Liquid Sky Trailer
For artists who understand what she meant by “How boring”….
Trailer for the cult classic 1980's film 'Liquid Sky'
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"Five Easy Pieces"
20070531 Liquid Sky Trailer
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Thursday, May 31, 2007
20070531 Quote of the Day – A Good Day
Quote of the Day – A Good Day
May 31st, 2007
“Today, this hour, this minute is the day, the hour, the minute for each of us to sense the fact that life is good, with all its trials and troubles, and perhaps more interesting because of them.”
Robert Updegraff
Thanks TC
20070601 Westminster Fire Department Bingo Announcement
Bingo at the When: June 1st, 2007
Where: Westminster Fire Hall
Time: 7:00 PM (Doors open at 5:30 PM)
Kitchen will open at 6:00 PM.
Jackpot: $ 500.00
Website: www.westminstervfd.org
Phone: 410-848-1800
Refreshments Available
20070530 KDDC Betty Blue
Betty Blue
Posted May 30th, 2007
"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." (Philip K. Dick)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xJrrHTos6P8
In the last several days I have run across several references to a evocative movie, “37°2 le matin,” or as it is known in the
The movie, released November 7th, 1986, was based on a novel, also by the title of “37°2 le matin,” by Philippe Djian. The movie version of the novel is directed Jean-Jacques Beineix, who also directed another one of my “all time favorite movies, “Diva.”
The music for the movie is by Gabriel Yared. The recurring musical theme is as haunting as the movie; a piano progression, which will remain in your head for the longest time…
In many of my old movie notes from many years ago – this movie is consistently listed in my all time top-ten movies…
According to several published accounts, “The film received both a BAFTA and Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1986, as well as winning a César Award for Best Poster. In 1992 it was awarded the Golden space Needle of the
For those not aware of the movie, it is not a movie for the weak of heart. It is about a writer who gets involved with a woman who is psychologically disheveled but nevertheless somewhat socially acceptable at the beginning of the movie. The movie documents her precipitous quixotic psychological deterioration... The excellent use of a narrator was effective and affective...
Here is clip from the last scene in the movie:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BIaU1us81Ts
The Internet Movie Database has the following plot summary for “37°2 le matin:”
“Zorg is a handyman working at in France, maintaining and looking after the bungalows. He lives a quiet and peaceful life, working diligently and writing in his spare time.
One day Betty walks into his life, a young woman who is as beautiful as she is wild and unpredictable. After a dispute with Zorg's boss they leave and Betty manages to get a job at a restaurant.
She persuades Zorg to try and get one of his books published but it is rejected which makes Betty fly into a rage. Suddenly Betty's wild manners starts to get out of control. Zorg sees the woman he loves slowly going insane.”
Wikipedia says:
“Betty (Dalle) and Zorg (Anglade) are passionate lovers who live in a shack on the beach. He works as a handyman who does odd jobs to pay the bills. As the film begins, they have only been going out for a week and are in a very passionate stage of their relationship. Zorg narrates the story of their relationship via voiceover. He describes Betty, “like a flower with translucent antennae and a mauve plastic heart.” She yearns for a better life and quit her last job as a waitress because she was being sexually harassed by her boss.
Zorg’s boss asks him to paint the 500 shacks that populate the beach — a fact that he keeps from Betty who thinks they only have to do one. She attacks the project with enthusiasm that quickly turns to anger once she learns the actual number. In response, Betty covers the boss’ car with pink paint.
During a nasty fight, Betty accidentally discovers a series of notebooks that contain a novel Zorg wrote years ago. She reads it and falls in love with him even more. She then makes it her mission in life to type every hand-written page and get it published. Betty's freespiritedness and devotion to Zorg develop into alarming obsession, aggression and destructiveness, and the film alternates between comic and tragic modes.
Roger Ebert lists it on his top-ten “most hated films.”
Oh well. Mr. Ebert likes Michael Moore…
A reason Mr. Ebert may not like the movie is that he is frequently hyper-critical of movies that have “hypocritical agendas” such as “a confrontational film that is passed off as art, but is merely lurid and sensational; Ebert has levelled this charge against such films as The Night Porter and Blue Velvet.” [Cited by Wikipedia (although I have seen this in other published accounts.)]
Oh! – I finally found Mr. Ebert’s review. Read it here.
