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Hey President Hassan Rouhani, the Matt-Man Wants a Persianpalooza With You!!

9:00 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Cheeeeeeeeeers Chuckleheads!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTJJ-eqCzKbaTomXt2BWXkM_VcEq6sXbDQ0ljyJCgau0lhyphenhyphenL5oNG3z6n3g6tzlys875LjdLlHVGRAgfARXtUUgYNaovbJaya7ggrMsXU8aQ17DZiKkEgucgasdoQT8azeLQ78ICAJi0YD/s1600/President+Rouhani+Iran.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTJJ-eqCzKbaTomXt2BWXkM_VcEq6sXbDQ0ljyJCgau0lhyphenhyphenL5oNG3z6n3g6tzlys875LjdLlHVGRAgfARXtUUgYNaovbJaya7ggrMsXU8aQ17DZiKkEgucgasdoQT8azeLQ78ICAJi0YD/s400/President+Rouhani+Iran.jpg" width="400" /></a>As I am all about peace, and trying to end war and hostility around the world, I am writing today with an offer of a hearty handshake of friendship on one hand, and an olive branch in the other, both of which are directed at the recently elected President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani.<br /><br />So in order to help our two nations and indeed the world get along better, here is an open letter to President Hassan Rouhani…<br /><br /><i>Dear President Rouhani,</i><br /><br />My name is Matt Mahoney and I live in Springfield, Ohio, U.S.A.<br /><br />A few years ago when Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to the U.S. to speak at Columbia University, I sent him a letter asking if I could go back to Iran with him in order to help build a more pleasant relationship between our two countries.<br /><br />You know…<br /><br />Just me, a typical American coming to Iran in order to speak with and “kick it” with typical Iranians for a few days to show that we Americans are not all that different from you Iranians.<br /><br />Alas…<br /><br />My letter to Dour-Looking, Sawed Off, Members Only Jacket Wearing President Ahmadinejad fell upon deaf ears and was totally ignored.  I was, as we say here in the States, a bit miffed.  I would ask you why he always seems so angry, but I gather it’s because he is only 5’2” tall, and well…I’d be angry too.<br /><br />So, anyhoo…<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5PdIXLC104lT_R3u7Et6zeXHO6PnfZynftNqXFNIMwpPlEfR-Pk88Jvf-vDfZ1VF8vUtARLPdA6maweJ5s8PkfaD82Vqv52_9WWUq0btsJXE0NVBq1QsBJcA5PdMssobhU5SknZ0R-Q67/s1600/Presiden+Hassan+Rouhani+Nuclear+Weapons.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5PdIXLC104lT_R3u7Et6zeXHO6PnfZynftNqXFNIMwpPlEfR-Pk88Jvf-vDfZ1VF8vUtARLPdA6maweJ5s8PkfaD82Vqv52_9WWUq0btsJXE0NVBq1QsBJcA5PdMssobhU5SknZ0R-Q67/s400/Presiden+Hassan+Rouhani+Nuclear+Weapons.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />I think you and I would get along well together.  Sure, you are 64 years old, and I’m 48, but listen my new buddy, I have brothers and sisters your age, and older.  I am more than adept at relating to, and with, your wacky sexagenarian sub-culture.<br /><br />And plus, look at you and me…<br /><br />I have a buzzed head and wear an earring, and you have an ironic beard, and wear an understated, yet complicated turban.  From those observations as well as the number of microphones in front of your face, I surmise that we both enjoy walking our subtle, yet devil-may-care egos down the fashion runway of life.<br /><br />Amirite!? Damn right, I am!!<br /><br />You and I could go from village to village, town to town, college campus to college campus, and just engage with each other and the citizens of Iran, and bring our people closer together in the understanding that we all want to enjoy a world that is peaceful and prosperous.<br /><br />In our private meetings you and I could make fun of our nations’ allies.  I mean yes, we, the U.S., are aligned with the bland Brits and the milquetoast French, but your two biggest allies are led by a human freak show who rides shirtless on a horse, and a coward of man who gasses his own people!!<br /><br />Don’t tell me that there isn't any common ground there, my friend.  Hell, I’m sure, if we put our heads together that we could come up with a joke that goes like this…<br /><br />A Brit, a Frenchman, a Russian, and a Syrian walk into a bar, and the bartender says…<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf57k60CrLUI2NNXuU6Sd7KA5BxJMprfWh69_LmLL3r7_iAcuuq1e_Vx4dS33NCfy0QGLdHwl313hejF_wurZwoSa5RKBU_Ex_OITcMpLTb6-FK_nB80tLJuULDOgRRrkJrBN3LfNijkDV/s1600/President+of+Iran+Hassan+Rouhani.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf57k60CrLUI2NNXuU6Sd7KA5BxJMprfWh69_LmLL3r7_iAcuuq1e_Vx4dS33NCfy0QGLdHwl313hejF_wurZwoSa5RKBU_Ex_OITcMpLTb6-FK_nB80tLJuULDOgRRrkJrBN3LfNijkDV/s400/President+of+Iran+Hassan+Rouhani.jpg" width="400" /></a><i>“Jesus Christ, how I long for a Canadian customer, at least they leave with a smile, and leave me with a tip.”</i><br /><br />So…There you have it President Rouhani.  I am more than willing to leave my comfortable digs here in Ohio and help you to shoulder the wheel-barrow of peace and understanding that this garden of life so desperately needs.<br /><br />If you are interested, let me know. You can always simply tweet me, because I follow you, and with all due respect, please allow me to say…<br /><br />I dig your tweets.<br /><br /><i>Cheers!!</i><br /><i>Matt-Man</i><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a></span><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">@mattman_iws</span></a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mattmaniws" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">My Facebook Page</span></a><br /><br /></div>

Hey President Hassan Rouhani, the Matt-Man Wants a Persianpalooza With You!!

Cheeeeeeeeeers Chuckleheads!! As I am all about peace, and trying to end war and hostility around the world, I am writing today with an offe...

