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Five myths about the Gaza crisis
Yes, Israelis and Palestinians have entered yet another violent round in their seemingly interminable conflict. How did they get into this mess? And, more important, how are they going to get out of it? As we watch the fighting escalate, here are five myths that need correcting.
1. John Kerry's failed peace process led to the crisis.
There are many downsides to spending nine months trying to achieve an Israeli-Palestinian agreement when one was never possible. But the notion, as some maintain, that the secretary of state's bid for an agreement made America the "arsonist of the Middle East" isn't one of them. The horrific murders of three Israeli teens by Palestinian extremists, and the torture and murder of a young Palestinian by Israeli Jewish extremists, had nothing to do with Kerry or the ups and downs of the peace process.
Kerry failed in April because Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas couldn't or wouldn't find common ground on the big sticking points, such as how to divide Jerusalem and how to handle Palestinian refugees.
The kidnappings of the Israeli teens occurred in June, and if undertaken by a Hamas cell – independent or tied to Gaza – had a logic unrelated to Kerry's effort. As did the revenge killing of the Palestinian teen by Israeli Jews. Even if Kerry had succeeded, extremists might have sought to derail the deal. In the spring of 1996, for example, Hamas conducted four suicide attacks in nine days, killing about 60 Israelis, in an effort to ensure that the Oslo peace process would not continue after an Israeli extremist assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
2.The Gaza crisis has a military solution.
Several of Prime Minister Netanyahu's coalition partners think the Israeli army should reoccupy Gaza and destroy Hamas. But most Israelis and Palestinians know that isn't the answer; they've lived through two tragic prequels to this movie. For three weeks in 2008-2009 and one week in 2012, Israel and Hamas confronted each other. And each time, the aftermath was predictable: No Israel-Hamas problem can be solved through force of arms – only managed. In the first case, Israeli declared a unilateral cease-fire; in the second, the Egyptians brokered one. Israel achieved a measure of deterrence that lasted until the next round; Hamas, beaten up badly, survived politically and restocked its arsenal of long-range weapons.
Israel isn't prepared to pay the political, economic or psychological price that would come with occupying Gaza or launching a massive military intervention to destroy Hamas as an organization. Indeed, there are no solutions, only another outcome that may buy Israel a temporary quiet but won't eliminate Hamas's rockets.
3.We're on the verge of a third intifada.
The violence in the West Bank and Gaza clearly could escalate, particularly if civilian deaths in Gaza rise dramatically. And the fact that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been preternaturally quiet during the past several years makes the current violence seem more severe. But that doesn't necessarily suggest, as some commentators have, that we're facing another intifada. Or that it would be similar to the first, from 1987 to 1991, which was a broad popular uprising organized at the grass-roots level; or to the second, from 2000 to 2004, a suicide terror campaign led by Hamas, Fatah-affiliated groups and others that culminated in a sustained military confrontation with the Israel Defense Forces.
The Palestinian public suffered immensely from the latter, which produced nothing but political and economic disaster, and it doesn't want to go there again. Polls in early June indicated that Palestinians were far more focused on economic concerns than on launching a massive uprising. And unlike Yasser Arafat, who never really gave up the gun and died during the second intifada, President Abbas is neither willing nor able to direct a war against Israel. A sustained confrontation would also require serious cooperation between Hamas and Fatah, and neither side – despite their so-called unity agreement – seems interested in that.
4.The hawkish Netanyahu is eager to pound Gaza.
Some believe that the Israeli prime minister's antagonism toward Palestinians provoked the current crisis. Having dealt with Bibi during his first stint as prime minister in the 1990s, I am convinced that he has no intention of being the father of a Palestinian state. Nevertheless, he remains the only Likud prime minister to cede territory in the West Bank. He has struck hard at Hamas previously, but his record is one of restraint when compared with predecessors such as Ehud Olmert and Ariel Sharon.
Today, Netanyahu is a man stuck in the middle: His advisers on the right want a more expansive military approach. His critics on the left believe he will always opt for military strength. But, from what I hear, Netanyahu does not want an escalation, even though he wants to deal Hamas a severe blow. So far, as terrible as the Israeli strikes on Hamas have been for Gazan civilians, this remains a limited operation, not the type of large-scale military sweep seen in Israel's 2006 war with Hezbollah in Lebanon or 2009's Operation Cast Lead. Long-range Hamas missiles directed at Tel Aviv and Jerusalem might still trigger a much broader conflict, but not because Netanyahu wants one.
5.Washington can and should end this crisis.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has criticized the Obama administration for not leaping into the middle of the Gaza crisis. But right now, Washington lacks the key ingredients for successful mediation. The last thing the United States needs is to strengthen Hamas, and thereby weaken Abbas, by engaging directly with the Islamist organization. As long as the Egyptians or the Turks aren't prepared to try to get Hamas to stand down, and Hamas isn't ready to do so, neither the president nor the secretary of state will have much leverage with the Israelis. And right now Hamas, and perhaps even Israel, does not seem all that desperate to end this. American phones may be ringing soon enough.
If that moment comes, there may be a useful role for the Obama administration to play. But America does not need to get in the middle of a fight that neither side is prepared to end just yet.
Aaron David Miller, a vice president at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, has served as a Middle East adviser for Republican and Democratic secretaries of state. He is the author of the forthcoming "The End of Greatness: Why America Can't Have (and Doesn't Want) Another Great President."


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GHENT, Belgium — After struggling with mental illness for years, Cornelia Geerts was so desperate to die that she asked her psychiatrist to kill her.
Her sister worried that her judgment was compromised. The 59-year-old was taking more than 20 pills every day, including antidepressants, an opioid, a tranquilizer, and two medicines often used to treat bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
About a year later, on October 7, 2014, her doctor administered a lethal dose of drugs. It was all legal procedure in Belgium, which has among the world's most permissive euthanasia laws.
"I know it was Cornelia's wish, but I said to the psychiatrist that it was a shame that someone in treatment for years could just be brought to the other side with a simple injection," said her sister, Adriana Geerts.
Belgium is one of five countries that allow doctors to kill patients at their request, and one of two, along with the Netherlands, that grant the procedure for people with mental illness. The idea is that those with a psychiatric illness should be afforded the same rights as those suffering from a physical one.
"I always regret that we couldn't do something else," said Dr. Lieve Thienpont, one of the doctors who signed off on Geerts' death. "At the same time, I'm part of the relief for the patient."
Like many in Belgium and elsewhere, Thienpont, a respected psychiatrist and prominent euthanasia advocate, believes that when medicine can't relieve suffering, euthanasia — when doctors actively kill patients — should be an option. And because psychological suffering can be harder to detect, doctors must take patients at their word.
"You can't see it on a scan," she said. "But we have to listen to the patient. We have to believe them because we can't see (the suffering) always."
Cases like Geerts and others have shown, though, how difficult it can be to strike a balance between respecting personal freedom and ensuring that people requesting euthanasia have the mental capacity to make that decision. Many, including Geerts' sister Adriana, think society should try harder to help struggling people with issues they face in jobs and relationships.
Thienpont's approach to managing euthanasia requests has raised concerns even among doctors who support the procedure for psychological suffering. According to copies of letters obtained by The Associated Press, those worries have led to a clash between Thienpont and Dr. Wim Distelmans, chairman of Belgium's euthanasia review commission, that has not been publicly disclosed.
The documents do not include accusations that patients were killed who shouldn't have been, but they suggest doctors may have failed to meet certain legal requirements in some cases. And they highlight how difficult it can be to judge whose pain should end in death.
Distelmans did not respond to requests by email and telephone for an interview. Thienpont described receiving Distelmans' letter in February as "a very difficult moment" and said that she and members of Distelmans' team were still working out how to resolve what she called "internal issues."
In the countries where euthanasia is legal — Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Luxembourg and the Netherlands — the vast majority of cases are people with a fatal illness such as cancer who have only weeks or months to live.
To qualify for euthanasia in Belgium, people must meet a number of criteria, including proving they have "unbearable and untreatable" suffering. Among adults whose lives are ended for psychiatric reasons, the most common conditions are depression, personality disorder and Asperger's syndrome, a mild form of autism. People diagnosed with early-stage dementia can also request euthanasia, including for the future.
