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Melinda (Molly) Ritchie
2019-2020 CSDP Fellow
mritchie@princeton.edu
Melinda (Molly) Ritchie is an assistant professor of political science at the University of California, Riverside. Her research interests include American political institutions, U.S. Congress, bureaucratic politics, and the impact of separation of powers on policymaking. Her research has appeared or is forthcoming in Political Behavior, the Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, and the American Journal of Political Science.
She was previously a postdoctoral scholar at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions at Vanderbilt University. Her Ph.D. is from the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and she received a B.A. in Government from Smith College in 2006. Prior to her graduate studies, she worked in Washington, DC as a legislative assistant for a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
While at CSDP, Molly will be completing her book project, Back-Channel Policymaking: Congress, the Bureaucracy, and Inter-Branch Representation. The central argument is that members of Congress strategically use informal, direct communication with administrative agencies in order to influence policy, allowing legislators to circumvent constraints within the legislative process and their constituencies. The book project includes analysis of thousands of interactions between members of Congress and federal agencies using an original data set constructed with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) records.


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Pullen By 4
January 27, 2007 by DSWikfors 95 Comments
Results are in and the new chairman of the Republican Party of Arizona is Randy Pullen. After one of the most hotly contested races in recent history, Randy Pullen won by only four votes.
I'm guessing our staff of bloggers will have more details to report…
Filed Under: Campaigns & Elections, Political Parties
honest abe says
Evil, Nah …
Joe Baby says
Abe, another end run on the bylaws? Is that what's in store?
You're offering more of the same — say one thing, do another. And somehow that begets electability?
Gravy Train? Gravy Train? You employ a staff of 10-15, you call that a gravy train? Last I checked, the state party always has interns from ASU (maybe you should spend more time down there stuffing envelopes and making phone calls like I do, instead of critiquing from a distance) as well as numerous senior volunteers.
But if you look at the state party as a business, and as a business person, you would understand that you need qualified and competent people to run that business. You can't rely solely on volunteers to run the business (or maybe you can).
Also- I believe that the state party does not pay rent, since a donor gave the building to them sometime ago. But, from what I've surmised from these blogs, Randy has promised Pima and another county their own office space and rent (thus adding to the rent costs).
JC – Its always dangerous to "surmise" from these blogs. Too many fakes and folks who just don't know… I've been around state parties in several states and I've never seen one that required a staff of more than 4-8 people, and obviously in the off year it would be towards the lower end. As election day approaches there will be some seasonal hires to assist with GOTV and stuff, but the basics of a party doesn't require a huge staff.
As for rent, all Randy has said is that he will help the counties that want offices to raise money for them, etc. He isn't going to pay for it out of state funds. They'll be like the Maricopa County West office in Glendale. By and large, the county raises the money and pays for it themselves.
An interesting quote… Remind you of anyone?
"The party is headed for the wilderness," complained conservative publicist Craig Shirley, author of a book on Ronald Reagan's insurgent 1976 campaign. "In some ways it's a victim of its own successes, but it's also been co-opted by folks from the inside with less than pure intentions: People who've come to party for power, money, access, celebrity."
Grassroots Girl says
Craig Shirley is dead on… Our state party has now been co-opted by folks with less than pure intentions – power, money, access, celebrity… Haney's intentions are to destroy McCain and get celebrity (nice way to treat another Republican), Pullen's intentions are to get power, money and access so he can run for public office again – thanks for putting the party first, Randy.
You doubt it? Why would Haney and Tuttle do a straw poll at the county meeting and then put out a press release (celebrity) with the results? That ain't "party building" folks… this double standard is making me sick to my stomach.
GG applys the quote to present leadership. It was actually to be applied to now departed leadership and their minions (yup, that's you abe) who are so clearly in this for personal gain as opposed to ideological reasons or other healthy pursuits.
I write large checks to the party,have for many years, when I see something I don't like, I get involved and look for a solution. Randy and Rob are big problems, this according to many other donors and the entire delegation as a whole .I have mentioned this fact several times already. I was asked to involve myself in the process we are now engaged in .
I can assure each person reading this, I have only one agenda, that would be to accommodate them in their pursuit to get rid of the entire Haney bunch which of course includes Randy. If they decide, at some point to stop, or feel it is not productive, I will as well.
Honest Abe
Reading these posts is like entering the Twilight Zone.
Any of you who are interested in seeing the AZ Republican Party move forward, need to get in line and help us bring that to fruition.
Honest Abe might be too busy eating freebie lunches at Costco, but there are many of us who will do our part.
And for the Rob Haney bashers: He has done more in terms of organizing and recruiting in his district than any one person would ever hope to do. But, that is only ONE DISTRICT. Last time I checked, he did not control the state. If you are so unhappy with his Herculean efforts, duplicate them in your own district.
Here is my post from Dec.1st
Honest Abe Says:
Conventional wisdom would have you believe that Haney had the support of the majority of LD11 elected precinct committemen to achieve his reelection bid. Certainly the votes reflect that theory, but then again, maybe not.Through exhaustive research I have uncovered the genuine, intellectual prowess of the newly crowned "King". Perhaps, the most befitting title would be of course, " King Haney", since he presides over a kingdom of Haneyites. King Haney, by his own addmission, has single handedly recruited more than 400 Precint Committemen in LD11. This would be considered a remarkable achievment in its own right, yet for King Haney, pursued for a dubious outcome.
You see, King Haney denuded the vulnerabilities of LD11's ByLaws, which permits for the chairman to carry the Proxy vote of each and every precint committemen he recruited. Thus, allowing the King to converge upon his personally seleted Kingdom of followers, obtaining their proxy vote, to be cast in any way he personally deemed necessary to
acheive a predictable outconme. King Haney essentially crowned himself in this election by voting a number of proxy votes that outnumbered his rival by more than three to one.
The victory was a forgone conclusion eveidence by the speech Haney recited prior to the ballats even being cast Tuesday night.
In the Kindom of Haney we see mostly court Jesters, and King has no clothes.
Save you bullsh_t for someone else to read. Haney had the votes for this election just like he did for his own in LD11.
It sounds like food is about the only thing on your mind!
No. Unlike you, "Honest" Abe, the future of the Republican Party is what's on my mind.
Also, unlike you, I intend to work to see positive results and not hope that the AZGOP fails because I didn't get my way.
Lisa James is a class act and will likely step up to the plate. (Oops! There I go thinking of food again.) We could use all good expertise to get rolling. Abe, why don't you stop grousing and lend a hand?
You do care about the Republican Party, don't you?
Oberver,
If that were true you certainly voted the wrong way on Saturday.
I've never seen a district chairman win election without having the votes. Why am I finding it unremarkable that when Haney won election as district chairman, he had the votes…
What I can't figure out is, with less than 25% of the votes that Randy Pullen got coming from Haney's supporters, how did Haney have all the votes for Pullen as well?
Abe's a nut… Poorly behaved, ill-reasoned, and eerily, almost violently, upset about the results of the election. Let's just ignore this fool until heshe goes away, agreed? You wouldn't argue about the Iraq war with Cindy Sheehan would you? You'd be wasting your time on a fool's errand. Same thing here…
STS,
YOU ARE IN FACT A FOOL.
STS,STS,
Haney's slate won in LD11, which gave him aprx. 130 votes or their proxies to vote in Saturday's election. As a result of the LD11 victory in November, all 130 people likely voted the way Haney instructed , with few exceptions. . Now, you explain to me, how Randy would have ever won this race without Haney and his slate of 130 PC's. If non Haney LD11 PC's had been elected to state committeemen,in that election, in November,the vote would have been more than a landslide toward Lisa on Saturday .Your an absolute fool if you wonder why me and so many others have a disdain for this Haney-Pullen group.
This is why Haney has a short leash on Pullen. So, for all you Pullen supporters, just remember, Rob Haney is calling all the shots .. Are you clear on this STS???
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az gnat says
Abe,
I can no longer keep quiet. This blog has standards for spelling and grammar usage. Let's look at the last sentence of your first paragraph.
"Your an absolute fool if you wonder why me and so many others have a disdain for this Haney-Pullen group."
Your is the possessive form. You're is the verb contraction. Several people have been making this mistake so let's clean it up out there.
Me is the objective form of the personal pronoun. "Oh, is that for me?" I is the subjective form. "I ran across the street." So when talking about your disdain for Pullen you should write "I and so many others have a disdain for …"
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Chas says
Az Gnat:
I, too, have noticed that Abe has a problem with both grammar and spelling. Perhaps he should sign up for Remedial English 101 and leave this blog for awhile?
Why are my posts posting BEHIND posts? I'm posting on the 30th in response to the posts on the 31st? Hey webmaster, fix this thing!
70+ posts though, that's still alot!
Oro Valley Dad says
One of the blog administrators decided to update the blog clock. Not a good idea when you have a story with over 70 comments.
If everyone goes to bed and waits until tomorrow to comment then the issue should be resolved.
Ok, looks like you all agree Pullen won because of Haney and his proxy power.
Horst Kraus says
Everyone I know was concerned with that possibility prior to the election.
Proxy Fodder or Ballot Fodder as it is sometimes called was invented by the Richard Daley machine in Chicago in 1960 when they not unlike the resurrection of Lazarus woke up many of the dead to vote for and elect Kennedy.
Proxy Fodder is what tilted the result towards Pullen.
And for what it's worth Abe, when opposition posters critizise spelling errors you know they are out of substantive arguments to make.
We are not out of substantive arguments. The words "me and so many others have … " were just more than I could take.
Back to substance. It does not matter where the proxy rule came from. It is the rule. Were there no proxy votes for Lisa? Of course some proxies were voted for her. As someone said earlier everyone is free to walk their precinct, recruit a bunch of PC's, and then get elected to run the district. Go for it!
Horst Kraus and his crew have used proxies themselves. What's he talking about?
Insect man,
You just don't get it, Haney has been on a crusade to register as many PC's as he could, filling up the precincts with people that would willingly give him their proxy to vote any way he wanted.He didn't just work the streets in his own precinct, he went all over the entire district doing this. Many of these people have never, ever been to a district 11 meeting. This is why I have such a problem with this bunch.
I have revised my comments below.
As someone said earlier you are free to walk your district, recruit a bunch of PC's, and then get elected to run the district. Go for it!
The fact is who cares if you have a problem with it. What are you going to do to help move the party forward (that does not involve tearing it apart in the interim?)
Seriously folks, why even respond to Abe? She's a whack job who makes stuff up… Treating her like she is making legitimate points only encourages her rants… If the rest of us want to have an intelligent conversation then fine, lets do that… But arguing on the street corner with the local crazy only makes us look crazy as well. Reason and logic won't work with her, so just tune her out!
As for Horst's contention that proxies are somehow illegitimate or contaminate the process, that's complete nonsense. But if he really and truly believes that, then why doesn't he introduce a rule change? You know, do something instead of just whining about it?
Helen Purcell read off the amt of votes/proxies by county and precinct. Anyone have the totals?
Also, if D11 was such a pack of sheep (as some have argued) to just be proxied tools, they wouldn't have had the largest group of seating at the meeting.
District 11 has around 400 PC's occasionally Haney will request the presence of his followers.
It's very clear I finally found your hot button, your in for more so, stay tuned!!
Why request someone's presence when you can proxy and guarantee the result?
Your leaky ship of logic just took another hit.
Oh, Now you think he didn't use the proxies, huh?? Please don't bore me with your drivel.
Didn't say that.
Did you see the mob in the D11 rows? That was a lot of people not using proxies!
Joe Babe,
The sinking ship curenltly sailing in unchartered waters has Randy at the wheel and Rob taking up the aft.
And "Republicans" such as yourself firing the guns into our own deck.
Consider your further blasts ignored.
Smart voter says
Seconded!
Joe Baby got it right!
Why argue with this vile poster? Ignore him/her/it. He/she/it will shrivel without attention.
Amen Smart and Joe Baby… I actually proposed that back at post #68, but even if it took another 20 posts to figure it out, better late than never!
If we beat this dead horse 8 more times we will have 100 comments. (I am not sure that is such a good thing but it may be a first for the blog.)
You got a point az gnat and I am sure you won't mind if I declare Abe the winner of the argument or won't you?
On a more serious matter, it is not to soon to get our minds aligned to at least, if nothing else, keep the White House in Republican Hands in 2008.
No kidding.
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31.01.2005 General News
Adaklu communities protest against minister-designate
Ho, Jan. 31, GNA- A number of placard bearing people from the Adaklu Traditional Area on Monday, protested against the Volta Regional Minister -designate Mr Kofi Dzamesi in Ho, for allegedly playing down the dispute over the location of a new capital for newly created Adaklu-Anyigbe District.
Mr Dzamesi was said to have told the Parliamentary Vetting Committee in Accra, last week, that the uncompromising position of Adaklu chiefs that they would not have anything to do with the new District, did not represent the views of the Adaklu state.
At the centre of the controversy are Legislative Instruments (LI).LI. 1741, that gave the District capital to Adaklu-Waya, while LI.1807 conferred the status on Kpetoe.
The protestors, draped in red, converged at the heavily secured office premises of the Regional Coordinating Council, where they presented a petition to the President, through Mr Steve Selormey, Regional Coordinating Director.
The four-page petition, which was read by Togbe Agbobada IV, Chief of Adaklu-Anfoe said: "The people of Adaklu... will not be part of the new District."
"No citizen of Adaklu shall accept any appointment to Kpetoe, either as District Chief Executive, District Coordinating Director or any other position."
The petition warned that the anger of the people could no longer be suppressed, stressing: "We can therefore not guarantee the peace and security of the area".
The document showed a map, which indicated that Adaklu was the largest among the three traditional areas in the District while Adaklu-Waya was better situated for the capital.
The petition asked the government to be informed by the recommendations of the Regional House of Chiefs and the Asogli Traditional Council on the issue.


