Led by siblings Joe and Helen Hammill, Cattle & Cane's sophomore album 'Mirrors' was released on Friday 5th May 2017. Produced by Luuk Cox at ICP Studios in Brussels and mastered by Frank Arkwright (Arcade Fire, Coldplay, New Order) at Abbey Road Studios in London, 'Mirrors' effortlessly showcases Cattle & Cane's ability to shift even the hardest of hearts with their perfect, soaring harmonies.
Support slots in 2017 with Brian Wilson, Tom Odell and The Head and The Heart helped Cattle & Cane build on their loyal and passionate following – a fan-base that propelled 'Mirrors' into the top 20 of the Official UK Independent Album Chart back in May thanks, in part, to a successful PledgeMusic campaign which reached an impressive 280% of its target.
Elton John declared his love for 'Mirrors' opener 'Love On Your Hands' on Beats 1 and '7 Hours' picked up numerous radio-plays from long time champion Dermot O'Leary, who previously showcased the band on his 'Saturday Sessions' compilation following a live session on BBC Radio 2. Additional airplay came from the likes of Frank Skinner on Absolute Radio, Tom Robinson on BBC Radio 6 Music, Gary Crowley on BBC London and John Kennedy on Radio X, to name but a few.
Over on Spotify, '7 Hours' passed the 1 million streams milestone in less than 6 months and 'Love On Your Hands' featured on the prestigious New Music Friday UK playlist. Meanwhile, 'Fool For You' earned the band a live session on Vintage TV and was added to the BT TV music playlist, as well as featuring on Sunday Brunch, Made In Chelsea and The Only Way Is Essex.
The band finished 2017 with a run of 11 consecutive sold-out headline shows across the UK and recently announced their biggest ever headline gig at the 1,400 capacity Middlesbrough Town Hall in June 2018.
Cattle & Cane have also appeared at acclaimed tastemaker events such as Reeperbahn Festival, Live At Leeds and Evolution Emerging, as well as at some of the UK's finest boutique and inner city festivals including Cornbury, Deer Shed, Liverpool Sound City, Tramlines, Twisterella, Liverpool Sound City, Stockton Calling and Bingley Music Live.


I can't seem to forget that day.
Friday 8th of November 2013.
It was just another day, another flight. That evening I boarded QF460 from Melbourne to Sydney however that flight quickly turned into a nightmare, not just for me but for all passengers.
Extreme turbulence hurled luggage, laptops and a guide dog around the cabin. The pilots declared a fuel emergency and diverted to the Williamstown RAAF base. The plane tried to land but violent turbulence slammed into the aircraft. I can honestly say I thought I was living the final moments of my life. Eventually, after a great deal of panic and long delays the plane finally landed safely.
What was my final prayer?
I fretted over the kind of prayer that I called upon in what seemed to be my final minutes. I couldn't help but try to remember and critically analyse my last thoughts.
What hurt me the most in the wake of this traumatic experience was that I could not pray. I tried all the prayers that I learnt from my childhood. Nothing worked. I had no peace. You see when I have dreamt of my last minutes my imagination takes me towards a peaceful and prayful death, where I would feel complete intimacy with God.
I spent weeks in agony. The tears flowed, the anxiety grew and the questions continued to eat deeper. I could not believe that in the face of death I could not feel God's presence.
I felt abandoned. I felt forsaken. I was in a bad place.
The feeling of being abandoned when you need God the most is torturing. It may only last a short time but it is like being in a desert without water. How many times do we feel that way in our daily lives?
I can't help but recall the diaries of Mother Teresa that were published ten years after her death; they revealed her long periods of doubt about the existence of God. She spoke of the darkness and abandonment that she felt from God for decades of her life. Yes, Mother Teresa!
This experience made me revisit some false beliefs that had festered in me for years. The most prominent being my obsession to 'feel' God. My false belief was and still is, that when I don't FEEL God is present, it means that he is not with me. How wrong am I. How quickly I forget that God is beyond my feelings. A God that is accessible only to my senses is not a God that is worth worshipping.
St. John of the Cross says that 'to go to a place where we do not know we must go by a way where we do not know'. To seek God, the ultimate unknown mystery we are unable to do so by using only the vehicle of our senses. They help at the beginning, but as we go deeper in our faith, we must go in unchartered territory without relying solely on our senses. Hence we experience that awful feeling that He is not present, that He has abandoned us.
This is where faith and trust come in regardless of what we feel. Yet how does this translate into the society we live in, where every day we are reminded, go with your feelings.
I want to continue to fly; I have done so twice since that infamous day, hopefully each time with a greater degree of trust. I am sure those false beliefs will come back. But I must trust, and learn from Jesus who called upon his Father with trust on the Cross with the cry 'My God, My God, why did you abandon me?' (Ps 22:1), a cry that begins with despair and ends with hope and a prayer for all of us: 'O Lord, do not be far away!' (Ps 22:19).
Nehme is a former student of a Marist Primary School in Mount-Lebanon. He grew up in the war and spent a considerable part of his childhood adjusting to the sound of bombs, sometimes taking refuge in a shelter in the basement of his building. He migrated to Australia, studied Commerce at Sydney Uni and later chose to become a Teacher. He enjoys reading; playing and watching sport. He is a St George Dragons supporter and enjoys watching the boring game of Cricket. Nehme has a passion for the Gospel and loves connecting with young people. He is currently enrolled in a Bachelor of Theology and is the National Coordinator for Marist Youth Ministry.


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from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
import webbrowser

def ask_for_POST(get_path, post_path, html_to_serve_on_get_path, port_number = 9999):
  """
  Runs a local web server and browser UI; returns when the browser
  posts to post_path and returns the contents of the POST body.
  """
  already_gotten = False
  already_posted = False
  response_data = None
  class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_GET(self):
      if self.path != get_path:
        self.send_error(404)
      else:
        nonlocal already_gotten
        if already_gotten:
          self.send_error(403, "WARNING SIRENS: SOMEONE GOT THERE BEFORE YOU")
        else:
          already_gotten = True
          self.send_response(200)
          self.send_header('Content-Type', 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
          self.end_headers()
          self.wfile.write(html_to_serve_on_get_path.encode('utf-8'))

    def do_POST(self):
      if self.path != post_path:
        self.send_error(404)
      else:
        # Hmm this seems unreliable but I don't know if there's
        # a packaged solution for http.server
        length = int(self.headers['Content-Length'])
        nonlocal response_data
        response_data = self.rfile.read(length)
        nonlocal already_posted
        already_posted = True
        self.send_response(200)
        self.send_header('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
        self.end_headers()
        self.wfile.write(b'Successfully posted.')
  server = HTTPServer(('', port_number), Handler)
  #TODO race condition? or does the HTTPServer constructor open the port?
  webbrowser.open('http://localhost:{}{}'.format(port_number, get_path))
  while not already_posted: server.handle_request()
  return response_data

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With some prompting from the linguist, speakers try to recall some vocabulary, first for body parts and colors. They use photocopied notes that had been distributed at language classes over the past couple of years. Later the linguist asks questions about personal and group history (talk about your grandchildren, what did your parents do when you were sick, etc.), some of which triggered some statements or descriptions in Wichita. Toward the end of the session some pieces of children's songs and stories are recalled.
Speakers of Wichita were gathered for a meal and a chance to "talk Wichita" with each other for about two hours. This session records the linguist, the tribal president, and four speakers recalling individual words and remembering some details about their lives. Most of the conversation is in English, but there is some Wichita discourse as well.
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Description : Speakers of Wichita were gathered for a meal and a chance to "talk Wichita" with each other for about two hours. This session records the linguist, the tribal president, and four speakers recalling individual words and remembering some details about their lives. Most of the conversation is in English, but there is some Wichita discourse as well.
