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well, honey, i certainly am not surprised….he shoud have known you back then, always funny positive and witty,, artistic, fun and beautiful inside and out….sorry your hopes were daunted but by god, you got their attention…mine too
I've contemplated getting involved in clinical trials for LHON treatments in the past. I've never gotten involved in one, for one reason or another. (i.e. location, travel, qualifications, schedules, etc.)
Well, one of the newer clinical trials is being overseen by one of the world's top Neuro-Ophthalmologist, Dr. Alfredo Sadun. He is at the Doheny Eye Institute in Pasadena, CA. With his office about 2 hours from my home… I thought "Hmmm…Ok, what the hell! They need people to do these studies to find a treatment/cure…. Maybe I should look into it!"
I made the call. I went for a consultation & screening to find out if I would be a good candidate for this relatively new LHON clinical trial involving the use of eyedrops over a period of time. All I knew is that they were looking for folks who had the mitochondrial genetic mutation #11778, had become affected (had vision loss) within the last 10 years, and fell between the ages of 18 to 50 when their second eye was affected. Okay, check, check, and check! I fit those requirements! We now needed to figure out if I fit ALL the other medical mumbo-jumbo criteria that would allow me to participate.
The screening consisted of many tests to evaluate my vision and optic nerve health. I did several visual field tests…Yuck! and had lots of photos & scans of my optic nerves domne. I've done them all lots of times in the past. Nothing new to anyone who deals with this disease.
As I was waiting between tests, one of the assistants said to me… "Dr. Sadun said that you gave quite an impressive talk at the LHON conference!" Whaaa? He said THAT!?! For realzz? Ahh…I was totally flattered! That definitely made me smile throughout the duration of the testing!!
So, things were going pretty good! I mean, I'm only about 3 years into this LHON gig, my optic nerves can't be thaaat bad, and Dr. Sadun is talkin' me up with the staff. Not gonna lie, I was feeling mighty positive at that moment! Hey, whadda ya say we finish up this day! Just assign me a seat on that clinical trial train! Give me those eye drops…and I'll be on my merry little way…! I was in the middle of my own mini magical moment, when Dr. Sadun AND another top Neuro-ophthalmologist, Dr. Valerio Carelli from Italy, entered the exam room. OMG… I was getting a two-for-one! Two of the world's BEST were right in front of me!
Dr. Sadun didn't really waste any time after our "Nice to see you again…" greetings before he gave me the news. After reviewing my test results, I did NOT qualify for the trial. Unfortunately, my optic nerves are not as healthy as they need to be to participate. Oh. Didn't see that one coming.
I'll admit, I felt a bit disappointed. I had made the decision to do this, and I really wanted in. I know a lot of people who want in on these trials and are not able to do so. As I've read many times on social media, some folks in the LHON community believe that because a person has the common mutation number, falls within the age range, and affected time period, they are the lucky duckies. The lucky duckies who get to take part in the current LHON clinical trials. Well, that's obviously not the case! The state of one's vision and optic nerve fibers is a huge factor in snagging a spot in the various trials. There's just no guarantee.
I wasn't that lucky in getting a spot in the trial…but, I was lucky enough to take home some things that I'll keep for a while. One, I will never have to wonder whether or not I woulda, shoulda, or coulda qualified for this. Two, I had the opportunity to sit and talk with two of the world's top Neuro-Ophthalmologists about my LHON history. Nice! Right? Well, here's the best one! Three, Dr. Sadun made a point to tell me himself, that he was really impressed with my personal perspectives on "Emotional Adjustment" to vision loss at the recent LHON conference. (Photo of panel to left) He felt that my ability to share my emotional experience with such spirit was well done. As I spoke, he noticed that the attendees laughed with me as I added relatable humor to my early struggles. He was very complimentary and I was thrilled to hear all this from him. Wow and Wow! I don't remember his exaaact words, but, that's pretty damn close! What a kind gift he gave me, for being…well, just ME!
Despite feeling discouraged by the news of that day… I feel even more encouraged to continue to participate as I already do in the LHON world. With GGB fans all over the place, including in a small exam room space… this girl has got to keep running the race!! I actually hate running… but you know what I mean!!
well, honey, i certainly am not surprised….he shoud have known you back then, always funny positive and witty,, artistic, fun and beautiful inside and out….sorry your hopes were daunted but by god, you got their attention…mine too
well, honey, i certainly am not surprised….he should have known you back then, always funny positive and witty,, artistic, fun and beautiful inside and out….sorry your hopes were daunted but by god, you got their attention…mine tool
Friend- there WILL be a study that will be the right one for you– i know there will be. And you are making amazing connections that will lead to that. Meanwhile, you are changing the world and helping others you never even meet, and to those of us that know you, you help us too. So each of these connections is leading to soenthing, i can feel it.
I really conlud't ask for more from this article.
You keep running with
John Walters and others! You inspire us all pretty lady!
Well done, maria
Maria, you may not qualify for the clinical trial but, like Jeremy, you have a gift: you inspire people with your positive attitude. Keep it up!
Another great post! I love how candid your writing style is. Thank you for sharing your mini-trek down the clinical trial trail. I'm sure there were mixed emotions. I too struggle a bit as my mutation is rarely identified (14484) so if I ever qualify, it's only for the research trials. That being said, I am very thankful for others to participate as a cure for 17797 will resolve mine…so I'm told. So, chin up and keep fighting the fight with a positive attitude! Thanks again for all that you do.


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I love history, and one thing that I love about it is how much fashion and clothing trends change from age to age and decade to decade.
I also love seeing other people's character designs a.k.a. OCs, original characters, etc.
so as you've probably guessed from the title, I'm combining those two interests in this contest, I think it would be a wonderful display of diversity and creativity if you would all take one OC (Original Character) and put them in outfits and/or settings from an era of time that you think best suits them, it could be classical, like the 1800's, it could be vintage like the 1950's or whatever, it could even be medieval or Renaissance or anything in between.
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- Limited to traditional media, meaning anything having to do with your hand working on a piece of paper, drawing pencils, colored pencils, markers, etc.
- Anime/Manga style, please.
- No line art - I at least want to see an attempt at shading or color, depending on your chosen media, I would like to see finished pictures.
- entrants are allowed one entry each
- chose one character for your subject
- Important! this is for original characters only, no fan characters, so no Naruto OC's or any other characters created and attached to an existing anime or manga series.
- it can be in any setting you want, as long as it's appropriate, no Nudity or excessive blood/gore
- you do not have to make a background, but it would be nice, if anything, at least give them some props - example: 1800's farm girl - prop could be a milk pail.
- It can be from any era you like or any style within an era
- Things to state in your description - Your character's name, character's age, time period illustrated - tell me what style you were going for, for older eras, whether they're rich, poor, middle class, etc., optional - why you chose the era and style for the particular character you illustrated
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- Historical accuracy (I'm not saying don't make it your own, just don't lose the feel of the fashion and era)
- Pose (make it interesting, they don't have to be all over the place, but try to make them look real and alive)
- General quality - i.e. execution, attention to detail, consistency, etc. NOTICE: this does not include the quality of the scan or photograph of the image, so long as the general look and intentions of the artwork is not compromised, you're fine.
PSSST! want Brownie points? do research, whatever era of fashion you chose, go ahead and google it or flick through an encyclopedia and do some homework on it! then if you can, post what kind of research you did, what images you looked up, what sites you went too, etc. doesn't have to be an essay, could be, "researched on google" or something
well, that's it, have fun with it, and give it all you got! you have 1 month! good luck! ^^
Prizes - Definitely Medals, for first, second, and third place, not sure how to use gifts yet (as I said, I'm a newb still) but may add those.