13 Months?

7:20 PM Tukiyooo 0

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Good evening blog friends!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hello??? Anyone still there after my 13 month blog break? I can’t image why anyone would stick around, it’s been pretty boring around these parts lately! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here’s what’s been going on in my life the past 13 months:</span></div><ul><li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My last post mentioned a goal of weighing 162lbs by 8.31.12, well that didn’t happen because this happened:</span> <br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzIRx322gx0XRAF2aD3V57mErYkPhLHXk9eSdkTHfOe1WNS6CiqvKoiLX_6eN1Db2OZMgxn_8CUAMAOHNhhJ2w48AuLPd1v6etXPacK366yei1e843D-iLwZYgW4hNkGvuVOlr0T4LL4s/s1600/IMG_32864.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzIRx322gx0XRAF2aD3V57mErYkPhLHXk9eSdkTHfOe1WNS6CiqvKoiLX_6eN1Db2OZMgxn_8CUAMAOHNhhJ2w48AuLPd1v6etXPacK366yei1e843D-iLwZYgW4hNkGvuVOlr0T4LL4s/s400/IMG_32864.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div></div></li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Yep, I was baking baby #2!</i></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I had great intentions of having a healthier pregnancy than the first time around. I started out really well, but I quit working out week 14 and around week 20 I had already gained 17lbs. It didn’t stop there, I ended up gaining almost 50lbs again! {not good!!!} </span></div></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPivs9TL3SznoTCkcxHrxgoyKLaVK5bJqAB8XBZieTIE7BJOPj1v7TR4IhGEloreaRDMcDpybrmXqnsMLhJBEY1AQG4xWYTzkIGIrYIY01XCMeGhYCTX9LfQ0KIcROJbmyDqZktQrulveP/s1600/22+weeks,+3+days+11_4_12%5B5%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPivs9TL3SznoTCkcxHrxgoyKLaVK5bJqAB8XBZieTIE7BJOPj1v7TR4IhGEloreaRDMcDpybrmXqnsMLhJBEY1AQG4xWYTzkIGIrYIY01XCMeGhYCTX9LfQ0KIcROJbmyDqZktQrulveP/s400/22+weeks,+3+days+11_4_12%5B5%5D.jpg" width="246" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><ul><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Something good did come out of that weight gain though; I got my sweet baby boy, Avery James! He made his arrival on March 7, 2013 weighing 9lbs 11oz and I completely fell in love all over again! Who knew you could love two little people SO much?!?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPvjZ7QMe248HpCg46jy-x2mE3vwar7j8eU9fhKyppfOINyXp70wyHdUFzJnffxoy7040dfjZ3YfWMXSDX8kKaDBc_-LqwmNJIP9pt9Kdfkrdx-PDPLarr6kbg77LolXg4PikcVnO3b8-/s1600/_dsc6552_edited-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPvjZ7QMe248HpCg46jy-x2mE3vwar7j8eU9fhKyppfOINyXp70wyHdUFzJnffxoy7040dfjZ3YfWMXSDX8kKaDBc_-LqwmNJIP9pt9Kdfkrdx-PDPLarr6kbg77LolXg4PikcVnO3b8-/s400/_dsc6552_edited-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div></li><li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I thoroughly enjoyed my 12 week maternity leave at home with my kiddos. I didn’t workout or track my eats though. After Memorial Day I went back to work full time and also have a small part time gig as well. </span></div></li><li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now here I am, Avery is over 6 months old and I still have 20lbs to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight. AND…I’d like to lose about another 10-15lbs on top of that! So this mama has some work to do!</span></div></li></ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I’ve quickly learned that being a working mom of 2 is HARD WORK! I always thought I was busy before I had kids and then when Adelyn made her arrival, she filled up my time even more. Now that I look back I had SO MUCH free time before I had 2 kids, perspective is a funny thing! I’m not going to use that excuse anymore. I’m going to make time to work out, meal plan, and spend some time on me! {Goodness that sounds selfish!}</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Stick around…or come back, <b><u>please</u></b>! Blogging was such a key part of my weight loss back in 08-09 and I want make it a key part once again!<o:p></o:p></span></div>

13 Months?

Good evening blog friends! Hello??? Anyone still there after my 13 month blog break? I can’t image why anyone would stick around, it’s been ...

The Inflationary No-Fly Zone

6:24 PM Tukiyooo 0

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifvINxwmgKpzVIRJ0y2_wHQEEPh2HN0qww6hCMO7HTW2yhD8WUjWfm4qlZF6PLzL3YTc2u_jH_fcMb0JBlSowprf1XKsvbDhOFzbvzRK_6gMUOyQOjEFGf5XMQj8buRrnGHJGP90BwzvI/s1600/PPI+No+Fly+Zone.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifvINxwmgKpzVIRJ0y2_wHQEEPh2HN0qww6hCMO7HTW2yhD8WUjWfm4qlZF6PLzL3YTc2u_jH_fcMb0JBlSowprf1XKsvbDhOFzbvzRK_6gMUOyQOjEFGf5XMQj8buRrnGHJGP90BwzvI/s320/PPI+No+Fly+Zone.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />It's an exponential trend failure two-fer.<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-fly_zone">No-fly zone</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>A no-fly zone (or no-flight zone) is a territory or an area over which aircraft are not permitted to fly. Such zones are usually set up in a military context, somewhat like a demilitarized zone in the sky, and usually prohibit military aircraft of a belligerent nation from operating in the region. Aircraft that break the no-fly zone may be shot down, depending on the terms of the NFZ.</i></div><br />No matter how hard we try (and we have made so many attempts), we cannot seem to punch through the record high set in July of 2008. Seriously. So close and yet so far!<br /><br />I find it very hard to believe that the PPI will permanently hug the border of the no-fly zone. Then again, I could be wrong. Perhaps there is a relationship between hugging and ZIRPing. Japan faced 20+ years of flat consumer inflation. We've seen roughly 2 straight years of flat PPI inflation.<br /><br />The Fed's ZIRP is the largest monetary operation ever mounted. Quite frankly, this kind of thing's never been attempted before in the United States.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="236" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/DKDPX8PEiVk" width="420"></iframe><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>It will be the largest airborne operation ever mounted. Quite frankly, this kind of thing's never been attempted before. We shall seize the bridges. It's all a question of bridges, with thunderclap surprise, and hold them until they can be secured.</i></div><br />The operation will continue until all the <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&gid=3309817&type=member&item=221252907&commentID=124572503&qid=a7677caf-48f3-48b0-a16f-6f7868e66a3c&trk=group_most_popular_guest-0-b-cmn&goback=.gmp_3309817">bridges</a> can be secured. I have no doubts about that. Sigh.<br /><br />This is not investment advice.<br /><br /><b>Update:</b><br /><br />I wasn't happy with the ending point I chose on the second exponential trend in red. It's been updated to end at the short-term peak set in July of 2011.<br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/PPIACO">St. Louis Fed: Producer Price Index: All Commodities</a>

The Inflationary No-Fly Zone

Click to enlarge. It's an exponential trend failure two-fer. No-fly zone A no-fly zone (or no-flight zone) is a territory or an area ove...

ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING

4:35 PM Tukiyooo 0

I have been sharing excerpts from God Of Our Silent Tears in the order they appear in  the book, because the book is an argument from our encounter with evil to a better image of God to an understanding of how God helps ("God who has brought us thus far on the way") to a call for us to respond to evil and suffering in a godly way.  But the occurrence today of yet another mass shooting, another multiple homicide, prompts me to share this excerpt out of order. As we were about to go to press, the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary sent me back to add this section to the end. I have argued that God's response to the pain we feel in this transitory life is a transcendent redeeming beauty which manifest as a serene center, as compassion, and as vitalizing spirit. I conclude that our best response to suffering, our own suffering and that of others, is to mirror God's response. This excerpt applies that mirroring in the context of Sandy Hook. Perhaps it has something to say to today's new tragedy.<br /><br />      <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; tab-stops: .05pt .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">                  Over the years of writing this book, tragedies have compounded, each one forcing me back to the existential drawing board – seeing my text on the computer screen exposed as pitifully inadequate in the face of flesh and blood sorrow. There have been natural evils – 230,000 killed in the Haiti earthquake of 2010; 70,000 killed in the Sichuan quake of 2008; the Pakistan flood of 2012; the Japan earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2012. There have been human evils – atrocities in the Congo and Sudan; mass shootings at Virginia Tech, Ft. Hood, the Aurora Theater, the Sikh Temple, Tucson, and a one-room Amish school to name just a few.            <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; tab-stops: .05pt .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; tab-stops: .05pt .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">                        As this book goes to press, we have just witnessed the mass murder of elementary school children and their teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. Again the question, “Where was God?” Again many interpretations are drawn. Absurd things are said, like “this is God’s punishment for the absence of prayer in schools.” <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; tab-stops: .05pt .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; tab-stops: .05pt .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">                        This book has not prescribed a neat formula to which such a thing can be reduced. The tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary demonstrates that evil will not be reduced to any neat formula. But I will do my best to offer a glimpse into how the Trinitarian God responds and calls us to respond to horrific evils.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; tab-stops: .05pt .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; tab-stops: .05pt .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">                        The closer we are to this loss, the more we need to access some firm foundation of hope. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; tab-stops: .05pt .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">                        <i>My life flows on in endless song<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">                        Above earth’s lamentation<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">                        I hear the sweet and far off hymn<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">                        That hails a new creation.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">                        Through all the tumult and the strife<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt;">                        I hear the music ringing . . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .05pt .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">The bereaved need a God of Eternity to hold their grief. We all do. And they need people who embody that faith for them when it is natural they should find it hard to find hope in their own broken hearts.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .05pt .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .05pt .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">                        If we love our children as much as is humanly possible, God loves them infinitely. If we suffer at their deaths, God suffers infinitely. The Cross happened again in Newtown, Connecticut. We meet God at that Cross, the God who will someday redeem and resurrect. The victims need a God who joins them, who goes all the way into the hell of death and grief with them. And they need people who embody God’s compassion, who, in Wolterstorff’s words, “Mourn humanity’s mourning, weep over humanity’s weeping, [are] wounded by humanity’s wounds . . . .” In the moment of loss, it is possible to find God precisely because in that moment we can find each other.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .05pt .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .05pt .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">                        The friends and parents of the slain children and teachers will need more than hope and compassion to find their way into a future. They will need that mysterious infusion of strength and courage the Spirit offers. They will need the meaning-making process of spiritual growth and transformation -- an inner process manifesting outwardly in life for others. That meaning-making will take different forms for each person. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .05pt .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .05pt .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">                        The public discourse in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre is a desperate scramble to make meaning out of senseless loss. People are proposing gun control, improved school security, expanded access to mental health, and other ways to improve society, mostly good enough ideas. But to me they all seem too small, too utilitarian. Tragedy of this magnitude calls for more than a technical fix to reduce the likelihood of it happening again. The best way to invest with meaning the wave of mass murders we have experienced in recent years would be to repent from social violence. Reasonable regulation of firearms would be the most obvious pragmatic way to back off from our compulsive habit of violence. But gun reform is a far, far cry from enough on the one hand, and extraordinarily hard to achieve on the other. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .05pt .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .05pt .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">                        Our societal violence goes much deeper than legislation can reach. More than any other developed nation, we have embraced the meta-narrative the late Walter Wink called “the myth of redemptive violence.” The myth he describes is an ancient story line beginning with the Enuma Elish, the Sumerian creation myth. Marduk, one of several Sumerian gods, becomes king of the gods because of his combat skills.  He slays the sea monster Tiamat and creates the heavens form her body. The import of the Enuma Elish, as Wink reads it, is that meaning, value, and heroism lie in killing the enemy. Wink offered the gospel of Jesus Christ as the counter-narrative of “redemptive love.” <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .05pt .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .05pt .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">                        But for every movie, book, and TV program valorizing a Christ-figure, there are 100 valorizing a Marduk-figure. The catechism of American culture is a course in the myth of redemptive violence. So we live with fantasies of someday blowing away a villain. The myth of redemptive violence invests our human worth in our capacity to kill. So we, as a nation, invested our wealth in a nuclear arsenal that would destroy every living person on earth many times over. We incarcerate more people than any other developed nation. Unlike most modern democracies, we persist with the death penalty. From the video games we sell our children, to our sports, to our law enforcement, to our foreign policy, we embrace violence. In our pride and in our fear, we have made what Isaiah called “a covenant with death”—meaning we ground our safety and our self-esteem on our capacity to kill. Is it then any wonder that the canaries in this spiritual coalmine turn assault weapons on our people, killing federal judges, young adults at movie theaters, and first graders at their desks?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .05pt .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .05pt .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">                        When I think of a transformation that would give some modicum of meaning to the blood shed by our children, nothing less than a societal conversion from a model of valor like Marduk to a model of valor like Jesus will do. The Sumerian creation myth says the universe is born in bloodshed; hence, the Savior Marduk comes with guns blazing. The Jewish creation myth says the universe is procreated by a parental God who says “It is good;” hence, the Savior Jesus comes in love, even sacrificial love. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .05pt .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; tab-stops: .05pt .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">                        So to draw the circle to a close, that is what this book has been about – the discovery of a better God, the kind of God manifest in a Jesus – not Marduk -- a God of serenity, compassion, and relational power to live for others.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">(God Of Our Silent Tears can be ordered on line from Cathedral Bookstore. </span><span style="line-height: 200%;">http://cathedral-bookstore.myshopify.com/products/god-of-our-silent-tears)</span><br /><span style="line-height: 200%;"><br /></span><br /></div>

ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING

I have been sharing excerpts from God Of Our Silent Tears in the order they appear in the book, because the book is an argument from our en...

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer ( electron optics systems | high/ultra high vacuum systems) (# 109589)

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Title:  </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Senior mechanical design Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Location:  </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Milpitas, CA<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Duration:  </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Fulltime<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Responsibilities:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">1. Develop and document designs for electron optics systems/subsystems from concept to completion and final release to manufacturing.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">2. Produce mechanical system/subsystem specifications in order to meet  performance requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">3. Design, modify parts or large scale assemblies using ProEngineer.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">4. Create detailed drawings using ProEngineer to be used for the manufacture of assemblies and components.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">5. Participate/lead design reviews, error budget development, risk assessment and mitigation.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">6. Perform structural and thermal FEA using ProMechanica.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">7. Evaluate vendor components, develop specifications, analyze/select materials and verify design accuracy.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">8. Define test plans, perform testing and write test reports.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">9. Document testing, manufacturing and assembly procedures.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">10. Work with outside vendors and consultants to develop, analyze and fabricate components and subassemblies.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">11. Provide effective presentation and written evaluations to communicate concepts, designs, test results, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Preferred Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">1. Direct experience designing systems/subsystems used for electron optics such as deflectors, objective lenses, vacuum chambers, gate valves, in vacuum positioning, etc.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">2. Familiarity with mechanical designs used for electron optics systems, wafer transport and high/ultra high vacuum systems is a must.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">3. Ability to develop/conceptualize mechanical system/subsystems based on a set of requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">4. Familiarity with materials, manufacturing and cleaning processes used for making components for electron optics systems.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">5. Should be able to perform basic structural and thermal FEA using either ProMechanica or SolidWorks Simulation.  The ability to perform complex analysis a plus.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">6. Must have experience designing parts and assemblies for use in high and ultra high vacuum and in high voltage environment.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">7. Must be able to create 3D part/assembly models and detail drawings for fabrication per best practices using ProE.  Should be able to perform tolerance 8. analysis on designs   to ensure budgets are met. Should have a thorough understanding of GD&T standards.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Working knowledge of vibration.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">9. Must be able to work with team members and with outside contractors, consultants, and machine shops.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Minimum Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 12 years of experience.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">OR<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Master's Level Degree with at least 8 years of experience.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">OR<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Doctorate (Academic) with at least 5 years of experience.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Please send your resumes to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com<span style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div></div></div>

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer ( electron optics systems | high/ultra high vacuum systems) (# 109589)

Job Title: Senior mechanical design Engineer Location: Milpitas, CA Duration: Fulltime Responsibilities: 1. Develop and document designs ...

