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Le Gaumont-Palace est un cinéma parisien aujourd'hui disparu, qui se trouvait au 1, rue Caulaincourt (). À sa place se dressent maintenant un hôtel Mercure et un magasin Castorama.

Le bâtiment, construit de 1898 à 1900 à l'origine en tant qu'Hippodrome de Montmartre est en 1901 par suite de déboires financiers repris pendant un an par un dresseur de chevaux du nom d'Albert Schumann, puis par monsieur Quenelle en 1902. Il est ensuite loué de 1903 à début 1907 par Charles C. Bostock un Anglais dresseur de fauves et devient l'Hippodrome Bostock qui était de fait un cirque. Des problèmes de gestion ayant surgi et malgré la qualité des spectacles, l'édifice fut fermé en , puis il prend en 1911 le nom de Gaumont-Palace. Il est entièrement rénové en 1931 et détruit en 1973, peu après sa fermeture. Avant sa modernisation, son immense salle pouvait accueillir à son maximum , ce qui en fit un temps « le plus grand cinéma du monde » selon ses promoteurs.

Histoire

Genèse

Le bâtiment d'origine naît avec l'Hippodrome de Montmartre inauguré le  par un spectacle équestre, intitulé « Vercingétorix », réunissant 200 artistes, 50 chevaux et six éléphants. Il s'étend entre le boulevard de Clichy, la rue Caulaincourt et la rue Forest. Construit sous la direction des architectes Cambon, Galeron et Duray et derrière une façade de style Belle Époque, il peut recevoir  dont  assis, pour des exhibitions de cirque, de football, de patinage, de pantomime et même de combat naval, sous un immense chapiteau métallique. Par ailleurs, Édouard-Jean Niermans y aménage le « Grand Restaurant », dans le même style Art nouveau tendance rococo, dont il décore le Moulin Rouge.

L'Hippodrome accueille, dès 1907 des démonstrations cinématographiques sous l'égide des Cinéma Halls puis Royal Bio ; mais, dix ans après l'incendie du Bazar de la Charité (129 victimes) dû à l'embrasement de la lanterne de projection fixée provisoirement dans ses locaux, le projecteur de ce qui allait devenir le tout nouveau Gaumont-Palace est installé dans une cabine isolée, située au fond de la scène, à l'extérieur du bâtiment, sur le terrain du cimetière du Nord. Les copies 35 mm de cette époque sont très inflammables à partir de 150° centigrades (film flamme ou film nitrate, utilisation interdite par sécurité en 1950) et leur combustion produit des vapeurs toxiques. L'image doit donc être projetée par derrière (les films muets n'ayant évidemment pas de piste sonore peuvent être inversés droite/gauche dans le couloir de projection, les photogrammes emplissant entièrement l'espace entre les deux rangées de perforations), les spectateurs les regardent donc à travers l'écran. Cela est un avantage, car à l'époque aucune source lumineuse n'aurait été assez puissante pour projeter convenablement une image animée provenant d'une lanterne installée à l'autre extrémité. En effet la salle aux dimensions exceptionnelles mesure  de mur à mur dans sa partie la plus large sur 70 de profondeur et 24 de haut.

Le Gaumont-Palace

L'ensemble est acheté par Léon Gaumont qui tout en continuant les projections y installe le siège de la Société des Établissements Gaumont (S.E.G.) le . En 1925 elle deviendra pour cinq ans la Gaumont-Métro-Goldwyn (G.M.G.) grâce à un accord passé avec le studio américain Métro-Goldwyn-Mayer M.G.M., puis Gaumont-Franco-Film-Aubert (G.F.F.A.) en 1930 et, enfin, en 1938 société nouvelle des établissements Gaumont (S.N.E.G.). Le , le Gaumont-Palace ouvre ses portes avec .

À la demande de Léon Gaumont, dix-neuf ans plus tard,  l'architecte Henri Belloc édifie sur le même terrain, en onze mois (1930-1931) et dans un style Art déco, le plus grand cinéma du monde (). Il est doté d'un vaste plateau scénique pour présentations d'attractions, avec deux balcons construits comme de véritables ponts de près de  de portée sans aucun poteau de soutien, et un plafond acoustique ondulé pour faciliter la propagation du son. La profondeur définitive de la salle est ramenée à . Pour atteindre l'écran, les images doivent parcourir  à cause de la forte plongée du faisceau. Il est en outre doté d'un cadre de scène de  sur 15 () occulté par un rideau à la française de velours rouge devant un écran de  sur 8,10 pour les premières parties composées des actualités de la semaine : Gaumont-La Revue Du Monde puis d'un court-métrage documentaire, et s'agrandissant à  sur 14,36 soit  (250 000 fois la surface de l'image sur la bobine), pour la projection du grand film de format , selon le rapport standard de l'époque (1,33:1), et avec l'arrivée du cinéma parlant projeté sur toiles micro-perforées dites trans-sonores (1,37:1), qui reste la norme internationale (académique) jusqu'en 1952. Cette année-là est développé le ratio de cadre dit panoramique (1,66:1), au photogramme plus étroit en hauteur sur le film, mais qui en s'équipant d'objectifs de projection à focales légèrement plus courtes permet de projeter sur une plus grande largeur tout en conservant la même hauteur.

En 1917, Erik Satie y présente le premier spectacle « cubiste ». Les décors et les costumes sont signés Picasso.

Bien qu'entièrement sonorisée en 1931, un orgue Christie acheté trois ans plus tôt demeura avec l'Orchestre Gaumont, fort d'une trentaine de musiciens placés sous la direction de Paul Fosse, afin de jouer quelques « classiques » pendant les entractes et d'accompagner les 125 exécutants du corps de ballet ou bien les attractions scéniques. La cabine,  de long sur 4,50 de large, édifiée au sommet du deuxième balcon est composée de projecteurs Radion (deux en service et deux de secours) à puissants arcs électriques au carbone (charbons à avance automatique) surmontés de pommes de douche reliées à un réservoir d'eau, témoins de la dangerosité que représentait la manipulation du film nitrate, ainsi que de lanternes à effets lumineux Brockliss pour suivre les revues présentées sur scène. Trop élevée par rapport à l'écran la projection sous un angle de plongée de 12°, ce qui était bien moins que dans la majorité des salles à cette époque, posait malgré tout un léger problème de déformation de l'image en forme de trapèze. Après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le Gaumont-Palace ne comptait plus « que » . Mais il restait encore en service  de rideaux de scène et de tentures diverses, 150 km de câbles électriques et  lampes en tous genres. Côté personnel, les effectifs sont composés de 30 ouvreuses, 32 techniciens, 30 ouvriers, ainsi que 18 femmes de ménage.

En 1954, le cadre de scène est élargi à  (portée maximale pour la poutre du fronton), afin que soit monté un écran de  de base, notamment pour les films CinémaScope, toujours en . Les copies circulent sur des chronos manufacturés par la firme, et estampillés de la lettre « G » entourée d'une marguerite, en hommage à la mère du fondateur de l'entreprise, Marguerite Dupanloup, épouse Gaumont. Cette rénovation est confiée au cabinet d'architecte Georges Peynet qui en revoit entièrement la décoration en tenant compte des notions modernes d'acoustique pour ce volume de . Le plafond ondulé est conservé pour la propagation du son, mais les murs sont tendus de feutre rose et gris atténuant les réverbérations parasites. Un éclairage indirect coloré court sur trois niveaux horizontaux le long de la salle soulignant les bordures des balcons sans que rien vienne rompre ce rythme :

Il possède alors des fauteuils spécifiques « Gaumont » réalisés par l'entreprise Gallay, couverts de velours rouge à dossiers courbes entourés par un rutilant tube chromé. À l'entracte, on peut se rendre au salon de thé, au bar, au foyer, ainsi que dans les galeries promenoirs. La façade à trois pans culmine à . Un temps décorée par une fontaine lumineuse, elle est éclairée par des tubes fluorescents rouges et verts soulignant les énormes enseignes « GAUMONT PALACE » de  de haut. Dans la nuit complice, trois éclairages se succèdent afin de mettre en valeur les lignes générales de ce gros navire au crépi rose. Le vaste hall surplombé par une haute rotonde est revêtu d'un parement en granit noir et rose encadré de parois jaunes; il s'ouvre directement sur le parterre, tandis qu'un double escalier aux rampes en métal chromé donne accès aux foyers, à la corbeille, et au deuxième balcon. Cinéma populaire, il présente toujours des attractions sur sa vaste scène mais s'essouffle au début des années 1960 avec l'apparition des films plus intimistes style Nouvelle Vague. Et puis l'entretien d'un tel édifice devient de plus en plus lourd; en hiver par exemple, 9 tonnes de charbon sont nécessaires chaque jour pour chauffer la salle et ses dépendances. Les économies d'énergie qui se profilent à l'horizon vont bientôt peser excessivement dans la balance.

