH). A feedback mechanism from the ovaries to the brain ensures that ovulation only occurs when the follicles and oocytes are mature. Matured follicles produce large quantities of oestrogen. The brain responds to this and initiates ovulation.
The researcher revealed that this feedback mechanism no longer functions optimally in older female rats. Although the oestrogen concentrations in the blood had not changed with age, less receptors for oestrogen and pr
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When I was house hunting, I once walked into a house where the entire place smelled like a freshly baked cookie. It instantly made the house seem so much "homier" and more welcoming. And while we didn't end up buying that house, the thought of walking into a room and having it smell so comforting was a lesson I took with me. It seems like Renuzit thinks the same way, with their new Renuzit Tempting Indulgences home fragrances collection capturing the scent of some of your favorite desserts – such as Red Velvet Cake, Crème Brulee, and Chocolate Covered Cherries.
Inspired by these "tempting" fragrances, I decided to bake up some Chocolate Hazelnut Crème Brulee using a modified version of Paula Deen's recipe.
Gourmet Crème Brulee you can make at home!
Place the egg yolks in a large stainless steel bowl. Slowly add the warm chocolate mixture to the eggs a little at a time while whisking.
Strain and pour into individual porcelain ramekins.
Bake until firm in the center, about 30 minutes.
Remove the ramekins from the water bath and let cool completely.
Place in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
Dust with sugar and caramelize with a propane torch. Serve immediately.
Allow an additional 2-3 hours for cooling.
First, mix the cream, sugar, hazelnut liqueur (I used Frangelico – you can also use a chocolate liqueur like the original recipe for a more chocolate flavor), and the vanilla over medium-high heat. Once the mix is warm, add in the cocoa powder and unsweetened chocolate. This mix will smell AMAZING. It's making the house smell good already. Then you'll slowly whisk the mixture into the egg yolks.
Then strain the mixture into your ramekins.
Place the ramekins in a large pan with water and bake.
Not only will your kitchen start to smell of delicious baking chocolate, but in a few short hours, you'll be able to enjoy this delicious treat. After the crème brulee is chilled, top with sugar and use a propane torch to melt the sugar to a nice crust. Don't have a propane torch? Me either. Just heat your oven to broil and place the ramekin a few inches under it to get that nice sugary crust.
If you want your home to smell like you're a gourmet baker, or just to add that extra bit of warmth that helps a home feel like home, you can pick up the new Renuzit Tempting Indulgences fragrance collection at your local Walmart or Safeway. Make sure you grab this coupon to save on the Renuzit Tempting Indulgences collection.
I browsed the air freshener aisle at the nearby Safeway in hopes of finding the new scents, but it looked like they were already sold out. Fortunately, they had a few other home fragrance options that would so the trick. After a lot of sniffing we finally decided to pick up some of the Reznuit Renew Pearl Scent Air Fresheners.
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This looks amazing, I can't wsit to try it.
oooh…your creme brule recipe sounds so yummers!! i will have to try it! and the renuzit scent would just be a killer for me…i would just be watering at the mouth to have the real one!!!


India is one of the fastest growing smartphone markets globally and Chinese Mobiles had begun manufacturing in India. In year 2015 these companies have started manufacturing unit in Andhra Pradesh, Noida,Greater Noida and Chennai. Here is the list of 5 Chinese mobile companies, assembled and manufacturing smartphones in India as part of Make in India initiative.
Xiaomi entered into the Indian market in July 2014 via Flipkart and in year 2015 began initial manufacturing of smartphones in Sri City facility. Sricity of Andhra Pradesh is a planned integrated business city with list of medium scale industries.
Lenovo mobile company manufactured its first unit of Motorola smartphones at a plant in Sriperumbudur near Chennai. The manufacturing plant in Sriperumbudur has different manufacturing lines for Lenovo and Motorola.
Oppo already has manufacturing operations in Noida and also planning an industrial park in Greater Noida. Chinese smartphone maker Oppo known for its camera phone brand and also acquired the rights to sponsor the Indian national cricket team.
Vivo has a facility in Greater Noida and planning for a second manufacturing factory in India. Vivo smartphones is currently the sponsor for the Indian Premier League.
