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After nearly two years of Passing of the Pioneers, I am beginning to have to dig a little deeper for pioneer obituaries but I have managed to find an interesting group for January. There are members of the Black, Herbertson, and Guthridge families. Also a butcher, a baker and a newspaper maker. Then Sarah Jane Wadmore, an early Portland historian, and Mary Ann Skilbeck, a member of a family that left a legacy of value to historians today.
Don't despair, there will still be more Passing of the Pioneers and if the Hamilton Spectator ever finds its way to Trove, well, my life will be complete.
Thomas Edwin THOMAS: Died 21 January 1909 at Casterton. Thomas Thomas was the owner of the Casterton Free Press and a former owner of the Port Fairy Gazette and was well-known for his journalism.
Mary FERGUSON: Died 24 January 1910 at Casterton. Arriving at Portland in 1861, the Dewars headed to Heathfield Station near Strathdownie where they were both employed. Later they moved to Casterton until their deaths. Mary had nine children and lived to eighty-four years.
Archibald BLACK: Died 20 January 1912 at Camperdown. Son of Western Victorian pastoralist, Niel Black MLC, Archibald was born in South Yarra and educated at Geelong Grammar, Trinity College and Cambridge. He then settled in the Western District and was one of the first landholders in the Hampden area to recognise the potential for dairy-farming, an industry the area is today renowned for. His obituary and photo can also be found at Obituaries Australia
Thomas MORRISSY: Died January 1914 at Beeac. Tipperary born, Thomas Morrissey arrived in Victoria around 1860 and farmed around Ballarat. After two years, he moved to Beeac where he farmed for the next fifty-two years. He was a member of the Colac P & A Society and took a keen interest in the affairs of the Colac Dairying Company.
Mary GREENHAM: Died 5 January 1915 at Casterton. Mary Greenham was born in Middlesex in 1833 and arrived in Victoria in 1854. She was a Casterton resident from 1855 to 1875, then Corndale for the next thirty-five years before returning to Casterton in the years before her death. With her husband George Sealey, they had a family of nine sons. One son lost his life during the Boer War. She left fifty grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
Patrick KINNANE: Died 9 January 1915 at Port Fairy. A Koroit resident for many years, Patrick Kinnane was born in Limerick, Ireland around 1827. He arrived in Portland about 1854 and worked for the Koroit Borough Council. He had a large family of four sons and five daughters and was buried at the Tower Hill cemetery.
Mary Ann SKILBECK: Died 22 January 1915 at Port Fairy. Back in the 1990s, I read The Diaries of Sarah Midgley and Richard Skilbeck: A Story of Australian settlers 1851-1864, edited by H.A. McCorkell. It has a lot of Port Fairy and the Wesleyan Methodist Church, both relevant to the Harman family. Mary Ann was a sister of Richard Skilbeck, and she married William Midgley, the brother of the other diarist, Sarah Midgley. This was a great read, giving an insight into pioneering life in the south-west of Victoria. Finding Mary Ann's obituary has reminded me I must read it again. It is available online via the Midgley family website, but I think I'll wait until I get the hard copy from the library. The website does have a lot of both the Midgley's and Skilbecks for those interested.
Mary Ann was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England around 1836. In 1862, she married William Midgley, and soon after the couple travelled to Australia, taking up residence at Koroit. For many years Mary Ann was a Society Class Leader with the Methodist Church. William died in 1910 and Mary Ann in 1915. She was buried in the Tower Hill Cemetery. A further obituary was published in the Spectator and Methodist Chronicle and you can read that on the link – Mary Ann's Obituary
Agnes Jane TODD: Died 5 January 1917 at Casterton. Agnes Todd married Herbert Lewin in 1882.
John TOOGOOD: Died 18 January 1917 at Hawkesdale. John Toogood was born at Princess Bridge, Melbourne in 1840. He married, for the first time, at Richmond in 1862 and he moved to Port Fairy in 1864. He then moved to Winslow near Warrnambool where his wife died. On to Hawkesdale where he ran a carrying and contracting business for some years before he turned to farming pursuits. He married a further two times, but both wives predeceased him.
Phillip ORMSBY: Died 12 January 1918 at Ellerslie.
Phillip Ormsby was born in Dublin and enrolled in the Dublin University to study medicine. His sense of adventure saw him leave his studies and sail to Melbourne on the large clipper, Champion of the Seas in 1854. He got his land legs in Geelong, then he went on to the goldfields at Ballarat for three years, farmed at nearby Learmonth and then purchased land on the banks of the Hopkins River near Ellerslie in 1865.
Like, Archibald Black (above), Phillip was remembered as one of the first to see the potential for dairy-farming in the area. He was one of the co-founders of the Western District Co-Operative Factories Company and served on the Mortlake Shire Council with two years as President. He was also secretary of the Mortlake Cemetery Trust.
Phillip married Jenny McKellar and they had four sons and seven daughters. Phillip died with the knowledge that is son was killed in France only months before.
Jane ARMSTRONG: Died 29 January 1920 at Hamilton. Jane Heaney was one of Condah district's oldest residents. She arrived from Ireland with her husband, Robert Heaney in 1856 aboard the General Hewitt. After ten years at Heywood, the Heaney's moved on to Condah Swamp, later known as Wallacedale.
Donald McINNES: Died 9 January 1924 at Warrnambool. Donald arrived on HMS Hercules after a horrendous voyage. His first job in Victoria was at the Kangaroo station near Hotspur owned by the McKinnon brothers, uncles of Donald. He never married.
Thomas HERBERTSON: Died 17 January 1932 at Portland. The Herbertson family have a long association with Portland. Thomas was the son of Robert Herbertson an 1840s arrival at Portland. Thomas was eighty-one at the time of his death and during his years in Portland worked as a saddler, then owned a saddlery business, before purchasing Wattle Hill, where he farmed and ran a successful orchard with his sons. He married Jenny Miller of Portland and they had a family of five children.
Frederick GUTHRIDGE: Died 16 January 1933 at Ullswater. Frederick Guthridge was a member of a large family well-known for their longevity. They featured in this week's Trove Tuesday post for that reason. Frederick was the son of Richard Guthridge and Elizabeth Pitts. He married Alice Byrne and they had four sons and four daughters. Frederick also left eight brothers and sisters and a ninety-five-year-old father.
Joseph JACKSON: Died 16 January 1940 at Camperdown. Joseph Jackson was a native of Armagh County and spent most of his years in Victoria at Camperdown. A butcher by trade, he ran a successful business for nearly forty years. He was a committee member of the Camperdown Mechanics Institute and the Camperdown Turf Club. He was the longest-serving member of the Camperdown Bowling Club and had success locally and in Melbourne.
Sarah Jane WADMORE: Died 1 January 1941 at Portland. Sarah Wadmore was a woman after my own heart.
Sarah had a great interest in the history of Portland and with the approaching centenary of the town in 1934, she and two other local's, Mrs W.F. Hedditch and Mr E. Davis of the Portland Observer produced a booklet entitled Portland Pioneer Women's Book of Remembrance for the event. She was also the main force behind the Pioneer Women's statue at Portland. Sarah's obituary gives a detailed history of her life, including the loss of her father, a Cape Bridgewater pioneer, swept off the rocks when Sarah was only one month old. Sarah was a school teacher and never married.
John Charles HAUGH: Died 12 January 1943 at Geelong. John Haugh was born at Bri Bri around 1866. In his early life, he went to Stoneyford, beginning work as a baker. He later worked for Camperdown baker, Mr G.Robertson. John was an original member of the Camperdown Brass Band and performed in local theatrical productions. He was a gate-keeper at the Camperdown Football oval for many years.


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When Aaron Barr was finalizing a recent computer security presentation for the US Transportation Security Administration, a colleague had a bit of good-natured advice for him: "Scare the sh*t out of them!"
In retrospect, this may not have been the advice Barr needed. As CEO of the government-focused infosec company HBGary Federal, Barr had to bring in big clients—and quickly—as the startup business hemorrhaged cash. To do so, he had no problem with trying to "scare the sh*t out of them." When working with a major DC law firm in late 2010 on a potential deal involving social media, for instance, Barr decided that scraping Facebook to stalk a key partner and his family might be a good idea. When he sent his law firm contact a note filled with personal information about the partner, his wife, her family, and her photography business, the result was immediate.