Euthanasia is not permitted in the U.S., but six states and Washington D.C. allow assisted suicide, where doctors provide people with the means to kill themselves, such as a deadly dose of medication. Patients must be terminally ill and the procedure is forbidden for psychiatric patients.
As these procedures are slowly becoming more accepted, and in some places where they are already allowed, boundaries are being stretched even further.
"You can't see it on a scan. But we have to listen to the patient. We have to believe them because we can't see (the suffering) always."
Dr. Lieve Thienpont
In 2014, Belgium became the first country in the world to expand its original euthanasia law by explicitly allowing it for children, although this cannot be for psychological suffering. The Netherlands, the first country to legalize euthanasia, has proposed extending euthanasia to old, healthy people who feel they have "completed" their lives. Canada, which passed its euthanasia law last year, is facing legal challenges designed to expand access to the procedure.
The number of people killed for psychological suffering is small — about 40 cases among Belgium's 2,000 yearly euthanasia deaths. But that's more than some experts predicted. In 2008, when euthanasia for psychiatric disorders was first broken out, four people were euthanized for psychiatric disorders. By 2015, the latest year for which data are available, that figure was 43.
"What could help me to die?"
As more countries grapple with whether to legalize assisted dying, Thienpont argues they needn't worry about setting limits on who should be eligible for euthanasia, because only the truly desperate will ask to die.
"You don't have to be afraid," she said.
One of Thienpont's patients, Amy De Schutter, says approving euthanasia for psychiatric patients can save lives.
"We want to live," said De Schutter, whose request for euthanasia was granted last year, though she didn't set an immediate date to die.
De Schutter says she endured years of failed treatment at psychiatric institutions and spent months deliberating how to kill herself. A trained physicist, she calculated the time it would take for an overdose to kick in, considered which bridge she might jump from and listed ways to kill herself in PowerPoint presentations.
De Schutter had already picked the day of her suicide, but one month before her intended death last year, her euthanasia request was accepted. Once she had been given clearance to legally die at home, she was relieved she wouldn't have to kill herself. That was comforting enough to her that she didn't set an immediate date for her euthanasia and has even drawn up a list of things she'd like to do in the meantime.
"It felt like 10,000 kilos was just (lifted)," De Schutter said. She says if she hadn't been in a country where euthanasia was legal, she would have resorted to suicide by now.
Pierre Pol Vincke wishes his daughter Edith could have gotten that same relief — and perhaps continued to live. "She said, 'Dad, you understand science, what could help me to die?" said Vincke, a biologist and amateur beekeeper in his garden in Ramillies, Belgium. "I said, as a father, I can't do that."
Doctors refused her euthanasia request, despite years of psychiatric illness. On November 3, 2011, Edith slashed her throat.
Jean-Jacques De Gucht, a Belgian lawmaker who co-sponsored the amendment that made the procedure available to children, says the law enhances personal freedom and that criticism of the country's euthanasia policies are misguided.
"I think one of the greatest gifts you can give to society is to give people the possibility to choose for themselves if they're in a situation where they're suffering every day, to choose for themselves how to cope with that pain," he said.
'We must try to stop these people'
Sophie Nys believes her sister's euthanasia was granted far too easily. She acknowledges that her sister Tine had long struggled with mental health problems, but said it was unthinkable that those problems warranted her death. Tine's longtime psychiatrist rejected her request to die, but Tine soon found Thienpont.
Sophie Nys says that Thienpont diagnosed Tine with Asperger's and approved her euthanasia request after two or three sessions with Thienpont. Because Asperger's is "incurable and chronic," it meets one of the legal requirements for euthanasia. Sophie said her sister was so intent on being euthanized she might have manipulated the test.
"She knew that if she wasn't diagnosed with autism or Asperger's that she would not have a chance (of being euthanized)," she said. Two months after her diagnosis with Asperger's, Nys was killed, at age 38.
After Nys' death, her sister Sophie filed a criminal complaint, alleging irregularities in her sister's euthanasia procedure, including fumbling efforts to administer drugs and asking her family to confirm that Tine's heart had stopped.
Nys later obtained access to her sister's medical file and found emails between her sister's doctors attempting to block the investigation into Tine's death.
"We must try to stop these people," Thienpont wrote in one email to her colleagues that was provided to the AP. "It is a seriously dysfunctional, wounded, traumatized family with very little empathy and respect for others," the message read. "I am starting to better understand Tine's suffering."
The criminal complaint against Thienpont and the other doctors involved in Tine Nys' death was dismissed last year. The Nys family is appealing the decision. Others who knew Tine Nys have suggested the family's account is not reliable because they were estranged, and that she was convinced only death would alleviate her misery.
Thienpont declined to comment on the Nys case, citing medical confidentiality.
'Your euthanasia cases will not be treated anymore'
Thienpont's readiness to grant euthanasia to mental health patients has made some of her own colleagues uncomfortable.
In 2015, Thienpont was the lead author of a paper published in the medical journal BMJ Open, tracking 100 of her patients who requested euthanasia between 2007 and 2011. Of those, 48 were granted.
Some doctors were stunned by the high number of requests Thienpont fielded and how many were approved. At some other major psychiatric centers in Belgium, doctors receive only a handful of such requests every year, of which perhaps about 10 to 30 percent are accepted, according to several psychiatrists who deal with such requests.
"That one single psychiatrist in Belgium has had such a major impact on the practice of euthanasia in psychiatric patients is very alarming," said Dr. Stephan Claes, a psychiatrist at the University of Leuven.
Thienpont disputed that characterization, adding that she was not the only psychiatrist signing off on patients' requests and that her numbers were not unusual.
But some colleagues, including some of the most prominent euthanasia practitioners in Belgium, have refused to accept her patients.
Distelmans, a cancer doctor who chairs the euthanasia commission and helped found the clinics known as "End of Life Information Forum," known by their Flemish acronym, LEIF, has administered the fatal injection to some of Belgium's most high-profile cases, including a man who had a bungled sex change and deaf twins, aged 45, who were going blind.
He and Thienpont had a long history of collaboration, with Thienpont's Ghent-based organization, Vonkel, referring patients to his LEIF clinics.
But earlier this year, Distelmans and colleagues sent Thienpont a letter that raised concern that some patients may have been killed without meeting a legal requirement that an independent consultation be performed first.
"Your euthanasia cases will not be treated anymore within our operation," Distelmans and colleagues wrote in a February 13 letter. "The reason is a difference of opinion on how a request for euthanasia must be approved. We have already communicated this several times orally, but to no avail."
"That one single psychiatrist in Belgium has had such a major impact on the practice of euthanasia in psychiatric patients is very alarming. "
Dr. Stephan Claes
Thienpont said the letter raised problems only about how patients were referred, not how she and colleagues were practicing euthanasia, and that Distelmans told her after the letter was sent that he has no concerns about her euthanasia process. She says she has never once received a request from the euthanasia commission to provide more details about her cases.
Thienpont also blamed the patients for not describing events accurately.
"These patients are very desperate, stressed," she said. "They say things that are not always correct."
Belgium requires that people seeking euthanasia for psychiatric reasons receive an independent consultation from at least two other doctors in addition to the one who approved the procedure. The doctors don't have to agree; the law requires only that the objective assessments be sought.
Despite that latitude, Distelmans complained that Thienpont's patients were arriving at his clinic with "unrealistic expectations," presuming that their euthanasia request would automatically be approved. That, he said, made conducting an independent assessment — a statutory requirement — unworkable.
"We found several times that you had already made promises to patients that were referred to us," they wrote, and that such "promises" undermined their own attempts to engage with patients and figure out if euthanasia was justifiable. "We want to distance ourselves from this way of working."
Penney Lewis, co-director of the Centre of Medical Law and Ethics at King's College London, said that Distelmans' objections to Thienpont's practice, given his role as chair of the national euthanasia commission, were particularly serious.
"He is someone who is well-versed in reviewing cases to make decisions," she said. "If he's saying, 'I think there's a concern about one of the legal criteria in your practice,' that carries much greater weight than if it were just another consultant doctor saying that."
'A need to be stricter'
Support for euthanasia, including for psychiatric patients, remains high in Belgium. And the country's public health minister, Maggie De Block, is a euthanasia advocate who once helped raise money for Distelmans' clinics.