Oh my – he really did not like the movie…
[…]
“Now comes ‘Betty Blue,’ which opens with a shot of two people sideways on a bed, making love beneath a portrait of the Mona Lisa, while the narrator says: ‘I had known Betty for a week. We made love every night. The forecast was the storms.’…
[…]
She finds a manuscript he has written, determines that he is a genius, and types it up, tens of thousands of words. (Typists will enjoy the typing scenes, in which she makes typing errors, causing her to throw away countless copies of Page 1, and then has the whole manuscript typed in no time. This is the way typing is thought about by people who always use yellow legal pads themselves.)
What is Bieneix trying to say in "Betty Blue"? I am not sure. The behavior of the characters is senseless and boring. We lose interest in Zorg because anyone who could tolerate Betty Blue would scarcely have the discrimination to write a good book. One scene follows another senselessly, like in a soap opera, until Betty goes mad and we can go home.
And yet the movie has made millions in
[…]
Reviews have been written debating the movie's view of madness, of feminism, of the travail of the artist. They all miss the point. "Betty Blue" is a movie about Beatrice Dalle's boobs and behind, and everything else is just what happens in between the scenes where she displays them.
[…]
My word… Read his entire review here.
I saw the movie twenty years ago… Who knows, with my current sensibilities, perhaps I would see the movie again and not like it either… I do not remember the gratuitous nudity for which Mr. Ebert objects, although I have no doubt that there is a great deal of that in the movie…
The trailer is rated “R.” Although, curiously enough, the “R” rating for the trailer is because of the nudity of the male protagonist.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ueFTOS8FDfQ
I remember being fascinated by the portrayal of the artist–writer and his interaction with the madness of his companion. Sorta like a “Five Easy Pieces” on acid. (“Five Easy Pieces” is another all time favorite of mine. I will always remember that it opened on my birthday, September 11th, - in 1970.
Video de la canción Numb de Linkin Park.
Perhaps, just perhaps, both movies portray the reality of relationships of which many artists may identify… Just as I like the video of the Linkin Park song, “Numb.”
After all, as Philip K. Dick once said:
"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."
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Interesting post script:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SJo-V1wip6g
casting de beatrice dalle betty
je
Et bonus video: Scène de danse entre Beatrice Dalle et Romain Duris, tirée du film dix-sept fois Cecile Cassard
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8nTryJX7cn4
Beatrice Dalle in "Pretty Killer"
20070531 Feeding time for the baby Robins
Feeding time for the baby Robins…May 31st, 2007
Several weeks ago we became the landlords to new tenants at our wildlife reserve here in the Westminster City Limits – a family of Robins decided to build a nest right outside our back door.
Today, I tried (once again) to get some pictures of Mr. (or Mrs.) Robin feeding their chicks…
I know very little about Robins. Although I have observed, what I have hypothecated to be, Mr. and Mrs. Robin trading places in tending to the eggs and the hatched chicks…
As an aside, I’ve always liked my digital camera – although I at first, reluctantly let go of my old professional grade Konica camera equipment.
Rarely have I missed the old Konica equipment – until moments like this… With my old Konica film camera I could zero in on Mr. and Mrs. Robin as if you were standing inches away from them.
Not so, with the current grade of point-and-shoot digital equipment that I have – “Nikon Coolpix 5200,”
So I guess now that I have truly discovered the drawbacks of the current grade of equipment – I either need to go out and purchase an upgrade – or what I may very well do; and that is - - go upstairs in the attic and dig out my old equipment…
Anyway – enjoy the pictures.
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Animals Birds20070531 More on the death of Andy Bacevich Jr. in Iraq
More on the death of Andy Bacevich Jr. in Iraq
May 31st, 2007
A hearty hat tip goes out to “Charles County Café.”
Thanks – I was going to leave a comment on their post – but the other day, try as I might - I was not bright enough to negotiate their comment sign-in protocol…
(May 29th, 2007) Posted by richardgwhite in War.
http://www.charlescountycafe.com/?p=960
I Lost My Son to a War I Oppose. We Were Both Doing Our Duty.
OpEd, Andrew J. Bacevich | Washington Post
Parents who lose children, whether through accident or illness, inevitably wonder what they could have done to prevent their loss. When my son was killed in
Among the hundreds of messages that my wife and I have received, two bore directly on this question. Both held me personally culpable, insisting that my public opposition to the war had provided aid and comfort to the enemy. Each said that my son's death came as a direct result of my antiwar writings.