"Thanks. I am not sure I will share what you sent last night—he might freak out."
This rather creepy behavior became common; Barr used it as a sign of his social media prowess. Another target of his investigations went to "a Jewish Church in DC, the Temple Micah." Someone else "married @ the Inn at Perry Cabin in St. Michaels, MD (non-denominational ceremony)." Barr was even willing to helpfully guesstimate the ages of children in photographs ("they have 2 kids, son and daughter look to be 7 and 4").
With one potential client, Barr sifted the man's social media data and then noted that "I am tempted to create a person from his highschool and send him a request, but that might be overstepping it."
As the money ran out on HBGary Federal, Barr increasingly had no problem "overstepping it." In November, when a major US bank wanted a strategy for taking down WikiLeaks, Barr immediately drafted a presentation in which he suggested "cyber attacks against the infrastructure to get data on document submitters. This would kill the project. Since the servers are now in Sweden and France, putting a team together to get access is more straightforward."
Faking documents seemed like a good idea, too, documents which could later be "called out" so as to make WikiLeaks look unreliable.
And Barr wanted to go further, pushing on people like civil liberties Salon.com columnist Glenn Greenwald—apparently hoping to threaten their livelihoods. "These are established professionals that have a liberal bent, but ultimately most of them if pushed will choose professional preservation over cause, such is the mentality of most business professionals," he wrote. "Without the support of people like Glenn WikiLeaks would fold."
When the US Chamber of Commerce wanted to look into some of its opponents, Barr teamed with two other security companies and went nuts, proposing that the Chamber create an absurdly expensive "fusion cell" of the kind "developed and utilized by Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC)"—and costing $2 million a month. And if the fusion cell couldn't turn up enough opposition research, the security firms would be happy to create honeypot websites to lure the Chamber's union-loving opponents in order to grab more data from them.
The security companies even began grabbing tweets from liberal activists and mapping the connections between people using advanced link analysis software most often used by the intelligence community. (Some of the Chamber material was unearthed by ThinkProgress and other liberal bloggers, while The Tech Herald and Crowdleaks.org first wrote about the proposed WikiLeaks attacks.)
While waiting to see if his proposals would result in work for HBGary Federal, Barr turned in January to unmask the leadership of the hacker collective Anonymous. This part of the story is well known by now (read our investigative feature): when Barr went public with his findings, Anonymous took down his website, stole his e-mails, deleted the company's backup data, trashed Barr's Twitter account, and remotely wiped his iPad.
In the days since the attack and the publication of Barr's e-mails, his partners at other security firms threw him under the bus. "I have directed the company to sever any and all contacts with HB Gary," said the CEO of Palantir.
Berico Technologies, another private security firm, said that it "does not condone or support any effort that proactively targets American firms, organizations or individuals. We find such actions reprehensible and are deeply committed to partnering with the best companies in our industry that share our core values. Therefore, we have discontinued all ties with HBGary Federal."
Glenn Greenwald unleashed both barrels of his own, claiming that "what is set forth in these proposal... quite possibly constitutes serious crimes. Manufacturing and submitting fake documents with the intent they be published likely constitutes forgery and fraud. Threatening the careers of journalists and activists in order to force them to be silent is possibly extortion and, depending on the specific means to be used, constitutes other crimes as well. Attacking WikiLeaks' computer infrastructure in an attempt to compromise their sources undoubtedly violates numerous cyber laws."
How did Barr, a man with long experience in security and intelligence, come to spend his days as a CEO e-stalking clients and their wives on Facebook? Why did he start performing "reconnaissance" on the largest nuclear power company in the US? Why did he suggest pressuring corporate critics to shut up, even as he privately insisted that corporations "suck the lifeblood out of humanity"? And why did he launch his ill-fated investigation into Anonymous, one which may well have destroyed his company and damaged his career?
Thanks to his leaked e-mails, the downward spiral is easy enough to retrace. Barr was under tremendous pressure to bring in cash, pressure which began on November 23, 2009.
"A" players attract "A" players
That's when Barr started the CEO job at HBGary Federal. Its parent company, the security firm HBGary, wanted a separate firm to handle government work and the clearances that went with it, and Barr was brought in from Northrup Grumman to launch the operation.
In an e-mail announcing Barr's move, HBGary CEO Greg Hoglund told his company that "these two are A+ players in the DoD contracting space and are able to 'walk the halls' in customer spaces. Some very big players made offers to Ted and Aaron last week, and instead they chose HBGary. This reflects extremely well on our company. 'A' players attract 'A' players."
Barr at first loved the job. In December, he sent an e-mail at 1:30am; it was the "3rd night in a row I have woken up in the middle of the night and can't sleep because my mind is racing. It's nice to be excited about work, but I need some sleep."
Barr had a huge list of contacts, but turning those contacts into contracts for government work with a fledgling company proved challenging. Less than a year into the job, HBGary Federal looked like it might go bust.
On October 3, 2010, HBGary CEO Greg Hoglund told Aaron that "we should have a pow-wow about the future of HBGary Federal. [HBGary President] Penny and I both agree that it hasn't really been a success... You guys are basically out of money and none of the work you had planned has come in."
Aaron agreed. "This has not worked out as any of us have planned to date and we are nearly out of money," he said.
While he worked on government contracts, Barr drummed up a little business doing social media training for corporations using, in one of his slides, a bit of research into one Steven Paul Jobs.
The training sessions, following the old "scare the sh*t out of them" approach, showed people just how simple it was to dredge up personal information by correlating data from Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and more. At $1,000 per person, the training could pull in tens of thousands of dollars a day, but it was sporadic. More was needed; contracts were needed, preferably multi-year ones.
The parent company also had issues. A few weeks after the discussions about closing up HBGary Federal, HBGary President Penny Leavy-Hoglund (Greg's wife), sent an e-mail to her sales team, telling them "to work a quota and to bring in revenue in a timely manner. It's not 'optional' as to when it needs to close, if you haven't met your number, the closing needs to happen now, not later. You need to live, eat, breath and ensure you meet your number, not kind of hit it, MEET IT... Guys, no one is making their quota."
She concluded darkly, "I have some serious doubts about some people's ability to do their job. There will be changes coming shortly and those decisions will be new people's to make."
And then, unexpectedly, came the hope of salvation.

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Monday, May 02, 2005
Snickers Fudge
For the first layer
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1/4 cup butterscotch chips
1/4 cup peanut butter
For the second layer
4 tablespoons butter
1 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup evaporated milk
1 1/2 cups marshmallow creme
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups chopped salted peanuts
For the third layer
14 ounce package caramel cubes
1/4 cup heavy cream
For the fourth layer
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1/4 cup butterscotch chips
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
To prepare the first layer
In a small saucepan over low heat, add milk chocolate chips, butterscotch chips and peanut butter. Stir often until completely melted and smooth. Pour mixture into the bottom of a 9 x 13" baking pan lightly coated with nonstick spray. Using an off-set spatula, spread the mixture to an even layer and place in the refrigerator until set.
To prepare the second layer
In a medium heavy saucepan, melt butter over medium-high heat. Mix in sugar and evaporated milk. Once it comes to a boil, let cook 5 minutes while stirring. Remove from the heat and quickly stir in marshmallow creme, peanut butter and vanilla. Stir in peanuts. Pour over the set chocolate layer and use an off-set spatula to gently spread mixture in an even layer. Place in the refrigerator until set.
To prepare the third layer
Place the unwrapped caramel cubes and heavy cream in a medium saucepan. Place over low heat and stir until the mixture has completely melted and is smooth. Pour in the pan and quickly spread to an even layer with an off-set spatula. Place in the refrigerator until set.
To prepare the fourth layer
In a small saucepan over low heat, add milk chocolate chips, butterscotch chips and peanut butter. Stir often until completely melted and smooth. Pour over the third layer and use an off-set spatula to spread to an even layer. Place in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour before cutting into squares.