Autumn Wreath no. 2

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">If this wreath turns out nice I will hang it on my front door.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXzUG_k8YYNZPCV0aN7cbR2QGOddipBGoJGvdWF0iq99KXhT0DdPjpzcnI4yPKXKmomilVKtwAD7vtrHePaAIlG-h5i6IYC_-562lBfypNHjOw69BjWjORJDoN7Vvqqm8HbBW0b9PCUOSX/s640/blogger-image-1542285506.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXzUG_k8YYNZPCV0aN7cbR2QGOddipBGoJGvdWF0iq99KXhT0DdPjpzcnI4yPKXKmomilVKtwAD7vtrHePaAIlG-h5i6IYC_-562lBfypNHjOw69BjWjORJDoN7Vvqqm8HbBW0b9PCUOSX/s640/blogger-image-1542285506.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I Wrapped the polystyrene in brown tape so as to cover the white </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZE6bzuR1pKv_iFVhRDKXgCObSakwReFcWGSimB3MRuP-bNp2KSCYDATSXShK4L28qA2OeybebUhUhi_S3uIAtqC4qdjGfVNKi3EO5J1We4nC7rsV6zavPntHBok73acE4gAs0tFRuZC7/s640/blogger-image-2019552566.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Autumn Wreath no. 2

If this wreath turns out nice I will hang it on my front door. I Wrapped the polystyrene in brown tape so as to cover the white Twisted jut...

How to Exercise Without Even Knowing It.

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I found this article on the Belviq "BELIVE" website that I am a member of:<br /><br /><h1>How to Exercise Without Even Knowing It</h1><h2 class="subhead gray">Here are some proven strategies to get you moving.</h2><small class="author">By Jean Harvey-Berino, Ph.D., R.D., and Joyce Hendley</small><br /><div class="article-tag"><span>Eating Well</span></div><div class="clear"></div><div class="date-first">September 09, 2013</div>A group of scientists recently suggested, in a review that appeared in the International Journal of Obesity, that Americans are simply spending too much time talking about how our toxic food environment and our couch potato ways are making us obese. Perhaps there are other reasons that we’re plumping up, they proposed. Among their alternate obesity theories: we’re not sleeping enough, air pollution messes up our metabolism, we’ve adapted to air conditioning— and so we don’t need to regulate our internal temperatures by ramping up our metabolic rates (thus, burning more calories). All that may be true, but that doesn’t change the fact that eating right and exercising are the ways to manage your weight. To that end, try incorporating some of these excellent ways to exercise without even knowing it. You may not think of the activities below as exercise—but at the end of the day, all of these strategies burn calories and get your heart rate up.<br />1. Wash your car.<br />Embrace the summer heat—with a hose: Burn calories and make your car look beautiful as you wash it, dry it and get it (and you) buff.<br />2. Do your own yard work.<br />Tell the teenage kid from down the street that you’ll mow your own lawn—and pay him to make some iced tea instead. While you’re at it, weed the vegetable garden and toss some new mulch around the perennials out front.<br />3. Reinstate the “water cooler.”<br />Everyone needs a periodic work break, but instead of emailing witty quips to your buddy in the next office, walk to the water cooler and dish in person.<br />4. Get started on that home-improvement project.<br />Painting, hammering, hoisting—it’s all exercise (some of it moderate to vigorous). And don’t discount all the walking that you’ll do as you wander around the big home-improvement warehouse looking for that specific hinge (or someone who can help you find it).<br />5. Dog sit.<br />For a puppy, ideally. You won’t be able to sit on the couch for long—unless you don’t care about your carpet—or your shoes. Know anyone with a dog? Ask if they’ll be heading out on holiday this summer, sans pet. You’ll sneak in a week’s worth of exercise—and probably earn yourself a nice bottle of wine upon their return.<br />6. Eat al fresco.<br />Pack a healthy picnic—one that requires schlepping a big ice-filled cooler across a field or a park. Bring a ball or a Frisbee for after-eating activities.<br /><div class="eatwell-copyright">© 2013 Eating Well, Inc.</div>

How to Exercise Without Even Knowing It.

I found this article on the Belviq "BELIVE" website that I am a member of: How to Exercise Without Even Knowing It Here are some p...