Huawei from Guangdong has already opened a new research and development in Bengaluru and all set for a new Telecom hardware manufacturing plant in Chennai.
OnePlus mobile phones are manufactured by Oppo in India. Chinese technology startup OnePlus has started assembling smartphones in India facility.
Coolpad Group partners with Videocon to manufacture smartphones in India. The Chinese handset maker Coolpad manufacturing its smartphones sold in the country are assembled locally.
Gionee mobile phone manufacturer from Guangdong is ready to set up its first manufacturing unit in Faridabad. The facility will manufacture and export mobiles with an initial investment of Rs. 500 crore.
Zopo Mobile entry in India in August 2015 with speed 7 and speed 7 plus. The company is planning to invest Rs 100 crore manufacturing plant in India.
ZTE Corporation provides distributes telecom equipment and systems. The company is based in Gurgaon and launched ZTE Blade S6 Plus smartphone in India and also has plans manufacturing unit in India to introduce VoLTE smartphones under Make in India initiative.


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Q: f# - simple iterate on list of pairs I need to go through a list of pairs and check for one of the values in the pair. Say I got this list:
let listOfPairs = [("Joe",100);("Bo",5);("Morten",60)]

And I have to check whether the int value of the pair is equal to 100 or not. I'm not looking for the List.exist method but rather some way to check this with pattern matching, going through every pair in the list and check if the value is 100 or not.
I've obviously tried a lot thing myself but it's too bad to have any good influence in this post. Any ideas or suggestions are very appreciated, thanks in advance.

A: If you don't want to use List.exist then you could write a recursive function that pattern matches to extract the value:
let rec listContainsHundred = function
   | (_, 100)::_ -> true
   | _::tail -> listContainsHundred tail
   | [] -> false

Otherwise a simple solution with List.exists would be:
List.exists (snd >> ((=) 100)) listOfPairs

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This is the fourth installment of Epsilon Theory's Election Index. Our aim with the feature is to lay as bare as possible the popular narratives governing the US elections in 2020. That includes narratives concerning policy proposals and candidates found in the news, opinion and feature content produced by national, local and smaller outlets.
Our goal is to make you a better, more informed consumer of political news by showing you indicators that the news you are reading may be affected by (1) adherence to narratives and other abstractions, (2) the association/conflation of topics and (3) the presence of opinions. Our goal is to help you – as much as it is possible to do – to cut through the intentional or unintentional ways in which media outlets guide you how to think about various issues, an activity we call Fiat News.
Our goal is to help you make up your own damn mind.
Our first edition covered April 2019, and included detailed explanations of each of the metrics we highlight below. If this is your first exposure to our narrative maps, analysis or metrics, we recommend that you start with that primer.
Election Narrative Structure as of July 31, 2019
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Commentary on Election Narrative Structure
We officially think there is a 2020 election narrative.
The common knowledge is that the 2020 election is a referendum on race, gender and identity.
This doesn't mean we agree or disagree with this characterization.
This means that this is what everyone thinks everyone thinks the election is about, at least as promulgated by US political media.
Every highly connected cluster in the narrative structure from the month of July is charged with and defined by this language.
Asylum seekers and immigrants, the black vote, the narrative of electability surrounding women and gay candidates, and 'the white vote from the rust belt' loom large in the center of and in connections between nearly all 2020 election coverage.
Sentiment in coverage has also started to crystallize in a more dramatic way:
Sen. Harris and Biden have taken the raw end of this exchange, and in a more coherent, higher attention way than before.
In contrast, Sanders and Warren have received glowingly positive language in their media coverage.
We also note that Trump himself has begun to insert his presence into the narrative structure, despite being less present on the formal campaign trail.
Candidate Cohesion Summary
Commentary on Candidate Cohesion
Post-debate Sen. Harris has a much more coherent narrative structure than in prior months. Unfortunately – as noted shortly – it is one loaded with negative language, especially relating to Harris's law enforcement background and spars with former VP Biden.