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44 comments:
- Anonymous11/30/2006 04:19:00 PM
Wow! I think I just went into sugar shock. In all seriousness though, those would make great holiday gifts. Thank you for the recipe. Beautiful photo as well.ReplyDelete
This looks great! I'm going to have to try it -- thanks!ReplyDelete
Erin and KT - Thanks! I hope you enjoy the recipe as much as we did!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/01/2006 03:20:00 AM
That looks amazing. What size pan do you suggest?ReplyDelete
I used a 9x13 sprayed with Pam, but I had great difficulty getting the fudge to release. I refrigerated between each layer and waited an hour before cutting. Any thoughts?
Also, How did you get such perfect cuts??
Anon - In the directions I notated the use of a 9 x 13" pan.ReplyDelete
Scott -ReplyDelete
I used a metal 9 x 13 and didn't have any issues with release. I did use Pam (w/flour) but I'm not sure if that would have made much of a difference. I just used a sharp knife and got clean cuts!
- Anonymous1/20/2007 07:18:00 PM
OMG...I took this to a Christmas party, the hit of the party. i lined my pan with foil and it lifted right out, cut like a charm...only one problem, it doesn't transport so well. All the chocolate tops slid off...otherwise it was yummy...next time i'll cut it at the party.ReplyDelete
Jill - Glad to hear it went over well!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous3/28/2007 06:28:00 PM
My friends and I make this during our holiday baking and candy making sessions. The nougat layer can get thick and is really sweet so we have adjusted the recipe.ReplyDelete
We use a 1/2 sheet pan, double bottom and top choclate layers, double the caramel, and do a single (as listed) of the nougat with extra peanuts in it.
Lining the pan with parchment paper makes removing it from the pan a sinch.
Everytime I make it for my family, it is the first thing gone.
- Anonymous10/23/2007 01:20:00 PM
I plan on trying this recipe. As someone said, this looks like a great Christmas gift recipe.ReplyDelete
Did anyone try using parchment paper to line the pan? I would not bake without it. I had given up on making decent cookies until I started using parchment on the cookie sheet.
Parchment also works great for covering the top of a cake to prevent it from browning too much. Even if the batter sticks the paper, it will release as soon as the cake cools, if you are patient and don't try to remove it too soon.
I just discovered this blog. It's great!
Anon - you can certainly use parchment if you desire!ReplyDelete
Hey Joe, the ingredient list for layer 2 includes 4TB of butter, but the instructions for making layer 2 doesn't mention the butter. What do we do?ReplyDelete
Lola - the directions should say "melt butter" over medium-high heat in the first line of the "to make the second layer" paragraph. Hope that helps!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11/18/2007 06:15:00 PM
I had a problem with the third layer, getting in to spread evenly and easily it was to hard. Any tips?ReplyDelete
Anon - Maybe your ratio of caramel cubes to cream was off or it was cooled too long before spreading. That's the only think I can think of that would cause that issue.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/05/2007 11:34:00 AM
Thank you!! You have saved me. I made this several years ago for the family and my brother-in-law loved it. We moved shortly after that and the recipe was lost. Every year he requests the "Snickers Dessert". I have tried several other variations but none even came close til now. You have made me and my family very happy. Merry Christmas!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/12/2007 08:45:00 AM
this was the best. i doubled the recipe and made a large pyrex, but next time i double i wont double the the 2nd layer(with the peanut butter) it made it too thick, double everything but the 2nd layer. everybody loooovveeed it.ReplyDelete
Hey Joe, just thought I'd let you know that I finally made this recipe tonight, and it's great! Thanks so much!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous7/31/2008 09:49:00 AM
My mom made this for me awhile ago but im starting to get the itch for it again. Thanks!!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10/26/2008 04:12:00 PM
Joe: These were a big hit with granddaughter's swimming team members; however, the caramel layer wasn't firm enough and the top layer of some pieces slid off. Any suggestions for firming up the caramel and the top layer?ReplyDelete
Anon - I'm not sure why your caramel layer didn't firm up. By any chance, did extra cream slosh into the pot?ReplyDelete
If you don't let the carmel layer cool all the way before pouring the top choc layer, they will stick together and you won't have the top layer slide off...you can also put wax or parchment paper in your pan to keep from sticking.ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness - this looks AMAZING. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5/18/2011 12:39:00 AM
on mine the 2nd layer stiffened really quicklyReplyDelete
Holy Heaven Batman, this looks awesome. Found ya on Pinterest!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10/26/2011 11:47:00 AM
oh. my. goodness! I just drooled. simply MUST make this!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11/22/2011 10:06:00 PM
Tried this today. A coworker made it andit was ah-mazingReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/07/2011 06:12:00 PM
I featured this recipe on my blog today - awesome recipe! Thanks for sharing. :)ReplyDelete
Just saw your snickers fudge featured on a fudge challenge. Can't wait to try it! :)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/14/2011 11:37:00 AM
I tried making this and the second layer never set for me. When I poured the caramels over they mixed with the second layer. I then let it cool for over an hour before adding the top layer. It set overnight and the marshmellow puff layer just would not set. What could I have done wrong? I tried to cut it and it was just a big mess. :( Very dissappointed, was going to have it as a little party favor today/ReplyDelete
Anon - I've never had that happen before. Did you use exactly the same ingredients/amounts called for in the recipe? Did you modify the directions at all?ReplyDelete
Holy crap, this was amazing! I have now added it to the holiday candies that I'll be making from now on.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/20/2011 11:08:00 AM
This recipe turned out beautifully! It is a little too sweet for my taste, so I think that next time I might leave out the butterscotch & peanut butter it the 1st & 4th layers. But it did turn out very nicely and slices really well!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/20/2011 11:09:00 AM
Also I put in the freezer between layers and that worked very well.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1/02/2012 04:24:00 PM
This was a bi hit with a lot of people. Just not me. I found it cloyingly sweet but the flavor was delicious. I will try it again using less sugar and subbing semi-sweet chocolate for half the milk chocolate.ReplyDelete
This looks amazing!!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10/24/2012 02:53:00 PM
I much prefer the "Midnight" to the milk chocolate. Has anyone tried this with the dark chocolate morsels?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11/09/2012 11:51:00 AM
when i made my 2nd layer it set up very quickly and got very hard and tacky dunno if it is suposed to be that way or soft but maybe i may try to boil for 3 min insted of 5 next timeReplyDelete
- Anonymous11/25/2012 05:59:00 PM
Looks delicious !ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/08/2012 09:54:00 AM
Does anyone know if this freezes well, or how long it lasts in the fridge? Thanks!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/17/2012 04:14:00 PM
I am going to make the 2nd and 3rd layers,cut into squares and then dip in chocolate. Then you would have chocolate on all sides.ReplyDelete
Joe, when you doubled everything except the 2nd layer, what size pan did you use?ReplyDelete


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Obama administration abandons Chinese pro-life activist Chen Guangcheng
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Life Site News writes about: a pro-life activist in communist China: who asked for help from the American government and was betrayed by them.
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who has suffered years of imprisonment and beatings for objecting to forced abortions and sterilizations in his native country, thought he could find shelter and friendship in the United States embassy following his recent escape from house arrest. He is now learning the hard way that the pro-abortion Obama administration, which helps to finance the same "one-child policy" that Chen is fighting, would rather see him disappear.
Chen's presence in the embassy during the past week was little more than a dangerous irritant for Hillary Clinton's State Department. The main goal of the agency has long been the promotion and protection of American commercial interests abroad, and "human rights" often provide useful cover for criticizing regimes that are recalcitrant in the face of American economic pressure. The Chen affair, however, only threatens an amicable and highly profitable relationship between the U.S. and China, and presents no "upside" for the American bottom line.
Worse for Chen is his uncomfortable and embarrassing opposition to China's population control agenda, a policy supported by the Obama administration and in particular the State Department, which: is spendingtens of billions of dollars on such programs worldwide. Although the administration gives lip-service against coercive abortion and sterilization, it is simultaneously helping to finance the Chinese population control machine with tens of millions of dollars in subsidies to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA),: which helps to administer: China's brutal one-child policy.
