I have designed and created four different and distinct styles of the Tarot de Marseille by John Noblet c.1650. Hopefully one of these unique designs will speak to you.
Each card is created by hand so even though I create them all similarly they are not uniform. Made from premium 330 gsm superior quality cardstock with black core (smooth finish) in the usual tarot card size of 2.75″ x 4.75″. They come sealed in a window tuck box.
There is NO booklet with this deck. If you are new to reading the Tarot, there are many, many websites on the internet that offer free meanings and instructions on how to read the cards. Plus there are many how-to instruction books available on Amazon.
I also offer a selection of designs for the back cover of this deck, if you go to Tarot Card Back Designs you are more than welcome to select one of these. Please include the name of your back cover of choice in the space provided below, when you place your order. If no custom back is chosen your deck will be printed with the standard back shown on the left.
The original version of the Marseille Tarot was published in Paris circa 1650 by master card-maker Jean Noblet. The Noblet deck is known for having the title LAMORT (Death) on the XIII Major Arcana card whereas most of the other Tarot de Marseille decks have the card numbered but unnamed, e.g., Jean Dodal Tarot (circa 1701) and Nicolas Conver Tarot (circa 1761).
The Noblet deck is also known for its Fool card that has graphic attention to detail in the private parts of the Fool. As well, the animal on the Fool card is said by some to resemble a cat more closely than a dog. In other early versions of the Tarot de Marseille, the image of the animal depicted in the Fool card is such that there is less consensus as to whether the animal is either canine or feline.
Another particularity of this deck is its small size.
I love bringing history back to life so if you are a tarot reader/psychic who appreciates the history of the tarot, this could be a deck for you. I created my images with a chalk on blackboard style for a completely unique design and for those of you who do not like to be distracted by colour. I kept the authenticity of the imagery, down to the minor details, intact; but I created them in the original tarot size of today. You can see all the images in the gallery above and a comparison to size and look in the image on the left. I would like to acknowledge and thank the Flornoy estate for allowing me to use the Letarot Noblet images as the source for my creation of the artwork designs for this deck.
I create each Tarot Deck as they are ordered so please allow 2-4 business days for manufacture. I will send you an email confirmation to let you know when they have been shipped. Please see my shipping information below for delivery times.
If you are a retailer interested in selling and of Tarot/Oracle Cards to your customers, please contact me for wholesale pricing. Serious enquiries only please.
Your new Tarot Deck will be shipped to you directly from the manufacturer, unfortunately they do not ship to AFO or APO addresses, sorry. For US customers the cards are shipped to the US warehouse first and then sent via USPS, so there will not be any customs or duty fees. For all other countries including Canada, because this item will be shipped directly from the manufacturer, custom and duty fees may apply and are the responsibility of the purchaser. Tracking numbers will be provided for the US, Canada and Australia.


Not surprisingly, Jim Ische's 761-vote lead in the race for Carver County Commissioner in District 5 held up in the recount requested by challenger Bruce Schwichtenberg. Schwichtenberg will be responsible for the expenses of the recount.
The school board recount for Eastern Carver County Schools validated that Tim Klein won the fourth and final spot on the School Board.
Recount results showed Klein receiving 4,471 votes to 4,310 votes for Bryan Litsey. The 161-vote gap decreased slightly from the Election Night difference of 164 votes.
Bruce Schwichtenberg, who lost the Carver County Commissioner race in District 5 by 13 percent (761 votes), has requested a recount of the race. Because the race falls outside the margin required to automatically trigger a recount, Schwichtenberg will be paying the expenses himself.
MN Progressive Project has named the State House District 34A race as "one to watch" tonight.
A few months ago, I looked at the campaign finance reports filed by the candidates for State Senate District 34 and State House District 34A. The last pre-election reports are now in — let's check out how things have changed.
State Senate District 34: Incumbent Republican State Senator Julianne Ortman has raised $22,823, while DFL challenger Laura Helmer has raised $16,896. Ortman received a larger state campaign finance subsidy — $13,603 versus $11,026 for Helmer. As of October 25, however, the two are essentially equal in cash on hand. Helmer has a slight advantage here, with $10,883 to Ortman's $10,663.
State House District 34A: The battle for this open seat continues to be tightly contested on all fronts. DFL-endorsed Leanne Pouliot Kunze has raised $12,320, while Republican-endorsed Ernie Leidiger has raised $12,901 (which includes a $3,000 loan from Leidiger to his campaign). Kunze maintains a signficant cash on hand advantage, with $5,935 versus Leidiger's $1,306.
In summary, both races continue to be more competitive than in past cycles. In particular, Kunze is on equal footing in her race, which stands in stark contrast to the 2:1 financial advantage Republicans have traditionally held in the district.


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Carling Harps Is Building One Amazing Yoga Community
The yogi's bringing her signature realness to the studio & beyond
Carling Harps doesn't just teach yoga—she embodies it in every way. Whether it's opening up about her practice on Instagram or opening her very own L.A. yoga studio in with boyfriend Patrick Beach (check out Commune Yoga—it's a must-visit!), the yogi builds communities by lifting up the people within them and approaches everything with genuine honesty and curiosity. She recognizes that to be a good teacher means to be a good student, forever learning, exploring and growing. Carling opened up about what her students have taught her, why she and Patrick decided to open Commune and what advice she would give to her younger self. Plus, she put together a yoga playlist for us, and it's really, really good.
How did you get into yoga?
I first found yoga when I was in college at the University of Washington. After years and years of endless hours on the treadmill or lifting weights, and with much persuasion from both my dad and one of my best friends, I finally tried a Bikram yoga class. It was hot (SO HOT) and intense, but I quickly fell in love with the practice. Eventually I found my way into a vinyasa class, and that's when yoga stopped being just a way to sweat and work out, and when I discovered that my body and mind deserved better.
How has yoga impacted your day-to-day life?
Yoga is one of the few things in my life that I've been able to stick to. As a historical quitter, I'm prone to a cycle of excitement, research, obsession and then, undoubtedly, a fizzle. Yoga and meditation have been steadfast components of my life that, for the first time, in adulthood, I find myself always coming back to—not because I think I should or to counter some other aspect of my life, but because I want to. I want to practice. I want to sit. And one of the the most beautiful aspects of yoga lies in its diversity, so even when I don't think I want to practice, there is always a way to stay dedicated no matter what it looks like.
You and Patrick started your own yoga studio, Commune, in Highland Park! What made you want to open a studio and what were your goals in creating this communal space?
We did! Patrick and I have spent the last seven or so years traveling and teaching workshops, trainings and retreats nearly full-time, so opening a rooted, community-centric studio like Commune has been such a wonderful balance for us. The travel will never stop, but having a strong, open, committed environment like we do in Northeast Los Angeles has been such a fun and expansive change.
I love actually knowing people's names. And their last names. And their dogs names. Seeing them more than once a year. Really knowing their practices, seeing them grow and being able to walk into the studio and feel right at home. Our goal with Commune has always been to create the supportive studio environment we wished we had had earlier in our practices, so when the opportunity finally presented itself, as it serendipitously did, we knew we had to make it happen.
What have you learned from your students?
Oh man, what have I not learned from my students?! Honestly, it's humbling (and sometimes really hard) to try and carry the energy of the room or of a group of people. But beyond the physical practice of teaching, it's humbling (and also hard) to have people trust you, as much as many students do in this practice. I'm constantly being reminded how resilient humans are, what dedication really looks and feels like and how to sniff out the bullshit that often clouds our minds. Students help me a lot with that. The good ones really don't let you get away with much B.S., and they question you just as much or more than you do yourself, which means there's no hiding. It's hard but oh-so necessary.
At the end of the day, we are all sort of fumbling around in the dark looking for the light switch, but I'll never stop being amazed at the way each person handles the shadows. Not everything has to do with yoga, but in my experience, most everything shows up in your yoga at some point. I'm just so honored that students keep showing up and allowing me to be part of their search.
At the end of the day, we are all sort of fumbling around in the dark looking for the light switch, but I'll never stop being amazed at the way each person handles the shadows.
In addition to teaching yoga, you're also a doula. Tell us how that came about!
Becoming a doula was something I never saw coming, but when I found it, I knew I had found IT. I discovered the vastness of the birthing world during my Prenatal Teacher Training, which I originally stumbled into when one of my regular students shared with me that she was having twins, and I realized I didn't have the right tools to support her practice through pregnancy. So I trained, studied. obsessed, fell in love and never fell out of love. There are a lot of parallels between the birthing world and the yoga world, and I've found that the support and advocating that doula work requires is a natural complement to the support of a yoga practice.
You have such a magnetic presence online, in part because you're so open about your personal journey and discoveries. Does this come naturally to you or is it something you've learned over time?
I've always loved to write. My dad is a natural writer, and I spent most of my college education writing and researching for a Human Rights degree. While the medium is pretty natural for me, I never foresaw how much I would end up sharing with heaps of strangers across the world! I think what I've realized the most from social media is that deep down, it's just about connection. It's about feeling heard, seen or just reminded that, for goodness sakes, you're not alone. Because it's not-so-shockingly very easy to feel alone, even with all the notifications, or all the students in class, and without that sense of deep personal connection, our nervous systems don't seem to register it.
Years ago when Patrick was traveling many weeks at a time, it was all I could do to keep from spilling my guts all over the Interweb. This was when I discovered just how much it could mean to find people you could see yourself in online. But when we are yearning for belonging or human comfort, it can be easy to overshare, to grasp at reactions and likes. Of course, it's all a process, but I think I've finally landed in a place where I can see more clearly how my own journey might bridge the gap for someone else and where I should keep a little truth for myself.
What advice would you give to your younger self who's just dipping her feet into yoga?
That there truly is no full expression. There is no "peak pose." There are just shapes, asanas, inquisitive bodies and necessary breathwork. That there's bound to be lots of chitta vritti chitter chatter, and hopefully some very special moments of quiet along the way. But it's ALL the practice. Every bit as worthy as the ones before it and the ones to come.
What are your hopes for the next year?
I'm looking forward to soaking up some vitamin D in L.A. After a lifetime of Seattle gray (beautiful gray, but gray nonetheless), I feel like I've got 30 years of sun to catch up on.
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The Desert Inn, also known as the D.I., was a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, which operated from April 24, 1950, to August 28, 2000. Designed by architect Hugh Taylor and interior design by Jac Lessman, it was the fifth resort to open on the Strip, the first four being El Rancho Vegas, The New Frontier, the still-operating Flamingo, and the now-defunct El Rancho (then known as the Thunderbird). It was situated between Desert Inn Road and Sands Avenue.