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September 13, 2015 by Moreland
Walking on Pins and Needles
So do you remember a post a while back when I compared myself to The Little Mermaid, not the film version, but the book.
In the book, the Little Mermaid in her deal to walk on land, trades the comfort of walking along with her voice. Every step she takes feels as if she has knives stabbed into her feet. I had tried to get into shape by doing squats and overdid it, creating very sore thighs. (Read more about it in The Little Moreland)
Well it happened again.
But this time it wasn't my fault.
I mean it!
So every year in my community there is this big free event in which they give away backpacks, clothes, and all other things to kids and families in need.
The woman in charge asked me if I would help out this year and do face painting. I like doing face painting and have for years, so I agreed.
That day I got there before the event started, and it was packed. I ran over to the table were we had everything set up, but there was one problem. They had only provided three chairs. I had brought an extra chair, but that wasn't enough for us three volunteers and the people whose faces we would be painting.
We managed to find one more chair, but that was still one too few. Me being nice as I am, went without.
I thought that we might have breaks in between, but no. It was a never ending line of children and parents.
I spent three hours squatting and painting non-stop. I was only saved the last hour as when other people went home, and they found a chair for me to use.
When the event ended I was in so much pain. My thighs and feet hurt. Every step I took I could hear a popping noise or it was extremely sore.
The next day was extremely painful too. Every step was excruciating. But hey, at least it was for charity instead of vanity? Right?
For more stories of my everyday life, go to I Call A Do-Over
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October 24, 2014 by Moreland
You're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat: Jaws (1975)
You're gonna need a bigger boat…
Jaws really is revolutionary movie. It is an amazing piece of cinema that breaks a lot of previous horror film rules. It focuses on both the people and the creature they are trying to kill. The camera uses are unparalleled. Instead of constantly being shown the shark (as it malfunctioned a lot) it is filmed from the shark's point of [something down later in Friday the 13th (1980)] which adds to the terror of the film.
AAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!!!!
This also was the first "summer blockbuster" film. It opened on 409 screens nationwide (unusual for the time) and quickly became the highest grossing film of all time. Previous to Jaws, they would show the film on a few screens and then move the picture around. This mass-screening, all-over at the same time became so popular that it set the standard for what film companies do today. Jaws lost its place as the highest grossing film of all time in 1977 when Star Wars IV: A New Hope came out.
This film also brought a huge interest in sharks and marine biology. Now previous to this film you had monster movies and horror films that were about sea creatures attacking. Films such as The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms were you have some radioactive created creature that is ginormous and attacks the world. Or the mythological fishman from The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Godzilla, being another radioactively changed creature that is trying to destroy or protect the city. It Came From Beneath the Sea a giant octopus that causes havoc and destruction. The Monster that Challenged the World where giant mollusks come out of a crevice in the ground and try to kill everyone. But have you noticed something? All of these are large creatures, most of the time accidentally or purposely genetically altered. Or fake, such as the fishman. None of these were an actual creature that you could come into contact with…like a great white shark. Not only is Bruce (the shark in the film, named after Steven Spielberg's lawyer) something real and normal-sized; but he's just freaky! The book and the film both present actual data (although more studies proved some of the behavior previously associated with great whites are false) and an actual creature you could come upon. I mean great white sharks have over 300 teeth, they can get to be over 21 feet long, they are pretty fast swimmers, can jump out of the water, and are constant eating machines. How could you not be afraid?
But just like Spielberg's other film Jurassic Park made dinosaurs the "it" thing (and they have been ever since, although never as on top as in the '90s) Jaws made sharks really cool. And they remain so. I remember back in grade school sharks were just so awesome! We had a guy come to our class that did a whole presentation on sharks, and everyone was riveted. And people still remain so. Sharks will never stop being cool. I mean after all, ever summer we have a week devoted to them, Shark Week, on the Discovery channel. Buzzfeed even did a quiz on "What Type of Shark are You". And did I take this quiz you may ask? You bet I did!
To see what type you are, go here.
Yep, Jaws is pretty amazing. So I'm sure you are now ready for the review, but I'm not about to go there just yet. So Jaws is based on the book by the same name, authored by Peter Benchley. The book was okay, but I preferred the movie. Unlike the book Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton; Jaws the book doesn't hold a candle to the film version. This mostly has to do with the way they create the characters in the book. Hooper in the film is a an arrogant-rich kid, but you like him because he really gets involved in his work, and loses some of that stigma as the film progresses. In the book he is always annoying and he has an affair with Brody's wife. The whole affair took away from the storyline and seemed tossed in, rather than attempting to flow.
Now the film on the other hand, follow the story pretty closely, but takes out the extra action not really needed. Plus the people they chose where just perfect. Roy Scheider was an amazing Chief Brody, balancing being a tough police chief, with a scared i-don't-know-what-to-do everyday person. Richard Dreyfuss, as I mentioned earlier, smoked it as Hooper the marine biologist/rich kid. And Robert Shaw. No one will ever hold a candle to your Quint, no matter how the world may try.
So now let's get back to film review-wait, wait wait. Let me say one last thing. So it feels really weird to be talking about this film without mentioning a few more memories. So let me say I have seen every Jaws film created, even the incredibly horrible ones (as pretty much each sequel was). I actually watched them all at a really young age with my older sister Paige. They were doing a movie marathon and we sat down and saw them all (which took a long time as these are not short films). When I was older, I actually couldn't remember the finer points of the film, the biggest thing that stuck in my mind was the SeaWorld underwater tunnels and shark attack in Jaws 3-D.
Now every 4th of July I used to do the same thing. I would watch the Twilight Zone marathons that they would show on the SciFi, now SyFy, channel. (I know, I know. I'm a huge fan, but have yet to review any episode for a Horrorfest. I promise I will do at least one next year.) SyFy stopped doing this for a while (they have since brought it back but every year is iffy). Now AMC does some movie marathons on the 4th of July that usually had some patriotic feeling (like Rocky). One year they did a Jaws marathon, as the 4th of July plays a huge role in the film. I watched it that year and loved it all over again. Now my tradition trades off between Twilight Zone and Jaws every 4th of July.
So now we are seriously back on to the film review.
First let's set the mood. It is the summer of 1975. Many families, young adults, teens, etc. are vacationing at beaches. Amity Island (where our story takes place) is one such beach. It is located on the east coast (a sort of Martha's Vineyard that poor and rich can afford). On this particular night there are quite a few college age kids having bonfires on the beach. They are drinking beer, toking up (it is the '70s), etc. One guy, Tom Cassidy, spots a blonde, Chrissie. The two run off away from the crowd to "be alone".
As they get far from the crowds, Chrissie begins stripping and invites Tom in for some moonlight skinny dipping. She dives in right away and Tom tries to follow. However, he is far too bombed and collapses on the beach.
Chrissie is unaware and continues to swim. This is the last swim she will ever take.
The next day we are introduced to Martin Brody, the new Chief of Police. Brody is a native of New York City, but he and his family moved out to take over the Amity Island police force as they thought it would be easier, simpler and less deadly.
Anyways, we'll get into that later. So Chief Brody (Scheider) has been called to go looking for Chrissie. He and his deputy Hendricks, go down to the beach to search for clues. It doesn't take them long until they discover her corpse.
Back at the police station he gets asked to deal with the usual cases of the day; kids karate chopping down fences and other stuff. It seems to be business as usual until the report comes back. It states Shark Attack.
Immediately, Brodie runs to the hardware store to pick up materials to make sign to close the beaches.
