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Social Media Is Amplifying Trump's Rants and Disinformation More Than Ever—Can Society Protect Itself?
As 2020 approaches, a look at disinformation trends, who's susceptible, and the Democratic Party's countermeasures.
Steven Rosenfeld
Facebook will leave up political ads containing lies if they are posted by candidates. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
As 2020 nears, disinformation—intentionally false political propaganda—is increasing and getting nastier. Central to this disturbing trend is President Trump, whose re-election campaign and allies revel in mixing selected truths, half-truths, knowing distortions and outright lies, especially with messaging sent and seen online.
Trump's rants about impeachment, Ukraine, the Bidens, Nancy Pelosi, the media, and any opponent abound: On Twitter, in statements to the press, at rallies, he sets the angry tone. His White House staff, right-wing media, 2020 campaign and surrogates embellish his cues. Hovering above this cultivated chaos is a larger goal, propaganda experts say, to create an omnipresent information operation driving news narratives.
Thanks to Trump, Americans have been subjected to a crash course in propaganda. When Russia used similar tactics in the West in recent years, its goals were to increase polarization, destabilize society, and undermine faith in democratic institutions, as noted in a 2019 report by Stanford University's Cyber Policy Center. When Trump and his supporters propagandize, it is to assert themselves, smear critics and rivals, and manipulate "unwitting Americans," according to NYU's Stern Center for Business and Human Rights.
With the continuing rise of online media, there is no end in sight to the trend of escalating disinformation. Platforms like Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Twitter are the most direct way to target and reach any voter. They share an architecture built to elevate, spread, and track provocative content—designed to push impulse sales. When used by political operatives, these tools favor inflammatory material and its most aggressive purveyors, namely figures like Trump and the messaging that promotes him.
Today's presidential campaigns, led by Trump, are spending more online than on television, exacerbating disinformation's spread. Making matters worse is that the biggest online platforms, led by Facebook and YouTube, have inconsistent standards on blocking ads containing clear lies.
Facebook will leave up political ads containing lies if they are posted by candidates. Google says it will not post dishonest ads, but ads with false claims have stayed up. Twitter will not sell political ads after this fall, but Trump's tweets violating its rules banning abusive content will remain. In contrast, many television and cable networks won't run the same ads. (Fox News is an exception, as its clips continue to be edited in ways that mangle the speech of Trump critics like Pelosi. His most loyal base watches Fox.)
But there's more going on than pro-Trump forces creating ugly content that plays to partisan bias and goes viral online. Because online media platforms spy on and deeply profile every user—so their advertisers can find audiences—Trump's campaign has used online advertising data and tools to find traumatized people and target them with intentionally provocative fear-based messages. (Its merchandise sales have similar goals.)
"This isn't about public relations. It isn't about online advertising. This is about information warfare," said Dr. Emma L. Briant. The British academic and propaganda expert has documented how U.S. and UK spy agencies, militaries and contractors developed, tested and used such behavioral modification tactics—exploiting online platforms—in national elections in the U.S., in the UK, and overseas.
Briant has detailed how Trump's 2016 campaign used personality profiles of voters (derived from Facebook data stolen) to identify anxious and insecure individuals in swing states. They were sent Facebook ads, YouTube videos, Instagram memes (photos or cartoonish images with mocking text) and Twitter posts to encourage or discourage voting. Her new book describes this effort amid a growing global influence industry.
"They were targeting people who are the most fearful in our society," Briant said. "They were deliberately trying to find those people and send them messages, and measuring how much they would be scared by it… We are pretending that this is advertising for the modern day. It actually is a hybrid system that has fused intelligence operations with public relations."
What Briant described about 2016 has only deepened in 2019 as more of our lives are lived and traceable online. Internet privacy has largely vanished. Digital devices record and share ever more revealing details with marketers. What worries Briant are not the sizeable numbers of people who can and will ignore propaganda screeds, but those individuals who are susceptible to the politics of blame and grievance and who might heed dark cues—such as white supremacists, whose leafleting has increased, or people taking guns to the polls.
The Democrats have not yet joined a 2020 disinformation arms race. Some media analysts have suggested that they must do so to effectively compete with Trump, especially on Facebook where the audience is now trending older and more pro-GOP than it was in 2016 (as younger people have moved to other socializing apps, including Facebook-owned Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger).
One leading Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA, has gone beyond criticizing Facebook's recent policy to leave up demonstrably false political ads. Warren posted her own false ad—saying that Facebook has endorsed Trump—to underline her point: that online media operates under looser standards than TV.
More widely, Democrats have turned to new tools and tactics to detect and to counter false online narratives—without embracing Trump's playbook. These higher-minded tools are being used by groups like Black Lives Matter to identify, trace and respond to attacks in real time. Top party officials also believe that they can draw on the relationships between Democrats across the nation with voters in swing states to counter pro-GOP propaganda.
Whether the Democrats' countermeasures will work in 2020 is an open question. But it is possible to trace how propaganda has grown in recent months. The formats and shapes are not a mystery; the disinformative content is a mix of online social media posts, personas and groups, memes, tweets and videos—real and forged—that feed off and often distort the news that appears on television. Like Trump's media presence, this noise is unavoidable.
New Propaganda Pathways
Today's disinformation, and what will likely appear next year, is not going to be an exact replica of 2016's provocations—whether by any candidate, allied campaigns or even foreign governments.
In September, NYU's Stern Center issued a report predicting the "forms and sources of disinformation likely to play a role during the [2020] presidential election." Domestic, not foreign, "malign content" would dominate, it said, citing the growth of domestic consultants selling disinformation services. The Center predicted that faked videos, memes, and false voice mails (sent over encrypted services such as WhatsApp) would be the most likely pathways. Increasingly, this content has more visual elements. Reports of disinformation tactics recently used abroad affirm this forecast and add other details, such as programs that "emulate human conversation" or "outsourcing" efforts to local groups, including activists who may be unaware of their role. (Also domestically, right-wing think tanks are creating "faux-local websites" posing as regional news outlets.)
The Center's 2020 list contrasts with 2016's avenues, which, in addition to right-wing media epicenters such as Breitbart and Fox News, were dominated by Facebook's pages, groups and posts, by Instagram's images and memes, and by tweets on Twitter, including those that were robotically amplified. The Center also distinguishes between disinformation, which is knowingly false, and misinformation, which involves mistaken but still inaccurate narratives.
For the public, these distinctions may not matter. As a German Marshall Fund analysis of Russian "information manipulation" has noted, a lot of its disinformation "is not, strictly speaking, 'fake news' [overt lies]. Instead it is a mixture of half-truths and selected truths, often filtered through a deeply cynical and conspiratorial world view." Examples of intentional but nuanced distortions have already surfaced in 2019. As one might expect, Trump's allies began with his potential 2020 rivals. They smeared his opponents as part of an overall effort to rev up their base, start fundraising and shape first impressions.
Before former Vice President Joe Biden announced his bid, the most-visited website about his 2020 candidacy was put up by Trump's supporters to mock him. Made-up sexual assault allegations were thrown at South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who is gay. Donald Trump Jr. asked if California Sen. Kamala Harris was really an "American black."
By fall, a story Elizabeth Warren told (about how "her 1971 pregnancy caused the 22-year-old to be 'shown the door' as a public-school teacher in New Jersey… [leading to] an unwanted career change that put her on the path to law school and public life") was smeared in a "narrowly factual and still plenty unfair" way, the Washington Post's media columnist said, in a piece that noted "how poisoned the media world is."
All these online attacks were just early salvos in a deepening information war where appearances can be deceiving, information may be false, and much of the public may not know the difference—or care. That last point was underscored by another trend: the appearance of faked videos.
A high-profile example of this troubling trend was the posting of videos on social media last spring that made Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi appear to be drunk. The doctored footage came from a speech in Washington. The videos, called "cheapfakes," raced through right-wing media. Few questions were asked about their origin. They were presented and apparently believed. One version pushed by a right-wing website garnered a purported 2 million views, 45,000 shares and 23,000 comments. Trump tweeted about the fake videos, which had appeared on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. After protests, Facebook labeled the videos false and lowered their profile. YouTube removed them. But Twitter let them stand.
While those viewer numbers might be inflated, that caveat misses a larger point. Online propaganda is becoming increasingly visual, whether crass memes or forged videos. Apparently, enough Trump supporters reacted to the doctored videos that Fox News revived the format in mid-October. After Pelosi's confrontation with Trump at the White House on October 17, Fox Business News edited a clip to deliberately slur her voice—which the president predictably tweeted. (This is propaganda, not journalism.)