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Description : Speakers are asked to use the language, first to describe body parts, and later to discuss bits of history and culture as recalled from the participants' childhoods. The linguist asks numerous questions to prompt the discussion, many of which lead to complete dead ends. One successful question concerns parental doctoring techniques, and elicits a short description in Wichita. At the end of the session, discussion turns to children's songs and discussions of what some of them mean. In editing this session for the archive, we have cut out sections which were exclusively in English or where the linguist's questions failed to produce even English discussion.
Description : With some prompting from the linguist, speakers try to recall some vocabulary, first for body parts and colors. They use photocopied notes that had been distributed at language classes over the past couple of years. Later the linguist asks questions about personal and group history (talk about your grandchildren, what did your parents do when you were sick, etc.), some of which triggered some statements or descriptions in Wichita. Toward the end of the session some pieces of children's songs and stories are recalled.
Description : Four Wichita speakers (Doris, Shirley, Vivian and Tiny), the linguist, and the tribal President, Gary McAdams, exchange information in an open, unstructured conversation. Most of the talk is about individual words, but there are a few descriptive sentences here and there as well. All of these people have lived near each other most of their lives, and they shared many childhood and young adult experiences.
Description : Tiny is the daughter of the first speaker that Rood ever worked with, Frank Miller. Apparently their home language was usually Wichita when she was a child, but she has not spoken it much as an adult. This session was Rood's first acquaintance with her.
Description : Rood introduces session and asks how one would describe a face.
Description : Speakers begin to discuss the way fact type was used for nicknames or derogatory descriptions of people, then go on to name other body parts. Includes a long list of body part terms read from notes, and Vivian's description of "sweet cheeks".
Description : Further discussion of body part terms.
Description : Request to "talk about your grandchildren" elicits reaction in both English and Wichita and a short statement from Shirley in Wichita.
Description : A little more inspired by the "grandchildren" theme: the number 27 and "there is no word for great-grandchild".
Description : Question "What did your parents do when you got sick?" elicits the longest connected Wichita response of the evening, as well as some discussion in English.
Description : The topic of children's songs is introduced, and leads to a discussion of words in songs which people cannot understand now. This segment includes a lot of long pauses.


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West Bengal Directory
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West Bengal, with a population of nearly 91 million, is the fourth most populous state in India which is spread over nearly 89,000 square kilometers. Bangladesh and Tripura, in combination with West Bengal, are said to form the ethno-linguistic region (i.e. based upon ethnicity and local language) which is popularly known as Bengal. The state shares it borders with the neighboring states of Odisha, Bihar, Assam, Sikkim, Jharkhand and has international borders with Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan.
West Bengal was the epicenter of a number of nationalist movements which had struck at the heart of the British Empire in the pre – independence days, and the state is thus steeped in historical heritage. West Bengal was also home to a democratically elected Communist government in the years between 1977 and 2011, following which Mamata Banerjee's All India Trinamool Congress Party took over. In this article, we shall take a look at the salient features and some of the important details pertaining to the administration of West Bengal.
According to the provisions of the Indian Constitution, West Bengal follows the parliamentary representative style of democracy, which is common to both the Centre and states in the Indian democracy. Let us consider the administrative machinery in the state, by highlighting the legislature, executive and judiciary separately.
Legislative Assembly of West Bengal
The West Bengal Legislative Assembly came into existence in 1862, five years after the Sepoy Mutinty, to act as the legislative organ for the Bengal Presidency. This Presidency of the British era became a part of the Republic of India, in 1950, by the name of West Bengal.
Featuring a unicameral legislature (i.e. consisting of only one house, instead of two), the state's legislative organ is the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. It consists of 295 MLAs, elected by the people of the state via direct elections which are held once in five years (except under exceptional circumstances). Out of the 295 elected members of the Assembly, 1 belongs to the Anglo Indian community and is nominated by the Governor of the state, while the other 294 are directly elected from their respective constituencies. At present, the 15th Legislative Assembly is functional in West Bengal and the important dignitaries featuring in it are as follows –
Chief Minister – Mamata Banerjee, AITC
Major political parties – All India Trinamool Congress, Communist Party of India (M) and allied Leftist groups, Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian National Congress, Gorkha Janmulti Morcha (GJM)
Website - https://wbassembly.gov.in/
Even though the nominal (titular) head of the state is the Governor, who is elected by the President of India, the collective decision making body that is vested with the real executive powers is the Council of Ministers, headed and guided by the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, heads this Council which is collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly for its policies and actions. The functioning of the Vidhan Sabha (as the Assembly is popularly known as) is more or less similar to the way the Indian Parliament functions, which is strictly according to the rules and regulations enshrined in the Constitution. At present, West Bengal contributes a total of 42 members to the Lok Sabha (Lower House) and 16 to the Rajya Sabha (Upper House).
The prominent Ministers in the Council are as follows –
Speaker - Biman Banerjee, AITC
Constituency - Baruipur Paschim (South 24 Parganas)
Party - AITC
Address - J-553 Paharpur Road Kolkata
Educational Details - Post Graduate, M.COM, LLB
Deputy Speaker – Haider Aziz Safwi , AITC
Chief Minister - Mamata Banerjee
Constituency - Bhabanipur
Miniteries - Home, Hill Affairs, Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Land & Land Reforms, Information & Cultural Reforms, Minorities Affairs and Madrasah Education, Health and Family Welfare, Micro and Small Scale Enterprises portfolios. Party - AITC
Address - 30B, Harish Chatterjee Street, Kolkata - 700 026
Educational Details - Post Graduate, B.ED MA LLB
Amit Mitra
Minister of Excise, Finance, Commerce & Industries, Industrial Reconstruction, Public Enterprise
Minister of School Education, Higher Education, Parliamentary Affairs
Subrata Mukherjee
Minister of Panchayat & Rural Development, Public Health Engineering
Sovandeb Chatterjee
Minister of Power & Non-Conventional Energy Sources
Suvendu Adhikari
Minister of Transport
Goutam Deb
Abani Joardar
Minister of Correctional Administration, Refugee Relief & Rehabilitation
Bratya Basu
Minister of Information Technology & Electronics
Minister of Fire & Engineering, Housing, Environment
Abdur Rezzak Mollah
Minister of Food Procurement and Horticulture
Jyotipriyo Mullick
Minister of Food & Supplies
Minister of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs
Arup Biswas
Minister of PWD, Youth Affairs, Sports
Javed Khan
Minister of Disaster Management
Moloy Ghatak
Minister of Labour, Law & Judicial Services
Purnendu Basu
Arup Roy
Minister of Co-operation
Rajib Banerjee
Minister of Irrigation and Waterways
Chandranath Sinha
Tapan Dasgupta
Minister of Agriculture Marketing
Soumen Mahapatra
Minister of Water Resources
James Kujur
Minister of Tribal Development
Binay Barman
Minister of Forest
Rabindranath Ghosh
Minister of North Bengal Development
Sadhan Pande
Minister of Self Help Groups, Consumer Affairs
Santiram Mahato
Minister of Paschimanchal Unnayan
Churamani Mahato
Minister of Backward Classes Welfare
Ashish Banerjee
Minister of Biotechnology, Statistics & Programme Implementation
Shashi Panja
Minister of Women Development & Social Welfare, Child Development, MoS – Health and Family Welfare
Siddiquallah Chowdhury
Minister of Mass Education, Library, MoS -Parliamentary Affairs
Ashima Patra
Minister of Technical Education
Manturam Pakhira
Minister of Sunderbans Development
Swapan Debnath
Minister of MSME, Land & Land Reforms
Bachhu Hansda
Minister of State for North Bengal Development
Ghulam Rabbani
Minister of State for Tourism
Minister of State for Labour
Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports
Indranil Sen
Minister of State for Information & Cultural Affairs
Shyamal Santra
Minister of State for Panchayat & Rural Development, PHE
Sandharani Tudu
Giasuddin Mollah
Minister of Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education
Judiciary System in West Bengal
The Indian Constitution provides for an integrated system of judiciary, which means that there are no separate provisions for the judiciary at the state and Central level. The Supreme Court has the ultimate authority over all matters pertaining to the nation. The Calcutta High Court is the highest judicial forum in the state of West Bengal. Besides West Bengal, the Calcutta High Court also enjoys jurisdiction over the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, through its Circuit Bench, which constitute a separate Union Territory. The Court was established in 1862 during the British era. Presently, Mrs. Manjulla Chellur serves as the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court and is assisted by a sanctioned strength of 63 judges. The design of the imposing building of the Court was prepared by Sir Walter Granville.