Perhaps that is why, according to Chen, his American "hosts" started to sound more like fellow-members of the international population-control mafia that is killing his country, than starry-eyed defenders of "human rights."
Chen, who says he felt pressured to leave the embassy, adds that he finally decided to do so when American officials informed him that if didn't, his wife would be beaten by vengeful Chinese officials. Embassy personnel deny the claim, although they admit that they let Chen know that his wife would be taken back to the residence where the couple had been beaten many times.
I'm not surprised that the Democrats would not support Chen. Recall that Obama appointed John Holdren -: a supporter of forced abortions and sterilizations: – as his "Science Czar".
What kinds of things might Chen be protesting? Well how about this forced abortion of a nine month old unborn child?
A chilling photograph circulating in China shows the body of a 9-months-gestation baby submerged in a bucket of water, apparently a victim of the country's one-child policy.
Digital Journal: reports: that the photograph, in which the head and arm of a child can be seen underwater in a large red bucket on the floor, was posted to the Chinese web services company Baidu before it was circulated on Weibo, the country's version of Twitter, last week.
The abortion appears to have taken place on March 26 after Chinese family planning police in the town of Moshan hunted down the family because the couple already had one child.
According to English reports regarding the original post, the pregnant mother was forcibly held down as she was given an injection to induce labor, after which the baby "even gave a cry when it came out," but was left in a bucket to drown.
In response to the photo, Reggie Littlejohn of Women's Rights Without Frontiers, which opposes China's one-child policy, confirmed that late-term abortions and infanticide are common means of enforcing China's one-child population rule.
"These violent procedures can happen up to the ninth month of pregnancy," Littlejohn told LifeSiteNews.com. "Sometimes the women themselves die along with their full term babies. Forced abortion is China's war against women.: It is official government rape."
"Late term babies are injected with poison in their skulls or drowned in buckets," she continued. "If the Chinese Communist Party wants to be a respected member of the international community, it must stop forced abortion and infanticide."
[…]Littlejohn pointed out that the abortion allegedly took place in Linyi, the same city where forced-abortion opponent and human rights activist Chen Guangcheng still languishes under house arrest.
There was a time once when America stood against tyrants. Now we cozy up to Iran, Venezuela, Russia and China and seek their approval. We have lost our moral character.
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Complete NFL Wrap-Up coming later this morning, but a few thoughts on yesterday's games:
(1) Devin Hester's 108-yard TD return off of a Giants missed FG was the Play of the Year in the NFL. (Sort of like how Nathan Vasher's similar play was the Play of the Year in the NFL in 2005. Coincidence?)
(2) The Chargers' 21-point comeback (via 42 points in the second half) was the Half of the Year in the NFL. Not quite sure if that's an actual award, but it was an absolutely sick game, particularly from Philip Rivers. Any more doubters about him? Didn't think so.
(3) Who had protege-turned-nemesis Eric Mangini beating Bill Belichick in Foxboro? The student has become the master, and you could tell by the look on Darth Hoodies' face as he refused to look Mangini in the eye (let alone say anything) during the post-game handshake that Bill B. didn't think it would happen.
More NFL later this a.m.
BCS Update: USC leap-frogs
FanIQ has the type of column I love to see: A detailed analysis of individual AP voters' ballots. They've ID'ed some really f'ed up ballots that make you question why these folks get to be part of a group that determines its own national champ. It's worth a look.
(Meanwhile, I was thinking about the strength-of-schedule hit that BCS No. 4 Florida will take for playing
Ohio St-Michigan Countdown: Yes, you WILL be completely sick of this story by, say, Wednesday. But it's the closest thing college football will get to an actual playoff: The winner will be in the national title game. (It remains to be seen if the system is so broken that it would allow for a ridiculous rematch in the national-title game. Honestly, that would suck.)
MLB Awards Season! Today: Rookie
1. Justin Verlander
2. Francisco Liriano
3. Jonathan Papelbon
NL: Ryan Zimmerman might have the best career, but this season, the success of the "AAA Marlins" was remarkable, making the NL award a run-off between a
1. Dan Uggla
2. Josh Johnson
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MLB GM Meetings begin today: The guy everyone wants to talk to is Marlins GM Larry Beinfest, who will determine where (if anywhere) Dontrelle Willis is traded.
Manny Acta to manage Nats: Great hire to go the opposite direction of Frank Robinson's old/stodgy and import Acta's young/fresh. He's only 37. He coached a few of these players (as the Expos) earlier this decade. And he brings a winner's vibe from the Mets.
Aramis Ramirez re-signs with Cubs: For whopping 5Y/$73M, putting him in the "cornerstone NL 3B" category with others like David Wright and Ryan Zimmerman. That the Cubs re-signed Kerry Wood is almost an afterthought.
Duke wins opener: Most notably, three Duke frosh accounted for 42 of Duke's 86 points. (12 points on four 3's from my favorite CBB frosh of the year, Jon Scheyer, who is apparently the new Redick. You can appreciate my conflicted feelings -- on so many levels -- about this.)
NBA: I'm still getting over Michael Redd's sick scoring binge from the other night. Meanwhile: (1)


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Movie review: 'My Cousin Rachel' not as drab as one would expect
The writings of Daphne du Maurier have yielded some great movies, two of them — "Rebecca" and "The Birds" — part of the upper echelons of Alfred Hitchcock's oeuvre. But there are less glossy entries, namely the 1952 Richard Burton-Olivia de Havilland sudser, "My Cousin Rachel." Never heard of it? That's likely because it long ago got lost in the shadow of "Rebecca," which earned an Oscar for de Havilland's older sister, Joan Fontaine.
Now, along comes Roger Michell, the writer-director responsible for under-the-radar gems like "Changing Lanes" and "Notting Hill," and unmitigated duds like "Hyde Park on Hudson" and "Morning Glory." Like me, he believes in the logic of if you're going to remake a movie, don't pick a classic; pick a bad or marginal one you think you can improve upon. So, Mr. Michell, meet Ms. Du Maurier; see what you can come up with in turning her 19th-century tale of love and woe into a 21st-century contender.
How'd it turn out? Let's just say it isn't what you'd hope, but not as drab as you'd expect. First, the good stuff. That's Rachel Weisz, taking over from de Havilland in the role of Rachel Ashley, the Rachel of the title. On the outside, she looks prim and proper, with a gentle sense of humor and a demure smile that turns men to putty. But as one observer informs us: "She has appetites." And we're not talking about food. Not unless you consider her a shark sniffing for blood in a sea of gullible men like her wealthy cousin, Ambrose. He traveled from Cornwall to her hometown of Florence to cure his ailment and wound up dead. But was the cause the brain tumor listed on the death certificate? Or, was it his new wife, Rachel, as Ambrose's young ward, Philip, believes? Considering Burton picked up his first Oscar nomination for playing Philip, one might expect Sam Claflin ("Me before You") to make the most of a showy role. No dice. He's got the looks, but none of Burton's gravitas. But he is more believable as the naive babe in the woods Du Maurier envisioned, thus making it more credible he would chase after the worldly Rachel like a love-starved puppy. She takes full advantage. But, is she the murderer Philip initially believes her to be? Or the dishy fox he instantly falls for when she arrives in England. That's the crux of a movie that evolves into a tame game of cat and mouse, as Michell sincerely attempts to make us wonder who's tricking who through the poison tea leaves. But there's never any doubt it's Rachel calling all the shots, robbing the movie of even a modicum of suspense.
It also doesn't help that you long to see the story more from Rachel's perspective than Philips', mostly because she's more interesting, as are her motives in toying with the young man who is more than a decade her junior. After all, she's the meat du Maurier wants us to devour in a 19th-century tale that — much like Jane Austen — reveals women as second-class citizens denied independence unless they amass a fortune. And the only way to do that in a male-dominated society is to lie, connive and cheat.