However, the Mayor doesn't like that. He knows that if word gets around that there are sharks in the water he can say good-bye to all those summer dollars.
Without that money, the winter will be hard on everyone. These people depend on the summer dollars to keep the island going year round. The Mayor convinces the coroner to "take a second look" of which causes the coroner to determine he had made "a mistake". There was no shark attack, just a boating accident as she swam into a propeller.
Since that is the decision, Brody can't do anything but allow the beaches to remain open. But this is all against his better judgement.
But hey, he is a newcomer that lives in a small town. He has to play the politics. Even if they have dire consequences.
So as time goes on more tourists come to the island. The beaches are stock full of visitors. Brody is worried and nervously scans the water. Everything is fine…until it isn't.
I just love that scene when they zoom into Brodie's face. It is fantastic. So Bruce sure did a number.
After her son's death, Mrs. Kitner issues a $3000 reward for the capture of the shark. The town holds a meeting in which Brody lets them know he contacted someone from the Oceanographic Institute for advice. Brody wants to close down the beaches, but no one will listen. The fighting is interrupted by Quint, in one of the best scenes.
So great it was spoofed:
Brody goes home and orders his children to go nowhere near the water, even though his son Michael just got a new boat. Brody's wife Ellen thinks he is overreacting, that is until she looks at the pictures in his shark book. She then firmly decides that staying out of the water is a great idea.
With such a high bounty, everyone wants to kill the shark. Expert fishermen from all over. Average joes. Everybody.
Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) comes to town, as he is the person from the Oceanographic Institute. He has an interesting background. Hooper was a rich boy that was into science and became a marine biologist. This can often be something that is hard to fund, so his parents + trust fund really come in handy.
Anyways, once Brody finds out who he is, has has him take a look at the remains.
"[Hooper is examining the remains of the first victim – describes the post-mortem into his tape recorder]
Hooper: The height and weight of the victim can only be estimated from the partial remains. The torso has been severed in mid-thorax; there are no major organs remaining…Right arm has been severed above the elbow with massive tissue loss in the upper musculature… partially denuded bone remaining…[to the m.e. and Brody] This was no boat accident! [to Brody] Did you notify the Coast Guard about this?
Brody: No. It was only local jurisdiction.
Hooper: [continues post-mortem] The left arm, head, shoulders, sternum and portions of the rib cage are intact…[to Brody] Do not smoke in here, thank you very much. [lifts up the severed arm] This is what happens. It indicates the non-frenzied feeding of a large squalus – possibly Longimanus or Isurus glauca. Now… the enormous amount of tissue loss prevents any detailed analysis; however the attacking squalus must be considerably larger than any normal squalus found in these waters. Didn't you get on a boat and check out these waters?
Brody: No.
Hooper: Well, this is not a boat accident! And it wasn't any propeller; and it wasn't any coral reef; and it wasn't Jack the Ripper! It was a shark.
Conclusion: Shark
Meanwhile, out on the ocean, some fishermen have caught a large shark. Everyone is happy to see it and that the reign of terror is over. The monster has been slain.
Hooper steps up to investigate the shark:
And tells everyone that it is the wrong shark. It is a tiger shark, not a great white. The bite radius is all wrong. They decide to keep the beaches closed until they can cut him open and see if the remains are inside it. Before they leave, Mrs. Kinter arrives and slaps Brody across the face. She heard about the deaths and how they suspected sharks were in the area and blames Brody for everything.
Now Brody just takes this as he blames himself, but I always hated that. It wasn't his fault! He wanted to stop them from keeping the beaches open. It was the greedy, evil mayor who wouldn't listen.
Mayor from Buffy the vampire slayer
Well, I guess he could be much worse.
So Hooper joins the Brody clan for dinner. Now in the book, Ellen knew Hooper's older brother and the two just spent the time reminiscing. They later had an affair. Luckily Speilberg was smart enough to cut that out, and they instead discuss the situation. Hooper explains that a rogue shark will often claim territory to an area where the feeding is good and will remain there until the food source is gone. In order to protect the town, they decide they need to get down there and cut that shark open.
No human remains means that the real shark is out there. Bruce? Where are you hiding?
Hooper decides they have to go out that night as the Great White Shark is a night feeder. Now Brody hates the water, as we mentioned earlier, but goes out with Hooper. Using Hooper's fancy equipment, they pick up a fishing boat, that Brody recognizes as Ben Gardner's. Hooper dives under and finds one big surprise.
The next morning Brody and Hooper try to get the Mayor to listen to them, but all the Mayor is thinking about is the graffiti on the Amity Island billboard.
Sign from Universal Studios Backstage Tour
Hooper has figured out that the shark that is attacking is a great white. The evidence all points to it and they need to close the beaches down. But the mayor won't listen to him. Hooper lost the Great White Shark tooth he found and the Mayor sees it as tooo convinent. He believes that Hooper is just trying to spread a sensation as he wants to be written up in the National Geographic or something. However, that's not the real truth. To be honest, the Mayor is just thinking about making money over saving lives.
Bad things happen when you don't listen
July 4th the beaches are flooded. This is not good, not good at all. Brody, Hooper, and the cops are constantly patrolling the beaches, but all are on edge as they are waiting…waiting for the shark to attack.
Michael, Brody's son, wants to go in the water, but Brody won't let him. He tells him to go to the estuary instead as it is safer.
You never learn
Suddenly a shark fin appears in the water
But it turns out to be just a prank. Some stupid kids decided to dress as a shark. Seriously guys, what were you thinking?
While everyone is watching this and dealing with it…not too far away something happens.
A girl painting down by the estuary see's a shark. She starts crying out the word, but most think it is a hoax. Brody starts to head over, but when he hears his son is down there he runs like crazy.
Now this is a great scene but I can't find a good clip of it online. You'll just have to watch the film! So Michael and his friends get capsized along with another guy. The shark devours tons of people, including the man that tried to help them.
Michael makes it out okay, but suffers severely from shock. Brody takes him to the hospital and yells at the Mayor, demanding that he pay all of Quints commands and let's him kill the shark.
So the three set out to catch that fish, even though they face some issues. Quint wants to go it alone, but Brody insists that he and Hooper have to come along. Quints dislikes Hooper as he sees him as some rich boy having fun with daddy's money, not a real fisherman or worker like Quint. Quint also dislikes having Brody as he knows nothing about fish or fishing, but at least he's not afraid to get his hands dirty. Hooper is tired of the all the "you don't know nothing, kid" crap he is getting from Quint and also annoyed at Brody. Brody has a fear of the water that he is trying to overcome, managing two grown men who are acting like children, and is afraid that he might not make it home to see family. There is a lot of stuff going on.
Once at sea they start getting ready for the hunt. Baiting lines. Chumming the water. And that is when we have the most famous lines from the film uttered. (You know it wasn't even scripted. Scheider just uttered it in the heat of the moment.)
And that is when the real hunting begins!
That night the guys get drunk and start bonding. Singing drinking songs. Comparing scars and wounds. You know, the typical guy stuff. But that's when things get serious and Quint describes his hatred for sharks.
At this moment, its not about the money. It's not about the fame. Quint has become Captain Ahab, and he wants his whale…or shark in this case.
In fact this is one of the most dramatic scenes in the film as you get the underlying reason why this is so important to him. Of course as it is one of the most famous scenes, it has to be parodied.
Back to the film. The next day the hunt continues. They try and take the shark but Bruce proves to more powerful than they expected. They tried to reel it on, but it nearly capsized the Orca. Hooper decides to be lowered down in a shark cage to shoot Bruce with a harpoon filled with strychnine nitrate.
Hooper manages to escape the shark. This was were he was supposed to die, but then Speilberg changed his mind. After attacking Hooper, Bruce decides to go after the ship.
Pic of the shark from the Universal Backstage Tour ride
He crushes it and causes it to lean toward him. Brody and Quint struggle to hold on, but Quint loses his grip and finds himself in the belly of the beast.