Administration at the local level – Subdivisions in West Bengal
The districts of West Bengal are as follows –
West Bengal is subdivided into 19 districts, with North 24 Parganas as the most populous and Dakshin Dinajpur as the most sparsely populated ones.
The administration of each district is headed by a District Magistrate, who is a member of either the West Bengal Civil Service (state level public service) or the Indian Administrative Service (all India public service). The districts are subdivided into Sub Divisions, which are further subdivided into Blocks and Panchayats.
While Sub Divisional Magistrates act as administrative authorities in Sub Divisions, the Blocks are headed BDOs (Block Development Officers). Panchayats are the institutions of local or grassroots governance which cater to the needs and aspirations of the vast rural population of the state. The urban local institutions are known as Municipal Corporations, which are headed by Mayors.
Police Setup in West Bengal
The two main organs of the police administration in the state Bengal are Kolkata Police and West Bengal Police. While the former is allotted the task of maintaining the law and order situation in the metropolitan city of Kolkata, the latter is in charge of the rest of the 18 districts in the state.
With its headquarters in Lalbazar Street in Kolkata, this branch of the state police was formed in 1856 and was entrusted with the law and order situation of the capital city of the state by the Calcutta Police Act, 1866 and Calcutta Suburban Police Act, 1866. The police force has a strength of nearly 29,000 personnel, who are present in 8 divisions and 69 police stations across the city. The Commissioner is the highest authority in all matters pertaining to the matters in Kolkata Police Department.
This police division in West Bengal had come up before the Kolkata Police, via the Police Act, 1861 shortly after the Revolt of 1857, which had convinced the British authorities of the need to maintain an efficient police force to oversee the law and order in the state, which was spiraling out of control at that point of time.
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The fourth annual conference of the Institute for Sustainability Solutions Research
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Plymouth University geologist and BBC television presenter Professor Iain Stewart will be among a host of scientists, policymakers and business leaders who will be speaking at a conference devoted to some of the most pressing issues in sustainability-related research.
'Cracking Earth 2015: Building Sustainability Research with Foundations', is the fourth annual conference organised by the University's Institute for Sustainable Solutions Research, and is set to draw more than 200 delegates to the city next week.
Representatives from a wide range of organisations will be speaking, including senior figures from Friends of the Earth, the Salvation Army and Space Strategy, and regional organisations such as Plymouth City Council, Westcountry Rivers Trust and the National Marine Aquarium.
Cracking Earth 2015 will focus upon a number of themes, including climate action, health and wellbeing, inclusive societies, green energy, and food security.
The event will see the unveiling of a new report by Mike Childs, Head of Science, Policy and Research at Friends of the Earth, looking at the role marketing plays in encouraging over-consumption and unsustainable behaviours in consumers. The report, written by Dr Victoria Hurth, from the Faculty of Business, provides a six-point plan for marketing, and forms part of Friends of the Earth's Big Ideas Project.
Former BBC Environment Correspondent Richard Black will be analysing how the media portrays climate science, and Chris Birch, Director of Sustainability at international consultancy Hilson Moran, will take to the stage with Plymouth's Professor of Planning, Chris Balch, to look at carbon dioxide emissions from the built environment.
Professor Stewart, who has presented a host of environmental-focused programmes such as Volcano Live and Planet Oil, will close the conference with his geological perspective on sustainability, 'Cracking Ideas for the Future'.
Dr Tim Daley, Director of the ISSR, said:
"For our fourth annual conference, we have attracted a hugely influential range of speakers from multiple disciplines to look at the role research must play in tackling some of the most fundamental sustainability issues affecting global societies. It will also provide researchers with a chance to explore less traditional funding opportunities such as those through working with charitable foundations."
"The event follows on from the recent launch of our research manifesto with Plymouth City Council," added Dr Daley. "By bringing together researchers and academics with businesses, local authorities, charities and the voluntary sector, we can start to align research priorities with issues surrounding economic sustainability and social responsibility and wellbeing."
'Cracking Earth 2015: Building Sustainability Research with Foundations' will be held on Wednesday 29 April in the Roland Levinsky Building.
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Enough Is Enough: Voters Should Reject Metro's Bond Measure
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By Eric Fruits, Ph.D.
By now Oregon voters have received their ballots for the November 5 election. One of the items in the Portland region is Measure 26-203: a $475 million bond measure by Metro, the regional government for the Portland area. Adding in interest and other costs, Measure 26-203 will raise the region's property taxes by about $60 million a year. Voters should say no to this measure.
Metro wants the money so it can buy more land for its so-called parks and nature program, a program that has shifted from providing parks for people to more vague and wide-ranging objectives.
Metro's initial promise in 1995 to "provide areas for walking, picnicking, and other outdoor recreation" has changed to 2019's bond measure promise to "protect water quality, fish, wildlife habitat, natural areas." The 1995 ballot title mentioned parks eight times. The measure before voters now gives four passing mentions to parks. And, it makes no promises of new parks, only preservation and maintenance of existing parks.
Hidden lands, missing parks
Technically speaking, many of the natural areas are open to the public. More realistically, Metro makes great efforts to discourage public access. For example, a Metro attorney indicated to Cascade Policy Institute staff that many of Metro's lands are not listed on its website specifically to prevent or discourage public access.
Even supporters of Measure 26-203 complain that most of Metro's properties are out-of-reach. In three different languages in this year's Voters' Pamphlet, they conclude Metro's acquisitions "exist as places on a map but not places you can actually go."
In fact, Metro itself reports that more than 80% of the acres purchased with earlier bond funds are outside the region's urban growth boundary. Because the UGB defines where most of the region's population lives, much of this publicly owned land is far away from the public. For example, Metro's much anticipated Chehalem Ridge nature park is located down a narrow, winding, gravel road more than seven miles from the nearest TriMet stop.
Despite Metro's earlier promises to provide parks for people, the agency has opened only seven parks and natural areas to the public over the last quarter century. In some cases, promised parks never arrived. In 2005, Metro promised "at least four future public access points" for canoeing, kayaking, fishing, and picnicking. Since then—14 years later—only the Farmington Paddle Launch has been opened.
Over the years, Metro has spent more than $7 million to acquire 680 acres in the Clear Creek area, 20 minutes east of Oregon City. In 2007, Metro concluded the holdings have "such potential as a park." Despite Clear Creek's potential as a park, this year Metro indicated it did not have "any public access plans developed for Clear Creek Natural Area." The site is now virtually off-limits to the public and does not appear on Metro's parks and nature maps.
Vague promises, little accountability
Protection, preservation, and restoration of natural areas, watersheds, rivers, and streams for wildlife and fish are key components of Measure 26-203. These were also key components of the 1995 and 2006 bond measures.
Even so, Metro has provided scant information documenting its protection, preservation, and restoration efforts. While tree planting, weed removal, and volunteer efforts are mentioned in some Metro publications since 1995, the voter-approved operating levies were earmarked for restoration efforts. Metro reports that by 2018, only about 14% of the land it has acquired has been restored.