L'été 1959 voit l'installation de deux projecteurs Philips DP 35/70 équipés de lampes à décharge au xénon pour des films de format 70 mm avec six pistes sonores magnétiques alimentant cinq voies derrière l'écran : extrême-gauche, gauche, centre, droite, extrême-droite, ainsi que des groupes de haut-parleurs d'ambiance répartis dans la salle. C'est le cas pour Salomon et la Reine de Saba, Ben-Hur première française en présence de Charlton Heston, ou Les Souliers de saint Pierre, sur un écran aux proportions 2,20:1 (les dimensions passent alors à  de large sur 13,70 de haut) Chaque ratio étant encadré par des bordures mobiles de velours noir se déplaçant horizontalement et verticalement sur rails. La publicité annonce : « La hauteur d'un immeuble de 4 étages sur  de façade ».

Cinérama

Entre 1962 et 1967, l'immense vaisseau transformé en Cinérama, avec la participation active de Jacques Thénard, se voit équipé d'un écran courbe (selon un angle de ), d'une base de  sur une hauteur de  (surface : ) constitué de plus de  afin de laisser traverser le son des haut-parleurs. Monté devant l'ancienne scène, il est dissimulé pendant les entractes par un élégant rideau à la grecque de couleur dorée. Trois cabines synchronisées construites séparément en arc de cercle au niveau du premier balcon y projettent en faisceaux croisés les trois images parallèles du gigantesque procédé, avec des appareils Century JJ-1 et National Ventarc 160A perpendiculaires à l'écran, et donc sans déformation optique. Des films comme La Conquête de l'Ouest y sont programmés. Ben-Hur (MGM Camera 65), est projeté de la cabine du centre avec une copie au format 70 mm. Dans ce dernier cas la base de l'écran est réduite à  afin de respecter le ratio 2,20:1 imposé par les deux pistes magnétiques encadrant les photogrammes entre les perforations, les quatre autres étant situées aux bordures extérieures du film (l'objectif est alors un Berthiot D 150).  En 1963, la société Cinérama exige que soit fermé au public le deuxième balcon, pour le confort des spectateurs. Le Gaumont-Palace ne possède alors plus « que »  au Parterre et 550 à la Mezzanine (corbeille).

Fermeture
Le contrat avec Cinérama prenant fin en 1967, la salle peut reprendre peu après son aspect d'origine. Malheureusement le public n'est plus au rendez-vous, la projection et l'acoustique étant jugées d'une qualité très moyenne en raison de l'énorme volume du bâtiment, par comparaison avec les salles édifiées au cours de la décennie. Un projet d'immeuble et de cinéma pour un nouveau Gaumont Palace est commandé à l'architecte Georges Peynet en 1970 (une maquette est alors réalisée) mais il ne fut jamais concrétisé. Le « mastodonte » fermera ses portes au mois d', la société Gaumont se voyant contrainte de vendre terrain et immeuble à des promoteurs qui entament sa démolition début 1973. Les lieux sont vidés dans la précipitation, affaires et archives laissées sur les trottoirs, matériels techniques jetés dans des conteneurs poubelles au regard des passants. Seules les grandes orgues sont sauvées, et remontées au pavillon Baltard. Le dernier film à y être projeté est Les Cowboys de Mark Rydell avec John Wayne. Ainsi disparaît le plus grand cinéma d'Europe. L'argent de cette vente permet cependant à Gaumont d'engager la réalisation d'une vaste restructuration et rénovation de son parc de salles dans toute la France. L'Olympia et le Club à Bordeaux, le Gaumont-Palace à Grenoble, le Familia à Lille, le Tivoli et le Royal à Lyon, le Français à Marseille, l'Empire à Nancy, le Casino, le Paris-Palace et le Rialto à Nice, l'Empire, l'Alhambra et l'AC'Cin à Reims, l'Alhambra à Saint-Étienne, le Gaumont-Palace à Toulon et le Gaumont-Palace à Toulouse.

L'orgue du Gaumont-Palace

Le Gaumont Palace possédait avant la Première Guerre mondiale un orchestre  d'une trentaine de musiciens, et de grandes orgues d'église Cavaillé-Coll qui accompagnaient la projection de certains films. On peut penser qu'il s'agissait d'un instrument provenant d'une congrégation dissoute à la suite de la loi de 1905 sur la séparation de l'Église et de l'État.

Vers 1920, ces instruments bénéficièrent du développement de l'électricité, tout d'abord pour le remplacement des soufflets par des ventilateurs puis pour assurer la liaison entre les claviers et les tubulures. Le Britannique Hope-Jones fut à l'origine du concept "unit organ", où une réduction du nombre de tuyaux remplit les fonctions d'un plus grand nombre, grâce aux emprunts et aux dédoublements d'octaves des jeux originels qui font la spécificité des timbres et des bruitages de l'instrument de cinéma.

En 1932, cet orgue qui joue avec l'orchestre avant les projections, le parlant étant en plein essor, est remplacé par un grand orgue de marque Christie (IV/14) construit par le facteur anglais d'orgues Hill, Norman and Beard limited qui est donc entièrement électrique. La console en forme de fer à cheval surgit de la fosse d'orchestre grâce à des vérins hydrauliques, et commande plus de  tuyaux en étain, zinc et bois, disposés sur toute la largeur du plateau à  au-dessus de la scène, alimentés par une soufflerie équipée de deux fortes turbines. Cet instrument à dédoublement de jeux compte 14 rangs initiaux pouvant se démultiplier en près d'une centaine. La console ne compte pas moins de 175 registres différents équipés de  électro-aimants.  de fils électriques parcourent l'instrument. Il reste le plus grand orgue de cinéma importé en France. Le meuble contenant le clavier-pédalier était en palissandre verni, orné pendant un temps d'étoiles argentées.

En 1939, une série d'enregistrements gravés sur disques vierges en cire, à la vitesse de 78 tours minutes, a été réalisée par l'organiste Georges Ghestem et le chef d'orchestre Georges Tzipine. Ces gravures permettent d'écouter le grand orchestre du Gaumont-Palace et l'orgue Christie, dont il s'agit probablement des tout premiers enregistrements. Longtemps oubliés et jamais réédités, ils ont été récemment numérisés et restaurés par les éditions Hortus (Rendez-vous au Gaumont-Palace). Un livret de 12 pages accompagne le CD et ses 14 plages musicales dans un album cartonné.

Le Gaumont Palace était probablement le seul cinéma français dont les soli d'orgue et les accompagnements d'attractions se sont poursuivis bien au-delà de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et demeura longtemps le témoin de cette époque révolue. Il fut démonté en 1971.

Vanté comme étant l'un des plus grands du monde, il ne soutient cependant pas la comparaison avec les instruments installés aux États-Unis ou même en Grande-Bretagne souvent trois ou quatre fois plus importants que lui. L'organiste dont le nom reste attaché à l'instrument est Tommy Desserre, qui fut également titulaire de l'orgue de chœur de la basilique de Montmartre. Un microsillon souvenir 33 tours  intitulé 30 ans d'orgue au Gaumont-Palace est édité en 1972 aux éditions Stil Discothèque. L'instrument, bénéficiant d'un classement au titre des monuments historiques en 1977 afin qu'il ne quitte pas la France, a été remonté au pavillon Baltard de Nogent-sur-Marne. Deux autres orgues Wurlitzer existaient dans les cinémas Madeleine (opus 1394) et Paramount-Opéra (opus 1642) ; l'un fut installé à Loughborough en Angleterre, l'autre détruit.

Dans la culture
Ce cinéma est évoqué au  des 480 souvenirs cités par Georges Perec dans Je me souviens. Une séquence du film Les Quatre Cents Coups de François Truffaut, montre la famille Doinel s'y rendant pour resserrer ses liens. On voit aussi très bien la salle (vide), l'orgue (en action) et les cintres dans une séquence de poursuite du film La Fête à Henriette de Julien Duvivier (1952). Il est également présent dans la bande dessinée de Jacques Tardi et Didier Daeninckx Le Der des Ders, parue aux éditions Casterman en 1997.

