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Blind Geladen
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A comedy in one act by August von Kotzebue.
1 The original text
2 Translations and adaptations
2.1 How to Die for Love!
2.2 The Blank Cartridge
3 Performance history in South Africa
The original text
Based on a story told to the author by a friend, the sketch must have been written and first produced sometime in 1811-1812, though the only published version appears to be one printed in Augsburg ca. 1814 by the publishing house Stage.
Translations and adaptations
According to Allardyce Nicoll (1930, p.470 ) the play was translated and/or adapted into English under two titles, by an unknown author/unknown authors.
How to Die for Love!
Described as "A Farce, in Two Acts ...Adapted from Blind Geladen, a sketch in one act by August von Kotzebue".
This version was first performed at the Lyceum Theatre 21st May 1812, published by C. Chapple, 1812.
The Blank Cartridge
Apparently the same play as How to Die for Love!, (see Nicoll, 1930: p. 470). There are no South African performances of a play by this name on record however.
Performance history in South Africa
1824: Performed in English as How to Die for Love! by the Garrison Players in the African Theatre on the 23rd July, as afterpiece to Catherine and Petruchio (Shakespeare/Garrick) and The Irish Tutor (Glengall).
Facsimile text of Blind Geladen,MDZ Reader[1]
Facsimile text of How to Die for Love!, Google Books[2]
Allardyce Nicoll. 1930. A History of Early Nineteenth Century Drama 1800-1850. Volume 2. Cambridge University Press.
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: p 187,
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I used to feel sorry for people suffering from chronic pain — then I became one of them.
It's 4:00am, and I'm sitting next to my father in a dead-quiet hospital waiting room.
We've been here for about 30 minutes now, and there isn't another soul in sight.
We exchange small talk in between persistent yawning spells.
Eventually, the lab assistant arrives.
I fill out the necessary paperwork, dress into a hospital gown, wait some more, and then head into the MRI room.
I've already had an MRI on my brain; the results for that test came back normal.
This MRI is for my mid-spine, lower back, and pelvis.
I make it through the 35 minutes of endless banging that the machine produces, change back into my regular clothes, and leave with my father.
He drops me off at home and then drives away — either to go back home himself or to head to work, surely picking up a coffee on the way whichever is true.
A few weeks later I see my doctor to get the results of the MRI.
Not that I want to be told there's something seriously wrong with my body.
What I do want, however, is an explanation for why this is happening to me, and I'm still not getting one.
"Where do I go from here?" I ask myself as I drive home.
There was no single event — no precipitating injury or accident — that caused my chronic pain to emerge.
It just gradually appeared by the time I was about 23 years old, and it wouldn't go away.
I would experience pain in my pelvis and lower body whenever I sat for more than a few minutes at a time, worked in a hot environment, or felt deeply anxious about something. Some parts of my body would ache constantly throughout the day; some areas of my arms, legs, and stomach would burn from the slightest touch or contact.
Many nights it was impossible for me to sleep, as the warm blankets made my skin feel like it was on fire.
Summers, which I usually spent partying with friends at nightclubs or outdoors music festivals, weren't much fun for me at this time — too hot, too uncomfortable, too many reminders of other people's good fortune.
Feeling like life was passing me by, like I was being unfairly 'punished' for something, depression took hold.
I became increasingly unwell from an emotional/psychological standpoint.
I felt angry, bitter, hopeless, and powerless to change my circumstances.
I became ever-more convinced that things wouldn't go back to the way they once were, and this possibility broke my heart.
So I took on the role of a recluse.
I didn't want to be around other people: the thought of seeing others enjoying life whilst I suffered was unbearable.
My cousin once visited my house around 8:00pm on a Friday.
I was in bed at the time eating junk food and watching a movie.
I made up some excuse about why I was staying home, feeling increasingly anxious the longer she engaged me in conversation.
She finally left, and I felt ashamed.
I hated my life at the time, and I couldn't help feeling sorry for myself.
Over a span of several years, I underwent dozens of medical tests and saw more doctors and specialists than I could ever count (including leading pain specialists in my home city).
Virtually every diagnostic test — from EKGs and X-Rays to ultrasounds and MRIs — came back showing normal results.
I never received a formal diagnosis from the established medical profession.
I was prescribed tons of different medications, from first- to fourth-line treatments (everything from topical creams and anticonvulsants to opioid painkillers and tricyclics).
At best, one or two meds helped alleviate my discomfort, but only marginally.
At worst, I could barely function.
I suffered from insomnia, horrible night terrors, extreme fatigue, lack of focus, and a tendency to react to minor surprises (such as a loud voice) as if the whole world were collapsing around me.
After about two years of being in pain, I started seeing a physiotherapist on a weekly schedule.
My physiotherapist, a pelvic health specialist, did wonders for my pain — not in one or two treatments, but gradually over many months.
She would manually manipulate/stimulate my muscles, encouraging the tissues to relax.
She taught me how to become consciously aware of parts of my body that I couldn't previously sense or feel.
She showed me how to 'map' them to my mind, and how to actively release the tension they contained.
I resisted this idea for months.
I refused to believe that my pain was (also) 'in my head'.
I convinced myself that another few months of physiotherapy would finally make me pain-free — either that or else a steroid injection or something like it.
Surely, my 'problem' was entirely physiological — not psychological.
My specialist, however, insisted that physiotherapy was only part of the healing process.
She told me, again and again, that I needed to start doing work on my own every day in order to 'calm', 'relax', and 'de-sensitize' my nervous system and to reduce my anxiety.
She knew I was stressed out and obsessive—somebody who always worried about the future, overthought things, and tried to be perfect at everything.
I had been carrying around years' worth of anger and anxiety inside my body, which is why my muscles had become so tight and sensitized.
My pelvic floor muscles, hip flexors, leg muscles, and other areas were all incredibly tense.
Over time, my physiotherapist helped me realize I had been squeezing certain of my muscles — literally squeezing them from the inside-out — all day, every day for years.
I knew I was 'emotionally intense', a workaholic, and an obsessive perfectionist.
What I hadn't realized, however, was that I had taught my body that its natural state was to be constantly 'on guard', engaged in a kind of fight or flight response every waking moment.
After years of 'living inside my head', ignoring my body, and forcing myself to do physically unhealthy things all the time — like sit for five straight hours studying without standing up once — my body had become 'naturally' tight. That, combined with constant stress about school and work, led to the onset of persistent pain.
I figured it couldn't hurt to try meditation or cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) or something along those lines.
After all, I had already tried virtually everything mainstream medicine had to offer, from diagnostic tests to treatments.
Feeling like I was out of options on the 'hard science' front, I decided to give some 'woo woo' therapy a shot.
I started with 'ancient remedies' like acupuncture and osteopathic interventions, but neither one did me any good.
I then ventured into yoga, silent meditation, CBT, and a couple of daily appreciation exercises.
I actually really enjoyed the appreciation exercises.
One consisted of taking 'mental snapshots' each time I did something really fun or meaningful.
The goal was to consciously create a mental impression of how lucky I was to be experiencing such a moment.
Doing this helped me to live in the moment and to remain cognizant of how fortunate I was to be creating such memories, regardless of whether I was in pain.
A second appreciation exercise consisted of writing down, every morning, five to eight things for which I was grateful.
"I'm grateful for [name's] constant support".
Taking mental snapshots and creating appreciation lists served to remind me of the positive things in my life at the time, despite the difficulties with which I was dealing.
I also tried yoga, but I really disliked it — I still dislike it today.
There's just not enough action in it for me.
I'd do it for several months at a time but then eventually give up on it entirely — this happened again and again.
Silent meditation was tolerable for a while.
I would do at night before bed.
On the one hand, I enjoyed the quiet and the need to focus on my breathing.
On the other, though, I always got lost in my thoughts, and this became frustrating over time.
Some of the CBT strategies proved to be very useful.
This was especially true regarding the techniques I learned for managing catastrophization.
Catastrophization is the process of acting as if the worst (or a frighteningly terrible) situation that might happen has in fact already occurred or is certain to occur at some point (1, 2, 3, 4).
My physiotherapist would point out to me whenever I was catastrophizing, and she would help me re-frame the situation so I could see things more reasonably.
Certain books, like The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook, also really helped me recognize and 'dial down' my catastrophic thoughts.