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In their very last Writer and the Critic podcast for 2011, your hosts Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond ramble only briefly before leaping boldly forth into their discussion of the selected novels, both winners of the Orange Prize for Fiction in their respective years. As usual, there are significant plot spoilers for both books, so take heed of the timestamps if you wish to avoid them.
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By Art Moore
Just two days after announcing it would hire Christians who are in same-sex marriages, the board of the prominent evangelical relief charity World Vision U.S. has reversed its decision, acknowledging it "made a mistake."
In a letter today to its "trusted partners," World Vision U.S. President Richard Stearns and board chairman Jim Bere explain that the non-profit group has decided to "revert to our longstanding conduct policy requiring sexual abstinence for all single employees and faithfulness within the Biblical covenant marriage of a man and a woman."
As WND reported Monday, World Vision's U.S. branch, in the Seattle suburb of Federal Way, Wash., had announced it would permit Christians in legal same-sex marriages to be employed in an effort to encourage "unity" among its church partners.
The policy change drew a wave of strong criticism from evangelical leaders, including Franklin Graham, president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, who said he was "shocked" to hear of the decision, arguing the Bible "is clear that marriage is between a man and a woman."
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Graham said he was offended by World Vision's insistence that it was endeavoring to unify the church, "as if supporting sin and sinful behavior can unite the church."
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The leaders say they are "brokenhearted over the pain and confusion we have caused many of our friends, who saw this decision as a reversal of our strong commitment to Biblical authority."
"We ask that you understand that this was never the board's intent."
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World Vision, with more than $1 billion in annual revenue, is No. 10 on the Forbes list of the 50 largest U.S. charities. It was founded in 1950 by Bob Pierce as an evangelical relief and development organization with the stated goal "to follow our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice and bear witness to the good news of the Kingdom of God."
The U.S. branch, in Washington state, has about 1,100 workers, but it has reduced its workforce by 10 percent over the past 15 months as expenses have risen and government grants have decreased.
In 2012, Washington became one of the first states to legalize same-sex marriage by a popular vote.
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When the policy to hire Christians in same-sex marriages was announced Monday, social networks were filled with vows by World Vision financial supporters to drop their child sponsorships. At the same time, the organization was attracting new donors who saw the policy change as a bold move in support of "tolerance."
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Blogger Rachel Held Evans, who yesterday was encouraging readers to donate to World Vision to make up for the lost supporters, said today she was "deeply, profoundly sorry that I inadvertently rallied these fundraising efforts in response to a decision that would ultimately be reversed."
"This whole situation has left me feeling frustrated, heartbroken, and lost," she wrote. "I don't think I've ever been more angry at the Church, particularly the evangelical culture in which I was raised and with which I for so long identified.
"I confess I had not realized the true extent of the disdain evangelicals have for our LGBT people, nor had I expected World Vision to yield to that disdain by reversing its decision under pressure," she said. "Honestly, it feels like a betrayal from every side."
The major homosexual advocacy group Human Rights Campaign accused World Vision of giving in to pressure from the radical right.
"At a time when people are losing their lives around the globe simply for being who they are, such a reversal is not just sad but it sends a potentially catastrophic message," said Sharon Groves, the group's religion and faith program director.
Stearns, meanwhile, told reporters in a conference call after the reversal Wednesday that if he "could have a do-over on one thing, I would have done much more consultation with Christian leaders."
"We need to have a process to do further and wider consultation with key Christian leaders around the country, and we will be discussing how that can happen," he said.
Stearns said that, like every Christian organization, World Vision expects to continue to deal with the "sensitive issue" of same-sex relationships.
"The original decision was overwhelmingly ratified by the board, and the decision to reverse the policy today after a lot of deep reflection, a lot of listening to supporters … was also overwhelmingly supported today," he said.
Art Moore entered the media world as a public relations assistant for the Seattle Mariners and a correspondent covering pro and college sports for Associated Press Radio. He reported for a Chicago-area daily newspaper and was senior news writer for Christianity Today magazine and an editor for Worldwide Newsroom before joining WND shortly after 9/11. He earned a master's degree in communications from Wheaton College.


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Lost in Suburbia: Pretty in raspberry pink
"I got a pedicure today," I said to my husband, showing off my freshly painted toes that glimmered from beneath my flip flops. "What do you think?"
"They're orange," he said.
"They're not orange." I corrected him. "They're cantaloupe." He blinked a couple of times trying to process this irrelevant piece of information.
"Okay, he replied. "But they don't match your pink fingers."
I shook my head. "They're not pink. They're raspberry."
"Does it really matter what you call them?" he asked.
"Yes. If you just say pink, they could be a soft pink, or a vibrant pink or a cotton candy pink. But when you say raspberry, you know exactly what color pink they are. They are raspberry-colored pink."
He stared at me dumbly.
"Don't you have anything you want to say?" I asked, fishing for a compliment.
"Yes," he replied. "I wish I was color blind."
I put my hands on my hips in a huff. Yes, I knew that in the grand scheme of things, clarifying my nail color to my husband was not going to solve the problem of world peace. But I felt it was my job to enlighten him on behalf of all the misunderstood manicured women in the world.
We had been through this once before, he and I. Before I decided it was cool to be gray, I had colored my hair for a number of years. I tried out a bunch of different browns including warm medium brown, chestnut brown, mocha brown, latté brown, and the ones that dare-not-be-named that made me look alternately like Elvis and Bozo the clown. When I tried to explain to my husband that there was more than one kind of brown and I needed to be clear about which brown I wanted or there could be dire consequences (see above Bozo reference), his eyes glazed over and he fell into some kind of boredom-induced trance that only a pint of Ben and Jerry's could revive him from.
I realized eventually that this wasn't something that was unique to him. After conversations with my brother and my son about my raspberry nails, I thought that this might, in fact, be a gender-related issue.
"Do you like my raspberry colored nails?" I asked my son.
"They're pink," he said.
"Yes, but they're raspberry pink," I said.
"Will they make my dinner cook faster?" he asked.
"Then I don't care," he replied.
I was pretty much at the point where I thought that gene therapy was the only thing that would help bridge this gender gap. And then my husband decided it was time for us to get a new car.
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"OK, what are the options?"
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"They all look exactly the same," I said.
"No they don't," he said. "They're very different."
"I don't see it," I said.
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"Ok. Whatever," I replied. "Get what you want. Just don't get it in Raspberry."
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The SLIFR Quiz
Dennis Cozzalio of Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule is one of the best film bloggers around--unpredictable, fearless, funny, and an incredibly warm, nice guy who runs a lively comment section free of bickering. The Siren missed his last quiz but she's answering this one in all its epic glory and posting her answers here. The Siren is dying to see answers from her regulars and would love to see lurkers de-lurk, but bear two things in mind:
1. You can post the answers at his place and post a link here, or you can post them here--but if you post them here or at your own Internet hangout, please be sure to go to Dennis's place, read all the other answers (that's the fun part, trust me) and link back in his comments section to wherever you have posted your responses. Please do that even if you only pick and choose a few questions to answer. Dennis loves to see these things, and so do I.
2. According to Dennis, Blogger has some new anti-spam thingamabobber that prevents comment posts of over about 4600 characters. Clearly most comments aren't going to be affected, but this quiz is long enough to trigger the Blogger defenses. (I am not sure what happens if it's too long. I was hoping for a rubber chicken pop-up window but I think it just rejects the comment.) Anyway, it is easiest and safest to post the answers in two parts.
Here we go!
1) Second-favorite Stanley Kubrick film.
Barry Lyndon. (Favorite is Paths of Glory--always has been and always will be.)
2) Most significant/important/interesting trend in movies over the past decade, for good or evil.
Cuisinart editing. I hate it. I start to get interested in a shot and bang! they cut away.
3) Bronco Billy (Clint Eastwood) or Buffalo Bill Cody (Paul Newman)?