The Desert Inn opened with 300 rooms and the Sky Room restaurant, headed by a chef formerly of the Ritz Paris, which once had the highest vantage point on the Las Vegas Strip. The casino, at , was one of the largest in Nevada at the time. The nine-story St. Andrews Tower was completed during the first renovation in 1963, and the 14-story Augusta Tower became the Desert Inn's main tower when it was completed in 1978 along with the seven-story Wimbledon Tower. The Palms Tower was completed in 1997 with the second and final renovation. The Desert Inn was the first hotel in Las Vegas to feature a fountain at the entrance. In 1997, the Desert Inn underwent a $200 million renovation and expansion, but after it was purchased for $270 million by Steve Wynn in 2000, he decided to demolish it and build a new hotel and resort and casino. The remaining towers of the Desert Inn were imploded in 2004. Today, the Wynn and Encore are where the Desert Inn once stood.

The original performance venue at the Desert Inn was the Painted Desert Room, later the Crystal Room, which opened in 1950 with 450 seats. Frank Sinatra made his Las Vegas debut there on September 13, 1951, and became a regular performer. The property included an 18-hole golf course which hosted the PGA Tour Tournament of Champions from 1953 to 1966. The golf course is now a part of the Wynn resort.

History

The hotel was situated at 3145 Las Vegas Boulevard South, between Desert Inn Road and Sands Avenue. The original name was Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn. Wilbur Clark, described by Frank Sinatra biographer James Kaplan as a "onetime San Diego bellhop and Reno craps dealer", originally began building the resort with his brother in 1947 with $250,000, but ran out of money. Author Hal Rothman notes that "for nearly two years the framed structure sat in the hot desert sun, looking more like an ancient relic than a nascent casino". Clark approached the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for investment, but it was struggling financially. In 1949, he met with Moe Dalitz, the head of the notorious Cleveland Syndicate, which had ties to the Mayfield Road Mob, and Dalitz agreed to fund 75% of the project with $1.3 million, and construction resumed. Much of the financing came from the American National Insurance Company (ANICO), though Clark became the public frontman of the resort while Dalitz remained quietly in the background as the principal owner. The resort would eventually be renamed Desert Inn and was called the "D.I." by Las Vegas locals and regular guests.

The Desert Inn opened formally on April 24, 1950, at a two-day gala which was heavily publicized nationally. Journalists from all of the major newspapers and magazines were invited, and the hotel paid $5,700 to cover air tickets. 150 invitations were sent out by Clark to VIPs with a credit limit of $10,000. About half the attendees at the opening were from California and Nevada. At the opening show in the Painted Desert Room were performers such as Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Vivian Blaine, Pat Patrick, The Donn Arden Dancers, Van Heflin, Abbott and Costello, and the Desert Inn Orchestra, led by Ray Noble. In attendance were a number of mafiosi, including Black Bill Tocco, Joe Massei, Sam Maceo, Peter Licavoli, and Frank Malone in a gala which Barbara Greenspun believed marked the beginning of heavy involvement of the mafia in the development of Las Vegas. Sidney Korshak was one of its early investors.

The Desert Inn became known for its "opulence" and top-notch service. The first manager of the Desert Inn had previously worked as the manager at the Clift Hotel in San Francisco. Lew and Edie Wasserman were frequent guests of the hotel. During the 1950s, the hotel often hosted the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Winston Churchill, Adlai Stevenson, Senator John F. Kennedy, and former President Harry S. Truman.

In the mid 1940s and early 1950s the city and its Chamber of Commerce worked to keep the Vegas nickname of the "Atomic City" going to attract tourists. After the Desert Inn opened, so called "bomb parties" famously took place in the hotel's panoramic Sky Room, where patrons could view the detonations from a relatively safe distance while drinking Atomic Cocktails.

In 1959, Lawrence Wien, owner of New York City's Plaza Hotel purchased the hotel, but signed a management deal for Clark to remain as manager. In the early 1960s, the mafia-financed casino hotels of the Las Vegas Strip and Nevada came under close scrutiny by the FBI, and they placed increased pressure on the Nevada Gaming Control Board to force the mobsters out of Las Vegas. After Sam Giancana was spotted on the premises of Frank Sinatra's Cal Neva Lodge & Casino at Lake Tahoe, his gambling license was removed by the Board and he was forced to sell up and forfeit his share in the Sands Hotel and Casino. The Desert Inn faced similar scrutiny by the FBI, attracting controversy at the same time for the involvement of Dalitz and his mobster associates, but simultaneously called for the prosecution of the FBI for illegal wiretapping. In 1964, Clark sold his remaining share in the hotel to Dalitz and business associates Morris Kleinman, Thomas McGinty and Sam Tucker. He died of a heart attack the following year. The bell captain of the Desert Inn, Jack Butler, remembered Clark: "Wilbur was the greatest guy. Without him this town never would've got off the ground. Everyone came into the club just to see him and he was all over the postcards. He was the only boss who would agree to have his picture taken".

