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The Flickcast 315: The One After 314
by The Flickcast, Feb 13 2016 // 11:00 AM
That's right, it's Saturday. Not Friday. Still, we do have a new episode of The Flickcast just for you. And you. Oh, and you too. All of you.
On this week's show Chris and Joe get down and dirty with Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice, boldly discuss the new Star Trek TV series and newly-announced showrunner Bryan Fuller, the usual other DC TV series and a whole lot more. Trust us, there's a lot of stuff in this one. Enjoy!
Picks this week include Chris' pick of his new favorite mechanical pencil, the Uni-Ball Kuru Toga, and Joe's pick of the most excellent Death Wish coffee.
Tagged: Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Ben Affleck, Bryan Fuller, DC, Death Wish Coffee, Gal Gadot, Henry Cavill, Kuru Toga, Marvel, Pushing Daisies, Star Trek, Star Wars, Uni-Ball, Wonder Woman, Zack Snyder
Eddie Izzard Finalizing a Deal to Star in 'Mockingbird Lane'
by Sebastian Suchecki, Mar 21 2012 // 8:00 AM
NBC's The Munsters reboot Mockingbird Lane is looking to score Eddie Izzard (The Riches, Ocean's Thirteen) as part of the cast. Eddie Izzard is in final negotiations to star in and produce the series.
Izzard will be the first actor cast in the pilot, which was written by Bryan Fuller and is set to be directed by Bryan Singer (Superman Returns, X2). Mockingbird Lane is described as a re-imagining of the 1960s sitcom about a family of monsters. We can expect that the show will have striking visuals in the vein of Fuller's ABC dramedy Pushing Daisies and his FOX comedy Wonderfalls.
Izzard will play Grandpa, the Munster family patriarch. Unlike the 1960's original, Izzard's Grandpa will be a powerful, ancient vampire with a suave, sexy womanizer type of personality. On top of your standard vampire powers, he will be able to shape-shift into rats, wolves, and other creatures at will.
Posted in: Action · Casting · Drama · NBC · News · Reboots and Remakes · TV
Tagged: Bryan Fuller, Bryan Singer, Eddie Izzard, Grandpa, Mockingbird Lane, Ocean's Thirteen, Pushing Daisies, Superman Returns, The Munsters, The Riches, Wonderfalls, X2
Hannibal Lecter to Terrorize on the Small Screen In Bryan Fuller's 'Hannibal'
by Sebastian Suchecki, Feb 16 2012 // 9:00 AM
NBC has officially ordered a series based upon novelist Thomas Harris' unforgettable creation, Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Hannibal will be a modern update on Harris' novel and the subsequent film, Red Dragon. The show will follow the beginning of Lecter's relationship with FBI agent Will Graham, before Lecter was exposed as a serial killer himself. Obviously, if the series is successful, there is the chance that the show may delve into the material presented in the Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal films.
Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller wrote the pilot script for the series and will also act as executive producer for the show. Fuller is also known for creating creative and visually striking shows like Wonderfalls and Dead Like Me. Fuller officially announced his involvement in the project last September and NBC's interest was piqued shortly after.
Posted in: Action · Adaptation · Announcements · Business · Horror · NBC · News · Prequels and Sequels · Reboots and Remakes · TV
Tagged: Bryan Fuller, Dead Like Me, Hannibal, Hannibal Lecter, Mockingbird Lane, Pushing Daisies, Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs, The Munsters, Wonderfalls
Bryan Fuller Bringing A New 'Munsters' Pilot To NBC
by Matt Raub, Oct 1 2010 // 10:00 AM
You heard that right. Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller is currently working with NBC to bring a brand new Munsters reboot to the airwaves as soon as next season. Just like that, what could be a terrible idea, has been turned around into a potential brilliant idea. From EW.
So far, NBC, with whom Fuller has an overall deal, has ordered only a pilot. But since the potential series is being described to me as "Modern Family meets True Blood," I have a good feeling about it.
Not only that, but rumor has it no less than Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy) is eyeing a behind-the-scenes role in the project.
So if fanboys and fangirls weren't excited enough for Daisies creator Fuller to come on-board, master of twisted horror/sci-fi del Toro is also looking to hop into the mix.