Notes et références

Liens externes

 Le Gaumont-Palace sur le site de la société Gaumont
 Le Gaumont Palace sur le site incinerama.com
 Histoire du son au cinéma : Le Grand-orgue du Gaumont-Palace sur cameravideo.net (en archive)
 Association pour la valorisation et le rayonnement de l'orgue de cinéma
 L'ancien Gaumont Palace sur Salles-cinema.com
 Les salles de cinéma à la Belle Époque sur fgimello.free.fr

Salle de cinéma disparue à Paris
Bâtiment détruit à Paris
18e arrondissement de Paris
Édifice construit en 1911
Salle de spectacle à Paris disparue
Ancien monument à Paris
Architecture civile du XXe siècle en France
Paris au XXe siècle
1911 au cinéma


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You people are soooo invisible. And you will always be invisible. Without me.
Hillary's first TV ad:
Wow! Does she think you are invisible! But she's not saying she views you as a massive horde of nonentities. Oh, no! She's the one who is here to make you visible. She's got the power to heal you of your invisibility. Just a word from her lips...
Tags: advertising, Hillary, music
Spengler's Ghost said...
I don't know that her cliches are any worse than the average candidate.
dmfoiemjsof said...
It's that fake southern accent again...
This is of great substance, but when will Ann and her gang of Apologists acknowledge the fraud that O'Hanlon-Pollack article was--the NY Times op-ed touted so prominently here and in many other right-wing blogs and outlets? When it comes to propaganda, this one ranks high up there!
Or are we just sticking to cleavage and egg salad?
Slow, old-fashioned (circa 1980), and morose.
She won't win by making people cry.
Or by raiding Elizabeth Dole's closet...
Paddy O. said...
"gang of apologists"
Are there cool leather jackets and bandannas?
Rule #1 to join the gang:
No shorts!
Rule #2: No member shall ever be caught not drinking wine.
Rule #3: No shorts!
What if an Althousian guy and a Greenwaldian girl fell in love? It has the making of a great, blogospheric tragedy.
I refuse to watch political ads so many months before the election, so I'll sit the inevitable discussion out, thank you very much.
the jackal said...
Gosh, I needed that Tommy video today. Thanks so much for that.
She wants to get her invisible hands on my wallet.
What if I LIKE being invisible? Is there, like, an opt-out or something?
"What if I LIKE being invisible?"
Don't try to hide from her. You will be seen.
Re: "Don't try to hide from her. You will be seen."
Ugh. But that can't be as bad as her Conversation with America.
I certainly hope she doesn't include the other 5 senses in her quest for the Presidensity. Visits with Hillary as she employs Taste, Touch, and Smell await. (I taste your pain!)
Lyrics : I can't get next to you....
Any chance Hillary was a member of the Temptations?
And for those keeping score, John Edwards said when Kerry was president, he would make the infirm walk again. Now Hillary will make you visible.
michaele said...
Hmmmm, if "the President" is so powerful and can solve all these problems, why didn't a certain president from 1992 to 2000 with whom she had quite a bit of influence, take care of all this stuff already!
"acknowledge the fraud that O'Hanlon-Pollack article was"
What? Fraud? What did I miss? So these leather club jackets, I assume they have some sort of patch on them? Do you have to take them off when invisible, or do they turn invisible also? If I leave my wallet at home, do I stay invisible?
Hillary says, "I think that we certainly didn't get as much done as I would have liked, but I believe that there was a lot of honest effort going on by the president."
never mind. when the facts fit the story it'll be sure to return, but until then Ann will ignore the fact that she was served propaganda and then passed it on to all of you.
deviled eggs for all!
Ok, will try again.
What? Fraud? What did I miss?
O'Hanlon and Pollock, who wrote the article about Iraq in the NYT a few weeks back, were touted as Bush/Iraq War critics who were now reporting progress! Ann, and many other right-wing blogs, used this op-ed to make the point ("even these liberal critics are seeing progress!"). Of course, this was untrue.
In an interview, O'Hanlon now says that not only did he favor the war and Bush's strategy, but in writing the op-ed
"we were certainly not getting a representative view of Iraqi opinion...nor would I claim that we got a representative view, or at least got a widespread sampling of, American enlisted military personnel thinking."
There's much more, but that's just a sampling.
O'Hanlon and Pollack referred to themselves as having "harshly criticized the Bush administration's miserable handling of Iraq".
The anti-war lefties have been bleating that that claim is "fraudulent". The objection has two basic parts:
(1): O'Hanlon and Pollack have only been Bush critics for a few years now. They supported the decision to go to war, and supported the initial handling of it. Lefties apply a "one-drop rule" to support for the Bush Administration -- do it once and you're officially a "Bush toady" forever.
(2): The mainstream of the anti-war left considers sentences like "George Bush is the worst President in US history" and "the Iraq war is the biggest military blunder in the history of the world" to be sensible mainstream criticism of Bush. O'Hanlon and Pollack, on the other hand, have merely pointed out, bluntly, that the Bush Administration is making a lot of mistakes, and in serious danger of losing the war, and have offered ways to improve. A rational and impartial person might agree that that counts as harsh criticism, but obviously a person who objects to "Bush=Hitler" on the grounds that Hitler was much smarter than Bush isn't going to see it that way.
"In an interview, O'Hanlon now says that not only did he favor the war and Bush's strategy, but in writing the op-ed
"we were certainly not getting a representative view of Iraqi opinion...nor would I claim that we got a representative view, or at least got a widespread sampling of, American enlisted military personnel thinking.""
So what you are saying it that one of the writers is claiming to have written a fraudulent editorial, and as such there is not truth to what they wrote, or that it may not represent the country as a whole?
"As two analysts who have harshly criticized the Bush administration's miserable handling of Iraq...."
This is untrue? Because this is a different statement than being for the war.
Just went thru the entire editorial. Which part is fraudulent? I remember when it came out, the left viciously attacked the authors. Looking at the actual op-ed, what part is untrue?
rev-that's the way I interpreted the article and the criticism. I have had serious issues with how the war has been handled in the past. Would that make me a fraud also? When googling it today I kept seeing Greenwald pop up which, if he takes your side in something, means your wrong.
I would recommend reading the Greenwald interview, actually. It can be found here.
Danny has been cherry-picking quotes from it to support his unsupportable position. The full interview firmly establishes (a) that O'Hanlon supported the decision to go to war, (b) that he would not have done so if he knew then what he knows now, (c) that he thinks, and has said for years, that the Bush Administration's plan for the occupation and reconstruction was a bad one, and (d) that he thinks it is still possible to succeed. So there's no "fraud" here.
Bissage said...
Now there's a depressing thought: Hillary as some kind of weird ur-mother who will give birth to us all, so that we may yet be seen.
Maybe I should just knuckle under and get acclimated to the processes of institutionalized infantilization while there's still time.
Can't say I haven't been warned.
Still, who knew it feels as bad going back as it did coming out?
Don't worry about me, though.
I'll feel better once I get myself some of those blue capsules and some Johnny Walker Red.
Rev- I read the interview and have a couple of points.
1. Greenwald isnt nearly as obnoxious when the person is right there with him.
2. With the person there, it appears Greenwald is able to stay on point and address the argument rather than demonizing the person. I would imagine if he did this all the time, he would have more credibility with me.
3. O'hanlan defends his article, while acknowledging Greenwald's points and concerns. I see nothing there to legitimately call the article a fraud.
SnowDahlia said...
Sorry ... back to Hillary Clinton for a moment. I am continually amazed by the animous this woman attracts - and from seemingly level-headed, rational people. She's just a human being, for God's sake. She's not Satan, and she doesn't need to ritualistically stoned to death like a character in "The Lottery." (Or maybe you think she does.) Right-wingers, please find an identity outside this woman. It's seeming a little sad. Surely you can define yourselves by something other than your venomous hatred of her, her cleavage, her "fake" accent, her arrogance, her ambition, etc.
I am continually amazed by the animous [sic] this man attracts - and from seemingly level-headed, rational people. He's just a human being, for God's sake. He's not Satan, and he doesn't need to [be] ritualistically stoned to death like a character in "The Lottery." (Or maybe you think he does.) Left-wingers, please find an identity outside this man. It's seeming a little sad.
I am continually amazed by the animous this woman attracts - and from seemingly level-headed, rational people.
Well for those of us of a conservative bent, when the preeminent candidate for the president says things like...'we're going to take things away from you for the common good' sounds a lot like something I read out of Das Kapital. HRC may be running to the middle and she has impressed a lot of people on the right, however, I don't trust her as far as I could toss a deviled egg at Althouse.
I don't care about her ambition, arrogance etc. That stuff is part and parcel of anyone who enter politics. I care about how much of my paycheck she is going to let me keep, what kind of additional social engineering does she want to do? She may think it takes a village to raise a kid but in my own Private Idaho it takes a mom and dad.
I am on record as saying I would support Hillary! if she were to )pledge to see the Iraq war through in a manner I deem credible.
I am interested in whether any Hillary! supporters on the thread find this ad appealing and effective rather than condescending and off-putting.
Just asking as a uppity old threadherder.
Slim999 said...
My what a horrible ad.
I'm pretty sure that, should the Democrats nominate Hillary! she won't be running against President Bush, since he's constitutionally unable to run.
I'm also pretty sure that President Bush has met with the family members of virtually every solder killed in the war, but that Hillary has not. So, just on the face of it, I'm not buying that vets are "invisible" to "this President."
If you're a working mom, and you're looking for affordable child care ... why are you looking to the government to provide that to you? When did it become the job of the federal government to ensure "affordable child care?"
Is Hillary promising minimum-wage child care workers? If you're a single mom and "struggling to find affordable child-care so you can go to work," I'm betting you wish your taxes weren't so high that you have to work to make ends meet and you could spend that time instead raising your children - and not trying to find the low bidder to do it.
And what struggling family in America doesn't have "health care?" Everyone in America, even illegal immigrants, have health care. Does she mean "health insurance?" Health insurance isn't health care ... it's insurance. And the primary beneficiaries of insurance are huge pharmaceutical companies and insurance agents who get a commission selling insurance.
And yes, that fake Southern accent isn't gonna carry the South. We know she's faking it; and it repulses us every time she does it.
Horrible, horrible ad. Makes Ron Paul look good.
Once women were enfranchised the death of liberty became inevitable.
Exalted Socialist Leader reaches out to the faceless masses, who grovel in her presence. She is pleased.
"Sorry ... back to Hillary Clinton for a moment."
Interesting. Here we were having a nice chat about NOT Hillary and you pop in to tell us to stop focusing on her. I WANT to be invisible to the government, especially if she is in charge. And my paycheck too.
Hey Althouse, if you can't delete spammers like Dave, what about putting in a sort function?
Then I could sort the comments, and put Dave, Jeff and all the trolls at the bottom of the thread. Leaving just the usual interesting comments that everyone else has.
Or why not start a "Dullards thread" just for them?
Then Dave, Jeff and all the trolls could bloviate (or cut and paste) about the Phlame affair, WMDs, Bush Lied people died, the 2000 election, Fox News, whitewater, Karl Rove, and Bush's impeachment.
And then I won't have to waste my trying to find all the interesting comments.
When this op-ed was featured on this blog, Ann also quoted Hinderaker/Powerline saying:
