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Checkmate (1960-62)
Checkmate was a US series that ran on the CBS network from 1960 to 1962. It was created by Eric Ambler, one of my favourite writers of thrillers and crime/espionage fiction and that in itself is sufficient reason for me to want to give this one a look.
There are a couple of episodes of Checkmate included in one of the Mill Creek boxed sets that I have. Sound and picture quality is, as you'd expect from Mill Creek, deplorable. On the other hand the set includes 150 assorted episodes of crime shows and works out at around 12 cents an episode so it's unreasonable to complain too much.
And one of the two episodes, The Human Touch, guest stars Peter Lorre so that was another major point in its favour straight away.
I enjoyed these two episodes enough to pick up the Best of Checkmate boxed set.
The series centres on the cases undertaken by a very slick up-market firm of private investigators known as Checkmate Inc. The firm basically consists of two private eyes played by Anthony George and an absurdly young Doug McClure along with a psychologist/general-purpose scientific advisor played by Sebastian Cabot (who was quite a fixture on American TV at that time).
The firm is very selective in the cases it takes on. They don't deal with routine investigations like divorce work. The case has to be challenging enough to get them interested and their reputation is such that they can afford to pick and choose their cases. They also tend to specialise in cases where there is a threat of a crime being committed, rather than cases where the crime has already taken place.
While 1950s crime series were pretty much stuck with the very restrictive half-hour format that was standard at that time Checkmate benefits considerably from the more generous one-hour format which is probably one of the series the scripts are a little bit more adventurous.
The scripts are definitely of above average quality and the stories are well thought-out and managing to avoid the more obvious clichés of the genre. Some episodes, such as Laugh Till I Die, take hackneyed themes but give them a new twist. Others, like The Paper Killer which deals with a comic book writer whose most famous fictional hero is apparently trying to kill him, are genuinely original and inventive. Hot Wind in a Cold Town is even better, with an atmosphere of brooding menace and more than a touch of the bizarre.
The series obviously had a certain amount of prestige judging by the galaxy of very big name guest stars who appear.
Don Corey (Anthony George) is the boss while Jed Sills (Doug McClure) provides the muscle and Dr Carl Hyatt (Sebastian Cabot) provides the brains and the scientific knowledge. Corey has the polish needed when dealing with the sorts of clients the company attracts, clients who are usually wealthy and prominent citizens.
While other private eye series at the time focused on the seedy side of city life or on the glamorous world of night-clubs and jazz bars the operatives of Checkmate Inc move in the world of high society and celebrities, a world that of course has its own darker side.
All three leads are very good although Sebastian Cabot does tend to steal most of the scenes in which he appears. The three main characters with their differing areas of expertise provide the balance such a series requires, and all three actors (and McClure and Cabot in particular) have a certain charisma, another essential ingredient for a successful series.
The series ran for two seasons but in the early 60s a season was a lot longer than it is today and a total of no less than seventy episodes were made. Checkmate impressed critics at the time with its intelligence and class and it still impresses today.
The Best of Checkmate boxed set was issued by Timeless Media Group and includes twelve episodes. Picture quality isn't stellar but it's quite acceptable and for the fairly modest price the set offers good value. The entire series is also available on DVD although with a significantly stiffer price tag. Still it's an interesting and original enough program that it's probably worth investing in the complete series sets.
Checkmate is stylish crime television. Highly recommended.
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Labels: 1960s, american tv, crime series, private eyes
The Four Just Men (1959)
The Four Just Men was an ITC series made by Sapphire Films for British TV in 1959. It was inspired by Edgar Wallace's mega-bestselling books featuring the Four Just Men.
Four men who had served together during the war in commando-style operations meet up again a decade and a half later to create an informal international organisation to fight for justice in areas where the police and the law have failed. Ben Manfred (Jack Hawkins) is a British MP, Jeff Ryder (Richard Conte) is a professor of law at Columbia, Tim Collier (Dan Dailey) is a Paris-based American journalist and Rico Poccari (Vittorio de Sica) is the owner of an exclusive hotel in Rome.
Each episode focuses on the activities of one of the four stars. In common with so many British TV series of its era the cast has a transatlantic feel with two Americans and one Briton, although the addition of an Italian is unusual.
It's an idea with potential, but it doesn't quite come off. This is partly because of the half-hour format, which sometimes makes the cases seem a bit trivial, certainly too trivial for such an organisation to take an interest in.
Another problem is that Edgar Wallace's Four Just Men were not private detectives or mere amateur crime-fighters - they were more like vigilantes. Their TV counterparts do at times seem like little more than glorified private detectives. The TV version also lacks some of the edginess of Wallace's. It might be unkind but it would not be entirely inaccurate to call the Four Just Men of the TV series the Four Bleeding Hearts. They seem afraid to get their hands dirty and the stories are somewhat sentimental and predictable. There's no sense of moral ambiguity. These are men who seem to view the world in terms of conventional moral platitudes.
The writing is a little weak also - there's a reluctance to take risks. The tone of the series is unbearably earnest and self-satisfied, reminiscent of the worst excesses of the Hollywood "social problem" movies of that era. The audience cannot be trusted to form their own conclusions - they have to be bludgeoned into accepting the writers' conclusions. The writing is manipulative. It's like being lectured to.
The writing has other blemishes. In The Judge, one of the episodes featuring Richard Conte, we discover that all small-town people are dumb, vicious, small-minded hypocrites and every official in every small town is corrupt. Big city people on the other hand are all honest and fearless crusaders for social justice. In Village of Shame we discover that every single person in France was in the Resistance during the war. Both are irritating examples of lazy writing.
Episodes like Dead Man's Switch are examples of this series at its absolute worst - nauseatingly self-righteous and manipulative to a degree that becomes positively offensive. This is an episode that illustrates the contempt that politically motivated writers so often have for their audience. It treats the viewer like a small child being lectured by Nanny.
On the plus side the series does feature two of my favourite actors, Jack Hawkins and Richard Conte. They both do their best despite the scripts but unfortunately it shows Conte at his worst, smug and irritatingly self-righteous.. Dan Dailey is OK, but Vittorio de Sica is a bit cringe-inducingly earnest.
By the standards of 1959 this was a rather expensive series, which may have been the factor that sealed its fate after a single season. It ruined Sapphire Films, although on the evidence of this series that might not have been a bad thing.
The money spent on the series doesn't really show - it still has the very studio-bound feel we associate with TV of the 50s and 60s.
On the whole this series is a major disappointment. This is not just bad television; it is truly awful television. It proves that even in television's golden age there were still some prize turkeys. Network DVD have done quite a nice job with the DVD release though.
It Takes a Thief (1968-70), season 1
It Takes a Thief was a spy series that ran from 1968 to 1970 on the American ABC network. It follows what was by then a well-established formula for such series that had been lain down by series such as The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and Mission: Impossible.
All three seasons have been released on DVD but at this stage it's the first season I'm concerned with, for the very good reason that it's the only one I've bought so far.
Alexander Mundy (Robert Wagner) is a very successful cat burglar. At least he was very successful until he got caught and found himself facing a very long spell in prison. Not a very pleasant prospect, especially for a thief who had developed a very definite taste for the finer things in life. Then Mundy receives an offer he can't refuse. He can get out of prison, but only on the condition that in future he does his thieving for the US government. One of the major intelligence agencies has decided that such a skillful thief would make a very useful spy.