Biden's coverage has been similar to Harris's: more coherent, but coherent in its skepticism that he is a candidate that can win, skepticism that his record is sufficiently progressive to energize the Democrat base, and skepticism that he will address the race, gender and other identity issues lying at the center of the 2020 election zeitgeist.
Sen. Warren is a bit of an enigma. In many ways, her narrative strikes us as a "poor man's Sanders" – less internally cohesive, less in tune with the zeitgeist, and positive…but not quite as positive as Sanders. But qualitatively, she is increasingly entangled with the same anti-corporate power, anti-inequality base and narratives that are most strongly associated with Sen. Sanders.
As per usual, media accounts of Gabbard and Yang are indifferent, varied and largely presented in context of other candidates. After the shock of a surprisingly positive performance in initial debates, Buttigieg content has reverted back to prior incoherent mixtures of general "round-up" content and narrow issue pieces.
The media seems to regard O'Rourke with a collective "meh". They know who he is, and they'll cover him, but the days of magazine covers and strong common knowledge about what "Beto means" appear to be gone for the time being.
Candidate Sentiment Summary
Commentary on Candidate Sentiment
Sens. Warren and Sanders – perhaps unsurprisingly, given July's emphasis on health care – were head and shoulders above the rest of the candidates in terms of coverage sentiment.
This is standard fare for Sanders at this point, but only a June/July development for Warren, who appears to have attracted meaningfully more positive language from political media accounts.
Yang and Buttigieg were the only other candidates whose language we would regard as positive.
Gabbard, Biden and Booker have cemented their place in the cellar. Media accounts of their candidacies are routinely negative, emphasize electability concerns, highlight conflicts/spats with other candidates, and bring out claims of hypocrisy.
For this reason, we would be very cautious in our consumption of Gabbard, Biden, Sanders and Warren news, where we think that emerging narratives have made it more likely that 'news' content will be infected with affect and affected framing, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
Candidate Attention Summary
Commentary on Candidate Attention
As noted before, Harris is very much in line with the July election Zeitgeist, but we regard this as a function of negative coverage. We think that undecided voters should tread carefully when consuming and reading 'news' about Sen. Harris, whose jabs at Biden were quickly transformed into claims of hypocrisy, assertions of a weak position to argue on issues of inequality (i.e. "Kamala was a cop!" narratives), and unelectability concerns.
Buttigieg has faded from connection to the language used about the election as quickly as he rose, which is not uncommon for strong debate performers who were previously minor candidates.
It is Beto whose disconnection to the zeitgeist has been more striking.
We note that Warren's attention scores remain low, despite positive sentiment and cohesion. We think (this is our judgment / opinion, not something present in the data) that this is a function of two things:
Many of the positions Warren is associated with, Sanders is more associated with. In coverage, this means that Sanders tends to get the lion's share of relationship to these key electoral issues.
Warren's status as a policy wonk has meant that she has focused less on the race, gender and identity issues that we argue represent the 2020 election zeitgeist.
For better or worse, if Warren were to refocus efforts on participating more actively in the identity-related narratives that we believe represent the common knowledge about what the 2020 Election "is about", we think she would emerge further as a leading candidate.
In the meantime and absent that change, based on our views about the influence of media-driven common knowledge effects, we think that among major candidates, Sanders will outperform most expectations, and that Biden will continue to converge to his more negative narrative.
This also means these are the candidates where we would be most cautious that media sources might be influencing how they want us to think about the news pertaining to them.
Roy Blanchard
The Democrats are fiddling while Rome burns. We have a totally inept president who is destroying the country and everything it stands for, yet all the democratic field can talk about his race, gender, and identity. Sad.
BTW, Keril Sokoloff says in his recent RealVision interview with Raoul Pal that in his world wide travels the constant thread is that Trump will be reelected if only because there is no cohesive story running against him.
We (obviously) agree with that view.
And right on cue, Warren tries to defuse the kerfuffle around her identifying as Native American. You're good!
Remarkable info Epsilon Theory has uncovered and interpreted. Bravo to Ben and Rusty.
Question though, if and as the MSM has IMO moved aggressively to taking sides and become fiat news, and further IMHO this (ugly) phenomenon becomes better understood by the general populace.
Doesn't the "impact" of this "reporting" lose effect on common knowledge?