This may seem a vile accusation to lay against a grieving father. But in fact, it has become a staple of American political discourse, repeated endlessly by those keen to allow President Bush a free hand in waging his war. MORE
For more background on this go to:
20070516 War Critic's Son Dies In Iraq
or
http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2007/05/20070516-war-critics-son-dies-in-iraq.html
And for more work from the “Charles County Café” go here: http://www.charlescountycafe.com/
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20070531 More on the death of Andy Bacevich Jr. in Iraq
More on the death of Andy Bacevich Jr. in Iraq
May 31st, 2007
A hearty hat tip goes out to “Charles County Café.”
Thanks – I was going to leave a comment on their post – but the other day, try as I might - I was not bright enough to negotiate their comment sign-in protocol…
(May 29th, 2007) Posted by richardgwhite in War.
http://www.charlescountycafe.com/?p=960
I Lost My Son to a War I Oppose. We Were Both Doing Our Duty.
OpEd, Andrew J. Bacevich | Washington Post
Parents who lose children, whether through accident or illness, inevitably wonder what they could have done to prevent their loss. When my son was killed in
Among the hundreds of messages that my wife and I have received, two bore directly on this question. Both held me personally culpable, insisting that my public opposition to the war had provided aid and comfort to the enemy. Each said that my son's death came as a direct result of my antiwar writings.
This may seem a vile accusation to lay against a grieving father. But in fact, it has become a staple of American political discourse, repeated endlessly by those keen to allow President Bush a free hand in waging his war. MORE
For more background on this go to:
20070516 War Critic's Son Dies In Iraq
or
http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2007/05/20070516-war-critics-son-dies-in-iraq.html
And for more work from the “Charles County Café” go here: http://www.charlescountycafe.com/
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20070531 Carroll County opens 'cooling centers'
-----Original Message-----Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 12:18 PM
Subject: EAGLE ALERT: County opens "cooling centers"
May 31st, 2007
These stories and other updates are posted on The Eagle Web sites, www.theeldersburgeagle.com and www.thewestminstereagle.com.
May 31, 2007 -
* Citizen Services office building,
* Mount Airy Senior and Community Center,
* North Carroll Senior and Community Center, 2328 Hanover Pike, Greenmount
* South Carroll Senior and Community Center,
* Taneytown Senior and Community Center,
*
Officials said water will be available for those who need it at any of the cooling centers.
The
* Slow down. Strenuous activities should be reduced or rescheduled to the coolest time of the day.
* Wear loose, lightweight, and light-colored.·
* Eat fewer proteins and drink plenty of water.
* Stay in air-conditioning.
For more safety tips, refer to the Citizen's Guide to Emergency Preparedness, available online at http://ccgovernment.carr.org/ccg/pubsafe/emer-prep.pdf, or by contacting the Emergency Management Division at 410-386-2877.
For information about Carroll's senior and community centers, call the Bureau of Aging at 410-386-3800.