The Desert Inn's most famous guest, businessman Howard Hughes, arrived on Thanksgiving Day 1966, renting the hotel's entire top two floors. After staying past his initial ten-day reservation, he was asked to leave in December so that the resort could accommodate the high rollers who were expected for New Year's Eve. Instead of leaving, Hughes started negotiations to buy the Desert Inn. On March 27, 1967, Hughes purchased the resort from Dalitz for $6.2 million in cash and $7 million in loans. This was the first of many Las Vegas resort purchases by Hughes, including the Sands Hotel and Casino ($14.6 million) and the Frontier Hotel and Casino ($23 million). However, Hughes refused to include the PGA Tour Tournament of Champions in the deal, so Dalitz moved the tournament to his Stardust Resort and Casino in 1967 and 1968.

The reclusive Hughes continued to live in his penthouse suite at the Desert Inn for four years, never leaving his  bedroom. Usually unclothed, he spent his time "negotiating purchases and business deals with the curtains drawn and windows and doors sealed shut with tape", and did not allow anyone from the hotel staff to come in and clean his room. On the eve of Thanksgiving 1970, he was removed from his room on a stretcher and flown to the Bahamas. After Hughes's death in 1976, the hotel remained under the Summa Corporation, which completed the extensive renovation that he had ordered. Summa sold the hotel to Kirk Kerkorian and the Tracinda Corporation in 1986, and it became known as the MGM Desert Inn. Kerkorian sold it to ITT-Sheraton in 1993 for $160 million.

Modern history

In 1992, Frank Sinatra celebrated his 77th birthday at the hotel in an event that generated much media attention. Dick Taylor, the CEO of public relations firm Rogers & Cowan recalled: "We had the stars assemble in the casino's presidential suite and then took them in limos to the entrance of the hotel, where the press and hundreds of fans were gathered, like a Hollywood movie premiere. The stars were interviewed on the red carpet and in they went to the famed Crystal Room. It was a very big deal."

The property was sold to ITT Sheraton in 1993 for $160 million and renamed the Sheraton Desert Inn. Four years later, in 1997, ITT Sheraton undertook a $200 million renovation of the Augusta Tower and St. Andrews Tower and expansion, with the building and completion of the Palms Tower. The resort was returned to its historic name, The Desert Inn, dropping the Sheraton name, and was placed in the ITT Sheraton Luxury Collection division. ITT Sheraton itself was sold the following year to Starwood. Due to losing money, Starwood immediately put The Desert Inn up for sale, and contracted a sale to Sun International Hotels Ltd. on May 19, 1999, for $275 million. The sale to Sun International fell through the following March, however. Also in 1999, Sinatra's and the Rat Pack's estate managers, Sheffield Enterprises Inc., sued the Desert Inn, claiming an infringement of rights in their use of Sinatra's name and persona in its advertising and sales, including the words "Frank", "Ol' Blue Eyes", "the chairman of the Board" and "The Rat Pack". Sinatra's estate specifically objected to their use in "billboard advertising, marquees, alcoholic beverages and wine menus, and on the front and back of tee-shirts and caps at its gift shop" and alleged photographs of Sinatra and his signature on the walls behind the bar near the entrance to the Starlight Lounge of the Desert Inn.

The Desert Inn celebrated its 50th anniversary on April 24, 2000. Celebrations were held for a week and a celebrity golf tournament was held with the likes of Robert Loggia, Chris O'Donnell, Robert Urich, Susan Anton, Vincent Van Patten and Tony Curtis. As part of the festivities, a time capsule was buried in a granite burial chamber on April 25, to be reopened on April 25, 2050. Three days later, on April 27, Steve Wynn purchased the resort from Starwood for $270 million. Wynn closed the Desert Inn at 2:00 a.m. on August 28, 2000.

On October 23, 2001, the Augusta Tower, the Desert Inn's southernmost building, was imploded to make room for a mega-resort that Wynn planned to build. Coming a month after the September 11 attacks, the implosion was marked with less fanfare than previous Las Vegas demolition spectacles due to its similarity to the collapse of the Twin Towers. Originally intended to be named Le Rêve, the new project opened as Wynn Las Vegas. The remaining two towers, the St. Andrews Tower and Palms Tower were both temporarily used as the Wynn Gallery, spanning  to display some of Wynn's art collection. The St. Andrews Tower and Palms Tower were finally imploded on November 16, 2004.

Architecture and features
The initial hotel, a $6.5 million property set in 200 acres, was designed by Hugh Taylor who was hired after Wilbur Clark and Wayne McAllister could not agree on the design. Interiors were by noted New York architect Jac Lessman. The property conveyed the image of a "southwestern spa" that was "half ranch house, half nightclub". It was built of "cinder blocks but trimmed with sandstone and finished throughout the inside with redwood". The logo of the hotel was a Joshua tree cactus. The driveway into the hotel passed under an "old-fashioned ranch sign" bearing the name Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn in scripted letters. The Desert Inn was the first hotel in Las Vegas to feature a fountain at the entrance. A "Dancing Waters" show involved the fountain jets choreographed to music.

The interior of the hotel was finished in redwood with flagstone flooring. The public space included a registration area, a casino, two bars, a coffee shop, a restaurant, various commercial shops and services, and a broadcasting station for K-RAM radio. Guest rooms were located in wings situated behind the main building, surrounding the figure-eight swimming pool. The hotel originally had 300 rooms, each outfitted with air conditioning with individual thermostats.

The lounge was located in a three-story, glass-sided tower at the front of the hotel known as the Sky Room, which was the largest structure on the Strip at the time of its construction and commanded views of the mountains and desert all around, as well as overlooked the "Dancing Waters" feature. The Sky Room restaurant was headed by a chef formerly of the Ritz Paris.

The original performance venue at the Desert Inn was the 450 seat Painted Desert Room, later the Crystal Room, which opened in 1950 with 450 seats. Charles Cobelle created the handpainted murals, and a "band car" was used to move the orchestra within the showroom. Next door was a restaurant, the Cactus Room. The Kachina Doll Ranch was a supervised play area for guests' children. The hotel had a ladies salon and health club from the outset. Another performance venue at the hotel was the Lady Luck Lounge.

The hotel first underwent renovation in the early 1960s, during which the St. Andrews Tower was built in 1963. In the 1970s, the hotel underwent a $54-million renovation under Howard Hughes, which resumed under the responsibility of the Summa Corporation after his death in 1976. The 14-story Augusta Tower became the Desert Inn's main tower when it was completed in 1978. The seven-story Wimbledon Tower contained duplex suites, and resembled a modern version of a Mayan pyramid. It overlooked the golf course and was built at the same time, bringing the total room count to 825. By 1978, most of the 1950s structures on the property had been replaced with modern buildings and the property was renamed the Desert Inn and Country Club. It featured full country club amenities open to guests of the hotel, including a club house, driving range, pro shop, restaurant and lounge at the golf club; 10 tournament-class outdoor tennis courts; and a  spa. Three restaurants were added: the "small, intimate" Monte Carlo Room, the "gourmet" Portofino Room, and the Ho Wan Chinese restaurant. At the time of its sale to ITT-Sheraton in 1993,
the Desert Inn had the largest frontage of any casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, measuring  feet.

In 1997, the Desert Inn underwent a $200 million renovation and expansion by Steelman Partners, giving it a new Mediterranean-looking exterior with white stucco and red clay tile roofs. The room count was reduced to 715 to provide more luxurious accommodations. The nine-story Palm Tower was completed, the lagoon-style pool was added, and notable changes were made to the Grand Lobby Atrium, Starlight Lounge, Villas Del Lago, and new golf shop and country club. The seven-story lobby, fully built in marble, was also a major part of the renovation.

Casino
At its opening in 1950, the casino, at , was one of the largest in Nevada at the time. The windowless room included "five crap tables, three roulette wheels, four black jack tables and 75 slot machines", together with a sportsbook. Hundreds of coin-operated gambling machines – including slot machines, video poker, 21, and keno – were installed during the 1978 renovation. The casino acquired a reputation for attracting the high rollers. On January 27, 2000, the Megabucks jackpot record for Las Vegas was broken when $34,955,489 was won by an anonymous gambler at the Desert Inn, playing a bank of six Megabucks machines near the hotel's coffee shop.