As much as I disliked yoga, I began engaging in a twice-daily stretching routine.
Every morning and evening I'd take 30 minutes to try to stretch and lengthen my muscles, particularly my back and leg muscles.
I'd use a foam roller and elastic bands/wraps where necessary.
The most effective exercise, however, was also the easiest of all to do, i.e., deep breathing meditation — specifically in the form of legs-up-the-wall.
The legs-up-the-wall (LUTW) meditation exercise/yoga pose (1, 2, 3, 4) completely changed my life.
I started doing this pose at least twice (often three to four times) per day, for 20 minutes each session.
After swinging my legs against the wall and situating myself, I would focus on 1) taking long, slow inhales that pushed my diaphragm (not my chest!) towards the ceiling and 2) releasing the breaths with even longer and slower exhales. On each exhale, I would 3) try to 'actively release' the muscles in my pelvis, i.e., I would consciously let these muscles fall to the floor by letting go of all the tension (squeezing) in this part of my body.
I'd usually listen to a guided meditation whilst performing this exercise — either one for pelvic pain in particular or for general wellness and relaxation.
Feel physically and emotionally grounded (i.e., 'sunk' into the Earth and judgment-free).
Once the 20 minutes had expired, I always felt calmer, less anxious/'revved up', and more capable of dealing with the rest of the day — even if I was still experiencing discomfort.
The release/activation of neurotransmitters in the brain that promote feelings of wellness and tranquility (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
You certainly don't have to suffer from chronic pain in order to benefit from LUTW meditation.
It's a wonderfully relaxing 'time-out' that can help virtually every one of us feel more 'centred' and at ease in our day-to-day lives.
Maintaining 1–1.5 feet of distance between your feet rather than sticking them together if the latter proves uncomfortable.
Howard Schubiner and Michael Betzold's Unlearn Your Pain.
Collectively, these books radically changed my outlook on, and my understanding of, the mind-body connection in general and of the emotional/psychological components of chronic pain in particular.
We're far more able to affect our day-to-day happiness than we often believe.
Sarno's book details his reflections on a lifetime of treating patients with back pain issues, many of whom reported either experiencing pain despite not having structural abnormalities (like a bulging disk) or not experiencing pain despite having structural abnormalities.
A practical healing program (a workbook) for dealing with chronic pain, which is based on identifying, writing about, and 'working through' traumatic experiences.
Whenever my pelvis or legs would bother me, I'd say the following to myself, often out-loud: "Cut it out brain! There's nothing wrong with me! I'm safe, I'm healthy, I'm strong! There's no reason for me to be in pain right now! My tissues are normal and healthy! I don't have to be scared!" Then, I'd get on with whatever I was doing at the time, and the pain would subside.
From a neurological perspective, this empowering self-talk can effectively reduce the sensation of pain because it activates the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) in the brain.
If the pain wouldn't subside despite using this self-talk approach, I'd do 15–20 minutes of deep relaxation.
If I was still in pain at that point, I'd remind myself that the sensation wouldn't last forever and that I could do more relaxation later if necessary, and I'd carry on.
I could engage in physical activities, like working out at the gym, safely and without injuring myself.
And even if I pushed things too far at times, e.g., by trying to lift a bit too much weight whilst squatting, I'd simply take a few days or a week off from the gym, do lots of LUTW relaxation, use a bunch of positive self-talk, and return to training when I felt well enough to do so.
Over time, I learned to avoid certain exercises, e.g., leg press and pull-ups, because they tended to give me more trouble than others.
What I didn't do, however, is stop working out completely, or begin believing that my body was somehow broken.
As the months went by and I added a bit of muscle to my frame, my confidence and sense of hope for the future both began to increase.
The other major 'adventure' I went on during my mid-20s was working through the Unlearn Your Pain program I mentioned earlier.
…often 'imprint' themselves onto the brain in such a way that your body and mind become overly sensitized to the negative effects of stress and other difficulties in life.
With this understanding of the connections between trauma, pain, and stress, you're then encouraged to do a sort of inventory of all the unresolved trauma you've accumulated throughout your lifetime.
The goal here is to consciously confront this trauma, move beyond it, and thereby give your mind and body less 'reason' to produce persistent pain.
This involves a lot of no-holds-barred writing exercises where you put aside any concern with the judgment of others and allow yourself to feel, and to 'violently respond to', all the hurt, disappointment, fear, shame, and anger you've been storing inside yourself for years.
For me, this meant having to face up to many difficult experiences from my childhood and teenage years but also from my life as a young adult (issues with my parents' divorce, with being bullied at school, with failed romantic relationships, and so on).
It wasn't easy, but it was very cathartic.
I often broke down in tears as I forced myself to 'experience' and 'process' what I had felt at the time, what I wished I had done or said differently, what I believed other people should or shouldn't have done to/for me, and the lessons I wanted to learn going forward.
Ultimately, I produced several notebooks full of reflective writing, which I still have here with me in my office all these years later.
…eventually gave me my life back.
As time went on, I began seeing my physiotherapist only once per month.
Then it became only once every few months.
Then once or twice per year.
Eventually, I no longer required consistent treatment as I was effectively managing my pain on my own.
This was possible partly because I had discovered (and had been taught) a bunch of exercises and practices that were clearly helping me, and partly because I had finally accepted that I have the power to heal myself.
As I started to see improvements in my physical wellbeing, my emotional and psychological wellbeing got better as well.
I no longer felt I needed to take anti-depressant medication, which I had been on for about 13 months at one point.
My anxieties about the future and feelings of hopelessness gradually abated as I became more optimistic and inspired in my day-to-day life.
I began spending time with friends again and engaging in physical activities.
Ultimately, I left a job at which I wasn't happy, began a new career in education, and moved 300 miles away to a new city.
It's been nearly 10 years since I first began experiencing chronic pain and even longer since I first experienced the trauma and formed the bad habits that I believe gave rise to my discomfort.
I would describe myself as relatively pain-free now and as monumentally better than I was in my mid-20s.
I still swear by the LUTW yoga practice.
I do it every morning — now for 25–30 minutes at a time — and whenever else I feel like I need to 'reset' my mind and/or release some tension in my body.
I still engage in appreciation exercises every day.
For instance, this morning I wrote a list of eight things for which I'm grateful before finishing this article.
Just a few days ago I went for dinner with some relatives.
Am I 100% pain-free every second of the day?
No, I'm not, but is anybody ever?
The skin burning sensation is virtually gone — essentially, a non-issue for me these days.
I still experience pelvic pain sometimes when I sit for too long.
I never sit for more than an hour at a time without getting up and walking around for a few minutes as a break.
Plus, I use a standing desk (of sorts) when I work long hours and don't want to sit all day.
I play full-court basketball with guys many years younger than me, and I do a decent job of keeping up with them, thank you very much!
I work out at the gym — truthfully, I've been on a bit of hiatus recently, but that's because I've been 'going hard' at work, not because I'm being held back by health-related issues.
I hike for hours in the middle of snowstorms shooting photos every winter.
Physically, there's not much I can't or won't do, and I'm very grateful for that.
Emotionally, I'm also doing well.
I'm medication-free, feeling inspired and excited for the future, committed to making something of my life and to helping people along the way, and less cynical in some ways than I used to be.
I certainly 'have my moments', like we all do from time to time.
Overall, though, the sort of depression with which I dealt in my 20s hasn't re-surfaced since I learned how to effectively manage my pain issues.
I owe a huge debt of gratitude to my friends and family for the unwavering love and support they showed me during my darkest times, and continue to show me today.
My parents, in particular, took me to lots of medical appointments and told me dozens of times that they'd do anything they could to help me become pain-free, even if that meant somehow taking on my pain themselves.
Knowing how much they care about me gave me the extra strength I needed to 'keep pushing' whenever I wanted to give up.
I read John E. Sarno's The Mindbody Prescription and Howard Schubiner and Michael Betzold's Unlearn Your Pain — these two books drastically changed my understanding of the mind-body connection and of the role of emotional trauma in chronic pain; I regularly used the "I'm healthy, I'm safe, I'm strong" self-talk pain management technique described above, and I completed the Unlearn Your Pain workbook program, which involved journaling about all the hurt I had accumulated since childhood.