If so, how do you adjust?
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Anselm Berrigan Audio, Readings in Contemporary Poetry
Dia:Chelsea, September 22, 2011
This audio was recorded at Dia:Chelsea on September 22, 2011 as part of Dia's Readings in Contemporary Poetry series. Anselm Berrigan and John Godfrey read that evening.
Anselm Berrigan's books of poetry include Free Cell (2009), Some Notes on My Programming (2006), Zero Star Hotel (2002), the chapbook Primitive State (2010) and the book-length poem Notes from Irrelevance, to be published in 2011. He is the poetry editor for The Brooklyn Rail, co-editor of the recently published Selected Poems of Ted Berrigan (2011), and a member of the Subpress collective. From 2003 to 2007, he was Artistic Director of The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church.
To hear Vincent Katz's introduction to Anselm Berrigan, please click here.
Anselm Berrigan and John Godfrey Video from Readings in Contemporary Poetry
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The part(s) or condition(s) listed below for the symptom Oven doesn't bake evenly are ordered from most likely to least likely to occur. Check or test each item, starting with the items at the top of the page.
If the bake element is burned out, the oven will only be heated by the broil element. This will cause the oven to heat unevenly. When the bake element is heating properly, it glows red hot. If the element does not glow red, this indicates that the element is not heating. Often, if the element has burned out, it will be visibly damaged. Inspect the bake element for holes or blisters. To determine if the bake element has burned out, use a multimeter to test the element for continuity. If the bake element does not have continuity, replace it..
The igniter draws electrical current through the oven safety valve bimetal to open the valve letting gas into the oven burner and igniting it. If the oven igniter weakens it can take longer than normal to open the safety valve causing oven temperature issues. To determine if the igniter is defective, observe the igniter when the oven is heating. If the igniter glows for more than 90 seconds without igniting the gas flame, this indicates that the igniter is too weak to open the oven safety valve correctly. If the igniter is weak, replace it.
If the broil element is burned out, only the bake element will heat the oven. This will cause the oven to heat unevenly. When the broil element is heating properly, it glows red hot. If the element does not glow red, this indicates that the element is not heating. Often, if the element has burned out, it will be visibly damaged. Inspect the broil element for holes or blisters. To determine if the broil element has burned out, use a multimeter to test the element for continuity. If the broil element does not have continuity, replace it.
The oven sensor works with the oven control board to regulate the oven temperature. If there is an oven temperature problem, this sensor might be defective. The sensor can be tested by using an ohm meter. As temperature rises, the resistance measurement also rises. The manufacturer of the oven sensor determines the correct resistance, if we have a testing video associated with this part, watch it to learn how to test the oven sensor. Oven temperature problems can be caused by other things, but this is one of the common causes.
The oven control board works in conjunction with the oven sensor to regulate the temperature. The sensor regulates the oven temperature by varying its resistance to electrical current as the oven temperature varies. As the oven temperature rises, the oven sensor creates greater resistance. If the sensor gives the wrong amount of resistance, the oven may not bake evenly. Or if the oven control board does not read the sensor resistance correctly the oven temperature can be inaccurate. On some models, you can recalibrate the oven control up to 35 degrees Fahrenheit higher or lower. Refer to your owner's manual for instructions on how to recalibrate the oven control.
The convection element works with the other heating elements to heat the air circulating inside the oven. If the convection element is burned out, the oven won't heat evenly. To determine if the convection element is burned out, use a multimeter to test the element for continuity. If the convection element does not have continuity, replace it.
The convection motor drives the convection fan to circulate the air inside the oven. The convection oven must circulate the air for the oven to heat evenly. If the convection motor won't run at all, use a multimeter to test it for continuity. If the motor does not have continuity, replace it. If the convection motor still makes a humming sound, try turning the motor shaft by hand. If the motor shaft does not turn freely, replace the convection motor.


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When the sun is shinging outside, the interior of Randa Logistics is brightly lit using only natural light. Photo cells "havest" and enhance the light coming through the skylights. The warehouse uses LED lighting when needed, but they are turned off in this photo.