Golf course and country club

The 18-hole, par-72 Desert Inn Golf Club opened in 1952. Initially, Dalitz had pushed the idea of opening a golf course next to the hotel with an entrance off the Strip, which would be accessible to other hotels and boost the city's profile as a resort destination. When other hotel owners rejected this idea, Dalitz built the course on the hotel premises. He also opened an outdoor dining area, to accommodate golfers and swimmers who might prefer a more informal atmosphere. The course hosted the PGA Tour Tournament of Champions from 1953 to 1966, attracting professional golfers such as Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, and Jack Nicklaus. Allard Roen was director of the tournament for many years, and was instrumental in
breaking down the racial barrier on the Strip. He broke the all-white club convention by permitting Sammy Davis, Jr. to play on the course. From 1958 it hosted
the Golf Cup Golf Tournament, the largest tournament in the world for amateur golfers.

According to the Las Vegas Sun, the course "held the distinction of being the only golf course in the United States to have annually hosted three championship tour events – the PGA Tour's Las Vegas Invitational, the Las Vegas Senior Classic and the LPGA Las Vegas International". The Panasonic Las Vegas Invitational, now the Las Vegas Invitational, returned to the Desert Inn in 1983, and became known as the wealthiest PGA event in the world. It has since been won by the likes of Fuzzy Zoeller, Curtis Strange, Greg Norman, and Paul Azinger. The Las Vegas Senior Classic event at the Desert Inn was added to the Senior PGA Tour in 1986, and has since been won by Bruce Crampton (1986), Al Geiberger, who equaled the course record at the time of 62 (1987), Larry Mowry (1988) and Lee Trevino (1992).

Wilbur Clark was the first to build a home on the golf course in the 1950s. Additional homes were added to the Desert Inn Country Club Estates from the 1960s on. During his ownership of the hotel, Howard Hughes built 100 residential units on the property. After Steve Wynn purchased the resort in 2000 and announced that the real estate was too valuable to leave as a golf course, homeowners were forced to sell their properties to Wynn and his property developer Irwin Molasky. Molasky bought homes closest to the golf course for $2 million each, and homes on the perimeter of the resort for $900,000 to $1.2 million each. The Junior League of Las Vegas convinced Wynn to save one house from demolition and moved it to a lot in downtown Las Vegas to serve as its headquarters. This was the Morelli House, designed by architect Hugh Taylor for Antonio Morelli, a "rare example of modernist architecture in Las Vegas". The house was subsequently listed on the City and State historic registers.

Performances

Almost every major star of the latter half of the 20th century played at the Desert Inn.
Frank Sinatra made his Las Vegas debut at the Desert Inn on September 13, 1951. He later said of it: "Wilbur Clark gave me my first job in Las Vegas. That was in 1951. For six bucks you got a filet mignon dinner and me". Noël Coward performed at the Inn on one occasion for an entire month. In 1954, after a performance at the Desert Inn, Betty Hutton announced one of her several retirements. In 1958, Tony Martin was signed to a five-year deal at $25,000 per week, making him the highest paid performer in Las Vegas.
Eddie Fisher was heckled by a disguised Elizabeth Taylor during a 1961 performance, in a year which saw Dinah Shore booked for her fourth performance and debut Vegas performances at the Desert Inn by both Benny Goodman and Rosemary Clooney. In 1979, Jet magazine noted that Wayne Newton was "enthroned" at the Desert Inn as king of entertainment idols", earning $10 million a year, which made him the highest-paid nightclub performer of all time. Other performers in its famous "crystal showroom" over the years included Patti Page, Ted Lewis, Joe E. Lewis, Bobby Darin, Jimmy Durante, Tony Bennett, Paul Anka, Dionne Warwick, Louise Mandrell, and more.

Louis Prima and Keely Smith recorded their 1960 Dot Records LP On Stage live at the Desert Inn. Bobby Darin's famous album Live! At the Desert Inn was recorded at the hotel in February 1971. In 1992, a week-long celebration of Frank Sinatra's 77th birthday at the Desert Inn was held and later in January it was announced that Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Paul Anka, Shirley MacLaine, Dean Martin, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme had all signed a two-year engagement agreeing to perform at least five weeks annually.

Film and television

Portions of Ocean's 11 were shot at the Desert Inn. It is one of the five Las Vegas hotels robbed on New Year's Eve by the characters played by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and others in the film. Orson Welles' film F for Fake covers, among other topics, the scandal of a fake biography of Howard Hughes, and the billionaire's Desert Inn residence is illustrated by Welles. In the 1985 film Lost in America, Julie Hagerty's character Linda Howard loses the couple's "nest egg" at the Desert Inn, leading to a memorable scene in which Albert Brooks' character David Howard tries to convince the Casino manager (Garry Marshall) to give them their money back. David, an ad man, proposes a campaign centered around the generosity of the casino in his case, replete with a jingle: "The Desert Inn has heart... The Desert Inn has heart."
The opening scene to the 1993 film Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit took place in the Grand Ballroom of the hotel. The Desert Inn saw its last commercial use in the 2001 film Rush Hour 2, shortly before it was imploded. It was converted into the "Red Dragon", an Asian-themed casino set.

The hotel served as the primary backdrop for the TV show Vega$ which aired on ABC from 1978 to 1981. The 1980s Aaron Spelling soap opera Dynasty included footage of the hotel, and use of the Presidential Suite. The hit 1980s NBC TV series Remington Steele filmed its 60th Las Vegas-set episode at the inn, where both the exterior and interior are shown regularly throughout the episode.

Legacy
The closure of the Desert Inn in 2000 and subsequent demolition was unpopular with many as it seemed to mark the end of old Las Vegas. Historian Michael Green stated: "To a lot of people outside of Las Vegas, these two places (the Desert Inn and the Sands) really meant Las Vegas. These were the places that represent the images of Las Vegas, in a far greater way than the Dunes, the Aladdin, the Hacienda and the Landmark". Robert Maheu, Howard Hughes's head of Nevada operations and publicist for many years, remarked that the "Desert Inn was the gem of Las Vegas". The hotel remained popular with locals until the end, as the heavily tourism-driven modern Las Vegas emerged in the 1990s.

Desert Inn Road

Desert Inn Road is a 17¼ mile west–east road part of the Las Vegas Valley grid road system. It travels through residential, commercial, and industrial areas and exists as a major thoroughfare in the area. At the Las Vegas Strip exists a 2½ mile expressway portion of the road officially called the Desert Inn Road Super Arterial that acts an arterial road between Winchester and Paradise. The expressway opened in 1996 and had a construction cost of US$84 million.

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 Video of Desert Inn implosion, October 23, 2001
 Jac Lessman architectural records and papers, 1925-1975. Held by the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