Brody takes on killing the shark all by himself. This is why Brody is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One Shark Week on Discovery channel they actually tested out everything in the film. They discovered that if you shot a tank from the 1970s you could blow up a shark. You just have to shoot it right.
Hooper finally gets his act together and meets up with Brody, the two creating a raft and swimming off in the distance.
"I used to be afraid of the water," Brody admits.
"I can't imagine why," Hooper replies.
But that's not the end of the post. Oh, no we still have a bit more to cover. 🙂
So for my 20th birthday, my parents told me we could do whatever I wanted. It was the last time they were going to throw a party for me. I really wanted to go to Disneyland as the last time I had gone was when I was 12 (I went recently and will do a post on what it was like later). I decided on Universal Studios as it was much cheaper, and they were having a special for their anniversary that you buy a pass, you get in free for the year! Sweet!
So as we entered the gates, I was asked by a worker to fill out a survey for a free gift. You know me and free.
So I did and we got to skip the lines for the Backstage Studio Tour! Whooooooooooo!!!!!
So you see all kinds of cool things on that tour, but I'm not going to speak on everything. We gotta stay Jaws focused here. So at one point we drive to Amity Island.
We see the fake shark that they thought was Bruce but wasn't.
Then we things get intense. Bruce attacks!
There were actually three Bruces created for the film. The first one is passed along museums, the second is at Universal studios, and the third privately owned. After Bruce attacks, they blow him up!
It's so intense! The flames feel so close! It's AWESOME!
Later I got to see Brody's actual costume in the Universal Pictures Museum (that's where I saw the Marty McFly one from Back to the Future: Part III).
But that's not the end! So the other day a friend and I were discussing Jaws and Bruce's motives.
Anjelica: Is this a horror movie? Or is it an animal, drama/history movie about a misunderstood shark that only wants hugs from others, but his eating disorder and anger issues gets in the way?
Me: Horror film. He is purposely hunting down Brody and his family, as seen in the sequels.
Anjelica: "Hunting down" or passionately pursuing the family he always wanted to have. Jaws should just befriend, Orca: The Killer Whale. lol
Me: I have changed my view on Bruce the shark. So Quint was in a shark attack but survived. He was supposed to die in it but somehow cheated death. Bruce is a supernatural entity (that's why he can't really die and comes back in the 3 sequels) in the guise of a shark that has been hunting him down to right that past wrong. He finally succeeds in killing him and is supposed to take Hooper too (as he dies in the book and original draft of the script) but Brody gets in the way. In fact Brody manages to destroy his "earthly form". Then Bruce becomes angry and falls from his post (like Davy Jones in the Pirates films) and starts hunting for Brody, along with taking down all of his family.
So there we have it. I have officially joined the dark side. I have fully become a tumblr with that last comment.
So there we go. One of the best horror films that have affected us as people so strongly. People are afraid to swim because of this movie. Ever summer one week on the Discovery Channel is devoted to sharks. The theme is so AWESOME!!!!! I mean every time you go in water you have to hum it.
It is one amazing film. If you haven't seen it, watch it. If you have seen it, watch it again.
And that's the real end. I swear. Hope you enjoyed it!
For the previous post, go to Monster Movie
For more on Jaws, go to Part X: The Movie List That Would Not Die
For more shark attacks, go to For All the Men Who Wonder What It's Like
For more on hunting a monster, go to Let Them Fight
For more monster movies, go to Keep Clear Of the Moor. Beware the Moon
For more films based on a book, go to Murder is My Favorite Crime
For more films that spanned sequels, go to You Will Die in Seven Days
For more in Universal Studios, go to There Are Many Strange Legends in the Amazon
For more quizzes, go to I'm Batman!
For more on Star Wars, go to Part IX: Adventures in Movie Lines
For more Buffy the Vampire Slayer, go to Every Time I Bring a Girl Over, You Try to Eat Her!
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All I Know About Trilogies is That in the Third One, All Bets are Off: Scream 3 (2000)
What do you know about trilogies? You mean like movie trilogies…Well, all I know about trilogies is that in the third one, all bets are off.
So welcome to another Scream-tastic Saturday! (For the previous Saturdays, go to Scream and Scream 2)
Yep the third installment in this now trilogy, Scream 3.
While this was a great horror parody, it wasn't my favorite of the three. I thought it was okay, as it had Patrick Dempsey, but didn't like how it was missing one of the best characters: Randy.
So this one is a complete throw out of left field, as it is the third film. This time we have the secret backstory that changes all that was ever given to us in the first two.
In fact Wes Craven actually filmed three different endings and didn't tell the cast which one he was going to use. It was one big surprise.
Scream 3 takes place three years after Scream 2. If you recall from Scream 2, Cotton Weary is exonerated and Sidney agreed to do that interview with him. Well, that really helped as now Cotton hosts his own nationally syndicated talk show, called 100% Cotton.
That's really the name they went with? I know its catchy, but it sounds more like an underwear commercial than a real show.
Anyways, back to the plot. He gets a phone call that starts out benign, but then quickly turns deadly.
Cotton Weary: Who's this?
Female Caller: Who's this?
Cotton Weary: Who are you calling?
Female Caller: Oh, you know what, I've got the wrong number.
Cotton Weary: That's okay.
Female Caller: Wait, your voice. You sound a lot like that guy on TV, uh, Cotton Weary.
Cotton Weary: I do huh?
Female Caller: Yeah, I think he's got a really sexy voice.
Cotton Weary: [laughs] Okay, well, thank you.
Female Caller: Wait a minute. You are Cotton, aren't you? Oh my God, I am talking to Cotton Weary.
Cotton Weary: [laugh] You caught me. Listen can you hold on for a minute? I got someone on the other line.
Female Caller: Yeah…
Cotton Weary: Hold on.
Cotton Weary: [switches to car phone] Andrea, I got someone on the other line. I'll have to call you back [switches back to cell phone] So… you a 100% Cotton fan?
Female Caller: Yeah, 110%.
Cotton Weary: [chuckle] That's very good. So, uh… Why don't you tell me your name?
Female Caller: Ooh, you're a naughty boy, Cotton. Now, what would your girlfriend think?
Cotton Weary: What makes you think I have a girlfriend?
Phone Voice: [click] I know you do. I'm right outside her bathroom door. She's in the shower. She's got a nice little… voice. Let's go in for a closer look. Ooh, she's very, very pretty, Cotton. A step up from Maureen Prescott. Speaking of which, let's play a game. Answer right, your girlfriend lives, answer wrong she dies. Where's Maureen's daughter, Sidney?
Cotton Weary: Who the f*** is this?
Phone Voice: Someone who would kill to know where Sidney Prescott is. You've got connections. One chance, Cotton. Where is she?
Cotton Weary: Listen to me, you son of a b****, if you touch Christine, I'll f****** kill you.
Phone Voice: Wrong answer! [click; dead line]
LOL Cotton and Cotton 100% Cotton
Cotton rushes home to try and reach his girlfriend.
Now Christine the girlfriend is pretty stupid. She doesn't lock her bathroom when she takes a shower? Who does that? Everyone does!
Ren Stevens: What? Honey, you're chased by six mutants, and you just decided to take a shower?
Pretty much she gets killed, Psycho-style.
Making her
Victim #1
Ghostface attacks!
Cotton is soon to follow.
Now that begs the question, where is Sidney? What happened to her?
So Sidney had a major breakdown and faced a lot of changes since the last film. Let's review. She had a killer target her again. She thought it might be her boyfriend. She watched her best friend die. She watched her boyfriend die. Someone who she thought was her friend, turned out to be a "sleeper agent" and tried to murder her. She almost died.
Yeah…that's a lot to deal with a lot.
In fact, so much to deal with that Sidney has moved very, very far away to a secluded spot and only a handful have an idea of where she is. What she does for a living is work with a suicide prevention hotline. She gets one call a day. Today's call isn't the usual…its THE caller.
When a Stranger Calls
She hears about what happened to Cotton and realizes, it's happening again.
Currently in Hollywood they are creating another Stab film, Stab 3, based on the true events of Scream 2. Cotton was one of the producers, so the cops have been checking it out. One cop is Mark Kincaid, played by Patrick Dempsey. In fact just like Mark Wahlberg in The Lovely Bones, Dempsey was hired the night before and had to figure the character out without any real ideas of the script. Anyways, Kincaid has been using Gale Weathers for background info as they found a photo of Sidney's mother Maureen at the crime scene. Gale journeys out to Hollywood and when she gets there she discovers Dewey is there. Yep, the two broke up as Dewey didn't like how she treats people. He is working as a consultant for the film, and dating the actress playing Gale Weathers that looks just like her, Jennifer Jolie.