Being a spy doesn't especially appeal to Mundy but it sure beats sitting in a prison cell.
Noah Bain (Malachi Throne) is the intelligence chief who recruited Mundy and now acts as his controller. Mundy is not the easiest of agents to control, but then Noah Bain is not the easiest of bosses to work for.
The premise of the series means that it is even more rigidly bound to a formula than most spy series. Since Mundy's only secret agent skill is his ability to steal things every episode has to be built around that one skill. In every episode Mundy has to break into, or talk his way into, some very well-protected building of some sort and steal something, or occasionally plant something.
By this time television producers in the US (and to a large extent Britain as well) had arrived at the conclusion that the best way to disguise the fact that all the plots were very similar was to send the hero to exotic locations which would with any luck make the same basic plots seem reasonably fresh. Obviously no television series boasted budgets big enough to fly the cast and crew to actual exotic locations, so the exotic atmosphere was achieved by the judicious use of stock footage, the right kind of set dressing, and supporting players who could assume foreign accents (not always very convincing but convincing enough). Since most of the adventures would take place in mythical countries there was no need to worry too much about making costumes and accents accurate as long as they looked suitably foreign.
It Takes a Thief follows this formula to the letter. While it's certainly not a ground-breaking show it's executed with considerable style and was successful enough to last for three seasons.
In common with so many television series of its era the formula received a minor makeover for the third season, with the departure of Malachi Throne and the introduction of a new hero. The new hero was Alexander Mundy's father Alistair, played by no less a personage than Fred Astaire. The idea was that Alistair would take over the lead role in occasional episodes. Astaire eventually appeared in five episodes. But as I've only seen the first season I'll leave discussion of the later series to another time.
The absolutely crucial ingredient for a series of this type is the right hero played by the right actor and Robert Wagner fills the bill admirably. In some ways Alexander Mundy is an American version of The Saint - a sophisticated playboy type who hasn't always been on the right side of the law but is now one of the good guys. And Wagner's acting style is not wildly dissimilar to Roger Moore's - it's slightly tongue-in-cheek and very smooth and with plenty of charisma. Wagner can't quite match Moore in the charisma department but he's more than adequate.
The most interesting aspect of the series is the relationship between Mundy and his boss Noah Bain. They don't particularly like one another but there's a grudging respect. Wagner and Malachi Throne handle this relationship extremely well, playing off one another very neatly.
Alexander Mundy being something of a playboy it goes without saying that he will have a succession of glamorous female guest stars on whom to exercise his charms. Wagner does this quite adroitly and without becoming irritating.
It Takes a Thief is a triumph of style over substance, but the style is impressive enough and the first season is highly entertaining action adventure television.
It Takes a Thief has been released on DVD in Regions 1, 2 and 4. In Region 1 you can buy the first season on its own (and it can be found at a fairly reasonable price), otherwise you have to buy the complete series package which is a little on the expensive side. In Region 4 you can buy the three seasons individually but all they're all very pricey.
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Labels: 1960s, american tv, spy series
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974-75)
In 1972 Darren McGavin had appeared in a TV movie called The Night Stalker. He played Chicago newspaper reporter Carl Kolchak, who found himself investigating a series of bizarre crimes which he came to believe had supernatural causes. The Night Stalker was followed in 1973 by a second TV movie, The Night Strangler, featuring the same character. The success of the movies led ABC to follow them up with a series, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, which ran during the 1974–1975 season.
Although it only lasted a single season the series soon gained a cult following, a following it retains to this day. The series is seen as being an influence on the supernatural/paranormal science fiction series that would become so popular in the 90s, series like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and, more particularly, The X-Files.
The idea of a TV series dealing with people who encounter strange inexplicable events and then find themselves drawn into a web of paranoia and conspiracy wasn't entirely new. The little-known and very underrated 1965 British TV series Undermind had already explored similar territory, territory British television would revisit in the late 70s with the equally underrated series The Omega Factor. It was however undoubtedly the continued popularity of Kolchak: The Night Stalker in syndication that provided most of the inspiration for series like The X-Files.
While the other series mentioned often offered science fictional explanations for the bizarre events with which they dealt Kolchak: The Night Stalker is more inclined to go for supernatural explanations. It does however have the basic template that made all these series work - one man who has uncovered terrifying truths that no-one in authority wants to acknowledge, a man who must then wage a lone campaign against the evil.
This series' biggest strength is unquestionably Darren McGavin. Casting him as a shabby, down-at-heel, slightly seedy, but very feisty reporter who insists on sticking his nose in where it isn't wanted was the kind of casting that simply couldn't fail. And it didn't. McGavin has a great time and even when the scripts aren't quite up to par his sheer enthusiasm is enough to carry the stories.
The series' biggest weakness is the somewhat uneven quality of the scripts. Some of the stories really haven't been given quite enough thought and at times things are in danger of becoming merely silly. The Werewolf is a good example. A monster running loose on an ocean liner is a promising setup but werewolf stories are difficult to pull off successfully without very good and very expensive make-up effects and the series did not have the necessary budget. It's hampered further by a tired script that has little to offer in the way of imagination. The Spanish Moss Murders is another episode let down by crude make-up effects.
Firefall, The Devil's Platform and Bad Medicine are episodes that show this series at its best, with some genuinely original ideas that provide some real chills. Doppelgangers, politicians relying on black magic to further their careers and an ancient American Indian medicine man trying to accumulate a treasure to work off a tribal curse - these are clever ideas and they're exploited effectively. The Energy Eater is another excellent episode drawing on American Indian legends. Horror in the Heights is a reasonably good story, this time drawing on Hindu legends.
While the series has plenty of humour, with McGavin given the opportunity of demonstrating his adroitness with wise-cracks, the stories themselves are taken fairly seriously. Some stories might have worked better with a more overtly tongue-in-cheek approach, but in 1974 no-one was quite sure how to approach a series of this type.
The paranoia element is also not exploited to the full. Kolchak is constantly frustrated by his inability to convince anyone of the truth of the things he has seen but we don't have the sense that he's actually being menaced or that he's in any real danger. Undermind had already demonstrated that this type of series works more effectively when we feel that the lead character or characters are facing real peril as a result of the knowledge they've uncovered. The X-Files would of course exploit this angle very fully and to good effect but Kolchak misses the boat a little in this respect. We don't even feel that he's in any serious danger of losing his job, much less his life.
On the plus side the series does offer plenty of variety. It's not just a succession of vampire, werewolf and ghost stories. Some of the ideas still seem remarkably fresh and original. Limited budgets and not entirely convincing special effects were always a problem for television series dealing with supernatural and science fiction themes in that era but this series at its best gets around the problem by the time-honoured method of not letting us see the monsters too closely or too often, relying instead on atmosphere and suggestion. The Energy Eater episode is an excellent example of this, with the terror being built up very effectively by showing us the results of the monster's malevolence rather than showing us the monster itself.
On the whole, despite occasional misfires, Kolchak: The Night Stalker is a great deal of fun. The good episodes outnumber the bad ones by a healthy margin and McGavin is delightful. Highly recommended.
Labels: 1970s, american tv, horror, supernatural horror