"these are basically the same observations that most visitors to Iraq have made lately. Yet, some think this piece is significant, because of who wrote it--two liberals from Brookings--and the fact that it appeared in the Times....My fear, though, is that the leadership of the Democratic Party sees progress on the ground in Iraq as bad news, not good. I think many Congressional Democrats are committed to defeat, for political and ideological reasons."
And then herself said:
"I will not succumb to this fear, which depends on the belief that the Democrats are evil. I do fear, however, that those who are politically committed to ending the war will resist evidence of good news, that it will take an unusually strong dose of good news to see good news as good news."
Now, slowly, understand:
This was framed as 1) liberals giving "good news" about Iraq, in the Times, no less!
2) if this news is resisted, it must mean that the Democrats are "evil" and politically "committed to defeat."
The fact that this op-ed was actually neither from liberals or Bush critics, or even "good news," or even a fair semblance of the events on the ground in Iraq gives you reason why it spawned such a reaction. It was fraudulently pumped up for the political purposes of the right wing, if only for a brief moment, in a tiny spot in the blogosphere.
And so I was just wondering when Ann was going to acknowledge this.
Luckyoldson said...
Jeffrey:
It turns out to have been an army-guided tour from start to finish. In a political world that valued honesty, the reputations of both men would now be smoking rubble; for it is plain that neither, going into the trip, possessed the slightest local knowledge of Iraq beyond that of a citizen of average diligence.
The questions they posed to army officers and their Iraqi adjuncts, plus a few "safe" civilian informants lined up by the Department of Defense, all took the form: "So how are things going? Do you believe things are really improving?" A probing follow-up (according to O'Hanlon) took the more stringent form: "Are you really sure?"
rcocean,
Who the fuck do you think YOU are?
The supreme source of valuable information?
You're a pompous ass.
Slim999 said..."...she won't be running against President Bush, since he's constitutionally unable to run."
I guess the NYT thought they were invisible, Lucky.
Otherwise, it would have done some fact checking.
The fact that this op-ed was actually neither from liberals or Bush critics, or even "good news," or even a fair semblance of the events on the ground in Iraq gives you reason why it spawned such a reaction.
See, this is what I was talking about earlier -- about the leftie one-drop rule and the failure to recognize anything more sensible than "Bush=Hitler" as criticism of Bush.
Both men work for the liberal Brookings Institution, which is run by a former reporter for Time Magazine who served as Bill Clinton's secretary of state. O'Hanlon in particular is a well-known Democratic Party advisor on military matters. So yes, the two men are liberals. They just aren't mindlessly anti-war like much of the Left -- like the Clintons, they supported the Iraq war and have now (in O'Hanlon's case, at least) come to regret having done so.
As for your ridiculous claim that they weren't Bush critics -- read the interview you quoted out of context earlier. I linked to it. O'Hanlon provides mountains of citations for his past criticism of the Bush administration's handling of the war.
That should have read "Bill Clinton's deputy secretary of state".
Although the world would probably have been a better place if he'd had the top job. A bucket of warm spit could have done a better job than that dippy bitch Albright.
Ah, yes, LOS returns, fresh and rested, reminding us all instantly what steaming hot piles of intestine and waste offal from slaughtered beef cattle are like up close. A truly valuable service, sir. Hats off to you!
Mindsteps said...
Vote for someone else
I actually believe she struck a chord that characterizes how some feel about GWB.
Here are some candidates thus far that don't make me feel invisible (this is not my endorsement of their political philosophy)
Huckabee, McCain, Richardson
Jury still out...Obama, Biden
Make me feel invisible - Clinton, Romney, Giuliani, Tancredo, Hunter, Edwards, Dodd
Jeremy said...
Slim999 - Ron Paul doesn't need that ad to look good.
I want to add, that although these candidates may make me 'feel' invisible...this is not to suggest that I am or am not inconsequential to them. I have no idea how they actually feel about the average citizen.
For example, Ann highlighted an enounter Romney had with a waitress in New Hampshire. In that video Romney appeared detached, wooden, and seemed to use the patrons and employees of the diner as props. Interestingly though, of any of the republican candidates, he actually enacted a healthcare initiative in Mass. that could meet the health care needs of the working class individual, represented by that waitress (I can't say for sure since I don't know the details of Romney's plan....it has come under some criticism of late). So, even though Romney's behavior seems especially detached and hypercontrived, he may actually have a 'feel' for the 'average' american and want to serve them.
Then again, he may be quite calculating and perceive everyone (including his own children) predominantly as pawns in the service of his own ambitions. As Ann pointed out, Romney may prove more successful in his quest for the presidency if he can move us beyond the impression that he views himself and the electorate as attractive, yet empty, containers.
Come on folks--its a political ad; not a metaphysical treatise on death and resurrection. It's been focus-grouped and aimed at a particular demographic. You may not like it, or find it silly, but presumably it resonates with some slice of the electorate. If we are going to spend time analyzing these ads now, there are 15 months to go before the general. Let Hillary run against President Bush--I think thats a tactical error, but time will tell. I agree with Madison Man. Also agree with Jim Rhoades re Hillary--she is the only democratic candidate that I would consider voting for in the general, depending on whom the repubicans nominate.
Well, I've secured an ample supply of those blue capsules and Johnny Walker Red.
Hillary Clinton looks like Marilyn Monroe.
I long to become visible.
And I feel free.
You're still missing the point, but then, that's to be expected here. Besides, this is meant for Ann and the usual chorus that jump to defend Bush's war, despite all evidence to the contrary. Which is why they were all over this op-ed, written by this man.
O'Hanlon was, from the beginning, a boisterous supporter of the invasion of Iraq. While he debated what the optimal war strategy was, once it became clear exactly what strategy Bush would use, O'Hanlon believed -- and forcefully argued -- that George Bush was doing the right thing by invading Iraq:
"As you rightly reported -- I was not a critic of this war. In the final analysis, I was a supporter."
Danny,
You claimed that the authors were neither liberals nor critics of Bush. Now that it has been proven that both of your claims were lies you are moving the goalposts and arguing that they weren't opponents of the war itself. Well, argue away, but since neither they nor Ann claimed that they were opponents of the war your complaints have no relevance here.
Dave- make a point and I will try not to miss it.
What will be the reason to ignore this article?
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,499154,00.html
Rcocean-my apologizes. Please state what you find interesting and should be allowed to converse about and I will modify accordingly. I was under the mistaken impression that Ann ran this blog. It's all about you. Deeply sorry.
Mindsteps: I PLAN on voting for someone else. I really don't want a surrogate father or mother for president.
Exactly. One of the creepiest things I remember from one of BJ Clintons town hall meetings was some ponytailed guy looking like a sad Starbucks barrista was going on about wanting Clinton to be his "daddy".
I don't plan on voting for Hillary either. However, it would be nice to not feel invisible.
BTW, I don't necessarily equate visibility with parenting.
Perhaps we are defining invisible in diferent ways. In what way do you mean that you feel invisible?
The way Hilary seems to define it is the she wants to take care of all needs and desires of those who's votes she wants. Including things that would be our own responsibilities.
Jeff wrote: Perhaps we are defining invisible in diferent ways. In what way do you mean that you feel invisible?
Respecting my existence and my perspective.
I meant to say....not respecting my existence and perspective
Which means what, exactly? Do you have an example?
Mindsteps,
There are 300 million Americans. Assuming 8 hours of sleep per night, a two-term American President spends 170 million seconds awake in office -- i.e., roughly half a second for every person in the country. Anyone who expects a President to even become *aware* of his existence and perspective, let alone respect it, either hasn't done the math or is possessed of an enormous ego.
Presidents have to be "big picture" people -- the country is too large for them to be anything else. The desire for personal attention makes sense when you consider that we evolved in small communities where the leaders really could, and did, know everyone, but in a modern environment it is completely irrational.
Following on Rev's comment: That's why "invisibility" is such a good thing. The state can't possibly recognize us all. Even the oft-praised invisible hands of the market do a piss-poor job--just better than any central planning committee.
And besides, if you want to be visible to the current administration, just dial-up a terrorist in Afghanistan....
(TIC, of course, but "visibility" is contrary to "privacy", which is currently supposed to be very important to many of Hillary's supporters.)
"And besides, if you want to be visible to the current administration, just dial-up a terrorist in Afghanistan...."
Hopefully this would make you more visible to future administrations as well.
.......not respecting my existence and perspective
Well, that would make you invisible to lots of folks then, wouldn't it?
either hasn't done the math or is possessed of an enormous ego.
I believe it has more to do with how a president or leader communicates to the entire nation their understanding and acceptance of divergent points of view. Maybe it has to do with one's capacity to communicate an open mind.
The polarizing, us vs. them, good vs. evil, right vs. wrong, patriotic vs. traitor, spiritual vs. godless, your either with me or against me dichotomous positions end up creating an atmosphere of exclusion and blind obedience. Clinton and his administration did it and passed the torch on to Bush/Rove.
I am not religious for example, yet I perceive Huckabee doing a decent job of not demonizing those who hold different points of view. Up until his current run for President, I believe McCain did a decent job of it as well. I have a similar reaction to Bill Richardson when he speaks.
Obviously, it is not necessarily the most important characteristic of a president, but it is an attitude that seems to encourage freedom of thought and the recognition that more than one right answer can co-exist.
I think you're using a definition of "invisible" which is radically different from the one Clinton is using. Clinton's peddling the old bullshit line about how she'll provide personal attention and care about the little guy. She cannot, and will not, do that.
You're using "invisible" to mean "viewed by one side or the other as being a bad person", which isn't any definition of the term I've ever heard used before. Don't they by definition have to notice you exist in order to do that sort of thing? I'm also really unclear on how the heck *McCain* winds up on a list of politicians who don't view the world in an us vs. them manner -- he is much more hostile to people who disagree with him than George Bush or either of the Clintons. "Freedom of thought"? He's made it quite clear that it's his way or the highway!
I think you're using a definition of "invisible" which is radically different from the one Clinton is using. Clinton's peddling the old bullshit line about how she'll provide personal attention and care about the little guy.
You may be right. By invisible, I don't simply mean viewing the other side as a bad person...although to view someone else as bad or invisible is devalue the validity of certain people and their needs, interests, concerns, wants, or values.
And....I have heard about McCain's temper and aggressiveness it makes me have reservations about him. At the same time, he has also demonstrated profound levels of open mindedness in terms of how he has handled his Viet Nam experiences and how he treats viet nam vets who have taken vastly different stands on their experiences in the war.
Finally, while I believe that Clinton in her ad effectively targeted the experiences of a disaffected segements of the public during this administration I tend to see similarities between her and Romney (although he has a less strident style). Both seem ready to use the 'little guy' to get elected, not recognize and value him or her.

