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2007 Fall TV Preview!
Finally! I somehow made it through the long summer nights filled with only the out-of-contention-by-May Cincinnati Reds and the occasional Colbert Report / Top Chef / The Hills to keep me entertained. The reward is a full slate of brand new episodes of all our favorite shows, as well as some shiny newcomers that just might make their way onto your already busy TV watching schedule. What's worth watching? Once again I've compiled my Night-by-Night breakdown of shows that you should be watching. However, as we've learned from previous years, just because shows are on this list now doesn't mean they'll still be worthy of viewing come the holiday break. Likewise, I'm sure there are some other shows out there that will somehow win me over before the spring. But for now, the following all earn the all-important "Brian Seal of Approval":
8:00 - Prison Break (FOX) - Returning Favorite - September 17th
Last year, "Prison Break" proved that it wasn't a one-act story, and could continue delivering exciting plotlines outside the walls of Fox River Penitentiary. In fact, by the end of the season, Prison Break had firmly wrenched away the "most exciting show on TV" title away from the fading "24". Although there were a few slower episodes, and some pretty absurd plot points (especially how all the characters kept running into each other - isn't America a little bigger than that?), the show proved that it was willing to take chances - killing off main characters, moving the action to Panama for the uber-exciting season ending story arc, and throwing Michael back in prison before the season came to a close.
Having watched the first episode, I can safely say that the show remains as intense as ever. Once again there are some of the aforementioned crazy coincidences (Michael, Billick, Mahone, and T-Bag all in the same prison? Really?), but they somehow make the storyline work. We also have the interesting twist of Michael being on the inside of Prison and Lincoln being on the outside of Prison trying to get him out. The Panamanian Prison offers the opportunity to introduce some new characters, and I anxiously await the inevitable "Michael and Mahone join forces to escape / take down the Corporation" storyline.
During the first season of Prison Break, I read somewhere that the show's creators only saw the show lasting "two or three seasons" due to the nature of the storyline. I hope they keep to their word, and don't drag the show on unnecessarily long for the sake of ratings - because as good as Prison Break is right now, if we have an entire season of Michael breaking out of prison (again), it's going to start feeling like a rerun. I'm hoping this is the last season for the show - and they spend the first half of the year with a tight storyline about Michael getting out of Panamanian prison, and then the second half of the year is devoted to resolving the mystery surrounding their father and the Corporation (a storyline which has faded recently, but really should be front and center).
8:00 - Chuck (NBC) - Promising - September 24th
From creator Josh Schwartz (of "The O.C." fame) comes a show that I can only describe as Seth Cohen meets Alias. It's slick, it's exciting, it's funny, and probably has the highest potential to succeed in the fall based on its timeslot right before Heroes. The same males aged 18-34 that turned Heroes into one of the top rated shows on TV (read: nerds) are going to love this show. The premise is pretty simple - Chuck, an average guy working at the "Nerd Herd" (Geek Squad) at "Buy More" (Best Buy) receives a strange Email from a former college roommate, and unknowingly winds up with all the government's secrets stored inside his memory as a series of images. It's not as weird as that sounds, I promise.
Suddenly Chuck becomes instantly valuable to both the CIA and NSA (represented by the quite attractive Yvonne Strzechowski and the "not actually a Baldwin brother" Adam Baldwin), who are both trying to gain information from Chuck to use to help combat the bad guys of the world. These characters are nicely balanced by Chuck's best friend Morgan, sister Ellie, and her husband Captain Awesome (you're skeptical, but this name actually makes sense, and provides a number of laughs in the first episode). It's similar to the personal / professional life conflicts that we saw on Alias, but from a "nerd" perspective.
I was a huge fan of The O.C. in its early years, and a lot of it has to do with Josh Schwartz. I hope he learned from the mistakes of The O.C. (most notably, burning through too many storylines too fast) - which results in a great first season, but then mediocre follow-up seasons since you're out of material - because by the end of the first episode, you can easily see how "Chuck" could offer both solid stand-alone episodes, as well as larger story arcs that could give the show legs for years.
9:00 - Heroes (NBC) - Returning Favorite - September 24th
Oh "Heroes", you were a kickass season finale away from delivering one of the best first seasons of any television show in recent memory. Instead, we got a season finale that was probably less exciting than a regular episode, leaving some viewers with a bad taste in their mouth over the summer. But in its first season, creator/writer Tim Kring proved that he could deliver exciting individual episodes while still focusing on an overall story arc for the entire season. Sure, the dialogue could be downright laughable at times, and it can sometimes slip into unrealistic comic fanboy territory, but on the whole it was a mighty entertaining television program.
Looking ahead to the second season, there is no reason to be anything but excited for the future. Hopefully Kring has come up with a way to keep the characters together and interacting with a single cohesive storyline. As much fun as the first season was to see the characters' individual storylines, and how they each eventually came into contact with each other - now that they're all together, I can't imagine each of them going off in their own separate ways. While part of me is a little afraid of the whole "Hiro in the past" storyline taking center stage (in my opinion, Hiro is best when used sparingly), I'm excited that David Anders (aka, Sark from Alias fame) is joining the cast - although I have no idea how the very Anglo Anders is going to play a 1,000 year old Japanese Warrior. Initially, not killing Sylar in the finale seemed like a bit of a cop-out, but I must admit that I'm excited to have his character back, since he's one of the most intriguing on the show. With the addition of another "big bad" (referenced by the creepy girl in the season finale), we might have an even more action packed season than last year.
8:00 - Beauty and the Geek (CW) - Returning Favorite - September 18th
Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme, both a little scared, neither one prepared, Beauty and the Geek. Ashton Kucher's "great social experiment" is back for a third season, and it will once again have a place on my DVR schedule. It's a simple concept, but I can't help but watch with fascination as superficial hotties learn that they're actually vapid and shallow while mega-nerds learn how to wear stylish clothes and social skills. What's not to like? You have pretty girls, challenges that make you feel better about yourself (since you're probably smarter / more handy / more social than the contestants on the show), and unlike most reality shows, the contestants generally become better people over the course of the show.
If that wasn't enough, this season features not one, but TWO geeks from Cincinnati!
(No, I'm not one of them - although if I was, my subtitle would be "Runs Internationally-Known Lost Blog")
8:00 - Pushing Daisies (ABC) - Promising - October 3rd
I love "Pushing Daisies". It's witty, visually stunning, and heartwarming. That's why it breaks my heart that I know it won't last on network TV.
Why not? Well, here's the premise: the main character, Ned, is a pie maker with the ability to bring dead people back to life by touching them - but there's a catch. When he touches them a second time, they're dead forever. If he doesn't touch them a second time within a minute of touching them the first time, they stay alive - but someone else in the close proximity dies. This leads to some interesting problems (Ned can't pet his dog), some light moral dilemmas (should Ned let one person live at the expense of another?), and a lucrative business at solving murders (by bringing the dead temporarily to ask who killed them).
See the problem? Pitch that premise to 90% of America, and they instantly tune out the show, which is a shame - because this is the best show of the fall.
The first thing that will grab you is the visuals. The Future Wife described them as similar to the movie Big Fish, which is a great comparison. The sets are different and interesting - almost like a Tim Burton movie on happy pills. I have never seen so much color in a television show in my life. It's unlike anything you've ever seen on a live action TV show. The show is guided by a voiceover - but unlike Grey's Anatomy or Scrubs, it's not the voice of any character on the show (at least not yet), and it's almost as though the voice is reading a poem rather than describing the events unfolding… and that's really how the show feels - like some sort of Dr. Seuss or Roald Dahl book come to life.
However, it never approaches being overly sappy, partially thanks to Chi McBride who acts as a Private Investigator working with Ned on solving murders to collect rewards. His straightforward, rational ways offer a nice counterbalance to Ned's idealistic views of the world. He also delivers some hilarious rapid-fire dialogue that gives the show a bit of an edge. If you watch the first episode and aren't smiling when it's over, you don't have a soul. This is delightful TV.
(Note: the first two minutes of the show are among the most shocking in the history of television, and almost made me turn off Pushing Daisies instantly. Stick through it! It all works out within the first five minutes of the show.)
9:00 - Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (FOX) - Promising - September 19th
This isn't really a new show, but rather the American version of the British show that I've been watching for two seasons now. In it, Gordon Ramsay (who you may know from "Hell's Kitchen" fame) visits troubled and failing restaurants and spends a week with them to try and turn things around. (SPOILER ALERT!!! The secret is always to simplify their menu and use simple, fresh ingredients!) However, don't go into it thinking that show is the "softer, gentler" side of Ramsay. Although he has the chefs and their restaurants in his best interests, you'll find that getting them to change their current ways often leads to some heated "discussions" in the kitchen, people quitting, or threatening Ramsay's life.
While I'll pretty much watch anything food related on TV (I have a problem, I know), there's something quite entertaining about seeing a behind the scenes view of a kitchen - especially one that is having issues, which seems to increase the craziness. Add in that you often find yourself rooting for these "underdog" restaurants that are often nearly going bankrupt, to change their ways and once again find success (what's more American that that?) and you have a recipe for success. The possibility of actually being able to visit these restaurants at some point in real life is an added bonus.
Come to Cincinnati, Gordon!
10:00 - Top Chef (BRAVO) - Returning Favorite - Now Playing
Okay, so apparently Wednesday is cooking show night for me. Good thing I have this Future Wife now to prove that I'm straight!
What can I say about Top Chef that I haven't already said? It gets the most talented chefs of any cooking show on TV, puts them in crazy and highly entertaining challenges, and spends more time on the food than on the drama between the contestants. We're currently down to the final 5 contestants of the third season, and if you haven't been watching so far, I'd recommend finding one of the marathons that Bravo seems to air at least once a weekend and catching up.
If you like food, you'll like Top Chef.
8:00 - My Name is Earl (NBC) - Returning Favorite - September 27th
Have you noticed what has been strangely absent from the Fall TV Preview so far? That's right, not a single half-hour comedy so far! That's because greedy NBC has crammed all the worthwhile ones into one night - "Must See TV", indeed!
Up first is "My Name is Earl", which is coming off a sophomore season that bettered the first in almost every way. The show remained as fresh and funny as ever, sometimes making me laugh more than "The Office" - crazy, I know. Although some people think it's crazy that the season ended with Earl in jail, and are expecting a quick exit at the start of the third season, I think it's pure genius. Due to his sketchy past, not only does Earl probably have a large number of "friends" in jail, but trying to spread his do-gooder attitude there will be harder than ever. It raises the difficulty level up a notch for Earl and his list, and opens the door for some very unique storylines.
I wouldn't be surprised to see Earl spend at least the first third of the season in prison.
8:30 - 30 Rock (NBC) - Returning Favorite - October 4th
Coming fresh off an Emmy win, here's hoping that "30 Rock" can do what "Arrested Development" couldn't - turn an Emmy win into a ratings increase. It's a smart show that feels like "The Office" from time to time – in that its humor is often uncomfortable, but unlike The Office, 30 Rock contains many more "characters" – people who are so ridiculously over the top that they almost become unrealistic (Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, and Kenneth Parcell). In some cases this distracts from the show, but thanks to Tina Fey playing the normal character we can all relate to, the show works.
With any luck, this show will continue to improve (keep in mind that it actually got much better as last season went on – if this pace improves, it will be fantastic by mid-season) and last for a third season. If I were ranking the Thursday night comedies on NBC, this would come in at #4 – but it's still better than any comedy you'll see on CBS or ABC this fall. Plus, it's right between Earl and the Office, so you don't have to change channels. Laziness wins out!
9:00 - The Office (NBC) - Returning Favorite - September 27th
Put quite simply, "The Office" is head and shoulders above any other comedy on Network TV. It's got the quirkiness of an "Arrested Development", the romance of a "Friends", and the water cooler buzz of a "Grey's Anatomy" all rolled into one. Plus, it's scarily crazy to the reality of working in an office, which adds an element of sadness to the show.
Last season saw the show seamlessly add new characters like Andy and Karen without taking time away from any of the fan favorites. These new players added some fresh new elements to the show that worked perfectly (Andy providing the "enemy" for Dwight, Karen adding the third point to the Jim and Pam love triangle) and provided a change of pace aside from all the traditional relationships on the show.
I enjoy that the writers don't seem to be sitting comfortably with the current state of The Office, which might lead to eventually staleness. Instead, they're doing things like promoting Ryan, firing Jan (and having her move in with Michael), and moving Karen out of the picture. This ever-changing face of the show helps keep the storylines rolling along realistically, without feeling forced. It shows the confidence that they have in what they're doing, and aren't afraid of taking risks.
Having said that, there is absolutely no way that the Jim and Pam relationship goes anywhere. I can't point to any forthcoming obstacles that would keep them apart, but there simply must be one. Keeping them together would make the show a little too "relationshipy", which isn't what The Office is all about. Rather, it's about pointing out how insane the corporate world really is, and providing an endless stream of quotes for each of us to use at our jobs on a daily basis.
9:00 - Grey's Anatomy (ABC) - Returning Favorite - September 27th
Grey's Anatomy, you're on notice.
After a fantastic second season which catapulted the show into the most watched show on TV, Grey's took a definite step backwards last season. The storylines were depressing, seemed to drag on, and almost seemed overshadowed by the off camera action of its cast members. In my mind, this was never more apparent than the season finale, where a full season's worth of plotting around Cristina and Burke's wedding was thrown away – possibly for the sake of kicking Isaiah Washington off the show for his "fights" with cast members. The audience invested a heck of a lot of time in that storyline for it to have zero payoff. But enough about last year, how does this season look?
Well, it somewhat concerns me that the most likeable female character on the show, Addison, is leaving for her a spin-off, leaving us with three semi-annoying female leads, and the always solid Dr. Bailey. It worries me that they are introducing Meredith's sister as an intern / potential love interest for McDreamy – that's borderline afternoon soap opera storyline, isn't it? I also wonder how long the show can continue to have such a small core of characters make up and break up.
I hope I'm wrong. When Grey's is at its best, it's a quite compelling hour of TV that can make you laugh, cry, and feel good about life in general. I just saw very few of these flashes of brilliance last year. But due to its water cooler presence, it'll probably stay on my radar through at least the fall (the scary alternative: do actual work from 8:00 – 8:30 on Friday morning. No thank you!).
9:30 - Scrubs (NBC) - Returning Favorite - September 27th
After a real resurgent fifth season, which I would rank as the best since season two, "Scrubs" took a bit of a step backwards last year as well. There were still a number of high quality episodes (the musical comes to mind), but there were also a lot that just seemed like they were walking through the motions. Each character would do their shtick, there would be a lesson learned from a patient, and cool indie music would play in the background. But most of the episodes didn't stick with you the way that the "classic" episodes from the early seasons did.
This being the final season of the show, Scrubs is given a chance to redeem itself and go out on the top of its game. In reality, I'm just thankful they have the opportunity to do so. For a while, it looked like the show would be cancelled due to lower than desired ratings and the growing draw of major motion pictures for Zach Braff. Thankfully the gang is all back together and show creator Bill Lawrence seems like he'll be much more involved.
But regardless of what happens in this last season, it's safe to say that Scrubs will go down as one of my Top 10 favorite television shows of all time. I'll be sad to see it go.
11:30 – Colbert Report (COMEDY CENTRAL) – Returning Favorite – Now Playing
I would be amiss if I didn't also mention "The Colbert Report", which isn't really a traditional "Fall TV Show" since it doesn't really have a season – but does offer more comedic bang for your buck than any other show on TV. With hundreds of episodes produced each year, The Report is always there for you, waiting on your DVR to give you at least a few laugh out loud moments in the early hours of a weekend morning or the early evening hours during dinner.
Stephen Colbert deserves some kind of award – I'm just not sure what. His character on the show is a total act, yet he plays it straight through the news stories and interviews. Does that make him a traditional variety show "host", an "actor", or some crazy hybrid of the two? Whatever he is, in my mind this makes him more gifted than Jon Stewart and David Letterman combined. From having airplanes, mascots, and endangered species named after him, to getting into fights with rebel billionaires, Colbert mixes these elements of his "character" in with the usual satire of the news to produce a half hour of pure entertainment.
It's a smart show that requires a firm grasp of current events to get the jokes – but it also requires dedicated viewing to understand some of the ongoing storylines that also fit into jokes. This has created an insanely dedicated fan base, which has used its power to change Wikipedia articles, win Hungarian bridge naming contests, and even prompted Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to warn Democrats to stay away from Colbert.
I can't think of any television personality who has ever commanded such power, and Colbert uses it to his utmost advantage. With the upcoming 2008 elections, I can't even wait to see what's coming up next. It's Colbert's world, we just live in it.
So there you have it, roughly 10 hours of television that you ought to be watching each week. Yes, there are some other shows that could have made the cut ("Reaper", "Friday Night Lights") or some I'm probably not watching due to the lack of premium cable channels – but in my mind this represents the best and brightest that the world of TV has to offer. If nothing else, if you watch these shows, it will help you forget that Lost isn't coming back for another five months.
(Speaking of which, I'm still undecided as to how I'll handle the Blog for these upcoming five months, so if you have any suggestions, feel free to leave them below!)
Happy watching!