NYU's Stern Center report forecast that doctored videos were likely to resurface just before 2020's Election Day when "damage would be irreparable." That prediction is supported by evidence in this fall's upcoming elections. In Houston's November 5 mayoral election, a conservative candidate known for flashy media tactics used an apparently faked video in a 30-second ad to smear the incumbent by alleging scandalous ethics.
The Pelosi videos are hardly the only distorted narrative pushed by the GOP in 2019. By August, the Washington Post reported that Trump had made more than 12,000 false or misleading claims in office. One narrative concerned Ukraine and the Bidens—the former vice president and his son Hunter Biden.
The same right-wing non-profit that had tarred Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation in 2015 was pushing a conspiracy about the Bidens and Ukraine. Four years ago, it prompted the New York Times to investigate a uranium deal with Russians that "enabled Clinton opponents to frame her as greedy and corrupt," as the New Yorker's Jane Mayer reported. The Ukraine accusations had not gained much traction in mainstream media, although right-wing coverage had captivated Trump. In July, he pressed Ukraine's president to go after Biden if Ukraine wanted military aid.
That now-notorious phone call, in addition to provoking an impeachment inquiry, has ended any pretense of partisan restraint. Subsequently, the Trump campaign has put out a knowingly false video on Facebook saying "that Mr. Biden had offered Ukraine $1 billion in aid if it killed an investigation into a company tied to his son," as the New York Times put it. That video was seen 5 million times.
But pro-Trump propaganda had already been escalating. In recent months, the ante kept rising, with the use of other tools and tactics. Some were insidious but transparent. Some were clear hyperbole. But others were harder to trace and pin down.
In July, Trump brought right-wing media producers to the White House to laud their creation and promotion of conspiratorial and false content. "The crap you think of is unbelievable," Trump said. Afterward, some attendees began attacking reporters who are critical in their coverage of the administration, personalizing Trump's war on the press. (In October, one attendee recycled a video mash-up he made last year that depicted a fake Trump killing his critics, including reporters, for a GOP forum at a Trump-owned Florida hotel.)
Fabricated Concern
The rampaging president video drew coverage and was seen as another sign of our times. But less transparent forms of disinformation also appeared to be resurfacing in 2019, including harder-to-trace tools that amplify narratives.
In the second 2020 Democratic presidential candidate debate, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-HI, went after California Sen. Kamala Harris. Social media lit up with posts about the attack and Google searches about Gabbard. Ian Sams, Harris' spokesman, made a comment that raised a bigger issue.
Sams tweeted that Russian bots magnified the online interest in Gabbard. Bots are computer code, acting like robots online. Their goal is generating viewers and with it, purported concern or even outrage. Sams' tweet was the first time a presidential campaign made a comment about bots. Social media, especially Twitter, is known for bot activity that amplifies fake and conspiratorial posts. Estimates have said that 15 percent of Twitter shares have been automated by bots—or faked.
Sams' tweet came after speculation from a new source that has become a standard feature of 2020 election coverage: an "analytics company" that said that it saw the "bot-like" characteristics," as the Wall Street Journal put it. Their experts said that they saw similar spikes during the spring. What happened next was telling.
Harris' staff and the Journal may have been correct that something was artificially magnifying online traffic to wound her campaign. But when tech-beat reporters tried to trace the bots, the evidence trail did not confirm the allegation, backfiring on her campaign.
That inconclusive finding highlights a larger point about online disinformation in 2020. Attacks in cyberspace may not be entirely traceable, eluding even the best new tools. The resulting murkiness can cause confusion, which is one goal of propagandists: to plant doubts and conspiracies that eclipse clarity and facts while confusing voters.
Sometimes, those doubts can resurface expectedly. In mid-October, Hillary Clinton said during a podcast that pro-Trump forces were "grooming" Gabbard to run as a third-party candidate, including "a bunch of [web]sites and bots and ways of supporting her." (In 2016, a third-party candidate hurt Clinton's campaign. Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate, received more votes than the margin separating Trump and Clinton in the closest swing states of Michigan and Wisconsin. That was not the case in Pennsylvania.) Gabbard rejected Clinton's assertion that she was poised to be a 2020 spoiler, saying that she was only running as a Democrat. Trump, predictably, used their spat to smear all Democrats.
But bot activity is real whether it can be traced overseas or not. In October, Facebook announced that it had taken down four foreign-based campaigns behind disinformation on Facebook and Instagram. One of the targets of the disinformation campaigns was Black Lives Matter, which told CNN that it had found "tens of thousands of robotic accounts trying to sway the conversation" about the group and racial justice issues.
Three days after Facebook's announcement, Black Lives Matter posted instructions for activists to defend "against disinformation going into 2020." It asks its activists to "report suspicious sites, stories, ads, social accounts, and posts," so its consultants can trace what's going on—and not rely on Facebook.
Dirty campaigning is nothing new. Deceptive political ads have long been used to dupe impressionable voters. But online propaganda differs from door flyers, mailers, and campaign ads on radio and TV. Online advertising does not aim at wide general audiences, but instead targets individuals that are grouped by their values and priorities. The platforms know these personal traits because they spy on users to create profiles that advertisers tap. Thus, online platforms invite personal narrowcasting, which, additionally, can be sent anonymously to recipients.
The major online platforms created their advertising engines to prosper. But government agencies that rely on information about populations—such as intelligence agencies, military units, and police departments—quickly grasped the power of social media data, user profiling and micro-targeting. More recently, political consultants also have touted data-driven behavioral modification tactics as must-have campaign tools.
Thus, in 2016, these features enabled Trump's presidential campaign to produce and deliver 5.9 million customized Facebook ads targeting 2.5 million people. This was the principal technique used by his campaign to find voters in swing states, Brad Parscale, his 2016 digital strategist and 2020 campaign manager, has repeatedly said. In contrast, Clinton's campaign had 66,000 ads targeting 8 million people.
Television advertising never offered such specificity. TV ads are created for much wider audiences and thus are far more innocuous. As Emma L. Briant, the British academic and propaganda expert who unmasked the behavioral modification methods deployed on online platforms, noted, these systems can identify traumatized people and target them for messages intended to provoke fragile psyches.
"What they have learned from their [psychologically driven online] campaigns is that if you target certain kinds of people with fear-based messaging—and they know who to go for—that will be most effective," she said, speaking of past and present Trump campaigns, pro-Brexit forces and others.
"This is not just about Facebook and Facebook data, but about a surveillance infrastructure that has been married together with marketing techniques, with lobbying firms, with intelligence contractors," she said. "But these firms deploy as P.R. [public relations or campaign] contractors."
Everything Can Be Traced, Tracked
As 2020's elections approach, many voters may not realize the extent to which they will be in the digital targeting crosshairs.
The big difference between 2016 and now is that today virtually everything that passes through one's digital devices—computers, tablets, phones—can be tracked, traced and answered in real time or soon after it appears, by commercially available tools. This level of scrutiny and interaction is not new in cyberspace's black-market world. But it is now in the tool kits being used in political campaigns to send, track and counter disinformation.
For example, the Dewey Square Group, a Washington political consulting firm allied with Democrats, has a new service called "Dewey Defend." They scan the fire hose of unfiltered data from the big online platforms to see whether the firm's clients, such as Black Lives Matter, or client adversaries, such as Blue Lives Matter, are cited or contain key words. What then unfolds is yet another dimension of information warfare in what Silicon Valley has labeled as the "social media listening" space.
Dewey Square says that it can trace a message's origin back to as early as the tenth time that it appears. That operation can involve piercing efforts to hide or mask the real sender's identity. It also traces the recipient's engagement. Was the content deleted, read or shared? And, more critically, who received it? They can identify recipient devices so that countermeasure content can be sent back—via a spectrum of channels and not just a single social media account.
Dewey Square's tools are at the cutting edge of a growing industry of players specializing in online information warfare. There are other iterations of this level of tracking technology in play, such as the ability of campaigns to create an electronic fence at rallies. Here, unique IDs are pulled off attendees' smartphones to follow them home. Attendees—via their devices—are subsequently sent messages: anything from donate to get out and vote. Campaigns can also trace their friends, family and contacts.