Though it's sad to believe, a lot of this project's future rides on whether or not ABC's newest series No Ordinary Family succeeds. If the TV-watching American audience doesn't buy into the not-so-conventional family comedies that they used to scoop up in the mid 1990's, this series could be dead before it's ever born.
We expect to hear more news soon, but don't expect anything official until we get closer to NBC's next Fall Upfronts next year.
Posted in: Action · Comedy · NBC · Networks · News · Sci-Fi · TV · Writers
Tagged: ABC, Bryan Fuller, Guillermo del Toro, Munsters, NBC, No Ordinary Family, Pushing Daisies
Bryan Fuller Is Bringing 'Pushing Daisies' Back
by John Muth, Jan 18 2010 // 8:00 AM
SciFi Wire has an interview with Chi McBride, who played Emerson Cod in the tragically cancelled show, and in it the actor says Bryan Fuller, the creator of Pushing Daisies, is currently hard at work on scripting the graphic novel that will carry on the story of the Pie Maker and his magical reanimating finger.
McBride, who was promoting his new role in the comic-adapted series Human Target, says that he's seen some of the pages for the book, and that it's "off the hook."
"It's a whole thing about a whole bunch of corpses coming to life," said McBride. He also indicated the tone of the book will be darker and edgier than what could be done on primetime-mainstream television. McBride also dded his enthusiasm for seeing the project continued not only for his own satisfaction, but to also reward the loyal fans.
Pushing Daisies, which was executive produced by Barry Sonnenfeld (The Addams Family, Men In Black), was aired for two seasons on ABC before having the plug pulled for low ratings and high-production costs — despite it's positive critical and fan response. The show also starred Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Swoosie Kurtz, and Kristin Chenoweth.
There's few other details about the book currently but when it comes out I'll definitely pick it up.
Posted in: ABC · Adaptation · Comics · Geek · News · TV
Tagged: ABC, Anna Friel, Barry Sonnenfeld, Bryan Fuller, Chi McBride, Human Target, Kristin Chenoweth, Lee Pace, Pushing Daisies
ABC Picks Up 'Modern Family' and 'Cougar Town'
by Sal Loria, Oct 13 2009 // 10:15 AM
The last few years of television have shown us that the ratings darlings were either reality/competition shows, vast plots and casts where a suspension of belief were necessary, or the use of a microscope was employed… every week. Don't call it a comeback, but times are a-changin'.
According to Variety, ABC has given full-season orders to Modern Family and Cougar Town, both sitcoms – "situation comedies" in case you've forgotten – revolving around normal, every-day characters and families dipped in abnormal circumstances. Even The Middle has scored enough viewership to convince the network to re-up and fortify its Wednesday comedy block, which has so far outperformed the same time slot from last year when the now-canceled Pushing Daisies and relocated Private Practice used to reside.
Is this a sign that sitcoms will once again return to prominence and dominate the airwaves? Possibly, however a case can be made for established television stars going back to the well and finding success with a new vehicle. Both Cougar Town and The Middle have comedic veterans as their centerpiece – Courteney Cox Arquette and Patricia Heaton, respectively – while Modern Family provides a good mixture of new talent with familiar faces that has been agreeable with viewers. As with anything television-related, stay tuned.
Posted in: ABC · Announcements · Comedy · News · TV
Tagged: Cougar Town, Courteney Cox Arquette, Modern Family, Patricia Heaton, Private Practice, Pushing Daisies, The Middle
'Pushing Daisies' Helmer Moving on to Greener Pastures
by Jennifer Tomooka, Sep 29 2009 // 9:30 AM
Like many of you, I was one of the loyal fans who was sad to see Pushing Daisies end last year; however producer and director Barry Sonnenfeld will soon be returning to the very network that canceled his show with a brand new comedy. Variety is reporting the award-winning helmer will soon be working on a half-hour show for ABC that centers around a harried mother who finds a special suit that gives her super powers.
Hmmm…Greatest American Hero anyone? I'm sure it's no small coincidence that that popular dramedy also aired on ABC (1981-83). The currently untitled multicamera show will be written by George Lopez scribe Laura House.
While the details of the new comedy still need to see the light of day, one can only hope that it is as quirky and original as Sonnenfeld's previous work for ABC. As always, stay tuned to The Flickcast for future developments.