If you're currently facing your own chronic pain and/or mental health challenges, please know that you're not alone.
I hope you find something of value in this article.
I never once received a medical diagnosis suggesting my body is somehow anatomically abnormal or compromised, which is a significant reason why I felt comfortable pursuing a mind-body approach to my recovery and doing so after being treated by medical professionals for a couple of years.
How I Finally Beat Chronic Pain and Got My Life Back was originally published in The Mission on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.


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The 2009 ExplorOz Gathering in St George QLD
Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009 at 17:57
Sir Kev
A National Gathering would not be complete without one of these
The ExplorOz 2009 National Gathering in St George had been a long time in the planning. It began in July 2008 after I had returned from the ExplorOz 2008 National Gathering in Innamincka.
The 15 months of preparation had allowed for a large number of people to plan and register their attendance. In all 68 people had registered for the Gathering but with all things not all attended.
The attendance figures for the Gathering were as follows:
•	39 Vehicles,
•	72 Adults,
•	26 children, and
•	9 dogs.
The Camp ground was in a location that we were not disturbed by other people and it was a safe environment of all the kids to roam and play without fear of being run over.
The Gathering officially started on the Monday but myself, and several others started early and arrived at the campground at about 08:30am on the Friday so we could prepared for the week long onslaught from fellow ExplorOzers.
Early attendee's included:
1.	Me ;)
2.	John T (Tamworth) and travelling Partner Julie,
3.	Bill F (Vic) and Pauline,
4.	Isuzumu (Bruce and Annie),
5.	Di and Ken,
6.	Matt and Julie (Vic),
7.	Steve and Denny (Geratric Gypsies) and their grandkids Chevy and Suzie,
8.	Scrubby and Strawb
The set up of the campsite was relatively easy with only a few things needed, a trip to my parents place to pick up some additional 240l rubbish bins and a trailer load of firewood was first on the cards, before the ExplorOz banner was hoisted.
collecting firewood
Friday evening was a relaxed evening with a small crowd. Although the women present started a morning walking group, which was aptly led by Bruce the following morning ;) As the walking group returned into camp on Saturday morning there was Bruce like an old Bull Camel way out in front leading the way for his herem of ladies following. John T shot a quick vidoe of it and will hopefully forward it for posting on here. From that morning onwards Bruce (AKA the Bull Camel) stayed at camp LOL, Although David (AKA Dusty) tried on a couple of morning to take Bruce's title off him.
Saturday dawned and the eerie presence of the impending dust storm reduced the amount of activities that we did during the day, although the yabby traps were set and checked several times for very average results. A change of bait seemed to have the yabbies on the bite and the racing stock numbers increased.
During the day another swarm of attendees arrived and set up their respective camps with the aid of the dust storm. From memory another 11 attendees arrived on Saturday.
just a little bit dusty
A Dusty Saturday
A Practice game of the now famous ExplorOz Horseshoe throwing Comp was run by no other than John T before once again we retired to the campfire for an evening of tales.
Sunday dawned a new day without the dust and spirits had lifted. The routine of checking the yabby traps resumed and numbers were notably less than the previous morning although there were more traps in place.
More attendees continued to arrive throughout the day and I was asked if a Town History tour could be arranged. A phone call later and a Town History Tour of St George was organised with a long time local resident Mr Robert Buchan. The tour commenced at the Visitor Information Centre at 2:00pm and those who attended returned to camp just after 4pm. They must have spread the word that the tour was well worthwhile as I was asked to arrange another so those who missed out could do one.
The first official Horseshoe Throwing comp started at 3:00 – 3:30pm and it was revealed that those watching in the open shed were not safe. Not 1 but 2 Horseshoes were thrown to an incorrect destination........................................ The ROOF of the shed hehe.
The Hecklers were out in force and some suggested that the biggest heckler was dressed for the occasion but Mark G always dresses like that ;)
The Heckler
Bert being Heckled
The Heckler AGAIN
Dave B in the swing of things
Due to having an ample number of attendee's present I decided to start the raffles early and the first raffle was held on Sunday Night. It was a great opportunity for those who hadn't attended an ExplorOz Gathering before to be welcomed and an enjoyable night was had by all.
Monday arrived and it was the Official commencement of the ExplorOz 2009 National Gathering, more people continued to arrive and sadly some moved on. Nothing official was programmed for the day although I did happen to arrange another Town History Tour with Mr Robert Buchan only this one was to commence at 4pm at the Visitor Information Centre. Robert is a very Town proud person and is a wealth of information. I was asked if he charged a fee for conducting the tour, when I asked him about it he replied "Definitely NOT" this is just Robert's way of welcoming the travelling community to the town.
Robert Buchan conducting his History Tour
Pilot Memorial visited during the history tour
Robert also invited everyone to visit his workshop to view his collection of old trucks, tractors and vehicles.
Robert's workshop
Roberts collection
Monday also included a quick tour of the area with those who were going to be the Trip leader for the following 2 days. One such Trip Leader must have dosed off as he missed showing his group one of the attractions ;)
Any Guess for which one??
The Horseshoe throwing comp was up and running in earnest once again and Scrubby was setting up for the 2nd annual ExplorOz National Gathering Yabby Races. The resident Heckler was in full song and safety equipment was being worn by the Official Judge.
The safer the better
Even WARNING signs were erected
The 2 main offenders which caused the safety concerns
Monday evening was also another night where I had Roachie squirming. There was an Award that need to be presented so I approached Roachie to ask if he would like to do the honours. I only slightly wound him up first by saying "I need you up front so an Award can be presented" as he groaned and tried to hide in his chair I added "It isn't for you this time, I want you to present it" after that he didn't care who was getting it as long as it wasn't him.
The Award was presented to a former member who is no longer part of ExplorOz but attended under the invite of those who keep in contact with him offline. He was very sheepish when it was given and Roachie was relishing in the fact that he could present such a rare Award.
Scrubby ran the Yabby races and all the kids had a great time.
Yabbie Racing
Yabby Racing
The evening progressed to the drawing of the raffle and some more mingling around the campfire.
Tuesday saw the group split into 2 groups with Colin (On Patrol) and Steve (Geriatric Gypsies) lead the trips for the day.
Colin's group headed to Bollon for a Breakfast/Brunch, and then proceeded onto the Rosehill Aviary. After leaving the Aviary, Colin led his group via a short detour to see some other sights of the area. First stop was at a Turkey Nest dam which is used to store water off stream during high river flow periods.
As can be seen in the photos the river has not had high water flows for quite a period, therefore the planting of dry land wheat has been utilised during the period of lack of water. The Farm requires income of some sort during the dry periods and cropping in the empty dams is one way that is achieved.
Wheat being grown on the floor of the Turkey nest dam
Turkey nest dam wall
Colin then took his group down to where the early settlers had a Steam Engine positioned next to the river, which was used as water pump to pump water for early crops etc.
Colin then had an Old-timers moment and failed to take his group through to the Heritage listed House that was less than 1km further down the road. Colin claimed the sign on the cattle grid prevented him from proceeding. The sign stated "Private Property, NO TRESPASSING", he seemed to have forgotten my comment from the previous day when I told him that the road was actually a PUBLIC ROAD, and the sign was for any access to the minor tracks off it ;)
Dejected and in need of a stiff drink, Colin seemed to be able to programme his GPS to get him to the Riversands Winery where his groups trip finished for the day.
Riversands Winery
Before they then made their way back to camp to continue putting up with the Horse Shoe Heckler.
He was every where
Steve's group headed out to "Ashwood" a working Cotton farm. Scott the owner was full of info on the day to day running of such a Farm. He also fielded questions in regards to water usage throughout the Queensland Murray/Darling Basin.
Scott getting into it
From there Steve's group headed down to the infamous Nindigully Pub where there were a few members who were itching for a ROAD TRAIN BURGER. Due to a slight breakdown in communications and the fact that the Boss "Burnsie" was not there. The Bar staff pretty much refused to serve us lunch as they had a booking for 45 people due to arrive. So with that minor hiccup we packed up and headed back to St George and had a pub meal at the Riverview Hotel on the St George's Terrace who was more than happy to feed us. In doing this unplanned lunch detour, this group also missed out on a small detour on the return trip from Nindigully.