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April 9 – 15, 2016 | No. 103
Debra Jopson
Oliver of the Levant
Walkley Award-winning journalist Debra Jopson has thrown her hat into the fiction ring with her debut novel Oliver of the Levant. It's a coming-of-age story that cleverly avoids the clichés of the form by setting its young protagonists' story during the tumultuous lead-up to the Lebanese civil war.
The Oliver of the title has just turned 15, an awkward, impulsive teenage boy, seething with resentment at his airline pilot father who has effectively abandoned him, his younger brother, Jess, and their heroin-addicted mother to jet around the world with his new young wife, Babette. Initially Oliver is not a terribly likeable character, sullen and lacking the charm his brother effortlessly exudes, compulsively snooping through Babette's diaries and eavesdropping on conversations, craving attention and affection but too excruciatingly self-conscious to know how to get either. In other words, Jopson has created an entirely convincing portrait of a teenage boy.
When Oliver's father gets a job flying for Cedar Air, he sets up a base for Oliver, Jess and his new wife in Beirut, where Oliver is thrown into the midst of simmering religious and political tensions that will soon erupt into civil war. Longing for acceptance and friendship, Oliver attempts to connect with locals his own age, but finds himself torn between opposing sides of the coming conflict, unsure of whose cause is just and who, if anyone, he can trust.
Jopson's biography at the end of the book reveals she spent a period of her youth in Lebanon, and she has worked hard to present a picture of the country that is fair, compassionate and believably rendered through the lens of a 15-year-old Australian boy. However, Lebanon as a place never quite comes alive on the page. The geography of the city, its sights and smells, the atmosphere of Beirut in 1969 – there are flashes of these things, but they fail to cohere into a strong sense of place. There are issues, too, with the pacing of the novel, which drags in the first third and gallops in the final pages, and with the local Lebanese characters, who feel thinly drawn.
But Oliver's tumultuous inner life is never less than compelling. In particular, his relationship with Babette, who quickly becomes the most engaging secondary character in the novel, forms a warm emotional core that carries the reader over the occasional rough patches in this otherwise original and consuming debut. DV
Vintage, 358pp, $32.99
This article was first published in the print edition of The Saturday Paper on Apr 9, 2016 as "Debra Jopson, Oliver of the Levant".
Reviewer: DV
April 9 – 15, 2016 Edition No. 103
Inside the Malcolm Turnbull-Scott Morrison divide Karen Middleton
Wilson Security's appalling record on Nauru Martin McKenzie-Murray
Australian miners in South Africa Phillip Walker
The yacht owners helping to rebuild cyclone-ravaged Fiji Megan Anderson
Sports gambling, advertising and the Barry O'Farrell review Mike Seccombe
Rich and famous left to wear Panama hack Hamish McDonald
Malcom Turnbull's challenge for real voting reform Jim Middleton
The Coalition's Delusional Conservatives explained Paul Bongiorno
Gadfly: Where's Hendo? Richard Ackland
Geoff Pryor – Cartoon, April 9 – 15, 2016 Geoff Pryor
Time for royal commission into banking Editorial
Cycle of mediocrity
The ACO's Richard Tognetti maintains his daredevilry Darryn King
Michael Moore's 'Where to Invade Next' Christos Tsiolkas
'The Book of Aron' author Jim Shepard on writing and 'roos Chris Flynn
Our Man Elsewhere Reviewer: JF
Oliver of the Levant Reviewer: DV
A History of Violence Reviewer: SZ
Join the culture club with delicious pot yoghurt Andrew McConnell
From Paris to Venice with illness and kindness Alison Arnold
Computer coding for the future Ruby J. Murray
Triple threat: Courtney Atkinson, 36, triathlete Cindy MacDonald
Minsk is the capital of which Eastern European country? Cindy MacDonald