To Michell's credit, he leaves it to us to decide whether Rachel is the charmer she appears to be, or the she-devil Philip's godfather, Nicholas (Iain Glen), and his daughter, Louise (Holliday Grainger) are convinced she is. But then their view is jaundiced by the fact that they see themselves becoming Philip's wife and father-in-law after he inherits all of Ambrose's estate when he reaches age 25 in a few days' time.
How does it end? Not very satisfactorily, just like the book, leaving many a question unanswered. It's a bit of a letdown, but it does trigger your senses of self-deduction. In other words, it's for you to figure out. Still, the film looks sensational and the acting, except for Claflin, is pure bliss, with top kudos going to a hilarious Tim Barlow as Philip's ridiculously stoic butler, Seecombe. His nose is appropriately bent and twisted, just like the events he watches transpire right under that schnoz. He, like us, can only shake his head and be glad he doesn't have to protect the family jewels (both worn and attached) from people so idly rich they have nothing better to do than scheme and feel sorry for themselves. Such a life.
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Cast includes Rachel Weisz, Sam Claflin and Holliday Grainger.
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At Foreign Policy in Focus on October 16, in an article titled Six Global Issues The Foreign Policy Debates Won't Touch, acting editor Peter Certo wrote:
"There is no other policy arena in which the president of the United States has greater latitude than foreign affairs. With U.S. foreign policy less constrained by Congress and relatively free from the media scrutiny that attends the president's more domestic endeavors, foreign affairs largely remains the domain of the commander in chief. Indeed, broadcast regularly into living rooms all across the globe, the U.S. president is often the singular face of the United States of America in the world—especially in lands where few Americans tread.
"Yet global issues routinely get short thrift in presidential debates, especially in yet another election year characterized by economic malaise and divisive social issues. And with media coverage focused primarily on the performance of the candidates and the debates' impact on the national horserace, crucial questions about how the United States behaves on the world stage routinely fall between the cracks. This neglect is exacerbated by the fact that, when it comes to foreign policy, there is a tremendous amount of overlap between the major candidates.
"In the interest of keeping vital global issues in the discussion, Foreign Policy in Focus reached out to scholars at the Institute for Policy Studies."
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A Wikileaks document revealed how the US government was doing Monsanto's duty by coercing the Sarkozy administration to relax GMO regulations in France. The EU remains resistant, and is about the only place that conducts research into GMO effects on mammals (see the recent "New study suggests tumors & organ damage from GMO foods"). Monsanto has been pushing, or is trying to push, their GMO onto farmers around the world, driving farmers in India into debt, despair and record suicides. Farmers in the US are routinely harassed by Monsanto lawyers, while evidence exists that agents purposefully seed fields with Monsanto grain where farmers have resisted using their seeds. Mega-soybean growers in South America — all using Monsanto GMO soy — are deforesting Amazonia, and devastating local ranching and farming in Argentina and elsewhere.
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"Even though the odds are against you, it's just the excitement of, 'Hey, I might wake up one day and be a millionaire.' " - Chris Scales, 31, of Nashville, Tenn., talking to USA Today about tonight's Mega Millions lottery. It was estimated this afternoon to have reached $636 million.
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NATHROP — A deadly cascade of boulders poured over Chaffee County's popular Agnes Vaille Falls midmorning Monday, burying and killing five people and injuring a 13-year-old girl.
The bodies were seen but not recovered.
"They are in bad shape. They were rolled over by boulders as big as these cars," said a somber Chaffee County Sheriff Pete Palmer, shortly after hearing from the county coroner who toured the scree field at the base of the picturesque falls Monday afternoon.
"He's seen the condition of the bodies," Palmer said. "There is no one alive up there."
Palmer said 13-year-old Gracie Johnson was airlifted to Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora with a broken leg.
Palmer said the girl was hiking with members of her family, who include her father, Dwayne Johnson, and mom, Dawna Johnson, a track coach at Buena Vista High School.
The sheriff declined to identify the dead, but Monday night vigils at Buena Vista schools were attended by dozens of mourning community members. Johnson is a student at McGinnis Middle School in Buena Vista.
Geologic engineers from the Climax Mine toured the rock slide atop the popular hiking trail — up Chalk Creek on the southern flank of Mount Princeton — Monday and deemed the area too unsafe for a late afternoon body recovery.
"The terrain is steep and it's rocky, and its very dangerous now because it is so unstable," Chaffee County Undersheriff John Spezze said.
Rescuers plan to enter the area Tuesday afternoon. Spezze said rocks were still tumbling down the slope as rescuers raced up to the falls earlier Monday. The trail is roughly 8 miles west of Nathrop on County Road 162.
"The slope itself started moving downhill," he said. "We had to get them out of there because the slope was sliding, and it was so unstable. It is very loose, rocky terrain. These engineers, they work in a mine and … they tell us this is a very dangerous area. It's going to be dangerous tomorrow."
Spezze and Palmer said it appeared rocks from a cliff shelf above the falls released, triggering a massive rock slide. The area had endured heavy recent rains, which engineers believe played a role in loosening the large boulders, Spezze said.
"There are rocks in there the engineers estimate are 100 tons," Spezze said. "I've never seen something like this."
Spezze said his office would ask the U.S. Forest Service to permanently close the Agnes Vaille Falls trail, which is listed on local trail maps as a popular, short family hike.
"From what we are hearing from the engineers, public safety dictates that we have to ask them to close that trailhead," he said. "We need to address that issue and make sure that doesn't happen again."
A witness who saw the rock slide raced down the trail — roughly 1½ miles — and called for help about 11 a.m. Monday. The witness said five people were buried under a wall of boulders.
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The Colorado Department of Corrections said that the Buena Vista K-9 unit was sent to help.
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[Libya is still in chaos after NATO and their Islamist allies deposed the Gadhafi regime. Instead of prosperity, Libya is now a land ruled by militias, warlords, and death squads. NATO has delivered the people of Libya into the hands of right-wing sectarian warlords. Without a strong central state, Libya's resources are more easily exploited by the imperialists. Whatever the rhetoric of these militias, the chaos they cause only makes it easier for imperialism to dominate the region. Even if the US comes into conflict with them, the overall role of the Islamist movement in Libya has been to strengthen imperialism's control. –NP]
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — An Islamist-allied militia group in control of Libya's capital now guards the U.S. Embassy and its residential compound, a commander said Sunday, as onlookers toured the abandoned homes of diplomats who fled the country more than a month ago.
An Associated Press journalist saw holes left by small-arms and rocket fire dotting the residential compound, reminders of weeks of violence between rival militias over control of Tripoli that sparked the evacuation.
The breach of a deserted U.S. diplomatic post — including images of men earlier swimming in the compound's algae-filled pools — likely will reinvigorate debate in the U.S. over its role in Libya, more than three years after supporting rebels who toppled dictator Moammar Gadhafi. It also comes just before the two-year anniversary of the slaying of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Libya.
A commander for the Dawn of Libya group, Moussa Abu-Zaqia, told the AP that his forces had been guarding the residential compound since last week, a day after it seized control of the capital and its international airport after weeks of fighting with a rival militia. Abu-Zaqia said the rival militia from Zintan was in the compound before his troops took it over.
A senior State Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss the issue publicly, said the department is seeking additional information but believed the embassy compound "remains secure."
The official said the U.S. had moved embassy staff from Tripoli to Valletta, Malta, because of "ongoing fighting between militias occurring very close to our compound." Those personnel "remain engaged," the official said, while the State Department continues to work with the Libyan government.
Some windows at the compound had been broken, but it appeared most of the equipment there remained untouched. The AP journalist saw treadmills, weight benches and protein bars in the compound's abandoned gym. Forks, knives and napkins set for a banquet sat on one table, while a cantina still had cornflakes, vinegar, salt and pepper sitting out.
Some papers lay strewn on the floor, but it didn't appear that the villas in the compound had been ransacked.
Hassan Ali, a Dawn of Libya commander, said his fighters saw "small fires and a little damage" before they chased the rival Zintan militia out of the residential compound.
"We entered and put some of our fighters to secure this place and we preserved this place as much as we could," he said.
Abu-Zaqia said his militia had asked cleaners to come to spruce up the grounds.