I've just finished watching Thames Television's 1984 adaptation of John Wyndham's Chocky. This was Wyndham's final science fiction novel.
The TV adaptation was pitched as a children's series but it's one of those rare children's series that is perfectly watchable by adults. Apart from the fact that the central character is a 12-year-old boy it doesn't have much of a children's TV feel.
The premise of both the novel and the series is that Matthew, a 12-year-old boy, suddenly appears to have an imaginary friend named Chocky. Only this imaginary friend may not be imaginary at all. His parents become increasingly worried, especially when a psychiatrist tells them that in his opinion Chocky is most certainly real.
The interest of the story is that it's a kind of science fictional twist on the demonic possession idea, but the real twist is that Chocky really appears to be rather benign. Perhaps even benevolent. Having your son possessed by an alien entity, even an apparently benevolent one, is of course still rather disturbing.
The series benefits from some fine acting. James Hazeldine is particularly good as Matthew's father. His performance is nicely restrained. He's clearly worried about his son but he's also determined not to make the mistake of over-reacting. Carol Drinkwater is also good as Matthew's mother.
Andrew Ellams as Matthew is just right. Matthew is pretty ordinary, apart from the alien possession thing of course. But basically he's an ordinary kid, not at all precocious, and really pretty likeable. Much of the time he was having to do scenes involving interacting with a being that the character could see, but he as an actor could not, Chocky being represented by a special effect added later. That kind of acting is challenging for an experienced actor but Ellams handles it effortlessly.
John Wyndham was probably, of all the great science fiction writers, the most quintessentially English. And also perhaps the most understated. Even in his disaster novels it was his subtle and low-key style that contributed to the impact of his stories. The TV series captures the same sort of feel. Very ordinary English people suddenly confronting something totally inexplicable and terrifying, but dealing with it with quiet courage and resolution. Chocky is the most low-key of all Wyndham's novels but Thames succeeded in turning it into a rather entertaining series. Recommended.
The series was successful enough to spawn two sequels, neither of which I've seen and both of which have a rather poor reputation.
The original series is available on Region 2 DVD on its own and in a boxed set that includes the two sequel series.
Labels: 1980s, british tv, children's television, sci-fi
Supernatural (1977)
Supernatural was a 1977 BBC TV series devised by Robert Muller, who wrote the bulk of the scripts. It lasted for only one season, of eight episodes, and then vanished into obscurity. After having watched a few episodes I can readily understand why it vanished into obscurity.
The idea was quite a good one. An exclusive society, the Club of the Damned, demands an unusual qualification for membership. Prospective members must tell a tale of the supernatural. If the story succeeds in chilling the nerves of the existing membership then the would-be member is admitted. If the story fails to satisfy even one member then not only is membership refused - the prospective member forfeits his life.
Muller's stated intention was to revive the classic gothic tale, relying on atmosphere and ideas rather than blood and gore. He also chose to use period settings rather than to employ the dubious and difficult technique of trying to tell gothic stories in a contemporary setting. Laudable intentions indeed. There are however a few problems.
By 1977 British television series were starting to break out of the studio-bound shackles of the early years of British television. Supernatural is however very studio-bound indeed. The stories often take place in exotic locales. The usual method of dealing with this in 1960s British television was to use some stock footage to set the location and then film everything else in the studio. Supernatural uses a different technique. It uses paintings and camera tricks to evoke its exotic settings. It's an interesting technique that at times works surprisingly well. The fact remains that the series does remain very studio-bound and by the standards of 1977 looks a little old-fashioned. Visually the series could have been filmed a decade earlier.
The limitations of studio shooting could be turned into an asset by an imaginative director and a gothic series might well have benefited from the kind of claustrophobic feel that a good director could achieve in a studio. Supernatural unfortunately often looks merely cheap.
The series certainly had some fine acting talent at its disposal, but even this could at times be a problem, as we shall see.
The first episode, Ghost of Venice, deals with ageing Shakespearian actor Adrian Gall (played by Robert Hardy). He is obsessed with the idea that during a very successful season in Venice some years earlier something was stolen from him. Something very valuable indeed. Oddly enough his wife can remember nothing of any robbery having taken place at the time. Nor can the Prefect of Police in Venice, a kindly man and an old friend of Gall's.
In fact something really was stolen from Gall, but it was not material goods. The difficulty with this script is that the nature of the stolen goods is revealed rather too early, which has the effect of making subsequent events less ambiguous and more predictable than they should be. The other key plot point is also revealed too early. As a result this episode doesn't quite manage to deliver the punch it needed. Robert Hardy was a fine character actor but his performance is allowed to become rather too hammy.
Having said that, Ghost of Venice is still an interesting and original idea even if the execution is not all it might have been.
The Mr Nightingale episode has far bigger problems. Again it's potentially a good idea. Jeremy Brett plays the title character, a rather shy and obviously virginal Englishman lodging with a German family in Hamburg. It's a doppelganger tale, a staple of gothic fiction. Like Ghost of Venice this episode also attempts to bring the gothic tale up to date by adding sex to the mix. Unfortunately this episode's desperate attempt to create an atmosphere of sexual repression is somewhat overdone.
Jeremy Brett's performance can only be described as grotesque. Grotesque, but not in a good way. Brett was always inclined to resort to sceney-chewing and was always at his best when this tendency was kept under a certain amount of control. In this case however he goes completely over the top, and unfortunately he also goes completely off the rails. Lesley-Anne Down also overacts and the combination is not a happy one. The script is all over the place and Brett's wayward performance makes the episode seem more ridiculous than chilling.
Despite my disappointment with the first two episodes I determined to give this series another chance, and Night of the Marionettes certainly marks a distinct improvement. It's a genuinely good idea and this time Muller makes the most it. It is 1882. Howard Lawrence is a scholar who has devoted his career to a study of the lives of Shelley and Byron. He is particularly obsessed by the summer the two poets spent at the Villa Diodati overlooking Lake Geneva. It was there that Byron, Shelley, Mary Godwin (soon to be Mary Shelley) and Dr John Polidori competed in telling ghost stories, as a result of which the 19-year-old Mary Shelley began a novel, the novel being of course Frankenstein.
Howard Lawrence and his wife and his daughter (significantly named Mary) have lodged at a small inn in Switzerland. Lawrence convinces himself that Shelley and his wife stayed at this same inn before travelling on to the Villa Diodati. There are rarely if ever any guests at this inn but the innkeeper makes a living by running a marionette theatre. A very extraordinary marionette theatre. Lawrence and his daughter will witness some very strange events in connection with this theatre, events that will give Lawrence the answer to the literary puzzles that have long obsessed him, but he will pay a high price for the knowledge he gains.
The performances in the marionette theatre, with its sets remarkably reminiscent of German Expressionist films of the 1920s, are effectively creepy and this episode goes on to deliver some genuine chills. Vladek Sheydal is superb as the sinister innkeeper while Pauline Moran is excellent as Mary.
Viktoria (the only episode not written by Muller) has some reasonably good ideas but self-destructs due to its obsession with trying to view Victorian sexuality through the prism of late 1970s feminist wishful thinking. Lady Sybil suffers also from Muller's determination to impose Freudian silliness on the past. On the other hand Dorabella is an effective and atmospheric vampire tale.
Supernatural was an intriguing idea but so far I have to say that it's extremely uneven. It's a series that's not entirely without interest but viewers are advised not to set their expectations too high. The BFI's recent UK DVD release offers decent transfers.
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Labels: 1970s, anthology series, british tv, ghost stories, horror, supernatural horror