Tuesday evening rolled on and to keep the entertainment up Scrubby and I collected a few brown frogs and a couple of green tree frogs from one of the toilets and frog races were held much to the crowd's enjoyment.
Prime Racing Stock
Wednesday's activity was the reverse of the previous day with Colin's group heading to "Ashwood", then onto the Nindigully pub. Colin's group sucked up BIGTIME with Scott and presented him with a Bottle of Bundy for his efforts in conducting the Farm tour.
They rolled into Nindigully for lunch and were greeted by the "Boss" who when informed of the previous day's events promptly donated items to be included in the raffles. Matt of Matt and Julie fame was actually part of the group that did the trip with Steve the day before. Matt was determined to have a crack at the ROAD TRAIN BURGER so slipped down to Nindigully to have a go.
And he waits
He begins
Keep chewing Matt
Thank you please come again
Colin aptly led the group home via the detour that Steve's group missed out on the previous day, and his group saw the Aboriginal rock wells on the Moonie Highway before returning to camp.
Steve's group had a change of trip leader to Mark G. Mark had been to the Rosehill Aviary when he travelled up to assist in the collection of firewood in May. He also lead the group down the staion tracks to the Artesion bore
Aretsion bore that is capped to produce a restricted flow rate
I took the group via the same detour as Colin's group did the day before and this group actually saw the Heritage listed house on the Anchorage ;)
Wednesday Night was also the night we Saluted Member Footloose, he may have passed away but he is definately not forgotten.
Steve [Geriatric Gypsies] proposed a toast to Footy around the campfire and all attendees were upstanding as we all had a drink for him and then sang "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow"
Wednesday nights raffle was undertaken by Jack and Linda (Bushpig) and Dave and Nora (Dave B Broken Hill) as they were both authorised RFDS collectors. The proceeds of the raffles from Wednesday night went to the RFDS.
After the Raffle was completed, I commenced the open Auction of the 2009 ExplorOz National Gathering Canvas Memorabilia Print kindly donated by Brian at Canvas Charisma. My opening bid of $250.00 had been raised by Matt (Matt and Julie) to $400 prior to Wednesday night. I made a phone call to Josh (Vic) as previously arranged between himself and I. Then the bidding commenced in earnest, Josh bid up to $500 only to be outbid by Ed C (QLD) at a final bid of $520.00. I then started drawing the Raffle that had been used as part of the Camping fee's every vehicle paid. Steve B (SteveinOz) was a major winner of most of the raffles held thus far and he continued his good fortune with this major raffle, taking home the landscape framed picture that Peter (Member extfilm) donated. Further assorted prizes including an electric winch and a set of Hella driving lights (donated by Stuart P WA). Additional prizes included stuff sent through from the ExplorOz team and also some from attendee's.
I then commenced an auction on the remaining electric winch and 5 sets of driving lights and 2 Hella work lights. The winch went for $200 and the driving lights averaged $25. Some fun was had with the work lights, did you know a right handed work light is worth less than a left handed one (isn't that right Steve and Denny LOL). The right handed work light was auctioned first and Denny decided to bid against Steve only to lose the bid due to them arguing about bidding against each other hehehehe. The left handed one ended up selling for more than the right handed one, after which Denny started into Steve again LOL
I was asked early in the week if I could organise a trip to see the bloke who makes the Condamine bells, I suggested that they make contact and if successful add it to the activities white board so everyone could attend if they wanted. So an activity was created for Thursday with a trip to the residence of Barry Doonan at 2pm to see his display of Condamine bells with a brief run down of how he manufacturers them.
Prior to heading out to the Condamine Bell place Dave B conducted a trailer reversing event that a few people attempted. Was good to see the different reversing techniques used.
Thursday night was the last night of the Horseshoe throwing competition and also the last night for the raffles. A memorable night was had by all.
Photos taken By Jo (Toadkeeper), Stefan, and On Patrol
Friday dawned and the majority of attendee's packed up and started to head home. So Friday was spent by those of us left (all 5 of us) to clean up the campsite and return equipment etc that I had borrowed for the gathering. Lunch at the Winery was suggested and it was a bit of a disappointment as all they served was Muffins, scones and cheese platters ? Friday evening was spent sitting around the now small campfire and discussions of future National Gatherings was raised. David and Michelle are organising one for 2010 in Wiluna, and Dave B is thinking of organising one for Broken Hill in 2011.
Thanks again to all those who donated prizes and cash to the fundraising effort, Ian at RV Accessories donated 50amp Anderson plugs as well as Vehicle Tourniquets (the Tourniquets were included in all the info packs).
All the Fundraising that was undertaken, it would appear to have been a very successful week.
Money Raised included
$168.00 from the sales of the pocket sized cook books which went to the SES Group,
$700 for the use of the Camp Ground and Facilities,
$274 For the RFDS (yet to be confirmed), and
A Mammoth
$2785.95 that was Donated to the St George Scout Group.
Which is one hell of an effort for those who attended.
It was also very pleasing to see that people picked up their rubbish and left the site cleaner than when we arrived. I think I only picked up 4 handfuls of rubbish over the whole area we occupied (most of which appeared to be left there prior to us arriving)
I hope everyone enjoyed themselves and I hope to see you all again at an ExplorOz Gathering again soon.
I will also add that I took NO PHOTOS whatsoever so all photos included in this Blog have been forwarded to me by Matt and Julie (Vic), and Jo (The Toadkeeper), Stefan, and Colin (On Patrol)
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The consultation saw extensive engagement with stakeholders including local Councils, residents and community groups and included 13 Public Information Days held at a range of locations across Suffolk, allowing people to discover more information on the proposals and speak to a range of technical specialists about the projects in depth.
Following the consultation, ScottishPower Renewables will be reviewing the feedback received and finalising its plans before submitting Development Consent Applications for the projects to the Government in October 2019.
David Walker, Development Director at ScottishPower Renewables, said: "We would like to thank everyone who provided feedback and attended our events throughout what has been a productive consultation period.
"We have received some 600 consultation responses, with key themes including traffic and transport, construction timetables and the impacts of our proposed substations. Every response is carefully reviewed and considered. Where possible suggestions will be taken into account and will help to shape our plans before submission.
Phase 4 was based on a draft Environmental Statement, which sets out the proposed infrastructure and potential environmental impacts of the projects. It provided further information on the proposals, including the Preliminary Environmental Information Report (PEIR) and the key findings of the Environmental Impact Assessment, including detailed information on traffic, flooding and landscaping.
East Anglia TWO and East Anglia ONE North combined could provide enough clean energy to power the equivalent of 1.4 million homes*, helping to meet the UK's carbon reduction targets and tackle climate change.
The end of the consultation period follows the launch of the new joint government-industry Offshore Wind Sector Deal, which will see offshore wind reach the connected capacity of 30GW and deliver one-third of the UK's electricity by 2030. It is also expected that the number of jobs in the industry will rise to 27,000 under the new deal, with 6,000 of these predicted to be in the East.
The proposed East Anglia TWO site is located in the southern North Sea approximately 31km from its nearest point onshore; the port of Lowestoft and 32km from Southwold. It would cover an area of 255km2 and up to 75 wind turbines would have an operational capacity of up to 900 megawatts which is enough to power the equivalent of 742,413 UK households*.
The proposed East Anglia ONE North site is located in the southern North Sea approximately 36km from its nearest point onshore; the port of Lowestoft and 42km from Southwold. It would cover an area of 208km2 and up to 67 wind turbines would have an operational capacity of up to 800 megawatts which is enough to power the equivalent of 659,922 UK households*.
*Equivalent number of homes powered calculated by: Number of megawatts multiplied by the number of hours in one year (8,766) multiplied by the average load factor for offshore wind (36.7% as published within the Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics), divided by the average annual household energy consumption (3,900KWH).


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We have always tried to accommodate the interests of the game, others simply don't, states Babar Azam
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Babar Azam was disappointed over New Zealand and England's withdrawal from their respective white-ball tours
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Pakistan skipper Babar Azam expressed his disappointment on Twitter, over New Zealand and England's recent withdrawal from their limited-overs series in the country. The New Zealand series was called off minutes before its start in Rawalpindi last week, with NZC citing security concerns.
New Zealand's tour to Pakistan, their first to the country since 2003, was abandoned last week, with New Zealand Cricket citing security concerns for their withdrawal.