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Metaform – Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants
Connexion Bizarre - February 17, 2009 November 24, 2010
CD, Just Records/BSMNT Records, 2008
www.metaformonline.com
With his anonymity purposely preserved, Metaform delivers this stunning collection of genre-bending instant classics on Just Records / BSMNT out of Japan. While claiming residency in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Tokyo, it seems this mysterious artist is adamant in maintaining his secrecy, which just adds to the allure of this release.
Fusing a multitude of genres while managing to conceive a style all his own, Metaform humbly hails his heroes and many musical influences with the title of his album 'Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants'. Combining a rich complex blend of live instrumentation, various '70s and '80s movie samples, slick turntablism, skilled extractions from Soul and Funk music sources, as well as an impressive array of fractured trip-hop and drum-n-bass styled beats of Anticon proportions, Metaform's uncanny talent to fuse these, and countless other elements, in concert with soulful and truly remarkable melodies, makes this a contagious listening experience without a doubt.
There isn't a blemish to be found here, with each of the nineteen tracks offering their own contributions to the seamless overall groove and flow of this prolific and succulent montage. With so many astonishing moments to be heard, it's impossible to name them all here. Most songs are relatively short in length, ranging from 1-3 minutes, but the precise track arrangements and perfect fluidity make this album feel wholly unified like very few releases I have heard before. The beautiful arrangement of looped acoustic guitars, lovely piano compositions, timely and distinctive vocal samples, head-nodding trip-hop beats, and a multitude of infectious modern melodies, give each track not only an air of sheer distinction, but lend an authentic interaction with the listener as well. There is true enchantment within these songs, each with their own unique personality that engages the listener with genuine emotion and a flood of graceful elements of nostalgia throughout.
While five years in the making, "Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants" arrives as a soulful and decidedly charming journey across decades of musical innovation that defines the true essence of a great electronic record. Admittedly this is one of the coolest albums I've heard in quite some time. Fans of DJ Shadow, RJD2, U.N.K.L.E., and even Four Tet are sure to fall in love with this release. I certainly did.
[10/10]
— Paul Nielsen
Tagged 2008, just records/bsmnt records, metaform, standing on the shoulders of giants
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Pilfinger
Pilfinger – Songwriter & Producer
From the age of 14 Lasse Kramhøft has worked under the name of 'Pilfinger'. A love of hip hop, R'n'B, soul and reggae has been the backbone of his musical journey from his youth in Lolland to his adult life in Copenhagen.
His artistic CV speaks for itself - Pilfinger is one of Denmarks most successful producers, songwriters and artists of recent times. Throughout his career, he has exhibited a unique ability to constantly innovate, never copying and with his original fingerprints on all of his productions and songwriting. Pilfinger has found success together with major Danish artists such as KATO, Johnson, Topgunn, KIDD, Pharfar, Wild $mith, Bikstok, Natasja, Skinz and Barbara Moleko.
At the same time, he has built a solid name in the United States, as an in-house producer and songwriter for his American manager; American Idol judge Randy Jackson. This collaboration over the years has led to sessions and cuts with world stars such as Ne-Yo, Megan Trainor, Akon and Jordin Sparks for whom Pilfinger wrote and produced the single "S.O.S. (Let The Music Play)" which topped the US Billboard chart.
Pilfingers status in the Danish music industry was really cemented when he was registered as the 2nd most successful songwriter on collecting society KODA's record of most played composers on Danish radio. As an artist, Pilfinger has experienced tremendous success with the act 'Djämes Braun', following their debut victory in largest Danish radio station P3's new talent award in 2012. After 6 years of radio hits, the figures show an impressive stream number that is approaching 50 million on Spotify and more than 25 million views on YouTube. In total, with almost constant touring (more than 500 concerts over the last 3 years) and participation in TV2's massively successful reality series "Toppen af Poppen", Pilfinger today is a well-known public figure in Denmark.
He continues to write and produce for new, breaking exciting artists. In 2018 he was co-writer and producer of the huge hit "Malibu" for new Danish trap artist Skinz.


I am looking for any tapes (can be DAT or direct to CD transfers) circulated or uncirculated, if you cannot do the transfer yourself then PM me (Can mail tapes, transfer and send back the tapes and a digital copy).
The majority of these have been released by Rubicon Reproductions only in remastered form (overly denoised, has a low bitrate mp3 like sound). I have these copies already, I'm hoping to find someone who has a tape or a unedited transfer of one of these.
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the realm of infinite possibilities."
Anita continues from her awesome book, Dying To Be Me: "I'm at my strongest when I'm able to let go, when I suspend my beliefs as well as dis-beliefs, and leave myself open to all possibilities. That also seems to be when I'm able to experience the most internal clarity and synchronicities. My sense is that the very act of needing certainty is a hindrance to experiencing greater levels of awareness. In contrast, the process of letting go and releasing all attachment to any belief or outcome is cathartic and healing. The dichotomy is that for true healing to occur, I must let go of the need to be healed and just enjoy and trust in the ride that is life."
It is amazing to me the power in letting go, releasing, or an even better way to express it is to allow. I read a quote by Bashar the other day that has stuck with me: "Everything is Neutral. You supply the meaning you've been taught to supply it with. . . So if you find you are anxious, you are supplying a meaning that is by definition generating anxiety. If you don't prefer that, supply a definition to what is happening that will allow you to extract only beneficial experiences from it no matter what anyone else may be experiencing in the very same event."
I love the idea that everything is neutral and that we are choosing to give everything meaning. It's so creative. It's a power that we may not recognize. It is also a perfect way to let go, or allow. To change direction, or to change what is in our lives, we can choose to supply a different definition, to refocus, to see things differently. Letting go entirely, may very well be a great step toward that which we really want.
The other idea here of becoming comfortable with uncertainty is fascinating. We seem to crave the opposite, and yet that very act closes us off to all but that which we know as possibilities. But as Anita so powerfully said, "If I can accept that my understanding is incomplete. . ." Oh my that is seemingly difficult by admitting that we are clueless sometimes. "And, if I'm able to be comfortable with uncertainty. . ." Say what? Who in their right mind is ever comfortable with uncertainty? That's crazy! But, "This opens me up to the realm of infinite possibilities."
Now that's a place worth getting to I think. . . If I can and If I am able. It might even be easier to think of it this way: If I can let go of the rope, I will be in a position of allowing, but I can only achieve this by letting go of the rope, letting go of my judgments, beliefs, and allowing an open mind to all that is currently and seemingly beyond me now.
As I Allow, I Am Empowered, Loved And Supported.
Spread Some Joy Today--by choosing your joy. No one else can do it for you.