Step foot in the Randa Logistics building in the Gateway Commerce Center in Tahoe Reno Industrial Center and it appears typical of the giant distribution centers in the area: long aisles of tall shelving with people scurrying about in a well-lit, air-conditioned building.
Despite the comfortable air temperature, it's not actually air conditioned; and most of the lighting is natural sunlight.
SJS Commercial Real Estate developed the 525,000-square-foot Randa building with energy efficiency and sustainability built into the plans from the beginning.
The building is LEED Gold Certified, which means, U.S. Green Building Council (USGC) audited the project from design through completion for the use of techniques and systems that reduce energy use, waste, and pollutants, and provides a better environment for those using the building.
"I'm proud of the (LEED certification) but more proud of the energy savings," Siegel said.
It costs more to implement, but it's worth it, he said.
"There's significantly more effort and cost involved in this type of construction, but it's who I am and who we are; it's our philosophy," he said.
Siegel, who hails from Chicago and has been a developer for 27 years, moved to the Reno area four years ago for this project. At first, he faced a lot of questions about his energy-efficient plans, but once others caught the vision, they were excited to take on the challenges.
"There's a lot of great potential and energy in Reno and a lot of people to work with who share our vision for energy savings and sustainable development," said Siegel, who now calls Nevada home.
The Randa building is not the only energy-efficient construction at the TRI Center.
Schluter Systems, a supplier of tile installation products, uses geothermal technology for heating and cooling its 95,000-square-foot distribution building, as well as passive solar technology. The company also incorporates recycled material into the manufacturing of its products and reuses and recycles its scraps. It's also LEED Gold Certified.
The Schluter developers "are the ones who really set the standard here," Siegel said.
Sustainable construction is catching on. Many other large buildings in the area are LEED certified, including University of Nevada, Reno, Peavine Hall (LEED Gold); the Patagonia Distribution Center (Gold); Zulily Distribution Center (Silver); and Urban Outfitters in Stead (Silver), to name a few.
Many other projects are going through the certification process and an increasing number of contractors, engineers, and architects include green-building features in their projects.
Skylights take up 2 percent of the ceiling, which is an industry standard, but they include photo cells that capture and enhance the natural light.
The building includes banks of LED lights to supplement the natural light when needed. When sunlight provides all the light needed, the LED lights automatically shut off, except for a minimum number required to stay lit to meet safety regulation. Motion sensors also control LED lighting so, sunlight or no sunlight, they are only on when required.
"When I walk in and see the lights off, I'm very happy and proud," Siegel said.
The lighting feature alone saves about $125,000 a year in energy bills, according to an independent audit by NV Energy, he said. The savings is passed on to the tenant.
To keep summer heat and winter cold outside, and the inside comfortable, rigid insulation fully covers the envelope of the building, including above the roof deck, Siegel explained.
Other industrial buildings use similar insulation, but there are a lot of leaks, he said.
The well-insulated envelope allows the third feature, the mechanical system for airflow, to do its job more efficiently.
The system recirculates already heated air or naturally cooled air, and circulates it throughout the building leaving little temperature variation. The worker getting boxes from the top of the shelves near the 32-foot ceiling will experience little difference in temperature from the person walking down the aisles.
"It provides incredible comfort for a building of this size," Siegel said.
The building has other environmental features such as xeriscaping, detention ponds and soil composition to encourage stormwater to soak into the soil before running off carrying pollutants into stream zones.
With the Randa building proving its systems make both business sense and are environmentally friendly, Siegel said his company is planning three new projects from 150,000 square feet to 700,000 square feet in the TRI Center. They are being planned as build-to-suit projects that will break ground once a tenant is identified.
And all three will include the energy-saving features of the Randa building.


Gally Tullagher, a builder in Red Lodge MT, was court ordered to refund $5k in damaged testing equipment to the company performing the blower door test — a procedure designed to measure air leaks in a building.
"We set up our testing equipment as we always do", said Joe McFan of Red Door Leakage Testing LLC. "The building reached the 50 Pascal pressure level in no time, which was very impressive. However, short after that, the testing fan started emitting yellowish smoke and making a strange noise. We had to cut through the testing membrane to release pressure, but the equipment ended up being damaged beyond repair. I haven't ever seen anything quite like that".