No less than three days later, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), too, withdrew their men's and women's limited-overs series in Pakistan, which were scheduled to be played next month.
"The mental and physical well-being of our players and support staff remains our highest priority and this is even more critical given the times we are currently living in. We know there are increasing concerns about travelling to the region and believe that going ahead will add further pressure to a playing group who have already coped with a long period of operating in restricted Covid environments," the ECB had stated.
Pakistan skipper Babar Azam, was clearly disappointed with the series of events.
"Disappointed, yet again. We have always tried to accommodate the interests of the game but others simply don't. We have come a long way in our cricketing journey and it will only get better with time. We will not only survive but thrive as well. Insha Allah," he tweeted.
Disappointed, yet again. We have always tried to accommodate the interests of the game but others simply don't. We have come a long way in our cricketing journey and it will only get better with time. We will not only survive but thrive as well. In shaa'Allah. 🇵🇰❤🏏
— Babar Azam (@babarazam258) September 21, 2021
Meanwhile, PCB chairman Ramiz Raja too, had voiced his thoughts on England and New Zealand's withdrawal earlier this week. Tom Latham, who was named New Zealand's stand-in skipper for the tour, believed that his team missed out to be a part of something special.
The England and Wales Cricket Board apologized to PCB for not touring Pakistan due to security reasons. The England and Wales Cricket Board said that the mental health of players is most important for them.
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Alaska's first cruise season with tougher emissions laws begins now
- May 02, 2013 12:51 am
More than 1 million cruise ship passengers are expected to visit Alaska this year, but industry officials fear new fuel standards intended to limit pollution from large ships could drive vessels away and lower that number later.
This will be the first full cruise season in Alaska under rules that require cargo carriers and cruise ships to use a low-sulfur fuel within 200 miles of U.S. and Canadian shores. The U.S. agreed to the standards as part of an international treaty.
While the rules affect much of the North American coast and Hawaii, officials in Alaska argue they will have a disproportionate effect here, and they have sued to prevent the restrictions from being enforced in waters off Alaska's coast.
A federal judge has yet to weigh in on the lawsuit filed by the state shortly before the new standards took effect Aug. 1. Meanwhile, the first ships of this season have begun arriving in Alaska.
The rules adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency "will increase the cost of operating cruise ships, and increased costs translate into fewer cruise ship visitors," attorneys for the state argued in the lawsuit.
The rules also will increase the cost of shipping cargo to Alaska, the attorneys say. "In all of these ways, EPA's rules will have a substantial and harmful effect of Alaska's citizens and economy."
According to the EPA, ships are major contributors to emissions from mobile sources in the U.S. and Canada, and most are foreign-flagged or registered outside North America. By 2020, the new standards — set to become more stringent in 2015 — will cut emissions of nitrogen oxides, fine particulate matter and sulfur oxides by 23 percent, 74 percent, and 86 percent, respectively, below predicted levels if the rules were not in place, the agency said.
The EPA estimates the overall cost of implementation to be $3.2 billion in North America, while the estimated dollar value for health benefits associated with the change could be up to $110 billion in the U.S. alone by 2020.
"Alaskans depend on clean air to stay healthy, and we need the cruise industry to do its part," said Michael LeVine, Pacific senior counsel for the conservation group Oceana. He likened the industry's complains to "having a houseguest who leaves all of his trash in your yard and then complains when you ask him to pick it up."
Cruise ships must use the more expensive fuel for the duration of their trips to Alaska, given they remain within the 200-mile limit the entire time, unlike ships serving other cruise destinations like Mexico or the Caribbean, said David Peikin, a spokesman for the trade group Cruise Lines International Association. He said in an email that ticket prices have risen an average of $88 per person per voyage to Alaska as compared with before the rules took effect.
The EPA said there are ongoing talks with stakeholders about flexibility and future plans to meet the tightening standards.
A cruise can cost thousands of dollars, and for many people the increased cost won't be much of a factor, said John Binkley, president of the Alaska Cruise Association. But it could turn away other more "price conscious" travelers and eventually make it harder for companies to fill ships, leaving Alaska less competitive, he said.
The fuel rules "imposed a higher economic penalty on Alaska than any other state because of the fact that we're so dependent on waterborne transportation, and the environmental benefits were less than any other state because we have such a small population and such vast areas," Binkley said.
The last several years, the Alaska cruise industry has benefited from the rebounding U.S. economy, a 2010 rollback of a state head tax on cruise ship passengers, and a robust tourism marketing budget, Binkley said.
Twenty-eight ships are expected this year, up one from 2012. About 937,000 cruise ship passengers visited last year. The recent high was 1.03 million in 2008, according to a state-commissioned report.
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As a dysphagia therapist, I am often asked to train or inservice other professionals in dysphagia. This usually includes inservices for nursing staff, CNA's, dietary and at times, other therapists.
I find that the best way to educate, is to let them "experience" dysphagia. I will typically go over the basics of the swallow. I will go over the oropharyngeal structures and their function in swallowing. The lips help keep the food/drinks in the mouth, the tongue helps to move the food/drink around in the mouth and to push it back to the throat, the cheeks help keep food from pocketing between the gums and cheeks, the airway moves up and forward and the esophagus opens. I find that if they understand that dysphagia involves more than just coughing with drinks or food.
I try to simulate dysphagia with my students. I have been known to have them perform the Masako, put peanut butter on the floor of the mouth and have them keep their tongue in it then chew bread without moving their tongue. I give them a whole medicine cup full of Tic Tacs and tell them to swallow them. I have also blind-folded someone and then fed them pureed foods, in the same manner they feed the patients, large, over-flowing spoonfuls, one after another.
I also go over the signs and symptoms of dysphagia. Certainly coughing/choking will indicate dysphagia, but also difficulty chewing, difficulty swallowing pills, complaint of food sticking in their throat, pain, weight loss, etc. Most of the nursing staff I have encountered do not understand dysphagia nor do they understand how we treat it.
Always make sure and go over the treatment methods. We use compensatory strategies for a reason, along with maneuvers, strengthening exercises, NMES, DPNS and thermal-tactile stimulation. I don't go into great detail about the treatment methods, however a little education can go a long way. Once doctors and nurses understand what we are doing and that we can rehabilitate the swallow, they tend to recommend speech more for patients.
In previous posts, I have stressed the importance of educating the patient. Our job is continual education. I live in a very rural area, in fact I work in a 25 bed hospital. Most people in our area do not know anything about dysphagia. Education for the public and doctors and nursing is what has helped me to increase my referrals. I started in the hospital in August of 2009 with maybe 3-4 patients a week. I know regularly have 12 or more patients on my outpatient caseload and receive 2-4 inpatient referrals.
Once others understand what you are doing, they not only have more respect for your work, they will also tend to send you more appropriate referrals.
Would you be able to share more about the "dysphagia experince" you provide during education sessions? I would love to do something like this with my rehab team!
One thing I find is that most others do not really understand what we do. I try to first really educate them on what we do and why. Like why oral care is critical. I like to simulate low vision or hard of hearing with earplugs and a face mask and then feed staff, the same way and same food they feed patients. It's very eye opening to them. I've also given them a med cup full of Tic Tacs and had them swallow them all at once with a little bit of water. Stick a spoon full of peanut butter on the roof of their mouth and then try to chew food. Whatever it takes to make them understand.


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A Memoir of Four Years in Shillong
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As we celebrate the 50 years of statehood of Meghalaya, we present this excerpt taken from "In Arden: A Memoir of Four Years in Shillong, 1974-1978″ written by Brijraj Singh an English professor of NEHU (North-Eastern Hill University) during that period. The four years he spent with his wife in Meghalaya, introduced them to the unique features of the country side and in the process they made many friends. They were also a witness to the fast changing traditional tribal cultures. Read this memoirs expressing his discoveries, experiences and emotions.
When you reach Nongpoh a sign informs you that the sale of venison is an offense under the law. The intention is obviously to preserve the deer population of Bhoi. I used to be impressed by this sign till I was once served some excellent venison at a friend's house. "Where did you get it from?" I asked.
"From Nongpoh, of course, "he replied. "That's where you get the best and cheapest venison."