Enough is enough, vote no on Measure 26-203
Metro's parks and nature bonds have been in place for nearly a quarter century. Over that time the agency has spent about half a billion dollars and acquired more than 14,000 acres of land. Metro has clear challenges managing the land it already holds. Promised parks have not been built, and some have been wiped off the map. Restoration efforts have not kept pace with property acquisitions.
Metro has about $30 million still sitting in its parks and nature bond funds, and it has an operating levy that runs through 2023. Voters should reject Measure 26-203 and urge Metro to use the money it already has to turn some of the land it's already acquired into the parks that people demand.
Eric Fruits, Ph.D. is Vice President of Research at Cascade Policy Institute, Oregon's free market public policy research organization. A version of this article appeared in The Portland Tribune on October 22, 2019.
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Cascade Policy Institute Urges a NO Vote on Measure 26-203
Voters should reject Metro's tax increase and land grab
In approximately four weeks Portland area voters will receive their November ballots. One of the items is Measure 26-203: a $475 million bond measure by Metro, the regional government for the Portland area. Metro wants the money so it can buy more land for its so-called parks and nature program. Measure 26-203 will raise the region's property taxes by about $60 million a year.
Cascade Policy Institute urges a vote NO on Measure 26-203. Voters have already approved two such measures—one for $135 million in 1995, and another for $227 million in 2006. Most of that money has been spent to buy up more than 14,000 acres of land. Yet, less than 12% of these lands are available for public use.
Metro has made it clear that many of the parcels purchased since 1995 will never be open for use. In fact, if you try to find a list of all properties bought by Metro with bond money, you won't be able to. A Metro lawyer told Cascade staff in a meeting this summer that they don't want the public to know where the park land is because they don't want the public to visit it.
Eric Fruits, Vice President of Research at Cascade Policy Institute, said, "Most of Metro's nature properties are Oregon's own Area 51—they're owned by the government, they don't show up on maps, and no one knows what's going on there."
In addition, more than two-thirds of the land bought with bond money is outside Metro's jurisdiction, and nearly 80% is outside the Portland Urban Growth Boundary (UGB). That means most voters will never use Metro parks because they are so far away—even if the areas were open to the public.
Measure 26-203 is on the ballot largely to ensure tax dollars keep flowing to Metro. The measure brings in so much money, the Metro Council can't figure out how to spend it all. That's why Metro has earmarked $50 million of the bond funds for "advancing large-scale community visions." Metro itself says the earmark is "not well-defined" and a leader of 1,000 Friends of Oregon called it a "slush fund."
For more information on Measure 26-203 and Metro's parks program, contact Cascade Policy Institute at 503-242-0900.
Cascade Policy Institute is Oregon's free market public policy research center. Cascade's mission is to explore and promote public policy alternatives that foster individual liberty, personal responsibility, and economic opportunity. For more information, visit cascadepolicy.org.
Contact Eric Fruits or John Charles at 503-242-0900 or by email at eric@cascadepolicy.org or john@cascadepolicy.org for more information or to schedule an interview.
Why Voters Should Vote NO on Measure 26-203
Here are the top five arguments against Measure 26-203:
Metro already has more land than it can manage. The focus for the next decade should be on making current lands available for public use. Metro's largest planned park—Chehalem Ridge near Gaston—has been in Metro ownership for nine years, and there is still no public access. Metro also owns about 1,400 acres in the Sandy River Gorge. These holdings are not shown on any of Metro's parks and nature maps and Metro has no plans at all to make these properties available for swimming, boating, hiking, or family cookouts. Metro needs to turn these and other areas into parks its residents actually use before voters give Metro a blank check for $475 million.
Last year Metro spent nearly 25% of all bond expenditures on "administration." For the past five years, Metro has failed to meet its commitment to keep administrative costs below 10%.
Metro claims that it has to buy up more land to save it from development, but most properties purchased to date were never threatened because they are outside the UGB. There is no imminent threat of sensitive lands being "paved over" – precisely because the UGB prohibits development and Metro has no plans to expand the UGB to these areas.
Metro is the only parks manager in the entire tri-county region that won't allow dogs, even if leashed. For many park users, especially women, that means they won't use Metro parks at all, because they don't feel safe walking alone. Metro's no dog policy is a frequent complaint at community meetings about Metro's parks program.
The primary reason for the bond measure is to prevent property tax rates from dropping. At a Metro Council retreat in July 2017, Metro's Chief Operating Officer explained, "Debt service on the 2006 bonds is expiring. If we wait past 2020 for another bond measure, the current tax rate of 19 cents per thousand of assessed value would drop to zero, and then we would have to admit that our bond measure raises taxes."
Press Coverage of Metro's Parks and Nature Program
Nick Budnick, "Green Acres," Willamette Week, February 2, 2000.
"But a five-week WW review, including dozens of interviews and stacks of real-estate files, found an agency so anxious to secure land that it has streamlined fiscal controls, creating a process that allows even overpriced land to look like a good deal. In 16 out of 32 real-estate acquisitions reviewed by WW, the land values determined by Metro appear inflated, and the combined cost to taxpayers could easily run in the millions."
"Body Politic," Willamette Week, October 18, 2006.
"Conceptually, who could argue with the desire to have Metro, the regional government, buy land for green spaces? We do, for the following reasons. First of all, there are several money measures on the ballot deserving your support, and this is the least pressing among them. Second, critics have pointed to the fact that part of the land Metro seeks to buy is so far outside the urban growth boundary that it's not only beyond Metro's jurisdiction but is unnecessary, at least for the next several decades. Others have pointed out that some of the targeted land is farmland, which would be taken out of cultivation."
Nicholas Deshais, "Field of Schemes," Willamette Week, March 27, 2007.
"The plan would try to return the park's entire 25 acres back to nature. That includes removing most artificial structures, non-native plants and anything else that smacks of humanity, such as the two baseball fields used by Lakeside Little League. Eventually, the city wants to see a wetland prairie instead of a pitcher's mound. … 'The fact that the ball fields are there is an accident of history,' said Mike Houck, director of the Urban Greenspaces Institute and a member of the master plan's advisory committee. 'You wouldn't put a ball field in the middle of Oaks Bottom.'"
Tim Curran, "Headwaters work gives neighbors headaches," Mid-County Memo, October 29, 2011.
"Steve Lynch, who has lived next to the property for 12 years, said his experience with city and Metro officials has been frustrating. 'They've done the most possible damage in the least amount of time I've ever seen any neighbor do,' Lynch said. 'They will look you right in the eye and tell you what you want to hear, and tomorrow the trucks are in. I'm not going to be nice anymore.'"
Nigel Jaquiss, "Mayors Urge Metro to Delay Planned May Bond Measure," Willamette Week, December 6, 2012. Quoting letter from mayors.
"In addition to concerns regarding compression, the plan for the remaining natural area's bond purchases and impacts on long term maintenance needs are still unclear to our group. Without further information and clarity regarding the plan for past voters'approved investments, it is hard for us to see the value in asking voters for additional resources."
Dana Tims, "Metro's bargain land becomes a burden to restore, maintain," Oregonian, April 13, 2013.
"'We were rejecting more real estate deals than any private development team in the city,' Metro Council President Tom Hughes said. 'The ones we accepted let us stretch those bond dollars a lot further than we thought we could.' All that stretching, however, came at a cost. Since the bond money can only be used to buy land, Metro's been stockpiling acreage for years with scant means of maintaining or restoring it."
Rob Manning, "Metro Has The Land, But Needs Money To Make It Parks," OPB, May 15, 2013.