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The furore over the disappearance, and presumed murder, of Jamal Khashoggi, a high-profile critic of the Saudi regime, has drawn two of the Middle East's most ruthless leaders into direct confrontation. Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey's president, have much in common, not least being accustomed to getting their own way.
As enemies of free speech and a free press, Bin Salman and Erdoğan also share a dislike of brave people such as Khashoggi who speak up and hold powerful autocrats to account. Ironically, it is the fate of this liberal journalist that has sparked a crisis between these too most illiberal figures. Relations between Saudi Arabia and Turkey were already strained by differences over Syria, Riyadh's cold war with Qatar and Ankara's alliance with Iran. Now it is all coming to a head.


City councillors are being asked to increase the budget for a controversial road-widening project in Kanata South by $4 million, according to one city councillor for the area — but they don't know it.
The $38.7-million Kanata South Link project involves widening Old Richmond Road and West Hunt Club Road to Highway 416 in order to alleviate major traffic congestion caused by new housing developments.
The roads are currently two lanes wide, and they act as a major commuter route through the greenbelt in a quickly developing part of the suburbs.
They also run into Coun. Rick Chiarelli's ward. He told CBC News it took him nearly a week of digging to discover the cost of the project had ballooned by $4 million because it's not apparent in the budget documents.
Chiarelli said he was never alerted to the increase, which is set to be approved in the 2018 budget on Wednesday.


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More than Insurance? Jets Acquire Peter Budaj from Canadiens
By Eric McKelvie October 6th, 2014
The Winnipeg Jets traded Eric Tangradi to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Peter Budaj and Patrick Holland. For most NHL teams acquiring a backup goaltender wouldn't be newsworthy. For the Jets who rarely make major moves in the form of trades or signings and have had issues in goal for years, this is a definitely a transaction take note of.
(Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports)
Budaj is a 32-year-old netminder who was selected in the second round, 63rd overall by the Colorado Avalanche in the 2001 NHL draft. In 296 career games he is 124-107-36 with a .903 save percentage, 2.76 goals-against average and 11 shutouts. He's appeared in more than 41 games in a season three times in his career, all with the Avalanche.
Bruce Arthur of the Toronto Star offers a simple overview of the situation.
The Winnipeg Jets made a trade! For NHL players! I mean, Peter Budaj's a good guy who's not very good at goaltending, but hey
— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) October 5, 2014
But, the Jets current No. 1 is Ondrej Pavelec and he hasn't exactly solidified himself and as an undisputed starter. Many fans question why the team hasn't made an effort to sign or trade for a veteran starter. For example, Jonas Hiller was available in the offseason and signed with the lowly Calgary Flames.
As for Pavelec's stats, they're awfully similar to the former Hab. Pavelec has appeared in 288 games, is 113-125-35 with a .906 save percentage, 2.96 goals-against average and 11 shutouts. That said, it's important to note Pavelec has played on weaker teams. These two aren't equal, it's Pavelec who has the edge and the trust of team management.
Budaj was a really popular player in the Habs room but the right call was made here, the better goalie (Tokarski) kept as backup
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) October 5, 2014
What Budaj can do is put pressure on Pavelec in a way no other backup has in recent years. Budaj is entering the final year of a two-year $2.8 million contract , according to CapGeek.com, and will looking to prove he is still worth that money, if not more. Pavelec, on the other hand, is set to start the third year of a five-year, $19.5 million deal that carries a $3.9 million cap hit.
The Jets have had problems on offense and defense. There is room for improvement and it should come as prospects work their way onto the team in the coming years. The biggest difference maker this season can come in goal. If Pavelec plays to his full potential, in should lead to two or three, perhaps even five or more wins than last season.
If Pavelec suddenly slips up in a close game or goes through a rough stretch of games, Budaj could come in and offer a couple of quality starts. Best case scenario? This is a wake up call for Pavelec and he responds in the face of pressure and perhaps the possibility of losing his job, with some solid, consistent play. Worst case scenario? Well, that would be the same old goaltending Jets fans have come to know.
The Tangradi-Budaj deal is the first player for player NHL deal GM Cheveldayoff has made in his career.
— Mark Spector (@SportsnetSpec) October 5, 2014
Is this a move that could help the Jets get closer to the playoffs? No. But, it's better than doing nothing at all. Let's hope it's the start of a trend.
Ondrej Pavelec
Peter Budaj