Bronco Billy. (Sorry, Yojimboen!)
4) Best Film of 1949.
White Heat. (It's actually The Third Man but this one deserves more love--bless you, Sheila. Also the year of Caught, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Orpheus, On the Town and They Live by Night, lest we forget.)
5) Joseph Tura (Jack Benny) or Oscar Jaffe (John Barrymore)?
Tura by a nose. (Sorry, Jack.)
6) Has the hand-held shaky-cam directorial style become a visual cliché?
YES. Put the camera on something stationary every once in a while for god's sake. Or get a dolly. Try for Ophuls rather than Pontecorvo, just for variety's sake.
7) What was the first foreign-language film you ever saw?
On a big screen (at the old Bleecker Street Cinema), Les Enfants du Paradis. An excellent intro, oui?
8) Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) or Mr. Moto (Peter Lorre)?
Mr. Moto--I agree with Robert Fiore at Dennis's place that these movies have fewer stereotypes of all kinds than the Chan films. And I love Lorre, although I get a pang thinking of Dan Callahan's Lorre anecdote. Someone asked Lorre how he got through the Moto films and Lorre replied, "I took drugs."
9) Favorite World War II drama (1950-1970).
So hard, but the first one that comes to mind is Attack!
10) Favorite animal movie star.
Lassie. A childhood thing. The scene from the 1943 movie where she limps up the street...(pause to mop eyes).
11) Who or whatever is to blame, name an irresponsible moment in cinema.
I hate seeing nuclear bombs detonated with minimal consequences in movies, as in True Lies and the execrable Broken Arrow. It makes something casually entertaining that should never even be thinkable.
12) Best Film of 1969.
Army of Shadows. What happened to 1959, huh? Best there was The 400 Blows, by the way, out of a very heavyweight field.
13) Name the last movie you saw theatrically, and also on DVD or Blu-ray.
Theatrically, Cheri. On DVD, Ossessione.
14) Second-favorite Robert Altman film.
The Player. (Favorite is McCabe and Mrs. Miller.)
15) What is your favorite independent outlet for reading about movies, either online or in print?
My blogroll. No, I can't pick, really.
16) Who wins? Angela Mao or Meiko Kaji? (Thanks, Peter!)
*Blank stare*
17) Mona Lisa Vito (Marisa Tomei) or Olive Neal (Jennifer Tilly)?
Mona Lisa. She had me the second she stepped out of the car and said "I bet this place has lousy Chinese food."
18) Favorite movie that features a carnival setting or sequence.
Nightmare Alley.
19) Best use of high-definition video on the big screen to date.
*whistles, looks at her cuticles*
20) Favorite movie that is equal parts genre film and a deconstruction or consideration of that same genre.
Imitation of Life (1959).
21) Best Film of 1979.
22) Most realistic and/or sincere depiction of small-town life in the movies.
Shadow of a Doubt.
23) Best horror movie creature (non-giant division).
Bruce the shark.
24) Second-favorite Francis Ford Coppola film.
The Godfather. (Part II is my favorite.)
25) Name a one-off movie that could have produced a franchise you would have wanted to see.
I wouldn't have complained if Charade had spawned a mini-Thin Man-esque series.
26) Favorite sequence from a Brian De Palma film.
The museum in Dressed to Kill.
27) Favorite moment in three-strip Technicolor.
Ask me to pick a kid next time! (Edited to add: Well, I have to admit--Dorothy emerging into Oz for the first time marked me forever.)
28) Favorite Alan Smithee film. (Thanks, Peter!)
Je ne connait pas cet auteur.
29) Crash Davis (Kevin Costner) or Morris Buttermaker (Walter Matthau)?
30) Best post-Crimes and Misdemeanors Woody Allen film.
Husbands and Wives.
31) Best Film of 1999.
Summer of Sam. (But comparing that year to 1949 is awfully depressing. Or 1959. Go on, take a look. I dare you.)
32) Favorite movie tag line.
"Don't ever tell anyone what Mildred Pierce did!"
33) Favorite B-movie western.
Hmm, I love Westerns, but true B Westerns--Republic, Monogram, Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy--generally aren't my thing. If we mean just a low-budget Western I'll plump for Angel and the Badman (made at Republic but I wouldn't call it a B).
34) Overall, the author best served by movie adaptations of her or his work.
James M. Cain. Three great films, one masterpiece. I'd say that's a pretty good run. Fannie Hurst also comes to mind.
35) Susan Vance (Katharine Hepburn) or Irene Bullock (Carole Lombard)?
Irene Bullock. I used it as a screen name once in a forum and they all called me "Irene" assuming the name was too drab to be a pseudonym.***
36) Favorite musical cameo in a non-musical movie.
Nat King Cole in The Blue Gardenia.
37) Bruno (the character, if you haven't seen the movie, or the film, if you have): subversive satire or purveyor of stereotyping?
If I had to take a guess from what little I have seen, I'd say intended as the former but in danger of sashaying down a slippery slope toward the latter.
38) Five film folks, living or deceased, you would love to meet. (Thanks, Rick!)
I would go for the raconteurs: Orson Welles, King Vidor, Martin Scorsese, Jean Renoir, Peter Ustinov. I would have picked Max Ophuls but according to Ustinov he wasn't much of a conversationalist. I also thought about Luis Bunuel but he might decide to turn the encounter into a huge joke at my expense.
***Speaking of pseudonyms. The Siren is, to whatever extent possible, jettisoning the Campaspe nom de blog in favor of just the Siren. It's simpler, and nobody can spell or pronounce the old one anyway. Campaspe will remain the name on her Facebook account (because it's a pain to change) and she will still answer to Campaspe, as indeed she will answer to most polite forms of address short of "hey you."
Have a beautiful Sunday!
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Fred Astaire: One for My Baby (from The Sky's the Limit)
The Siren has been waiting for a good video of this to show up on Youtube. This version is dark, but it'll do.
Probably my favorite Fred Astaire solo. It isn't just the precision (that kick to the single glass!) or the athleticism (that jump to the barstool, then the bar!), it is also the way he stays perfectly in character and perfectly drunk, even as he dances as no other mortal ever did.
He sings the song beautifully, too.
I could watch it all day. Pity the rest of the movie isn't nearly as good.
P.S. SIGH. It does not post, and it does not post, and it does not post. And then it posts five times AFTER I give up and go to bed. And now it's erased again. I give up. And people ask me why I don't post clips. Because I'm old, my computer's old and I have my blood pressure to think about, that's why I don't post clips. Without Mr. C here the technical glitches pile up. Anyway, if I had to post something more than once, Fred's the best for it I think.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Brian Aherne's A Proper Job
After writing about Brian Aherne's account of his friendship with George Sanders and Sanders' unforgettable advice on how to write memoirs, the Siren just had to order her own copy of Aherne's autobiography, A Proper Job.
And it's a wonderful book, despite Aherne's rather slighting his Hollywood films to devote more professional reminiscences to his theatrical career. Aherne was British and seems to have had the attitude often attributed to British actors, that films should be what one did to supplement one's theatrical calling. His career as a Hollywood actor was never as front-rank as that of his first wife, Joan Fontaine, a fact she alluded to with some asperity in No Bed of Roses and which he also admits, in a roundabout fashion. And his theatrical career had some brilliant high points, including his having originated the role of Robert Browning in The Barretts of Wimpole Street on Broadway opposite the legendary Katharine Cornell.
Aherne was handsome and showed definite sex appeal in movies such as the strange and wonderful Sylvia Scarlett, as well as Merrily We Live and The Great Garrick (now available via the Warner Archives and yes, David Ehrenstein, the Siren promises to order it). But for whatever reason--luck, timing, lack of a killer instinct, probably all of the above--he never became a huge star. (CinemaOCD has a good rundown of his Hollywood parts here, with a link to many of the pictures from A Proper Job.) Eventually he moved gracefully into character parts, maintaining a stage career with roles like Professor Higgins in the touring production of My Fair Lady.