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Johnston County was formed in 1746 from Craven County. It is named for Gabriel Johnston, royal governor of North Carolina from 1734 to 1752.
Johnston's topography is characteristic of both the Coastal Plain and Piedmont because it lies almost wholy within the "fall zone" or transitional area between these two geographic regions. The elevation ranges from 80 to 350 feet above sea level. The Neuse River, which flows through the center of the county, is the main drainage system.
Johnston has nine incorporated towns. However, 65 percent of the people live outside incorporated areas. The population mix is 80 percent white and 20 percent non-white.
Johnston has a total labor force of 36,000, of which 13 percent is in farming, 39 percent in manufacturing and 48 percent in service and other non-manufacturing jobs.
Johnston has 27 industries with 20 or more employees, most of which have opened since the 1950s. These industries include processors of food and grain products and manufacturers of textiles, pharmaceuticals, furniture and electronic products.
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Johnston is the nation's top sweet potato producing county, accounting for 10 percent of the total U.S. production. Often referred to as "yams," sweet potatoes are produced on 10,000 acres of land and gross over $16 million for growers.
Other significant fruits and vegetables are pickling cucumbers, tomatoes, squash, leafy greens, strawberries, and peaches. Containerized nursery stock and greenhouse flowers are significant enterprises, generating $8.5 million.
Water is abundant although there are times each year when drought conditions occur. Along with the Neuse River and its tributaries, the county has over 3,500 farm ponds. Rainfall averages 50 inches per year, and farmers can count on an average of 200 frost-free days.
Johnston citizens are proud of their county's heritage and beauty. Benson celebrates Mule Days the fourth weekend in September. Kenly holds the Tobacco Festival the fourth weekend in June and is home to the Tobacco Museum of North Carolina. Selma celebrates Railroad Days the first weekend in October. Each April, Smithfield challenges its sister city of Smithfield, Virginia, at a Ham and Yam Festival for the right to be called the "Ham Capital of the World."
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Johnston County is home to eleven towns, listed in order of size: Clayton, Smithfield (county seat since 1771), Selma, Benson, Archer Lodge, Kenly, Four Oaks, Pine Level, Princeton, Wilson's Mills, and Micro.
The Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site is the location of the last major battle of the Civil War and the largest military engagement ever fought on North Carolina soil. Atkinson's Mill is a working gristmill dating back 240 years. The Tobacco Farm Life Museum preserves an authentic slice of eastern North Carolina's rural heritage. The Ava Gardner Museum celebrates the career of the film legend who was born and raised near Smithfield. The Johnston County Heritage Center preserves the history and material culture of Johnston County with an exceptional collection of materials that includes 2,000 books, 800 reels of microfilm, 300 maps and atlases, 50,000 photographic images, 400 private collections of books and papers, and vertical files on genealogy, biography, and local history. Shoppers far and wide visit the 75 discount outlets and shops at Factory Stores of America in Smithfield. For more information about what to see and do in Johnston County, see the Johnston County Visitors Bureau web site.
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Oval NASCAR NASCAR Truck Series Ben Rhodes: NASCAR championship interview while drunk (Video)
Cover Photo: AVONDALE, ARIZONA - NOVEMBER 05: Ben Rhodes, driver of the #99 Bombardier LearJet 75 Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway on November 05, 2021 in Avondale, Arizona. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
Ben Rhodes: NASCAR championship interview while drunk (Video)
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Ben Rhodes, "This is going to be the weirdest press conference, ever."
With liquid courage, Ben Rhodes transformed into the real life Ricky Bobby after claiming the 2021 championship.
To write this story, I had to google the correct spelling for words like Manna Jamma, inebriated and shoey. If those words sound out of place, they are, just letting you know you've come to the correct content for today.
Watch the full Ben Rhodes press conference video below.
On Friday night, Phoenix Raceway hosted the championship race for the NASCAR Truck Series. Four drivers battled for a championship on the 1-mile track.
Ben Rhodes didn't win the race. But, that wasn't the objective. All he needed to do was finish higher than the other three championship contenders. He did and Rhodes claimed the 2021 NASCAR Truck Series championship.
Almost immediately, the Champaign and Bud Light rained from the skies. Additionally, Ben Rhodes visited 'The Barn' which is a bar at the Phoenix Raceway.
Only after all that, Ben Rhodes visited the media center for his championship interview. The timeline created the gem of a video below.
Ben Rhodes finds zen with alcohol and the championship win
"I'm more zen now, thank to my good friend Bud [Light}," Ben Rhodes opened what would become an epic press conference.
"Let me say something here. Libations are good, championship is awesome. And, this is going to be the weirdest press conference, ever."
On driving to the championship
"My crew chief gave me some tires with some lower air pressures. Because I said, 'Hey, this isn't going to happen. I can't win the race the way it is. They're beating me on the restarts. He pumped me up, it didn't work out on the second stage. He took me back down."
"I watched Zane Smith and all these people drive away from me. I'm freaking out on the inside because we had radio issues and I couldn't talk to them. I was really angry, I was pissed."
"Now, let me say something. I got the mic so I can say it anyways. Here's how this went down. I said 'Zane Smith, this is checkers or wreckers, I'm going to blow the motor trying to catch you," Rhodes describes with shifting noises.
"I was sideways after every corner. But, toward the end, I started catching them. I had some tire left. I said, 'Wow, crazy."
"So, I passed him. Sheldon Creed tried to get all funky with me. I said, 'It ain't happening Manna Jamma. Bye-bye.' I went around the outside in the resin. I thought I could catch the No. 52 but I wasn't worried about it because I had the championship. I said, 'You know what? Championship's cool.' "
"I was driving to the saturation point. That's engineer speak now, I didn't know that. I'm from Kentucky, not everybody has teeth. Wait a minute, that's not a good representation of Kentucky." Rhodes corrected himself, "Everybody has teeth in Kentucky, we have fluoride in our water."
At this moment, Rhodes noticed his wife watching from the back of the room.
"My wife looks really embarrassed. Are you embarrassed? We're champions!"
AVONDALE, ARIZONA – NOVEMBER 05: Ben Rhodes, driver of the #99 Bombardier LearJet 75 Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway on November 05, 2021 in Avondale, Arizona. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
Ben Rhodes on his alcohol intake before the press conference
"I went to this place called, 'The Barn' tonight. They gave me a ring and stuff. But, I couldn't keep it. I asked the bartender, 'Can you make me an Old Fashioned? I'm from Kentucky, I like Bourbon. She didn't know how to make an Old Fashioned. Unfortunate."
At the 5 minute mark, a woman rudely walked up to the podium, snatched the Bud Light and replaced it with a water.
"Do I need water? Ok, I'll drink water. There's a lot of bubbles in this. Dasani water, Jeff Gluck, has bubbles in it."
How much did Ben Rhodes have to drink?
"I'm a lightweight, I'm definitely a lightweight. I had a decent amount of Champaign in the Champaign shower, cause I love Champaign. That's the taste of victory. Circling back, I had four, real fast, at 'The Barn'. I'm a lightweight, you can make fun of me, it's ok, I'll take it."
"We got a lot more festivities tonight. I'm staying at the Hampton Inn downtown, it's a free party, everybody can show up."
"Karaoke, I feel like singing some "Ice Ice Baby", that's my go to. Along with some other songs. We might try to find some Karaoke somewhere, if not, we might just take a tv in the lobby, throw something up on it and start singing."
"Ice Ice Baby" for sure. I sung that at my wedding but I don't remember it. Here's what I'll say, I got a list of songs on my phone for just this thing. It's 'inebriated song list', that's what it's titled. Then, I got like 30 songs because I can't remember them when I'm in the moment."
AVONDALE, ARIZONA – NOVEMBER 05: Ben Rhodes, driver of the #99 Bombardier LearJet 75 Chevrolet, practices for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix Raceway on November 05, 2021 in Avondale, Arizona. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
"I'm not as popular as some drivers because I'm so bad at the social media," Rhodes explained.
"I get one there and it's like, 'How do you be creative?' Then, I get sucked into the Instagram and you're looking at other people's creativeness."
"Like, 'Wow, y'all are so creative."
"I don't create anything because I'm just consuming. I'm just a consumer."
"Then, I'm like, 'Oh gosh, I probably should post because I haven't posted on my Facebook in ahwile.' But, I got a good local crowd behind me. I love the local crowd. It's a blue collar area, good peoples there."
"I do fly under the radar but that's ok. I got championship wings now."
Have you heard of the Shoey? It was made popular by F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo. When Ricciardo reaches the F1 podium, he fills his high used racing shoe with Champaign then drinks it until bottoms are up. He regularly gets the celebrity interviews in on the fun as well.
"My crew chief did a shoey tonight. It was awesome, it was my shoe," Rhodes added.
"Hey crew chief, I had a lot of Bud Lights without you. You should have been there."
"He doesn't want to talk about it because it's nasty. But, guess what, we're going to talk about it."
"So, I am an F1 fan. I think it's a very entertaining sport. I love all forms to motorsport."
"We were at the shop, before Martinsville, making stupid bets. I didn't even have to bet anything in return, so it was a one sided bet, that's awesome. I said, 'If we win, you gotta do a shoey with my sweaty race shoe."
"He didn't want to do it. He denied it, three times. Finally, I took the shoe off, dumped a bunch of Champaign in it, until it was full, to the high top. All yours. I love that guy. It grossed me out seeing him do it."
"Best press conference ever," Rhodes concluded to bring it full circle.
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Whenever I take a trip down to the coast, one of the things I look forward to the most is the food – fresh ingredients, bold flavours and plenty of clean-eating options – and my trip to Turtle Bay Beach Club was no different.
Now that you have a rough idea of just how seriously I take my food, (Lol!) today's post will be taking you on a virtual tour to Palate Paradise, which also premieres my Best of Turtle Bay series.
Is there anything more decadent than having breakfast brought straight to your bedside?
There's just something about being able to stay in your pyjamas, without even having to get up from under the covers, that transforms the simple pleasure of a morning meal into a rare sensory treat. Experiencing breakfast in bed at a fine hotel where the in-house chefs whip up a sumptuous treat, paired with just the right amount of caffeine and some champagne, only heightens the pleasure.
Those who have had the pleasure of visiting Watamu can agree that no other town/city in Kenya can boast as fantastic a pizza portfolio! Needless to say, if you take your pizza seriously, then you're in for a thin, crunchy and cheese-filled treat!
…and there's almost nothing more enjoyable in summer, than the supreme chill of a tall cocktail made with love, combined with sweet fruits and refreshing flavours!
This post is in partnership with Turtle Bay, Kenya.