"Thousands of people drive past these creeks every day – on Highway 213. But the forest along the creeks can be hard to get to. There are no signs. You have to know the way in – past power lines and thickets of scotch broom and blackberry bushes. Metro land manager, Dan Moeller says the gate in is narrow – on purpose. 'To manage what's able to get in and out of here, we had to create some fencing, and we actually had to design this little post system to stop shopping carts from coming into this site.' Moeller says the gate keeps shopping carts out — but it also blocks kids' strollers and visitors in wheelchairs. Officials say homeless camps crop up often."
Peter Wong, "Metro Council seeks extension of park levy," Portland Tribune, July 5, 2016.
"Metro Councilor Bob Stacey said the North Tualatin Mountains plan, which the council approved April 21, calls for opening only about 25 percent of its 1,400 acres to trails for walking, cycling and horseback riding – and putting most of the rest off-limits."
"Howl, no: Metro seeks more money for anti-dog park network," Oregonian, July 5, 2016.
"It may surprise many people in the Portland area to know that Metro is, among other things, the owner of vast swaths of park land. Its holdings, at about 17,000 acres, were amassed largely as a result of two voter-approved funding measures totaling more than $363 million. Metro officials swept up this property for a number of conservation-related purposes, from preserving wildlife habitat to improving water quality. But that's not all. Improving access to people — who are, after all, paying for all of this — was a goal as well."
"Voters should say no to Metro's bid to renew parks levy," Oregonian, October 19, 2016.
"Most of [Metro's] efforts are large and expensive, such as committing $60 million in bonding capacity to an otherwise private hotel project at the Oregon Convention Center, which it also oversees. Pockets of rancor about the agency's reach and influence nest in some suburban and rural venues, where folks have argued Metro has grown too large and operates without sufficient accountability."
Rachel Monahan, "Portland Begs for Bond Money to Finish Park Work It Started," Willamette Week, June 5, 2019.
"Behind closed doors, the city of Portland has been lobbying for more money—because the last Metro parks bond, in 2006, helped buy properties for Portland, but City Hall lacks the money to finish restoring or improving them."
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In this episode, McLean shares:
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Feminine model of working
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What is a postpartum doula (8:40)
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1. Mike Brown will probably play his starters early in the second half. To open the preseason, Brown didn't want to play anyone more than 20 minutes a game. That changed Wednesday against Portland. Pau Gasol (30 minutes), Metta World Peace (30) and Steve Nash (25) played more than usual, partly because Kobe Bryant sat out with an injured right shoulder. But Brown wants to keep at least one or two starters with the bench reserves.
Even with Bryant back in the lineup, Brown plans the same approach. He wants to establish more continuity both among the starters and when some of the reserves are in the mix.
2. Will the Lakers improve their transition defense? That's been the main area Brown has nitpicked through the Lakers' two preseason losses. With Dwight Howard out recovering from back surgery, the Lakers have lacked a definitive frontline player to keep the rotations organized. That problem became worse after Jordan Hill was diagnosed with a herniated disk after the Lakers' preseason loss Sunday to Golden State.
Other areas contribute to that inconsistency. The Lakers seem more consumed with running a well-oiled offense. Various bench rotations have contributed to the team looking disorganized after a missed shot. The Lakers, particularly the veterans, are understandably pacing themselves.
3. Darius Morris might play more. The Lakers have solved their point guard problems by adding Nash. But what about the backup spot?
"Nobody has really locked up that backup point guard spot yet," Brown said after Friday's practice at the Lakers' facility in El Segundo.
In the two exhibition games, Steve Blake (two points, one-of-four shooting, three assists), Chris Duhon (zero points on zero-of-five shooting, zero assists) and Darius Morris (five points, one-of-two shooting) haven't looked too distinguishable. In Saturday's game, though, Brown said he would give Morris the majority of the backup minutes. Moving forward, Brown said he would rotate the load among the three guards to make a better comparison.
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SEATTLE – Radio talk show host Dave Ross (search) lives in Seattle but does national commentary. He has decided that the radio waves are no longer the best forum for his opinions, so he is running for Congress as a Democrat, vying for the seat being vacated by retiring GOP Rep. Jennifer Dunn.
While Ross has announced his intention to run, the official filing deadline isn't until July. He said he plans to stay on the radio in the meantime, infuriating opponents.
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The state GOP is threatening legal action and asking the Federal Election Commission (search) and Federal Communications Commission (search) to step in.
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Click here to watch a report by Fox News' Trace Gallagher.


Monster Energy's Rock Allegiance Festival stormed its way into the BB&T Pavilion on the Wiggins Waterfront in Camden, NJ last weekend with over 18,000 metal fans on hand for the annual hard rock event.
The festival, now in its third year, provides music on three stages along with gourmet food trucks, craft beers, and fan experiences for young and old. These experiences include artist meet and greets, Monster flavor sampling, and a section for charity organizations, as well as a small area for vendors. FYE was also on board with their own fan experience by way of artist meet and greets as well. There is so much to see and do, it's impossible to take it all in.
A new location for the festival this year, the spacious Wiggins Waterfront Park provided a scenic view over the water and a historic battleship. The side stage highlights included Gojira, He is Legend, and Greta Van Fleet with new comers DED and Starset.
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April 29th and 30th marked the return of Merriweather Post Pavillion's annual '80s hard rock and heavy metal party known as the M3 Rock Festival. Two days of all the classic hair metal bands who were not only the soundtrack to the Sunset Strip but also for east coast bars like Hammerjacks and the Bayou.
Kicking off the first day was a young lady named Gabbie Rae—who quite honestly stole the show. The highlight came midway through her set when she covered Dio's "Last in Line." Never have I heard anyone do Dio justice until now, and to put it mildly—jaw dropping. The night continued with Enuff Z'Nuff and 86 Bullets who were both a lot of fun.
Guitarist George Lynch and his band Lynch Mob slayed everyone with their technical precision and even managed to throw in a couple of Dokken songs to top off the night. Mötley Crüe may be done but Vince Neil still carries the torch and was backed up by Slaughter bassist Dana Strum, guitarist Mark Blando, and the high-flying mad man behind the drums Zoltan Cheney. (Tommy Lee has nothing on this guy.) Vince's set consisted mainly of everyone's Mötley favorites and he's got great chemistry with the band on stage.
PHOTOS: DAVE BARNHOUSER | Having spawned the careers of countless guitarists with his tenure in KISS in the '70s, Ace Frehley is still holding the hot hand in 2016.
It's time to give Ace Frehley credit where credit is due. Sure, the career's been a proverbial rollercoaster, but Friday night at the 9:30 Club, Ace was smoking—and I'm not just referring to the pyrotechnics. His playing was nimble as ever and his signature tone sustained from track to track was impeccable. And how about those tracks? "Rip It Out," "Rocket Ride," "Parasite," "Love Gun," "Snow Blind," Strangeways," "New York Groove," Shock Me," "Cold Gin," "Detroit Rock City," "Deuce." All, well, hotter than hell.
Ace's brand new LP, Origins Vol. 1 arrives in stores this Friday, April 15 and finds Ace digging into a trove of tracks that influenced him early on. Covers from Thin Lizzy to the Rolling Stones to Jimi Hendrix round out the set which includes guest vocals from Mr. Paul Stanley on Free's "Fire and Water." While this material didn't make Friday's setlist, his own tracks blatantly informed the origin stories of those in the audience—that is, if we're to weigh the crowd participation and the myriad of air guitarists in attendance.
If the cliche, "a picture's worth a thousand words" was ever of merit, it was put to the test last weekend at the now annual M3 Rock Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion.
Certified legends of '80s hair metal and their greying, and often hair challenged, devotees of the genre filled the outdoor festival grounds for 2 days of rock and roll flashbacks.
We were there to capture it. —Ed.
July 10th, 2012 marked the return of rock and toll to Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. The show featured '80s hard rock heavyweights Def Leppard and Poison, with the Queen of heavy metal, Lita Ford opening.