But the Nys case and others like it have led some critics to a push for more exacting oversight and tougher approval procedures.
An increasing number of psychiatrists say the vague provisions of the law give individual doctors too much discretion and believe more rigorous oversight is needed to protect patients.
Other experts are troubled by the lack of transparency in Belgium. There is one review commission in Belgium and they release little information about cases. In the Netherlands, there are five committees and they release detailed accounts of controversial cases. Since 2002, only one case in Belgium has been referred to prosecutors for further investigation.
Fernand Keuleneer, who sat on the Belgian national euthanasia commission, said the system is not designed to protect patients in part because cases are only reviewed after their deaths.
The Flemish Psychiatric Association is now drafting new guidelines, including a requirement that all proven treatments be tried before considering euthanasia.
"There's a need to be stricter because now we see that sometimes euthanasia is granted too quickly, too easily, without enough checks and balances," said Dr. Joris Vandenberghe, a psychiatrist at the University of Leuven, who is working on the guidance. They resemble those already being used in the Netherlands, and are set to be presented in December.
"I'm convinced that in Belgium, people have died where there were still treatment options and where there was still a chance for years and even decades of (quality) life," Vandenberghe said.
'I wish there had been another way'
Doctors say that balancing the finality of euthanasia with the often treatable and sometimes fleeting nature of many psychiatric illnesses is extraordinarily difficult.
"These are patients who are easily misunderstood because of the disorders they have," said Dr. Scott Kim, a bioethics expert at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. He said psychiatric patients will often express a wish to die that is transient or a symptom of their condition. "Any patient with a serious psychiatric diagnosis will be in a lot of distress and could technically meet the Belgian requirement of 'unbearable suffering' for euthanasia."
Psychiatrist Claes said he is convinced treatment options remain for many of the patients with psychological suffering being euthanized. He recalled consulting on the euthanasia request of a woman who was about 25, with issues including borderline personality disorder, self-harming behavior and mood instability.
"She told me that she already had the permission for euthanasia given by Dr. Thienpont," he said. "What was really shocking about this patient specifically was that she was very young and a number of therapeutic options had clearly not been tried out sufficiently."
But to desperate patients like De Schutter, further restricting euthanasia for psychiatric patients is a form of discrimination that infringes on her autonomy.
"I can get a loan, I can buy a car, I can (have) kids, I can buy a house (and) do everything that I want to," she said. "But if I want to end my life, all of a sudden, I can't think straight anymore? That's something strange."
For some bereaved relatives whose loved ones have been euthanized for psychological reasons, the loss is compounded by a belief that doctors should have instead done what they could to keep their patients alive.
Although Geerts disagreed with her sister's request for euthanasia, she accompanied Cornelia to the clinic that morning, in the hopes that she would change her mind.
"I think if the doctors had tried to help her more or proposed other things, she might have felt there was another solution," she said. "I wish there had been another way."
— Maria Cheng

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- I live in the Sierra Foothills and wanted to share what life is like living in the foothills. It is definitely not city life! We discovered since moving here that the only thing here that has changed since the 1800's are the clothing styles, how the houses are built, modes of transportation and little else. It is a rural area that we have dubbed Green Acres. Yes, the mentality of folks here must be the same as it was back in older times. We love the peace and quiet and we love the opportunity to see wildlife that you just do not see in the city, that is unless you go to the zoo! The air is clean; it rains; it snows; we have the four seasons. I have been inspired here by a friend who recently passed away to pursue my love of writing. I am hoping to become published soon. Please take a look at all the different categories on my blog. I hope that you enjoy them all! I look forward to your comments and if you like what you see, please feel free to subscribe! In Peace-- BW Beacham


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Tim Minchin Occasional Address and Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters –
This is a real classic – Tim Minchin's inspirational speech to graduates on his being awared an honorary doctorate. It has a lot of wisdom in it and the ideas are concisely, but effectively, expressed.
Tim has placed the full text of his speech on his blog – see OCCASIONAL ADDRESS. I urge you to watch the video but will just quote from one section of his speech – his advice to "Be Hard On Your Opinions:"
A famous bon mot asserts that opinions are like arse-holes, in that everyone has one. There is great wisdom in this… but I would add that opinions differ significantly from arse-holes, in that yours should be constantly and thoroughly examined.
We must think critically, and not just about the ideas of others. Be hard on your beliefs. Take them out onto the verandah and beat them with a cricket bat.
Be intellectually rigorous. Identify your biases, your prejudices, your privilege.
Most of society's arguments are kept alive by a failure to acknowledge nuance. We tend to generate false dichotomies, then try to argue one point using two entirely different sets of assumptions, like two tennis players trying to win a match by hitting beautifully executed shots from either end of separate tennis courts.
By the way, while I have science and arts grads in front of me: please don't make the mistake of thinking the arts and sciences are at odds with one another. That is a recent, stupid, and damaging idea. You don't have to be unscientific to make beautiful art, to write beautiful things.
If you need proof: Twain, Adams, Vonnegut, McEwen, Sagan, Shakespeare, Dickens. For a start.
You don't need to be superstitious to be a poet. You don't need to hate GM technology to care about the beauty of the planet. You don't have to claim a soul to promote compassion.
Science is not a body of knowledge nor a system of belief; it is just a term which describes humankind's incremental acquisition of understanding through observation. Science is awesome.
The arts and sciences need to work together to improve how knowledge is communicated. The idea that many Australians – including our new PM and my distant cousin Nick – believe that the science of anthropogenic global warming is controversial, is a powerful indicator of the extent of our failure to communicate. The fact that 30% of this room just bristled is further evidence still. The fact that that bristling is more to do with politics than science is even more despairing."
Scientists will love this speech – so will teachers.


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Climate envoys from developed countries, emerging economies and low-lying nations at risk of being swamped by rising seas will meet in Poland for the next two weeks to lay the groundwork for a new climate change pact.
The meeting comes as the Philippines reels from a massive typhoon that reportedly killed as many as 10,000 people, and recent reports saying climate change will exacerbate problems, such as poverty and extreme weather, that already exist.
Despite the seeming urgency of the issue, stubborn sticking points remain and no major decisions are expected at the conference starting Monday in Warsaw's National Stadium. The level of progress could be an indicator of the world's chances of reaching a deal in 2015.
That's the new watershed year in the U.N.-led process after a 2009 summit in Copenhagen ended in discord.
Climate change is "very, very scary stuff. And evidence is accumulating weekly, monthly as to how dangerous this will be. So there is a huge urgency that we get on with this," said Andrew Steer, the head of the World Resources Institute in Washington.
The urgency of the problem was underlined in a recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the U.N.-sponsored body that provides the scientific basis for the negotiations.
The IPCC said in September with more certainty than before that humans are warming the planet, mainly through carbon emissions from the burning of oil, coal and gas. It raised its projections for sea level rise and warned that the Arctic Ocean could be nearly ice-free during summers before mid-century if the world doesn't act to curb emissions.
"Global greenhouse gas emissions need to peak this decade, and get to zero net emissions by the second half of this century," U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres said last week.
The hard part is deciding how to divide those cuts. Since they began in 1992, the U.N. talks have been bogged down by disputes between rich and poor countries over who should do what.
For a long time the U.S. was seen as the biggest foot-dragger — it was the only industrialized country that didn't join the Kyoto Protocol, a 1997 emissions deal. America's standing has improved under President Barack Obama, who has increased fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks, worked to boost energy efficiency in federal buildings, invested in green energy and acted to cut emissions from power plants.
While many countries say the U.S. should do more, increasing focus is falling on the world's top carbon polluter, China, which is under pressure to fuel its economic development in a cleaner way than the U.S. and other industrialized nations did.
Beijing points to the West's historical responsibility for having pumped carbon into the atmosphere since the industrial revolution took off in Britain in the 18th century. But that argument is losing weight as Chinese emissions surge.
U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern noted in a speech last month that the cumulative emissions of developing countries will have surpassed those of developed countries by 2020.
Also, "it is unwarranted to assign blame to developed countries for emissions before the point at which people realized that those emissions caused harm to the climate system," Stern said.
Key details of the new treaty remain to be worked out, including whether all or parts of it should be legally binding. It's also unclear in what form national offers of post-2020 emissions cuts and other climate actions will be presented and by when.