Circle K, formerly known in Ireland as Topaz, has invested €3.7 million in a new site on the N7 at Kill north, according to the Irish Times.
It is reported that the Canadian-owned forecourt retailer is expecting the new site to open this week.
Circle K's investment in the new site comes as part of a greater €35 million capital expenditure package that includes three new forecourt sites to open in Wexford, Kildare, and Westmeath next year.
The new N7 site will employ more than 20 people and feature retail brands such as pizza and deli counters, as well as its Cantina chain.
Circle K's CEO, Niall Anderton, expects the site to be the busiest of its 420 sites in Ireland.
Anderton also revealed that the forecourt retailer was about 60% finished with the full rebranding of its network from Topaz, which it began earlier this year.
He said that the group has already observed that the rebranded stores, which were focused in cities and major urban sites initially, have seen higher sales.


Asthma has been studied extensively by Allen (229-230). He explored and discussed the possible relation of monosodium glutamate to asthma, questioned possible links, and explored possible mechanisms underlying a relationship. In a single blind study using 32 subjects with asthma, some of whom had histories of severe asthma after Chinese restaurant or similar meals, he found a dose dependent reaction which in some cases was delayed up to 12 hours (230).
Moneret-Vautrin (231) reported finding a "...very small subset of patients with intrinsic asthma..." with an intolerance to high doses (2.5g) of monosodium glutamate.
From time to time, physicians have reported instances of adverse reactions triggered by MSG. Those reports have generally been ignored by both the glutamate industry and the FDA. But for some reason (which we now believe is tied to industry's dedication to preventing full and clear labeling of MSG) the glutamate industry and the FDA took poorly to Allen's report which included the fact that some of Allen's subjects suffered asthma attacks from .5 grams or less MSG.
In the last 20 years, the glutamate industry has made every attempt to discredit the work of Dr. Allen. Moreover, although the Truth in Labeling Campaign receives letters from persons who claim that they have cleared their asthma problems by avoiding all forms of MSG, there has been little or nothing in the medical literature recently on the subject. We attribute the lack of publication to industry pressure not to publish material describing adverse reactions to MSG.
More on the subject will be found in The Toxicity/Safety of Processed Free Glutamic Acid (MSG): A study in Suppression of Information. Accountability in Research.1999(6):259-310; by A. Samuels.
Our granddaughter has been visiting us for the past month and we made a very large discovery. In the past year she has been having many headaches and was diagnosed by her doctor as having migraines and asthma.
Well, she has been eating barbecue chips and Chef Boyardee canned foods and her headaches have been terrific. Well we went to a Chinese restaurant in Olympia Wa. and she really pigged out. Before we got to the next store, she had a massive h4eadache, and we took her home. As I talked to her after she awoke, she said every day after school she ate barbecue chips and immediately got a headache. So now we know that her allergies are not just allergies that they have tested her for, but MSG. I think her doctor has tested her for the wrong allergens.
Thanks to your link I hope she takes copies to her doctor. Since I took her off all MSG products she has had no headaches. Thank you so much.
Hi, I checked out your website on MSG for the first time today. I have been sick for years and I know that I am sensitive to even the smallest amounts of MSG. I have experienced many of the symptoms you have listed and I have been to many doctors explaining them.
They have also done many tests on me and I have been diagnosed with everything from allergies to anxiety. I have had severe asthma since I was able to understand it was hard to breathe but was not diagnosed until I was at a much later age. It seems even when I was young I was pumped with antibiotics because I was always thought to be sick. Having severe asthma, I was constantly taking all kinds of medication which seemed to make my body more and more dependent on them to be able to breathe. Besides all of that, I always had heart palpitations and many other problems.
When I realized that MSG and aspartame affected me in similar ways, I started to read labels. Then I did some more research on natural forms of MSG because I am very sensitive to tomato sauce. As the years went on I stopped taking things I thought were making me ill and an interesting thing happened, I started getting better. Aside from stopping all medication, I began watching everything I ate and what affect it had on my body. You were right about it taking hours sometimes to get a reaction, this made it harder to determine what the exact thing I ate or medicine I took, that caused a reaction. I do not take any more asthma medication because I think I may have cured myself. I exercise every day to keep my lung capacity good but still have food problems and I'm running out of things I can eat.
In reading your website, I had to wonder if you were a doctor. I am an electronic engineer and I try to find logic in anything that operates and what makes it tick. I never thought I would have to find a logical solution to what makes my own body tick when there are so many intelligent people out there that study the human body. You would think they could have the answer. It would be interesting to try and figure out what I can eat and feel better every day instead of guessing. It's funny how I found the website, I was looking for Olive Garden ingredients and couldn't find any. Then I wanted to see if the Government made any restaurants list MSG in the foods they serve. I was shocked to find out the FDA says MSG is safe! I get very ill every time I eat at certain restaurants, so I add them to my list of places not to eat. The Olive Garden seemed to have a great reputation but I've tried different dishes and always the same result, I get sick hours later.
It gets frustrating when you want to go out to dinner and enjoy yourself, then hours later you think you're having a heart attack, you can't sleep, so you just have to let it get out of your system. I drink lots of water when I feel it coming on but sometimes it's just too much MSG and you feel miserable. You suffer and so does anyone close to you because they can't even imagine what you're going through. They want to take you to the hospital but you know if you go, the doctors may make you sicker. I have been in shock many times and I know many times I have been close to death. Since I was young, I've been going through this and somehow I get through the "spells". When they get really bad, you kind of think you're not going to make it through it. Like I said, I read all the labels but when they don't tell you something, it's frustrating because then you suffer. Hopefully regulations will be put into place if enough people get ill. The more MSG they put into products, the more people will get sick. I'm just afraid that the children that are sensitive to it don't die because KFC, McDonald's, Burger King, etc., all have processed foods that contain MSG.
I found your website very educating, and I think more people should be aware of this danger.
While on a road trip from MI to VT, I had a sudden crash in mood followed by a swooshing sound and a severe headache. As the headache arrived, the mood stabilized. I was used to mood problems since I have been treated for years with antidepressants (and now with mood stabilizers), but this came on very suddenly. This occurred a few times, mostly when we were on the road. Then I started having problems all the time.
I went to the doctor for migraine medications and cried when they gave me a little box good for a total of three migraines. I explained that I was getting them 2-3 times a week. They did not believe me at first, but then gave me more (to shut me up?) Relax. What was worse was that I was feeling really suicidal. It would come and go, often very suddenly. After several blind tests (eat it and see... THEN read the label) I concluded that it was msg... Finally. I studied your site for all of the names of the poison and have worked very hard to keep it out of my diet. I have not had a relapse for over a year now. Occasionally I will have a sudden attack of hopelessness and find myself wondering why people bother to live. Then the swooshing starts and I am relieved to know that it was something I ate.
Interestingly enough, I have a history of SEVERE asthma. I was steroid dependent for five years. I am much better now. A great benefit I got from quitting msg... I lost 30 pounds and it is staying off!
230. Allen, D.H., Delohery, J., & Baker, G.J. Monosodium L-glutamate-induced asthma. Journal of Allergy and ClinicalImmunology 80: No 4, 530-537, 1987.