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20070531 Carroll County Government Press Release Recap
Carroll County Government Press Release Recap
May 31st, 2007
Press Releases
Cooling centers open
posted: 5/31/2007
New sewer, water rates approved
posted: 5/31/2007
Alzheimers Support Group June 2007
posted: 5/30/2007
Bureau of Aging to hold area plan community meetings
posted: 5/30/2007
Kayaking Classes Offered at Piney Run Park
posted: 5/25/2007
Draft of Westminster Comprehensive Plan Available for Review
posted: 5/23/2007
Notice of solid waste tipping fee adjustment
posted: 5/21/2007
Public hearing slated for airport master plan: Draft now available online
posted: 5/21/2007
Preschool Wetland Discovery Week
posted: 5/21/2007
Employee Recognition Program slated for June 6
posted: 5/17/2007
Legal Aid Services
posted: 5/17/2007
Spring Muster and Antique Fire Equipment Show
posted: 5/14/2007
Learning Lunch Talk for June: The Barbara Fritchie Legend
posted: 5/14/2007
2007 Fiddlers' Convention
posted: 5/14/2007
Economic Development Releases Broadband Study Results
posted: 5/11/2007
Space Available for Third Seniors on the Go Expo
posted: 5/9/2007
23rd Annual “Governor’s Youth Fishing Derby”
posted: 5/7/2007
Traditional Arts Classes at the Carroll County Farm Museum
posted: 5/7/2007
First Time Home Buyer Program - On Behalf Of Housing Program
posted: 5/4/2007
Boating Safety Courses Offered at Piney Run Park
posted: 4/27/2007
Piney Run Park Sponsors Upcoming Trips
posted: 4/26/2007
Maryland's Most Beautiful People Volunteer Awards Program
posted: 4/19/2007
Piney Run Nature Camp
posted: 4/18/2007
Kayak Lessons Offered at Piney Run Park
posted: 4/18/2007
Second Bus Added for King Tut Trip - July 14
posted: 3/23/2007
Therapeutic Recreation Summer Camp Seeking Staff
posted: 3/15/2007
Maryland Housing Rehab Program - Accessible Homes for Seniors Pilot Program
posted: 11/30/2006
Free Arthritis Foundation Exercise Programs
posted: 11/3/2006
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20070530 Betty Blue
Betty Blue
Posted May 30th, 2007
"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." (Philip K. Dick)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xJrrHTos6P8
In the last several days I have run across several references to a evocative movie, “37°2 le matin,” or as it is known in the
The movie, released November 7th, 1986, was based on a novel, also by the title of “37°2 le matin,” by Philippe Djian. The movie version of the novel is directed Jean-Jacques Beineix, who also directed another one of my “all time favorite movies, “Diva.”
The music for the movie is by Gabriel Yared. The recurring musical theme is as haunting as the movie; a piano progression, which will remain in your head for the longest time…
In many of my old movie notes from many years ago – this movie is consistently listed in my all time top-ten movies…
According to several published accounts, “The film received both a BAFTA and Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1986, as well as winning a César Award for Best Poster. In 1992 it was awarded the Golden space Needle of the
For those not aware of the movie, it is not a movie for the weak of heart. It is about a writer who gets involved with a woman who is psychologically disheveled but nevertheless somewhat socially acceptable at the beginning of the movie. The movie documents her precipitous quixotic psychological deterioration... The excellent use of a narrator was effective and affective...
Here is clip from the last scene in the movie:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BIaU1us81Ts
The Internet Movie Database has the following plot summary for “37°2 le matin:”
“Zorg is a handyman working at in France, maintaining and looking after the bungalows. He lives a quiet and peaceful life, working diligently and writing in his spare time.
One day Betty walks into his life, a young woman who is as beautiful as she is wild and unpredictable. After a dispute with Zorg's boss they leave and Betty manages to get a job at a restaurant.
She persuades Zorg to try and get one of his books published but it is rejected which makes Betty fly into a rage. Suddenly Betty's wild manners starts to get out of control. Zorg sees the woman he loves slowly going insane.”
Wikipedia says:
“Betty (Dalle) and Zorg (Anglade) are passionate lovers who live in a shack on the beach. He works as a handyman who does odd jobs to pay the bills. As the film begins, they have only been going out for a week and are in a very passionate stage of their relationship. Zorg narrates the story of their relationship via voiceover. He describes Betty, “like a flower with translucent antennae and a mauve plastic heart.” She yearns for a better life and quit her last job as a waitress because she was being sexually harassed by her boss.
Zorg’s boss asks him to paint the 500 shacks that populate the beach — a fact that he keeps from Betty who thinks they only have to do one. She attacks the project with enthusiasm that quickly turns to anger once she learns the actual number. In response, Betty covers the boss’ car with pink paint.
During a nasty fight, Betty accidentally discovers a series of notebooks that contain a novel Zorg wrote years ago. She reads it and falls in love with him even more. She then makes it her mission in life to type every hand-written page and get it published. Betty's freespiritedness and devotion to Zorg develop into alarming obsession, aggression and destructiveness, and the film alternates between comic and tragic modes.
Roger Ebert lists it on his top-ten “most hated films.”
Oh well. Mr. Ebert likes Michael Moore…
A reason Mr. Ebert may not like the movie is that he is frequently hyper-critical of movies that have “hypocritical agendas” such as “a confrontational film that is passed off as art, but is merely lurid and sensational; Ebert has levelled this charge against such films as The Night Porter and Blue Velvet.” [Cited by Wikipedia (although I have seen this in other published accounts.)]