Meanwhile on the set of Stab 3, one of the blond bimbos enters an office looking for someone and gets murdered.
Yep, this killer wastes very little time as later at Jennifer Jolie's house her bodyguard gets a phone call and is murdered by ghostface.
The bodies are just dropping like flies. I wasn't going to post this, but I feel like I can't go any farther as this song is running through my brain nonstop.
To add to the intensity of this particular Ghostface is that he then blows up Jennifer Jolie's house
The killer tries to attack Gale, but Dewey saves her by shooting at him.
Meanwhile, Sidney's back. The attacks and calls encouraged her to come back and help find the killer. She and Mark clash at first a bit.
Sidney: What do you know about trilogies?
Mark: You mean like movie trilogies?
Sidney: You seem to like movies, Detective.
Mark: Call me "Mark", will you? 'Cause I'm gonna keep calling you Sidney.
Sidney: I'll call you "Mark" when you catch the killer, Detective.
Mark: Well, all I know about trilogies is that in the third one, all bets are off.
Sidney: Did you request this case?
Mark: No. They tend to put me on the ones that deal with the business. I grew up here and I know my way around the studios.
Sidney: Must be exciting. Beautiful place, beautiful people.
Mark: To me, Hollywood is about death.
Sidney: Excuse me?
Mark: I'm a homicide cop. When you see what I see day in and day out, the violence that people do to each other, you get haunted. I think you know about that.
Sidney: What do you mean?
Mark: I know what it's like to see ghosts that don't go away, to be watching a scary movie in your head, whether you want to or not, watching it alone.
Sidney: Ghosts are tough. You can't shoot ghosts.
Mark: Can't arrest ghosts. But the trick to keep from getting haunted is to be with people. You're here, you're not in hiding. You've done the right thing… Miss Prescott. What did you know about your Mother?
Sidney: I always thought I had the perfect Mom, the perfect family until I found out I was wrong. She had a secret life and I tried to understand that. And… soon as I thought… then I had more secrets. I don't know who my Mom was.
Mark: You knew who she was to you. Here's the deal: I'm off to search the set. I think that what you saw is real. That's the good news.
Sidney: How's that good news?
Mark: Because it means that we are dealing with a flesh and blood killer, and I know how to handle guys like that.
Sidney: Oh, yeah. How?
Mark: Catch him or kill him.
Sidney: Hey, Detective? What's your favorite scary movie?
Mark: My life.
Sidney: Mine, too."
And that brings up a very interesting concept. What are the rules for a trilogy? How should we do this? Last time we had Randy to lead us, but now what are we going to do? Poor Randy! Best character ever! Oh, Randy! Randy nooooooooo!
Noooooooooo!!!!!!!
So what Craven decided to do is to bring Randy into the film via video recording.
That's how you gonna do it? That's it? That's really it?
The original idea was to have Randy survive the stabbing in Scream 2, his family having rescued him secretly. This was ultimately deemed to be too far-fetched so Randy was resurrected via a post-mortem video appearance instead. They knew they had to bring him back as the fans loved him. In fact Wes Craven got a ton of hate mail for killing off Randy, and thought this would appease the fans. Yeah you dunderheads, you made a big mistake.
Well you know what would have been an even better idea? NOT KILLING HIM!!!!!!!!
So here we go. Rules for a trilogy.
So Gale is eager to do some investigative reporting and finds herself being followed by Jennifer Jolie. Jolie wants to really "get into" her role. Great for Jolie, bad for Gale.
I'm sure she would rather be punched in the face by Sidney.
So they go down to the archives and we have the funniest scene in the whole film.
Sidney also gets attacked by the killer.
She gets away and goes down to police headquarters to make a statement. At this point in time Sidney discovers that Mark Kincaid has a lot of newspaper clips and info on her. It creeps her out and makes her wonder whether or not he is the killer.
But it turns out her story and survival had intrigued him and he fell for her. Just like Det. Lt. Mark McPherson in Laura (1944). Which causes this earlier statement to make a lot more sense.
"Mark: I'm gonna talk to the studio guys about those photos.
Detective Wallace: Yeah right, I know where you're going.
Mark: Yeah keep an eye on Sidney.
Detective Wallace: I know where you're going, you're gonna get her some flowers and candy, right? Huh?
Mark: Gimme a break!"
The main producer of the film, John Milton, invites everyone over for a cast party at his house. Unfortunately, they have been dragged to that house for one reason alone, the killer is going to kill them all!
Time to prepare yourself.
Sidney in the parlor with a candlestick
Now this is where the bodies really start hitting the floor.
Dewey and Gale discover the film's director, Roman, stuffed in a chest.
Angeline, an actress, runs off and is murdered.
Then Tyson (another actor)
And Jennifer
The killer then attacks Gale and Dewey, knocking them out and tying them up. In a surprising twist, Ghostface doesn't murder them but uses them to bait Sidney to the house.
Sidney shoots him, but he ends up escaping. Kincaid comes in to save the day, but gets knocked out by the killer. The killer then chases Sidney and reveals himself to be Roman.
Yep he had faked his own death. Now you may be wondering why would a famous film director want to murder Sidney Prescott? Well it turns out that he is Maureen's illegitimate son.
This is actually radically different than any of the other Scream films. All the others have two killers; Scream-Billy & Stu, Scream 2-Mrs. Loomis & Mickey, Scream 4 had two but I won't reveal until next week. Now the reason that this film had only one was that it was supposed to be the last film. That is until Wes got greedy and made the atrocity Scream 4 which I will review next week.
So know not only do we have the villain monologue, but the big reveal.
Phone Voice: You're not going anywhere Sidney. It's time you came to terms with me, and with mother. Maybe you never knew her at all Sidney… maybe you just can't get past the surface of things.
Sidney: Who the hell are you?
Phone Voice: The other half of you. I searched for a mother too, an actress named "Reena Reynolds" tried to find her my whole LIFE, and four years ago I actually tracked her down. Knocked at her door thinking she'd welcome me with open arms, but she had a new life and a new name, Maureen Prescott! You were the only child she claimed Sidney. She shut me out into the cold forever! Her own son [takes off mask to reveal he is Roman Bridger] Roman Bridger, director, and brother. She slammed the door in my face, Sid. She said I was "Reena's" child and Reena was dead… and then it struck me. What a good idea, so I watched her. I made a little movie, a little family film. Seems Maureen…"Mom"… she really got around. I mean Cotton was one thing; everybody knew about that. But Billy's father – that was the key. Your boyfriend didn't like seeing his daddy in my film too much. He didn't like it at all. And once I supplied the motivation… all the kid needed was a few pointers. Have a partner to sell out incase you got caught, find someone to frame, it was like he was making a movie.
Sidney: You… this is all because of you.
Roman: I'm a director Sid, I direct.
Sidney: Ah.
Roman: I had no idea, that they were gonna make a film of their own. I mean intoducing Sidney the victim, Sidney the survivor, SIDNEY THE STAR!
He also reveals that John the producer raped Maureen, and Roman was their child. He kills John for revenge, bringing the body count to
Sidney is just tired of this.
Tired of hearing another killer blaming the circumstances of their life on her. Sidney berates Roman who gets angered enough to attack her leading to a fight. Roman manages to gain the upper hand but a distraction by Kincaid allows Sidney to grab his knife. He takes Kincaid's gun and shoots her.
However, it turns out that she is wearing a bulletproof vest. She uses the knife and stabs him several times in the back and heart. Dewey takes his gun and shoots him several times, making sure he gets in a headshot.
The four-Gale, Dewey, Kincaid, and Sidney head out to her secluded mountain home. There Dewey proposes to Gale, by carving out her book and placing the ring inside. Now I know this is "romantic", but to me it sounds horrible. You just destroyed a book!
Sidney also starts a relationship with Kincaid, and it ends on a happy note. At last it is all over.
That is until this horrible thing comes up:
Well that was Scream 3. Tune in next week for the final chapter.
To go to the previous post, go to Tuesday the 17th
For more on the Scream Franchise, check out It's Happening Again, Isn't It?
For more trilogies, go to Life Finds a Way
For more on serial killers, go to You Think You Know Something, Don't You?
For more horror parodies, go to A Deliciously Creepy Tale
For more on slasher films, go to Hello? Is There a Killer in My Kitchen?
For more on Patrick Dempsey, go to I Don't Dance or Sing, Except When I'm With You
For more on Wes Craven, go to What's Your Favorite Scary Movie?
For more on Whitesnake, go to Here I Go Again
For more of my fav songs, go to Rock You Like a Hurricane
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St Barnabas' Church, Ryland Street, Birmingham is a former Church of England parish church in Birmingham.