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Briefing Meeting: Opportunities for UK Investors in the Dominican Republic
Date: Wednesday 5 July 2017
Time: 9.30-11.30
Venue: British Expertise
On Wednesday 5th July, The Caribbean Council organised an exclusive Briefing Meeting with the British Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, HE Ambassador Chris Campbell, and the Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the UK, HE Ambassador Federico Cuello. We were also joined by a delegation from UK Export Finance. The meeting took place at British Expertise's offices, from 09.30-11.30 on Wednesday 5 July.
You will no doubt be aware of the continually strong performance of the Dominican economy. Economic growth has averaged 7% since 2014, with an impressive 6.6% increase in real GDP for 2016. The country looks set to continue outperforming many other emerging markets not only in the Caribbean region but across the Americas as a whole.
The current administration of President Danilo Medina is looking to capitalise on this growth with a dynamic new programme of infrastructure investments. This includes an expansion of the national road network, potential modernisation of several airports, and improvements to existing sanitation and healthcare facilities. This is accompanied by exciting new private sector developments, notably in the tourism sector.
In a strong indication of the deepening ties between the UK and the DR, it was confirmed last month that UK Export Finance is to make approximately £500m available to assist with the development of new infrastructure projects in the Dominican Republic. The funding is intended to support UK exporters with the provision of goods, services and technical expertise for new projects in the country.
Ambassador Campbell and Ambassador Cuello are ideally placed to provide an update on the state of the Dominican economy and the numerous opportunities currently available for UK exporters. They were joined by senior colleagues from UKEF who recently visited the country. They briefed attendees on the support available for UK companies to provide goods, services and technical expertise for use on major new infrastructure projects throughout the country, as the UK looks to consolidate its already strong links with the Dominican Republic going forward.
Time was put aside for Q&A, as well as networking after the event.
We would like to thank British Expertise for supporting this event


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Q: python manage.py runserver Segmentation fault I just installed python and Django.
and now when i running
$ python manage.py runserver

it is showing me this error
Segmentation fault

Please help me get out of this. i appreciate your help thanks!

A: Well i have solved it my self.
i just start a new command Prompt window (run as administrator)
and run the same command again
an it worked!

A: *

*Make sure you have installed the packages in the virtual environment correctly. In my case, I was having trouble with torch library installation

*Ensure that you choose an server/instance with enough memory.
This worked out well for me.

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Racing Minister calls for feedback on Messara report – two weeks after release
September 14, 2018 September 14, 2018 / Mezzasez
Good news for the slow readers out there – Racing Minister Winston Peters has given you an additional five weeks to get your head around the contents of the Messara report.
Yesterday, a full two weeks after the report's release the Minister announced a public consultation period of five weeks, closing at 5pm on Friday 19 October. Feedback can be emailed to racingreview@dia.govt.nz
What will be interesting then is just how long the Minister takes to consider the public submissions and what, if any, weight is given to them. In the meantime, though, time ticks on.
A date which should be marked on the calendar though, is Monday 1 October, the day the Primary Production committee's report is due. This is the select committee which has been considering public submissions to the Racing Amendment Bill 2017 following its first reading last August.
This bill was one of the items the Racing Minister specifically requested John Messara to consider when undertaking his review and accordingly a section of Part 1 of the Report is devoted to this.
Number 10 of the 17 recommendations included in the report's executive summary states:
Introduce Race Field and Point of Consumption Tax legislation expeditiously. These two measures will bring New Zealand's racing industry into line with its Australian counterparts and provide much needed additional revenue
The more detailed recommendations read:
It is recommended that the Racing Amendment Bill be enacted at the earliest opportunity either as a standalone Bill as presently drafted or as a component of wider legislation. The following changes are recommended to the Bill:
The role of Designated Authority in terms of the Betting Information Usage Charges should be allocated to the three Codes of Racing and Sport New Zealand. The role of Designated Authority in respect of the Consumption Charges should be allocated to the Department of Internal Affairs or such other Department as is appropriate.
Authorisation under each scheme should only be issued to persons licensed or authorised to operate as a wagering operator under the legislation of a relevant Country or State, or licensed by an authorised racing body.
For the purposes of the Consumption Charges, the location of a punter should be determined based on the punter's home address.
The legislation should also provide for the cancellation, revocation or variation of authorisations where the operator fails to pay amounts due to the Designated Authority or fails to comply with the Regulations or any conditions attached to the authorisation.
The legislation should provide for an administrative review of any decision not to approve an application for an authorisation or of any decision to cancel, revoke or vary an authorisation.
Revenue generated from the Betting Information Use Agreements should accrue directly to the three codes of Racing and relevant Sporting Authorities in accordance with the respective shares of that revenue generated by them.
Revenue generated under the Consumption Charges Scheme and collected by the Department of Internal Affairs should be applied firstly to the administration of the scheme, with any balance distributed in accordance with a formula based on the respective shares of the total investments made currently with the NZRB (Wagering NZ) plus harm minimisation initiatives, etc.
Assessment of fees should be based on turnover and the systems should allow bookmakers to claim bet-back credits where they lay off all or part of a bet made with them but only where the bet is laid off with another operator who is liable for the New Zealand charges.
The wagering operator is to provide information to allow the monitoring of matters relating to the integrity of New Zealand Racing and Sporting events.
The Conditions or Regulations making provision for the inspection of betting records held by the operator to also allow an investigation relating to the integrity of New Zealand Racing and Sporting events. Provision should also be made requiring the operator to allow an audit of the operator's financial records by an independent auditor approved by the Designated Authority with the costs of such audit being borne by the operator.
Provide for revenue generated under existing authorisations entered into by the NZRB to be directed to the relevant Code or Sport New Zealand.
Consideration should be given to adding custodial penalties for persons found guilty of breaching the legislation.
Submissions to select committee were due by 13 December. However, as the Minister specifically asked for this to be considered in the Review he commissioned John Messara to undertake, these will presumably be included in the report he tables on 1 October. If not, what was the point?
We have always been led to believe that no one understands parliamentary process better than our current Minister, so no doubt he has a clear plan as to just how these recommendations would be absorbed into the Bill. There is a clear process outlined here which should be required reading for those wanting to gain some idea of the mountain we have to climb before we have any chance of seeing some form of this Bill become law
An apology – this was not the post I had planned for today. I had already largely written that by the time the Minister landed the public submission bombshell on us yesterday. Instead of writing about a five-week delay while every Joe Bloggs and their half-sister made comment on a document which most won't have read, let alone understood, I wanted to talk about the aspects of the report the general media had largely ignored.
That post is scheduled to publish here on racingthoughts.blog on Sunday.
Also, a quick mention to those kind souls who have got in touch with me via this blog – it is good to know that my rantings are resonating with some of you and I am not shouting into a vacuum. The feedback is most welcome!
And finally, with a nod to Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori – te panui I te purongo (Read the Report).
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Yucatan Projects
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President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that bidding for two combined-cycle plants will begin shortly. The federal government will build two thermoelectric plants to supply electricity to the northern part of the Yucatan peninsula
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The hotel and tourist offer of the Magical Town of Valladolid will increase its attractions with the Mayan theme park Xibalbá that will have a water park, cenotes enabled as tourist inns and restaurants, which will be operated by the Xcaret Group after an investment of 314 million pesos
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Life experts claim that everyone faces a midlife career crisis. On the other hand, quarter-life crisis is more stressful for people. People will experience intense career anxiety as the reaches past 20 years of age. A lot of people will get anxious as they switch their schedule from studying into working with their new career.
The main reason why people experience career crisis is that they are transitioning from the classroom world to the real world. As the competition gets tougher with more obstacles that anyone had ever experienced, the pressure of being successful early on is in an all-time high.
Even though there is more freedom in choosing a career, anyone can easily lost track especially if there is no proper guidance from the parents or mentors. There is also additional pressure with the society prioritizing more on success. People are also more anxious with their job security with employers do not value loyalty as much as it used to be. There is just so many factors that contribute to people experiencing quarter-life crisis.
Are you in the middle of your quarter-life crisis? If yes, it is not the end of the world. This is a problem for a lot of people in every country. Is there a way to better manage a quarter-life crisis? You can use these tips in coping with quarter-life crises.
Evaluate yourself. Identify your interests. What hobbies do you have? It is always a good idea to try having a career related to your hobbies and passion. If you are confused, examine yourself deeper. If you know your hobbies, deciding on your career path is smoother.
Experiencing a career path through a part-time or internship is a good way to test your future career.
Make your goals realistic. Make a goal for an interval like 5 or 10 years. Set the goals so you have a direction to follow. Set only realistic goals.
After setting your career path, armed yourself with all the significant skills you think are beneficial for your career. See if there are career related jobs you can apply during summer or take up summer classes to enhance your knowledge and skills. You will have an edge over your competition as you apply for a job.
What does it mean being successful? Determine what will make you happy and do not mind what others would think. What will make your life meaningful? When can you say you are successful and do everything to make it real.
Do not even think about career change in case you are having a tough time unless you are lost. New graduates usually apply for any available job for experience. If you find a better job or simply decide to look for a new career, it is a good idea to consider a career change.