Controversy has spread in the local community, after Judge Josephine Smith sentenced Gally Tullagher to refund the entire cost of the damaged equipment. "Buildings have to breathe" stated the Judge, "this is the way we've always done it around here, and it would be ungodly to change it".
"I am not sure what went wrong. It must have been the building tapes." Gally Tullagher has been building his own house to meet the Passive House standard, a high performance building code that requires buildings to be super tight. "I took the Passive House Tradesperson training last year, but the curriculum never addressed safety procedures if the blower door test fan catches on fire. It is hard to believe this is the first time it happens".
Franz Luftdicht, Head of the Airsealing Division of the Passive House Institute, has taken the matter in his own hands: "That should not have happened. We have started an investigation and we will find a solution so that if the fan catches on fire, at least we can recover the heat in the most efficient way. No fan should burn in vain".
Stay tuned tomorrow for the true story of Tully Gallagher's knock-out Blower Door Test results, and learn more about the Passive House builder training that got him there.
No fooling me. Herr Luftdicht gave it away.


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DR Congo: Nearly 170 people dead in floods, says UN
18 December 2022 | 1:28 pm
The flood-prone capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo saw around 280 houses wiped out by the floods earlier this week. UN officials now have updated figures.
Germany deliberates pulling out of UN's Mali mission
Germany is deciding whether to completely pull out of the UN's MINUSMA peacekeeping mission in Mali. This comes after Britain and Ivory Coast said they would withdraw their troops.
Humanitarian crisis worsens in DR Congo ahead of peace talks
Thousands more flee their homes in eastern DRC amid fighting between M23 rebels and government forces. Locals don't believe new talks in Kenya will bring peace.
Kenya's President William Ruto says East African troops will enforce peace in Eastern DR Congo
The region has been in the grip of an offensive by the M23 armed group and 900 Kenyan soldiers were recently sent to the area. Also in this edition: South Africa's disgraced ex-president Jacob Zuma could go back to prison, and we talk to Nigerian climate expert Chukwumerije Okereke, who is the Director of the Centre for Climate Change and Development. And lastly, guest Karim Baldé breaks down the Senegal's loss against the Netherlands in the World Cup.
Iran enriching more uranium at 60%, says UN nuclear watchdog
The IAEA has said Iran is continuing to accelerate its nuclear program and is producing highly enriched uranium at a new site.
Kenya's President William Ruto says East African troops will enforce peace in eastern DR Congo. The region has been in the grip of an offensive by the M23 armed group and 900 Kenyan soldiers were recently sent to the area.
UN rights chief says Iran must end crackdown on protesters
The UN Human Rights Council was considering an international investigation into the human rights situation in Iran. Tehran said the West "lack the moral credibility" to criticize it.
Zelenskyy urges UN to act over Russian strikes
Missile attacks on Ukraine's battered power grid are an "obvious crime against humanity," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told the UN Security Council.
Ceasefire deal agrees for Eastern DR Congo: parties released joint statement after talks in Angola
DR Congo and Rwanda have struck a deal to end months of fighting between Congolese troops and rebels in eastern DRC. The agreement was reached with the mediation of the East African community, but it hinges on the withdrawal of M23 rebels from occupied areas.
UN report: 5 women killed every hour by family member
More than half of the women and girls murdered last year were killed by a partner of a close relative, UN data showed. The number of deaths is "alarmingly high," but the UN warns the real situation is likely much worse.
M23 rebels say Rwanda-DR Congo ceasefire deal does not affect them
The M23 rebel group said Thursday that a ceasefire announced a day earlier "doesn't really concern us," while calling for "direct dialogue" with Democratic Republic of Congo's government.
UN appeals for record emergency funds, calls aid 'lifeline'
UN experts say the number of people who need help has jumped by 65 million compared to last year, bringing the total count to a staggering 339 million worldwide.
DR Congo: M23 rebels in east agree to withdraw from fighting
The M23 rebel group has said in a statement that they are ready to withdraw from occupied areas in eastern Congo. However, this comes amid reports of renewed fighting and as the DRC accuses M23 of killing 272 civilians.