Posted in: ABC · Comedy · Deals and Dealmaking · Networks · News · TV · Writers
Tagged: Barry Sonnenfeld, George Lopez, Greatest American Hero, Pushing Daisies
Bryan Fuller Quits 'Heroes'
by Joe Gillis, Jun 23 2009 // 6:30 AM
The folks over at TV Squad have confirmed an earlier AICN report that former Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller has left NBC's Heroes for the second, and presumably last, time in order to pursue those infamous "other projects." Which, according to further reporting on this by EW's Daivd Ausiello, might actually be the case.
According to Ausiello, Fuller left Heroes to focus on developing two other project for NBC and not, as had been reported at various places, due to "creative differences" with series creator Tim Kring.
"I'm crafting two pilots right now and it's a lot of work," admitted Fuller, who has an overall deal with NBC. "It was just too hard to [juggle] Heroes and my development; something had to give."
Fuller, who returned to Heroes last December after ABC canceled his show, was considered one of the key reasons why Heroes seemed to find its way a bit towards the end of the last season. Not ever having seen his other show, I can't say for sure one way or the other if his influence helped Heroes.
Still, something must have happend because the show did get better. if it was Fuller, then his departure makes me worry about how Heroes will be when it returns. Guess we'll find out soon enough. The new season of Heroes kicks off this Fall on a new night and time: Mondays at 8/7c.
Tagged: Bryan Fuller, Heroes, Pushing Daisies

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BUYING PROPERTIES IN CATRAL, DOLORES, CREVILLENTE AND REDOVAN
This is a small guide about the type of properties in VEGA BAJA. An area whcih covers properties placed in Ciudad Quesada, Algorfa, Benijofar, Catral, Almoradí, Benferri, Rojales, Benejuzar, La Marina, Ciudad Quesada, Guardamar, Orihuela, Redován, Callosa, Crevillente, considering the main legal aspects for conveyance, made by our lawyers.
If you are interested to buy or to sell a property placed in Vega Baja, TLACORP will help you to take a final purchase or sale decision.
The area of Costa Blanca South is covered by our offices in Torrevieja-Ciudad Quesada, perfectly connected by Highway. Visit our offices in Torrevieja will not take too long from Rojales, Ciudad Quesada or Algorfa, and, if arranged, one of our lawyers can visit the same property and meeting you there, avoiding you to move to our office.
This area covers a wide range of properties, which passes from rustic, to apartments, bungalows, urbanizations, etc. Let us detail the main legal aspects of each of these properties:
This area covers a wide range of properties, which passes from rustic, to apartments, bungalow, urbanizations, Golf Courses, etc. Let us detail the main legal aspects of each of these properties:
– Old urbanizations and traditional holiday homes buildings: This is the area covering Ciudad Quesada (the old part) , Rojales, Montesinos, La Marina, Algorfa, etc.
The type of constructions and properties there use to be second residences, or holiday homes, and residency properties.
A) The traditional type of residence areas are initially owned by Spanish, mainly coming from Elche, Alicante, Madrid, and Northern Spain, and foreigners coming from enter-North Europe. Overall in areas like Ciudad Quesada, La Marina, Algorfa, Benijofa, Benejuzar, and Rojales. These types of properties use to be bungalows, and apartments, near the beach, and built usually before the «Spanish boom» (before 2000).
B) New areas from Algorfa, Ciudad Quesada New, La Marquesa, and other new urbanized areas: This area is considering new urbanizations created with the Spanish boom, sometimes in big urbanizations, like the one from La Marquesa in Rojales.
Urbanization charges and works: There are some areas, overall in which the property may have pending urbanization costs and/or urbanization works to be finished, and on the account of the owner!. So, please, take duly care with this.
As explained above, in URBAN areas from Costa Blanca South, it is very important to check that the urbanisation where the property is located has all the urbanisation infrastructure completed, such as: roads, pavement, asphalt, connection to mains sewage system, water, electric. The urbanisation infrastructure of these areas was developped time ago, and sometimes it does not fulfill with the modern standards. So, it is quite common to find properties where the owners have to «give» some part of their plots to have bigger roads, or to «pay» some urbanisation infrastrcutures like connection to sewage, pedestrian areas, etc. You are kindly invited to know more about this point in our specialised section: Semi-consolidated urbanisations.