As you drive up to Nongpoh, you notice hundreds of little pineapple plantations on both sides of the road, and unless you have lived with pineapples all your life your most lasting memories of Nongpoh are likely to be of mounds of pineapples and other fruit like bananas, oranges and plums for sale. Of these, only pineapples are locally produced. The oranges come from Dawki on the Bangladesh border, the bananas from Cherrapunji, and the plums from there and from Shillong. The pineapples that you get in July, August and September are cheap, juicy and sweet; those that you get in the winter less so. The other fruit are all delicious but expensive: bananas, for instance, may cost anything between five and eight rupees a dozen. Prices notwithstanding, Nongpoh is the place for fruit, and every bus, car, taxi and jeep that stops here disgorges people who make a beeline for the fruit shops. Fruit from here is eaten in many cities of the country, and if some evening at Palam or Santa Cruz airport you see passengers carrying a couple of pineapples, you can be certain that they were bought earlier that day in Nongpoh.
Author Brijraj Singh with his wife Frances Singh
You know, when you reach Nongpoh, that you are in a very different part of India from the fact that all the shopkeepers are women. Some may be Nepali or Cachari, but most are Khasis. Our first view of them was disappointing. All had red mouths from too much paan and koi, which is the raw form of betel nut and slightly intoxicating. Their teeth, when they smiled, appeared to be worn down to the gums. They were dressed alike in some sort of a shapeless dress or long skirt, and with a piece of check cloth pinned or tied over one shoulder. The checks were small and could be green on white, or blue on white, or red on white. But everyone wore some kind of check in the way I have described. They seemed to be pleasant but shrewd businesswomen. You could bargain with them and enjoy the experience because of the ready smile they produced and their air of good humor, but you would be a very lucky person if you succeeded in bringing the price down.
I could have spent hours in Nongpoh, but the taxi driver was keen to get on, and Frances, too, was feeling a bit unwell. So we had an omelette each, and some fruit, and pushed on. The drive continued much as before, but about ten miles short of Shillong we were suddenly presented with a vision for which no one had prepared us. As the road crested a small hill, we looked down, and there, stretched out for miles before us, was a sheet of grey, green and blue water. The lake, made by damming a river, is appropriately called Barapani. But the Khasis have an even more appropriate name for the river that has been dammed: Umiam, or the river of sorrow. For at certain times it is given to flash floods, and many a young man fishing in it has been carried away in its turbulent water, to be fished out a week later from the lake by sorrowful relatives.
The drive along Barapani is the highlight of the journey. As the road wound, we got views from different angles of the shimmering surface of the lake, now fully exposed, now glimpsed between the branches of trees. And suddenly we realized that those trees weren't the ones we had seen from Guwahati until now, but that we were driving through pine forests.
The Khasi pine—yes, that's the technical term; the Latin is pinus Khasiana—is the Cinderella of pines that has not found a good fairy who will redeem her. In comparison to the pine trees of north Indian hill stations it seems stunted. It does not tap well, yielding only small quantities of resin. Nor does it make good furniture. Its distinction is that its needles point upwards. This fact does not make it more attractive, though it might make it a botanical curiosity. I suppose the great thing about the Khasi pine is that it just is, and however inferior it may be as pine, at least it is pine. The Khasis love it.
We were still contemplating pines when we were in Shillong. The entry into Shillong from Guwahati is anticlimactic. I remember a late evening a couple of years later. We were driving up to Kohima in Nagaland from the railhead in Dimapur. We turned a corner, and there, in front of us, was a whole ridge dotted with electric lights, while low over it hung, as out of nothing and in a very dramatic fashion, the full moon. People who go to Kohima always talk about their first view of the city. Shillong can appear spectacular too if you approach it from the south, from Jowai or Cherrapunji. But for the traveler who has chosen to come via Guwahati, Shillong presents a sullen appearance—or non appearance. You pass a petrol pump, then there are a few nondescript houses, then a few more shacks and houses, and then you are there in the very heart of Bara Bazar. It can be disappointing.
We had had a room booked for us in the Legislative Assembly Hostel and got there in pouring rain. Rain, in fact, is the chief of my memories of our early days in Shillong. We announced ourselves to the caretaker and were shown into a large-ish room, rather dark and very damp. We unloaded our belongings from the taxi, paid off the driver, and shut the door. So here we were at last. Our experiences along the way had left us rather tentative and confused about everything. Frances was very tired, and we did not know what the future would bring. But at least we had arrived in Shillong.
The first thing to do was to unpack Cat. He had awakened some hours ago from his drugged sleep, but finding the world just a bit too full of movement right then, had wisely decided to keep his thoughts to himself for the time being. But now, as soon as he was released from two and a half days of drugged imprisonment, he bounded out and, before we could stop him, jumped out of the window. I followed after him, using the somewhat more dignified, if roundabout, method of going through the door and down two corridors into the lawn outside. No Cat.
Frances felt heartbroken. "We didn't bring Cat all the way from Delhi just to lose him as soon as we had arrived here!" she kept saying. She refused dinner and went to bed in tears. There wasn't much I could do to console her, and the truth is that I felt pretty miserable myself. So I, too, got in between the damp sheets, and, so tired was I, fell off to sleep immediately.
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About three hours later I was awakened by a peculiar sensation. Something was trying to burrow itself beneath my chin and into the blankets. I opened my eyes, only to find two dimly-seen green things that looked like eyes glittering in the dark. What strange creature could this be? Horrified, I leapt out and turned on the light. There was Cat. He had explored the neighborhood, found it a bit wet outside, and come home through the open window. Unused to the cold, he had decided upon a course of action he had thought rather silly in Delhi, and was now trying to crawl into bed with me.
With Cat back, I knew that Shillong would be an acceptable home for us.
Excerpt taen from Chapter 1 of "In Arden: A Memoir of Four Years in Shillong, 1974-1978" by Brijraj Singh, with an Introduction by Anjum Hasan, a Foreword by Easterine Kire, and Afterword by Paul Pimomo. Included here by permission.
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Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Frank Sivero, Tony Darrow, Mike Starr, Frank Vincent
Nicholas Pileggi (novel, "Wise Guy"), Martin Scorsese
Three Decades of Life in the Mafia.
Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy.
$6.368 million on 1070 screens.
DISC DETAILS
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
English DTS-HD MA 5.1
Castillian Spanish Dolby Digital Stereo
French Dolby Digital Stereo
German Dolby Digital Stereo
Italian Dolby Digital Stereo
Portuguese Dolby Digital Monaural
Czech Dolby Digital Stereo
Hungarian Dolby Digital Stereo
Polish Dolby Digital Stereo
Russian Dolby Digital Stereo
Thai Dolby Digital Stereo
Turkish Dolby Digital Monaural
Castillian Spanish
Latin Spanish
• Audio Commentary with Director Martin Scorsese, Former GoodFella Henry Hill, Co-Screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi, Producers Irwin Winkler and Barbara De Fina, Cinematographer Michael Ballhaus, Editor Thelma Schoomaker, and Actors Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Paul Sorvino, Lorraine Bracco, Joe Pesci And Frank Vincent
• Audio Commentary with Henry Hill and Former FBI Agent Edward McDonald
• "Scorsese's GoodFellas" Featurette
• "Getting Made: The Making of GoodFellas" Featurette
• "The Workaday Gangster" Featurette'
• "Made Men: The GoodFellas Legacy" Featurette
• "Paper Is Cheaper Than Film" Featurette
• Theatrical Trailer
• "Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film" Documentary
• Four Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies Shorts
• Trailer
• Hardcover Book
Panasonic TC-P60VT60 60-Inch 1080p 600Hz 3D Smart Plasma HDTV; Sony STR-DG1200 7.1 Channel Receiver; Panasonic DMP-BD60K Blu-Ray Player using HDMI outputs; Michael Green Revolution Cinema 6i Speakers (all five); Kenwood 1050SW 150-watt Subwoofer.
Goodfellas: 25th Anniversary Edition [Blu-Ray] (1990)
Reviewed by Colin Jacobson (April 27, 2015)
Were it not for 1972's The Godfather, it seems likely that 1990's GoodFellas would now be viewed as the greatest gangster film of all-time. Heck, even with the existence of Coppola's classic, GoodFellas might still deserves that honor.