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Warriors Nuggets Point Spread – 2013 NBA Playoffs
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Carrie Stroup here with your Warriors vs. Nuggets point spread, courtesy of Sportsbook.com where you can claim your FREE $100 BET here.
Sportsbook.ag Line & Total: Denver -8 & 210.5
After making the postseason for the first time in six years, sixth-seeded Golden State will travel to third-seeded Denver for Game 1 of their first-round playoff series on Saturday afternoon.
Both teams finished the regular season strong, as the Warriors won 10 of their final 15 games (SU and ATS) while the Nuggets closed the season with eight wins in their final nine contests (5-4 ATS). Although Denver won three of the four meetings (SU and ATS) between these teams this season, the clubs have met just once since November, a 116-105 Nuggets home win on Jan. 13. Denver finished the season a remarkable 38-3 SU (28-13 ATS) at Pepsi Center, outscoring opponents by 10.7 PPG on their home court. Golden State was only 19-22 SU (19-21-1 ATS) on the road this season, but finished with a 4-2 ATS mark in its final six away games. Both clubs are relatively healthy for this game, but Denver will be without SF Danilo Gallinari (torn ACL) for the entire playoffs, and PF Kenneth Faried (ankle) is listed as questionable for Saturday's series opener.
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Golden State had little trouble putting up points this season with 101.2 PPG (7th in NBA) on 45.8% FG (11th in league) and an NBA-best 40.3% three-point clip. Despite holding teams to 43.9% FG (4th in NBA) and 34.7% threes (7th in league), the Warriors still allowed 100.3 PPG overall (19th in NBA) and 107.5 PPG in the season series with Denver. Golden State committed the third-most turnovers in the league (14.8 TOPG), but was strong on the glass with a +2.3 RPG margin (8th in NBA). PF David Lee (18.5 PPG, 11.2 RPG) was the biggest reason his team fared so well on the boards, leading the NBA with 56 double-doubles, eight more than any other player. Lee crushed Denver this season with 23.3 PPG (56% FG), 10.3 RPG, 5.0 APG and 2.3 steals per game. PG Stephen Curry (22.9 PPG, 6.9 APG) not only set an NBA record for most three-pointers made in a season (272), but actually shot better from three-point range (45.3%) than from inside the arc (44.9%) this season. He finished the regular season very strong with 32.3 PPG on 50% FG and 51% threes (20-for-39) in his final three contests. Curry also scored 18.5 PPG (47% FG, 16-of-24 threes) with 5.8 APG versus the Nuggets this season. SG Klay Thompson (16.6 PPG, 3.7 RPG) also had a huge finish to the regular season with three straight 20-point efforts, averaging 24.0 PPG on 48% shooting over that span. Thompson averaged 18.3 PPG and 5.3 RPG in the season series with Denver. PG Jarrett Jack (12.9 PPG, 5.5 APG) shot just 42% in the season series with the Nuggets, but still contributed 13.3 PPG and 5.5 APG in the four games. And in his final two games of the regular season, Jack totaled 20 points (9-of-18 FG) with 17 assists and just three turnovers. PF Carl Landry (10.8 PPG, 6.0 RPG) closed out the regular season with four straight double-figure scoring efforts, averaging 12.0 PPG and 6.3 RPG during this stretch. Landry was solid versus Denver this season too, with 13.0 PPG (53% FG) and 6.5 RPG.
The Nuggets led the NBA in scoring with 106.1 PPG, as they attempted the second-most field goals in the league (85.2 FGA per game). But they also shot a stellar 47.8% FG (5th in NBA), despite a subpar 34.3% clip on three-pointers (25th in league). The fast-paced offense predictably caused a lot of turnovers (14.7 TOPG, 4th-most in NBA) and led to 101.1 PPG allowed (8th-worst in league) despite surrendering just 44.4% FG (11th-best in NBA) and 36.3% threes (20th-best in league). However, this is an excellent rebounding team, whose +3.4 RPG margin ranked fourth in the NBA. PG Ty Lawson (16.7 PPG, 6.9 APG) finally appears to be 100 percent recovered from a heel injury that kept him out of action for the first four games of April. In four games since returning to the lineup, Lawson has 16.3 PPG on 59% FG with 27 assists and just five turnovers (5.4 Ast/TO ratio). He averaged 16.0 PPG, 8.3 APG and 2.3 SPG in the season series with Golden State. Swingman Wilson Chandler (13.0 PPG, 5.1 RPG) has really stepped up his offense with Gallinari out for the season, pouring in 20.0 PPG on 51% FG (43% threes) with 6.0 RPG in the past five games. Chandler was strong in his one meeting with the Warriors this season, scoring 14 points with six boards and three steals. SG Andre Iguodala (13.0 PPG, 5.4 APG, 5.3 RPG) has contributed in all facets in the past five games with 18.2 PPG (55% FG, 44% threes), 7.6 RPG and 7.4 APG. He had a huge series versus Golden State this season too with 20.0 PPG, 6.3 RPG and 5.0 APG in the four meetings. SF Corey Brewer (12.1 PPG) has been horrible in the past three games with 5.3 PPG on 3-of-15 shooting, and although he scored 11.3 PPG against the Warriors, he made just 3-of-16 threes against them. PF Kenneth Faried (11.5 PPG, 9.2 RPG) hasn't played a full game since April 12 when he recorded a double-double (11 pts, 10 reb) in Dallas. The team is hoping his ankle heals enough for Saturday, as Faried was a beast in the paint with 11.5 PPG, 11.3 RPG and 2.3 BPG against the Warriors this season. PG Andre Miller (9.6 PPG, 5.9 APG) has been in a major shooting slump over the past four games, scoring just 6.3 PPG on 6-of-30 shooting. But he played very well versus Golden State this season with 8.3 PPG on 46% FG with 25 assists and five turnovers in the four meetings.
- Carrie Stroup, Gambling911.com Senior Reporter