But the Siren has found that often it's the people on the margins of stardom who give the best picture of Hollywood life, and Aherne's book is remarkable not only for his intelligence, but for the compassion with which he treats the Hollywood figures he knew. It isn't hard to imagine why the saturnine Sanders kept returning to Aherne for companionship, year after year. Aherne was not a judgmental type. Even when describing a taxing experience, such as working with Bette Davis on Juarez, he does so wryly: "I even found Bette Davis attractive, when I played Maximilian to her Carlotta and, brilliant actress though she is, surely nobody but a mother could have loved Bette Davis at the height of her career."
While Aherne doesn't go out of his way to disdain the movie colony, he does permit himself the occasional joke at its expense. At one point the actor goes into a small California bookshop and complains to the manager that the poetry selection is too slight: "'What's the use of carrying more?' said the man. 'Only you and Katharine Hepburn buy it!'"
The small, precise portraits of Hollywood notables include John Gilbert, spinning out his contract while the studio tries to make him so miserable he will terminate it. "If motion pictures don't want him, where can a great screen star go? What can he do?" asks Aherne. "The gods and goddesses cannot jostle with the crowd, cannot take a job in an office..."
Aherne doesn't bother to add, but the reader can deduce, that he preferred his own fate. He found diversion in farming and flying, eventually married a woman with theatrical ancestry but no ambitions, took the roles that still came and took pleasure in things like the commotion of Sanders' occasional visits. Aherne does show some regrets, as when he ruefully describes how he lost the part of Sidney Carton to Ronald Colman, or how he repeatedly turned down Captain Blood (thus ensuring that Jack Warner forever cursed him for saddling the studio with the ever-troublesome Errol Flynn). But Aherne evidently felt it was better to be an occasionally working actor than a burnt-out star.
If any additional evidence was needed, there was also the fate of Aherne's good friend Ruth Chatterton. He advised her to take the part of the wife in Dodsworth, but Chatterton told him it would end her career to appear as a middle-aged woman. She took it anyway, gave a brilliant performance, and never got another Hollywood offer. Chatterton, whose Pre-Code talkies continue to bowl over critics, wound up in the Connecticut countryside, writing books and living happily with her husband until he died. Hollywood, however, never did come around to pay the great Chatterton her due:
I am happy to remember that my wife and I visited [Chatterton] shortly before her death. The walls of her bar were hung with photos of friends whom she had entertained lavishly at her home on Palm Drive in earlier days. I asked her if she had ever heard from any of them. No, she said, and when she had played Los Angeles some years before not one of them of had even sent her a word.
Aherne gives a wistful description of an afternoon at Pickfair toward the end of Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford's marriage. As Aherne's visit wound down, Pickford entered and, spurred by not very much, went to the window, looked out at the garden and spoke "almost tragically of the futility of ambition and the evanescence of fame." Aherne hastens to add that after her career ended, Pickford found great comfort in religion and Buddy Rogers. But he doesn't sound entirely convinced himself, and the Siren found herself thinking Billy Wilder's initial casting instincts were not far off when he approached Pickford about Sunset Boulevard.
And the Siren was mightily amused by the description of Marlene Dietrich: "She baked me a fabulous Viennese cake; she is a great cakemaker." According to Maria Riva, who was deeply fond of Aherne, he was making a great deal more than cake with Marlene. But the lady was alive and still technically married at the time the book was published, and chivalrously Aherne breathes not a word of their affair, though he admits to wondering "how I could manage to bake Miss Dietrich." George Sanders must have rolled his eyes over such determinedly uncommercial discretion.
But the story that caught the Siren was one she had never heard before, that of Aherne's affair with the stage actress Clare Eames. Eames was married to playwright and director Sidney Howard, who later wrote the screenplay for Gone with the Wind. Howard was in London to direct his play The Silver Cord, and Aherne was cast opposite Eames. All went smoothly until Howard returned to America and the play began its run, whereupon the attraction between the two actors swiftly became a headlong, passionate romance. "I forgot she was a married woman with a child," says Aherne. "I forgot she was six years older than myself. I forgot my Puritan upbringing. I forgot that I was nothing but a penniless young actor. I heard the angels sing. I was lonely no more."
The affair, as might be expected, caused as much pain as it did joy. Early on Eames gave Aherne a copy of Anna Karenina. The actor fretted that he "might become her Vronsky;" Aherne must have known he already was. Howard, according to his rival, played Karenin to the hilt. "He did not care for Clare, but he cared deeply about what people said," says Aherne. Howard "cut off financial support, refused a divorce, and insisted upon the return of the baby and her nurse."
Over the three years of their relationship Eames and Aherne struggled to find work. Howard's stature made New York nearly impossible, and the romance coincided with the British acting unions cracking down on the use of American actors. Eames tried at one point to reconcile with Howard, but it didn't work. "Young as I was, I doubt I fully realized the tragedy of her position," says Aherne, and he evokes Anna Karenina once more when he describes his lover slipping into her former house to see her child when Howard was out. Eames was sick, and getting sicker, although Aherne never says precisely what the trouble was--severe abdominal pain, is all we are told.
Finally, as Aherne was playing a wordy, difficult part in a dismal failure of a play, Eames became extremely ill. She had an operation, and the night after it took place Aherne slogged through a nightmarish performance in front of a tiny audience. When the curtain finally came down, a car was sent and Brian was driven, through a driving rainstorm, to Clare's bedside. They told him she needed sleep, but the rain had turned into a deafening thunderstorm, and Clare died as he held her hand.
"I went on blindly running for the next twenty years," says Aherne. You don't have to be as romantically inclined as the Siren to wonder if he ever stopped. Joan Fontaine certainly felt Clare's ghost when she married Aherne a full decade later. In her memoirs, Fontaine paints a picture straight out of Rebecca: Barely finished with her honeymoon, she was dragged to Connecticut to visit Eames' dying aunt, and found herself staring at pictures of Brian and Clare on the piano.
The daughter Eames stole time with was Jennifer Howard, who married Samuel Goldwyn Jr. in 1950. Their four children included Tony Goldwyn, most famous for playing an evil yuppie in Ghost.
It is this scene, which took place only a year or so after Clare died, that the Siren can't get out of her head. It is as cinematic as anything she has ever found in a star's memoirs. Aherne had returned to Hollywood, but in a stage production of Barretts, again with Katharine Cornell. The audience for the opening included everyone from the Thalbergs to Charlie Chaplin.
Afterwards, Ruth Chatterton gave a smart party for Miss Cornell at her beautiful house in Beverly Hills. Stepping back from the buffet with a plate in my hand, I bumped into someone who stood, hard and unyielding, behind me. I turned in surprise; it was Sidney Howard, looking straight in my eyes, a few inches away. He said, 'I seem always to be in your way, Brian!' For an instant we looked at each other, and then I said, 'I am sorry, Sidney,' and moved away. I never saw him again. He remarried and died tragically, crushed by a tractor against the wall of his barn in Massachusetts.
Friday, July 10, 2009
10 Books From a Cinephile's Past: City of Nets
The Siren has been a bad girl. Not only has she neglected her blogging, but she neglected to link to MovieMan0283's blog when she embarked on her part of the Movie Books meme. Anyway, let's continue this one.