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Biografia
Di nobile famiglia napoletana, i Carafa della Stadera (o Caraffa), Tiberio fu il secondo duca di Soriano Calabro, per successione del fratello Gurello.

Nel 1507 sposò la nobildonna Geronima de Borgia Lanzol, figlia di Jofre de Borja Llanzol de Romaní e di Juana de Montcada, pronipote di papa Alessandro VI e sorella dei cardinali Pedro Luis e Juan de Borgia Lanzol, e vedova di Fabio Orsini dei Marchesi d'Atripalda.
Ebbe due figli: Cesare e Ferrante, che gli successe quale duca della città di Nocera dei Pagani.

Il 12 dicembre 1521 Tibero acquistò dal re di Napoli la città di Nocera dei Pagani per cinquantamila ducati, acquistando il privilegio di esserne duca il 25 dicembre di quello stesso anno.

Fece sua residenza il castello del Parco di quella città. Morì nel 1527.

Bibliografia
 Fortunato Teobaldo (a cura di), Nuceria, scritti in onore di Raffaele Pucci, Postiglione (SA), 2006
 Gennaro Orlando, Storia di Nocera de' Pagani, Napoli, 1888

Tiberio
Duchi di Nocera
Morti a Nocera dei Pagani

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We understand the concept » « The God-given freedoms of its people
Because she's got a passport, he can get a visa
The familiar pretty story:
Seventeen-year-old Jessie faced being forced into marriage to her
40-year-old cousin in Bangladesh. She begged the British Consulate in Dhaka for help and officials stepped in. She is just one of an estimated tens of thousands of British women at risk of being forced into marriage.
Alan Morrison, the British Consul in Bangladesh, says his team meet a girl
like Jessie every week.
Born in Britain but living in rural Bangladesh and promised in marriage to a
much older man.
Jessie managed to call the consulate when her father was at evening prayers.
"She told them she was desperate not to marry but did not have any money and
was not allowed to look after her own passport," said Mr Morrison.
Jessie had been promised to her cousin at the age of 11. She was due to turn
18 next month so the consul decided to act immediately.
In these circumstances, when you've got a British girl, often she's seen as a
commodity," explained Mr Morrison. "Because she's got a passport, he can get a visa, and work in the UK. We're seeing a generational strategy to emigrate to
the UK."
And she's just a thing to be used. And there are tens of thousands like her; she was rescued but most are not.
F says
So, I expect they don't check up on visa candidates of this nature, then. While this would be somewhat after the fact, it could still offer these women a way out.
I try to live my life without succumbing to a lot of hate. So far, I'm wildly unsuccessful.
Giliell, connaiseuse des choses bonnes says
One thing we could do is to change our immigration policy.
This tactic works on various ways and always hits women.
It's the girls with the EU passports that are forced into marriage.
It's the women who meet "the love of their lives" on a holiday only to find out later that their love put on an elaborated act so they could get access to the EU (in Europe you can see how this started mostly after we "sealed" our borders against Northern-African immigrants)
It's the mail-order brides who have to support their families in Asia with the pocket money their European husbands give them and who would have to leave again if they dared to leave their husbands, making them slaves to them.
But our fear of immigrants is much reater than our compassion for women and girls.
Ani Sharmin says
It's so sad. I hope she's able to build a better life for herself. This is just one subset of a larger issue, which is arranged marriages in general. Unless someone goes to authorities like this girl did, it's difficult to address legally. How do you tell the difference between a couple who are getting married impulsively and a couple who are being forced, when in both cases, the people wouldn't know each other very well? How to differentiate between the people who really did fall in love with someone from a different country while on a trip there and the people who are being forced into a marriage?
Then, of course, there are the people who will make the argument that they actually "chose" to have an arranged marriage (i.e. chose to go along with the family tradition of having parents pick out their spouse). I've heard people make this argument and, although I know people who have had arranged or pseudo-arranged (i.e. they got to know each other a little before getting married, though didn't really "date"), it always seems absurd to me.
@Giliell (#2):
Sadly so. I wish some of the people who say they're so appalled at these kind of things that are done to girls and women would actually have some compassion instead of just hating anyone who's from a different country. It doesn't make things better to say that they feel bad for the girls if they then support laws that make their situation worse.
Articles. « Loftier Musings says:
[…] Because she's got a passport, he can get a visa -Ophelia Benson. […]


Some kind of public/private thing I guess. Saw the brown sign directing motorists to it along Ohio SR 48 before the exit at Turtle Creek-Union Road. Went east and it was at the eastern dead end of the road.
The sponsorship signs at the entrance indicate it to be a collaboration between Lebanon City Parks, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Premier Health, and some other local corporate entities.
It's just some trails and man-made hills for mountain bikes and such to navigate.
The rules list included a prohibition of "unauthorized firearms". The more I see such weasel wording, the less clear it becomes, and the less I care to disarm to (possibly?) comply.
My best guess is that Lebanon maintains it, picks up the trash, etc. The only structure there is an open sided Picnic shelter; one Port-a-let is on site. No worries about either falling into the "government building" prohibition.
Those who haven't paid attention to the vagaries of the Ohio Revised Code might feel compelled to disarm, which is why such rules annoy me. Also, some Gladys Kravitz soccer..bike mom might feel a need to call the po-po if they spot an open, or poorly concealed, carrier.
I have no suggestions towards a solution, as long as our OGA contains Republican "squishies" along with anti-gun Dems, and we have an Attorney General like DeWine.
From the page: "Owned and operated by the City of Lebanon Parks Department, the 45-acre bike park is conveniently located in Lebanon, Ohio just off Bypass 48 and I-71 near the Countryside YMCA."
As you said, typical misleading governmental entity wording.


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Staff in the Student Support Service are well positioned to assist other staff members in supporting their students, both in terms of providing ad-hoc advice and guidance and also in a more structured way when necessary - for instance in providing evidence for academic concessions.
Support with applications for special arrangements for accommodation, car parking etc.
We also aim to help educate colleagues around the University by delivering bespoke workshops and talks throughout the year. Please let us know if you wish to have bespoke training for your department.
Student Support Service do not offer Mental Health First Aid training, but we do offer a training day (one whole day) on mental health and disability.
The training typically covers: an overview of wellbeing services available at UEA; specific training in supporting students with mental health issues, physical disabilities and specific learning difficulties including autistic spectrum disorder; and staff wellbeing. It is also useful if we could know whether there is anything specific that you would like covered so we can ensure that it is included.
The training is delivered by the Head of / Assistant Head of Student Support (Wellbeing) and/or the Wellbeing Advisory Team and there is no charge to the school for our time. However, we do request that the school of study arrange the room booking (with PowerPoint facilities) and recruitment of participants themselves from staff in the school (ideally a minimum of 10 participants). Some schools also choose to link up with other schools and arrange participants together. You will also need to organise catering or refreshments yourselves if you would like these.We usually need at least 1-2 months notice for arrangement of the course.
Please contact studentsupport@uea.ac.uk with FAO Wellbeing Advisory Team if you would like more information.
Supporting Vulnerable Students is a resource for members of staff who support students as part of their role.
Also useful are the Royal College of Psychiatrists publications.
CSED offer some general Mental Health-awareness courses.


We need a logo design a name suggestion for new our company.
The company is Subscription Box (+ e-commerce site) for Dogs. Every month, we send a subscription package to our subscribers. The package contains different types of treats, food, toys etc.
Brand: We only deal with 100% natural and organic products. We want to stand out trustworthy and reliable. A company with products you want to recommend to friends and family.
Name: The name should not include the word "DOG" – we would like to extend the product line to cats also. Feel free to create a name and logo the works for both dog and cat.
Logo: should be used on website, boxes etc.