He added that the U.S. Embassy staff "are most welcome in God's blessing, and any area that is controlled by Dawn of Libya is totally secure and there are no troubles at all."
Another Dawn of Libya commander, who spoke on condition of anonymity as he wasn't authorized to speak by his leaders, told the AP that the U.S. Embassy, about a kilometer (half a mile) away, also was under guard by his militiamen.
"We've secured the location and the assets of the embassy," he said. "We've informed our command … immediately after entering the place following the exit of the rival militia. The place is secure and under protection."
The commander did not elaborate and the AP journalist could not reach the embassy. The Dawn of Libya militia is not associated with the extremist militia Ansar al-Shariah, which Washington blames for the deadly assault on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012, that killed Stevens and the three other Americans.
A video posted online Sunday showed unarmed men playing in a pool at the compound and jumping into it from a second-story balcony. In a message on Twitter, U.S. Ambassador to Libya Deborah Jones said the video appeared to have been shot in at the embassy's residential annex, though she said she couldn't "say definitively" since she wasn't there.
"To my knowledge & per recent photos the US Embassy Tripoli chancery & compound is now being safeguarded and has not been ransacked," she wrote on Twitter. She did not immediately respond to a request to elaborate.
Typically, local forces provide security for diplomatic posts, but Libya's government has largely relied on militias for law enforcement since Gadhafi's ouster, as its military and police forces remain weak. In the past several weeks, the security vacuum in Tripoli deepened as militia violence worsened and the diplomatic security provided by Libya's Interior Ministry in the area apparently fled as well.
It remains unclear who the U.S. left in control of guarding its facilities after its personnel evacuated under military escort on July 26. The State Department has said embassy operations would be suspended until the security situation in Libya improved.
Libya's militias, many of which originate from rebel forces that fought Gadhafi, have become powerful players in post-war Libya. Successive governments have put militias on their payroll in return for maintaining order, but rivalries over control and resources have led to fierce fighting among them and posed a constant challenge to the central government and a hoped-for transition to democracy.
The militia violence began after Islamist candidates lost parliament in June elections and a renegade general began a military campaign against Islamist-allied militias in Benghazi, Libya's second-largest city. Now, Libya has two competing governments and two parliaments, deepening divisions and escalating the political struggle that's torn the country apart.


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Periodically referred to as a workshop or garage, an auto service center describes a facility in which cars and trucks are fixed by auto mechanics. There are several different kinds of car repair shops in Colville WA, including specialty car repair shops, online (mobile mechanics) car repair shops, motor factors/ auto parts stores, and finally, independent car repair shops. The shops vary depending on the service they offer as well as how the repair service is carried out. Car service centers will normally provide services varying from auto glass repairs to mechanical and bodywork repair.
Tips for Selecting An Auto Shop
Most drivers typically must deal with several responsibilities alongside a grueling work schedule, and as such, it can be extremely difficult to identify the ideal auto repair shop. Nonetheless, when car trouble strikes, you want to be certain that your automobile service center is reputable, and you can trust them to get the job done rapidly and efficiently.
The key aspects to picking an auto repair shop include:
• Learn about the auto repair shop's services. This will establish if the automobile service center offers the services that you need, and they are familiar with working with the make and model of your vehicle.
• Select a car service center that comes highly advised by both family and friends and has favorable reviews, both online and offline.
• Avoid making a price-based choice. Even though pricing is a big aspect when it comes to car repair you shouldn't always go for the most inexpensive.
Dealer Vs. Local Car Repair Shops
There are a couple of differences between dealership service centers and a local vehicle repair shop. When selecting a car repair shop, it is recommended that you are aware of the specific issue your vehicle is dealing with. Some issues, such as a lost smart key that needs to be programmed and cut are better handled by a dealership.
If on the other hand, you are running routine or heavy-duty repair works, such as electrical issues, alignment, windshield repair or engine repair, a local auto repair shop is recommended.
The cost of service at each of these car repair shops will differ, but it is necessary to bear in mind that getting repair services from Colville a dealer service center will cost you more than if you visited the local auto repair shop. The difference in rate relates to the specialization of services.
Competence Of A Car Repair Shop
Competence is the foundation of any excellent automobile repair shop. When you are attempting to find a car service center, it is vital that you look out for the shop's professionalism and competence. Some shops will have the Approved Auto Repair status amongst others as a show of their proficiency while the experts will be ASE certified, which is the nationwide standard. Don't be scared to ask for how long the car repair shop has been in business.
Choosing a car repair shop in Colville
doesn't need to be complicated. As soon as you have an idea of the work that needs done, you will be well positioned to decide what shop is best for your needs.


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"The Monuments Men," a film that George Clooney co-wrote, directed and stars in, continues his long-standing — even heroic — effort to preserve a certain kind of movie in the American filmmaking canon. From the films he's directed ("Confessions of a Dangerous Mind," "Good Night, and Good Luck," "Leatherheads," "The Ides of March") to many he's starred in, Clooney has evinced a fealty to the classical, even old-fashioned kind of film that, we're so often depressingly reminded, Hollywood doesn't make anymore.
With "The Monuments Men," Clooney looks to the grammar of World War II thrillers, caper comedies and standard sentimental uplift to tell the story of the U.S. Army's Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program, wherein a group of art historians, architects and artists sought to save and preserve artworks looted by the Nazis during the war. Rather than a ragtag team of misfits and rejects, these were gentlemen and scholars tasked with preventing Adolf Hitler from amassing the masterpieces of Western art for his planned Fuhrer Museum; as the war came to a close, their mission shifted to saving those works from destruction — or confiscation by the Soviet army, which intended to abscond with them as early reparations.
It's a pip of a story, and Clooney cuts a dashing, Gable-esque figure as the group's leader, Frank Stokes (based on real-life Monuments Man George Stout), who rounds up a group of bookish, out-of-shape academics and professionals, sends them to basic training and sets them loose amid the wreckage of Normandy, St. Lo and the Bulge. "The Monuments Men," which Clooney wrote with producing partner Grant Heslov, starts out with funereal solemnity — gunshots accompanying close-ups of a fine 15th-century painting turn out to be nails being struck while the Ghent Altarpiece is dismantled and spirited away for safekeeping. But soon enough the mood turns jaunty, as Stokes's men fan out across the charred countryside to save what Stokes calls, in one of several why-we-fight speeches, "our culture and way of life."
These tonal shifts bedevil the rest of "The Monuments Men," which despite its absorbing story never quite hits its stride either as a stylish wartime thriller (of which John Frankenheimer's similarly themed "The Train" will forever be the epitome) or jocular lark ("Ocean's Altarpiece," anyone?). Ever the shrewd captain, Clooney has assembled his own cast of men who are monuments: John Goodman, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville and "The Artist's" Jean Dujardin play the team members, with an assist from Cate Blanchett as a woman working in Paris's Jeu De Paume museum. The group's most poignant figure, a Jewish soldier from New Jersey who harbors a special connection to a particular Rembrandt painting, is played by the least well-known cast member, Dimitri Leonidis. (His character is based on former infantryman Harry Ettlinger, who also appears in the book by Robert Edsel from which "The Monuments Men" was adapted.)
All too soon, this promising ensemble breaks into dyads that go their separate ways, resulting in a film that often feels like an anthology of small buddy comedies that never quite jell. (Murray and Balaban come closest to developing genuine chemistry, especially during an affecting moment set to the melancholy "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.") Just when one team begins to get a scheme off the ground, the film shifts gear and locale to check in with someone else, sometimes introducing a note of grim comedy. But lest the audience be tempted to think "The Monuments Men" is going the way of "The Dirty Dozen" and its rough-and-tumble peers, Clooney is always on hand to deliver yet another stirring sermon on art-with-a-capital-A and why it's not just important, but worth risking life and limb for.
That's a lot of moving parts to keep in balance, and "The Monuments Men" often lets the schematic gears show, succumbing to threadbare formula and sentimental cliches rather than taut, sophisticated drama.