The bill featured all original members of Poison and nearly all original members of Def Leppard. Each of the set lists ran like a greatest hits record. There would be no filler for any of the bands on the bill. Pure unrelenting rock and roll the way it is meant to be played. LOUD!
Check out the photos below to see proof that rock and roll will never die.
May 10th and 11th marked the 4th annual M3 Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. People traveled from as far as Australia to relive the music of the decadent '80s metal scene.
Boasting bands such as Ratt, Queensryche, Dokken, Great White, Warrant, Skid Row, Night Ranger, and Kix, M3 had something for everyone, from the hard rocking and guitar shredding classics to the slower, heartfelt bad boy ballads. Check out a sampling of some of the bands from the festival.
Christmas came to the 9:30 Club in the form of a yuletide performance by former Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland.
The set consisted of Christmas classics is a very mellow style ala Bing Crosby and David Bowie, with some STP hits thrown in to jazz up the evening. Check out some of the photos of this holiday show.
When it comes to down and dirty rock and roll, there is no band who defines the term bad boys of rock better than Twisted Sister. So why should a Christmas show be any different?
Playing songs from both their A Twisted Christmas album, as well as hits from their thirty-five-year career such as "Destroyer," "I Wanna Rock" and "We're Not Gonna Take It," Twisted Sister knows how to give a crowd exactly what they want. And for a sold out crowd in New York's Best Buy Theater in Times Square last Saturday, that was a lot.
The nearly two hour set included a Twisted Santa Claus factory, crazy elves, smoking hot reindeer, snow machines, a giant Ozzy Osbourne statue, and all five original members of Twisted Sister. Dee Snider dressed as Santa entered on a sleigh pulled by scantily clad reindeer, giving presents to all the naughty boys and girls in the audience, in the form of condoms and candy canes pulled from a big red sack.
They tore into their first number, "Silver Bells," followed with almost no pause at all by "The Kids Are Back." The set was an even mix between all the rock we have known and loved for the past thirty-five years and the amped-up Christmas tunes that would be the center of that day's Twisted Christmas.


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Car slams into house, injures grandfather
People who are sleeping in their bedrooms don't expect to be involved in late-night car accidents, but that's exactly what happened to a grandfather and a young teen in Douglas County, Colorado, on Oct. 5th. A car slammed into their home, breaking the wall and throwing debris all across the room.
The grandfather, who is 70 years old, was hurt in the crash. The teen, who is 13, did not suffer any injuries.
Pictures from the scene show a small silver car stopped right next to a window with white shutters. The red brick wall of the house is shattered by the front end of the car, which is crumpled. Airbags can be seen inside the vehicle.
When asked about it, the teen said that it was unbelievable. He also noted that, as the accident happened, they had no clue what was going on.
The person who was driving the car is 20 years old, and police are investigating with the suspicion that he was drunk during the accident. He could face charges for assault, reckless driving, careless driving that led to an injury and more.
The grandfather does seem to be expected to be all right. Speculation is that a brick may have hit him as it flew from the wall. He did need to go to the hospital to get treatment, but reports show that he left only a few hours later.
Things like this are never expected, but they can absolutely happen when people drive dangerously and under the influence. Those who have been injured must know what rights they have to compensation for those injuries.
Source: The Denver Channel, "Car crashes into bedroom of house in The Pinery, debris hits 70-year-old grandfather," Phil Tenser, Lindsay Watts, Oct. 05, 2015


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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, at-home Covid tests have become more common. This article will explore everything that you should know about at-home tests, ranging from when to take them to how to obtain them.
When Should I Take an At-Home Covid Test?
It is a common misconception that people should only take Covid self-tests when they suspect that they have already been infected by the virus. While laboratory PCR tests are more appropriate when a person has already been exposed to the virus, medical professionals advise people to take at-home rapid antigen tests for assurance purposes [1]. It is a good idea to regularly take antigen tests to catch infections early and subsequently isolate oneself before spreading the disease to other people [2]. Both antigen and PCR tests are available in at-home capacities, although the latter must be sent to a laboratory for results [3].
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By contrast, rapid antigen tests can display results within minutes [2]. These tests are convenient because they can be taken at home [1]. They are highly specific, which suggests that they produce very few false positives, but their false negative rate is as high as 20%, compared to PCR tests' 10% [3]. Accordingly, people who believe that they may have COVID-19 but tested negative according to a rapid antigen test should take a supplementary PCR test [1].
What Should I Keep in Mind When Administering an At-Home Test?
Before using a COVID-19 self-test, you should store all test items according to the manufacturer's directions on the label [1]. This includes complying with the appropriate storage temperature ranges and making sure to clean and sanitize any objects that may come into contact with the test, as well as your hands [1]. When swabbing, you must take care not to contaminate the sample; otherwise, the test could display inaccurate results [3]. After taking a test, you should not reuse any of the testing objects [1]. Rather, they should be thrown away, and, afterward, you should clean any surfaces that came into contact with the testing materials and wash your hands once more [1].
Where Can I Get a COVID-19 At-Home Test?
At-home tests are available at some grocery stores, local pharmacies, and online [5]. Prices can be around 11 dollars, though some are more expensive [5]. For free tests, people in the United States can visit COVIDtests.gov to order up to 8 free at-home tests per household [6].
By making it easier to determine whether you have been infected by the novel coronavirus, at-home Covid tests can help reduce the overall infection rate [2]. Consequently, each household should keep a couple of tests readily available.
[1] K. Rogers, "What you should know about taking an at-home Covid-19 test," CNN, Updated February 2, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/17/health/how-to-at-home-covid-19-test-wellness/index.html/.
[2] M. Johnson-León et al., "Executive summary: It's wrong not to test: The case for universal, frequent rapid COVID-19 testing," eClinicalMedicine, vol. 33, February 2021. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100759.
[3] A. Crozier et al., "Put to the test: use of rapid testing technologies for covid-19," BMJ, vol. 372, no. 208, p. 1-7, February 2021. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n208.
[4] R. W. Peeling et al., "Scaling up COVID-19 rapid antigen tests: promises and challenges," The Lancet, vol. 21, no. 9, p. e290-e295, September 2021. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00048-7.
[5] Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services, "How to get your At-Home Over-The-Counter COVID-19 Test for Free," CMS, Updated January 12, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.cms.gov/how-to-get-your-at-home-OTC-COVID-19-test-for-free.
[6] T. Keith, "You can order free COVID tests from the government again," NPR, available March 7, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.npr.org/2022/03/07/1085022030/you-can-order-free-covid-tests-from-the-government-again.


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In Khulumani v. Barclays National Bank Ltd., a case before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Hausfeld represents numerous South African victims of the apartheid regime, alleging that Defendant multi-national corporations aided and abetted the commission of crimes against humanity.


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Intimate Exposures: Marilyn Monroe in Photographs
Posted by Susan Doll on February 6, 2012
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Marilyn Monroe, which is the perfect occasion for a reevaluation of her films and career. There has been renewed attention in MM because of My Week with Marilyn, and there was a retrospective of her films last summer at BAMcinematek in NYC, but, somehow, I expected more. I keep waiting for a bona fide biographer or film historian to put her films and career into perspective and to address her star image in a post-feminist era. For example, no biography has ever adequately discussed her decision to form her own production company in order to take control of her roles and career. During the 1950s, when the studio system began disintegrating, top male stars from John Wayne to Burt Lancaster formed their own production companies for similar reasons, a fact much discussed in film histories. But, Monroe—one of the few female stars to do so—is never mentioned.
STERN HAS PUBLISHED THE PHOTOS FROM 'THE LAST SITTING' IN SEVERAL BOOKS.