City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940s by Otto Friedrich
When the Siren is asked to name a favorite movie book, this is the one she always picks. The late Otto Friedrich was a journalist and historian with a marvelous prose style, and City of Nets is made unique by his perspective, wit and discerning eye for an anecdote. As Hollywood was and remains a company town obsessed by the movies, the book has plenty of studio stories, but Friedrich is after a more complete account. He also looks at society and politics, including race riots, the aircraft industry, vicious labor disputes featuring corruption on both sides, gangster shootouts, and the bewildered European intellectuals--refugees just trying to figure the damn place out. Although, it must be said, some of the emigres didn't try all that hard. Arnold Schoenberg is shown taking a 1935 meeting with Irving Thalberg and announcing to the flummoxed boy wonder that if he were to compose the score for The Good Earth, the actors "would have to speak in the same pitch and key as I compose it in. It would be similar to Pierrot Lunaire," the composer explained, adding reassuringly, "but of course less difficult."
This isn't a book of criticism; it is history, many sources knitted together by a talented man to give you as complete a picture of Hollywood high and low as exists anywhere. In the same chapter that describes how a shy young Spanish dancer named Margarita Carmen Dolores Cansino went into the studios and came out as Rita Hayworth, you will find Sergeant Marcario Garcia. Fresh from being decorated with the Congressional Medal of Honor, Garcia entered a restaurant and tried to purchase a cup of coffee, only to have the owner threaten him with a baseball bat.
Friedrich's withering description of the origins, proceedings and consequences of the HUAC hearings is still the best the Siren has encountered. Here is his tale of how Hollywood Ten members Ring Lardner Jr. and Lester Cole acquired an unexpected colleague in the federal prison at Danbury, many miles from Hollywood:
'There are rumors already here in advance of your arrival,' said the parole officer, 'that both you and Lardner are prepared for violent revenge if you can get away with it.'
'Who the hell could have said that?' Cole wondered.
'Will you swear,' the parole officer insisted, 'that you are not planning some sort of revenge against J. Parnell Thomas, who is in this institution?'
It was no secret that the crusading congressman had been indicted in 1948 for padding his congressional payroll and taking kickbacks from his employees...But Cole and Lardner had not realized that they and their grand inquisitor would be locked up in the same federal prison.
'He must have started the rumor himself,' Cole said. 'Kill him? My greatest pleasure will be seeing him here with his own kind, petty thieves.'
...Lardner was being given the same warning by another parole officer, and when the two writers next met, they both burst into laughter. 'What luck!" said Lardner. 'There's got to be a way, a dozen ways, to make the bastard miserable.'
When Lardner finally saw the frightened congressman in the prison yard, however, he could not bring himself to speak to him. 'He had lost a good deal of weight,' Lardner recalled later, 'and his face, round and scarlet at our last encounter, was deeply lined and sallow...Neither of us made any social overtures to the other.' Cole was more combative. He said that Thomas 'scurried at least fifty feet away when he saw us coming,' but they finally met at work. Cole had been assigned to cut grass with a sickle, and that brought him near the chicken coops, where Thomas was engaged in scraping up dung with a hoe.
'Hey Bolshie, I see you still got your sickle,' Thomas jeered from behind the chicken fence. 'Where's your hammer?'
'And I see just like in Congress, you're still picking up chickenshit,' Cole shouted back.
City of Nets is full of uproarious stories, from Joseph Mankiewicz's best quip ever, to Dimitri Tiomkin composing orgasm music for David O. Selznick, to Walt Disney watching dailies of cupids, fauns and nymphs in Fantasia and observing, "Gee, this'll make Beethoven." And Friedrich's careful research makes this book one of the few that points out, for example, that the dubious old tale of John Barrymore's corpse being exhumed for one last drinking session exists in at least three different versions.
But it is ultimately a sad book, an elegy for a system wrecked from within and without. Whenever the Siren picks up City of Nets, she is always drawn to the heartbreaking account of the final days of John Garfield, as the great actor, in exile in New York, types up a "confession" for Look magazine and spends hours on the phone, "trying to find somebody to talk to." Days pass as he neither sleeps nor eats. He tries to connect with Hildegard Knef, on her way back to Frankfurt after a failed attempt at a Hollywood career, but she has a party to attend and they never manage to meet that night.
Garfield had gone to see a new friend, Iris Whitney, who had an apartment on Gramercy Park. They went out to dinner. They sat in the park. Garfield said he felt sick. Miss Whitney took him home and put him to bed. There later were entirely unsubstantiated rumors that he died in the midst of wild fornications. Perhaps. But the official version is, for once, more plausible--that after three days of anxiety, drinking, sleeplessness, and wandering through the wreckage of his life, John Garfield simply collapsed. Miss Whitney put him to bed with a glass of orange juice on his night table. When she woke up the next morning, she found the orange juice untouched and Garfield dead.
Friday, July 03, 2009
Anecdote of the Week: Myrna Was the Lady in Red
From Being and Becoming, the autobiography of the peerless Myrna Loy:
[Metro] put me right to work in Manhattan Melodrama, which precipated the demise of John Dillinger, Public Enemy No. 1. FBI agents shot him down outside the Biograph Theatre, in Chicago, after he'd seen the film. Supposedly a Myrna Loy fan, he broke cover to see me. Personally, I suspect the theme of the picture rather than my fatal charms attracted him, but I've always felt a little guilty about it, anyway. They filled him full of holes, poor soul.
For anyone who has read her book, the above paragraph is Myrna Loy in miniature: intelligent, down-to-earth, self-deprecating, and compassionate.
As you can probably guess, the Siren selected this one because the film blogs are full of Public Enemies this week. Glenn Kenny liked it, Lou Lumenick did not. Manohla Dargis had a well-written rave but the Siren was a wee bit flummoxed by her closing sideswipe at Manhattan Melodrama. I haven't seen Public Enemies yet, but as much as I like Johnny Depp (and I do, I do), of course Michael Mann's gangsters will be no less "false" than W.S. Van Dyke's. (And while the new film may not look like "the usual gangster picture," for some of us old fogeys that's no bonus. Come on, even if she likes Public Enemies we all know the Siren is going to miss James Wong Howe.)
Manhattan Melodrama is worth cherishing for a reason that has nothing to do with gangsters: It was the first film Loy made with William Powell.
My first scene with Bill, a night shot on the back lot, happened before we'd even met. Woody was apparently too busy for introductions. My instructions were to run out of a building, through a crowd, and into a strange car. When Woody called "Action," I opened the door, jumped in, and landed smack on William Powell's lap. He looked up nonchalantly. "Miss Loy, I presume?" I said, "Mr. Powell?" And that's how I met the man who would be my partner in fourteen films.
Flickhead's Claude Chabrol Blogathon is now over, but the Siren hopes you have followed it as avidly as she has. It's wonderful, with some of the best, most appreciative writing on Chabrol to be found anywhere. Start here and follow the links.


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House Democrats abuse majority when they ignore clear language of Constitution
"The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several states ..." -- Constitution of the United States, Article I, Section 2. "What's the Constitution between friends?" -- Rep. Timothy Ca...
"The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several states ..."
-- Constitution of the United States, Article I, Section 2.
"What's the Constitution between friends?"
-- Rep. Timothy Campbell, a Tammany Democrat, to Democratic President Grover Cleveland after Cleveland said that a bill Campbell favored was unconstitutional.
There they go again. House Democrats should at least provide variety in their venality. Last Wednesday, fresh from legislating new ethics regarding relations with lobbyists, they demonstrated that there are worse forms of corruption than those involving martinis and money.
They again voted to give the delegates to the House from Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia, and the resident commissioner from Puerto Rico, the right to vote in the House when it is sitting as the "Committee of the Whole," which is how it sits almost all the time. It is in that status that almost all debate about and amending of legislation occur.
If these five votes decide the outcome of a vote in the Committee of the Whole, the matter at issue will be automatically revoted by the full House without those five participating. Still, these five faux members will have powers equal to those of real members on everything but final passage of bills, which often is more perfunctory than the process that leads to that. Almost always, all five delegates are Democrats. (Puerto Rico's current resident commissioner is the first Republican in 100 years.)