Security researchers discovered the basis for such spying—called "fingerprinting"—in 2012. Only recently has it been more openly discussed and marketed. If you use the web, your browser sends out information about your device so apps can work and content can appear correctly on the screen. This activity opens a door to online surveillance and information warfare, experts say.
What is new in 2019, however, are the tools and efforts to call out what is happening behind users' screens—including the range of deceptive communications such as doctored videos; bot-fed traffic; fake personas, pages and groups; and hijacked hashtags.
Today's cyber detectives will report malfeasance to the platforms, hoping that it will be removed. They will share findings with the journalists to spotlight bad actors. They will give clients addresses of disinformation recipients' devices to send counter-messages. This is a far bigger battlefield than 2016.
The Democrats' Strategy
The Democrats are doing other things that they hope will counter disinformation. The DNC has rebuilt its data infrastructure to share information between candidate campaigns and outside groups, said Ken Martin, a DNC vice-chair, president of the Association of State Democratic Party chairs, and Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party chairman.
Martin, who helped lead this data redesign, said there are many independent voters in the swing states—perhaps a better term is ambivalent voters—whom party officials will seek to reach. These are people who voted for Trump in 2016, but, come 2018, voted for Democrats, he said. They helped to elect Democratic governors, retake the U.S. House majority, and elect Doug Jones as U.S. senator from Alabama. Martin is hoping to outsmart online micro-targeting—the crux of Trump's early re-election effort—by relying on what's called "relational organizing."
Starting after the 2016 election, activist Democrats in tech circles started creating companies and apps for the party and candidates. Instead of relying on Facebook to identify likely voters at the zip code or district level, the overall idea was that Democrats across the country had friends and family in key contests with real prior relationships.
Democrats are hoping that people will share social media contacts and other lists, which, once analyzed, would identify voters in key locations, Martin explained. This strategy, relying more on peer pressure than online profiling, is seen as being potentially effective with fundraising, organizing and turning out voters.
Martin wants to believe that appeals from "trusted messages and validators" will work. Inside the party, however, there is a debate about using disinformation, he said. In fall 2018, a few tech executives experimented with online disinformation in Jones' Senate race, raising questions about whether some in the party would do so in 2020.
What Can Voters Do?
The political consulting profession is not known for unilateral disarmament—one side holding back while the other prepares to attack. Any effective tactic tends to be quickly embraced by all sides. By mid-2019, the caustic contours of Trump's messaging and disinformation were clear.
In the first six months of 2019, Trump's campaign spent more than $11.1 million on Facebook and Google ads, the platforms reported. Trump put forth thousands of ads attacking factual media as "fake news," citing an "invasion" at the Mexican border and attacking an unfinished special counsel investigation of 2016 Russian collusion as a "witch hunt." By November, his campaign has spent more on finding supporters than the top three Democratic candidates combined. As 2020 approaches, the topics in his messages might change, but their tone and overall narrative will not.
The Trump campaign's common thread is not just to create doubts about Democrats and to demonize critics, but also to reinforce tribal lines. Trump is defending white America against the "undeserving outsiders and the Democrats who represent them," the New York Times said in early 2019, describing his playbook and its GOP copycats.
By Labor Day, Trump was telling crowds that they have no choice but to vote for him—contending that voting for the Democrat will mean economic collapse. His team knows what they are doing by fearmongering. In recent years, political scientists have noted a trend where voters are both more partisan while more skeptical of their party. "Americans increasingly voted based on their fear and distrust of the other side, not support for their own," the Times noted in March 2019.
Fear-based politics is not new, but online psychological profiling and micro-targeting are more powerful than ever. Any swing district voter identified as traumatized is likely to be caught in a crossfire. Whether or not people seen as tipping 2020's election will fall victim to online provocations is the open question. When asked what advice he had for such voters, Martin said, "Do your research."
Emma Briant, the British academic and propaganda expert, is less optimistic. The platforms are "lawless" and won't turn off their surveillance and targeted advertising systems, she said, even if top platforms like Facebook are outing foreign influence operations.
But her big worry is that the Democrats will try to match Trump's shameless disinformation—and civil society will further unravel.
"If you imagine a scenario where both sides decide to weaponize targeting certain kinds of people with fear-based messaging—and they know who to go for—this will cycle out of control," she said. "We are all being made fearful of each other. There's no way on earth that we can handle this, psychologically, and deal with the important issues, like climate change, when we are being turned against each other."
But that is what disinformation is designed to do. And all signs suggest that there will be more of it than ever in 2020 as the presidential election, congressional elections, state races and impeachment proceed.
This article was produced by Voting Booth, a project of the Independent Media Institute.
Steven Rosenfeld is a senior writing fellow and the editor and chief correspondent of Voting Booth, a project of the Independent Media Institute. He is a national political reporter focusing on democracy issues. He has reported for nationwide public radio networks, websites, and newspapers and produced talk radio and music podcasts. He has written five books, including profiles of campaigns, voter suppression, voting rights guides, and a WWII survival story currently being made into a film. His latest book is Democracy Betrayed: How Superdelegates, Redistricting, Party Insiders, and the Electoral College Rigged the 2016 Election (Hot Books, March 2018).
Donald Trump, Technology, Facebook, Impeachment, Nancy Pelosi, Tulsi Gabbard, Fox News, Elizabeth Warren, Election 2020


Have you been wondering what to get your kids for Christmas that won't end up lost under the bed? If so, then you can do like me and buy them the new Amazon Kindle Fire Kids' Edition. This is going to be the one big present under our tree for all the kids to share. One of the great features that the Kids' Edition Fire comes with already preinstalled is the Amazon Freetime App. What's Amazon Freetime you may ask? Well, read on so that you can understand exactly why the Amazon Freetime app is sure to be a major hit in your family too.
What is the Amazon Freetime App?
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This will let you rest assured knowing that your children do not have the ability to purchase any additional apps, games, or movies without your approval. This is true even though your credit card information may be tied to your Kindle device.
How Does the Freetime App Handle Time Controls?
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With the new Amazon Fire Kids' Edition, there is a free year of the Freetime App included in the purchase price. Once the first year is up, there is a monthly subscription available for purchase. If you are already a Prime member then you will get a discount on the monthly subscription.
How Much Does the Freetime App cost?
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What Else Can Freetime Do?
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Since one of the great features of the Freetime App is the ability to set it up for more than one child, you can have content and apps downloaded specifically for your toddler that your older school ages child would not be interested in seeing. The older children can have their books and apps all to themselves without having to worry about the younger children messing up their progress.
The suggested age range for the Kindle Fire Kids' Edition is 3-8, but once you turn off the Freetime App, the tablet is fully functioning and can do anything that a regular Fire can. I plan on using the tablet just as much as the kids do so that this can truly be a gift for the entire family.
What do you think about the overall promise of the Amazon Kindle Freetime app? Have you had any experience using it in the past? Do you want any more information about it?
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ESPN, MLB Reach Eight-Year Multiplatform Rights Extension
Expanded Package Includes Annual Wild Card Game as Part of New and Enhanced TV Content; Comprehensive Digital, Radio and International Rights
ESPN and Major League Baseball have reached an eight-year, multiplatform rights extension which will significantly enhance ESPN's TV, digital, radio and International MLB rights. The agreement – effective 2014 through 2021 – was announced today by MLB Commissioner Allan H. Selig and ESPN President John Skipper.
The agreement is highlighted by the addition of an annual Wild Card game, the rights to produce a significant amount of additional MLB studio programming hours, 10 additional regular-season games, increased footage and highlights rights across platforms, increased ability to co-exist in local team markets and added content across digital platforms and WatchESPN. In addition, rights across ESPN Radio, ESPN International and ESPN Deportes will expand.
ESPN's expanded MLB package will include the following additional rights:
The addition of an annual Wild Card game presented by Budweiser, which will alternate between AL and NL each year;
The rights to produce a significant amount of additional Baseball Tonight hours;
The rights to all regular-season tiebreaker games – if necessary;
In-progress highlights during SportsCenter on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNEWS;
10 additional regular-season games per season, including four Pennant Chase games in late September and up to six Holiday games across Memorial Day, July 4th and Labor Day;
New and increased co-exist rights on Monday Night Baseball and Wednesday Night Baseball;
The rights to produce a new, daily baseball studio show.