GoodFellas tells the story of Henry Hill. As a youngster in the 1950s, Henry (Christopher Serrone) admires the local gangsters and aspires to be one of them. He gets into this scene on a low level and rises through the ranks.
Most of the film shows Henry's life and career as an adult (Ray Liotta). We follow his relationship with wife Karen (Lorraine Bracco) and fellow gangsters such as Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci) and Jimmy Conway (Robert De Niro) as we view Henry's rise and fall.
Back in the late 1990s, I viewed 1990's GoodFellas as part of a Martin Scorsese "mini-marathon". On the same day, I also took in 1973's Mean Streets and 1980's Raging Bull. Interestingly, I found that GoodFellas largely addressed the various concerns that I had about the earlier films.
No details about how the characters became what they are? Not a problem here! GoodFellas spends a great deal of time setting up the story, as we see young Henry experience the enormous allure of the "wiseguys" up close. It's made so abundantly clear why Henry chose such a path that I'm sure many a viewer wishes they'd been able to follow his choices.
Scorsese manages to both glorify and condemn organized crime all at the same time. For certain, the many perks of that life become abundantly clear throughout the film. We see just how high on the hog these folks lived, just as if they were American royalty.
On the other hand, Scorsese clearly depicts the prices to be paid. Some of these are rather obvious - jail, death, etc. - but some didn't seem so apparent to me until I'd seen GoodFellas a few times.
Many Mafia films frequently bandy about the notion of loyalty and make it seem central to that way of life. GoodFellas shows that loyalty only goes so far; throughout the movie, virtually every character does whatever he needs to do to get by - screw the other person, no matter who they are. Shared history and past allegiances mean nothing to these people; it's all "survival of the fittest" with them.
It's ironic to consider just exactly how amoral and reprehensible these gangsters are, since they seem much more overtly "well-adjusted" than characters like Taxi Driver's Travis Bickle or Raging Bull's Jake La Motta. Those men's demons clearly became demonstrated throughout the films, whereas we never see any evidence that the characters of GoodFellas recognize just how inhuman they are. These are people without any shred of self-awareness, since they apparently require absolute self-confidence to survive. More egocentric characters you will not find; each gangster clearly believes that the world revolves around him.
When I said "he" and "him" in the previous paragraphs, that wasn't a politically incorrect error on my part. Women don't play much of a role in most of Scorsese's films; Taxi Driver, Mean Streets and Raging Bull all clearly work from a male perspective in which women generally reside in the background.
GoodFellas doesn't exactly shatter that image - the focus clearly resides mostly on the males - but Scorsese does make a much greater attempt to demonstrate the female side of things and their perspective. Most of this comes through Henry's wife Karen. Just as we learn what interested young Henry in the criminal life, we very clearly see what intrigued Karen: the money, the power, the sheer energy of the entire lifestyle.
Such a situation would really need to be intoxicating, because it seems unlikely that anyone who objectively views the situation would honestly believe such a life to be worth the risks. It's apparent that most of the women involved with the other gangsters essentially came from similar situations, so they really don't know any better. Karen, however, is an outsider, so she would have less pre-investment. Heck, Karen even tells us that all of her friends would've fled once they saw the dark side of Henry's existence.
That's why it's good that Scorsese demonstrates just how giddy Karen's experiences with Henry were and why she bought in to the life. This perspective fails to appear in Raging Bull, and though GoodFellas could have succeeded without it, the female point of view makes it a much more complete and fulfilling movie. Rarely do filmmakers try so hard to illustrate why people - men and women - remain in damaging situations, but Scorsese attempts this and succeeds.
For once, Robert De Niro doesn't offer the strongest performance in the cast. To be sure, he's very fine, although at that point, he had started to ever-so-slightly degenerate into self-parody. At times, he seems just a little too comfortable in his role as Jimmy Conway and he seems to coast. Still, he's very good, and whatever faults occur in his performance seem minimal.
However, Joe Pesci's Tommy clearly becomes the best-realized performance in the group, one for which he won a well-deserved Best Supporting Actor Oscar. In a group of amoral characters, none are more so than Tommy, who is one nasty little piece of work.
What makes Tommy and most of the others so chilling, though, is the fact that they demonstrate so little recognition that they're messed up. In fact, Tommy seems to delight in his psychotic image; he's the little guy who's determined to scare all of those who intimidated him when he was younger. Pesci plays Tommy with relish and tears apart the screen with his vicious energy.
As the Hills, both Liotta and Bracco are fine. Liotta is frequently cited as the weak link in the cast, but I don't really agree. He has the most difficult role since he's the focus of the film, and he's also a relatively milquetoast character when compared to the others. It's easy for Henry to get upstaged by the multitude of flashier gangsters we see throughout the film. Liotta could have been better, I suppose, but I think he does well.
My opinion of Bracco's turn as Karen has modified over the years. Initially, I had a hard time getting past her vocal style; she spoke in such a strange cadence that the whole thing seemed oddly forced.
Since then I've gotten used to Bracco's style and I've been able to see what an open, honest performance she gives. It's not a showy role, but Bracco does a terrific job of demonstrating the emotional rollercoaster Karen seems to ride on a virtually daily basis.
GoodFellas stands as Scorsese's masterpiece. While many of his other films are very strong, I don't think any really compete with it. From start to finish, he demonstrates such complete self-confidence that it's astonishing.
GoodFellas is a bold, daring film that uses every tool at the director's disposal to create a true epic. Is it "the best mob movie ever," as one DVD claimed? Maybe, maybe not; if not, it's a close number two to the first Godfather.
The Blu-ray Grades: Picture A-/ Audio B/ Bonus A
GoodFellas appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 1.85:1 on this Blu-ray Disc. This became a terrific presentation.
Sharpness was positive. Any "softness" reflected the source photography – not that those instances created concerns. The movie seemed concise and accurate the vast majority of the time. I noticed no signs of shimmering, jaggies or edge haloes, and source flaws were absent. This was a clean image.
For the most part, GoodFellas went with a naturalistic palette, though one that tended toward the red side of the register. The colors remained tight and solid throughout the flick. Blacks were dense and firm, while low-light shots appeared nicely visible and never became too dark. GoodFellas has never looked better.
The DTS-HD MA 5.1 soundtrack didn't seem terrific, but it was above average for audio from 1990. The soundfield emphasized the front speakers to a large degree. Speech showed up in the right spots except for the narration. It usually popped up close to the center, but at times it blended to the sides for no apparent reason, and that caused some minor distractions.
Music consistently offered nice stereo imaging, and effects often broadened out the spectrum well. The various elements were accurately placed and meshed together neatly.
Surround usage remained minor throughout the flick and played a small role. Most of that activity occurred during the May 11, 1980 sequence, which included helicopters and the most prominent rock music in the flick. Otherwise, the surrounds essentially remained passive.
The quality of the audio also seemed good but unexceptional. Speech usually came across as natural and concise. Music varied dependent on the source, as the movie included a wide range of tunes. Overall, they were adequately reproduced and seemed to represent the original recordings well.
Effects displayed good accuracy and were clean. I noticed virtually no distortion and also thought the elements packed nice bass response when necessary; for example, gunshots blasted effectively. The audio of GoodFellas never excelled but it was more than acceptable.
How did the 25th Anniversary Blu-ray compare to the 20th Anniversary Blu-ray from 2010? The lossless audio didn't do a lot to better the old DD 5.1 mix, but it added a bit more range and punch. Visuals gave us the more obvious improvements, as the new Blu-ray was cleaner and tighter than its predecessor. Though the original Blu-ray was perfectly acceptable, the 2015 version topped it.
The 25th Anniversary release included the old set's extras as well as a new one. To start, we find two separate audio commentaries.
The first track comes from director Martin Scorsese, writer Nicholas Pileggi, producers Barbara De Fina and Irwin Winkler, cinematographer Michael Ballhaus, editor Thelma Schoonmaker, former GoodFella Henry Hill, and actors Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Frank Vincent, and Paul Sorvino. Almost all of the participants were recorded separately for this edited, non-screen-specific piece.
Toward the end, we hear from Liotta and Hill together, but otherwise the participants stay on their own. The commentary doesn't fill the movie's entire running time, as it skips some parts and lasts a total of two hours, four minutes, and 13 seconds.