Many key players, including the European Union, are pushing for countries to present their initial offers at a climate summit for world leaders called by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in September next year.
"In Warsaw, we must agree to prepare strong pledges for the 2015 deal and to step up emission cuts over the rest of this decade," EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard said.
Negotiators will face a host of recurring stumbling blocks, including money to help poor countries convert to cleaner energy sources and adapt to a shifting climate that may lead to disruptions of agriculture and drinking water, and the spread of diseases.
In Copenhagen, developed countries agreed to scale up climate financing to $100 billion annually by 2020.
Current flows are nowhere near that level. British charity Oxfam estimates that rich countries have announced contributions of about $16 billion this year, some of it in the form of loans.
Tense discussions are also expected on the calls by small island states and other vulnerable countries for compensation for the damage resulting from climate impacts such as rising seas and droughts.
Meanwhile, climate activists are concerned about coal-reliant Poland's role as host of the talks and have criticized the Poles for presiding over a coal conference at the same time.
The scientific basis for the U.N. climate policy was challenged Sunday at a meeting held by Poland's right-wing National Movement.
Polish and U.S. independent climate activists alleged there is not sufficient proof that carbon gases contribute to the rise in global temperatures or that human activity contributes to climate change. They asserted instead that the climate changes are due to regular warming and cooling cycles.
As always, there's a risk of procedural issues slowing things down. Last year's conference in Qatar ended on a bitter note when the chair gaveled a set of decisions despite Russia's objections.
Russia's chief negotiator was so upset that he blocked talks at a negotiating session in Germany in June.
Russia's protests reignited a discussion about the rules of procedure in the climate talks, which have not been formally adopted.
"We are wondering whether countries should invest too much time in the discussion unless they really want to solve it," said Wendel Trio, who heads the European branch of the Climate Action Network, an umbrella group of environmental organizations.
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To look at the IT trade press these days, you'd think everyone is on the fast track to deploying software-defined networking (SDN). In reality, much of this technology is still on the drawing board, with some estimating that truly workable production deployments are a good three to four years away.
This isn't a bad thing, considering the crucial role networking will play in the virtual/cloud era. In an age of unlimited server and storage resources, the enterprise will live or die on its ability to move data from place to place.
To do that, of course, you'll need a high degree of management and orchestration of newly abstracted network resources, which is one of SDN's prime advantages: the separation of control and data planes, allowing network configurations to be deployed and removed at a moment's notice.
Ostensibly, this is all to be done in software, hence the term software-defined networking. Lately, however, it seems that some of the top platform vendors are intent on adding a hardware component to SDN, arguing that they can provide improved manageability through a more integrated approach.
First up is Cisco, which recently sent its OnePK system to beta users. The OnePK package features what Cisco calls elastic service control, which works across multiple hypervisors and non-Cisco switching platforms. So far, so good. However, Cisco is also employing specially designed ASICs on its own hardware, designed to give the vendor a leg up on defining and delivering service level agreements and implementing higher-order application control. It's a gamble, really, assuming that enterprise users will value the extra edge that Cisco provides, despite the fact that SDN is designed to prevent just this kind of vendor dependency.
Meanwhile, Intel is taking a similar tack through a new set of reference designs for the development of SDN components, as well as a new Open vSwitch designed to smooth the flow of data across Intel-based hardware. The new switch reference design is a 48×10 GBE top-of-rack framework, while the server reference design offers up a common platform for virtual switches. Both support OpenFlow and Open vSwitch as well as numerous management APIs for third-party development; both are optimized for Xeon-based hardware. With this approach, Intel could hold major sway over the future development paths of SDN, even without producing any actual switching equipment or software of its own.
With SDN being such a recent development, however, the field is ripe for newcomers in software-based network management. Adara, for one, is counting on the enterprise's need to unify management stacks under a single user interface as it rolls out the new Hercules platform. The system provides full orchestration and synchronization of SDN-based network elements, first by decoupling modular network components and then scaling them out to support large numbers of devices. In this way, Hercules provides a fully distributed, but still logically centralized, architecture. At the same time, it also provides an automated SLA enforcement mechanism, allowing highly dense VM configurations for multi-tenant environments.
Pica8 is out with the Open Data Center Framework that builds on the OpenFlow 1.2 protocol to provide a fully programmable network infrastructure. The system oversees three key SDN components – traffic engineering, tunneling and network taps – that Pica8 calls the building blocks of the network fabric. In this way, Pica8 strikes the opposite pose of Cisco and other hardware backers by saying a fully dynamic network environment can be accomplished in software using commodity hardware.
Ultimately, the choice is up to the enterprise, but hardware vendors' success in an SDN era will depend largely on their ability to provide value-added functionality to their pseudo-proprietary platforms. Either that, or we could be on the verge of another round of acquisitions, this time targeting network management software developers.


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CHAMBLEE - A motorist who plugged his electric car into an outlet at a school near Atlanta is facing a theft charge, sparking debate about where and when it's acceptable to use power.
Kaveh Kamooneh of Decatur tells WXIA-TV that he charged his Nissan Leaf for 20 minutes, drawing about a nickel's worth of electricity while playing tennis at Chamblee Middle School last month. It resulted in a 15-hour jail stay.
Chamblee Police Chief Marc Johnson tells The Associated Press the outlet was not a charging station.
"It's no different from him pulling up in your carport and saying, 'Hey, I see an outlet,'" the police chief said Thursday.
But the case is drawing plenty of debate from owners of electric cars and others, many of whom are criticizing police.
Johnson said Thursday he's received emails approaching about 700 including "probably 15 that were positive."
Chris Campbell of the Electric Vehicle Club said he hadn't heard of such a case before.
"It's stunning that somebody would get arrested for 5 cents of electricity," Campbell told WSB-TV.
Kamooneh acknowledges he didn't ask permission to charge the car. "When I got there, there was nobody there. It was a Saturday morning," he told WXIA.
"He wasn't supposed to have been there to start with," the police chief said.
When a Chamblee police sergeant contacted Chamblee Middle School later, a school resource officer said Kamooneh was not allowed on the school tennis courts without permission from school employees.
"This was reportedly due to his interference with the use of the tennis courts previously during school hours," Chamblee police said in a statement.


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Queen of the brunch table, arch-nemesis of hangovers, and mistress of the morning. Max Davidson of the Daily Telegraph has called it the "world's most complex cocktail," if only for the sheer number of ingredients that can go into it. Add into that the number of different spirit-based variations (the Bloody Maria with tequila, Bloody Bishop with Sherry, Bloody Fairy with absinthe, etc), and you end up with more options than you can shake a, well, a shaker at.
The ingredients and flavor profiles of a Bloody Mary are as complex and varied as the hangovers that spawn them. Not only that, but according to the American Chemical Society, the unique combination of ingredients and their reactions with each other creates literally hundreds of different flavor compounds that cover the entire range of human taste with the exception of bitterness. These flavor compounds are volatile and ever-changing, which means that for best results, you should mix your Bloody Mary fresh and serve it over plenty of ice to keep those chemical reactions at bay and keep the flavor in your glass.
Some people prefer the straight-up salty sweetness of tomato juice and celery. Others (like myself), the nose-biting, sinus-clearing pungency of horseradish or the hot bite of black pepper. Still others like to taint their drinks with copious amounts of briny olive juice (the heathen!).
So you can see the problem with trying to come up with "an ultimate" Bloody Mary recipe. One person's cure might be another's sickness. Horses for courses. Different drinks for different needs, and all that.
However, there are a few ground rules that can be generally agreed upon for the ideal Bloody Mary. Let's take a look at them (I'll also point out what I personally like in my cocktails)
Start With Tomato Juice, Clamato, or V8
Tomatoes put the blood in the bloody, and give Bloody Marys their unique savory quality. They contain high levels of glutamic acid, the essential amino acid that gives savory foods like meat, cheese, and mushrooms their mouthwatering umami flavor. This is the single most important ingredient in a Bloody Mary, so make sure you get a high quality, flavorful tomato juice.
- V8 Juice for those who like a bit more complexity and vegetable matter in their cocktail.
- Clamato adds another layer of savoriness, though it can be horribly off-putting to some.