Clooney finally works up a convincing degree of tension once Stokes and his men face multiplying hurdles in their race against the clock, the Nazis and the Soviets. And he does a commendable job of ensuring that the context, meaning and all-too-real human stakes of the search are never far from mind: Among the most moving scenes in "The Monuments Men" is one in which Damon's character — a wholesome art restorer named James Granger — hangs up a lone portrait that he's managed to recover in the barren apartment of its Jewish owner, as if one painting can stem an incalculable tide of devastation and loss. Later, Clooney juxtaposes a shot of a burned Picasso with a barrelful of human gold-capped teeth.
Those moments lend heft to what is otherwise a stolid, modestly entertaining drama about an eminently deserving moment in history. "The Monuments Men" looks terrific, with cinematographer Phedon Papamichael shooting the mostly German locations with a lovely, desaturated patina. The film exists in a heightened netherworld between immersive realism and carefully set-dressed theatricality.
If Clooney and Heslov feel the need to underline to a fault their points about the sanctity of Western culture and society and way of life, and if "The Monuments Men" never overcomes its unwieldy structure and unevenness of tone, the film still manages to make a profound, even subtle point: that Hitler's darkest impulses and annihilating reach extended from human beings to history itself. "The Monuments Men" drives that startling truth home, imperfectly but with chilling clarity.
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PG-13. At area theaters. Contains images of smoking and wartime violence. 119 minutes.


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We're almost there, kids! Only six days of Vegan MoFo left. It's like we've reached mile 20 of the blogging marathon, so take in some carbs, a little water, and hold tight! The most frustrating thing about MoFo for me, is that I just can't take the time to comment on my favourite blogs – too many posts, not enough time.
This is W.I.P. Wednesday's final post dedicated to the creative and talented vendors of the Vegan Etsy team, and what better way to round things off than with some food-related goodness?
Sweet V Confections doesn't ship to France (I wonder why?), but if you're in the U.S. you can actually order vegan goodies!
Why not send someone a vegan cookie basket this holiday season? I think just about anyone would be excited to receive 4 dozen cookies…don't you? It's probably a good thing they don't ship here, I'd be ordering myself cookies left and right.
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50 years ago this week, the world stood on the brink of nuclear war as the Cuban Missile Crisis unfolded. The United States finally decided to first blockade rather than immediately attack Cuba to prevent the Soviet Union from finishing installation of missiles that could reach the continental United States. This article introduces the little-known story of the battles between the "hawks" and the "doves" in the Kennedy Administration as related in a new publication, The Joint Chiefs of Staff and National Policy, Vol. 8, 1961-1964.
When President John F. Kennedy finally announced the naval blockade of Cuba and the reasons for it on national television, Americans huddled together, practiced nuclear drills, and prayed for some peaceful solution to prevent all-out nuclear war. Only decades later did the full story of brinkmanship, bravado and brilliance come out about what really happened behind the scenes during those two weeks.
Image Credit: The Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records
A little known side of the story comes from the top military commanders who were serving the Kennedy administration during the crisis, found in the surprisingly fascinating book titled The Joint Chiefs of Staff and National Policy, Vol. 8, 1961-1964, from the Office of Joint History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Kennedy Administration
This accounting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during this tumultuous period in the history of American foreign affairs goes beyond the normal third party historian's post mortem, since the author was actually able to meet with several members of the joint chiefs in the 1970's to add more of their personal insights, including Admiral Arleigh Burke, Admiral George Anderson, General Lyman Lemnitzer, Chairman during 1960-1962, and the Chairman who succeeded him, General Maxwell D. Taylor.
Image: President John F. Kennedy meets with the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Photograph includes: (L-R) United States Marine Corps General David Shoup; United States Army General Earle Wheeler; United States Air Force General Curtis LeMay, President Kennedy; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Maxwell Taylor; United States Navy Admiral George Anderson. West Wing Lawn. White House. Washington, D.C. Credit: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston
What results is an interesting amalgam of history and a peek into the tensions between military joint chiefs and the civilians to whom they reported. Describing the relationship of the Kennedy administration and the military establishment, author Walter S. Poole says: "During 1961-1962, relations between the JCS and their civilian superiors were often awkward and even confrontational" particularly between Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and Lemnitzer.
The old-school Joint Chiefs were concerned about the new approach to foreign policy being espoused by the Kennedy administration, and tensions grew. According to the author:
"What most concerned the JCS was an apparent erosion of US credibility that emboldened communist leaders to pursue more adventurous policies. President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara pursued what they conceived as more flexible approaches to strategy and crisis management."
Quick Background on the Cuban Missile Crisis
In 1962, the Soviet Union was losing the arms race with the United States. In late April 1962, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev conceived the idea of placing intermediate-range missiles in Cuba to double the Soviet strategic arsenal and provide a real deterrent to a potential U.S. attack against the Soviet Union from the Jupiter missiles the U.S. had just placed in Turkey. Ever since the failed Bay of Pigs invasion the previous year, Fidel Castro felt a second attack by the U.S. on Cuba was inevitable, so he agreed to host the missiles as protection.
Image: Initial U.S. intelligence estimates of possible U.S. targets within range of the nuclear-capable Soviet SS-4 medium-range ballisticmissiles (MRBMs) and SS-5 intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs) found by the U-2 spy plane surveillance photographs if they were launched from Cuba. Credit: Bettmann/CORBIS
On October 15, 1962, the National Photographic Intelligence Center confirmed that secret reconnaissance photographs from an American U-2 spy plane flight the day before were finally able to definitively prove the suspicion that Soviet medium-range and intermediate-range ballistic missiles capable of hitting Atlanta, the Midwest, Washington, DC, and even Los Angeles and Seattle were indeed in place and in the process of being installed and ready in Cuba within days. In response, President Kennedy and Secretary McNamara assembled the Executive Committee of the National Security Council call "ExComm" as a task force that, together with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and experts from the State Department and other intelligence agencies, would debate the United States' options to deter the Soviets from nuclear escalation.
To Blockade, Strike or Invade?
Earlier in September 1962, after cloud-obscured U-2 photos had hinted at Soviet build-up in Cuba, the Joint Strategic Survey Council had submitted a recommendation for blockading rather than invading Cuba, on grounds that a blockade would be less dramatic, require smaller resources, cause fewer casualties, and be more plausibly related to upholding the Monroe Doctrine. In his 1823 annual message to Congress, President James Monroe had established this doctrine followed by the U.S. ever since that warned European countries not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere, stating "that the American continents… are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers."
However, as the crisis unfolded, the primary debate among the military commanders of the Joint Chiefs was over whether to carry out an all-inclusive attack against Soviet and Cuban forces on the island or a surgical strike confined to just attacking the missiles themselves, the nuclear storage sites, and Soviet MiG planes.
Both President Kennedy and McNamara thought that an all-inclusive attack would inevitably lead to invasion of Cuba, and then possible counter-attacks elsewhere by the Soviets or escalation to all-out war.
But General Taylor reported that the Joint Chiefs and the combatant commanders felt "so strongly about the dangers inherent in [only] the limited strike that they would prefer taking no military action. They feel it's opening up the United States to attacks which they can't prevent, if we don't take advantage of surprise." Taylor added that his personal inclination was "all against invasion, but nonetheless trying to eliminate as effectively as possible every weapon [present in Cuba] that can strike the United States".
According to the reports by the author, the Joint Chiefs were opposed to only attacking the medium-range ballistic missiles themselves, saying it would incur "an unacceptable risk" and that not attacking the enemy's planes would expose the continental United States and Puerto Rico to air attack and could cause unnecessary casualties among the garrison at Guantanamo and the forces assembling for invasion. Instead, the JCS initially recommended "also hitting tactical missiles, aircraft, ships, tanks, and other appropriate targets, as well as imposing a 'complete' blockade."