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Ex-nurse sentenced to probation in patient medication death
RaDonda Vaught listens to proceedings during her sentencing in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, May 13, 2022. Vaught was found guilty in March of criminally negligent homicide and gross neglect of an impaired adult after she accidentally administered the wrong medication. (Nicole Hester/The Tennessean via AP, Pool) Associated Press
People listen to the broadcast of the sentencing hearing for former nurse RaDonda Vaught Friday, May 13, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. Vaught was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of a patient in March after she accidentally administered the wrong medication. Associated Press
RaDonda Vaught reacts to victim impact statements during her sentencing in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, May 13, 2022. Vaught was found guilty in March of criminally negligent homicide and gross neglect of an impaired adult after she accidentally administered the wrong medication. (Nicole Hester/The Tennessean via AP, Pool) Associated Press
People demonstrate outside the courthouse where the sentencing hearing for former nurse RaDonda Vaught is being held Friday, May 13, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. Vaught was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of a patient in March after she accidentally administered the wrong medication. Associated Press
Judge Jennifer Smith listens to proceedings during the sentencing of RaDonda Vaught in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, May 13, 2022. Vaught was found guilty in March of criminally negligent homicide and gross neglect of an impaired adult after she accidentally administered the wrong medication. (Nicole Hester/The Tennessean via AP, Pool) Associated Press
Michael Murphey talks about losing his mother, Charlene Murphey, during the sentencing for RaDonda Vaught in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, May 13, 2022. Vaught was found guilty in March of criminally negligent homicide and gross neglect of an impaired adult after she accidentally administered the wrong medication. (Nicole Hester/The Tennessean via AP, Pool) Associated Press
RaDonda Vaught enters the courtroom ahead of her sentencing in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, May 13, 2022. Vaught was found guilty in March of criminally negligent homicide and gross neglect of an impaired adult after she accidentally administered the wrong medication. (Nicole Hester/The Tennessean via AP, Pool) Associated Press
RaDonda Vaught covers her face in her hands her sentencing in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, May 13, 2022. Vaught was found guilty in March of criminally negligent homicide and gross neglect of an impaired adult after she accidentally administered the wrong medication. (Nicole Hester/The Tennessean via AP, Pool) Associated Press
A woman prays during a demonstration outside the courthouse to a broadcast of the sentencing hearing for former nurse RaDonda Vaught Friday, May 13, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. Vaught was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of a patient in March after she accidentally administered the wrong medication. Associated Press
Demonstrators sit outside the courthouse where the sentencing hearing for former nurse RaDonda Vaught is being held Friday, May 13, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. Vaught was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of a patient in March after she accidentally administered the wrong medication. Associated Press
Demonstrators gather outside the courthouse where the sentencing hearing for former nurse RaDonda Vaught is being held Friday, May 13, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. Vaught was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of a patient in March after she accidentally administered the wrong medication. Associated Press
By TRAVIS LOLLER
Updated 5/13/2022 2:39 PM
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A former Tennessee nurse whose medication error killed a patient was sentenced to three years of probation Friday as hundreds of health care workers rallied outside the courthouse, warning that criminalizing such mistakes will lead to more deaths in hospitals.
A state judge imposed the sentence on RaDonda Vaught after she apologized to relatives of the victim, Charlene Murphey, and said she'll be forever haunted by her mistake. Vaught was found guilty in March of criminally negligent homicide and gross neglect of an impaired adult after she accidentally administered the wrong medication.
Nashville Criminal Court Judge Jennifer Smith said Vaught would receive judicial diversion, a way for first-time offenders to have their charges dropped and their records expunged after successfully completing probation. Prosecutors had argued against diversion, although they were not opposed to probation.
The crowd of nurses outside protesting cheered, cried and hugged after hearing the sentence. The relief came after the health care workers spent hours in the sun and cling onto every word of the judge's lengthy sentencing explanation for several minutes, some linked in a chain with hands locked.
The fact that she faced any criminal penalties at all has become a rallying point for many nurses who were already fed up with poor working conditions exacerbated by the pandemic. The crowd outside listened to the sentencing through loudspeakers and cheered when some of the victim's relatives said they wouldn't want jail time for Vaught.
'œKnowing my mom the way my mom was and stuff, she wouldn't want to see her serve no jail time. That's just Mom. Mom was a very forgiving person,'� Michael Murphey told the court. Charlene Murphey's husband, however, does want her to serve a prison sentence, relatives testified.
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Vaught apologized to the family in court, saying words will never fully express her "remorse and sorrow."
'œI'll be forever haunted by my role in her untimely passing,'� she said. 'œShe did not deserve that.'�
Vaught also apologized that discussion of systemic hospital problems and the danger of criminalizing mistakes by health care workers took some attention away from Charlene Murphey.
'œI'm sorry that this public outpouring of support for me has caused you to continue to live this over and over,'� she told them. 'œNo one has forgotten about your loved one, no one has forgotten about Ms. Murphey. We're all horribly, horribly sorry for what happened.'�
Some health care workers have left bedside nursing for administrative positions, while others quit the profession altogether, saying the risk of going to prison for a mistake has made nursing intolerable. Wearing purple T-shirts reading 'œ#IAmRaDonda'� and 'œSeeking Justice for Nurses and Patients in a BROKEN system," they listened to speeches from other nurses and supporters.
Aleece Ellison traveled from Texas to join them. An emergency room nurse for 14 years, she said she broke down crying when Vaught was found guilty.
'œNever in my 14 years have I felt so helpless,'� she said. 'œThis could be me.'�
Ellison said the outcome could determine whether she stays in nursing. She said she came to Nashville to 'œlet the world know that criminalizing a mistake, an honest mistake, is not a direction we want to go in.'�
Janie Reed, who drove over from Memphis, said she became a nurse practitioner several years ago because 'œbedside was getting dangerous. ... There were never enough nurses."
'œI usually don't do things like this," she said of the protest. "I'm just so passionate about it. Nurses are going to go to jail and more people are going to die because they won't report their errors.'�
Vaught reported her error as soon as she realized what she had done wrong.
Vaught, 38, injected the paralyzing drug vecuronium instead of the sedative Versed into 75-year-old Charlene Murphey on Dec. 26, 2017. Vaught admitted making several errors that led to the fatal injection, but her defense attorney argued that systemic problems at Vanderbilt University Medical Center were at least partly to blame.
The state's expert witness argued at trial that Vaught violated the standard of care expected of nurses. In addition to grabbing the wrong medicine, she failed to read the name of the drug, did not notice a red warning on the top of the medication, and did not stay with the patient to check for an adverse reaction, nurse legal consultant Donna Jones said.
Leanna Craft, a nurse educator at the neurological intensive care unit where Vaught worked, testified that it was common for nurses at that time to override the system to get drugs. The hospital had recently updated an electronic records system, which led to delays in retrieving medications. There was also no scanner in the imaging area for Vaught to scan the medication against the patient's ID bracelet.
The jury found Vaught not guilty of reckless homicide. Criminally negligent homicide was a lesser offense included under the original charge.
Contributors include Associated Press writer Jonathan Mattise in Nashville.
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before I start with the updates... I want to thank everyone who left comments and well wishes in this new venture i'm getting into. don't worry, i definitely want to get my bachelor's degree soon. maybe even online or night classes. but somehow in the back of my mind, i like the Bill Gates kind of background. heh!
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6/18/2007 - the search is over! finally found the place to put up my computer shop.
6/20/2007 - went to Meralco and begudgingly PAID the debts of the previous electrical user. Yes, I will deduct it from rent. Also got Barangay Clearance for my shop.
6/25/2007 - fire extinguisher was finally delivered. Bought materials for the tables. hired some people to make 3 tables plus divider and a signboard. also bought linoleum for my place.. and carried this heavy roll up to the 2nd floor.. with my mom. good thing it's only 13 meters heavy. MOST exhausting day ever! Also went to Zoning Dept.
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6/28/2007 - Bought paint and stuff for my tables. i have decided that the tables should be painted... guess what, PINK! Went back to BIR, finally got my TIN! and yea, they didn't asked for my original birth certificate. how funny is that!?? I'M PEACHY! paid BIR for sole proprietorship fee and OR booklets. Finally got all requirements ready for MERALCO. Paid deposit, will get my electricity in 2-5 days. Hopefully just two!