I'm a straight-up tomato juice kind of guy here.
Add Savory Ingredients
Tomato juice is savory on its own, but if you really want to up the umami-factor and turn this into a cocktail that drinks like a meal, consider adding a few other extra-savory ingredients, such as:
- Worcestershire sauce. It's a classic Bloody Mary addition flavored with anchovies, tamarind, and dozens of other spices, adding richness and complexity to your dink.
- Beef Consommé. Bouillon cubes, demi-glace, or liquid consommé when used sparingly can give your cocktail the beefy, savory boost it needs. Just don't tell your vegetarian friends.
- Soy Sauce. Put a sushi condiment in your drink? Hell yes! just like with gravy and soup, a few drops of soy sauce can add a mysterious depth of flavor without overwhelming.
- Maggi Seasoning. This liquid amino extract (basically the same stuff as Gravy Master) is the secret weapon of the best bánh mì shops, adding savoriness in spades.
I very rarely go for all four, usually settling on a mix of Worcestershire and Maggi or soy.
Make it Spicy
Not to be confused with nose-tingling pungency of horseradish-type roots, I'm talking bout capsicum heat here—the kind that lingers on your tongue with a gentle burn. Some people like to overwhelm their Bloody Marys with intensely spicy chili peppers, but I personally find that their heat is more distracting than satisfying. Instead, I prefer to get my heat from three sources:
- Black pepper forms the hot aromatic backbone of my three-pronged approach to heat.
- A dash of Cayenne adds spiciness that lingers on your tongue.
- Hot sauce adds not only heat, but a touch of acidity as well, brightening up the drink. Tabasco is traditional, but I'm a Frank's guy.
Finish With Horseradish
Here comes that second kind of heat; the mustard-gas kind that rises up your nose and clear your sinuses. Horseradish is the obvious choice here (though some fresh wasabi might be fun too).
The question is: fresh or prepared? Prepared horseradish, made by grating horseradish and preserving it with salt and vinegar, can be totally fine in a pinch, so long as the bottles are relatively fresh (horseradish loses pungency as it sits).
To take your Bloody Marys to the next level, however, you should opt for fresh horseradish, grating it yourself on a microplane grater just before mixing your drink. It has a much more pronounced heat and aroma, and won't leave unpleasant chunks in your drink like prepared horseradish can.
Which Vodka Should You Use?
With so much going on in that glass, the vodka is the least of your worries. Its only role in this drink is to bring a bit of the hair of the dog back to the party, so any decent cheap brand will do. Save your expensive stuff for spirit-forward drinks!
Acid and Ice!
All that savoriness and heat can be overwhelming in a cocktail unless you balance it out by diluting it with ice and acid.
A Bloody Mary should always be shaken vigorously with plenty of ice in order to properly chill and dilute it. You want to use lots of ice in the shaker because it's the surface moisture clinging to that ice that's going to be primarily watering down your drink. Make sure your glass is well-chilled before pouring the drink into it.
Acidity is key. I like my Bloody Mary with a squeeze of lemon juice, though lime juice can be a fun alternative. Some people pour pickle juice or olive juice into the shaker as well. I say no thanks (save that olive juice for dirty martinis!)
And as for the glass, a nice celery salt rim gives you something to lick on between sips.
Here's where personal preference really comes into play. Some like to go commando, while others go all out with a full four-course skewered feast featuring olives and other pickles as an hors d'œuvre, cocktail shrimp as an appetizer, deli meats, boiled eggs, and crab claws as a main course, and a nice fat stalk of celery as a post-meal palate cleanser.
At the very least, offer a stalk of celery to give fidgety drinkers something to poke around with while they nurse their hangovers.
Check out my personal recipe for the ultimate Bloody Mary here, then tell me: how do you take yours?


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DENVER—Colorado Democrats targeted for recalls because of their support for gun control remained in limbo Tuesday and were pursuing legal challenges to avoid going back to the ballot this year.
Sen. Angela Giron, D-Pueblo, on Tuesday failed in her effort to have the recall petition against her thrown out because it was improperly worded. Democratic Senate President John Morse of Colorado Springs lost an identical argument last week.
The recall wrangling isn't over, though. A Democratic lawyer filed a lawsuit Tuesday appealing the Morse decision, and an appeal from Giron supporters was imminent.
The two Democrats are mounting their challenges based on the petition format used by recall organizers.
The Democratic lawyer, Mark Grueskin, has argued that petition signers didn't know exactly what they were signing. The petitions asked whether the lawmakers should be recalled but didn't ask whether an election should be held to appoint a successor.
"A petition form must inform unsophisticated as well as sophisticated voters who are considering whether or not to sign the petition," Grueskin argued in his appeal.
Deputy Secretary of State Suzanne Staiert said in both decisions that recall elections are "a fundamental right" and that the petition questions were enough to meet the legal threshold for valid recalls.
Unless a judge steps in, the senators would face recall elections between early August and early September—the first legislative recalls in Colorado history. Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper must set the date. A spokeswoman said this week that the governor's office is consulting with local officials about the best date for recalls.
In El Paso County, Republicans chose former Colorado Springs City Councilman Bernie Herpin in a nonbinding straw poll Tuesday to challenge Morse if that recall election is held.
Both senators are being targeted for recalls because of their support for new gun control laws, especially an ammunition magazine limit and a measure expanding background checks. Opponents say the gun controls violate Second Amendment rights.
The gun controls sparked intense opposition during this year's legislative session, and they've brought election-year intensity to a typically ho-hum time of year in Colorado politics. A lawsuit brought by a majority of Colorado sheriffs opposed to the gun controls was due for a court hearing Wednesday.
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"Project ISIS" has the ring of a James Bond movie, but it actually comes from an acronym (albeit a clumsy one) for a new curved radar array being developed by Raytheon and DARPA, the Pentagon's research arm. The Integrated Sensor Is Structure concept calls for such arrays running along the wings, tail and underbelly of military or commercial aircraft. Eventually, it could replace the flat-panel radar antennas typically found in a plane's nose, providing improved surveillance capabilities and better 360-degree threat detection. ISIS technology is set to debut in 2009 as part of a colossal unmanned airship parked at more than 65,000 ft. over combat zones. Bonding the ISIS radar to the airship's superstructure will cut down on overall weight, and allow for a huge, continuous array. At anywhere from 164 to 328 yards in length, the airship will be the largest airborne radar antenna ever built, able to track everything from aircraft to individual troops across hundreds of miles. Controlled remotely from the ground, the airship will ascend to the stratosphere and could take the place of standard surveillance aircraft, remaining in place for up to a year. Parts of the curved radar array have been tested successfully in the lab by Raytheon, but at press time no contracts had been announced for the design of the airship itself.


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The Candelaria clan is a family of hoofers dancing as fast as they can. But no matter how quick they are, the American dream seems to be just beyond their reach in "Somewhere."
Matthew Lopez's ebullient but flawed new family drama was inspired by his family's history and the life of his aunt, Priscilla Lopez, the dancer-actress best known as the fiery Morales in "A Chorus Line" on Broadway. Vibrantly directed by Giovanna Sardelli, the promising period charmer seems like a work in progress in its regional premiere at TheatreWorks through Feb. 10. It engagingly transports us back in time to the heady '50s in Manhattan, but it never quite figures out where its characters are headed.
The Candelaria family lives and breathes showbiz. Inez is the Ethel Merman of the tenements. She's a force of nature in a faded house dress. She and her dancer daughter Rebecca (the radiant Michelle Cabinian) work as ushers so they can see musicals. Her oldest son Alejandro (Michael Rosen) got cast in "The King and I" on Broadway when he was 13 but now slaves away as a waiter in a hotel. Her younger son Francisco (Eddie Gutierrez) dreams of acting in the movies.
Broadway is in their blood, so they are thrilled when "West Side Story" starts shooting on the streets of their neighborhood. They have finally arrived. But their exhilaration dissolves when their dingy apartment building is marked for demolition and the Puerto Rican community is uprooted to make room for Lincoln Center.
Lopez, a writer for HBO's "The Newsroom," draws us in with a witty and warm commentary on immigration and the way newcomers are simultaneously seduced and stung by the forces of assimilation. Inez and Alejandro work 80 hours a week in dead-end jobs that barely pay the bills. They worship at the church of Broadway, but they know they will never be able to afford a ticket.