Image: A meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council in the Cabinet Room during the Cuban Missile Crisis, October 29, 1962, 10:10-10:58am. Clockwise from left: Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (standing); Assistant Sec. Defense Paul Nitze; Dep. USIA Dir. Donald Wilson; Special Counsel Theodore Sorensen; Exec. Sec. NSC Bromley Smith; Special Assistant McGeorge Bundy; Sec. Treasury Douglas Dillon; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson; William C. Foster; CIA Dir. John McCone (hidden); Under Secretary of State George Ball (hidden); President John F. Kennedy; Sec. State Dean Rusk; Sec. Defense Robert McNamara; Dep. Sec. Defense Roswell Gilpatric; Chairman JCS Gen. Maxwell Taylor. Credit: Photo by Cecil Stoughton, JFK Library ST-A26-18-62
The Blues vs. the Reds
Even more fascinating was the story of the war gaming techniques used. To quickly develop two alternative scenarios for the President to consider, the ExComm task force split into two groups that constantly exchanged position papers and critiqued each other's work. The "Blues," who were to prepare the scenario for a surprise air strike, included General Maxwell Taylor, Robert Kennedy, Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon, Director McCone, Dean Acheson, and McGeorge Bundy. The "Reds," drafting the blockade option, included Chief of U.S. Naval Operations Adm. George Anderson, Marine Corps Commandant David Shoup, Secretary Rusk, Deputy Secretary Gilpatric, and Theodore Sorensen.
Image: On October 11 last week, certain documents from Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy's personal papers about the Cuban Missile Crisis were declassified. In it was the above personal list of who RFK thought among the ExComm were the "Hawks" who favored an air strike (shown in the right column labeled "Strike") vs. the "Doves" who favored a blockade of Cuba (in the left column). Note that the "Chiefs" meaning the Joint Chiefs of Staff along with General Taylor are shown on the "Hawks" Strike side of his list on the right. Source: The National Security Archive
In less than two days, two complete scenarios were prepared and presented to President Kennedy on October 20, with competing input coming from the Pentagon and the State Department.
From this insider accounting of events, we learn that the Chairman thought that the probable sequence of events to be green-lighted would be: a political approach; a warning; air attack on the missile sites; blockade; and, if necessary, invasion, with the earliest air strike date set for October 21 (optimally the 23rd), and an invasion to begin on October 28.
However, to find out exactly what happened and how the drama played out behind the scenes, pick up a copy of this fascinating book.
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ROSWELL, N.M. — Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner landed safely on Earth after a 24-mile jump from the stratosphere in a dramatic, daring feat that may also have marked the world's first supersonic skydive. Baumgartner came down in the eastern New Mexico desert minutes after jumping from his capsule 128,000 feet, or 24 miles, above Earth. He lifted his arms in victory shortly after landing, sending off loud cheers from onlookers and friends inside the mission's control center in Roswell, N.M. It wasn't immediately certain whether he had broken the speed of sound during his free-fall, which was one of the goals of the mission. Three hours earlier, Baumgartner, known as "Fearless Felix," had taken off in a pressurized capsule carried by a 55-story ultra-thin helium balloon. As he exited his capsule from high above Earth, he flashed a thumbs-up sign, aware that his feat was being shown on a live-stream on the Internet. During the ensuing jump from more than three times the height of the average cruising altitude for jetliners, Baumgartner was expected to hit a speed of 690 mph. Any contact with the capsule on his exit could have torn his pressurized suit, a rip that could expose him to a lack of oxygen and temperatures as low as minus-70 degrees. That could have caused lethal bubbles to form in his bodily fluids He activated his parachute as he neared Earth, gently gliding into the desert east of Roswell. Coincidentally, Baumgartner's attempted feat also marked the 65th anniversary of U.S. test pilot Chuck Yeager successful attempt to become the first man to officially break the sound barrier aboard an airplane. At Baumgartner's insistence, some 30 cameras recorded the event Sunday. While it had been pegged as a live broadcast, it was actually under a 20-second delay. Shortly after launch, screens at mission control showed the capsule as it rose above 10,000 feet, high above the New Mexico desert as cheers erupted from organizers. Baumgartner also could be seen on video checking instruments inside the capsule. Baumgartner's team included Joe Kittinger, who first attempted to break the sound barrier from 19.5 miles up in 1960, reaching speed of 614 mph. With Kittinger inside mission control Sunday, the two men could be heard going over technical details as the launch began. "You are right on the button, keep it right there," Kittinger told Baumgartner. An hour into the flight, Baumgartner had ascended more than 63,000 feet and had gone through a trial run of the jump sequence that will send him plummeting toward Earth. Ballast was dropped to speed up the ascent. Kittinger told him, "Everything is in the green. Doing great." This attempt marked the end of a five-year road for Baumgartner, a record-setting high-altitude jumper. He already made two preparation jumps in the area, one in March from 15 miles high and on in July from 18 miles high. It will also be the end of his extreme altitude jumping career; he has promised this will be his final jump. Dr. Jonathan Clark, Baumgartner's medical director, has told reporters he expects the pressurized spacesuit to protect him from the shock waves of breaking the sound barrier. If all goes well and he survives the jump, NASA could certify a new generation of spacesuits for protecting astronauts and provide an escape option from spacecraft at 120,000 feet, he said. Jumping from more than three times the height of the average cruising altitude for jetliners, Baumgartner's expects to hit a speed of 690 mph or more before he activates his parachute at 9,500 feet above sea level, or about 5,000 feet above the ground in southeastern New Mexico. The total jump should take about 10 minutes. The energy drink maker Red Bull, which is sponsoring the feat, has been promoting a live Internet stream of the event from nearly 30 cameras on the capsule, the ground and a helicopter. But organizers said there will be a 20-second delay in their broadcast of footage in case of a tragic accident. After the jump, Baumgartner says he plans to settle down with his girlfriend and fly helicopters on mountain rescue and firefighting missions in the U.S. and Austria.
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I love black and white photos.
Whenever I found a picture I liked, I'd immediately change it to black and white. Sometimes I'd switch to sepia. They're gorgeous and kind of artsy.
Lately, though, I've been looking at life (and photos) in a new way.
Last week I wrote about hiding by being covered up, but is removing something a way of hiding, too? Is getting rid of colors just the flip side of covering them?
I still love sepia and black and white but I'm going to give myself a moment to appreciate what the colors have to say before I make the decision whether or not to strip them away.
Now that my children are older, I flip through albums filled with colorless photos of newborns. They're beautiful but I want to see my babies as they really were—spit up, cradle cap, rosy cheeks…everything.
I found this picture from last autumn. My husband snapped it as I was about to pull wisps of wind-blown hair out of my face. Upon closer examination, I thought it looked cool. So I turned it black and white. Taking away my skin tone and purple streak. Taking away my true colors.
My Sunday thoughts in 200 words or less.
Which image do you like better–the black and white or the color? Which photos do you generally prefer? I still love the B&W and sepia filters. There's something about them. But I'm being more careful about keeping color in my life and in my photos.


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Review: Patron Reposado Tequila
Posted by Arctic Wolf on July 8, 2012
Patron Tequila is a pure 100% Blue Weber Agave Tequila made from agave grown in the highlands of Jalisco, Mexico. This Agave is 6 to 7 years old when harvested, and the heart of the plant or the piña is all that is used. These piñas are cut and slowly steamed in traditional masonry ovens for 79 hours. The steamed piñas are then shredded and placed into a traditional stone pit, where they are broken into finer pieces with large stone milling wheels called "Tahonas". The resulting juice is fermented for 72 hours in a wooden fermentation vat, and distilled twice in copper pot stills.
Patrón Reposado Tequila is a blend of unique tequilas which have been aged in oak barrels for an average of six months. I received a sample bottle of the Patron Silver Tequila from Diamond Estates Wine and Spirits, who are the local distributor Patron Spirits.
Here is an excerpt from my review:
"… When I brought the glass to my nose, light scents of caramel and mildly punky agave were rising from the glass, and he initial aroma is very enticing. As the glass sits some light scents of sandalwood develop and some hints of honey and vanilla. The decanted glass has a nice 'earthy' aroma with fruity accents of broiled zucchini and oven baked squash softening the more pungent agave and muting the peppery spice we usually encounter in a highland tequila… "
You may read the full review here:
Review: Patrón Reposado Tequila
As well I have included a wonderful Tequila cocktail which combines Orange and Mango Soda with Patrón Reposado Tequila; I call my recipe, Bright Orange for the Shroud!
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