6/29/2007 - Mom and I bought curtains. Of course, it's PINK! Then realized there's no curtain holders on the place. heh! amazingly funny. Former owner pulled out their aircon from the shop the previous day. And they also took the aircon housing, you know... the railings! Cuz it's theirs. and I'm left with a big hole on my shop. Linoleum was setup, thanks to bestfriend Tekla and Sir Rey. Yes, we carried the big roll from our apartment (2nd flr) to another building towards the 3rd floor. whooo!!! i'm losing weight from the exertion.
6/30/2007 - Bought ready-made table and drawer for myself....plus aircon from SM. Later that afternoon, the pink tables were delivered. Met up with a welder for my aircon housing. He said he'll be back monday to install it. yeah right! Oh! finally got our electricity! thanks to another one contacts of bestfriend in MERALCO. heh! I swear that woman should run as governor. ^_^ Also learned that.. okay breathe.... the room beside MY rented place taps its electricity on mine! wow! how cruel is that? but nope, no one's renting that other place.. but that's just weird. immediately asked for the tap to be disconnected.
7/02/2007 - my personal table and drawer were delivered. I tried to move it around the place by myself.. leaving a LOT of holes in my brand new linoleum. didn't leave house cuz i waited for that welder to install my housing. he texted later that day that he couldn't come in, he'll be installing it TOMORROW.
7/03/2007 - Hah! i got tired all over again from telling all those stuff. anyway.. so now i'm just waiting for my BIR documents, the delivery of my aircon, computers, and STILL waiting for that WELDER to install my housing. it's been two days.. and he's making all the lame excuses to not install it. Grr... he totally ruined my day! he keeps on saying he'll come in soon.. then after hours later of waiting for him, he'll make another excuse. I swear... PEOPLE, don't hire anyone named Arnold. he takes the downpayment... but doesn't have the professionalism to act out his promises. if you can read this Arnold, I hate you right now.
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Stavanger, Norway
January, the same as December, is another cold winter month in Stavanger, Norway, with average temperature fluctuating between 2°C (35.6°F) and 4.2°C (39.6°F). In January, the average high-temperature is practically the same as in December - a still cold 4.2°C (39.6°F). Weather in January »
February, the last month of the winter, in Stavanger, is also a wintry month, with average temperature varying between 1.6°C (34.9°F) and 3.7°C (38.7°F). The coldest month is February, with an average high-temperature of 3.7°C (38.7°F) and an average low-temperature of 1.6°C (34.9°F). Weather in February »
March, the first month of the spring, in Stavanger, is also a wintry month, with average temperature varying between 4.9°C (40.8°F) and 2.7°C (36.9°F). In Stavanger, the average high-temperature is essentially the same as in February - a still cold 4.9°C (40.8°F). Weather in March »
April is a chilly spring month in Stavanger, Norway, with temperature in the range of an average low of 5.2°C (41.4°F) and an average high of 8°C (46.4°F). In Stavanger, the average high-temperature in April slightly increases, from a wintry 4.9°C (40.8°F) in March, to a frosty 8°C (46.4°F). Weather in April »
The last month of the spring, May, is a fresh month in Stavanger, Norway, with average temperature varying between 7.8°C (46°F) and 10.5°C (50.9°F). In Stavanger, the average high-temperature is practically the same as in April - a cool 10.5°C (50.9°F). Weather in May »
June, the first month of the summer, in Stavanger, is a moderate month, with average temperature ranging between min 10.8°C (51.4°F) and max 13.6°C (56.5°F). In Stavanger, the average high-temperature slightly increases, from a cool 10.5°C (50.9°F) in May, to a moderate 13.6°C (56.5°F). Weather in June »
July, the same as June, in Stavanger, Norway, is another mild summer month, with average temperature fluctuating between 13.3°C (55.9°F) and 15.8°C (60.4°F). In Stavanger, the average high-temperature is essentially the same as in June - a still mild 15.8°C (60.4°F). Weather in July »
August, the last month of the summer, in Stavanger, is a comfortable month, with average temperature fluctuating between 16.3°C (61.3°F) and 14°C (57.2°F). With an average high-temperature of 16.3°C (61.3°F) and an average low-temperature of 14°C (57.2°F), August is the warmest month. Weather in August »
The first month of the autumn, September, is also a moderate month in Stavanger, Norway, with average temperature varying between 12.2°C (54°F) and 14.4°C (57.9°F). In September, the average high-temperature is relatively the same as in August - a moderate 14.4°C (57.9°F). Weather in September »
October, the same as September, is another fresh autumn month in Stavanger, Norway, with average temperature fluctuating between 8.8°C (47.8°F) and 10.9°C (51.6°F). In October, the average high-temperature slightly decreases, from a moderate 14.4°C (57.9°F) in September, to a fresh 10.9°C (51.6°F). Weather in October »
November, the last month of the autumn, in Stavanger, is also a frosty month, with temperature in the range of an average high of 7.9°C (46.2°F) and an average low of 6.1°C (43°F). In Stavanger, the average high-temperature marginally drops, from a fresh 10.9°C (51.6°F) in October, to a chilly 7.9°C (46.2°F). Weather in November »
The first month of the winter, December, is also a wintry month in Stavanger, Norway, with average temperature fluctuating between 3.4°C (38.1°F) and 5.6°C (42.1°F). In Stavanger, the average high-temperature is practically the same as in November - a wintry 5.6°C (42.1°F). Weather in December »
How many days does it rain in Stavanger?
In Stavanger, Norway, during the entire year, the rain falls for 210.4 days and collects up to 1002mm (39.45") of precipitation.
When does it snow in Stavanger?
January through April, November and December are months with snowfall.
How many days does it snow in Stavanger?
Throughout the year, in Stavanger, there are 17.8 snowfall days, and 115mm (4.53") of snow is accumulated.
What are the months with the lowest UV index in Stavanger?
Months with the lowest UV index in Stavanger are January through March, November and December, with an average maximum UV index of 2.
What is the coldest month in Stavanger?
The coldest month in Stavanger, Norway, is February, with an average high-temperature of 3.7°C (38.7°F) and an average low-temperature of 1.6°C (34.9°F).
What is the snowiest month in Stavanger?
March is the month with the most snowfall in Stavanger, Norway. Snow falls for 3.8 days and accumulates 30mm (1.18") of snow.
What month is the sea coldest in Stavanger?
With an average sea temperature of 4.6°C (40.3°F), March is the month with the coldest seawater in Stavanger, Norway.
When it does not snow in Stavanger?
In Stavanger snow does not fall in May through October.
What are the months with the highest UV index in Stavanger?
Months with the highest UV index are May through August, with an average maximum UV index of 4.
What is the driest month in Stavanger?
The month with the least rainfall in Stavanger, Norway, is June when the rain falls for 13.3 days and typically collects 43mm (1.69") of precipitation.
When are the longest days in Stavanger?
With an average of 18.4h of daylight, June has the longest days of the year in Stavanger, Norway.
What month has the most sunshine in Stavanger?
The month with the most sunshine in Stavanger is June, with an average of 10.1h of sunshine.
What is the most humid month in Stavanger?
With an average relative humidity of 81%, July is the most humid month.
What is the warmest month in Stavanger?
August is the warmest month, with an average high-temperature of 16.3°C (61.3°F) and an average low-temperature of 14°C (57.2°F).
What month is the sea warmest in Stavanger?
With an average sea temperature of 16.8°C (62.2°F), August is the month with the warmest seawater in Stavanger, Norway.
What is the least humid month in Stavanger?
Months with the lowest humidity are October and November, with an average relative humidity of 76%.
What is the rainiest month in Stavanger?
The month with the most rainfall in Stavanger is December when the rain falls for 21.5 days and typically aggregates up to 130mm (5.12") of precipitation.
What is the month with the shortest days in Stavanger?
The month with the shortest days in Stavanger is December, with an average of 6.3h of daylight.
What is the month with the least sunshine in Stavanger?
With an average of 2.5h of sunshine, December has the least sunshine of the year in Stavanger, Norway.
The month with the lowest average high temperature is February (3.7°C).
The month with the highest average low temperature is August (14°C).
The coldest month (with the lowest average low temperature) is February (1.6°C).
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The month with the highest atmospheric pressure is May (1015mbar).
The month with the lowest atmospheric pressure is December (1006.7mbar).
The windiest month (with the highest average wind speed) is January (27.4km/h).
The calmest months (with the lowest average wind speed) are June and July (17.2km/h).
The month with the highest relative humidity is July (81%).
Months with the lowest relative humidity are October and November (76%).
The wettest month (with the highest rainfall) is December (130mm).
The driest month (with the least rainfall) is June (43mm).
The month with the least rainy days is June (13.3 days).
The month with the highest snowfall is March (30mm).
Months with the least snowfall are May, June, July, August, September and October (0mm).
Months with the least snowfall days are June, July, August and September (0 days).
The best month for swimming (with the highest average sea temperature) is August (16.8°C).
The coldest month (with the lowest average sea temperature) is March (4.6°C).
The month with the most sunshine is June (Average sunshine: 10.1h).
The month with the least sunshine is December (Average sunshine: 2.5h).
The month with the most sunshine days is June (14.4 days).
Months with the highest UV index are May, June, July and August (UV index 4).
Months with the lowest UV index are January, February, March, November and December (UV index 2).
The month with the most cloud cover is December (Cloud cover 64).
The month with the least cloud cover is May (Cloud cover 44).
Months with the highest visibility are April, May, June, July, August and September (10km).
Months with the lowest visibility are January, February, March, October, November and December (9km).
The month with the least rainfall in Stavanger, Norway, is June when the rain falls for 13.3 days and typically collects 43mm (1.69") of precipitation. The month with the most rainfall in Stavanger is December when the rain falls for 21.5 days and typically aggregates up to 130mm (5.12") of precipitation. [1575855]