Viktor und Viktoria's Darling of the Gods

2:00 PM Tukiyooo 0

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHsWYJ0LX76y5bRDbQL_NoWPOytKStVaic-ryfrR5aIa-rpo3dSPL6Y2W9G2rpzV6oxbfJEsmO8zVsdmLJJ5JW9Jx-X19zVop9VGcgqbUyxmY-U49TvlXcE42sm-3pgxAtVhUxFhRGk0Wu/s1600/ZZVuV1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHsWYJ0LX76y5bRDbQL_NoWPOytKStVaic-ryfrR5aIa-rpo3dSPL6Y2W9G2rpzV6oxbfJEsmO8zVsdmLJJ5JW9Jx-X19zVop9VGcgqbUyxmY-U49TvlXcE42sm-3pgxAtVhUxFhRGk0Wu/s604/ZZVuV1.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Before The Cafe, Lesser Ury, 1920s</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Guest blogger Karin (aka/Whistlingypsy) of </i><a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/frame?blog=5933679&group=0&frame_type=b&link=aHR0cDovL2Rpc3RhbnQtdm9pY2VzYW5kZmxpY2tlcmluZy1zaGFkb3dzLmJsb2dzcG90LmNvbS8&frame=1&click=0&user=0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Distant Voices and Flickering Shadows</span></a><i> is a freelance technical writer living in the Austin area. She has contributed to </i>Reel Life<i> in the past, treating readers to lyrical prose as well as a unique exploration of her subject in every case - from her two-part series on legendary art director Van Nest Polglase in 2010, to her entry on composer Bernard Herrmann for my </i>Vertigo<i> blog event early in 2012, to her contribution, "The Feminine Mystique of Mad Men," for my </i>Mad Men<i> blog event later that year. Karin's current fascination is Weimar-era Berlin's art, cabaret, cinema and music scene...</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>                                                                                      ~  The Lady Eve</i></span><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Classic films offer the viewer an opportunity to glimpse, however briefly and dimly, the world in which the audience and the performer lived. Classic films can also provide an imperfect record of the psychological and sociological issues of concern to the public. For many of us, German cinema during the Weimar era remains frustratingly elusive, while <i>art and auteur</i></span> <br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF1Zz0M8ZscfDM1I6EE9gVtIDxhHGumSWkark7eT2Nti8a3WSl3jzb7g7Y4NQ4mTD018N-rONI-UMkq1B6XVWOISIkFuM2q8rYvYk_rmdz-bHjO5mfido2707gGaCJak66fSjVXxdZH5RC/s1600/ZZVuV2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF1Zz0M8ZscfDM1I6EE9gVtIDxhHGumSWkark7eT2Nti8a3WSl3jzb7g7Y4NQ4mTD018N-rONI-UMkq1B6XVWOISIkFuM2q8rYvYk_rmdz-bHjO5mfido2707gGaCJak66fSjVXxdZH5RC/s320/ZZVuV2.jpg" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Renate Müller performs "Castle in Spain" </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> in <i>Viktor und Viktoria</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">cinema rightfully have a place in the nation’s legacy, popular cinema has suffered neglect with critics and fans. Thomas Elsaessar, in <u>Weimar Cinema And After: Germany’s Historical Imaginary</u>, states this is due, in part, "to a bias on the part of the Weimar cultural elite for art films or American popular cinema, a scarcity of surviving examples from other genres, and a persistent myth that German cinema was incapable of producing really good comedies after Ernst Lubitsch left for Hollywood". The development of Weimar cinema coincided with the transition from silent films to sound pictures and German filmmakers excelled in making cabaret-style comedies and popular musicals. Most film fans are familiar with <i>Viktor und Viktoria</i> (1933) as the inspiration for not one but four remakes. The original material also acts as a small crack in the otherwise accepted perception of German cinema as a dark mirror reflecting a nation’s soul and authoritarian traits.</span><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCIwPchsFGNVj5W0n3PdOaFpLOuSFjLwzUMIEJWTEnLS2EtMOWWxkgeKalDk4hyphenhyphenhKy6rsZLxDS5j6_vQmnA_bXs6-YGGF1x8zBTfUsOIcYxrEJdlRnQyCr8UNTn8WEsEhaGNL3xeub7gc/s1600/ZZVuV3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCIwPchsFGNVj5W0n3PdOaFpLOuSFjLwzUMIEJWTEnLS2EtMOWWxkgeKalDk4hyphenhyphenhKy6rsZLxDS5j6_vQmnA_bXs6-YGGF1x8zBTfUsOIcYxrEJdlRnQyCr8UNTn8WEsEhaGNL3xeub7gc/s200/ZZVuV3.jpg" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>She Represents</i> </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jeanne Mammen (1927)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The film certainly reflects Weimar era sauciness in all its manifestations, but referring to the film as a spoof of Vesta Tilley, London’s famous male impersonator, is to ignore the influence of Berlin’s inclusive cabaret history. Berlin’s cabarets were home to some of Europe’s most creative and experimental individuals, encouraging a free exchange of ideas and influencing art, cinema, literature, music and philosophy. The cabaret scene brought into being an incisive and satirical world of humor and music, exploring fads and fashions, political ideologies and sexual mores in the city and Germany at large. In fact, the tension between conservative and liberal, experimental and quotidian made Berlin’s cabarets simultaneously attractive and a target to competing factions. Cabarets, most importantly, supported a tradition of male, as well as female, impersonators who fashioned stage personas meant to depict gender ambiguities, outwit censors and reflect life.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHzb3QCjArfjTZQUgzuPIQWfPPrFH0bPyBu1ChdYmGAmAI4mUKctcq9Hx3NEmz5lTfOYPAPeoD_aVZww1qXDGsnNEEDIy2EgY4crv0j5gal35I7i1yT8vqgCgJRV8ltTEurt0FtIHj0JdR/s1600/ZZVuV4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHzb3QCjArfjTZQUgzuPIQWfPPrFH0bPyBu1ChdYmGAmAI4mUKctcq9Hx3NEmz5lTfOYPAPeoD_aVZww1qXDGsnNEEDIy2EgY4crv0j5gal35I7i1yT8vqgCgJRV8ltTEurt0FtIHj0JdR/s200/ZZVuV4.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Fans of Blake Edwards’s 1983 version of the film will find many similarities in Reinhold Schünzel’s dynamic and provocative original. Susanne Lohr (Renate Müller), a young aspiring actress, is befriended by Viktor Hempel (Hermann Thimig) after both audition for but fail to get work. The pair consoles one another in a local café, Susanne sharing her aspirations to become a cabaret performer, Viktor revealing his ambition to be a serious actor. Viktor admits that he is presently working as a female impersonator, and when illness prevents him from performing his act, he persuades his new friend to perform in his place. Susanne and Viktor’s luck changes over night and the pair is launched on a European tour that eventually takes them to London. Susanne becomes the toast of society, and the object of Robert’s (Anton Walbrook, billed as Adolphe Wohlbrück) fascination.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3cXQOeUgttND9FdW7Qzd2_fufz35758nYvWuLeg3ggS9qtWvrn5d17E8L_4pBCKwCMULpsW0ol5bMvwb50LWFjuOGtxT4cg45cMq1xdJEwq1N4K5bPoIcXGYOPZ1V_0KzFhNpvi7GJf2W/s1600/ZZVuV5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3cXQOeUgttND9FdW7Qzd2_fufz35758nYvWuLeg3ggS9qtWvrn5d17E8L_4pBCKwCMULpsW0ol5bMvwb50LWFjuOGtxT4cg45cMq1xdJEwq1N4K5bPoIcXGYOPZ1V_0KzFhNpvi7GJf2W/s200/ZZVuV5.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The film rightly deserves acclaim for achieving in the early sound era what others such as Rouben Mamoulian were not. Schünzel’s use of sound and image to comic effect, and his integration of singing and dancing in the plot, foreshadowed the integrated Hollywood musical. <i>Viktor und Viktoria</i> (1933) is not simply a brilliant example of the early sound era musical, but a joyous exploration of the rhythm of speech and music. The entire film is in blank verse, rhyme or <i>sprechgesang</i> (the spoken song), in combination with carefully orchestrated blocking, camera movement and editing. The film also reflects irony and nostalgia for operetta, once a part of the cabaret legacy and denounced in 1913 as ‘the worst enemy of German theatrical art’. The more optimistic film operettas of the late Weimar era reflect a myth that luck could bring overnight prosperity. Susanne’s discovery and instant fame integrate cabaret humor and the operetta myth in a post-Weimar era film.</span><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJ9BGZWM3WaBEh2N6No2zsUXN6bmYdYFvpS6L99N9MrYsjS2uVsiPAazgAKe4OgZGn0dwdBKcV15Fwkc39AHYFlF0VT7ujjBPmQSqXKMB0HhnxF_LsoCQjfyBJnYpR444nVwSXaCcubL9/s1600/ZZVuV6a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJ9BGZWM3WaBEh2N6No2zsUXN6bmYdYFvpS6L99N9MrYsjS2uVsiPAazgAKe4OgZGn0dwdBKcV15Fwkc39AHYFlF0VT7ujjBPmQSqXKMB0HhnxF_LsoCQjfyBJnYpR444nVwSXaCcubL9/s200/ZZVuV6.jpg" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>Georges et Georgette</i> (1934) </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">During the early sound era, the practice of filming additional versions for foreign markets was common in both Europe and Hollywood. The same year <i>Viktor und Victoria</i> was filmed in German; <i>Georges et Georgette</i> (1934) was filmed for French language audiences. Anton Walbrook reprised his role as Robert, Meg Lemonnier took over the role of Susanne and Julien Carette (<i>La Grande Illusion</i>) appeared as Georges. In 1935, Jessie Matthews, the <i>dancing divinity</i>, <i>princess personality</i> and the girl Bette Davis called ‘England’s greatest star’ appeared in a British Gaumont-Gainsborough remake.</span><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR1CbWagvvoNfrFrT5QQXV7hd6GHuepQNGzoxmgW2bmUMOIMHVaG9_r0xyGvR3OGHyTUEcgSJFtmQxtTj7yyH_IM2Sx05Gpr_FNs6WzTr_NkmxpkQtxg8pUqgo9z9xn9O1JPzDrAnBDCx9/s1600/ZZVuV6b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR1CbWagvvoNfrFrT5QQXV7hd6GHuepQNGzoxmgW2bmUMOIMHVaG9_r0xyGvR3OGHyTUEcgSJFtmQxtTj7yyH_IM2Sx05Gpr_FNs6WzTr_NkmxpkQtxg8pUqgo9z9xn9O1JPzDrAnBDCx9/s200/ZZVuV6b.jpg" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>First A Girl</i> (1935)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The plot of <i>First A Girl</i> (1935) is expanded to include a job in a dress shop for Elizabeth (Matthews), which allows for additional song and dance numbers. <i>Viktor und Viktoria</i> (1957) is an Agfacolor quality film and strays the farthest from the original. Erika (Susanne in the original) invents a brother as part of her "cover story", and when Erika can no longer maintain the charade, she tells Viktor she has “killed” her brother, Erik. Through a comedy of errors, Erika is arrested for the “murder”, and her beloved Jean (Robert in the original) confesses to complicity in the murder. A comparison of the double-exposure travel montage from <i>Viktor und Viktoria</i> to the same from <i>First A Girl</i> reveals the latter's faithful adaptation (the quality of the first is a bit squiffy, the dialogue is in German, but Susanne sings "Castle in Spain" in English).