Perhaps MM is so iconic as the 20th century sex symbol that it is too difficult to see beyond the facets of her star image—blonde bombshell, dumb blonde, Hollywood victim, tragic personal life. Part of that star image was skillfully constructed by Monroe herself, and she could slip in and out of it as easily as one of her tight white dresses. It is an image that is difficult to strip away or even analyze because it is wrapped in layers of rumors, publicity, scandals, and thousands of photographs.
Thoughts of MM have lingered in the back of mind since I wrote a three-part series on her last year for the Morlocks blog. And so, I was intrigued by a documentary that played at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on Bert Stern, who photographed Marilyn just six weeks before she died in what is now called "The Last Sitting." Titled Bert Stern, Original Madman, the documentary chronicles Stern's entire career from his days as an apprentice graphic designer to his glory years as Vogue's most talented photographer. I liked the history lesson on the art of advertising that was part of the documentary, but the film will not endear viewers to the 83-year-old Stern. A chronic philanderer and commitment-phobe, he has made a pathetic mess of his personal life, which he attempts to romanticize with dramatic statements that are self-aggrandizing: "I want them [women]. And, I put them in the camera," he says with a shrug. His ex-wife has a more accurate view of Stern's personality: "If someone wasn't interested, he was determined to get her; if someone wanted him, he was aloof."
MM CROSSED OUT THE PHOTOS SHE REJECTED, BUT STERN HAS PRINTED THEM AFTER HER DEATH BECAUSE HE FINDS THE COMBO OF THE ORANGE X's AND HER IMAGE BEAUTIFUL.
However, I was curious to learn more about the MM shoot, especially straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak. When Vogue offered him the opportunity to shoot Monroe, Stern, who had first seen MM in 1955 at an Actors Studio party, realized "it was a once-in-a-lifetime event. I knew I'd never shoot her again." Though she had been photographed by professionals since the mid-1940s, Stern felt the "iconic photo" of MM had never been taken, and he wanted to be the one to do it. The sitting consisted of three sessions over a two-week period at the Bel-Air Hotel, beginning on June 23, 1962. Stern opted for a hotel suite because he wanted to create a personal, intimate atmosphere to put MM at ease. Monroe arrived several hours late, but, according to Stern, she was in a fun, light-hearted mood. He found her to be a free spirit ready and open to anything, not at all like the depressed, out-of-control mental patient described in the gossip columns. He wanted to photograph her draped in jewelry and scarves instead of clothing. Monroe, who had few inhibitions regarding her body picked up some of the sheer scarves and began draping them over and around her nude torso. Her hair became tussled as she sipped her favorite champagne—Dom Perignon—and posed with energy and passion. Stern did not want to shoot her in phony studio settings or in that glamorized gauzy mode of Hollywood publicity photos. Instead, he shot in his usual style—simple concepts arranged in triangular compositions captured in sharp focus. The sharp-focused style with few props or clothes gives the photos a modern look, even today.
MM AS JACKIE KENNEDY---NOT A GOOD IDEA.
Stern sent some of the provocative photos to Vogue, but the editors did not like her tussled hair and the frank nudity. They requested another session with Marilyn. For this second session, she donned fashionable evening wear, including a black Dior gown, and dressed up like Jackie Kennedy, complete with brunette wig and pearls—an ironic guise considering her brief fling with JFK. For the final session, she and Stern opted to return to the semi-nudes and nudes. Stern and Monroe had an immediate rapport that for Stern was based in part on desire. He shot her nude in bed; he stood on top of her with his camera and shot down, reminding me of the David Hemmings character in Blow-Up. In retelling the story of "The Last Sitting," Stern claimed that there was a "magical force" guiding everything. Monroe was so energized by the shoot that he had difficulties keeping up with her. He shot around 2500 photos during the three sessions, and those selected by Vogue were published in an issue that streeted the day before her death, at least according to Stern.
Given his identity as a lothario with a camera, it is not surprising that Stern describes the experience like an affair or a sexual encounter. He claims he would have gone off with her if she had asked. He tried to kiss the famous star, but MM said, "No." In the documentary, Stern brags that he didn't get her, but he got definitive photos of her, which was "better." Obviously, he equates shooting photos with the act of sex, but the "affair" was one-sided. I don't think Monroe felt like a notch on his photographic belt.
STUDIO PUBLICITY STILL
In researching Monroe over the years, I have always thought she was more confident and in control of her image when shooting still photographs than she was on a movie set. She enjoyed being photographed, even for those publicity photos that her studio contracts required. Most stars hated posing for them, especially when they were unrelated to a specific film. Generic shots of stars holding Christmas presents, wearing Halloween costumes, or posing in ridiculous or cutesy settings were part of the grind of the star system, but MM took it in stride.
MM began her career as a magazine-cover model. Most male biographers emphasize her work for men's magazines—precursors to Playboy—in which she posed in bathing suits or other scanty attire. Publications like Foto Parade advertised their "anatomical art," while Scope offered such scintillating articles as "How the Reds Use Sex." However, Monroe actually appeared in a variety of publications, donning costumes that helped her create a female archetype to convey the image the magazine wanted to project—a kind of "acting" in its simplest form in which she collaborated with the photographer to get the concept across. For Family Circle, she posed in a farm girl's gingham dress while holding a lamb; for US Camera, she looked outdoorsy in capris as she waded through ocean waves; for Personal Romance, she dressed as an innocent young bride.
MM BY CECIL BEATON
After becoming a major star, MM continued to regularly pose for photographers, including Milton Greene, Eve Arnold, George Barnes, Cecil Beaton, and finally Stern. Each photographer had a different concept in mind for capturing Monroe, and she not only cooperated but contributed. Greene was her business partner in Marilyn Monroe Productions, and she trusted him implicitly, so his photos are those of a trusted ally. They show her in candid moments relaxing on and off the set; they come the closest to capturing the MM behind the image. Beaton was an old-school photographer for Vogue who became a costume and production designer for the stage and screen (Gigi; My Fair Lady). In his photos, the subject was not the center of attention but one element in an overall decorative composition dominated by striking backgrounds. Beaton was taken aback by Monroe's energy and free-spirited persona and was inclined to "contain" it. Though he shot a few light-hearted photos, he preferred a series of high-concept shots of MM in a white gown lying on a bed of decorative sheets holding a long-stemmed carnation. Though Monroe liked the classiness and visual sophistication, I find the series to be cold and the least revealing of her personality. My favorite photos are by the only woman photographer to shoot MM—Eve Arnold. Arnold, an agency photographer who had known Monroe since 1952, shot the star during the production of her last completed film, The Misfits. Though Arnold did her own version of sexy Marilyn shots, MM allowed the photographer to capture other sides of her as a woman who was going through a difficult period in her life.
MM BY MILTON GREENE
After becoming a star, MM had final approval over all photos. Shots that did not meet her standards were discarded. In the case of Bert Stern's photos, she marked the rejects with big black or orange X's. Asked why she rejected certain shots, Stern speculated that they did not "reflect her image of herself."
MM THE ANIMAL LOVER BY EVE ARNOLD
MM had learned about still photography early in her career and what constitutes a good photo—not only in regard to lighting and angle but also in terms of content. She understood the potential potency of the right photograph by the right artist. Photographers respected her, and she exhibited a confidence for their cameras that was notoriously absent when she acted in films. She collaborated with photographers, or at least interacted with them, to produce an image or persona over which she had a large measure of control. In general, she was more mature, funnier, more mysterious, and more self-assured in her photographs than onscreen. In Hollywood, studio producers exercised control over her image and turned her into a variation of the dumb blonde, which she detested. The hierarchical nature of filmmaking made it certain that directors were uninterested in her opinions and suggestions. Directors and costars who did not understand her insecurities unwittingly made them worse with their behavior toward her. On a film set, she was insecure in her abilities, convinced she was not respected, and unable to concentrate on her lines—behavior made worse by drugs. Photographers have praised her skills and instincts, while directors and costars have criticized her or painted her as vulnerable and pitiable.