What part of the words "several states" do House Democrats not understand? Their cynical assumption is that "the people of the several states" will not notice this dilution of their representation in the House.
Members of Congress today represent, on average, 687,000 people. The population of Guam is 171,000; of American Samoa, 58,000; and of the Virgin Islands, 109,000. The 3.9 million Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens and have the right to vote for statehood, which they have rejected in three plebiscites (1967, 1993 and 1998).
The 58,000 Samoans pay no federal income taxes, but their delegate will be able to participate in raising the taxes of, say, Montanans. Samoa's delegate will have virtually the same power as Rep. Denny Rehberg, who represents all 944,000 Montanans. Obviously the Democrats' reverence for the principle "one person, one vote" is, well, situational.
January 1993 was the last time Democrats engaged in this cynical political alchemy, transmuting delegates from four island jurisdictions, and one from the seat of the federal government, into the functional equivalents of representatives selected by people of "the several states." In January 1993, two months after they lost 10 House seats, they counterfeited half that many votes -- even though they had an 82-seat majority. One year later, such arrogance contributed to the Democrats' loss of their House majority.
In 1970, Democrats were contemplating allowing Puerto Rico's resident commissioner to serve with powers equal to those of real members, but only on standing committees. Rep. Tom Foley, a Washington Democrat then in his third term, told his colleagues that would be fine because those committees are created by the House, not the Constitution, and "can be extinguished at will and created at will." Furthermore, service on committees involves only "preliminary advisory votes." But, he added, "it is very clear" that "a constitutional amendment would be required" to give a resident commissioner "a vote in the Committee of the Whole of the full House." By 1992, when Foley, then in his 14th term, was speaker, and full of the sense of entitlement that deranged Democrats in the last years of their 40-year hold on the House, he supported what the next Democratic speaker, Nancy Pelosi, has now done. In 1994, Foley became the first speaker since 1862 to be defeated, and the new Republican majority undid what the Democrats had done.
For Speaker Pelosi, two questions about the possible scope of your majoritarian abuse: Given your disregard of the unambiguouslanguage and clear intent of Article I, Section 2 -- which uses the word "state" eight times to designate the only entity from which a member of the House may be chosen -- do you acknowledge any impediment to using your majority to give "Committee of the Whole" voting power to a delegate from, say, the AFL-CIO?
Or, for that matter: Do you think that Article I, Section 5 ("Each house shall be the judge of the ... qualifications of its own members") allows your majority to give such voting powers to your hairdresser? If not, why not?
George Will is a columnist for the Washington Post.


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Rating: ★★★★★
Links: Amazon • TBD • Goodreads
Publication Date: August 9, 2016
Source: Purchased
In a land where three suns almost never set, a fledgling killer joins a school of assassins, seeking vengeance against the powers who destroyed her family.
Daughter of an executed traitor, Mia Corvere is barely able to escape her father's failed rebellion with her life. Alone and friendless, she hides in a city built from the bones of a dead god, hunted by the Senate and her father's former comrades. But her gift for speaking with the shadows leads her to the door of a retired killer, and a future she never imagined.
Now, Mia is apprenticed to the deadliest flock of assassins in the entire Republic—the Red Church. If she bests her fellow students in contests of steel, poison and the subtle arts, she'll be inducted among the Blades of the Lady of Blessed Murder, and one step closer to the vengeance she desires. But a killer is loose within the Church's halls, the bloody secrets of Mia's past return to haunt her, and a plot to bring down the entire congregation is unfolding in the shadows she so loves.
Will she even survive to initiation, let alone have her revenge?
I have a lot of thoughts about this book, so my review is probably going to be a mess. Apologies in advance. But first things first, this was my first ever buddy read! Thanks to Leslie for doing it with me and for putting up with my excessive use of exclamation points and crying emojis via Goodreads messages. ❤
Here's her review!
Anyway, wow, this book starts off with a bang. I don't think it's a spoiler and I also want to prepare you in case you decide to read it: this starts off with death and sex and it's really cool, okay? I love the parallels between the two scenes and I think it was the best way to start a book. I was committed to this book and these characters and this world from the very first page.
This book is so different from what I usually read. SO DIFFERENT. I can see why some people have struggled with the writing style, but I absolutely adored it and I just thought it was so fitting for the world that Kristoff created. While we're talking about the writing style, fair warning: there are a lot of footnotes. They were funny at the beginning, got mildly annoying about halfway in, and I barely paid attention to them by the end. That's my one and only criticism of this book.
So. The characters. I loved them. I LOVED ALL OF THEM. I am dying, dead, RIP me. Mia is possibly my favorite fantasy protagonist ever because she's just a teenage girl, but she's been through so much and she's channeling all of her rage and sadness into this crazy quest to become an assassin. And she has a talking cat?? A really sassy talking cat! Named Mister Kindly. It doesn't get better than this.
I also loved (or loved to hate) every other character in this book. Tric! Ashlinn! Carlotta! Hush! Naev! All the crazy teachers and the librarian and oh my god, everybody.
Some quotes:
- "If you'd like to go fuck yourself, I'll be waiting here patiently for your return."
- "The books we love, they love us back. And just as we mark our places in the pages, those pages leave their marks on us. I can see it in you, sure as I see it in me. You're a daughter of the words. A girl with a story to tell."
- "Too many books. Too few centuries."
- "O, bitch," Mia nodded. "How creative. What's next? Slut? No, whore, am I right?"
Diamo blinked. Mia could practically see him striking off the words in his mental insult list and coming up empty.
Me before reading Nevernight: 😊
Me after reading Nevernight: 😭
Please read this book.
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Ok, so I have neglected MathNotations for over a year and have chosen to express my thoughts in 140 character spurts. I've lost my faithful readership and abandoned the Carnivals.
But the living embodiment of "Kids Say The Darndest Things" will always bring me back. The precious gems uttered by my then 2-yr old grandson still garnered more hits than any Math Ed diatribe or challenge problem, so it's only fitting he would bring me back now that he just turned 4.
Here then are 3 recent anecdotes...
1. He's the only 4-yr old in a summer beginning reading class at our local community college, the other students being 5 and 6. The teacher was reviewing letter recognition and sight words. Each child was asked to come to the board and point to a letter in a word, say, the 'T' in CAT. Things went well until she got to my grandson. "Ok, _____, go to the board and point to the 'B' in BIRD." My grandson, who was sitting with his feet up on the desk, replied with "No thank you. It's the one on the left".
2. My daughter noticed my grandson was spending a lot of time at a party with a certain young lady. On the ride home my daughter teasingly asked my grandson if _______ was his "girlfriend". "No", he emphatically replied, "She's not my girlfriend, she's just a friend!"
3. At the pediodontist the other day, my grandson was doing very well and then the hygienist asked my grandson which of three flavors he would like for his teeth cleaning. My grandson replied, "All three!" She explained they don't do that, he had to pick just one and he came back with, "How many teeth are in my mouth!" She relented and used all 3 flavors. Afterwards she asked which was his favorite and he came back with, "I don't know. They all tasted the same."
Again I suggested to my daughter that she get an unlisted phone number and turn off her cell phone when he starts kindergarten!
"All Truth passes through Three Stages: First, it is Ridiculed... Second, it is Violently Opposed... Third, it is Accepted as being Self-Evident." - Arthur Schopenhauer (1778-1860) You've got to be taught To hate and fear, You've got to be taught From year to year, It's got to be drummed In your dear little ear You've got to be carefully taught. --from South Pacific
Saturday, August 20, 2011
A 4-yr old breathes life into MathNotations!
Ok, so I have neglected MathNotations for over a year and have chosen to express my thoughts in 140 character spurts. I've lost my faithful readership and abandoned the Carnivals.