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Fujiwara no Sanekata 藤原実方 (958?-998), one of the thirty six poetic sages, was raised by his uncle, Naritoki 済時, after his parents' early deaths and so had a less than stellar court career due to a lack of support, despite being the grandson of a Minister of the Left, Fujiwara no Morotada 藤原師伊, and the son of a Chamberlain of the level of Junior Fifth rank, Upper Grade, Fujiwara no Sadatoki 藤原貞時. Nevertheless, he had close relationships with many of the great men of his time and was often called upon to compose poetry for members of the imperial family, as well as corresponding with some of his female poetic contemporaries such as Sei Shōnagon 清少納言 and Kodai no Kimi 小大君. He gained a reputation for both passion and ill-fortune and, like Ariwara no Narihira, to whom he is often compared, numerous anecdotes about him began to circulate in the years after his death.
His private collection contains 348 poems, divided almost equally between those based on or commemorating court life and functions, and more personal expressions of love and grief.


DENVER, Colorado, May 4, 2012 (ENS) – An agreement to establish the Rocky Mountain Greenway Project, linking trails and transportation systems with national wildlife refuges and Rocky Mountain National Park, was signed today at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.
Two areas now designated as refuges that once were covered with chemical and nuclear weapons factories will become part of the Rocky Mountain Greenway.
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed the agreement establishes a 10-person steering committee to implement conservation and recreation projects throughout the Denver and Front Range metropolitan area.
"The Denver and Front Range metropolitan Area is already rich with a strong system of trails, parks and open spaces, but we can do more. If we think beyond our fences, leverage our resources and align our visions, we can make this America's next great urban park," said Salazar, a former U.S. senator representing Colorado.
The federal, state, local and stakeholder partnership aims to link the three National Wildlife Refuges in the Denver metro region with Rocky Mountain National Park. It will connect hundreds of miles of trails, parks, and open spaces along the South Platte River and its tributaries throughout the Denver/Front Range metropolitan area.
The project will encompass two national wildlife refuges contaminated with the remains of more than 50 years of nuclear and chemical weapons production.
The Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, covering 27 square miles between the Denver International Airport and downtown Denver, was used by the U.S. Army as a chemical weapons manufacturing facility called the Rocky Mountain Arsenal following the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into World War II.
As production declined at war's end, some of the idle facilities were leased to Shell Chemical Co. for the production of agricultural chemicals. The Arsenal was later used for Cold War weapons production. Closed in 1992, much of the site has been remediated, but parts of it are still listed as a Superfund hazardous waste site, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The Rocky Mountain Arsenal is now one of the largest urban national wildlife refuges in the nation.
The 6,200 acre Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge in the Rocky Mountain foothills between Denver and Boulder was the site of a federal government facility producing plutonium triggers for nuclear warheads from 1952 through 1992, when it was shut down because of safety concerns and the end of the Cold War.
Tons of highly radioactive plutonium from Rocky Flats were shipped to the Savannah River Site in South Carolina and tons more transuranic waste was shipped to a storage site in New Mexico. The Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge Act was passed in 2001 and site cleanup was declared complete in 2005. However, Rocky Flats remains on the Superfund list of the nation's most hazardous waste sites.
About 1,000 acres of the new wildlife refuge, the former industrial area, will remain under Department of Energy control for ongoing environmental monitoring and remediation.
The Rocky Mountain Greenway will also link to the Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge in Arvada, Colorado, one of the smallest refuges in the system.
It will connect to Rocky Mountain National Park, the sixth-most visited park in the nation with over 3.1 million visitors per year.
Today's signing ceremony followed a meeting on the initiative's progress with Senator Mark Udall, Congressman Ed Perlmutter, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and other elected officials, local and regional planners, and open space leaders throughout the metropolitan area.
They all emphasized the positive economic aspects of the Greenway without a word about the contaminants remaining at Rocky Flats and Rocky Mountain Arsenal Superfund sites.
"Outdoor recreation is a tremendous boost to the state, contributing over $10 billion a year to our economy, supporting over 100,000 Colorado jobs and generating $500 million in state tax revenue," said Senator Udall.