</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="400" width="560"><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/KXS6ALMggfM?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/KXS6ALMggfM?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="400" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="400" width="560"><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/tz1MUXDHlTs?hl=en_US&version=3&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/tz1MUXDHlTs?hl=en_US&version=3&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="400" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhKNmiZ0HZevkVUveNTPAcQbrM1rQxUca9JeaR2hmUYSqRLZrzXqD9voDm7MYl1OSwC-WZUFDSw5kT5Khjnku2L2AbzSE2bjBTAHmkZCLm9xrWnJfPW5CRvnPeNziIVMnxdIt_g4c3SP6/s1600/ZZVuV7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhKNmiZ0HZevkVUveNTPAcQbrM1rQxUca9JeaR2hmUYSqRLZrzXqD9voDm7MYl1OSwC-WZUFDSw5kT5Khjnku2L2AbzSE2bjBTAHmkZCLm9xrWnJfPW5CRvnPeNziIVMnxdIt_g4c3SP6/s320/ZZVuV7.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Robert and Susanne get "uncomfortable"</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Schünzle’s film is certainly available for gay and gender film scholarship, but in its charmingly prim manner, the premise extends few invitations. The  material for Schünzel’s <i>Viktor und Viktoria</i> becomes a sophisticated adult comedy and adds levels of gender ambiguity, when the traditional plot of a woman dressing as a man evolves to a woman passing for a man. The film also expands the notion of pre-code films and takes the screwball comedy to levels Lubitsch and Mamoulian would not have been permitted to explore, in which feelings are present but denied or thwarted. However, contemporary audiences and non-German speaking viewers are at a disadvantage in appreciating the film’s allusions and nuanced jokes. The most skillful effort of translation can take the viewer only so far in understanding an element of humor uniquely rooted in Berlin joke-telling. In his book <u>Berlin Cabaret</u>, Peter Jelavich recounts an experience of a visitor to the city, “No gestures, no wry faces, no smirks: the Berliner is dry and cold-blooded when he jokes. He displays an intentionally deadpan countenance, which stands in such contrast to his words that it never fails to provoke laughter” (many cabaret performers stood absolutely still while performing). This aspect of Berlin and cabaret style humor is reflected in Robert and Susanne’s inexplicably tense manner of flirtation, which initially seems counter-intuitive to notions of joke delivery.</span><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4NCIuDMOScKKXXC93-HaOoWhqIEUVc1bw1HqcLNBs5fdyRTGR05U9OUB_rrHStCwUcVyOlAwykMYUMfDqTsuBzuKDwda-NILktr_fLr1Wd3j_6lm1yv1StQX5uzPFsZ34GLKmPBS_XL19/s1600/ZZVuV8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4NCIuDMOScKKXXC93-HaOoWhqIEUVc1bw1HqcLNBs5fdyRTGR05U9OUB_rrHStCwUcVyOlAwykMYUMfDqTsuBzuKDwda-NILktr_fLr1Wd3j_6lm1yv1StQX5uzPFsZ34GLKmPBS_XL19/s320/ZZVuV8.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>Viktor und Viktoria</i>'s ensemble cast</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Robert’s bemused fascination quickly turns to gleeful torment after discovering Susanne’s secret and realizing the many ways he can use this against her. Although a visit to the barber and a visit to a seedy cellar cabaret play-out ironically, Susanne remains a sweet, if baffled, young woman in over her head, showing no hint of the transparent sexuality Dietrich displays in her Lola-Lola or Amy Jolly characters. This is hardly surprising given the political climate in Berlin at the time. Work on the film began, and the film's premier occurred, within month's of the Nazi accession to power. In October of 1932, Berlin’s chief of police ordered a ban on same-sex couples dancing in public. In January of 1933, the process of <i>gleichschaltung</i> (“the forcing into conformity”) brought artistic organizations under state control while eliminating objectionable artists from the field. The hugely popular Eldorado cabaret became the headquarters of the <i>Sturmabteilung</i> (SA), and in February of 1933, Hermann Goering ordered closure of similar establishments and instituted the arrest and imprisonment of gays and transvestites.</span><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBzmMs18swOROQV09oaW_RyXInmyTJfHmqSZQSGlvgTMdU668w06ulXwPbr1Du0NqkZLlV9fK4OI8JrbXAtC3X2S02SP0j1KVVkNg14yh52KVOLgX823NgyGduMq969dC9y6-w2NyB04Sr/s1600/ZZVuV9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBzmMs18swOROQV09oaW_RyXInmyTJfHmqSZQSGlvgTMdU668w06ulXwPbr1Du0NqkZLlV9fK4OI8JrbXAtC3X2S02SP0j1KVVkNg14yh52KVOLgX823NgyGduMq969dC9y6-w2NyB04Sr/s200/ZZVuV9.jpg" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Renate Müller</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In the absence of a definitive biography, Renate Müller’s life and early death have acquired legendary proportions. However, a search of available publications makes it possible to sketch a less sensational portrait of the actress’s last days. Renate Müller's skills as a singer and her knowledge of foreign languages made her the ideal actress for musical comedies. The actress made twenty-five films between 1929 and 1937, and her role in Reinhold Schünzel’s <i>Peter der Matrose</i> (1929) was the first of seven comedies in which she appeared for the director. Her sister, Gabriele Müller, described Renate’s screen appeal and why she captivated Weimar era audiences, “A new type of character was born in German film: after the ‘vamp’ and the ‘cute girlie’, there appeared a girl with heart who wasn’t a sweetheart, who was smart but not a bluestocking, charming yet not coy – a down-to-earth and bracingly natural girl.” Her trip to England in the summer of 1931 to film <i>Sunshine Susie</i>, as part of a British Gaumont-Gainsborough-Ufa film exchange, was reported widely in the cinema related press, and her personal appearances drew large crowds of fans.</span><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEingdJzfPjCkzqnPNgZZ03epd-AjB-6pxHEVfMoBoqx_lAbqxrsPRwaiP3C0eMzKRhN3jU7T4CkV7Wk8T8YsMDzu9bmPDRKAetBwxh4PGPTb5XKqbVqPSEbR36tBxoZqXHzrnMQ2mpO9Uvm/s1600/ZZVuV10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEingdJzfPjCkzqnPNgZZ03epd-AjB-6pxHEVfMoBoqx_lAbqxrsPRwaiP3C0eMzKRhN3jU7T4CkV7Wk8T8YsMDzu9bmPDRKAetBwxh4PGPTb5XKqbVqPSEbR36tBxoZqXHzrnMQ2mpO9Uvm/s200/ZZVuV10.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Renate Müller </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in <i>Sunshine Susie</i> (1931)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Her girl next-door persona and her wide-ranging popularity would prove to have a darker responsibility once the Nazis reached power. She is said to have been brought to the attention of propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, who saw in the actress a Hollywood style star, and one who could fill the void left by Marlene Dietrich after she emigrated from Germany. She continued to play coquettish and self-confident females, however, in 1937 when UFA became "the most horizontally and vertically intergrated German film conglomerate under the Nazis"; she found her career increasingly sidelined and she was forced to take a role in <i>Togger</i> (1937), a blatant propaganda film. In May of the same year, <u>People Of The Studios</u>, reported “O.E. Lubitz, once producer-manager for Bavaria and Atlantia films, has formed a company with Styria-Film of Vienna, with offices in Berlin. Renate Müller, one-time English star takes the lead in a film version of the Strauss operetta, <i>Die Fledermaus</i>", in fact, the role went to another actress. The mystery surrounding Renate Müller’s death on October 7, 1937, officially attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage, lead to increasingly wilder speculation including a rumored suicide.</span><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMs68QGhjqvRZ9n3Kk7ypnkcBGbM6xcnBJs_mV757_1f3NXVw8Qa78AXtDcxfAo4FgM_VSy6H9iYGepVeTRmafBdgnYgUYtaVv8fNaNMrdKpp7X9MAtg9LW8LgMPO5rOVun9kcdbYNuzBW/s1600/ZZVuV11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMs68QGhjqvRZ9n3Kk7ypnkcBGbM6xcnBJs_mV757_1f3NXVw8Qa78AXtDcxfAo4FgM_VSy6H9iYGepVeTRmafBdgnYgUYtaVv8fNaNMrdKpp7X9MAtg9LW8LgMPO5rOVun9kcdbYNuzBW/s320/ZZVuV11.jpg" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A musical number from <i>Liebling Der Götter</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Phil M. Daly reported on May 20, 1947 in his column, <i>Along The Rialto</i> (<i>The Film Daily</i>), director Henry Wilcox and his wife, actress Anna Neagle, would produce a film “based on the life and exploits of Renate Müller”. The reporter proceeded to refer to the actress as a “Nazi spy, film actress and musical comedy star” and the proposed film as a “spy thriller”. The actress's biography would eventually receive the cinematic treatment, over protests of surviving family members, in <i>Liebling Der Götter</i>/<i>Darling of The Gods</i> (1957). Tim Bergfelder in <u>International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Production</u> describes the film's grim opening, “Even audiences previously unfamiliar with Müller’s fate would have known not to expect a happy ending after an introductory, and rather didactic, caption at the beginning of the film informed them that the narrative would 'portray the life and death of an artist in unfree times'. Contemporary viewers hoping to find a dramatic re-creation of the actress’s life will undoubtedly be disappointed (a bit a trivia, Peter Van Eyck, who plays Renate’s love interest in the film, is said to have been romantically involved with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ross" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Jean Ross</span></a>).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I would like to thank Lady Eve for her gracious invitation to contribute to her always elegant blog. I would also like to acknowledge the invaluable help provided by DocTom (Thomas) in understanding certain nuances of the German language.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><u>Reference Material</u>: Berlin Cabaret, Peter Jelavich; Film and the German Left in the Weimar Republic: from Caligari to Kuhle Wampe, Bruce Murray; International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Production, Tim Bergfelder; The Film Daily, December, 1930, March 1932, May 1947; Weimar Cinema And After: Germany’s Historical Imaginary, Thomas Elsaessar; World Film News and Television Progress: People Of The Studios, May 1937.</span><br />  <br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://eves-reel-life.blogspot.com/search/label/Whistlingypsy%20%28author%29" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Click here</span></a> for all of Karin's contributions to </i>Reel Life. </span>