History

The foundation stone was laid on 1 August 1859 on land five by Miss Ryland of Barford in Warwick. It was built to the designs of the architect William Bourne of Dudley, in Hampstead redstone, with Hollington stone dressings. It was consecrated on 24 October 1860

The church opened schools in 1862 alongside the church building in Ryland Street.

A parish was assigned out of St Martin in the Bull Ring in 1896. This was enlarged in 1901 by part of the parish of Christ Church, Birmingham.

The church was demolished in 1966.

Organ

The organ was installed by Bevington. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

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Friday , Feb , 03 , 2006 C.Y. Ellis Tweet
Bobcats host Kobe, Lakers
(Sports Network) – The injury-depleted Charlotte Bobcats hope to put the
brakes on their franchise-record 13-game losing streak this evening when they
welcome Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers to town.
Charlotte continued its miserable run on Wednesday as Raymond Felton scored 20
points, while Brevin Knight paced the offense with 19 points and 10 assists
for the Bobcats, who have lost 17 of 18 and have not won since topping the
Houston Rockets back on January 10.
Jumaine Jones netted 13 points, Melvin Ely had 11 and Matt Carroll added 10
points for Charlotte, which has lost six in a row at home.
With forwards Emeka Okafor (ankle), Gerald Wallace (knee) and Sean May (knee),
already sidelined, the Bobcats could be without another player up front this
evening, as Bernard Robinson (ankle) missed practice on Thursday and will be
a game-time decision tonight.
Charlotte, which is in the midst of a six-game homestand, is 7-15 in its arena
this season.
Los Angeles, meanwhile, comes in on a sour note after dropping a 105-79
decision to the Indiana Pacers at Conseco Fieldhouse. Kobe Bryant had 26
points on an 8-for-24 shooting performance for the Lakers, who fell to 1-2 on
their current seven-game road trip.
It was the first time since January 12 and only the 11th time in 42 games this
season that Bryant was held to less than 30 points.
Brian Cook added 12 points for Los Angeles, which scored two fewer points as a
team than what Bryant exploded for in his memorable performance January 22
against Toronto.
The Lakers, who will also visit New Orleans/Oklahoma City, Dallas and Houston
on their trek, are 12-13 away from home this season.
Los Angeles defeated the Bobcats earlier in the season and has won all three
meetings against them.
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Q: Is it a good practice to return a map or list as HTTP response The result of processing an HTTP request consists of mappings. Each mapping is from an order number to an object. Is it a good practice to return this as an HTTP response whose body is a Map<String, Object>? How about a List where the object contains the order number string as an attribute. If none of these is a good practice, how should the response look like? How are these options, from a RESTfulness perspective?

A: the response body for a HTTP request can be whatever you want, really, and how you structure that depends on how your data is structured. If you want it to be easily used by a variety of consumers, converting the data to a common textual data structure is useful.
For this purpose, JSON and XML are common. JSON is probably the closest standard format for what you want. eg, body = {1:{//object}, 2:{//anotherobject}}, with an appropriate content type header (eg, "application/json" so that people using the API know by headers what the format is). I would recommend that over a list of objects with the numeric key eg [{key:1,object:{}}] because the default (val,object) mapping makes it easier to search
Depending on the language you are using, you will probably want to avoid the myMap.toString() type of responses and use a proper/dedicated JSON serialisation function.
Is it good practice? If the data suits the format, it's fine. These sorts of responses are common.


Gargoyleosaurus (pronounced gar-GOYL-e-o-SAWR-us) was a small armored dinosaur (a primitive and early ankylosaur) that walked on four legs and had a stiff tail. This plant-eater had protective body armor on the upper surface of its body and tail (hollow bony oval plates). It also had a series of spikes running along each side of its body. This dinosaur had a long, narrow beak with teeth on both the upper and lower inner surface (most other ankylosaurs have teeth on only the lower beak). This unusual ankylosaur also had a straight nasal passage and hollow armor (again, this is unlike most other ankylosaurs).
Gargoyleosaurus was about 10 feet (3 m) long and was roughly 3.3 feet (1 m) tall to the top of the shoulder - it may have weighed about a ton.
According to Gargoyleosaurus' describers, Kenneth Carpenter et al., "Despite its geological age, the skull shows features seen in Late Cretaceous ankylosaurs, including fusion of bone armour to the surface of the skull and mandible and closure of two skull openings, the antorbital and upper temporal fenestrae. The new taxon also has characters common to the two ankylosaur families, the Ankylosauridae and Nodosauridae, supporting the proposal that the Ankylosauria originated from a single ancestor."
This great photo of the holotype of Gargoyleosaurus parkpini, DMNH 27726, was taken by Jim Puckett in the Dinosaur Hall of "Prehistoric Journey" at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
Gargoyleosaurus lived during the late Jurassic Period, about 155-144 million years ago (unlike most other ankylosaurs, which lived during the Cretaceous period).
Gargoyleosaurus was an herbivore (it ate only plants), eating low-lying plant material like cycads, ginkgos, conifers, ferns, horse-tail rushes, etc.
Gargoyleosaurus was an ankylosaur, whose intelligence (as measured by its relative brain to body weight, or EQ) was low among the dinosaurs.
Gargoyleosaurus probably moved relatively slowly on four legs. The rear legs were slightly longer than the front legs.
Gargoyleosaurus was found in the Morrison Formation, Bone Cabin Quarry, Albany County, Wyoming, USA, North America. The original fossil (the holotype) was found by J. Parker and T. Pinegar (hence the species name, G. parkpini). Gargoyleosaurus was described in 1998 by Kenneth Carpenter et al.