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When it concerns getting a loan with actually, actually bad credit, your alternatives are limited … and generally not very good. The loans that do exist are often of the "payday" range: low-dollar, short-term, and high-interest loans based not on your credit report however your regular earnings– which loan providers get to through your checking account. While a payday loan can offer much-needed money in an emergency situation, the industry is afflicted by accusations of predatory practices that trap vulnerable customers.
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At this point, you might be thinking: Wait a minute! I have bad credit AND I'm broke. And because of that, a lending institution wishes to charge me ADDITIONAL interest?
When you have bad credit, it means you have a history of paying your debts late or not at all. (You can learn more about credit report and exactly what they imply in our guide to improving your credit report eBook.) This makes it riskier for lending institutions to let you obtain loan. From their point of view, you already have a history of not paying your debts, so why should they expect it to be any different with them? If they provide you a thousand dollars, there's an extremely real threat that they're not going to be paid back.
An unsecured bad credit loan indicates that customers sign an agreement and guarantee to repay their loan inning accordance with the terms of their loan. If they cannot repay their loan, the loan provider might pursue collection of the cash owed through a collections agency or other legal mechanism. Common unsecured bad credit loans include individual installation loans, charge card, and student loans.
A safe bad credit loan requires that the borrower use a valuable item– like an automobile, a home, or a piece of precious jewelry– as collateral to "secure" the loan. This implies that if a debtor is not able to pay back the loan, the loan provider is legally enabled to seize the collateral and offer it to recover their losses. Normal guaranteed loans consist of home loans, vehicle title loans, and pawnshop loans.
Technically, a payday advance is a safe loan. You're not offering your automobile or the deed to your house, however with a predatory payday advance, you are securing the loan with a look for the amount you've obtained, plus interest or fees. If you're not able to repay the incredibly high-interest loan by the due date (most borrowers aren't), the payday loan provider will cash your check.
Bad credit loans– or no credit check loans– are dangerous. If your lending institution doesn't examine your credit, or your ability to repay your loan, that's a sign that they aren't using you an accountable loan. If they don't care about your credit, they don't care about you.
Much like looking for any other loan, the prospective recipient of an installment loan must meet certain criteria in order to be approved. Most candidates are happily shocked when it concerns how basic the credentials are. The very first qualification is age; you should be 25 or older to be qualified to get an installation loan. Next, the prospective borrower must have a bank account that is qualified for getting direct deposits. Online installment loans are constantly moved electronically so a direct bank account is a must. The 3rd credentials is a minimum income of at least $1300 each month. This requirement is simply to make sure that you won't have a problem making a monthly installment payment to pay back your loan. The final qualification is proof of employment. You can generally prove this by showing a current income stub or letter from your company.
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Here's a quick guide to everything you need to know in order to catch every event at this year's Winter Olympics. It is the first time TV viewers in all US time zones will have access to live coverage instead of delayed replay, which makes it even more exciting to get in on the action.
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Here's how not to miss the opening and closing ceremonies for this year's Winter Olympics. This guide will cover every way one can either watch or stream the opening and closing ceremonies online. The opening ceremony kicks off on February 9th at 6 a.m EST, and is expected to be 2 hours long. The closing ceremony will take place on February 25th at 8 p.m.
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On this side of a horrific existence, my goal is to educate and provide insights to those who are suffering, have suffered, or for friends and family who stand on the sidelines and helplessly watch as a loved one descends into the depths of an abusive relationship.
Due to always trying to be the good little girl, the majority of my life was spent as a victim. Yet, I was unaware that the label applied to me. I simply took the crap, believed this was how life was, hoped and waited for a new day, which did come, but neither easily nor quickly.
In the midst of the horror, not only did the belief a change was sure to come, precious humor kept me from drowning in my sorrow.
May only good arise from the ashes.
In April of 2017, my autobiography, A Good Little Girl, was published under the pen name of Kenzie O'Hara, and I view this accomplishment as one positive arising from the muck and mire of the negatives intent on destroying my physical being and my soul.
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Many Essential Oil, Hydrosols and Botanical Extracts commonly used in Yüm products are obtained using the method of water distillation. The water distillation process starts when botanical material is completely immersed in water and the still is brought to a boil. This method protects the oils, as they are brought to a high temperature, and the surrounding water acts as a barrier to prevent overheating.
When the condensed material cools down, the water and essential oil is separated and the product decanted.
The water that is separated in this process is also used and known as "floral waters" (or hydrosol or sweet water) - such as rosewater, lavender water and orange water.
Botanical Extractions are made using an enclosed flask where there is an inverted condenser pointing down into the flask from the top. Just below the condenser is the suspended recovery vessel. The condenser has cold liquid circulating through it to keep the condenser cold. In the bottom of the main flask alcohol is placed to facilitate the extraction process. Ground plant material is placed in the recovery vessel with perforated sides and bottom so liquid can fall through it. Gentle heat is applied to the main flask allowing the solvent to evaporate and vapors reach the cold condenser at the top of the flask. The re-condensed solvent on the sides of the condenser begin flowing down the sides of the condenser and dripping off drip points on the end of the condenser. The solvent drips into the top of the recovery vessel where it saturates the herb being extracted. The solvent flows through the basket and out the holes in the bottom of the basket carrying the extract with it into the bottom of the flask.
The extract laden solvent falling from the recovery vessel is dark in color and as it becomes clearer you see the plant material leached out and the process is finished.
The next step is the separation of the alcohol from the extract itself. This is done by re condensing the liquid in the recovery flask. The recovery vessel is simply a cup which is suspended below the condenser. As solvent vapors re-condense and fall off the tip of the condenser, they fall into the cup and are separated from the extract itself.


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"I advise clients on their most complex and high-profile corporate and securities transactions. I combine in-depth technical knowledge with sound business understanding to assist clients to resolve challenges and achieve their strategic goals."
Craig has significant experience in advising multinational corporates and financial sponsors across a range of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, securities transactions and strategic investments. He also advises a number of listed boards on corporate governance matters and incentives arrangements.
In addition, Craig works closely with the firm's Australian alliance partner, Allens, to advise Australian clients on their cross-border corporate transactions in Asia and globally.
Craig has particular knowledge of the mining sector, having worked at BHP Billiton in its Corporate team. Before training as a lawyer, Craig also worked as an accountant and business adviser for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in Australia.
Work highlights
Craig has led, or been a key adviser, on many major M&A and securities transactions. Highlights include advising:
on the merger between Hutchison Whampoa and Cheung Kong combining assets worth more than US$100bn (and on the spin-off listing of their combined property business, Cheung Kong Property Holdings)
on the US$20.5bn listing of AIA Group on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
China Minmetals' listed Hong Kong subsidiary, MMG, on a range of transactions, including its takeover bids for Anvil Mining and Equinox Minerals, and on its advancement to production of the Las Bambas mining asset (acquired from Glencore for US$5.9bn)
Hutchison Whampoa on its £10bn offer to acquire O2 and on its US$6bn sale of 25% of its international retail arm, AS Watson, to Temasek
ANZ Bank on a range of transactions, including its strategic stake in Tianjin City Commercial Bank
Glencore on its US$60bn dual UK/Hong Kong listing
HSBC and Standard Chartered on several rights issues and various M&A transactions
Craig advised on the creation of a block trade agreement precedent for use by Hong Kong industry as part of an initiative by the Asia Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA), including drafting bespoke language to deal with short-selling issues in Hong Kong.
Since 2012, Craig has been ranked as a Leading Lawyer across various sectors, including "Capital Markets – Equity", "Mergers & Acquisitions" and "Energy & Resources".
Craig holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Melbourne, Australia.
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David Ragan was a 100-1 shot going into Talledega's NASCAR Sprint Cup race on Sunday. But he ended up being at the right place at the right time in the green and white checker that brought that NASCAR Sprint Cup race to a merciful end. Leading when it really counted, the Georgia driver proved a point that almost anybody left in that field had a chance at that win. But you also had to be on top of your game and lucky enough to survive up to the end in order to be in contention. Another factor that made the final laps of the race tense as that the track was quickly running out of daylight.
"I'm a low key guy. I'd just like to thank everyone that helped me get here. I don't know what else to say, " said the winner. It was also Ragan's second career win. Equally suprised at his performance was his teamate and runner-up Dave Gilliland. "I'm very proud of my team. This is awesome. I didn't dare to back off," said the second place finisher. As it turned out both were able to work together to finish one-two in the final laps of that long afternoon grind.
Both drivers were among the survivors who were able to avoid those huge crashers that eliminated many of the top runners in the field. Replacing those cars for the teams is very expensive even for the well sponsored organizations. For some teams not as wealthy, those wrecks that totally destroy the racing cars can put them out of business. Given the way the races are run, we don't see any solution on those restrictor plate tracks.
When all of the dust settled, Jimmie Johnson was still in the Sprint Cup point lead. "In a race like this, you have to be up in the top 4 to 6 in order to have a chance at a win.,' he said.
Complicating the race was a three hour and forty-six minute rain delay. NASCAR, it seemed, was determined to give the fans a complete race. The race got the red flag with just 63 laps remaining in that wreck-filled race. One of the attributing factors was four-wide racing which played a major part in destroying a good part of the field.
On the under card, Ragan Smith won the Nationwide race followed by Joey Logano and Kasey Kahne which finished under a yellow flag. Smith also leads the Nationwide points over Sam Hornish, Jr.
Down in Rio, Canadian James Hinchcliffe won his second IZOD Indy Car race of the season when he was able to pull off a last lap pass over Takuma Sato. In the other two previous Indy Car races, Hinchliffe had two dnf's. Penske driver Helio Castro-Neves, though, still leads the point chase as the next race on that schedule moves to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Across the Atlantic, Dani Pedrosa won the FIM MotoGP at the Jaurez circuit in Spain.
Check Jayski.com to see what's happening over the Mother's Day weekend which will be rather thin.