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Towering trees, not transmission towers
Credit: By Sen. JEANNE SHAHEEN and JUDD GREGG, For the Monitor | Concord Monitor | Sunday, June 9, 2013 | (Published in print: Sunday, June 9, 2013) | www.concordmonitor.com ~~
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New Hampshire's forests, lakes and scenic landscapes are central to our state's identity. They are critical to our state's traditional tourism and logging industries. They provide hunters, fishermen, campers and hikers with recreational opportunities. They provide New Hampshire citizens a sense of place. And their natural beauty is awe-inspiring.
All of us have a responsibility to protect our natural resources, particularly in the North Country where commercial and industrial development could jeopardize some our state's most treasured natural resources.
Twelve years ago, the two of us set up a task force that identified a way to protect these lands and today, we need to renew our commitment to protecting New Hampshire's unspoiled beauty.
The Connecticut River headwaters lands cover many of New Hampshire's most scenic areas. From the forested hills surrounding Lake Francis and the Connecticut Lakes, to the rushing waters of Indian Stream Gorge, these areas are precious.
They are home to many noted New Hampshire species including loons, bald eagles, osprey and pine martens and offer some of the best hiking in Northern New England.
In addition to their beauty, these lands are the backbone of our northern economy, offering working forests that have supported New Hampshire families for generations.
In 2001, the two of us came together to protect these treasures when International Paper Co. announced plans to sell its timber ownership of 171,000 acres of land in Pittsburg, Clarksville and Stewartstown, including the headwaters of the Connecticut River. We created and co-chaired the Connecticut Headwaters Partnership Task Force, a broad coalition of community and business leaders, state and federal officials, private nonprofit organizations and other interested parties, to create a future for the land that would reflect the best interests of our citizens, economy and quality of life.
This group developed a comprehensive, consensus-based plan to purchase and maintain the land's traditional uses so it could be used for forestry, hunting, snowmobiling and other recreational activities. The plan also protected the largest un-fragmented block of land in the state, providing critical natural habitat for moose, deer and other wildlife.
This group's collaborative nature and commonsense approach showcased some of our state's best attributes. And it underscored what we can accomplish when we work in a bipartisan way with an eye on a common goal. As a result of this effort, the state now holds a conservation easement on 146,000 acres of these lands, with the land itself remaining in private ownership subject to the terms of the easement. With these property rights comes a responsibility to steward the area for generations to come in partnership with the private landowner.
This includes an obligation by the state to defend the easement from encroachment by inappropriate uses or users.
The easement was designed to protect these lands from commercial or industrial development that is unrelated to the traditional land uses of forestry and outdoor recreation.
But recent land purchases by Northern Pass project developers suggest that a potential route for transmission towers and lines may attempt to cross land protected by the Connecticut Headwaters easement.
That would unnecessarily jeopardize some our state's most treasured land.
When we worked together in 2001 and 2002 to protect this land, we imagined towering trees protected for future generations, not transmission towers.
We believe the state has a responsibility to actively protect these lands for our children and grandchildren.
(Democrat Jeanne Shaheen is New Hampshire's senior U.S. senator. Republican Judd Gregg is a former U.S. senator from New Hampshire. Both are also former governors.)
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Report of Col. Andrew Porter, Sixteenth U. S. Infantry, Commanding Second Division and First Brigade, Second Division
O.R.– SERIES I–VOLUME 2 [S# 2] — CHAPTER IX, pp.383-387
Arlington, Va., July 25, 1861
SIR: I have the honor to submit the following account of the operations of the First Brigade, Second Division, of the Army, in the battle before Manassas, on the 21st instant.(*) The brigade was silently paraded in light marching order at 2 o'clock in the morning of that day, composed as follows, viz: Griffin's battery; marines, Major Reynolds; Twenty-seventh New York Volunteers, Colonel Slocum; Fourteenth New York State Militia, Colonel Wood; Eighth New York State Militia, Colonel Lyons; battalion regulars, Major Sykes; one company Second Dragoons, two companies First Cavalry, four companies Second Cavalry, Major Palmer. Total strength, 3,700. The marines were recruits, but through the constant exertions of their officers had been brought to present a fine military appearance, without being able to render much active service. They were therefore attached to the battery as its permanent support through the day.
Owing to frequent delays in the march of troops in front, the brigade did not reach Centreville until 4.30 a.m., and it was an hour after sunrise when the head of it was turned to the right to commence the flank movement. The slow and intermittent movements of the Second Brigade (Burnside's) were then followed through the woods for four hours, which brought the head of our division to Bull Run and Sudley's Mill, where a halt of half an hour took place, to rest and refresh the men and horses. From the heights on this side of the run a vast column of the enemy could be plainly descried, at the distance of a mile or more on our left, moving rapidly towards our line of march in front. Some disposition of skirmishers was then directed to be made at the head of the Column by the division commander, in which Colonel Slocum, of the Second Rhode Island Regiment, was observed to bear an active part. The column moved forward, however, before they were completed, and in about thirty minutes emerged from the timber, when the rattle of musketry and occasional crash of round shot through the leaves and branches of the trees in our vicinity betokened the opening of battle.
The head of the brigade was immediately turned slightly to the right, in order to gain time and room for deployment on the right of the Second Brigade. Griffin's battery found its way through the timber to the fields beyond, followed promptly by the marines, while the Twenty-seventh took direction more to the left, and the Fourteenth followed upon the trail of the battery, all moving up at a double-quick step. The enemy appeared drawn up in a long line, extending along the Warrenton turnpike from a house and haystacks upon our extreme right to a house beyond the left of the division. Behind that house there was a heavy masked battery, which, with three others along his line on the heights beyond, covered the ground upon which we were advancing with all sorts of projectiles. A grove in front of his right wing afforded it shelter and protection, while the shrubbery along the road, with fences, screened somewhat his left wing. Griffin advanced to within a thousand yards, and opened a deadly and unerring fire upon his batteries, which were soon silenced or driven away. Our right was rapidly developed by the marines, Twenty-seventh, Fourteenth, and Eighth, with the cavalry in rear of the right, the enemy retreating with more precipitation than order as our line advanced.
The Second Brigade (Burnside's) was at this time attacking the enemy's right with, perhaps, too hasty vigor. The enemy clung to the protecting wood with great tenacity, and the Rhode Island Battery became so much endangered as to impel the commander of the Second Brigade to call for the assistance of the battalion of regulars. At this time I received the information through Capt. W. D. Whipple, A. A. G., that Colonel Hunter was seriously wounded, and had directed him to report to me as commander of the division; and in reply to the urgent request of Colonel Burnside, I detached the battalion of regulars to his assistance. For an account of its operations I would respectfully beg a reference to the inclosed report of its commander, Major Sykes [No. 35].
The rebels soon came flying from the woods towards the right, and the Twenty-seventh completed their rout by charging directly upon their center in the face of a scorching fire, while the Fourteenth and Eighth moved down the turnpike to cut off the retiring foe, and to support the Twenty-seventh, which had lost its gallant colonel, but was standing the brunt of the action, with its ranks thinning in the dreadful fire. Now the resistance of the enemy's left was so obstinate that the beaten right retired in safety.
The head of Heintzelman's column at this moment appeared upon the field, and the Eleventh and Fifth Massachusetts Regiments moved forward to the support of our center, while staff officers could be seen galloping rapidly in every direction, endeavoring to rally the broken Eighth; but this laudable purpose was only partially attained, owing to the inefficiency of some of its field officers.
The Fourteenth, though it had broken, was soon rallied in rear of Griffin's battery, which soon took up a position farther to the front and right, from which his fire was delivered with such precision and rapidity as to compel the batteries of the enemy to retire in consternation far behind the brow of the hill in front. At this time my brigade occupied a line considerably in advance of that first occupied by the left wing of the enemy. The battery was pouring its withering fire into the batteries and columns of the enemy whenever they exposed themselves. The cavalry were engaged in feeling the left flank of the enemy's positions, in doing which some important captures were made–one by Sergeant Sacks, of the Second Dragoons, of a General George Steuart, of Baltimore. Our cavalry also emptied the saddles of a number of the mounted rebels.