Oh! – I finally found Mr. Ebert’s review. Read it here.
Oh my – he really did not like the movie…
[…]
“Now comes ‘Betty Blue,’ which opens with a shot of two people sideways on a bed, making love beneath a portrait of the Mona Lisa, while the narrator says: ‘I had known Betty for a week. We made love every night. The forecast was the storms.’…
[…]
She finds a manuscript he has written, determines that he is a genius, and types it up, tens of thousands of words. (Typists will enjoy the typing scenes, in which she makes typing errors, causing her to throw away countless copies of Page 1, and then has the whole manuscript typed in no time. This is the way typing is thought about by people who always use yellow legal pads themselves.)
What is Bieneix trying to say in "Betty Blue"? I am not sure. The behavior of the characters is senseless and boring. We lose interest in Zorg because anyone who could tolerate Betty Blue would scarcely have the discrimination to write a good book. One scene follows another senselessly, like in a soap opera, until Betty goes mad and we can go home.
And yet the movie has made millions in
[…]
Reviews have been written debating the movie's view of madness, of feminism, of the travail of the artist. They all miss the point. "Betty Blue" is a movie about Beatrice Dalle's boobs and behind, and everything else is just what happens in between the scenes where she displays them.
[…]
My word… Read his entire review here.
I saw the movie twenty years ago… Who knows, with my current sensibilities, perhaps I would see the movie again and not like it either… I do not remember the gratuitous nudity for which Mr. Ebert objects, although I have no doubt that there is a great deal of that in the movie… The trailer is rated “R” or I would embed it in this post. Although, curiously enough, the “R” rating for the trailer is because of the nudity of the male protagonist.
I remember being fascinated by the portrayal of the artist–writer and his interaction with the madness of his companion. Sorta like a “Five Easy Pieces” on acid. (“Five Easy Pieces” is another all time favorite of mine. I will always remember that it opened on my birthday, September 11th, - in 1970.
Perhaps, just perhaps, both movies portray the reality of relationships of which many artists may identify… Just as I like the video of the Linkin Park song, “Numb.”
After all, as Philip K. Dick once said:
"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."
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Interesting post script:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SJo-V1wip6g
casting de beatrice dalle betty
je
Et bonus video: Scène de danse entre Beatrice Dalle et Romain Duris, tirée du film dix-sept fois Cecile Cassard
"Five Easy Pieces"
20070530 Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day – Sooner or later…
May 30th, 2007
“Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit, and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these.”
Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) Reformer
Thanks TC
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
20070530 This week in The Tentacle
This week in The TentacleMay 30th, 2007
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Kevin E. Dayhoff
With the Memorial Day weekend behind us, so begins the summer driving season. Increasingly a critical part of the summer getaway calculus is congested roadways and the cost of gasoline.
The Elephant (or Donkey) in the room
Katie Nash
The move for charter government won't be stifled by bomb-throwers. Like every grassroots movement, there will be those who attempt to kill it before it reaches the public and for purely selfish reasons.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Several years ago, while driving around
Monday, May 28, 2007
The Silence of Joseph W. Blickenstaff
Kevin E. Dayhoff
For many people, Memorial Day marks the beginning of summer. But hopefully you will take time out today to remember the greater meaning of Memorial Day - especially at a time when our great nation has more than 253,000 men and women in uniform deployed away from their families and loved ones - in nearly 80 countries oversees.
Richard B. Weldon Jr.
The warden in Cool Hand Luke summed it up nicely when he said: "What we have here is - failure to communicate".
Friday, May 25, 2007
Somebody must have treated and turned on those pesky Winchester Hall fountains again. I have long suspected that John "Lennie" Thompson had his own water supply. But now the other commissioners display strong symptoms.
George Wenschhof
Recently, Gov. Martin O'Malley joined the governors of 21 other states who sent a letter to the congressional leadership asking for an investigation of the rise in gasoline prices.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
All Aboard the Hypocrisy Express
John W. Ashbury
Back in the fall of 2004, then Alderman David Lenhart wanted to reduce the increase in property assessment on which City of
Chris Cavey
Citizens of
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Gates Encourages Public Service
Kevin E. Dayhoff
In his keynote graduation address Sunday, U. S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates challenged the 2007 graduates of the
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
One-time U.S. Senate candidate and former Lt. Gov. Michael Steele used the S-word. It happened Saturday night in
Send More Cash or Trim The Fat?