Death Place: Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826October 29, 1885) was an American soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician. A graduate of West Point, McClellan served with distinction during the Mexican War and later left the Army to work in railroads until the outbreak of the Civil War Early in the war, McClellan was appointed to the rank of major general and played an important role in raising a well-trained and organized army, which would become the Army of the Potomac in the Eastern Theater; he served a brief period (November 1861 to March 1862) as general-in-chief of the Union Army. Although McClellan was meticulous in his planning and preparations, these very characteristics hampered his ability to challenge aggressive opponents in a fast-moving battlefield environment. He chronically overestimated the strength of enemy units and was reluctant to apply principles of mass, frequently leaving large portions of his army unengaged at decisive points.
McClellan organized and led the Union army in the Peninsula Campaign in southeastern Virginia from March through July 1862. It was the first large-scale offensive in the Eastern Theater. Making an amphibious clockwise turning movement around the Confederate Army in northern Virginia, McClellan's forces turned west to move up the Virginia Peninsula, between the James and York Rivers landing from the Chesapeake Bay, with the Confederate capital, Richmond, as their objective. Initially, McClellan was somewhat successful against the equally cautious General Joseph E. Johnston, but the military emergence of General Robert E. Lee to command the Army of Northern Virginia turned the subsequent Seven Days Battles into a partial Union defeat.
McClellan's first assignment was with a company of engineers formed at West Point, but he quickly received orders to sail for the Mexican War. He arrived near the mouth of the Rio Grande in October 1846, well prepared for action with a double-barreled shotgun, two pistols, a saber, a dress sword, and a Bowie knife. He complained that he had arrived too late to take any part in the American victory at Monterrey in September. During a temporary armistice in which the forces of Gen. Zachary Taylor awaited action, McClellan was stricken with dysentery and malaria, which kept him in the hospital for nearly a month. The malaria would recur in later years—he called it his "Mexican disease." He served as an engineering officer during the war, was frequently subject to enemy fire, and was appointed a brevet first lieutenant for his services at Contreras and Churubusco and to captain for his service at Chapultepec. He performed reconnaissance missions for Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott, a close friend of McClellan's father.
McClellan returned to West Point to command his engineering company, which was attached to the academy for the purpose of training cadets in engineering activities. He chafed at the boredom of peacetime garrison service, although he greatly enjoyed the social life. In June 1851, he was ordered to Fort Delaware, a masonry work under construction on an island in the Delaware River, 40miles downriver from Philadelphia. In March 1852, he was ordered to report to Capt. Randolph B. Marcy at Fort Smith, Arkansas, to serve as second-in-command on an expedition to discover the sources of the Red River. By June the expedition reached the source of the north fork of the river and Marcy named a small tributary McClellan's Creek. Upon their return to civilization on July 28, they were astonished to find that they had been given up for dead. A sensational story had reached the press that the expedition had been ambushed by 2,000 Comanches and killed to the last man. McClellan blamed the story on "a set of scoundrels, who seek to keep up agitation on the frontier in order to get employment from the Govt. in one way or other."
McClellan selected Yakima Pass (47.3365°N -121.4324°W) without a thorough reconnaissance and refused the governor's order to lead a party through it in winter conditions, relying on faulty intelligence about the depth of snow pack in that area. In so doing, he missed three greatly superior passes in the near vicinity, which were eventually used for railroads and interstate highways. The governor ordered McClellan to turn over his expedition logbooks, but McClellan steadfastly refused, most likely because of embarrassing personal comments that he had made throughout his adventures.
His forces moved rapidly into the area through Grafton and were victorious at the tiny skirmish called the Battle of Philippi, arguably the first land conflict of the war. His first personal command in battle was at Rich Mountain, which he also won, but only after displaying a strong sense of caution and a reluctance to commit reserve forces that would be his hallmark for the rest of his career. His subordinate commander, William S. Rosecrans, bitterly complained that his attack was not reinforced as McClellan had agreed. Nevertheless, these two minor victories propelled McClellan to the status of national hero. The New York Herald entitled an article about him "Gen. McClellan, the Napoleon of the Present War."
During the summer and fall, McClellan brought a high degree of organization to his new army, and greatly improved its morale with frequent trips to review and encourage his units. It was a remarkable achievement, in which he came to personify the Army of the Potomac and reaped the adulation of his men. He created defenses for Washington that were almost impregnable, consisting of 48 forts and strong points, with 480 guns manned by 7,200 artillerists. The Army of the Potomac grew in number from 50,000 in July to 168,000 in November, becoming the largest military force the United States had raised until that time. But this was also a time of tension in the high command, as he continued to quarrel frequently with the government and the general-in-chief, Lt. Gen. Scott, on matters of strategy. McClellan rejected the tenets of Scott's Anaconda Plan, favoring instead an overwhelming grand battle, in the Napoleonic style. He proposed that his army should be expanded to 273,000 men and 600 guns and "crush the rebels in one campaign." He favored a war that would impose little impact on civilian populations and require no emancipation of slaves.
The dispute with Scott became increasingly personal. Scott (as well as many in the War Department) was outraged that McClellan refused to divulge any details about his strategic planning, or even such basic information as the strengths and dispositions of his units. McClellan claimed he could not trust anyone in the administration to keep his plans secret from the press, and thus the enemy. In the course of a disagreement about defensive forces on the Potomac River, McClellan wrote to his wife on August 10: "Genl Scott is the great obstacle—he will not comprehend the danger & is either a traitor, or an incompetent. I have to fight my way against him." Scott became so disillusioned with the young general that he offered his resignation to President Lincoln, who initially refused to accept it. Rumors traveled through the capital that McClellan might resign, or instigate a military coup, if Scott were not removed. Lincoln's Cabinet met on October 18 and agreed to accept Scott's resignation for "reasons of health."
McClellan further damaged his reputation by his insulting insubordination to his commander-in-chief. He privately referred to Lincoln, whom he had known before the war as a lawyer for the Illinois Central, as "nothing more than a well-meaning baboon", a "gorilla", and "ever unworthy of ... his high position." On November 13, he snubbed the president, who had come to visit McClellan's house, by making him wait for 30 minutes, only to be told that the general had gone to bed and could not receive him.
On January 10, Lincoln met with top generals (McClellan did not attend) and directed them to formulate a plan of attack, expressing his exasperation with General McClellan with the following remark: "If General McClellan does not want to use the army, I would like to borrow it for a time." On January 12, 1862, McClellan was summoned to the White House, where the Cabinet demanded to hear his war plans. For the first time, he revealed his intentions to transport the Army of the Potomac by ship to Urbanna, Virginia, on the Rappahannock River, outflanking the Confederate forces near Washington, and proceeding 50miles overland to capture Richmond. He refused to give any specific details of the proposed campaign, even to his friend, newly appointed War Secretary Edwin M. Stanton. On January 27, Lincoln issued an order that required all of his armies to begin offensive operations by February 22, Washington's birthday. On January 31, he issued a supplementary order for the Army of the Potomac to move overland to attack the Confederates at Manassas Junction and Centreville. McClellan immediately replied with a 22-page letter objecting in detail to the president's plan and advocating instead his Urbanna plan, which was the first written instance of the plan's details being presented to the president. Although Lincoln believed his plan was superior, he was relieved that McClellan finally agreed to begin moving, and reluctantly approved. On March 8, doubting McClellan's resolve, Lincoln again interfered with the army commander's prerogatives. He called a council of war at the White House in which McClellan's subordinates were asked about their confidence in the Urbanna plan. They expressed their confidence to varying degrees. After the meeting, Lincoln issued another order, naming specific officers as corps commanders to report to McClellan (who had been reluctant to do so prior to assessing his division commanders' effectiveness in combat, even though this would have meant his direct supervision of twelve divisions in the field).