The new deal will also include several enhancements to existing rights:
Increased rights for Sunday Night Baseball exclusive team appearances;
More selection flexibility throughout ESPN's 25-game Sunday Night Baseball slate;
Increased highlight rights for ESPN websites and applications, additional digital rights for ESPN programs and increased interactive television rights;
Increased ESPN Radio rights, including the additional right to co-exist during two Saturday windows per team, per year;
All MLB-related television content, including games and studio shows, to be available on WatchESPN;
Continued State Farm Home Run Derby coverage during MLB All-Star, including renewed 3D Derby rights;
Renewal and expansion of International rights across territories, including Wild Card games and the rights to additional Baseball Tonight hours.
MLB Commissioner Allan H. Selig
"On behalf of Major League Baseball, I am thrilled that we will continue our long-standing relationship with ESPN far into the future. The level of ESPN's commitment to baseball – both financially and through its expanded content – is a testament to the strength of our game and its unprecedented popularity among our fans. Through its various networks and other media platforms, ESPN offers baseball fans more avenues to experience the game than ever before, and we're thankful for their continued support."
ESPN President John Skipper:
"We're thrilled to renew our long-standing agreement with Major League Baseball into the next decade. It's a great property. The enormous scope of what we acquired will provide fans with more live baseball and more ways to access baseball content than ever before."
The new agreement will guarantee a 30-plus year continuous relationship between ESPN and MLB – dating back to 1990 – which is one of the longest standing relationships between a network and a league.
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Film Review: Tales of Halloween (2015)
Tales of Halloween (Review)
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Format Viewed For Review: Netflix Instant
Netflix Streaming: Yes
Amazon Prime: No
"...it really isn't effective in the horror or comedy departments."
Ten stories of murderers, ghouls, aliens, and other creatures who terrorize the citizens of a suburban neighborhood on Halloween...
Tales of Halloween is an horror-comedy anthology. This anthology features ten stories, so I won't go into details about all of them. I'm not writing a thousand-word review for this one. Anyway, the film brings you to this suburban community where everyone has orgasms when they eat candy and everyone watches black-and-white public domain movies on Halloween. Residents are terrorizes by urban legends, like Sweet Tooth, and creatures, including aliens. The stories are filled with over-the-top gore. Some have strong horror premises, most are downright silly. They're all short, though, so you won't have to watch anything you dislike for long – unless you dislike all of the stories. I enjoyed at least four of the stories; the rest were, unfortunately, forgettable.
Like I said, Tales of Halloween is a horror-comedy. Therefore, it's not really frightening. Aside from a few moments, the film is entirely devoid of suspense. The gore is so over-the-top that it's impossible to be disgusted or terrified by it. However, on this point, I did enjoy some of the practical special effects. Most of the stories are outlandish, too, so it doesn't really resonate. A story like Sweet Tooth, despite its unrealistic qualities, works because it's built like an urban legend – it's fun, gory, and exciting. Most of the other stories felt like they were either rushed or tried too hard to be funny. Speaking of humor, I chuckled a few times, but it's not really an effective comedy. So, it really isn't effective in the horror or comedy departments.
The acting fared a little better, though. Pollyanna McIntosh delivered a memorable performance. Lin Shaye makes a decent appearance. There were a few mediocre performances, but most of the cast was surprisingly good. The film was well shot, too. The special effects were great. The computer effects weren't perfect, but they weren't overused, either. The film's writing and direction is a mixed-bag. Some of the stories were decent, the directors showed promise, but they couldn't deliver a memorable anthology. They capture the spirit of Halloween without delivering on the horror, which is disappointing. I'm not saying it had to be grim and real to be effective, but it needed some suspense and an ominous atmosphere to truly stick its landing.
Overall, Tales of Halloween is a mediocre horror anthology. There are a few decent stories in here, but most of them were forgettable. It just didn't resonate. It doesn't have the originality, the suspense, or the excitement of films like Trick R' Treat and it doesn't have the horror and themes of an anthology like Tales from the Hood. It's just a gory film with some fun scenes. Otherwise, it runs out of steam quick and some stories are dull. I'd only recommend it if you're a big fan of horror-comedies or if it's the Halloween season.
Now, who the hell is Adrianne Curry?
Parental Guide: Strong violence and gore.
Posted by Jonathan at 7:00 AM
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Your search returned 239 essays for "eulogy":
Eulogy for My Father
- My father died a week ago today. He had a profound impact on the life I live today and on the person I became. The relationship between a son and a father can often be quite complicated. Not so, for me. I was blessed to have a rather simple, yet powerful and loving, relationship with my dad. And because I believe that at Fast Company we have created a community of friends, not mere readers with little connection to our magazine, I want to share the eulogy I delivered at his funeral on Saturday. My father was a hard man to dislike.... [tags: Eulogy]
- Before I begin I would like to thank all of you here on behalf of my mother, my brother and myself, for your efforts large and small to be here today, to help us mark my fathers passing. I am honoured to be here. I am honoured to be here to speak to you all. I am honoured to be here to speak to you about my father. Each of you here had your own relationship with my Dad, each of you has your own set of memories and your own word picture that describes this man. I don't presume to know the man that you knew.... [tags: Eulogy ]
Eulogy for Mother
- Eulogy for Mother The Cost Death is not too high a price to pay for having lived. Mountains never die, nor do the seas or rocks or endless sky. Through countless centuries of time, they stay eternal, deathless. Yet they never live. If choice were there, I would not hesitate to choose mortality. Whatever Fate demanded in return for life I'd give, for never to have seen the fertile plains nor heard the winds nor felt the warm sun on sands beneath a salty sea, not touched the hands of those I love – without these, all the gains of timelessness would not be worth a day of living and of loving; come what may." - Dorothy N.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
Eulogy for Grandmother
- Eulogy for Grandmother I looked at myself in the mirror. I noticed the lines of my face and the curve of my neck. I looked down at my hands remembering the moment I first realized that they looked like hers. Long, thin, delicate hands perfect for playing the piano or braiding cornrows. All my life I had not noticed until the day I sat at her bedside holding her hand in mine. She had told me that she was not afraid to die. We sat in silence for a long time, sometimes sharing a stare and a smile.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
Eulogy for Son
- Eulogy for Son I'd like to thank you all for the outpouring of support and condolences on the loss of my beautiful son Adam. My entire family appreciates it. This is my eulogy to Adam: Depression is a terrible disease. Adam suffered so much with a disease that often goes unrecognized as very serious, or even as a disease, but is often fatal. Many people who meet someone like Adam think all he needs is tough love - how wrong they are. To those who have never had this disease, you cannot imagine how frightening the demons are, how they take over your life, your every thought, your every action.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Mother The desert sands have seen grand dames but the grandest they ever did see was your friend, my mother, a soul like no other, the beautiful Marti B. We are gathered together to pay our respects and to bid her fond adieu. Though a eulogy cannot do justice to the woman we all knew The lessons I learned when I was young are things I don't recall, But Mom, I know, was always there in the center of it all. She instilled in me the "little" things on which my life is built: Courage, compassion, laughter and drive, with a sprinkling of guilt.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Mother My mother gave me a very special gift before she left. A gift that I don't need to decide how to pass down & divide evenly to my 3 beautiful children (her grandchildren Jessica, Emily and Julia) A gift that I don't need to worry about keeping on a safe shelf so it doesn't break. My mother (and father) gave me the gift of faith. Anyone who knew my mother knew she always prayed. Over these past few days my brothers and I have discussed this and wondered how many hours during the day she prayed.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
Eulogy for Father
- Eulogy for Father As you all know, there were certain things Loyd liked -- dogs, and poker games, football, and airplanes -- and there were certain things he didn't like -- carrots, political speeches, telephone solicitations (especially those made by insurance men), and long-winded eulogies. I won't do that because for every story that I could tell today about Loyd, his friends here today could tell fifty more. I am very secure in the knowledge that Loyd lived every day of his life to the fullest and I feel that Mother and Delia Ruth are secure in that knowledge as well.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
Eulogy for Friend