While the exuberant drama often feels overfull, as if the playwright could not bear to part with any of his source material, there's no denying its energy and passion.
Lopez, whose "The Whipping Man" runs March 28-April 21 at Marin Theatre Company, has a real feel for the romance of the past. He also knows how to conjure up indelible characters with universal dreams. He just hasn't quite decided whose story should be the star of the show, so the plot zigzags as much as the dance steps, and it's hard understand some of the character's motivations. Rosen etches Alejandro's pain as well as his loyalty, but the text doesn't give us enough clues into his inner struggles.
Lopez, a Tony-winning Broadway veteran ("In the Heights"), has this part in her bones. She grounds the play with her deeply felt and compelling performance as Inez, the indomitable family matriarch. Inez has been bruised by life, but she will never be beaten by it. She lives in her dreams, and they give her hope, whether they come true or not.
The dance sequences in particular, which riff on the throb and pulse of "West Side Story," are guaranteed to sweep musical theater buffs away on the wings of nostalgia. Rebecca's living-room ballets and Alejandro's soft-shoe with Jamie (Leo Ash Evans), a neighborhood kid who made it on Broadway, are memorable.
While the play is saddled with one too many fantasy sequences, Alejandro's narrative arc feels muddled, and the ending is a puzzler. Greg Graham's whimsical choreography lends the production its most ethereal moments. If the text were as sure-footed as the dance, "Somewhere" would be irresistible.
The delicacy of the movement captures the loftiness of Inez's dreams for her family. They dance as if their lives depended on it, leaping and twirling through one cramped apartment after another, leaving the squalor of the slums behind as long as the music plays.
Contact Karen D'Souza at 408-271-3772. Read her at www.mercurynews.com/karen-dsouza, follow her at Twitter.com/KarenDSouza4 and like her at www.facebook.com/Dsouzatheaterpage.
By Matthew Lopez
Through: Feb. 10
Where: TheatreWorks, Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. Mountain View
Running time: 2 hours, 40 minutes (one intermission)
Tickets: $23-$73, 650-463-1960, www.theatreworks.org
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From candies and cookies to a savory roast, the smorgasbord of delicious foods available this time of year is hard to beat. But it's the signature combination of creamy cinnamon, vanilla and nutmeg flavors that make eggnog one of the most indulgent of all (especially with an added dash of brandy or rum for those old enough). For those of you who can't get enough of it, you're in luck. There are all kinds of treats, from bubblegum to popcorn, that emulate eggnog's classic, creamy taste. Go ahead and try one of these eggnog edibles while you can.
One of the most delicious-sounding treats on the list, this eggnog-flavored cupcake, available between Thanksgiving and Christmas, boasts cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg goodness in both the cake batter and the buttercream frosting. Yummy Cupcakes also sells a "spiked" version that's kicked up with brandy and a dollop of fresh vanilla bean buttercream on top so you can tell which cupcakes are for adults only! Photo: courtesy of Yummy Cupcakes
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Candy corn isn't just for Halloween anymore. Now you can get it at Christmastime too! Instead of orange and white, these yellow, white and brown-colored "mellocreme nuggets" are the perfect way to enjoy eggnog on the go! Photo: courtesy of CandyWarehouse.com
Malt Balls
Beulah's Candyland, which sells online through eBay, offers these eggnog-flavored malt balls. Available seasonally, from October through December, these candies are your traditional malted milk dipped in milk chocolate, but with the added touch of an eggnog-flavored coating. Photo: courtesy of Beulah's Candyland
Handmade eggnog marshmallows? You read that right—these gourmet sweets can be roasted over an open fire, added to hot cocoa or eaten plain, but any way you enjoy them, they're a delightful holiday treat. Available all year long, this treat made by Mia Mallows is perfect for your next holiday party or as a fun gift. Photo: courtesy of Fooducopia
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What could be more delicious than eggnog-flavored cake? Thanks to King Arthur Flour, you can whip up your very own with this Golden Eggnog cake mix. Available seasonally, from early fall through the holidays, all you have to do is add butter, eggs and milk before baking. And if you want to cover it in eggnog frosting, get some of their Eggnog Flavoring to add to your favorite icing recipe! Photo: courtesy of King Arthur Flour
Eggnog bubblegum sounds pretty interesting, to say the least. But who wouldn't want to give it a try? Only available during the holidays, these seasonally delicious balls of gum, which come in a festive tin, are alcohol-free. Photo: courtesy of CoolStuffExpress.com
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Add some salt water taffy to your candy bowl this Christmas with these chewy treats. The eggnog flavor will get you in the spirit, and guests will fall in love with the spiked-drink-flavored bites. Photo: courtesy of CandyCrate.com
McDonald's has their own set of seasonal specialties, and among them is this eggnog-flavored milkshake. Beginning with the classic vanilla milkshake, the dessert is enhanced with eggnog flavoring, coloring and a sprinkle of nutmeg on top. Photo: courtesy of .McDonald's
Carmel, chocolate, Cheddar or…eggnog popcorn? You bet! Kernel Encore's Gourmet Popcorn Shop sells eight different sizes of the unusual-flavored snack all year long. Photo: courtesy of Kernel Encore Popcorn
Adagio Teas offers a lighter, less caloric way to enjoy eggnog—in tea form. The tea, which is made with vanilla, rum and cinnamon flavors, is best served with a touch of cream, according to the manufacturer. Photo: courtesy of Adagio Teas


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Cedar Point opening after water main break
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SANDUSKY – The thrills are back at Cedar Point.
Ohio's most popular amusement park reopened Monday morning after a water main break caused the park to shut down for the weekend.
Park officials had to close Cedar Point and three of its hotels in Sandusky on Saturday, saying a lack of reliable water posed a safety risk.
Cedar Point apologized to guests and says any unused tickets would be good for the rest of the year.
The amusement park along Lake Erie sees more than 3 million visitors a year, making it the most visited theme park in Ohio and one of the nation's biggest.


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Greetings, Beautiful Beloveds. I AM Mary Magdalene. I greet you with much Love and understanding of your growing and glowing Love Essence; your Beautiful Presence; your Sustaining Grace; and your rise in consciousness to hold and maintain all the divine aspects of Creator in sustaining Truth.
You have reached a level of consciousness now that has surpassed all you have ever achieved, and you may find yourselves hovering in an entirely new place now that exhibits new behaviors and heralds new understanding of what used to be a puzzle.
Yet, you know that holding this new consciousness will take some gentle handling, for the energies of it are delicate and new and unfamiliar and cannot always be understood on a mind level. Allow this new consciousness to settle in your heart now and allow these new and unfamiliar feelings to incubate there. Allow the unknown to be welcome. Allow the uncertainty to be welcome. Allow your Divine Self to be more familiar, as you Love and Accept your Divine Self Beyond Everything.
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I AM Divine Wisdom beyond everything;
I AM Divine Love beyond everything;
I AM Divine Purity beyond everything;
I AM Divine Truth beyond everything;
I AM Divine Grace beyond everything;
I AM Divine Freedom beyond everything;
I AM Divine Clarity beyond everything;
I AM Divine Harmony beyond everything;
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Mr. Burns
|Mr. Burns
|The Simpsons character
|Voiced by
Christopher Collins (1989–1990)
Harry Shearer (1990–present)
|Owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant
Father: Colonel Clifford Burns
Mother: Daphne Charles
Son: Larry
|First appearance
|The Simpsons
|"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
Charles Montgomery Burns, usually referred to as Mr. Burns, is a recurring character in the animated television series The Simpsons, and is voiced by Harry Shearer. Burns is the evil owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and is also Homer Simpson's boss. He is assisted at almost all times by Waylon Smithers, his loyal and sycophantic aide, adviser, confidant and secret admirer.
Although originally conceived as a one-dimensional, recurring villain who might occasionally enter the Simpsons' lives and wreak some sort of havoc, Burns' popularity has led to his repeated inclusion in episodes. He is a stereotype of corporate America in his unquenchable desire to increase his own wealth and power, inability to remember his employees' names (including Homer's, despite frequent interactions – which has become a recurrent joke) and lack of concern for their safety and well-being. Reflecting his advanced age, Burns is given to expressing dated humor, making references to Jazz Age popular culture, and aspiring to apply obsolete technology to everyday life. Conan O'Brien has called Burns his favorite character to write for, due to his arbitrarily old age and extreme wealth.