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Q: Postman cannot reach local Jersey REST service While working through a programming book, I implemented a local REST service running in Tomact on port 8081 in the folder webapi (http://localhost:8081/lwchapter1/webapi/user/login). When running a request in Postman I get an error:
Could not send request
Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:8081

I dont understand, how to debug this and therefore kindly ask for help!
The service is implemented (as far as I understand) like this:

*

*Postman to test the API

*Tomcat to provide the service

*compiled War File

*maven as a build tool

*java class listening for POST requests in a specific folder

The java project compiles, undeploy/ deploy works and the war file is in the tomcat folder, tomcat is running.
Edit: I found a developer console in Postman giving additional information. Unfortunately this doesn't help either since there is no parameter in the request:
Could not find on r. Missing or invalid parameter.
No revision id found for response

A: I found the solution by:

*

*checking which ports are open and listened by using
netstat -a -n -p tcp | grep 127.0.0.1*
in the terminal

*understanding in which folder the REST service listens by checking the actual java program

Thanks to @MattVickery for your kind help, I really appreciated it!


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Grey Africa's Fran Luckin is the first South African female jury president at Cannes Lions 2017
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Fran Luckin, Chief Creative Officer of Grey Advertising Africa, has been named President of the Print and Publishing Jury at 2017's Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
"It fills me with immense pride to be nominated as Jury President at this year's Cannes Lions. It's not only the prestige of the nomination which I am pleased about but also to have been given the honour of standing shoulder to shoulder amongst some of the finest women in advertising," she said.
Fran's career spans just over two decades. She started as an Apprentice Copywriter at the Jupiter Drawing Room in 1994 and just five years later was a Creative Director at TBWA / Hunt / Lascaris. She has served in various leadership roles in the industry, the likes of which include Ogilvy South Africa, where she served five years as Executive Creative Director of the Johannesburg Office, and Quirk South Africa, where she was Chief Creative Officer. She has also had the honour of serving on three previous Cannes Lions Juries and has been a judge at the Clio Awards, D&AD Awards in London, and the One Show. Fran recently acquired an M.B.A from the Berlin School of Creative Leadership. Her thesis focused on the role of awards shows particularly the Cannes Lions in driving creative innovation. She is a frequent speaker at industry events, and is Chairman of the Academic Board of the Red & Yellow School of Advertising.
"Serving as the first female Jury President from South Africa is a significant achievement. We are extremely proud of Fran and she is an asset to the Grey Advertising Africa team. She is one of a kind and her experience and creativity allows us to consistently deliver Famously Effective work", said Paul Jackson, CEO of Grey Advertising Africa.
"Print is a medium in transition – it's being reinvented. It'll be our responsibility as a jury to put together a portfolio of winners that will inspire further investment and innovation in the medium", says Luckin.
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity (formerly the International Advertising Festival) is a global event for those working in the creative communications, advertising and related fields. It is considered the largest gathering of worldwide advertising professionals, designers, digital innovators and marketers.
The seven-day festival is held yearly at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes, France.
Read more about the Cannes Lions and its Jury members here – Cannes Lions jury.
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"Famously Effective Since 1917", GREY serves a blue chip client roster of many of the world's best known companies: Procter & Gamble, GlaxoSmithKline, Diageo, Kellogg's, Pfizer, Canon, 3M, NFL, Boehringer Ingelheim, Marriott Hotels & Resorts, Nestlé.
GREY was voted Campaign's Advertising Network of the Year 2014, 2014 Agency of the Year by Advertising Age; 2013 Global Agency of the Year by AdWeek; 2013 SHOOT Agency of the Year; 2012 and 2013 Euro Effies Agency of the Year and Fast Company named GREY to "The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies" in 2010. GREY was also honoured in Creativity's A-list of the 10 Most Creative Agencies in the World 2013, as well as taking top honours as "Best All-around Ad Agency of 2012", according to a Forbes magazine survey.
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Ein Naturumlaufverdampfer oder Selbstumlaufverdampfer ist ein Verdampfer, dessen Umlauf ohne Umwälzpumpe durch natürliche Konvektion aufgrund von Blasenbildung erzeugt wird. Er findet meistens in der Rektifikation Anwendung. In der Zuckerindustrie werden Naturumlaufverdampfer zum Eindampfen der zuckerhaltigen Säfte verwendet.

Prinzip
Durch die Übertragung von Wärme bilden sich Blasen in der Flüssigkeit, wenn diese verdampft. Die Blasen erzeugen einen Auftrieb, der die Flüssigkeit nach oben fördert. Der Auftrieb entsteht dadurch, dass die mittlere Dichte des Dampf/Flüssigkeitsgemisches niedriger ist als die der reinen Flüssigkeit. Durch diesen Mechanismus entsteht ein Umlaufstrom, der stets frische Flüssigkeit in den Verdampfer fördert, ohne dass wie beim Zwangsumlaufverdampfer eine Pumpe erforderlich ist, was eine Einsparung in den Investitions- und Betriebskosten bedeutet. Je niedriger die Viskosität der zu verdampfenden Flüssigkeit ist, desto besser ist die Umwälzung.

Damit ein Naturumlaufverdampfer richtig funktioniert, ist eine bestimmte Eintauchtiefe H1 erforderlich. Der hydrostatische Druck, der sich aus dieser Höhe mit der Dichte der reinen Flüssigkeit ergibt, muss höher sein als der hydrostatische Druck der Säule H2 und der mittleren Dichte des Gemisches.

Anwendungsbereich
Naturumlaufverdampfer werden ab Drücken von ca. 300 mbarabs eingesetzt und sind insbesondere im Überdruckbereich einsetzbar. Entscheidend ist neben der Tauchtiefe, dass sich Blasen bilden können. Wenn der hydrostatische Druck den Dampfdruck der Flüssigkeit bei der gegebenen Temperatur überschreitet, kann diese nicht verdampfen und es bilden sich keine Blasen. Der Umlauf funktioniert dann nicht. Dies kann insbesondere bei höherem Vakuum passieren. Auch eine zu niedrigere Temperaturdifferenz zwischen Beheizungs- und Verdampfungsseite kann die Blasenbildung behindern.

Siehe auch
 Naturumlaufkessel

Literatur
 Klaus Dialer: Die Wärmeübertragung beim Naturumlaufverdampfer. Dissertation ETH Zürich 1983.