- Eulogy for Friend Georganna's admirers--and that's everyone who knew her--savor the mile we walked with her. Each of us has special incidents we want to recount. We have compiled a few of these memories that we believe best illustrate the unique personality of our dynamic friend. Georganna was always determined, sometimes outraged, but rarely sad. Enjoy these stories. As long as we have them in our hearts, we have George. At the Team Spirit Leadership Conference George roomed with Heather, Tatum and Erica.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Grandmother With the little things. It's the little things that make up a year, and the years which make up a life. It's the little things that make up the memories. And I have an abundance of those. Sitting on the green couch listening to stories. Stories from her childhood, from the war years and beyond. Stories of playing with mice in the attic of the house -- her refuge as none of her siblings would go up there, stories of being tied up and gagged with a pickle in the mouth and shoved behind a cupboard by an exasperated older brother.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Son William was a very special person. His good qualities are endless. Since he was just a child, I always remember William sticking up for the family. When his sister, Lisa, was a baby, William would sit outside her room with a mask and cape on ready to rescue her in case she started crying. And, if William's father or I were making too much noise, he was always quick to fly downstairs and tell us to keep quiet so not to disturb his little sister. That's just the kind of person William was.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Grandmother When I think of Mary Helen Smith, also known to me as Grandma, I think of learning, laughter and love. Now all of the felicitous times are just a big barrier of memories surrounding my heart. I can remember doing puzzles with my Grandma. The table she'd use came up to my chin when I was first interested in the concept of putting pieces of colorful cardboard together. When we had finished forming all the pieces together, I was in pure fascination of how beautiful the picture was that the pieces had formed.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
Eulogy for Daughter
- Eulogy for Daughter I would like to thank you all for coming to Arlyn's funeral. I am truly touched that you care enough to show your support for us and your respect for Arlyn this way. During the past few days, many of our friends and family have come to our home to show their love for us and for Arlyn. I have been especially moved by the fact so many of her teachers and principals have shown up and cried with us. I am also touched by the love her young friends had for her. Our memories of this sad time in our lives will therefore not all be bad.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Father I stand before you today to pay my last respects, and to say my final goodbyes, to my father Harry. I have to admit at the outset that it is very difficult to do this. The difficulty is not just due to the obvious causes -- the sadness, the grief, and the sense of loss. Nor is it due to the confrontation with death in its utter finality, and the resulting fear regarding one's own mortality. No, this is difficult for me primarily because of all of the unfinished business that I have with my father.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Father We are gathered here to give Dr. Jerome, my dad, a last formal farewell. We celebrate his life with the theme of "Choose Life". For throughout his life, dad consistently chose life. He has the God given virtue of seeing the possibility of life. In many circumstances when many are blind, he sees possibilities for more abundant life. His vision is so clear that it drives him to action. And he is a man of action. He always tells me that his actions are calculated risks. Only after his death have I come to understand what he means by calculated risk.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Father "I have been having a lot of feelings since my father's illness and death and we will see how long the feelings will allow me to speak. By far the biggest feeling I have had has been gratefulness. Gratefulness to have stood in the shade of my father's tree. Because to me my father was like a tree in many ways. An oak tree. An oak who's taproot was anchored in faith and in the Divine, and with branches and leaves that act as a home for those around. I stood in that home and for that I am so grateful.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Friend Three days ago I was working on a lecture dealing with a prominent figure on the French literary scene who happens to be a Sephardic Jew. He pictures the Jew as essentially a wounded man, one racked by his Jewishness. The world for him is a desert, and God is enwrapped in silence. For him the keynote is exile, the stuff of his writing a kind of brave despair. The news of Hays's death broke into my thoughts on this, and it occurred to me that his philosophy of life could be expressed by reversing this writer's terms.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Friend Today we celebrate the life of my dear friend, Jerome. Jerome, you were my teacher, my mentor and my dear friend. You provided me your counsel and wisdom. You shared your joyous smile and laugh. You shared your zest for life and the passion for all those things that were important to you. I know you would want me to share my Jerome story with everyone. It is the story of a teacher and student, a mentor and a friend. In 1984, Jerome's first year at Duke, I was a first year law student.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Friend The phone rang in the early hours of the morning. Rolf G. informed us that Michael had suffered a heart attack a few hours earlier and had not survived. My wife whispered a few words I could not hear, sat silently on the edge of the bed for a moment, then turned to me and said, "Michael passed away at the airport, its just not fair. He was doing so well." No, it was just not fair. We try to share with Michael's family, with Kathy, Molly and Tom, Molly, Clint and Wendy and their families the grief they feel, but it is not really in our power to do so.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
Eulogy for Grandfather
- Eulogy for Grandfather When I was little, if you couldn't find me, I could be anywhere— up a tree, under the covers, in the closet, even hiding in the bathroom where I couldn't be disturbed... but almost always with a book. Friends even through college would ask how it was that I gobbled up words like peanut butter. Usually, I would just shrug and say, "I have no idea where it came from!" Thinking back, though, it's so obvious— how could I miss it. My GungGung took such an amazing interest in books that one of my lasting childhood memories is him sitting in that armchair in the corner of the Ross Road house, under a pool of lamplight, poring over some biography of a thousand pages.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Grandfather My grandfather will be remembered as a hardworking and modest man. He had simple needs. He was forthright and honest, a person with humble beginnings who placed a great value on education and friendship. I will remember him as the only grandparent I ever knew. I will remember him as a man who was content with what life had given him. He never asked for much and in the years I knew him, he lived a simple life. My grandfather's lifetime could be divided into three different parts.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Grandmother My grandmother was a strong woman. No matter how strained my families' relationship could be at times, I loved her unconditionally. She was the woman who would buy me gallons of ice cream and soda frustrating my mother to no end. Whenever I spent the night she would let me stay up as late as I wanted watching TV. Crossing the street to my grandparents' house was a daily event, which I looked forward to every morning I woke up. There was the day when my Mom had to many things to do to take me to see the Clydesdale Horses.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Grandmother I'd like to talk today about my grandmother, Ruth Smith - about who she was, what she meant to us, and what this day means. Grandma was a homemaker and a lifelong resident of Marshall. This might seem like a constrained life to some, but I don't think Grandma would have agreed, and I'd like to explain why. She was a person with great curiosity - she read all the time, she worked crossword puzzles every day, and she loved watching documentaries on television. In fact, she was working crossword puzzles right on up until the last month before she died, when she finally grew too ill to continue.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Mother There is an old Yiddish proverb, when the heart is full, the eyes overflow. And so it is the case when we try to sum up and honor my mother's life. My mother was a difficult, unusual and complex woman. She loved her daughters, Barbara, Wendy and myself, her sons-in law, Marty, John and David, her grandchildren Kenny, Cory and her stepgrandchildren, Mandy and Taryn, But if she loved her children, she absolutely adored her husband, my father. My Father was the truly abiding center and great passion of my mother's life, as she was his, and knowing that they were coming up on their sixtieth anniversary only just barely gives you a glimpse at the strength of their love.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Mother My mother was a complex, multi-faceted person. Many of you here today knew my mother personally, and many of you knew my mother indirectly through one of her family members. You may have known her as a coworker, a friend, or a support person. Of course, all of my mother's family here today each knew a part of her, a "facet" of her--as a mother, a sister, an aunt, a grandmother, a cousin. I, of course, knew my mother as a mother. As I have reached adulthood and become a mother myself, I have also known her as a friend.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Son During the last months, weeks and days of the life of Hays Johnson, during that hard time of his illness, he was not dying. He was living. This may seem to be a matter of semantics or playing with words, but I learned from him during that period a lesson which I had previously only perceived in a fragmentary fashion. When a newborn utters its first loud wail, a sound which touches the hearts of the bystanders, it is perhaps an expression of regret that its stay in this beautiful world is temporary.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Son The Death of a Child … Not many people realize that the death of a child is NOT in accordance to God's NORMAL scheme of things. It is unnatural. God did not mean for a child to go first. A child buries the parent. Not the parent buries the child. Most people do NOT experience the pain and devastation of the death of a child. And I truly hope no parent will ever feel the death of their child because they do not deserve it. The pain and devastation are indescribable … and single persons – and even parents – will never feel this devastation until they experience losing a child themselves.