I believe things will work for the best.
I believe this is still the best country in the world.
I believe my Oakland A's will start hitting better any day now.
Mostly, I believe in my fellow man. I think we're good people for the most part who are all trying to find our own happiness in the world.
Even when a tragedy happens, I don't believe the actions of one or a few should speak for all of us.
Then I see people out in public who have no idea how to live among us, and I wonder what the heck is becoming of us as a society.
My wife and were out of town shopping recently.
I realize we are all different. None of us think or act the same. We can read the same story and get two different meanings.
But I think we should all agree that taking your shoes off and throwing them in your cart is wrong.
So is eating a candy bar while in the store that I bet wasn't paid for.
And add grabbing hand sanitizer from the checkout lane and using it as a no-no.
Kelly and I witnessed all this while taking in the aroma from this guy's feet.
This was a man, who looked to be in his 20s, with someone who appeared to be his wife and their two kids.
He was standing in the checkout lane, eating a candy bar in his stocking feet and the only thing sanitary about him was the sanitizer he stole.
I debated whether to talk to a store manager, and in the end didn't bother.
What normal person does this?
He looked like he hadn't showered in a while, and what's worse, he's raising children.
Has society deteriorated to the point that shoes and bathing are optional?
Tough to be optimistic about the path mankind is on when I see something like that.
Wonder what goes through a person's head when he decides to walk around a store in his socks. Probably safe to say, not much.
So I was in a grumpy, old man mood after that experience.
I'm not saying we need to go back to the time when men wore suits and women wore dresses to sit in the stands at baseball games, but a shower and shoes should be the standard.
At the beginning of each day we, as a society, should do this: wash and dress ourselves � including shoes.
That really shouldn't be optional.
When we are out in public, shoes and cleanliness aren't optional.
If you want to be dirty and without shoes at home, great. Just stay there.