ON THE SET OF 'THE MISFITS' BY EVE ARNOLD
In this light, MM's efforts to launch her own production company to control her star image seem a bigger part of her story than generally assumed.
Considering how impressed Stern was with Monroe and her ability to "collaborate" with him, it is surprising that he attempted to recreate "The Last Sitting" for Vogue in 2008 with Lindsay Lohan. Though I don't think Lohan is without talent, and I have nothing against her, she is dead weight and completely without charisma compared to MM. Stern admits in the documentary that "I knocked myself off," demeaning himself in the process. And, worse, the Lohan photos "infringed on another soul." The Lohan photos force a comparison with the originals, and Lohan pales in comparison. But, the comparison also attests to Monroe's special talent in still photography and proves that she was integral to the photographic process.
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Posted By Lisa W. : February 6, 2012 4:17 pm
So interesting! I agree with you that the Eve Arnold photos you show here seem almost candid in comparison to the Beaton or Stern ones certainly, but somehow more intimate in a way because you seem to get a glimpse behind the persona. And that's why I like them. We'll never stop wondering will we? It's a huge shame that MM does not get credit for taking control of her career the way she did because I'm sure she paved the way for female stars to come. Too bad Lohan's life and career ran aground so soon. I agree, though, there's no comparison to MM. Thanks Suzi!
Posted By swac : February 6, 2012 6:02 pm
Funny, only yesterday I watched the documentary on cinematographer Jack Cardiff, who lensed The Prince and the Showgirl, and spoke fondly of working with Monroe, and how she had a face that was perfect for the camera, without needing the kind of lighting effects that Marlene Dietrich always called for. He also displayed some portraits of MM that he took as lighting tests, but they're also gorgeous images in their own right, given the subject matter and the subject he had to work with.
He also shows off one of his favourite photos, taken when he had to act as a lighting stand-in for Lawrence Olivier, who wasn't around for the set-up. Cardiff is in an intimate clinch with MM, and afterwards he got her to sign the photo. MM playfully signs it "Maybe we could have, Jack…" and below it is an autograph by Arthur Miller, with the message "Not on your life" or words to that effect. A greater memento I could not imagine.
Posted By Kimberly Lindbergs : February 6, 2012 7:50 pm
Great photos & fascinating take, Susan. I have to agree with you & Lisa, the Arnold photos really have power. They seem more intimate and relaxed than the others.
Posted By Suzi : February 6, 2012 9:28 pm
SWAC: I love that documentary about Cardiff, which I saw at Telluride year before last. Not only did I learn a lot about color cinematography, but he was such a gentleman and an artist. I remember being pleased that his comments about MM did not dwell on her habitual tardiness and personal issues.
Lisa and Kimberly: Arnold also took some cool shots of Joan Crawford in her later years, which are very telling in regard to being an aging star. I think Arnold brought a woman's perspective to her photos, even when doing star shots that look typical on the surface.
Posted By dukeroberts : February 7, 2012 1:20 am
I went to the contemporary art museum here in town in 2010 and saw a collection of photos of Marilyn from different photographers over the course of her modeling and acting careers. Each one was as stunning as the one before it. The camera has never loved another woman more. I felt a little dirty staring at the nudes, but hey, who cares? I paid to get in, so I stared.
As beautiful and as intimate as the Eve Arnold pictures are, they make me a little sad. It's probably due to the fact that they are so intimate. She seems less like the glamorous movie star and more like the fragile woman she really was. I prefer that gorgeous smile. It may just be a facade hiding a deeper pain, but she sold it so well.
And Lindsey Lohan? Yeesh. She seems to fancy herself as Marilyn's heir or something. In addition to the shoot you mentioned, she also shot a recent pictorial for Playboy modeled on the calendar photos on red velvet that were eventually published in the first issue of Playboy. Ridiculous. No comparison whatsoever.
And Suzi, why don't YOU write the book about her starting up her own production company? You've already written some books. One more about one of our favorite icons wouldn't hurt. I'll add it to my list of books by you that I need to buy.
And thank you so much for writing this article. You know how much I enjoy when you write about MM. Now if I could only get you to write an Elvis article…
Posted By Susan Doll : February 7, 2012 12:07 pm
Dukeroberts: Sometimes you as such a sweetheart. Thanks for your kind words. I actually proposed a book on MM and on Elvis to a publishing company I have worked with a lot, and they didn't bite. I was surprised given that it is the anniversary of her death and the 35th for Elvis.
Posted By dukeroberts : February 7, 2012 10:46 pm
They're obviously stupid. What was the proposed Elvis book about?
Obviously it was about Elvis, but specifically, in relation to what?
Posted By asuccessionofbusynothings : February 8, 2012 12:17 am
I totally agree that Marilyn was always more at ease when posing for still photos. It's nice to see that other people prefer some of the same photos that I do. My personal favorites are the Milton Greene photos (especially the ballerina sitting), but the Eve Arnold photos are also excellent. I've always preferred the photos that show Marilyn in a slightly more natural state. The iconic photos that are reprinted all the time have never particularly appealed to me. Both Arnold and Greene managed to show her as something more than just a sex symbol, and they don't feel as artificial. They feel more like they're showing a glimpse of the woman behind the image.
Posted By Susan Doll : February 8, 2012 12:43 am
Dukeroberts: The MM book proposal focused on her films–the director and his style (she worked with some of the best), her character and its relation to her star image, and other info that would help readers see them afresh. I had two suggestions for the Elvis book proposal–one focused on the very beginning of his career (1954-55); the other on 1956 only, which was the year he became a national sensation.
Posted By dukeroberts : February 8, 2012 12:54 am
I would buy those. Although the early years of Elvis's career have been covered many times, I would still buy them. I would like to see an in depth book about Elvis's movies. Not that his movies were deep, but they were a cultural thing that could be examined thoroughly.
Posted By maroon5gurl88 : February 9, 2012 2:02 am
Beautiful photos, Marilyn never took a bad picture! I did an entire Month of Marilyn movies for my blog and having seen all her movies, she shined in them regardless of quality
Posted By vp19 : February 9, 2012 11:56 pm
I too prefer the more natural Monroe poses, the ones capturing both her luminosity and likability. Unfortunately, I doubt any of them would be blown up five times life-size (the mega-Marilyn statue that has appeared in Chicago), which is the way marketers want us to remember her — a larger-than-life "sex symbol," not a human being who had her faults and foibles, but from all accounts was a pretty good person who rose from a difficult environment and evolved into a solid actress. (She also aided others, helping Ella Fitzgerald get a gig at the Mocambo, a Los Angeles nightclub that heretofore wouldn't hire black performers. They became friends for years.)
I've always maintained that Monroe rose to stardom at arguably the worst time for actresses, at least in the classic Hollywood era, as the studio system — which carefully built its female stars and often gave them input into building their careers — was on the decline. As the administrator of a site dedicated to Carole Lombard (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com), I've regularly done entries on portrait photography in the 1930s, and stars such as Lombard, Marlene Dietrich and others made certain they learned all they could about cinematography, camera angles, lighting and other aspects of the business, both for films and for stills.
All those accoutrements were beginning to disappear in the 1950s, and many actresses had to fend for themselves. Add the growth of television, leading to a smaller, less representative film audience than before World War II, and the inflated gimmicks of the industry — widescreen, 3-D, stereophonic sound, etc. — and many women on screen found themselves reduced to bust, waist and hip measurements. Monroe, an avid Jean Harlow fan in her youth, would have loved to have had roles as good as Jean's, and to her credit rejected many of the exploitative vehicles Fox sent her way. Had Marilyn been born 20 years earlier and found herself at a studio that treated her with genuine care, there's no telling what she could have achieved.


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