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> Stosur crushes Bouchard in New Haven
Stosur crushes Bouchard in New Haven
Sam Stosur has produced a dazzling performance to overwhelm Eugenie Bouchard in the second round of the WTA Connecticut Open in New Haven.
New Haven, CT, USA, 21 August 2014 | tennis.com.au
Playing in the feature night match on New Haven's stadium court, Stosur romped to a 6-2 6-2 victory over the third seed in just one hour and 13 minutes.
"I think I had to come out here and play aggressive and try and serve well and just play the way I know I can play. She likes to stay on the baseline and play hard and do all that, so you've got to do that to her first," Stosur said.
The win sends her into the quarterfinals of the Premier-level event, where she will face Belgian Kirsten Flipkens; Flipkens overcame Andrea Petkovic in a dramatic third-set tiebreak.
From the outset, Bouchard – the world No.8 and one of the form players of the 2014 season – simply had no answer to Stosur's powerful, all-court attack.
The Queenslander's serve and forehand were firing, the former producing four aces throughout the first set, one of which was a thundering ace down the T to claim it 6-2.
It was more of the same in the second, with Stosur pouncing on anything short from the Canadian and moving the nimble Bouchard from side to side with heavy drives and wicked angles.
Stosur's volleying skills were also on display; frequently advancing on the net, she finished the match having won nine of 10 points in the forecourt.
She served out the match in the most confident style possible, landing four powerful first serves and producing a service winner up the T on match point to hold to love.
"It's great to have come here and won at least two matches," said Stosur, who finished the match with 24 winners to Bouchard's 13.
"I'm really looking forward to playing again tomorrow. The first round I played here was really long and tough; tonight I played really a lot better and hopefully tomorrow I can play better again."
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Wings, Warrior surprise team headed to USA Sled Classic; Larkin, Filppula try sled hockey
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DETROIT – There aren't many 'firsts' left for Dylan Larkin when it comes to hockey, but he crossed one more off the list on Saturday.
Larkin, along with Vatteri Filppula, tried sled hockey for the first time.
"That was the first time," Larkin said. "Really cool, really special experience. I've watched it in the Olympics and watched games as a kid, so it was fun to be out there."
Larkin and Filppula strapping in alongside the Sled Wings was the final surprise for the group of athletes who will represent the Winged Wheel at the upcoming USA Hockey Sled Classic, presented by the NHL.
The Red Wings welcomed the Sled Wings players down to the BELFOR Training Center on Oct. 26, telling the players they would get to practice on the ice after the Wings completed theirs.
Turns out, one of the locker rooms inside BELFOR was filled with new Red Wings jerseys with their names on them, along with new Warrior sticks and gloves and other DRW-related goodies.
Larkin and Filppula were joined by Justin Abdelkader, Mike Green, Frans Nielsen, Anthony Mantha and Dennis Cholowski to announce the surprise for the players. Abdelkader, the Wings' ambassador for the NHL's Hockey is for Everyone initiative, met the sled players in the hallway to tell them about the gear, as well as the financial assistance the Wings are providing for the team's trip to St. Louis for the Sled Classic on Nov. 21-24.
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From there, the Sled Wings and the Red Wings entered the locker room to check out the new gear, with the Sled Wings getting to show the NHLers how their unique equipment helps them compete on the ice.
"Yeah it's pretty cool," Larkin said of helping fellow hockey players from his home state get ready for the prestigious tournament. "It's special, seeing these guys, they have the same passion for hockey as I do, as we do, and it's pretty cool that we're from the same state. To see them with the Winged Wheel on, they're going to St. Louis to represent the Detroit Red Wings, and I know they're going to do a great job of it, and it's pretty special for us to partner up with Warrior Hockey and send them on their way with nice jerseys and new sticks and gloves. They look the part and I know they're going to play hard and represent the Red Wings well."
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Tyler Anderson, one of the leaders of the Sled Wings team, didn't have trouble summing up the experience.
"That's a pretty special opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime kind of thing," Anderson said after the practice. "It's pretty neat for them to take the time out of their day to do that with us."
"Definitely felt weird teaching the professionals how to skate on the ice."
Marie Sly, the Michigan Amateur Hockey Association's disabled hockey director, said it was a great day for the athletes.
"This is phenomenal. They get a chance to wear the Red Wings sweater, they're out here practicing on the ice with two of the best Red Wings on the team right now – they're having a great time.
"The fact that they're leaving them in their dust on their sleds on the ice, they're going to be talking about that for a long time to come."
The gear donation was the latest contribution from Warrior Hockey for the Wings' Hockey is for Everyone mission. Doug Todd, associate brand manager, said it's always special to help players in Warrior's home state.
"Yeah, the hockey is for everyone event is always our hallmark, the event we look forward to. the smiles that are on their faces, it's all worth the planning and the effort that goes into it. To see them out here, having a great time, they get to meet some of the Red Wings players, we're happy to help facilitate that with the Red Wings.
"It's great. Warrior is based here in Michigan in the Detroit area, so anytime we can help out a local program that needs it, we're happy to do it. It's a great day, and hopefully this continues for us with our relationship with the Wings ins the future."
As for the sled hockey itself, Larkin said he was surprised at how similar it truly is to the type of hockey he plays.
"I think it's very similar. The only difference is that you're on a sled. It's absolutely the same, same rules, it's really similar, that's all I can say. It was actually shocking to feel the same way, you feel the same way as on your skates, and it was a pretty cool experience."
He admitted that he couldn't keep up with the Sled Wings, something you won't normally hear from one of the world's fastest skaters.
"They gave us a headstart at first, the experienced guys," Larkin said of the races on the ice. "Then the next one, we all started at the same time and they blew us out of the water. Val had some technical difficulties starting, and I got out of the gate pretty hot, so, pretty good."
And the praise from No. 71 and No. 51 was what stood out most to Anderson.
"They made comments on how it was difficult and they were giving us complements about the strength and the skating and the stickhandling all at the same time, using your arms for everything."
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A closer look at the History of Magic audiobook
The new release from Pottermore Publishing is packed full of discussion of artefacts, anecdotes and other audio delights.
The audiobook of Harry Potter: A History of Magic is a journey through history and all over the world. From European runes to Ethiopian talismans, crystal balls and broomsticks to giants and werewolves, it brings to life a multitude of artefacts – the very stuff of magic and mythic traditions.
As announced on pottermore.com in August, it is being narrated by Natalie Dormer, best known for her roles in Game of Thrones and The Hunger Games, and most recently in a new television adaptation of Picnic At Hanging Rock.
The audiobook is packed full of contributions from Wizarding World favourites, including Harry Potter audiobook narrators Stephen Fry and Jim Dale, artists Jim Kay and Olivia Lomenech Gill, as well as the curators at the British Library and New-York Historical Society.
It is also structured according to the subjects taught at Hogwarts, but you won't need a Time-Turner to attend all of these classes!
Here are some highlights you'll hear on the journey.
Jim Dale on Centaurs
When Jim Dale was recording the US version of the Harry Potter audiobooks and suddenly came upon three centaurs entering the story, he had to think on the hoof. He decided to give them Welsh accents – old, middle-aged and young.
After it was released, Jim received a letter querying why on earth he had given centaurs Welsh accents. Perplexed, Jim explains how he had to write back justifying the accents he gave to centaurs which are in fact, fictional beings: 'I wrote a letter to him: "…so there are thousands of centaurs in Wales, every football team has a centaur forward, every town has an old folk's centaur, you know, or a library centaur." I never did hear back from him.'
Stephen Fry recites the Abracadabra charm
Not to be outdone, narrator of the UK Harry Potter audiobooks has a go at the abracadabra charm. This famous magical word was originally used in the 2nd century AD by the physician to a Roman emperor. It's original use was as a cure or prevention against malaria.
The way it works is to write the word 'abracadabra' several times, every time on a new line, but to take off a letter each go. This way the pattern resembles an upside-down cone with the last letter making the apex. The parchment was then wound with linen and hung around the neck. Stephen recites the charm in the audiobook and has since purportedly saved himself a small fortune in mosquito spray.
Nicolas Flamel's tombstone
As revealed in its second trailer, Nicolas Flamel is making an appearance in The Crimes of Grindelwald, but did you know that the storied alchemist was a real figure from history? He didn't quite make it to over six hundred years old though – because there's a tombstone with his name on it.
Supposedly designed by Flamel himself, the tombstone was discovered in the 19th century where it was being used as a chopping board in a Parisian grocer's shop! The legend around Flamel suggested that he was a book dealer who came across a mysterious and magical book that contained secrets regarding the philosopher's stone. Although there is actually no documentary evidence that he was involved in the book trade, he was a wealthy landlord. This didn't stop him becoming very famous indeed, and mentioned in the journals of Sir Isaac Newton and Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.
Jim Kay on representing Diagon Alley
Admitting it 'nearly killed me', Jim Kay spends some time talking about the various inspirations behind the meticulous 19 foot-long panorama of Diagon Alley he created for the illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Describing the process as akin to knitting, where you start in one corner and move outwards, it took a huge amount of invention to fill in the gaps between well-known shops such as Quality Quidditch Supplies and Florean Fortescue's ice cream parlour.
Alongside Bufo's (named after the toad that lived in Jim's garden) and Noltie's Botanical Novelties (named for a botanist friend called Professor Henry Noltie), there is a shop with an ancient Egyptian connection, Tut's Nuts: '…when I worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, there was items from the King Tutankhamun's tomb, these olive stones that used to belong to King Tutankhamun, they were now in the collections of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and they were referred to as Tut's Nuts, you see, so that's why that's in there.'
Olivia Lomenech Gill on creating images of fantastic beasts
When she was illustrating Hogwarts Library book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Olivia was keen to work from existing accounts of mythological creatures, or even better, real zoological records. For the Graphorn, she needed inspiration for a beast with very long, sharp horns, four-thumbed feet and an extremely aggressive nature. She based it on the skeleton of a prehistoric quadraped from the Natural History Museum… but added some fangs.
For the huge grey plates of gnarly hide that protect its body, there are words discernible under the subtly purple colouration: 'this one I've approached with a technique I like to use a lot, which is collage, which I use often of old encyclopaedia pages. And I'll paint over them, so you're not really seeing the text particularly, but the charcoal.'
Deciding on a Sorting Hat
The audiobook also contains discussion of several precious documents and illustrations from J.K. Rowling's personal archive, including an early version of the Sorting Hat song. Her brainstorming notes, complete with doodles and scribbles in the margin help us to understand how she finally made a decision on magical school administration.
Alongside the document with the song's lyrics there is also discussion with Joanna Norledge (Lead Curator, Contemporary Literary and Creative Archives) of another sketch of the Sorting Hat itself, very close to how it has been represented in the books and films. As J.K. Rowling described the process of deciding on the Sorting Hat on Pottermore: 'Finally, I wrote a list of the ways in which people can be chosen: eeny meeny miny mo, short straws, chosen by team captains, names out of a hat – names out of a talking hat – putting on a hat – the Sorting Hat.'
This really just scratches the surface of the wealth of material in the nearly twelve hours of the Harry Potter: A History of Magic audiobook. If you have any interest in a scroll that when unfurled is as tall as a giraffe, a 'real' mermaid which might be the upper body of a monkey and lower half of a fish put together, or bones from China that divine the future, never mind the historical forebears of the magic at the heart of the Harry Potter stories – this is for you!
The audiobook is out now and available to buy in the UK here and the US here.


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