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Brian and Charles – Sundance Review
In the Welsh valley, Brian and Charles tell the story of an inventor named Brian who lives alone in his cottage alongside his numerous inventions and contraptions. There's an immediate charm and wit to the film as it starts with a rapid mockumentary-esque style with biting, quick humor – but there's also a level of melancholy to the character of Brian as we see how lonely his life is how these inventions fill the void for him. However, this doesn't last long as Brian comes across a bunch of spare parts, including a mannequin head and a used washing machine.
With all these various scraps, Brian creates Charles – an artificially intelligent robot who immediately has an urge to learn not only about the world he is spontaneously made into but the people and places that surround him. The real heart of Brian and Charles is between, well, Brian and Charles themselves. David Earl brings a ton of heart and subdued yet practical emotion to his performance as Brian. If he didn't fully commit to the routine, I don't think the film would work at all. The same can also be said for Chris Hayward's performances as Charles, who gives a hilarious routine blends in heart and nuance.
As I said, the film wouldn't work if not for these two individual performances – but the film soars because they have fantastic chemistry with one another. A handful of moments with Brian teaching Charles about the world had me laughing hysterically. Still, it's the moments in between where you see Charles longing to explore this newfound world of his where the film's heart shines – especially when it's juxtaposed with Brian terrified to live his life himself.
The film is a small-budget feature with minimal locations and a very modest runtime of 90 minutes. However, I found the short running time and minimalist scale/style part of the charm. It hurries with jokes that almost entirely all land but nails the heartfelt moments perfectly. And for a character-based dramedy – that's all you can ask for.
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Act 1, Part 1: Summary and Analysis
Requiem: Summary and Analysis
Essential Quotes by Character: Willy Loman
Essential Quotes by Theme: Dreams
Death of a Salesman Analysis
Death of a Salesman mostly takes place in Willy's home in New York City. Urban development has boxed the house in. Willy often thinks of his brother's adventures, because he wants to escape.
The play switches between the present, which encompasses the final ten days of Willy's life, and the past, particularly the period in which Biff and Hap are adolescents. This temporal layering illuminates the decline of the Loman family.
The materialism of the 1950s gives the play its cultural context. Like many Americans of this period, Willy feels that his sense of self is tied to his material status.
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Death of a Salesman is a modern tragedy depicting the last days in the life of Willy Loman. When the action occurs in the present, the drama is realistic, both psychologically and emotionally. When the action is set in the past, however, the drama becomes dreamlike. Thus, in the scenes in which Willy's sons, Biff and Happy, are in high school, only Willy can see them. This flashback technique is also used to incorporate Willy's older brother Ben, the man to whom Willy turns for advice when circumstances produce a level of stress beyond which Willy can no longer function.
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The story of Death of a Salesman is complex not only because it combines past and present but also because it grows out of a lifetime of lies and denials. Willy, unable to maintain a strenuous life on the road as a traveling salesman, seeks a steady job in New York, only to be fired by his boss, Howard Wagner, the son of the man who initially hired Willy. With unpaid bills piling up, Willy is further burdened by the return of his thirty-four-year-old son Biff, who has returned from working as a ranch hand in Texas in the hopes of finding a white-collar job in New York.
Biff and his younger brother, Happy, move back into their parents' house and lament both the loss of their innocence and their failure to realize their dreams. Only their boyhood friend Bernard, now an attorney, has achieved success. Consequently, both brothers blame their father for misdirecting them, although their bitterness is nevertheless fraught with admiration and love.
During a family quarrel, Linda reveals to her sons that Willy has been attempting suicide, both with the car in a series of staged accidents and with a rubber pipe fastened to a gas line in the basement. Biff resolves to reform his life for the sake of his father, and act 1 closes with the familiar denial of old wounds and Biff's promise to make a business deal in New York.
In act 2, after Willy has been fired, he meets Biff and Happy at a restaurant, hoping to hear good news from Biff. Instead of the promised deal, Biff reveals that he stole the fountain pen of the man who interviewed him. Stunned, Willy retreats to the bathroom, where he relives a pivotal moment in both his and Biff's life: the time that Biff caught him in a Boston hotel room with his mistress. Crushed by his father's betrayal of his mother, Biff refused to take a course in summer school and failed to graduate, thus beginning the string of small disasters and petty thefts that have ruined his life.
Having abandoned Willy in the restaurant, the family members reunite at home, where they have a final, explosive confrontation. Biff accuses Willy of having blown him full of hot air, and Willy accuses Biff of ruining his life out of spite. Forever the peacemaker, Linda tries to quiet them and is shouted down, as is Happy. Biff throws the rubber pipe onto the table and demands to know if Willy thinks that his suicide will make a hero out of him. Willy breaks down, and he and Biff are reconciled, but, when the rest of the family trudges off to bed, Willy speeds off in his car to kill himself, hoping that the insurance money will provide Biff with the new start in life that he so desperately needs.
Places Discussed
Loman home
Loman home. Modest house in Brooklyn, New York. Despite the play's fixed location, playwright Arthur Miller makes it clear that Willy's alienation and loss of meaning are afflictions of any modern American city. The introductory stage directions he wrote for act 1 state that the "small fragile-seeming home" is surrounded on all sides by "towering, angular shapes," which have sprung up around it. Throughout the play, the audience is visually aware of a gap between past and present: The house which once stood on a pleasant street of similar homes is now dwarfed by "a solid vault of apartment houses." Like Willy himself, the house has been made insignificant by progress.
Jo Mielziner, who designed the play's original stage setting, framed the house so that it was "wholly, or, in some places, partially transparent." Miller's stage directions explain that whenever action occurs in the present, "actors observe the imaginary wall-lines, entering the house only through its door at the left." By contrast, "in the scenes of the past these boundaries are broken, and characters enter or leave a room by stepping 'through' a wall onto the forestage." The stage setting thus represents the two halves of Willy's life: the realistic present, in which his breakdown is unfolding, and the dreamlike past, where most of his problems originated. "An air of the dream clings to the place," Miller writes, "a dream rising out of reality." Examples of the nature of these two halves pervade the play, concluding in the short "Requiem" in which Willy is buried. All those who hold onto their past, Miller implies—and all the Lomans are guilty of doing this—will have trouble adapting to the present.
*Brooklyn
*Brooklyn. New York City borough in which the Lomans live. Willy's failed career, his splintering family, and the materialism that has overtaken his life are also real problems audiences can recognize in the city that has arisen around his house. The play's setting perfectly grounds its themes: No trees or grass grow in Brooklyn, only "the hard towers of apartment buildings." Throughout the play, Miller contrasts this harsh urban environment with the country—such as Willy's New England sales territory, his memories of his rural childhood, and his son Biff's wanderings in the American West.
Willy clearly lacks the tools for success in this modern urban world. Values on which he grew up—represented by his brother Ben and salesman Dave Singleman—are those that came out of a nineteenth century world in which frontiers were still open and the American Dream was a reality. The modern world has been transformed into a consumer culture (represented by products such as cars and refrigerators that Willy complains about), leaving little room for men like Willy. The success myth Willy has followed his whole life is dead. In the end, his son Happy takes up his false dreams, but Biff frees himself from this urban tragedy. The city, the play shows, holds little promise for those who cannot understand themselves and the world they inhabit.
*Boston
*Boston. Massachusetts city to which Biff rushes in a flashback scene late in the play to get Willy's help so he can finish high school. When Biff discovers his father with a woman, his idealized image of his parent collapses, and his nomadic life begins. The scene could take place in almost any city; however, the Boston hotel room effectively represents both the life of the salesman on the road, and the location for his son's loss of innocence.
When World War II ended in 1945, the United States embarked upon an unprecedented period of economic prosperity, driven by the increase in industrial production markets brought about by the war. Unlike the Great Depression and the war years, Americans had a surplus of goods and services from which to choose, and the money with which to purchase them. Nonfarming businesses grew by one-third, and housing construction became a booming industry. However, the economic situation was not improved for the poorest Americans during this time. The economic boom brought high inflation, which kept poorer citizens from saving any money, and small farmers faced hard times because of government policies that benefitted larger, corporate farmers. The lowest-paid workers in the country were the migrant farm workers, with sales clerks and unskilled laborers (such as gas station attendants) not far above them. Happy, a sales clerk, and Biff, a farm worker, represent this segment of the American workforce in Death of a Salesman, and each of them struggles to retain his dignity in the face of his lowly position in a largely affluent society.
Because Americans felt so secure in their newfound prosperity, they began using credit to purchase the products and services they desired. Although the prices of these goods and services were driven higher and higher by increased demand, Americans continued to purchase them, using credit to buy what they could not otherwise afford. For the first time in history, automobiles were more often purchased on credit than with cash, and the use of long-term credit, such as home mortgages, also rose dramatically. Willy Loman suffers from the effects of relying too much on credit, struggling to keep up his payments while trying to provide the necessities for his family.
The United States emerged from World War II as a "superpower" among the world's nations, but this role led to insecurities on the part of the American government and the American people, who suddenly bore the responsibility of retaining their position in the world, "keeping the world safe for democracy'' by protecting it from the influences of the other world "superpower," the communist Soviet Union. Because of the national pride and feeling of superiority instilled in them by their victories during the war, Americans felt a deep-seated need to prove that capitalism was better than communism during the period that followed World War II, which is known as the Cold War era. Americans felt obligated to achieve financial success, both as a way of defeating the Soviets and as a way to show their gratitude for the freedom they were privileged to possess by virtue of living in a democratic society. Willy's preoccupation with his financial status and his position in society reflect this Cold War attitude.
The Great Depression and World War II led to major changes in the nature of the American government. Beginning with President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal (an economic program that began in response to the Great Depression), government became larger and more influential in the daily lives of American citizens. Furthermore, the growth of large corporations and the spread of such mass communication media as radio and television made Americans feel more like a large, connected society. With this new-found sense of belonging came a new-found desire to conform to the accepted norms and values of the majority. Instead of being a nation of rugged individualists, the United States became a nation of people who wished desperately for acceptance by their peers, which meant that they needed to appear successful in the eyes of society. Willy displays this wish for acceptance in his preoccupation with being "well liked," which he views as the ultimate measure of success. In The Lonely Crowd, a book published in 1950, author David Reisman argues that prior to the Cold War era, Americans were motivated by strict morals and rules of conduct, but following World War II they became more motivated by others' perceptions of them, and altered their behavior according to acceptable societal standards. Reisman classified the pre-Cold War behavior pattern as "inner-directed," and the postwar pattern as "other-directed," maintaining that "other-directed" people, like Willy Loman, have no established sense of identity because they look to other people to determine their self-image. This idea is reflected in Biffs comment at the end of the play when he says that Willy "didn't know who he was."
Literary Style
Death of a Salesman is a drama set in 1949, in New York City and Boston. The action of the play takes place largely inside the Loman home in Brooklyn, but other places in New York and Boston are used as well, including hotel rooms, Willy's office, a restaurant, and Willy's gravesite. The play is grounded in realism, which means that it depicts realistically what happens in the lives of its characters, but it also contains elements of expressionism, specifically when it depicts imaginary sequences and portrays for the audience the inner workings of the characters' minds and their emotions. The play is largely a representation of what takes place in the mind of Willy Loman during the last two days of his life.
Willy reminisces about past events and imagines situations, and the audience is able to see his thoughts played out on the stage. The reminiscences and imaginary sequences allow the audience to understand the characters' inner thoughts and provide insight into their behavior during the present-day scenes. For example, the audience learns, during one such reminiscence, that Biff has been tormented for since he was a young child by the discovery that his father had an extramarital affair. This insight helps the audience to better understand both Willy and Biff, explains some of Biff's anger toward his father, and indicates why he is so disillusioned. The instructions for setting in the play provide insight into how Arthur Miller wanted the play to be perceived by the audience. Miller includes instructions that the only substantial part of the set should be the Loman home, and all other locales should be merely hinted at by using changes in lighting or setting up a few chairs or a table. In this way, the audience can clearly see which events on stage are taking place in reality, and which are taking place inside of Willy's mind. Miller originally titled the play The Inside of His Head, which illustrates that he intended to show the audience what happens in a man's mind when his dreams are never realized, and when he lives in a world based on illusion. Miller's method of flashing back and forth between the past and the present, and between the imaginary and the realistic, allows the audience to witness how a lifetime of disappointment, delusion, and failure have led to the current situation, and shows facets of each character that would not have been revealed if only the present-day occurrences had been portrayed. Because of the way the play is constructed, the audience can see what the characters have become and what experiences, thoughts, and emotions led them to their present state.
1949: Post-World War II economic growth combined with advertisements promising the American Dream created widespread optimism among Americans with hopes of attaining material wealth.
Today: An unpredictable economic climate coupled with a more media-savvy public has created an environment of cynicism and doubt regarding the validity of the American Dream.
1949: The German Federal Republic (West Germany) is established and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is established under Soviet control, effectively splitting the country following its defeat during World War II.
Today: Germany was reunified in 1990, and has shown a steady increase in economic and cultural stature in the world.
1949: The era of smooth-talking sales, when powers of persuasion often overshadowed knowledge and ability, was ending, giving way to careers requiring training and specialized knowledge.
Today: The advent of "infomercials" and multi-media accessibility has sparked a resurgence in slick showmanship and sales techniques reliant on gimmickry.
1949: National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presents its first Emmy Award ceremony; nine percent of American households own a television set.
Today: The annual Emmy Awards are a major television event and, like hundreds of other programs, are part of millions of Americans' everyday life; over ninety percent of American households own at least one television set.
Bibliography and Further Reading
Bloom, Harold, ed. Arthur Miller: Modern Critical Views. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1987.
Carson, Neil. Arthur Miller, Grove, 1982
This book offers an overview of Miller's major works, with an emphasis on their status as theater.
Comgan, Robert W. Arthur Miller: A Collection of Critical Essays, Prentice-Hall, 1969.
An excellent resource for critical information on Miller and his work Death of a Salesman is discussed at length.
Helterman, Jeffrey. "Arthur Miller." Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 7: Twentieth-Century American Dramatists. John MacNicholas, ed. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1981.
Koon, Helene Wickham, ed. Twentieth Century Interpretations of Death of a Salesman: A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1983.
Matlaw, Myron, editor. Modern World Drama, Dutton, 1972, pp 194-96.
This is primarily a plot summary with introductory comments situating the play within dramatic literary tradition.
Miller, Arthur. Death of a Salesman: Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts and a Requiem. 1949. New York: Penguin Books, 1985.
Miller, Arthur. Death of a Salesman: Text and Criticism. Gerald Weales, ed. New York: Viking/Penguin, 1981.
Moss, Leonard. Arthur Miller. Revised edition. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1980.
Murray, Edward. Arthur Miller, Dramatist, Ungar, 1967.
Provides analysis of Miller's major works with respect to structure, dialogue, and theme. While not overtly negative, Murray shows distaste for Miller's use of language, calling it unpoetic.
———. The Theater Essays of Arthur Miller. Robert A. Martin, ed. New York: The Viking Press, 1978.
Welland, Dennis. "Death of a Salesman" in his Miller The Playwright, Methuen, 1979.
This book considers much of Miller's work. Welland considers the views of several other critics while coming to a positive evaluation of the play.
Welland, Dennis. Miller: The Playwright. Revised edition. New York and London: Methuen, Inc., 1983.
Bloom, Harold, ed. Willy Loman. New York: Chelsea House, 1991. A collection of sixteen focused extracts from books and articles, with ten complete essays providing an excellent selection of criticism focusing on Willy as a literary character. Includes a provocative introduction by Bloom in which he discusses Willy as a tragic hero.
Bloom, Harold. Modern Critical Interpretations: Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman." New York: Chelsea House, 1988.
Dukore, Bernard F. "Death of a Salesman" and "The Crucible." Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Humanities Press International, 1989. An excellent introduction for beginning students. Analyzes the text from both literary and theatrical points of view and examines selected productions of the play to demonstrate the rich embodiment of literary ideas.
Koon, Helene Wickham, ed. Twentieth Century Interpretations of "Death of a Salesman." Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1983. An anthology of ten essays that provide a wide variety of critical approaches to the play. A standard source.
Miller, Arthur. Timebends: A Life. New York: Grove Press, 1987.
Miller, Arthur. "Salesman" in Beijing. New York: Viking Press, 1984. Miller's fascinating and highly readable diary account of the famous production he directed of Death of a Salesman in Beijing, China, in 1983, where the universality of the play became most evident. Includes photographs by his wife, Inge Morath.
Murphy, Brenda. Miller: "Death of a Salesman." Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Nelson, Benjamin. Arthur Miller: Portrait of a Playwright. New York: David McKay, 1970.
Roudané, Matthew C., ed. Conversations with Arthur Miller. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1987. Transcriptions of thirty-nine interviews with Miller between 1947 and 1986. Notable for personal insights into Miller and the productions of his plays. The interviews persistently return to questions concerning Death of a Salesman and Miller's theories on tragedy.
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Can Android Be Stopped in the World of Smartphones?
IDG today boosted its smartphone sales outlook for 2010 by 10 percent, citing "greater-than-expected demand for the do-it-all devices." Based on the revised expectations, IDG anticipates 269.6 million smartphones to ship in 2010, up from 173.5 million sold last year. Those are big numbers, but still a drop in the bucket compared to the over 4 billion handsets already in use. More intriguing is how IDG sees the mobile operating system shaking out by 2014: Google Android devices are expected to be the no. 2 mobile operating system, behind only Nokia's Symbian platform.
It's interesting that IDG has high hopes for Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 product: Windows Mobile has lost market share for the past three years, but IDG thinks Microsoft's mobile effort won't be a total failure similar to the Kin. We'll hear more on this topic at our Mobilize event later this month: Microsoft GM, Developer and Platform Evangelism Matt Thompson is sharing thoughts in his talk titled "The Future of Mobile, Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 (and Why iPhone and Android Developers Will Care)." Clearly, there's little expectation from IDG that webOS will do much for smartphones out of Hewlett-Packard, which acquired the platform when it purchased Palm in April this year. And Nokia is once again expected to lose market share, says IDG.
In past posts, I expressed some "doom and gloom" for Nokia when faced with data such as this, but a few things have me holding back from repeating that mantra. To its credit, Nokia has been able to reverse its smartphone sales losses — but not profits – indicating that it can still fight back in the market that it once dominated. I've also had a recent and candid phone conversation with Niklas Savander, executive vice president and general manager of the Markets unit at Nokia. If nothing else, Savander has proven to me that Nokia fully understands the challenges it faces; he believes in the company's strategy and told me, amid my fair criticisms of such strategies, Nokia "needed to be confident that MeeGo was the right position before making it the platform of choice." We'll see if that strategy pays with the first MeeGo devices, which could arrive by the end of this year. If it does, we'll see how much of an impact the new platform has on the next several years of smartphone sales.
For as brash as I was suggesting Nokia go Android, Piper Jaffray is doubly so for including BlackBerry too. But RIM's future is constrained by its prior success; as shown by the new Torch handset, the company can't completely alienate its loyal user-base by changing too much too soon.
Will Android own 25-, 50-percent or more of the smartphone market by 2014? Given the fast pace of change in hardware, software, services and connectivity, it's too soon to tell for sure. Looking out four years from now is a bit of a stretch to account for all of those changes as companies adopt and re-prioritize strategies. Until someone shakes up the market though, the Android army has little reason to stop marching forward.