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Daughter My Dear Charity, Where do I start? How do I begin a farewell when I still can't believe you're gone? How do I say goodbye to a part of my soul. The day you were born I felt this indescribable love. One I had never known before. From the beginning of your life I never knew I could have a love that was so strong. When you were an infant I told people how great you were and they said, "Yeah, but wait until she is two." When you were two I told people how great you were and they said, "Yeah, but wait until she is ten." When you were ten I told people how great you were and they said, "Yeah, but just wait until she is 16." And now you are 16 and I am telling people... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Father For the first time in my life, I'll celebrate Father's Day this year without my dad. The man who had the most influence on the man I became passed away on April 14. Jack was 79. It has been said that the loss of a parent is one of life's most traumatic events. I now know the devastating truth of that statement. I've been told that, in time, the hurt will fade, only to be replaced by positive memories that soothe the soul. Already, I can feel that happening. Maybe it's because my father and I had a simple and loving relationship.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Father On behalf of myself, my mom and my brother, I want to thank everyone for being here....On the one hand, I was dreading today. I don't want to cry anymore. I don't want to yearn to hug my dad one last time, long to see his smiling face or hear his cheerful voice. On the other hand, I wanted today to come so that I could be around all of the people who love my dad so that I might feel his presence through sharing memories of him,....sharing tears....and maybe even sharing some laughter.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Father On behalf of my entire family, I want to thank all of you for your compassion and for being present here today. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Mauri-Lynne, and I'm Lionel's daughter. Dad was devoted to every one of you. We all hope that you'll share your memories of him with us, if not today then in the weeks and months to come. My father was committed to the practice and preservation of Jewish life. His religious beliefs informed everything he did. Particularly fond of traditional music, he and I spent many hours listening to the treasured recordings he'd collected over the years.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Father Thank you all so much for coming today to help my brother, sisters and me remember our father, Ralph. I am so happy to be able to look out and see the faces of those very special people who cared for dad and supported me during the past 3 years at Lincoln Place. I have come to know some very special people, particularly dad's companions...Wahid, dad's companion during his last 16 months, Miajan, Mimi, Sheila, Kabir...I can't thank you enough. Also Merci, Ashya, Julie, Michael...I could not do the job you do so compassionately every day at Lincoln Place.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Father On behalf of my family, I want to thank you all for joining us here today to celebrate John's long and amazingly fruitful life—a life of love extended, commitments kept, and faith observed. John was born in Boscobel, and lived the vast majority of his life in this town. This church is the only church where this ceremony could have been held, and you, his family and friends, are all that he would have asked for today. John was a responsible, loving son to his parents, and played a large and loving role in the lives of his Aunt Catherine, his sister Mary and her family, and his sister-in-law Patricia and her family.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Father This is the last of three formal memorials for my father. The first was in the surroundings of his last years, at his country church in Virginia, among his family and neighbors. The second was in the surroundings of his first years, among the boxwoods in Murfreesboro, in the presence of a large number of his buried ancestors and a smaller number of his living descendants. Today we gather to remember the middle years of his life, the years at Harvard which he considered his greatest, and which many now consider Harvard's greatest.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Friend Yesterday, as Martin's friends poured into town, I was struck by how many distinct sets of friends he had. Family, skaters, punks, his Swampland posse, his boys and his girls, Professors, colleagues, Ann Arbor friends, Chicago friends, cyberspace friends who'd never met him "in the flesh"... Trying to walk down the street with him was an exercise in frustration, as Martin's fans flocked to him like the Pied Piper. He was so much, to so many. One of his greatest gifts to us is each other.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Friend Richie, Richie, Richie… I met Rich at freshman orientation at Lynchburg College in August, 1975. My freshman orientation packet said that I was to meet with my group at my assigned table in the dining hall. After getting my dinner, I found the right table and sat down across from another freshman. There was no one else at the table. I think it was fate. After what seemed like a couple of minutes, a conversation started. We talked about our hometowns. He told me that his family lived in Manassas, but that most of his life was spent in Naples, Italy.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Friend On November 16th each of the individuals on this altar were to take part in what would have been the most special day in Michael's life… the day he would have taken Stephanie's hand in marriage. Instead we stand before you today and attempt to eulogize a great friend and beloved brother. Though our hearts are filled with much sadness on this day, our message is not one of despair, but one of hope, love, and celebration. Anyone who had the good fortune of spending time with Mike can attest to the wit and good humor, which he embodied.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Friend My name is Deborah, and I'm one of Ron's many friends. Karen asked me to share about Ron from a biker's point of view. At many memorial services, eulogies are sort of like fish stories. Mean people are suddenly remembered as good-natured, self-centered people as generous, sinners as saints. Positive traits are exaggerated, negative ones swept under the rug. But today, it's not necessary to stretch the truth. With Ron, what you saw was what you got. He refused to play games with people, and he was adamant that he "didn't have time for nonsense" like politics and petty disputes.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Friend My name is Rick. I live in Carmel, California, a place also known as paradise. I work at the US Naval Postgraduate School, as chairman of one of the largest operations research departments in the country. I completed my PhD degree in OR here at Georgia Tech, in 1975. John White (then new to Tech, now Chancellor of the University of Arkansas) gave me the kernel of an idea and, more importantly, he administered the one stiff kick in the rump that I needed to start my dissertation.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Friend I'd like to say a few words of tribute to this special man, from me and on behalf of other close friends of his. When he heard the news of Alan's death, a mutual friend and colleague noted poignantly that Alan was a man that was non-judgmental. Alan accepted people largely for what they were and for who they were. Alan was a man without prejudice. His many friendships crossed the barriers of social position and educational background. And his spirit, his generosity, his warmth also reached through barriers of race and cultural background.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Friend The last time I saw my friend Kevin, was at his wedding in 1997. He was always a late bloomer, (Kevin had been the last of my friends to date), and we were all delighted to see him married for the first time at 44. After years of delay and false starts, his marriage to Diana gave us all the sense that he was finally on his way. I remember the first time I saw him, entering my second grade class, gangly even then, all arms and legs and elbows akimbo. Years later, those elbows became sharp weapons as we played basketball for hours on end.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Grandfather My grandfather and I had a number of secrets between us. Most of these, I can't tell; the salient feature of a secret is not the matter contained within the secret, but the trust implied. But I'll tell you one secret, because I think it's important, and because I think that my grandfather won't mind. It's a little secret, without much drama to it: My grandfather once told me that he would have liked to have been a history teacher. Like I said, it's a little secret. It's a little dream.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Grandfather One of my earliest memories of Grandpa begins with us driving to the Monmouth Park Racetrack. We sure did love to go to the track and root for Julie Krone or one of our other favorite jockeys. He loved challenges, and he especially loved the challenge of picking the ponies. He would read the race programs in the Asbury Park Press and usually pre-pick most of the day's favorite horses before ever leaving the house. Still, on arrival, we always bought the program and maybe a race sheet or two before entering the track grandstand.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Grandfather To my family, relatives and friends who knew Joseph, may the grace and peace of Almighty God the Father, His Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit be with you all. Although I can not be here today physically, I am here with you in spirit. I would like to share a few words about my grandfather, whom I loved very dearly. He was a man who loved his family very much and made the best of what he had to provide for them. During my lifetime, I observed how diligently my grandfather worked in the barbershop, in the garden and around the house.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Grandfather My grandfather taught us so much. When my sister and I were little, he taught us how to paint with oils on smooth pieces of wood, instructing us on how to blend colors or make certain brush strokes, telling us that "there are no straight lines in nature," to help us paint better trees. He taught us how to work with clay, too, and made us our own clay-working tools. He taught us how to roll pennies from the piggy bank he'd fill up every week. He taught us about the birds flying into the birdfeeder next to the family room window.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Grandmother My grandmother was a truly amazing person. She was brilliant, compassionate, and outgoing, a fantastic dancer with a sense of humor, and without any ego at all. In other words, exactly like me. Seriously, though, we have a lot in common. Among other things, I inherited her curly hair, her mind for trivia, and her obsession with books and music... She preferred mystery novels and jazz standards, while I liked science fiction and rock n' roll, but those differences are only skin-deep.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