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Q: The generators of the group $\langle\mathbb{Z}_n,\oplus\rangle$ are all $g \in \mathbb{Z}_n $ for which $\gcd(g,n)=1$ I'm trying to find a proof of this:

The group  $\langle\mathbb{Z}_n,\oplus\rangle$ is cyclic for every $n$, where $1$ is a generator. The generators of the group $\langle\mathbb{Z}_n,\oplus\rangle$ are all $g \in \mathbb{Z}_n $ for which $\gcd(g,n)=1$, as the reader can prove as an exercise.

It is perfectly clear that $1$ generates all $\mathbb{Z}_n$, but I can't get myself to understand the second part or find a way to prove it. Thanks.

A: Hint:
Use Bézout's identity to prove that if $\,\gcd(g,n)=1$, $1$ can be obtained as a multiple of $g$ (in $\mathbf Z_n$).

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U.S. Corporations Should Ask Boy Scouts: Why Are Nonreligious Boys Still Unwelcome?
July 14, 2015 /in Press Release /by Marc Kreidler
Washington, D.C. – Following the vote Monday by the Boy Scouts of America to end its ban on gay leaders, a group of secular Americans has a message for the the corporations that stopped funding BSA due to their biases: do not donate again until everyone is welcome in the Boy Scouts.
While removing the barrier for gay leaders is an extremely welcome change, the Boy Scouts' longstanding ban on non-believers and the nonreligious in their scouting ranks and as adult leaders is still in full force.
The Openly Secular campaign asks the Boy Scouts to reconsider this policy and examine its underlying biases, and it calls upon U.S. corporations to hold back support until the nonreligious are treated fairly.
"By refusing to allow atheists and other nonreligious people to participate in their programs, the Boy Scouts of America sends the discriminatory message that one cannot be moral without religious belief," said Todd Stiefel, chair of Openly Secular. "The bylaws and policies of the Boy Scouts state that a belief in God is foundational to becoming 'the best kind of citizen', suggesting that secular boys and leaders are deficient in some way. This is an incoherent position in a country founded on religious freedom. The best citizens respect the freedom of conscience for us all."
Major corporations, such as Intel and Disney, had pulled their support for the Boy Scouts due to its anti-gay policies. Openly Secular asks that before support is reinstated, these companies consider the plight of boys from nonreligious families who have been similarly blocked from participation.
"In formal letters we will be asking corporations that so effectively stood for gay acceptance to also help break down the stigma the Boy Scouts have attached to good, upstanding, non-believing boys who would be scouts and adults who would be leaders," said Stiefel.
According to the latest polls 23 percent of Americans say they have no religious affiliation and over a third of Millennials reject religion. A significant proportion of the nonreligious say they have no belief in God. Yet boys from millions of these American families are being denied the opportunity to join a scouting troop unless they lie about the true nature of their belief. How is that a lesson in honor?
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A company, regardless of its size, with a tarnished reputation will surely suffer from plunging sales and a diminishing clientele. Nobody would want to purchase or get service from a company which people dislike or are saying bad things about. In today's modern society where everything is instant, including the sharing of information is crucial and it is important for companies to protect their own reputation.
A growing number of customers are searching online before they purchase or pay for anything. Online recommendations can promote your business while online complaints can put your company in a bad light. People can complain on various platforms such as Twitter and Facebook and can discourage a lot of people from visiting your site. It is necessary for everyone to get information about reputation management.
How can one protect the company's online reputation?
Be active on social media. The presence of social media has risen in the last few years and more people are noticing this now. An online media presence, whether for a local business or a multinational company, is necessary in today's society. Do not make the mistake of treating social media as a one-way conversation. You would not want to be one of the companies customers complain about for not paying attention to them or replying to their queries. Social media is a chance for discussion, so engage with your customers.
Do not ignore criticism or be hostile to it. Treat criticism as a chance for improvement. Yes, it is inevitable that you will get negative responses at times. No matter how great the temptation is, do not delete them. This will only upset people further. Understand what the customer is saying and evaluate your business or product and check of there is any way you can further improve it to make your customers happy.
Be mindful of your language. This is especially important when using Twitter. You only have 140 characters to express or convey your message so you have to be sure that you use these 140 characters well. Be brief but be concise and choose the appropriate words. If possible, have someone look at your message first and ask them what they think of it and compare if it matches with what you really want to say.
Ask for feedback. People who use your products or pay for your services will inevitably talk about it online with other people. More people today are relying on online reviews and it is actually a good thing to encourage them. After all, word-of-mouth is the best advertising any business can have, and the best thing about it is you can get it for free. No need to pay a single shilling. Ask your customers to leave feedback on your site or on other people's sites.
Building your brand and online reputation can feel like an uphill bottle but it is something which is worth investing your time and money in because it will bring about all the desired results for your business.


[S2075] 1880 US Census, Montana, Missoula, Bitter Root Valley, Enum. Dist. 24, page 21.
[S2439] 1920 US Census, Idaho, Latah, Palouse, District 115.
[S2440] 1930 US Census, Washington, Whitman, Pullman, District 67.
[S2530] Idaho Marriages, 1842-1996, www.ancestry.com.


1An unprincipled person (often used humorously or affectionately).
2archaic (in Calvinism) a sinner who is not of the elect and is predestined to damnation.
2archaic (in Calvinism) predestined to damnation.
Express or feel disapproval of.
Late Middle English (as a verb): from Latin reprobat- 'disapproved', from the verb reprobare, from re- (expressing reversal) + probare 'approve'.


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Mrs Englert delivered her pregnancy news to her mother on Valentine's Day, suggesting her baby is due this October.