Burns' trademark expression is the word "Excellent", muttered slowly in a low, sinister voice while steepling his fingertips. He occasionally orders Smithers to "release the hounds", so as to let his vicious guard dogs attack any intruders, enemies or even invited guests. Burns is Springfield's richest and most powerful citizen (and also the richest person in Springfield's state; his current net worth has been given as $7.3 billion[1] by Forbes, though it fluctuates wildly depending on the episode). He uses his power and wealth to do whatever he wants, usually without regard for consequences and without interference from the authorities. These qualities led Wizard Magazine to rate him the 45th greatest villain of all time. TV Guide named him #2 in their 2013 list of The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time.[2] In 2016, Rolling Stone ranked him #8 of their "40 Greatest TV Villains of All Time".[3]
Role in The Simpsons
As the primary antagonist, Mr. Burns spends his time in his office at the nuclear plant, monitoring his workers via closed-circuit cameras. At an early age, Burns left his family to live with a twisted and heartless billionaire who owned an "atom mill" in Shelbyville.[4] He lived a life of privilege and would amuse himself by injuring immigrant laborers.[5] Burns later attended Yale University, where he studied both science and business, joined Skull and Bones, and competed in the "etherweight" wrestling class, later graduating in the class of 1914. At his 25-year college reunion, he became romantically involved with the daughter of an old flame. She would later bear his child, Larry Burns, who was given up for adoption and would later enter Mr. Burns' life briefly.[6] Burns has been engaged at least three times: to a woman named Gertrude who died of loneliness and rabies,[7] to Marge Simpson's mother Jacqueline Bouvier,[8] and to a meter maid named Gloria.[9]
Burns enlisted in the United States Army during World War II, and served as a member of Springfield's Flying Hellfish squad under Master Sergeant Abraham Simpson and saw action in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge.[10] Later on he was shipped to the Pacific Theater and was a co-pilot along with Abe Simpson and his brother, Cyrus. Burns and Abe were shot down by a kamikaze and stuck on an island. At the end of World War II he was personally hired by President Harry S. Truman to transport a specially-printed trillion dollar bill to Europe as the United States' contribution to the reconstruction of Europe. As the United States' richest citizen, Burns was thought to be the most trustworthy. Burns absconded with the bill and kept it in his possession for many years until it was lost to Fidel Castro in "The Trouble with Trillions". In "Homer the Smithers", it is revealed that Burns' mother is still alive at the age of 122 years, although Burns dislikes speaking to her, because she had an affair with President William Howard Taft and she refers to him as an "improvident lackwit". Furthermore, because she is so old, the only things she can do (according to Mr. Smithers) are pick up the phone, dial and yell.
Burns resides in a vast, ornate mansion on an immense estate called Burns Manor, on the corner of Mammon and Croesus Streets. It is protected by a high wall, an electrified fence, and a pack of vicious attack dogs known as "The Hounds". Burns routinely subjects Springfield and its residents to his abuse and there is a general dislike of him throughout the town. Burns has blackmailed and bribed various officials in Springfield, including Mayor Quimby and its nuclear safety inspectors. He employed his wealth to make an ultimately unsuccessful run for governor, only to be denied his chance to be Governor by Marge Simpson. He once blocked out the sun to force Springfield residents to increase their use of electricity produced by his nuclear plant and was subsequently shot by Maggie.[11]
Burns' extreme old age is a frequent source of humor on the show. He is occasionally referred to as "Springfield's oldest resident"; in Season 2's "Simpson and Delilah", he told Homer that he is 81, although in several other episodes, he is shown to be 104.[12] When Smithers informs him that Burns' credit card PIN is his age, he types four digits in his answer. When Lisa Simpson is researching her ancestors from the American Civil War, she comes across a Colonel Burns in the journal, presumably one of Mr. Burns' earlier ancestors. However, when Lisa mentions him, Burns replies by saying that he hasn't heard his father's name in years. In other episodes, his birthplace is apparently Pangea, his national anthem implies he originates from Austria-Hungary, and he mentions the possibility of an update on the Siege of Khartoum, implying that he was aware of current events as early as 1884. In other episodes, he has instructed a postal clerk to send a telegram to the Prussian consulate in Siam via autogyro, and believes a nickel will buy "a steak and kidney pie, a cup of coffee, a slice of cheesecake and a newsreel, with enough change left over to ride the trolley from Battery Park to the Polo Grounds."[13]
Burns' state of mind is the subject of frequent jokes on the show. At times, he appears to be completely removed from reality and modern conventions. He continually fails to recognize Homer Simpson or remember his name, even though many of the recent major events in Burns' life have involved Homer in some way. Burns is, for the most part, unaware of the townspeople's general dislike of him. He also displays mannerisms which are considered outdated, such as practicing phrenology, writing with a quill pen, and using an antique view camera to take photographs. He is also angered when Springfield Elementary children mock his dated car, saying it was "the first car to outrun a man!" Burns refers to many celebrities of the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the present tense, assuming they are still alive. In "Homer at the Bat", Burns instructs Smithers to recruit dead-ball era players, such as Honus Wagner and Cap Anson for the plant's softball team, and has to be told that all of them died long ago. He also once rewarded Homer for being the first to arrive at work with a ticket to the 1939 World's Fair. However, despite his obvious senility and social ineptitude, Mr. Burns is an extraordinarily clever businessman, as he has lost his fortune several times, only to regain it a very brief time later. In the episode "The Old Man and Lisa", Burns loses his fortune, and regains it by opening a recycling plant, which allows him to regain his nuclear power plant. Additionally, in the episode "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story", Burns loses both his fortune and nuclear power plant to the Rich Texan after losing a scavenger hunt, but eventually gains both back after a series of events that includes him briefly working at Moe's Tavern.
Burns is physically weak, and often shown to have little more strength than an infant. In the intro of "The Simpsons Movie", Burns is seen in his bathroom trying to brush his teeth. After Smithers applies the toothpaste onto his brush, he falls over. In "Rosebud" and "Who Shot Mr. Burns?", he needed a great deal of effort to wrench items from Maggie. He has difficulty performing such simple actions as giving a thumbs-up, and crushing an insect by stepping on it. In one instance, when he is told to jump out of his burning mansion onto a life net, he drops at the speed of a feather and floats onto some power lines and is electrified. He pitched the opening baseball at a game in "Dancin' Homer", but was only able to throw it a small distance, which drew mocking laughter from the crowd. When Burns joined Homer's bowling team in "Team Homer", he was barely able to roll the ball down the lane. In season five's "Burns' Heir", Smithers puts a sponge on Burns' head before leaving the bathroom, causing him to nearly drown in the tub from its weight. In "Lady Bouvier's Lover" however, he shows himself as a lively, excellent dancer.
Burns also had a teddy bear named "Bobo" that he loved as a child, revealed in the episode "Rosebud". The stuffed animal was lost and eventually the stuffed bear became a toy for Maggie. In "American History X-cellent", Burns gets sent to jail because he is in possession of stolen paintings. In the same episode, it is implied that he was once in the SS. Another episode has him exclaim that though he and Oskar Schindler had much in common: "We both made shells for the Nazis, but mine worked, damn it!"