The Bean Papers consist primarily of the writings and correspondence of Joel Bean, although some material by Hannah Bean is also present. Joel Bean's writings include accounts of the Iowa separations, sermons, religious writings, school lessons, poetry, historical writings, memorials, and personal reminiscences. Over 1800 letters and 69 volumes of diaries complete the collection.
Joel Bean (1835-1914) and his wife, Hannah Elliott Bean (1830-1909), were prominent Quaker ministers in Iowa Yearly Meeting in the mid-nineteenth century when Quaker settlements were expanding in Iowa. Joel Bean was born in Alton, New Hampshire, in 1825, the son of John and Elizabeth Hill Bean, and educated at Friends Boarding School in Providence, Rhode Island. He migrated to Iowa in 1853, and taught school at West Branch, Iowa, from 1850 to 1861. In 1859, he married Hannah Elliott Shipley in Philadelphia. Hannah was the daughter of Thomas and Lydia Shipley of Philadelphia. Joel Bean was appointed Clerk of Iowa Yearly Meeting in 1867, and he and Hannah traveled in Europe from 1872 to 1873. The Beans opposed the extremes of revivalism, but declined to join the Conservatives in withdrawing from Iowa Yearly Meeting. After their move to California, they joined a group of Friends who were initially affiliated with Iowa Yearly Meeting. They helped to form the College Park Association of Friends. However, Joel and Hannah were deposed as ministers by Iowa Yearly Meeting in 1893 and disowned by them in 1898. This action caused a strong reaction among Quakers outside of Iowa Yearly Meeting, particularly among English Friends. The Beans were subsequently received by New England Yearly Meeting as members and ministers. The Bean Papers consist primarily of the writings and correspondence of Joel Bean, although some material by Hannah Bean is also present. Joel Bean's writings include accounts of the Iowa separations, sermons, religious writings, school lessons, poetry, historical writings, memorials, and personal reminiscences. Over 1800 letters and 69 volumes of diaries complete the collection.
Joel Bean was born in Alton, New Hampshire, in 1825, the son of John and Elizabeth Hill Bean, and educated at Friends Boarding School in Providence, Rhode Island. He migrated to Iowa in 1853, and taught school at West Branch, Iowa, from 1850 to 1861. In 1859, he married Hannah Elliott Shipley in Philadelphia. Hannah was the daughter of Thomas and Lydia Shipley of Philadelphia. Joel Bean was appointed Clerk of Iowa Yearly Meeting in 1867, and he and Hannah traveled in Europe from 1872 to 1873.
The Beans opposed the extremes of revivalism, but declined to join the Conservatives in withdrawing from Iowa Yearly Meeting. However, the strain of the controversy affected his health, so the Beans moved to California in 1882 to retire from the conflict. After their move to San Jose, California, in 1882, they joined a group of Friends who were initially affiliated with Iowa Yearly Meeting. They helped to form the College Park Association of Friends in San Jose. However, Joel and Hannah were deposed as ministers by Iowa Yearly Meeting in 1893 and disowned by them in 1898. This action caused a strong reaction among Quakers outside of Iowa Yearly Meeting, particularly among English Friends who knew and respected the couple after their religious visit to Europe. They were subsequently received by New England Yearly Meeting as members and ministers.
The Beans were among the founders of the College Park Association of Friends in San Jose, and their granddaughter, Anna Cox Brinton, was influential in its later development into Pacific Yearly Meeting.
1859Married Hannah Elliott Shipley at Orange Street Meeting House, Philadelphia, Pa.
1875-7At Friends Boarding School, Providence, R.I.
Ms. prose writings, 1864-1912 & n.d.
Published writings, 1870-1913 & n.d.
Digital transcription of some of the diaries, day books, and correspondence by Tom King, deposited in FHL 2005.
Additional source material on the Beans may be found at the Quaker Collection, Haverford College Library. See especially the Papers of the Rufus M. Jones Collection, and the Papers of the College Park Association.
Some correspondence of Joel and Hannah Bean can be found at the Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library, Honolulu, Hawaii. A brief inventory of these letters, 1862-1891, can be found at the beginning of Box 1.
The Nicholson Papers at Earlham College include extensive correspondence between Timothy Nicholson and Joel Bean.
Elliott, Errol T. Quaker Profiles from the American West. Richmond, Indians Friends United Press, 1972. pp. 23-46.
2018: Finding aid updated June 2018 by Susanna Morikawa with biographical details.
[Indicate the cited item or series here], Joel Bean Papers, RG5/012, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College http://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/repositories/7/resources/1892 Accessed April 22, 2019.