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- Eulogy for Grandmother Theresa Smith was born on December 3, 1925 in Materson, NJ. She died in Williamsville on March 2, 2005, at age 80. Theresa Smith was great grandmother of one, grandmother of five of us, mother of three, sibling of three sisters and two brothers, and wife to one great man, my grandfather, Ron Smith. It's hard for me to reflect upon my grandmother's life because I was part of it for a little less than half its span. A lot of ideas went through my head at a million miles an hour, few of them stuck with me.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Grandmother The phone call came at 6:45 on the evening of the 16th. At 8:58 I sent out an e-mail message to friends about my Grandmother's death. Many of those friends are former and current church members of congregations I have served as pastor. By the next morning I was receiving e-mail messages back. The ones from former and current church members had a common theme. In addition to expressing their sympathy they all said that they felt they had known my grandmother: "We remember your grandmother from the stories you would tell us of her." That is the nature of memories.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Grandmother I believe that every person in, in their own unique way, creates a legacy in their lifetime by which others can live long after that person has left us. For those of us who remain, Mildred Johnson has truly created a legacy to uphold and fulfill in our daily lives. I firmly believe that this carrying out is a true honor and responsibility by means of the various facets that Mildred has made her own. Love : Above all, Mildred Johnson is a figure of unconditional love. Love was the major fabric by which she created her tapestry of life.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Mother My brother, my sister and I had adopted a cat. We told our mom that we would take care of it, and feed it. Of course you know what happened. Our mom ended up taking care of it and feeding it. We told our mom the cat's name was Tiger. T i g e r. Now, if you're Molly and you are originally from Trenton New Jersey, T i g e r is pronounced Tagger. In the morning to call the cat we would take our turns calling, "Here, Tiger, Tiger, Tiger, The cat would not come. Then we would wait for our mom to show up in her nightgown and call the cat.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Mother When I was a young boy, there were three words that my mother said to me each morning, five days a week, nine months a year for 12 years....RISE AND SHINE, she would say. It meant we were to get up for another day of school. If I had known then, what I know now, there would have been about five words I would have said to her each time. My mother didn't have the benefit of a good, solid education. But, she was the smartest person I've ever known. She didn't have a diploma or degree from any school or university.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Mother Thank you all -- for coming to commemorate my mother's life. Before I go on to celebrate my mother and what she stood for I must share with you the reality of what life was like for my mother and the family since she was first diagnosed with cancer in October. Of course, nobody suffered more than my mother, but Dad you're definitely second. We all shared my mother's pain. It was like we were all on trial. At any one point, as a family, we were in denial, we were angry, or we were depressed.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Mother Daughter of Teresa, granddaughter of Josefa, my mother, Natividad was born in El Paso, Texas on December 24th, 1921. She always told us that she was responsible for the rest of her sisters being born in this country. The family was on its way back to México because PD had closed the mine and was sending workers back to México. The family never got there because of my mother's birth. She was the only one in her family who was not born in Morenci and although she made sure people knew she was born in Texas, she was very proud to be a "Morenci girl." When I asked family members to describe my mother, they used many of the same terms: a private person, very shy, meek, humble... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Mother It is hard for me to believe she's gone, my primary influence, sustainer, supporter and wisest counselor has left me physically. Mother was such an active participant in this world right to her very last breath. I am so grateful to have been with her on her last day. At his point she was struggling to form words and get them out, but her mind was alert, caring and compassionate. She was still worried about me, a mother to the end. During our conversation I mentioned that when I left her I was going to have dinner with my cousin Alison and friend Keith and she told me, albeit with some degree of difficulty, to VAMOOSE.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Son It has become immensely clear to me that words cannot adequately or sufficiently describe the meaning and value of Michael's short life. However, I have a compelling need to tell you of the things you already know about Michael. From my perspective as his father, I can say that I am so very proud of Michael; not because he studied and worked hard in school as I wanted--he didn't; not because he attained great awards as I wanted--he didn't achieve these either. Michael found his own direction and accomplished more meaningful things in his short life.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Son First I would like to say thank you for the tremendous outpouring of love and affection from our community at last night's viewing for John. Roger at the funeral home told us this was the largest turnout he can remember. Close to 1,000 friends—and many people who were merely touched by John's story—waited up to fours hours in the rain to pay their respects. We want you to know how very grateful and very touched we were by the response. As Congressman Johnson said in his tribute to John, entered into the Congressional Record, John truly was one of our nation's best and brightest and dearest sons.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Son Today, the most difficult day in my family's life, we gather to say farewell to our son, brother, fiancé and friend. To those of you here and elsewhere who know Dylan you already are aware of the type of person he was and these words you will hear are already in your memory. To those who were not as fortunate, these words will give you a sense of the type of man he was and as an ideal for which we should strive. My son has been often described as a gentle soul. He was pure of heart and had great sensitivity for the world around him. He had a way with people that made them feel comfortable around him and infected others to gravitate toward him. Dylan exuded kindness and... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- Eulogy for Son Good morning. Joe and I thank you all for coming to celebrate our son Mark's life. About four months ago on February 21, 1999, Joe and I had one of our biggest dreams come true. God blessed us with a beautiful baby boy. We named him Mark Warren, after his two grandfathers--and two of the strongest men we know. By bringing the names together, Mark became the greatest little boy we know. A lot of people called him "Markie," including his big sister Madeleine. Together, Madeleine and Mark made us very happy.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
Dialogic and Formal Analysis of Thomas Gray's Elegy (Eulogy) Written in a Country Churchyard
- Dialogic and Formal Analysis of Thomas Gray's Elegy (Eulogy) Written in a Country Churchyard By combining the formal and dialogical approaches, patterns and voices within the text seemingly interplay and overlap to reveal a deeper sense of the author's intentions. While the formalistic analysis focuses on the text and the unfolding themes within, the dialogical analysis recognizes "...the essential indeterminacy of meaning outside of the dialogic - and hence open - relationship between voices" (HCAL 349).... [tags: Elegy (Eulogy) Written in a Country Churchyard]
Dialogical and Formalistic Approach to Thomas Gray's Elegy (Eulogy) Written in a Country Churchyard
- Dialogical and Formalistic Approach to Elegy (Eulogy) Written in a Country Churchyard Elegy in a Country Courtyard, by Thomas Gray, can be looked at through two different methods. First the Dialogical Approach, which covers the ability of the language of the text to address someone without the consciousness that the exchange of language between the speaker and addressee occurs. (HCAL, 349) The second method is the Formalistic Approach, which allows the reader to look at a literary piece, and critique it according to its form, point of view, style, imagery, atmosphere, theme, and word choice.... [tags: Eulogy Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard]
Formal Approach to Thomas Gray's Elegy (Eulogy) Written in a Country Churchyard
- Formal Approach to Thomas Gray's Elegy (Eulogy) Written in a Country Churchyard Thomas Gray's poem "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" is a very structured poem with a set number of lines per stanza, and a specific rhyme scheme throughout the entire poem. The poem focuses on Gray's thoughts while he visits a country churchyard, and ends with an epitaph written on one of the tombstones in the churchyard. The setting of a country churchyard automatically gives way to a small and unknown graveyard, and those that inhabit the graveyard are not going to be well known people in the community or in American history.... [tags: Elegy (Eulogy) Written in a Country Churchyard]
Eulogy for Mother - How do you Measure Greatness?