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Under Siege 2 (1995)
Directed by: Geoff Murphy
Starring: Eric Bogosian, Everett McGill, Katherine Heigl, Steven Seagal
Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller
All mistakes 3 audio problems1 character mistake13 continuity mistakes1 deliberate mistake6 factual errors6 other mistakes3 plot holes6 revealing mistakes3 visible crew/equipment mistakes Order by popularity Order chronologically Suggested corrections Titles starting with U
Continuity mistake: When Travis Dane went on the computer to switch tracks to begin the course for the head-on collision, the monitor displays the green trail swapping from the upper track to the lower track. In the next scene where you see the train passing over the switch track, it went on the upper track.
Continuity mistake: When Casey Ryback is heading towards the start of the train, Penn asks his henchman to check the roof of the carriage. In the first shot a man gets up off his seat and another one takes his place. In the second shot when the man is outside making his way onto the roof, you can clearly see that the other man has not moved from his position, let alone taken his place.
Revealing mistake: Look for the blatantly awful special effects when the main bad guy is falling into the flames.
Continuity mistake: This happens when they stop the train in order to get the CD that was confiscated by Steven Seagal. A moment or two after the train comes to a complete stop, Travis Dane explains how important the disc is - if you look behind him you can see the scenery outside the window still moving very quickly.
Audio problem: At the beginning of the movie, the terrorists start take over the train, Ryback beats up a terrorist and throws him out of the train then some guy says something into the radio like, "we got one casualty", his mouth doesn't match what he's saying.
Revealing mistake: When Ryback is fighting the grey-haired bad guy in the kitchen, the bad guy is losing and spots a meat cleaver on the counter. When he quickly picks it up, holding it at head level, you can see the cleaver blade wobbling from side to side. An obvious rubber prop.
Factual error: The film's plot violates the third of the Ten Immutable Laws of Security by Scott Culp. The premise of the law is: When one has physical access to a computer system, given enough time, he can take over the system. In the film, the reverse happens: Dane takes over an ATAC site remotely while people inside (who have complete physical access) cannot do anything to wrest the control back. In the real world, it is usually possible to simply cut the connection cable or antenna and take control back. (Even Windows XP and later have such simple lockdown provisions as part of Windows Firewall.) After the lockdown, the passcodes can be changed and other measures taken.
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Suggested correction: They don't have physical access to the satellite. It is in orbit, it is impossible to have physical access unless they had someone on the satellite.
That would be a plausible explanation, had it been in the film. But in the film, Dane hacked into ATAC system, not the satellite. That's how he implemented bogus satellites.
You also have to remember Dane designed and wrote the software that ATAC is using. He may have written in access stuff that can't be disabled. So they couldn't have disconnected the building and gotten back control of their systems. There is no way that they could have gotten back control of their satellite.
An yet, the exact opposite happened at the end of the film: Ryback shot Dane's laptop, severing his persistent remote connection. Immediately, ATAC personnel regained control of the satellite. It appears you're smarter than the filmmakers and would make a better film if you tried. But it also appears that they've made not one but several mistakes here.
Plot hole: At the end of the movie once Ryback and the others take over the helicopter, Ryback calls in to ATAC to let them know the hostages were OK. How did he manage to do this? He didn't know where Admiral Bates and his people would be, only that he was able to send his fax message to his cafe, which still had no idea if his message got to Bates at all. It also begs the question how Ryback could turn a dial on a radio and magically call in to a top secret military facility that he didn't even know about.
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Revealing mistake: Before Trillings and Gilder enter their passcode for the first time at ATAC there's a screen showing the codes already entered and the transfer completed before they've typed anything.
Continuity mistake: Admiral Bates has different ribbons from the first movie to this one. Not only does he have at least five additional ribbons (which is possible), but certain awards have disappeared altogether.
Factual error: Several of the Navy Officers seen throughout the movie, including Admiral Bates have some of their ribbons in the wrong order, to include the marksmanship ribbon and Kosovo.
Revealing mistake: When Bobby opens the door to grab the CD from the computer look at his right hand, he already has the CD before he's taken it out of the computer.
Continuity mistake: When Captain Trilling enters the room where Captain Gilder is waiting for him, she says "Have some champagne, Captain Trilling." When she says this, she has the wine glass in her right hand. A split second later, as Captain Trilling gets close to her, she has changed the glass to her left hand. There was not enough time for her to do that, especially lying on her side like she was.
Continuity mistake: When they decide to use the second Pegasus missile, the guy with the glasses says that they still have eight possibilities left. The Admiral tells him to pick one. He is about to pick Delta, then switches to Kappa. In a previous shot that shows the large screen with all of the remaining satellites, when the guy said that there were still eight left, the Kappa satellite is not there.
Character mistake: After Ryback was allegedly killed, Penn claims "we got him, but the SOB killed six men." Penn would not have known this, as he was with Dane the whole time preoccupied with Dane and his plans - he was nowhere near all the killings done by Ryback and never checked with his men at the time who was still accounted for. Also, it appears Ryback killed much more than just six by then anyway.
Visible crew/equipment: When the bad guys steal the helicopters and take off you can see the blades spinning at the top of the frame from the camera chopper during the wide shot of the other two choppers.
Other mistake: After Dane says to Penn "They'd shoot all the hostages", he says something additional but there is no sound - just his mouth moving from the side view as the camera pans to Penn's face.
Factual error: The terrorists supposedly stole the helicopters from a fictitious National Guard Base near Leadville Co. (No such base exists), but when they take off in the helicopters you can see the eastern slope of Pikes Peak in the background. Indicating that the helicopters are taking off from an airport just east of Colorado Springs.
Other mistake: When Ryback enters the locomotive to search for a working radio (which he finds cut), he grabs one of the terrorists who wanders in, presses the gun to his neck, and shoots. As the guy falls away, you can see that he has no bullet hole in his neck. At such close range, all of the damage that it caused would be unmissable.
Continuity mistake: The 2 captains are thrown out of the train into the river under the bridge. Later on, when the shooting starts in the hostage's cars, they're back and one captain is shielding the other.
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Sarah Ryback: You take one more step and I'm dropping this grenade.
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Sarah Ryback: You take one more step and I'm dropping this grenade.Travis Dane: Ok... then drop it.
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Totally Games — компания-разработчик компьютерных игр. Компания образована в 1980-х годах, зарегистрирована в качестве корпорации в 1994 году Лоуренсом Холландом. Штаб-квартира находится в городе Новато, округ Марин, Калифорния.

Издателем едва ли не всех разработок Totally Games является LucasArts.

Разработанные игры
 1988 — Battlehawks 1942
 1989 — Their Finest Hour: Battle of Britain
 1991 — Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe
 1993 — Star Wars: X-Wing
 1994 — Star Wars: TIE Fighter
 1997 — Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter
 1998 — Star Wars: X-Wing Collector's Series
 1999 — Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance
 2000 — Star Wars: X-Wing Trilogy
 2002 — Star Trek: Bridge Commander
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Keeping the Faith (2000)

reviewed by
Ross Anthony

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Keeping the Faith

By Ross Anthony

We all love Ben Stiller of "Something About Mary." And Ed Norton has
certainly become a well respected actor of recent time. (He's directing this
picture, by the way.) And who could resist the sexy tomboy Jenna Elfman
(Greg's Dharma)? But there's something about this reasonably funny film
"Keeping the Faith" that leaves a lingering doubt.

For sure the premise is devilishly sweet. Three best friends from childhood:
one becomes a priest (Norton), the other a rabbi (take a guess), the third
an aggressive high-powered business consultant (Elfman). Best buddies as
they worship the big guy, Norton and Stiller are altar-cowboys, inspiring
their respective New York congregations with refreshing zeal and silliness,
but not without a whole heart full of sincerity. This is where the film
radiates. Their friendship, confidence, love, and faith is expressed in a
wonderfully real, non-traditional, humorous, near-MTV, open/honest way. One
Santana-slick scene preaches this message without a spoken word: collar-clad
Norton and yarmulke-topped Stiller saunter down the streets of New York in
variable-slow-mo, donning leather jackets and dark sunglasses as they smile
and great passers-by. You'll love this sequence.

Enter Elfman. After having moved out of the neighborhood at age 13, the
alluring Elfman becomes hesitantly pursued by our two holy men - in a
lightly romantic-comedic, yet forbidden kind of way. This is where the doubt
slips in. The three are great performers, but there's an ever-so subtle
chemistry imbalance. The rapport between Norton and Stiller is so fresh and
exciting and honest - the film slides a baby step backwards in focusing on
Elfman and lover. The trio tangos for position, juggling dedication with
desire and comedy. Don't get me wrong, it's still entertaining ... it's just
that the meaty original story of the hip rabbi and priest simmers on the
back burner as the soapy love triangle bit occupies the screen. Norton's
character puts it aptly, "I feel like I'm in a Spelling TV series ...
'Melrose Priest.'"

Notable other points of remark: The opening five minutes is flatly lame (but
is over soon enough). Norton does a great Rainman impersonation. In smaller
roles, Milos Forman is awesome as elder confidant to Stiller, while Don the
Karaoke salesguy (Ken Leung) is over-the-top hilarious, stealing the screen
from the two top names in his brief appearance as he nails down one of the
films funniest, most memorable moments. I predict we'll see more of him in
the future.

Just a popcorn kernel short of an "A-", you won't have a bad time, but you
probably won't remember this film past Easter/Passover either.

Keeping the Faith. Copyright © 2000. Rated PG-13.
Starring Ben Stiller, Edward Norton, Jenna Elfman, Anne Bancroft, Eli
Wallach, Ron Rifkin, Milos Forman, Holland Taylor, Lisa Edelstein, Rena
Sofer and Ken Leung.
Directed by Edward Norton.
Written by Stuart Blumberg.
Produced by Hawk Koch, Edward Norton and Stuart Blumberg at
Touchstone/Spyglass.

Grade..........................B+

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