Burns's character, appearance, and mannerisms are based on several different people. The show's creator Matt Groening principally based Burns on his high school teacher Mr. Bailey.[15] Drawing further inspiration from oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, David Rockefeller, Groening made Burns the "embodiment of corporate greed".[14] Animator David Silverman parodied Burns's appearance on Fox founder Barry Diller, and modeled his body on a praying mantis.[14] The idea of Burns reading employee names off cards in "There's No Disgrace Like Home" came from an article about Ronald Reagan that writer Al Jean had read.[16] In some episodes, parallels have been drawn between Burns and moguls such as Howard Hughes and, more frequently, fictional character Charles Foster Kane from Citizen Kane.[17] Writer George Meyer lifted Burns's "Excellent!" hand gesture from his former Saturday Night Live colleague Jim Downey.[18] While perhaps not intentional, Mr Burns' physical characteristics and mannerisms are cited as a modern example of the Commedia dell'arte character Pantalone.[19][20]
Matt Groening got Burns' middle name from a Montgomery Ward department store in Portland, Oregon's Northwest Industrial district[21] and his surname from Burnside Street, a main thoroughfare in Portland.[14] Burns' first name being Charles is a reference to Charles Foster Kane.[14] In the script for "There's No Disgrace Like Home", Al Jean and Mike Reiss referred to him as "Mr. Meanie".[16] In the second season, the writers started to enjoy writing about Smithers and Burns's relationship, and they often pitched episodes with them as the focus, but many never came to fruition.[22]
Burns was originally voiced by actor Christopher Collins in the episodes "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", "Homer's Odyssey", There's No Disgrace Like Home and "The Telltale Head".[24] He was soon replaced by Harry Shearer because Sam Simon found him "difficult to work with". Shearer has voiced the character ever since. He modeled the voice on Lionel Barrymore and Ronald Reagan.[23] Shearer is also the voice of Smithers and is able to perform dialogue between the two characters in one take.[25] Shearer said that Burns is the most difficult character for him to voice because it is rough on his vocal cords and he often needs to drink tea and honey to soothe his voice.[26] He describes Burns as his favorite character, saying he "like[s] Mr. Burns because he is pure evil. A lot of evil people make the mistake of diluting it. Never adulterate your evil."[27]
In 2014, Shearer won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his performance on "Four Regrettings and a Funeral" for voicing Mr. Burns.[28]
In 2006, Wizard magazine rated Burns the 45th greatest villain of all time.[29] They also described Smithers and Burns as being "TV's most functional dysfunctional couple".[30] In a 2003 article, EW also named "Last Exit to Springfield" the greatest episode of The Simpsons. Other episodes which feature Burns placed on the list, including "Rosebud", at number two, and the "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" two-part episode, at number 25.[30] Vanity Fair placed "Rosebud" first on their list of the top 25 The Simpsons episodes.[31]
Forbes estimates Burns's net worth at $1.3 billion, placing 12th on the 2008 Forbes Fictional 15 list.[32] Burns has been on the list since 1989 and has previously placed fifth in 2005,[33] second in 2006[34] and sixth in 2007 when he was estimated to be worth $16.8 billion.[35] Burns's evil has made him a popular example of terrible television bosses. In 2006, outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas released a report saying that Burns was one of the eight worst bosses on television.[36] The News & Observer named Burns the third worst boss, calling him "heartless, greedy and exceptionally ugly, Mr. Burns makes Ebenezer Scrooge seem downright lovely."[37]
In the run-up to the New York City's 2009 mayoral election, several posters appeared throughout the city, showing Burns and accompanied by the words "No Third Terms, Vote for Burns" – a reference to Mayor Michael Bloomberg's run for a third term that year—in the style of Shepard Fairey's Obama poster. The city's Board of Elections announced that December that Burns had received 27 write in votes out of 299 write in votes cast.[38] As the chief of "Springfield Republican Party" Burns endorsed Mitt Romney in 2012 US Presidential Election.[39] The IG Group, a financial corporation in the City of London, use a recording of Burns' catchphrase "Excellent" as an alert that an order has been completed.[40]
- ↑ "In Pictures: The Forbes Fictional 15". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2010-04-17.
- ↑ Bretts, Bruce; Roush, Matt; (March 25, 2013). "Baddies to the Bone: The 60 nastiest villains of all time". TV Guide. pp. 14 - 15.
- ↑ Collins, Sean T. (February 9, 2016). "40 Greatest TV Villains of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
- ↑ Swartzwelder, John; Archer, Wes (1993-10-21). "Rosebud". The Simpsons. Season 05. Episode 04. Fox.
- ↑ Oakley, Bill; Weinstein, Josh; Archer, Wes (1993-12-16). "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)". The Simpsons. Season 05. Episode 10. Fox.
- ↑ Maxtone-Graham, Ian; Reardon, Jim (1996-11-17). "Burns, Baby Burns". The Simpsons. Season 08. Episode 04. Fox.
- ↑ Gould, Dana; Anderson, Mike B. (2003-03-16). "C.E. D'oh". The Simpsons. Season 14. Episode 15. Fox.
- ↑ Oakley, Bill; Weinstein, Josh; Archer, Wes (1994-05-12). "Lady Bouvier's Lover". The Simpsons. Season 05. Episode 21. Fox.
- ↑ Swartzwelder, John; Kramer, Lance (2001-12-02). "A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love". The Simpsons. Season 09. Episode 08. Fox.
- ↑ Collier, Jonathan; Lynch, Jeffrey (1996-04-28). "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"". The Simpsons. Season 07. Episode 22. Fox.
- ↑ Oakley, Bill; Weinstein, Josh (1995-05-21). "Who Shot Mr. Burns?". The Simpsons. Season 06. Episode 25. Fox.
- ↑ Swartzwelder, John; Polcino, Michael (2000-01-23). "The Mansion Family". The Simpsons. Season 11. Episode 12. Fox.
- ↑ Swartzwelder, John; Kirkland, Mark (1997-04-20). "The Old Man and the Lisa". The Simpsons. Season 08. Episode 21. Fox.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Joe Rhodes (2000-10-21). "Flash! 24 Simpsons Stars Reveal Themselves". TV Guide.
- ↑ Billy Paterson (2006-08-20). "Exclusive: I Was Monty's Double". The Sunday Mail. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
- 1 2 Reiss, Mike (2001). Commentary for "There's No Disgrace Like Home", in The Simpsons: The Complete First Season [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
- ↑ Turner 2004, pp. 160-164.
- ↑ Meyer, George (2001). Commentary for "The Crepes of Wrath", in The Simpsons: The Complete First Season [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
- ↑ http://masks.transienttheatre.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=34&Itemid=53
- ↑ http://www.doublemirror.com/CompanionCommedia.htm
- ↑ "Places of character". The Portland Tribune. 2002-07-19. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
- ↑ Vitti, Jon (2002). Commentary for "Simpson and Delilah", in The Simpsons: The Complete Second Season [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
- 1 2 Keith Marder (1994-04-28). "Real People are Models for 'Simpsons' Voices". Times Union. p. C4.
- ↑ "Chris Latta". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-11-19.
- ↑ Jean, Al (2002). Commentary for "Blood Feud", in The Simpsons: The Complete Second Season [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
- ↑ Earl Dittman (July 2007). "Burns, Baby, Burns". Cineplex.com. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ↑ Round, Simon (2008-10-10). "Interview: Harry Shearer". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
- ↑ http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-harry-shearer-wins-emmy-simpsons-20140818-story.html
- ↑ McCallum, Pat (July 2006). "100 Greatest Villains Ever". Wizard (177).
- 1 2 "The Family Dynamic". Entertainment Weekly. 2003-01-29. Retrieved 2007-10-25.
- ↑ John Orvted (2007-07-05). "Springfield's Best". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
- ↑ Noer, Michael; Ewalt, David M (2008-12-18). "No. 13 Burns, C. Montgomery". Forbes Fictional 15. Forbes. Archived from the original on 2008-12-24. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
- ↑ Ewalt, David M. (2005). "The Forbes Fictional 15". Forbes. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ↑ Ewalt, David M. (2006-11-20). "The Forbes Fictional 15". Forbes. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ↑ Ewalt, David M.; Michael Noer (2007-11-12). "The Forbes Fictional 15". Forbes. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
- ↑ "Worst bosses ever ... on TV". CNN Money. 2006-08-21. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
- ↑ "Worst bosses ever ... on TV". The News & Observer. McClatchy Newspapers. 2008-10-12. Archived from the original on October 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
- ↑ de Sola, David (2009-12-05). "Simpsons billionaire gets most write-in votes in NYC mayor race". CNN. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
- ↑ Day, Patrick Kevin (2012-11-01). ""The Simpsons" Mr. Burns endorses Mitt Romney". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
- ↑ "City firm follows Budget with a little help from The Simpsons". BBC. 2015-03-19. Retrieved 2015-03-19.
- Turner, Chris (2004). Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation. Foreword by Douglas Coupland. (1st ed.). Toronto: Random House Canada. ISBN 978-0-679-31318-2. OCLC 55682258.
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