We learn about many subjects connected to GoodFellas. At the start, Pileggi and Scorsese go over the development of the script and how they brought the movie to the screen. From there we hear specifics about the production, with an emphasis on the creation of some notable scenes, and we also get information about casting, the actors' approaches to their characters, and the atmosphere on the set.
We find some fascinating tales like Sorvino's generally negative outlook; he initially regretted taking the part, and when he first saw the final flick, he hated it. Overall, this commentary proves extremely informative and engaging.
For the second track, we find notes from Henry Hill and former FBI agent Edward McDonald. The pair sit together for their running, screen-specific commentary. Not surprisingly, Hill dominates the track as he talks about the reality behind the film. We learn about specifics of various situations and people.
We also hear about some events not depicted in the film, like Hill's military service. McDonald presents things from the law enforcement point of view, as he details the methods used to snare wiseguys and goes over some different circumstances. He also chats a little about his cameo role.
While valuable overall, this commentary can become somewhat frustrating. It suffers from more than a few gaps, and at times Hill just chuckles about the excesses of his youth. I thought Hill could have elaborated on more of the situations that he did, which made it disappointing when he failed to do so. Nonetheless, there's enough useful and interesting material here to make the commentary worth a listen.
Some featurettes follow. Getting Made: The Making of GoodFellas runs 29 minutes, 39 seconds and includes interviews with Scorsese, DeFina, Winkler, Pileggi, Liotta, De Niro, Pesci, Sorvino, Bracco, Vincent, Hill, Schoonmaker, and Ballhaus. We hear about working on the script, casting and the actors' work on their roles, Scorsese's approach to the film and improvisation, photographic choices, the film's editing and music, and reactions to the film and studio concerns.
Surprisingly, "Getting" avoids much redundancy after the commentaries, as it presents similar subjects but different takes on them. It moves through the production in a clear and concise manner and offers a nicely tight examination of the film and its creation.
After this we find The Workaday Gangster, a look at criminal realities. It lasts eight minutes as we get comments from Hill, DeFina, Pileggi, Vincent, Scorsese, and Sorvino. Mostly they reflect on the issues that affected Hill and others of his ilk, with an emphasis on the darker side of the experience. Some of this echoes Hill's commentary, but it nonetheless provides a good little glimpse of the truth behind the movie.
In Made Men: The GoodFellas Legacy, we hear reactions from some folks not associated with the film. The 13-minute, 35-second featurette includes remarks from actor/director Jon Favreau, directors Albert and Allen Hughes, director Joe Carnahan, director Richard Linklater, director Antoine Fuqua, and director Frank Darabont.
They lavish praise on GoodFellas and let us know what they think makes it such a special film. This offers a few interesting perspectives since it comes from filmmakers, but it seems too heavily focused on plaudits and not enough on a critical interpretation of the work.
Paper Is Cheaper Than Film provides a look at Scorsese's planning. It takes four minutes, 30 seconds to show movie clips along with Scorsese's original script notes and mini-storyboards used to compose shots. It's a moderately insightful glimpse of Scorsese's processes.
A documentary entitled Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film comes next. Narrated by Alec Baldwin, this program runs one hour, 45 minutes, 13 seconds, and it provides notes from Pileggi, Scorsese, Royal College of Art author/rector Sir Christopher Frayling, film historian/author Glenn Mitchell, Silent Players author Anthony Slide, Postwar Hollywood: 1946-1962 author Dr. Drew Casper, Sin in Soft Focus: Pre-Code Hollywood author Mark Vieira, Inside Warner Brothers author Rudy Behlmer, film critic/novelist Kim Newman, The Golden Age of Cinema: 1929-1945 author Dr. Richard B. Jewell, The Gangster Reader author Alain Silver, author/film historian Jeffrey Vance, Sopranos writer/producer Terence Winter, film critic/author Peter Travers, Little Caesar: A Biography of Edward G. Robinson aithor Alan L. Gansberg, actors Joan Blondell and Edward G. Robinson (via archival footage), The Tough Guys author Gregory William Mank, directors William A. Wellman, Raoul Walsh, Howard Hawks and Mervyn LeRoy (archival), screenwriter John Bright (archival), Donnie Brasco director Mike Newell, Underworld USA author Colin McArthur, The Women of Warner Bros. author Daniel Bubbeo, From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies author Molly Haskell, Bonnie and Clyde screenwriter Robert Benton, Mean Streets screenwriter Mardik Martin, The Gangster Reader James Ursini, film critic/author Richard Schickel, The Dark Side of the Screen author Foster Hirsch, Power and Paranoia: History, Narrative and the American Cinema author Dana Polan, Hal Wallis: Producer to the Stars author Bernard F. Dick, film critic/author Leonard Maltin, film historian Tony Maietta, City Boys: Cagney, Bogart, Garfield author Robert Sklar, Bogart author Eric Lax, actors Virginia Mayo and Joan Leslie, Black Out: World War II and the Origins of Film Noir author Sheri Chinen Biesen and author/professor Patricia King Hanson.
"Enemies" looks at the roots of the gangster genre and early examples, social influences and the genre's heyday in the 1930s, and its subsequent development over the decades. With almost two hours at its disposal, "Enemies" certainly gets a lot of time to explore its subject, and it fills this time well.
We get just enough movie footage to flesh out the comments, and those remarks provide a rich history of the gangster films. Yeah, it skimps on info about movies made since the 1940s, but it doesn't purport to investigate all eras of gangster flicks; as the title notes, it focuses on the "golden age". "Enemies" becomes a wholly satisfying documentary.
The set also features four Merry Melodies and Looney Tunes cartoons. We find 1933's I Like Mountain Music (7:02), 1937's She Was An Acrobat's Daughter (8:39), 1946's Racketeer Rabbit (7:55) and 1954's Bugs and Thugs (7:14). All of these connect to the gangster theme, but they vary in terms of quality. Mountain features magazine subjects who come to life; it appears because it shows a few gangsters. It's cute and interesting for archival reasons but not actually very entertaining.
Daughter shows a night at the movies and attempts humor via the onscreen material and the antics of the audience. It makes the cut due to its parody of Bogart's Petrified Forest. I like it more than Mountain; it's not a classic, but it amuses well enough.
As for Rabbit and Thugs, both star Bugs Bunny. The former casts Bugs as a wanderer who ends up amidst gangsters; these characters include spoofs of Edward G. Robinson and Peter Lorre. Thugs places Bugs among bank robbers, neither of whom appears to have a clear cinematic antecedent. Both are entertaining, though I prefer Rabbit; its Robinson/Lorre parodies add kick to it.
In addition to the film's trailer, we get a new addition to the 2015 Blu-ray: Scorsese's GoodFellas. In this 29-minute, 54-second program, we hear from Scorsese, De Niro, Bracco, Pileggi, Liotta, Winkler, Schoonmaker, Wolf of Wall Street writer Terence Winter, and actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Harvey Keitel. The program gives us thoughts about Scorsese's approach to the material, casting, characters, and performances, costumes and period details, photography, music, and retrospective thoughts about the film.
Even after so many prior extras, "Scorsese's GoodFellas" manages some new insights. It's a general piece but it comes up with good thoughts and memories as it goes.
Finally, we locate a hardcover book. This gives us an essay about the film as well as photos and a list of awards. It finishes the set on a positive note.
GoodFellas remains Martin Scorsese's masterpiece, as it offers the best realization of his style yet filmed. Never before or since did Scorsese seem so supremely confident and in charge of his gifts in this stunning flick. The Blu-ray delivers excellent picture and supplements as well as more than adequate audio. GoodFellas stands as a classic and this 25th Anniversary Blu-ray gives us the strongest version of the film to date.
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The Warren Companion
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The Warren Companion is the ultimate compendium to the great comics of Warren Publishing, examining all the titles including Creepy, Eerie, Vampirella, Blazing Combat, Help!, The Spirit, and many more! Including the most cross-indexed artist and writer listing, this tome also features a new painted cover by Alex Horley, reams of unpublished art, archival photos, examinations of Warren's competition, plus exhaustive details on Warren merchandise, conventions, top strips, most prolific contributors, foreign publications, and many other fascinating oddities! Also featuring new articles on Richard Corben, Frank Frazetta, Steve Ditko and others, and interviews with Bernie Wrightson, Jim Warren, Will Eisner, Neal Adams, Gene Colan and many more.
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