Cats vs. Griz: Who tailgates better?
Home › News › Cats vs. Griz: Who tailgates better?
The infamous Griz/Cat rivalry extends well beyond the stadium and bleeds into the streets. Here at UPTOP, we decided to investigate the ancient rivalry at its soul.
Yes, I'm talking about tailgating.
To determine which school out competes the other — in terms of what really matters — we decided to compare the two in five crucial categories.
The Washington Grizzly Stadium is situated at the mouth of Hellgate Canyon, with cold, bristling winds that do its name justice. Fans must survive fingers too numb to text and sweat that leaves your pores already freezing. The solution: throw your game day jersey over those three sweatshirts you have on and cheer passionately enough to warm up.
A Bozeman winter ranks as one of the top reasons not to move to the picturesque mountain town. Weeks before the official start of winter, temperatures can drop to below zero and stay there weeks at a time. Fans expect drinks to freeze in their hands and toes to suffer from mild frostbite… on a warm day. But that doesn't stop them crazy cats from lining the stadium anyways.
The winner: Let's be honest, both teams lose.
How can you show off Bobcat pride on a 10-degree day? Shirtless and dripping in bodypaint, obviously. That is unless it's the Gold Rush game. For the first home game of every season, Bobcat fans fill the stadium in a sea of gold, flaunting their pride in an epic display of camaraderie and style.
The Griz have their own shirtless collegiates ready to sacrifice their silky skin to cheer on their fellow griz. But bare-chests don't mean unfashionable fans, as true grizzlies know how to accessorize — with griz hats, shorts, socks, boxers and beer koozies.
The winner: Florida State. Their shirtless pride won't land them in the hospital.
Montana: home of beer and burgers. But who does it better?
The Griz boast the famous Mo Club with their legendary ⅓ lb burger, best paired with the Montana Griz Lager from Big Sky Brewing. Original tailgate cuisine includes smoky bacon and fried egg toast, chicken chili, football-sized shrimp and spicy sausage (runner up: cheap beer and breakfast food at the traditional Kegs and Eggs party).
While the Bobcats don't have their own branded beer, the on-campus sports bar Spectators and classic, rowdy joint, The Cannery leaves fans satisfied with juicy burgers and cheap drinks. In the parking lot itself, famous tailgaters rotate through themes every week, while others stay classy by smoking any meat they can get their hands on (griz meat??).
While the Grizzlies are known to party from dawn to dusk on game days — jeers and cheers echoing across the entire length of the city — their rivals burn an effigy of Monty. Literally light a teddy bear on fire.
The winner: Teddy bear murderers?
Win or lose, Bobcats keep the party raging long after the game ends, meeting up at one of the 20-some bars downtown. Grizzlies too flood the streets after game day — parking themselves at Mo's or the Press Box in mourning or celebration. All true football fans keep the party going well into the weekend.
The winner: Montana Bars and Breweries: In victory or defeat, the drinks must be served.
End result: Traumatized teddy bears and shirtless warriors. Who do you think is the winner of the Brawl of the Wild: tailgating edition?