- Ask me not how she died, rather ask me how she lived. How do you measure greatness. People often confuse notoriety and fame with greatness, but I would say that the greatness of a person is measured by the compassion and love they show towards others-- in short-- charity. As the Bible says in Corinthians, "If I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have charity, I am nothing." It is all too easy to ignore the needs of those around us. But Mother did not. She taught us that as Christians, we are directed by God to love our neighbor.... [tags: Eulogies Eulogy]
- ... Once you are satisfied with the written eulogy, rehearsing will allow the words to flow. It is recommended to type your speech, and it is permissible to read directly from your paper or to refer during your delivery. This is an emotional time, the survivors and friends are behind you 100% and thankful for sharing their feelings during a sorrowful life event (Eulogywriter). The eulogy of my Friend My friend Collin had lived an amazing life. He was a friend that I relied on, shared my life with and thought of him as my brother.... [tags: elegy, loved ones, survivors]
The Eulogy That President John F. Kennedy
- In the eulogy that President John F. Kennedy gave for the lately departed poet, Robert Frost, only three out of the four common elements that Kunkel and Dennis found in eulogies can be found in this specific eulogy. The elements I found in this eulogy are positive reappraisal, praise, and problem-focused coping while self-disclosure of emotion, credibility, affirmation of vivid past relationships, and continuation of interactive bonds could not be found. John Kennedy imminently starts off with a positive reappraisal: "Robert Frost was one of the granite figures of our time in America.... [tags: John F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy assassination]
My Personal Eulogy : Jason England
- Jason England My Personal Eulogy We are here today for Jason J England. Born on October 12, 1998 in Salt lake City, Utah. Jason had a rough childhood. He moved through 3 states and didn't settle down until the age of five. By that age he moved to Craig, Colorado and grew up there for 11 years. But him growing up always dealt with family problems that included social services and the police. When he got to Colorado and met his best friend Edgar and some neighbors they all were always together. Always outside doing something so that took Jason away from all the drama at home.... [tags: High school, 2005 singles, 2008 singles, Mind]
Feminist Reading of Thomas Gray's Elegy (Eulogy) Written in a Country Churchyard
- Feminist Reading of Thomas Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard While Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" overtly deals with the distinction between social class and the opportunity for greatness, the poem also contains a subtle yet strong message against the dominant role of men over women in society. Gray's tone throughout the poem is permeated with regret and a sense of something lost, voicing his opinions clearly against social class prejudice. This emotional tone, when applied to the stereotypical roles of differing sexes discussed throughout the poem, portrays the injustice of inequality between males and females.... [tags: Eulogy Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard]
President Obama At The Eulogy For The Honorable Reverend Clementa Pinckney
- Remarks by President Obama at the eulogy for the honorable Reverend Clementa Pinckney; A man who was killed when an another man rushed into a church in South Carolina and killed 9 people while they were immersed in an afternoon mass. President Obama created different appeals and feelings through the use of different Rhetorical Devices such as Logos, Ethos, and Pathos. The use of logos ethos and pathos help the president convey his central idea which is to ensure the people of South Carolina and the people of the United States that not only are they safe, but they will unite to take this opportunity to create a more united U.S.... [tags: Rhetoric, United States]
- Living Eulogy Outline Topic: The life of Issac Harman V. Purpose: To give background information and specifics of his life. Introduction: On Oct. 12 1983 in Sinai hospital, a young man by the name of Issac Harman V was born. Since that day Issac has lived in Baltimore, Maryland all his life. He was raised by his mother and grandmother mostly his grandmother. From a quick meeting with him you most commonly observe that he is a very quiet person who seems no to have much to say. Even so if you know him you learn Issac is a person who likes to have fun, likes to play sports, hang out with friends, just "chill", and is a very family oriented person.... [tags: essays research papers]
Persuasive Techniques Used in Michael Jackson's Eulogy Delivered by Al Sharpton
- Persuasion is a commonly used communication technique that allows us to socially influence a certain topic positively or negatively. Its purpose is to help affirm or nullify an idea, belief or attitude. Sometimes the exact topic is very detectable in communication such as during debates but other times it displayed a little more subtly. Persuasion is more than just verbally speaking. Non-verbal communication such as body language, tone and pitch of the voice can also add to the affirmation of the topic.... [tags: michael jackson, music]
Creative Eulogy for the Character Macbeth in William Shakespeare's Macbeth
- Creative Eulogy for the Character Macbeth in William Shakespeare's Macbeth Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to honour a man who was amazing in so many ways. You may have known him since birth, as I have, or you may have only known him a brief time, but in any case, he touched your life. He touched many lives, some with his valiant courage and love, some with his kitchen knives. Although our dear friend Macbeth has passed from this world to the next, there is still much to be learned from him.... [tags: Papers]
A Comparison of Thomas Gray's Elegy (Eulogy) Written in a Country Churchyard and Bryant's Thanatopsis
- A Comparison of Thomas Gray's Elegy (Eulogy) Written in a Country Churchyard and Bryant's Thanatopsis Thomas Gray and William Cullen Bryant both chose to write about nature and death being intertwined. Since Thomas Gray lived in a time of social injustice, he chose to use death to illustrate the problems inherent in a socially stratified society. William Cullen Bryant, on the other hand, lived in a rapidly expanding young nation that cherished the vast amounts of untouched nature and he used death to illustrate how man fits into the universal truth of the earth.... [tags: comparison compare contrast essays]
The Pastoral Ideal in Thomas Gray's Elegy (Eulogy) Written in a Country Churchyard
- The Pastoral Ideal in Thomas Gray's Elegy (Eulogy) Written in a Country Churchyard Thomas Gray's "Elegy Wrote in a Country Churchyard" portrays the pastoral ideal through many different images. The traditional pastoral notion of idyllic life changes in this poem to form a connection with people themselves. The speaker of this poem creates a process by which laborers come to symbolize the perfection of the pastoral through their daily toils. These people come to represent the ideal form of pastoral life.... [tags: Elegy Written Country Church Yard]
Eulogy: Farewell to Democracy
- On August 19, 1934, the funeral of democracy--which signified freedom, liberty, and equality--took place in Germany. The passing of the system was not a difficult experience but in fact expected. And, intimate friends gathered to bid farewell to democracy by casting votes. Ironically and unfortunately, the cause of the death was democracy itself, an election was held to dismantle the system. However, how could people silenced their own voice in how their country should be governed. With a disgraceful defeat in 1919, Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles thus ending World War I but also igniting hatred, vulnerability and a dictator.... [tags: German History]
Hamlet - A Eulogy
- Dearest friends, family and the people of Denmark. We gather here today to mourn the loss of the noble prince, loyal son and true friend, Prince Hamlet. But we are not here only to mourn, but to reminisce the times we have spent with him, both the good and the bad and to remember him as the person he was. Prince Hamlet did not live a very fortunate, on the contrary his final weeks were filled with a tragedy none of us should have to bear, but he lived his life to the full and I am sure that he has, in some way touched the lives of all of us here today.... [tags: essays research papers]
Eulogy for my Loving Mother
- Good afternoon, let me just start by saying that the kindness, support, friendship, and love extended to me and my family during this difficult time has really touched my heart- we are sincerely appreciative. During the last moments of my mother's life she was surrounded by loved ones, as she slowly slipped away into the morning with grace and peace. I can't begin to express how hard it is for me to stand here before you and give my last respects to my loving mother - name here. From the biography that was handed out you can recall that during the her early years in the united states she studied and worked in New York where she met and married my dad, the love of her life.... [tags: essays research papers]
José Ortega y Gasset: Eulogy of Eukaryotes
- Sometimes it seems that everyone I meet is dead on the outside. It is a little disturbing, but maybe they are just trying to attract some Mendelian specimens. Personally, I find the systematic genocide I have festering inside more alarming. I do not want to inflate my importance, but it leaves me with billions of bodies to bury, and where I put them could affect if I will have clean enough water to exfoliate away my dust mite food. According to José Ortega y Gasset I am my circumstance, so by extension, I am nothing but my own dead cells.... [tags: apoptosis, cells, death]
Eulogy for my Mother
- I want to thank all of my Mother's friends and family for being here today to celebrate her life and to mourn her death. I'm sure she would be thrilled to see all of you here and I know it would have meant the world to her. I suppose that the way that these things are supposed to go is that I recap her life and tell all of the good things about her and all of the great things she did, and there are many, but I can only tell you about what my mother meant to me. Everything good that is in me came wholly or in part from this woman.... [tags: essays research papers]
Jonson's "To the Memory of My Beloved, The Author, Mr. William Shakespeare, and What He Hath Left Us"
- Jonson's "To the Memory of My Beloved, The Author, Mr. William Shakespeare, and What He Hath Left Us" Zeus, Apollo, Hermes, Shakespeare. Not often is the Bard included in a list of mythological gods. In fact, he is rarely thought of in connection with Greek and Roman mythology at all. Today, Shakespeare is hailed as one of the great playwrights of the English language, and is perhaps the most prominent, most studied of the English playwrights. But this was not the case in 1623, when Ben Jonson wrote his poem, "To the Memory of My Beloved, The Author, Mr.... [tags: Jonson Poem Shakespeare Eulogy Essays]
Baby Eulogy
- Dear Baby, A thousand questions flooded my mind that difficult Friday morning. As I ran my fingers through your hair and kissed you good bye, I wondered: Why. Why. Why. How can this happen. How could we be asked to endure such pain again. How could such a beautiful baby be taken from us. and. Why didn?t we have more time. It took a while for me to stop thinking about us or should I say me and start thinking about you, but once I did it is the last question that I pondered longest. "Why didn't we have more time?" I wanted to understand so I went to the dictionary and found that Webster?s had no less than 29 definitions for this tiny word, time.... [tags: essays research papers]
Victor Chang - A Eulogy - The Life Of A Great Man
- Good morning friends, family and all those of you who are here today to celebrate the life of a great man, Victor Chang. Before I begin, I would like to offer my deepest sympathies to the Chang family for their unfortunate loss. This was a senseless and wasteful murder of such an innocent man. When I remember Victor, three words come to mind; Compassion, talent and persistence. Victor Chang, born on the 25 November 1936 in Shanghai, China was a very talented and naturally gifted person. Victor moved to Hong Kong at a young age from his hometown where he attended primary school and completed part of his secondary education.... [tags: essays research papers]


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