Farrell Keough
In April, I wrote an article on the state's budget and slots, (Robbing Peter to Pay Paul). I recently referenced that article on a forum where the discussion of slots came up. I was rightly asked, "Well smarty-pants, we know what you don't like. What would you suggest to fill this $1.5 billion dollar shortfall?"
Monday, May 21, 2007
Richard B. Weldon Jr.
George W. Owings, III, was relieved of his duties as the Secretary of the Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs by Gov. Martin O'Malley on May 7. Secretary Owings was not dismissed for any reason other than he had been appointed by former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
20070529 Famous Writers reveal what font they compose in and why (Slate)
Famous Writers reveal what font they compose in and why (Slate)
May 29th, 2007
Famous Writers on Fonts (Slate)
Hat Tip: The Morning Newsfeed: 05.29.07
A number of prominent writers reveal what font they compose in and why. Courier was the clear favorite among our unscientific sample, but Times New Roman, Palatino, and something called Hoefler Text had their champions as well. It seems to come down to whether a writer's formative experience came on an Olivetti or an Apple.
Slate: The cult of Helvetica.
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I found this fascinating… Especially the previous post… 20070525 The Helvetica Hegemony and Click here to read a slide-show essay about Helvetica and the art of the font.
I’m just a regular kinda writer who just likes to write… My favorite font is Bookman Old Style. After that I like Georgia, Baskerville Old Face or Century Schoolbook.
Although I am not aware as to why I like Bookman Old Style…
What is your favorite font?
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20070525 The Helvetica Hegemony
Art: The big picture.The Helvetica Hegemony
How an unassuming font took over the world.
By Mia Fineman
Friday, May 25, 2007
Click here to read a slide-show essay about Helvetica and the art of the font.
.Mia Fineman is a writer and curator in
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20070529 Memorial Day: President Bush at Arlington Cemetery
Bush: Fallen troops' sacrifice helps build better world
May 28, 2007
Story Highlights
Bush pays tribute to "new generation of heroes" killed in
Battalion in
Top general asks for patience to give new
ARLINGTON, Virginia (CNN) -- President Bush marked Memorial Day with a call for Americans to stand firm in their efforts against U.S. enemies around the world and with a tribute to fallen troops.
"From their deaths must come a world where the cruel dreams of tyrants and terrorists are frustrated and foiled, where our nation is more secure from attack and where the gift of liberty is secured for millions who have never known it," he said. "This is our country's calling. It's our country's destiny."
Bush spoke after a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns in
[…]
Bush noted that Arlington National Cemetery holds the bodies of seven generations of Americans, including 360,000 from the Civil War, 500,000 from World Wars I and II, and 90,000 from the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
[…]
"Our enemies long for our retreat," he said. "They question our moral purpose. They doubt our strength of will. Yet, even after five years of war, our finest citizens continue to answer our enemies with courage and confidence."
The conflict will end some day "because all wars do," he said, adding, "Our duty is to ensure that its outcome justifies the sacrifices made by those who fought and died in it."
[…]
Read the entire article here: Bush: Fallen troops' sacrifice helps build better world
20070528 Wall Street Journal: Raise gas prices commit a felony
REVIEW & OUTLOOK
Pains at the Pump
Raise gas prices, commit a felony.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110010132
Monday, May 28, 2007 12:01 a.m. EDT
It's Memorial Day weekend and the start of the summer driving season, so naturally it's time for Congress to grandstand against $3-a-gallon gasoline. And right on cue, the House passed legislation last week to criminalize gasoline "price gouging," whatever that is. Perhaps this is all designed to distract the public from Congress's own role in raising gas prices.
Under the anti-gouging law, service station owners could face up to 10 years in prison if they dare to raise their prices too much when supplies are low. Representative Bart Stupak, the
The inconvenient fact is that there's no evidence of price rigging by Big Oil or the tens of thousands of independent service station owners across
Read the entire editorial here: Raise gas prices and go to jail
For more information go here: 20070523 Congressman Roscoe Bartlett Votes No on “Feel Good, But Counterproductive” Price Gouging Bill
Or Energy Independence or Energy Gasoline
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