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Autumnal wreath

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So I turned all this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeMF-S6B_ffwrBg8haPHUWxputp_sKoIDxfw9Et8ukWvhJrnRkDRs4eVZzpNVfZQCgPimmqFOksb708Q1IPR5Aoq-h-Ycs9bskd6og7Ej3cj-urZiDlS0tGtpJLLVbyq0opbX-6C4MVzjX/s640/blogger-image--2062504797.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeMF-S6B_ffwrBg8haPHUWxputp_sKoIDxfw9Et8ukWvhJrnRkDRs4eVZzpNVfZQCgPimmqFOksb708Q1IPR5Aoq-h-Ycs9bskd6og7Ej3cj-urZiDlS0tGtpJLLVbyq0opbX-6C4MVzjX/s640/blogger-image--2062504797.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In to this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgggfMFA7DwRSpOK3oBleA8WYcytwqWD9eE0hbfZCPO6vJ-txGOUg3SUKnIAOq4fWqm_rUw6dTuYF_pd7QxuRPOHGYvidCT6RHV5H4I_-gcaDDnH-hV1HQQOiQwGqYUXSotAdAnHvUYNoMG/s640/blogger-image-773111495.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgggfMFA7DwRSpOK3oBleA8WYcytwqWD9eE0hbfZCPO6vJ-txGOUg3SUKnIAOq4fWqm_rUw6dTuYF_pd7QxuRPOHGYvidCT6RHV5H4I_-gcaDDnH-hV1HQQOiQwGqYUXSotAdAnHvUYNoMG/s640/blogger-image-773111495.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It's a wreath for mother's door which she has just got newly painted in a blue called "Cape Cod".</div><br></div>

Autumnal wreath

So I turned all this: In to this: It's a wreath for mother's door which she has just got newly painted in a blue called "Cape C...

Memo to Ontario: Collective bargaining benefits employers

1:36 PM Tukiyooo 0

Our brothers and sisters in Ontario are fending off a corporate-backed effort to pass a No Rights At Work law. Their version of a <strike style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.890625px;"><a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2011/10/bombshell-kochs-sold-oil-equipment-to.html" style="color: #336699;">Benedict Arnold</a></strike> Koch brothers' <strike>stink</strike> think tank put out a study claiming No Rights At Work would boost manufacturing and create jobs.<br /><br />Andrew Jackson, a York University professor, wrote a terrific rebuttal in the <a href="http://m.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/right-to-work-laws-are-no-solution-to-manufacturing-job-woes/article14086461/?service=mobile" rel="nofollow">Globe and Mail.</a> He cites a slew of studies that demonstrate: <br /><ul><li><a href="http://cms.bsu.edu/-/media/WWW/DepartmentalContent/MillerCollegeofBusiness/BBR/Publications/RightToWork/RightToWork.pdf" rel="nofollow">No significant link between anti-union laws and manufacturing employmen</a>t trends (by state) in the United States.</li><li>North Carolina, which has the lowest rate of unionization in the U.S., lost a third of its manufacturing jobs in the past 10 years. </li><li>Massachusetts and New Hampshire, which have significant high-tech industries, have unionization rates well above the American average and significant high-tech industries.</li><li>A <a href="http://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9780821350805">World Bank study</a> found no relationship between the rate of unionization and national economic or employment performance.</li><li>Unions reduce inequality. </li><li>Unions result in higher productivity and lower turnover. </li></ul>Read the whole thing <a href="http://m.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/right-to-work-laws-are-no-solution-to-manufacturing-job-woes/article14086461/?service=mobile" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />

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Our brothers and sisters in Ontario are fending off a corporate-backed effort to pass a No Rights At Work law. Their version of a Benedict ...