On March 11, 1862, Lincoln removed McClellan as general-in-chief, leaving him in command of only the Army of the Potomac, ostensibly so that McClellan would be free to devote all his attention to the move on Richmond. Lincoln's order was ambiguous as to whether McClellan might be restored following a successful campaign. In fact, the general-in-chief position was left unfilled. Lincoln, Stanton, and a group of officers who formed the "War Board" directed the strategic actions of the Union armies that spring. Although McClellan was assuaged by supportive comments Lincoln made to him, in time he saw the change of command very differently, describing it as a part of an intrigue "to secure the failure of the approaching campaign."
McClellan had also placed hopes on a simultaneous naval approach to Richmond via the James River. That approach failed following the Union Navy's defeat at the Battle of Drewry's Bluff, about 7miles downstream from the Confederate capital, on May 15. Basing artillery on a strategic bluff high above a bend in the river, and sinking boats to create an impassable series of obstacles in the river itself, the Confederates effectively blocked this potential approach to Richmond.
At the end of June, Lee began a series of attacks that became known as the Seven Days Battles. The first major battle, at Mechanicsville, was poorly coordinated by Lee and his subordinates and resulted in heavy casualties for little tactical gain. However the battle had a significant impact on McClellan's nerve. The surprise appearance of Maj. Gen. Stonewall Jackson's troops in the battle (when they had last been reported to be many miles away in the Shenandoah Valley) convinced McClellan that he was even more outnumbered than he had thought. He reported to Washington that he faced 200,000 Confederates (the actual number was 85,000.) As Lee continued his offensive at Gaines's Mill to the east, McClellan played a passive role, taking no initiative and waiting for events to unfold. He kept two thirds of his army out of action, fooled again by Magruder's theatrical diversionary tactics. That night, he decided to withdraw his army to a safer base, well below Richmond, on a portion of the James River that was under control of the Union Navy. In doing so, he may have unwittingly saved his army. Lee had assumed that the Union army would withdraw to the east toward its existing supply base and McClellan's move to the south delayed Lee's response for at least 24 hours. But McClellan was also tacitly acknowledging that he would no longer be able to invest Richmond, the object of his campaign; the heavy siege artillery required would be almost impossible to transport without the railroad connections available from his original supply base on the York River. In a telegram to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, reporting on these events, McClellan blamed the Lincoln administration for his reversals. "If I save this army now, I tell you plainly I owe no thanks to you or to any other persons in Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army." Fortunately for McClellan, Lincoln never saw that inflammatory statement (at least at that time) because it was censored by the War Department telegrapher.
Lee divided his forces into multiple columns, spread apart widely as he moved into Maryland and also maneuvered to capture the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. This was a risky move for a smaller army, but Lee was counting on his knowledge of McClellan's temperament. He told one of his generals, "He is an able general but a very cautious one. His army is in a very demoralized and chaotic condition, and will not be prepared for offensive operations—or he will not think it so—for three or four weeks. Before that time I hope to be on the Susquehanna." This was not a completely accurate assessment, but McClellan's army was moving lethargically, averaging only 6miles a day.
Several geographic features and establishments have been named for George B. McClellan. These include Fort McClellan in Alabama, McClellan Butte in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, where he traveled while conducting the Pacific Railroad Survey in 1853, and a bronze equestrian statue honoring General McClellan in Washington, D.C. Another equestrian statue honors him in front of Philadelphia City Hall, while the McClellan Gate at Arlington National Cemetery is dedicated to him and displays his name. McClellan Park in Milbridge, Maine, was donated to the town by the general's son with the stipulation that it be named for the general.
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Sears, Young Napoleon, p. 3; Rafuse, pp. 10, 27–28.
Rowland, Leaders, p. 260; Rafuse, p. 36. McClellan's friend James Stuart was a South Carolinian killed skirmishing with Indians in 1851.
Sears, Young Napoleon, pp. 14–15.
Rafuse, pp. 47–49; Rowland, Leaders, pp. 260–61; Sears, Young Napoleon, pp. 16–17.
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Beatie, p. 480. Eicher, pp. 372, 856.
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McPherson, Tried by War, p. 122.
Sears, Young Napoleon, pp. 116–17.
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McPherson, Battle Cry, p. 360.
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Sears, Young Napoleon, p. 205.
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Sears, Young Napoleon, p. 216.
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Sears, Gates, pp. 280, 309.
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Bailey, Bloodiest Day, p. 15.
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Compare:Book: Sears. Stephen W.. Stephen W. Sears. 1988. George B. McClellan: The Young Napoleon. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2014. 391. 9780544391222. Initially there was interest among Democrats in running him for the presidency again in 1868, but his support dwindled after the Republicans nominated General Grant..
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Book: Sears. Stephen W.. Stephen W. Sears. 1988. George B. McClellan: The Young Napoleon. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2014. 406. 978-0-544-39122-2. [Ellen McClellan] died in 1915, at the age of seventy-nine, while visiting her daughter in Nice. May, too, lived abroad much of her life. In 1893 she married Paul Desprez, a French diplomat, and she died, childless, in 1945 at the Villa Antietam, her home in Nice. Max – George B. McClellan, Jr. – achieved a political career of some distinction [...]. In 1889 he had married Georgianna Heckscher, but like May he had no children..
Sears, Young Napoleon, p. 401.
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Rowland, McClellan and Civil War History, pp. 7–8; Rowland, Leaders, pp. 268–70, provides a concise historiography of McClellan's legacy, stating that "McClellan has had few supporters in the literature over the last half-century." Rafuse, pp. 384–96, presents an analysis of McClellan that is more sympathetic than the majority of current works, focusing not only on his military strategy, but how his Whig political heritage affected the way he proposed to wage war in a manner that would promote reconciliation with the South.
Web site: Milbridge Historical Society Presentation. milbridgehistoricalsociety.org.
Web site: Our Campaigns – US President – D Convention Race – Aug 29, 1864. ourcampaigns.com.
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How often have you heard heartbroken parents say that they gave their kids everything they ever wanted in life and yet their kids are ungrateful, selfish and distant?
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Awarded four Emmys and hailed by Variety as "a rare moment in the symbiosis of the arts and broadcasting," Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts left their mark on television history. Aired on CBS from 1958 to 1972, these 53 one-hour programs were written and hosted by Leonard Bernstein. With the New York Philharmonic and guest artists providing the live music, these programs brought musical concepts and music history to life for generations of viewers. "Lectures accompanying music might not sound like the formula of a hit kids' TV program, but Bernstein was the secret ingredient who made it work" (Variety). Balancing scholarship and showmanship, Maestro Bernstein brings the full range of his magnetic personality to play in these programs. And he succeeds in infecting viewers young and old, connoisseurs and the uninitiated, with his overwhelming love of music.
Bernstein conducts Handel's WATER MUSIC and cites it as an indisputable example of classical music. "Exact" is the word that best defines classical music, Bernstein says, and he demonstrates with musical illustrations from Bach's Fourth Brandenburg Concerto, Mozart's Concerto No. 21 in C Major and THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, and Haydn's Symphony no. 102. The decline in classical music at the end of the eightteenth century is tied to Beethoven and the Romantic movement, and Bernstein conducts Beethoven's EGMONT ouverture.
Nikolaj Rimsky-Korsakow
1968, Avery Fisher Hall
Young People's Concerts: Quiz-Concert
Ludwig van Beethoven, Georges Bizet
1958, Carnegie Hall
Young People's Concerts: What does orchestration mean?
Leonard Bernstein, Johann Sebastian Bach
Young People's Concerts: The Sound of an Orchestra
Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven
Young People's Concerts: What Does Music Mean?
Ludwig van Beethoven, Frédéric Chopin
Young People's Concerts: What Is a Melody?
Young People's Concerts: What Is a Concerto?
Johann Sebastian Bach, Béla Bartók
Young People's Concerts: What is American Music?
Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland
Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms
Young People's Concerts: Humor in Music
Johannes Brahms, Aaron Copland
Young People's Concerts: What makes music symphonic?
Leonard Bernstein, Kenneth J. Alford
Young People's Concerts: The Latin American Spirit
Young People's Concerts: Toast to Vienna in 3/4 Time
Ludwig van Beethoven, Gustav Mahler
Leonard Bernstein - Young People's Concerts: What Is a Mode?
Ludwig van Beethoven, Leonard Bernstein
Young People's Concerts


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