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MBTA Commuter Rail Schedule Changes Take Effect January 23
The MBTA is reminding customers that, as of January 23, 2021, MBTA Commuter Rail schedules take effect which were approved in December 2020 by the MBTA's Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB). It represents an increase in weekday service levels from the current schedule and provides more than 50% of weekday service levels from the same time last year, while current ridership levels are approximately 10%.
As part of the Board's direction to align service with ridership while maintaining access for transit-critical communities, effective January 23, 2021, Commuter Rail weekend service will only run on select lines and weekday service will increase slightly. New Winter Service Schedules will be available at MBTA.com on January 15, 2021, and print copies will be available at major stations starting the week of January 18, 2021. The Reduced Service Schedule currently in place will remain through January 22, 2021.
The new Winter Service Schedule starts to align service with the lower ridership levels experienced during the COVD-19 pandemic. Beginning January 23, 2021, Commuter Rail will only offer weekend service on the Newburyport/Rockport, Framingham/Worcester, Fairmount, Providence, and Middleborough Lines. These lines experienced more ridership gains over the last several months compared to other lines and serve transit-critical communities. All other Commuter Rail lines will not have weekend service. Ridership has remained low during the pandemic with approximately 8% of regular weekday ridership during the morning rush hour period in the fall of 2020 compared to fall 2019.
The new Winter Service Schedule includes additional trains on the Middleborough Line, Fairmount Line, and Newburyport/Rockport Line. These added trains help to fill in service gaps that existed in the previous schedule and help to offer more consistent train intervals, such as clockface service which makes riding simpler for passengers.
For instance, on the Fairmount Line, the new Winter Service Schedule offers clockface service every hour. From Readville, a train will depart on weekdays every hour at 30 minutes past the hour between 6:30 AM and 10:30 PM. This consistent interval is maintained for all stops on the Fairmount Line, and during higher ridership times additional trains are available.
Since March, Keolis and the MBTA have introduced new technologies, such as electrostatic sprayers, to help sanitize passenger areas quickly and thoroughly. As part of this enhanced cleaning, added attention is given to touch surfaces, employee areas, and air filtration systems. All coach cars continue to be cleaned at least every 24 hours as a protection for passengers and train crews.
The MBTA's Forging Ahead initiative aims to preserve access and quality of service for transit-critical communities and to match service to existing ridership levels. Commuter Rail ridership is approximately 10% of its pre-COVID levels. As part of its Forging Ahead initiative, the MBTA organized a months-long process to solicit the public's input, including more than 7,000 comments from riders and stakeholders and which was used to shape the final plan approved by the FMCB.
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This article was posted on: January 7, 2021
Rail Unions Petition Homeland Security To Enhance Passenger Rail Security After U.S. Capitol Insurrection
The leaders of two of the nation's largest railroad worker unions urgently petitioned the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in a letter Jan. 13 to enact a "No-Ride List" on passenger rail carriers after the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection in Washington D.C. The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers — Transportation Division (SMART-TD) and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) demanded that the DHS take immediate executive action to tighten passenger rail security in line with aviation security overseen by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
MARC Cancels Service Prior to Presidential Inauguration
In response to expanded security efforts associated with the upcoming Presidential inauguration, MARC Train will suspend all service on the Penn, Camden and Brunswick lines Sunday, January 17, through and including Wednesday, January 20. MARC Train is expected to resume service on all three lines on Thursday, January 21. MARC Train will operate as scheduled on Friday, January 15, and Saturday, January 16.
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I'd have MPJ in there too but to many question marks right now.
Doncic: "my personality is that I'm very mature for my age"
If Doncic falls outside of top 3, it's going to be a steal.
Barkley calling and telling Phoenix FO to pick Ayton, he is gonna be a bust then.
Luka is going to save the NBA.
Why was Bamba mom slapping hands? They didnt want you.


HUSSEY Alan The family would like to thank everyone who attended the Service gave donations and sent messages of sympathy. Special thanks to the staff at The Tunnel Road Surgery and Broadwindsor House for the care they gave to Alan. Thank you also to Reverend Shearlock for taking the Service and to Julian Hussey for his kind help at this time. Alan will be sadly missed by all his family and friends. Please accept this as our personal message of thanks.


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Allied Health Services Of Medford is located in Medford, Oregon.
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Don't get me wrong it's a love hate for sure.. but it saved my life.
Allied, the therapy, and the medication saved my life. I am 55, and believed that I would never be clean. and now, I have the most clean time I have had since age 13. I am a college student -finishing up an Associates Program, and beginning a Bachelors. It took me a little bit to finally give up all mood altering drugs, including marijuana, but the counselors at Allied understand that, and don't slam the door if it takes some time to achieve total abstinence. Unless you have been trapped in the hell of an opiate addiction, it's extremely hard to understand the desperation an addict has to "stay well". It's so painful-physically-sufferers will do just about anything to keep the withdrawals away. Unfortunately, our families, our employers, our communities are forced to deal with the negative consequences of our addiction. And those consequences can be horrific. This is my 5th attempt at sobriety, and I am finally clean-because I choose to be, not because I am court ordered. I am reconnected with my family. I am not on probation or parole. I am not in an unhealthy relationship. I am a productive member of my community. I am giving back what was so freely given to me. For once in my life, I am free. If you take their suggestions and follow their instructions, you have a great chance of long term recovery. If I can do it, anyone can. It just takes a lot of work. You can recover, if suffering, and you've tried everything else, give harm reduction a try. It works. It really works.
Nurses are awesome, the councilors do the best they can , most of them do a good job but pretty soon I feel like they get tired of the higher up's always yelling at them for things, even though they are way over worked, the assistant director has treated me and multiple others like they were below her and wouldn't give me the time of day when I asked a question she dismissed me and treated me like scum, and an annoyance!! Acting like she is better. I believe that the higher up staff is all about money, they are not always about helping there paitients and will hold your dose over your head like your a dog, other than the rediculous actions of the directors, this place saved me because I got lucky and got good counselors that truly cared.
This place is alright for managing your addiction, but not for actual treatment. They're more interested in keeping you on their medicine than getting you healthy and clean. If you want to get completely sober you need to seek counseling elsewhere, or come here and get secondary counseling.
They helped me when I felt like I had no other options. Now I have been diagnosed with chronic pain in my knees, three years later and I can't get any relief for it any where I am forever labeled. Doctors everywhere are subject to what ever Dr. Jim Shames of the methadone clinic tells them and he will not allow any doctor to give pain medicine to any one who has been a patient at the clinic. I do not feel that this is fair. Many people develop pain in their life with injuries and just deteriorating joints from working or aging. And because of past or present affiliation with a Methadone Clinic, you are not allowed the same help and relief as other people with the very same pain issues. Now it is a year later and the clinic has changed since the one in Grants Pass opened up and took some of the case load from our clinic. Now you can get in and out with enough time to get to work on time; no more do we have to choose between our recovery and our jobs.
The clinic really is what you make it. If you go in with a negative attitude and blame everyone for your mistakes.. yes it's going to be hell.. of your own making. If you're truly ready for change and make the most of it, follow the rules, don't argue with staff and stay respectful, your life will change for the better and you will find peace. Personally I find the staff genuinely caring and honest, however nobody is perfect and when dealing with so many patients six days a week mistakes are inevitable. All we can do in our position is bite the bullet and admit fault.. even when the fault is not our own sometimes. If you can follow the rules, do the groups on time, mind your own business and stay out of trouble.. gradually your life will change for the better here.
Once the NEW building was located...not at the addres shown for Main St., the program is good. Now the clinic is Locate on Murphy Dr...don't bother with 837 Main st. The counselors have their hands full, so be patient.
At Allied Health Services Of Medford, patients will go through intense addiction treatment and will be accompanied by professional addiction counselors every step of the way. Recovery is always possible and when treatment is combined with proper guidance, support, and empathy, rebounding from drug and alcohol dependency is attainable.
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#25, Kim from Today is My Someday. She won $20 to spend at Nikycole! Thanks to everyone who commented, entered, and linked back in their posts for that extra entry (it does make a difference--the first 6 numbers I drew were all party participants...but none of them linked back in their posts).
Have a great day! Back soon with the next Commenting 101 session!