Librarian - Northwestern Connecticut Community College, Winsted

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<strong>Librarian -</strong> <strong><strong><span style="color: #48286d;">Northwestern Connecticut Community College</span></strong></strong>,  Winsted. 35 hours per week (Full-Time) / 12-Month Tenure Track  Position. Anticipated Starting Date: December 27, 2013. Northwestern  Connecticut Community College is seeking an innovative and  student-oriented librarian to join a team-oriented, academic library.  This position requires the ability to work some evenings and Saturdays,  as assigned. Minimum Qualifications: Master’s degree in Library Science  from an American Library Association accredited institution and a strong  commitment to public services, including one to four years of related  experience in an academic library, and a demonstrated passion for  teaching information literacy skills to individuals and classes.  Candidates must also have: experience with developing and administrating  learning assessment tools; effective interpersonal, oral, written, and  online communication skills; experience leading or supervising others;  ability to work independently, as part of a team, and work with a  diverse population of students, faculty, staff, and community members;  and enthusiasm for tackling all aspects of the job description with  creativity and flexibility. Other duties may be assigned. Preferred  Qualifications: Preference will be given to candidates who have a  demonstrated ability to create digital resources. Applicants who do not  meet the minimum qualifications as stated are encouraged to put in  writing precisely how their background and experience have prepared them  for the responsibilities of this position and by providing appropriate  references. Exceptions to the degree requirements may be made for  compelling reasons. Responsibilities: Working under the direction of the  Director of Library Services, the candidate performs a broad range of  public services in the library, including information literacy  instruction; reference and circulation services; technical services and  collection development. Minimum Salary: $59,471 approximate annual, plus  excellent medical insurance, retirement and related fringe benefits.To  apply, please submit the following electronically: (Only complete  application packages will be accepted for consideration); Letter of  Intent; Resume; Typed Employment Application, available <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.nwcc.commnet.edu/humanresources/Human_Resources_Payroll/Professional_Employment_Application.pdf" href="http://www.nwcc.commnet.edu/humanresources/Human_Resources_Payroll/Professional_Employment_Application.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a>;  Unofficial Transcripts from each Degree-Granting Institution; Three  letters of recommendation relevant to this particular position. You may  email your application package to <a _fcksavedurl="mailto:NW-HumanResources@nwcc.commnet.edu" href="mailto:NW-HumanResources@nwcc.commnet.edu">NW-HumanResources@nwcc.commnet.edu</a>. Application Deadline: <span style="color: red;">October 12, 2013</span>.  Northwestern Connecticut Community College is an affirmative  action/equal opportunity employer, m/f. Protected group members are  strongly encouraged to apply.

Librarian - Northwestern Connecticut Community College, Winsted

Librarian - Northwestern Connecticut Community College , Winsted. 35 hours per week (Full-Time) / 12-Month Tenure Track Position. Anticip...

The Libertarian Hypocrisy Test

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Ever find yourself in a discussion with a self-proclaimed "libertarian" who believes in "free markets?" They can't accept that some rich people aren't rich because they deserve it, but because they pillaged, looted and plundered and then got away with it.<br /><br />Our friend R.J. Eskow wrote a great piece for <a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/09/12/11_questions_to_see_if_libertarians_are_hypocrites/" rel="nofollow">Salon</a> in which he exposes the nuttiness of the libertarian beliefs that order in society arises "spontaneously" and that market forces always produce the best outcome.<br /><br />The <strike><a href="http://benedict%20arnold/" rel="nofollow">Benedict Arnold</a></strike> Koch brothers are big advocates of what they call libertarianism. They spend millions on think tanks and front groups that claim to promote libertarian views -- mostly because that sounds better than "we're tools of greedy corporations." The brothers are notorious for benefiting from huge amounts of government largesse while demanding spending cuts for everyone else. They get big government contracts, enormous ethanol subsidies, use taxpayer-funded roads for logging operations and graze their cattle for free on federal land.<br /><br />So if you find yourself talking to someone who claims to be a libertarian, try the Libertarian Hypocrisy Test out on them:<br /><ol><li>Are unions examples of "spontaneous order"?</li><li>Are you willing to admit that production is the result of many forces, each of which needs to be rewarded?</li><li>Can you acknowledge that employees who bargain with their employer, either individually or collectively, are employing market forces?</li><li>Are you willing to admit that the "free market" requires regulation?</li><li>Do you believe in democracy? If yes, what's wrong with democratic governments that regulate?</li><li>Do you use wealth that wouldn't exist without government in order to preach against government?</li><li>Do you reject the government's protection of your intellectual property?</li><li>Do you recognize that democracy is a form of marketplace?</li><li>Do you recognize that large corporations are a threat to our freedom?</li><li>Do you agree that Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi are parasites?</li><li>Why weren’t you willing to accept as final the judgment against libertarianism rendered decades ago in the free and unfettered marketplace of ideas?</li></ol>Read the whole thing <a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/09/12/11_questions_to_see_if_libertarians_are_hypocrites/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />

corporate greed Koch brothers The Libertarian Hypocrisy Test

Ever find yourself in a discussion with a self-proclaimed "libertarian" who believes in "free markets?" They can't a...

The Naval Yard Shooting

1:07 PM Tukiyooo 0

It always boggles my mind.<br />I can't for the life of me understand why some people who get pissed off decide they need to go kill a whole bunch of other people they have never met before.<br /><br />Let me say this to any other potential assholes with thoughts of mass murder on their minds.<br /><br />Use one fucking bullet on yourself first and save the rest of us a bunch of grief if you are that unhappy.<br /><br />Seriously,just kill yourself now. Theirs is a cowardly way without honor. Eat a bullet or jump off a building. Someone will be there shortly to clean up your mess and then the rest of us will go about our business.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/275063/44/Police-looking-for-suspect-in-multiple-shooting-at-Navy-Yard"><br /><b>Shooter Identified as Aaron Alexis in Washington Navy Yard, Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters shooting: 12 dead, 1 shooter dead</b></a><br /><br /><br /><blockquote>WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- D.C. police say 12 people have died after a shooting at Washington Navy Yard on Monday morning.  Police say one shooter is believed to be dead and they are now only looking for one other potential suspect.<br /><br />The USA Today is reporting that law enforcement officials told them Aaron Alexis, of Fort Worth, Texas, was the shooter who was killed in the shooting on Monday morning. <br /><br />At around 2:45 p.m., DC Police Tweeted that one of the possible other suspects was found, questioned and then cleared of any wrongdoing. <br /><br />The white male last seen around 8:35 a.m., wearing a tan military uniform with short sleeves and beret hat  has been cleared. <br /><br />Police are still looking for the black male approximately 40 to 50 years old, possibly wearing a military style uniform. He is approximately 5'10" and 170 pounds with "graying sideburns," say police. Police say they did not have reason to believe they are military officials.  <br /><br />Police do not have a motive for the shooting.<br /><br />Among the people shot are a D.C. police officer, Navy Yard base officer and civilians. They were shot inside the Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters building (Bldg. 197) at 8:20 a.m. </blockquote>

The Naval Yard Shooting

It always boggles my mind. I can't for the life of me understand why some people who get pissed off decide they need to go kill a whole ...

Gov. McDonnell: 'Thoughts, prayers with those impacted by today's tragic shooting'

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Bob McDonnell random shootings Washington Navy Yard Gov. McDonnell: 'Thoughts, prayers with those impacted by today's tragic shooting'

RICHMOND- Governor Bob McDonnell issued the following statement this afternoon following the tragic shootings at the Navy Yard in Washington...