General Tyler's division was engaged with the enemy's right. The Twenty-seventh was resting in the edge of the woods, in the center, covered by a hill, upon which lay the Eleventh and Fifth Massachusetts, occasionally delivering a scattering fire. The Fourteenth was moving to the right flank. The Eighth had lost its organization. The marines were moving up in fine style in rear of the Fourteenth, and Captain Arnold was occupying a height on the middle ground with his battery. At this juncture there was a temporary lull in the firing from the rebels, who appeared only occasionally on the heights in irregular formations, but to serve as marks for Griffin's guns.
The prestige of success had thus far attended the efforts of our inexperienced, but gallant, troops. The lines of the enemy had been forcibly shifted nearly a mile to their left and rear. The flags of eight regiments, though borne somewhat wearily, now pointed towards the hill from which disordered masses of rebels had been seen hastily retiring.
Griffin's and Ricketts' batteries were ordered by the commanding general to the top of the hill on our right, supporting them with Fire Zouaves and marines, while the Fourteenth entered the skirt of woods on their right, to protect that flank, and a column, composed of the Twenty-seventh New York, Eleventh and Fifth Massachusetts, First Minnesota, and Sixty ninth New York, moved up towards the left flank of the batteries; but so soon as they were in position, and before the flanking supports had reached theirs, a murderous fire of musketry and rifles, opened at pistol range, cut down every cannoneer and a large number of horses. The fire came from some infantry of the enemy, which had been mistaken for our own forces, an officer on the field having stated that it was a regiment sent by Colonel Heintzelman to support the batteries.
The evanescent courage of the zouaves prompted them to fire perhaps a hundred shots, when they broke and fled, leaving the batteries open to a charge of the enemy's cavalry, which took place immediately. The marines also, in spite of the exertions of their gallant officers, gave way in disorder; the Fourteenth on the right and the column on the left hesitatingly retired, with the exception of the Sixty-ninth and Thirty-eighth New York, who nobly stood and returned the fire of the enemy for fifteen minutes. Soon the slopes behind us were swarming with our retreating and disorganized forces, whilst riderless horses and artillery teams ran furiously through the flying crowd. All further efforts were futile; the words, gestures, and threats of our officers were thrown away upon men who had lost all presence of mind and only longed for absence of body. Some of our noblest and best officers lost their lives in trying to rally them.
Upon our first position the Twenty-seventh was the first to rally, under the command of Major Bartlett, and around it the other regiments engaged soon collected their scattered fragments. The battalion of regulars, in the mean time, moved steadily across the held from the left to the right, and took up a position where it held the entire forces of the rebels in check until our forces were somewhat rallied. The commanding general then ordered a retreat upon Centreville, at the same time directing me to cover it with the battalion of regulars, the cavalry, and a section of artillery. The rear guard thus organized followed our panic-stricken people to Centreville, resisting the attacks of the rebel cavalry and artillery, and saving them from the inevitable destruction which awaited them had not this body been interposed.
Among those who deserve especial mention I beg leave to place the following names, viz:
Captain Griffin, for his coolness and promptitude in action, and for the handsome manner in which he handled his battery.
Lieutenant Ames, of the same battery, who, after being wounded, gallantly served with it in action, and being unable to ride on horseback, was helped on and off a caisson in changes of position.
Captain Tillinghast, A. Q. M., who was ever present where his services were needed, carrying orders, rallying troops, and serving with the batteries, and finally, I have to state with the deepest sorrow, was mortally wounded.
Major Sykes and the officers of his command, three of whom (Lieutenants Latimer, Dickinson, and Kent) were wounded, who by their discipline, steadiness, and heroic fortitude, gave eclat to our attacks upon the enemy, and averted the dangers of a final overthrow.
Major Palmer and the cavalry officers under him, who by their daring intrepidity made the effectiveness of that corps all that it could be upon such a field in supporting batteries, feeling the enemy's position, and covering our retreat.
Major Reynolds, marines, whose zealous efforts were well sustained by his subordinates, two of whom, Brevet Major Zeilin and Lieutenant Hale, were wounded, and one, Lieutenant Hitchcock, lost his life.
Col. H. W. Slocum, who was wounded while leading his gallant Twenty-seventh New York to the charge, and Maj. J. J. Bartlett, who subsequently commanded it, and by his enthusiasm and valor kept it in action and out of the panic. His conduct was imitated by his subordinates, of whom two, Capt. H. C. Rodgers and Lieut. H. C. Jackson, were wounded, and one, Ensign Asa Park, was killed.
In the last attack Col. A.M. Wood, of the Fourteenth New York State Militia, was wounded, together with Capts. R. B. Jordan and C. F. Baldwin, and Lieuts. J. A. Jones, T. R. Salter, R. A. Goodenough, and C. Scholes, and Adjutant Laidlaw.
The officers of the Fourteenth, especially Maj. James Jourdan, were distinguished by their display of spirit and efficiency throughout the action.
Surg. Charles C. Keeney, of the medical department, who by his professional skill, promptitude, and cheerfulness made the condition of the wounded of the Second Division comparatively comfortable. (He was assisted to a great extent by Dr. Rouch, of Chicago, a citizen.)
During the entire engagement I received extremely valuable aid and assistance from my aides-de-camp, Lieuts. C. F. Trowbridge and F. M. Bache, both of the Sixteenth Infantry.
Lieut. J. B. Howard, Fourteenth New York State Militia, A. A. Q. M. for the brigade, who by zealous attention to his duties succeeded in safely bringing the wagons of my brigade to Arlington.
The staff officers of the Second Division commander, viz, Capt. W. D. Whipple, Lieutenants Cross and Flagler, served with me after the fall of Colonel Hunter, and I am indebted to them for gallant, faithful services during the day. Captain Whipple had his horse killed under him by a cannon ball.
Acting Asst. Adjt. General Lieut. W. W. Averell sustained the high reputation he had before won for himself as a brave and skillful officer, and to him I am very greatly indebted for aid and assistance, not only in performing with the greatest promptitude the duties of his position, but by exposing himself most fearlessly in rallying and leading forward the troops, he contributed largely to their general effectiveness against the enemy. I desire to call the attention of the commanding general particularly to him.
In conclusion, I beg leave to submit the inclosed return of killed, wounded, and missing in my brigade.(+) Since the above reports were handed in many of the missing have returned, perhaps one-third of those reported. The inclosed report of Colonel Burnside, [No. 39], commanding Second Brigade, was sent to me after the above report was written. While respectfully calling the attention of the general commanding to it, I would also ask leave to notice some misconceptions under which the colonel commanding the Second Brigade seems to have labored at the time of writing his report, viz: Of his agency in the management or formation of the Second Division, on the field; 2d, of the time that his brigade was entirely out of the action, with the exception of the New Hampshire Regiment; 3d, of the position of his brigade in the retreat, and particularly of the position of the Seventy-first New York, as he may have mistaken the rear guard, organized under my direction by your orders, for the enemy.
Captain Arnold's battery and the cavalry were directed and placed in their positions by my senior staff officer up to the time when Colonel Heintzelman ordered the cavalry to the front of the column.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Colonel Sixteenth Infantry, U. S. Army, Comdg
Brig. and Div. Capt. J. B. FRY,
Assistant Adjutant-General
* See also No. 39, p. 395
+ Division return shows 126 killed, 297 wounded, 346 missing
Table – Return of casualties in the Second Division (Union) of Northeastern Virginia, at the Battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861