Properties in Rustic areas and countryside: Special considerations must be made in areas from Catral, Dolores, Redován, Callosa del Segura, Crevillente, etc.
The area of Vega Baja is an area which some risk of flooding. In fact, in recent years, there have been some floodings due to the impact of hard rain in the Segura and Vinolopó River. So, it is very important that the construction is elevated from the land in at least 1,5 m high. Installing a fence which can avoid eventual water entries could also reduce the impact of flooding in the area.
Also, Catral, Dolores, Redovan and Crevillente area is an area where there were hundrends of properties built with no license. In rustic land areas is very common finding properties with no license, as owners of the area, were building their houses in the countryside as a «second home» or a «vacational house» for the weekends. So, they were not paying attention to fulfill the Spanish laws. Some of these houses can be legalized if they were built with determinate time and following determinate procedure. They can even obtain a certificate of habitation, if some essential conditions are fullfiled.
But, there are other constructions which were built in the years 2002-2006, mainly in the Catral area, but also in the area of Crevillente, Redovan, Orihuela, and Callosa del Segura, which have some problems to be legalized, due to the fact that they were fined, even with orders of demolition, from the part of the Regional Government.
These properties have been created using what we call: HORIZONTAL DIVISION. This is a way to create «urbanisations» in an area in which an urbanisation is not possible. In these kind of «small urbanisations», owners have the 100 % of the constructions, but the areas destined to garden, pool, etc, is «shared» with the rest of the neighbours, because is considered as «communal area». For more information about this issue visit our specialized section Horizontal Division in rustic land areas.
There have been several trials from the local Town Halls to legalize these kind of properties in this situation (between 1.500 – 2.000 properties in the area), but by the moment, there is not any formal plan ready to legalize them (Information from March 2020).
By the moment, although there are administrative orders of demolitions issued on these properties, the Town Hall respects the existing constructions, but the edification cannot be extended. So, new constructions on the property cannot be built. It is allowed inside reforms on these kind of properties, but not extensions, constructions of other buildings like garages, pools, etc.
But, because these properties are out of normative, the Town Hall will not approve a license to reform essential structural parts from the building like foundations, roof, etc. The Town Hall will admit to "reform" the existing house, and "repairing" the existing structure, but not "remove" from the old parts to install new ones. For example, in the case there is a natural disaster, or inundation which may affect the house on its structure, the Town Hall may not give rights to "rebuild" the property. So, as conclusion, the Town Hall allows internal reforms to maintain the construction, but not structural reforms from bines, foundations, change of roof, etc. Due to this fact, we recommend you instruct your insurance company that natural disasters and others affecting the existing constructions has to be covered by the obligatory insurance to contract to the house on completion.
Also, remember that the area is in a «medium-high» risk of flooding, so the importance to have an insurance to cover this risk is essential.
Consequences of houses considered "out of normative":
If the constructions have not been penalised in 15 years, it is not possible to be penalised later, or demolished by the Spanish system. It is legally consolidated by the time.
Existing constructions are respected in their size, but it is not possible to build a new construction element or even to extend the existing ones.
Also, due this fact, the Town Hall respects the existing constructions, but cannot be extended. So, new constructions in the property cannot be built.
The Town Hall allows inside reforms on these kind of properties. But, due to the fact that the property is out of normative, the Town Hall will not approve a license to reform "essential structural parts" from the building like foundations, roof, etc. The Town Hall will admit to "reform" the existing house, and "repairing" the existing structure, but not "remove" from the old parts to install new ones. For example, in the case that there is a "fire", or inundation which may affect the house on its structure, the Town Hall may not give rights to "rebuild" the property. So, as conclusion, the Town Hall allows internal reforms to maintain the construction, but not structural reforms from bines, foundations, change of roof, etc.
The property receives the consideration of "out of normative" when it has not been penalised during the 15 years after construction. For this, a certificate from the Town Hall is needed to verify this point. It is called "Certificate of non-Infraction", and we have already applied for this certificate, but the Town Hall may take 4-8 weeks average to produce that document.
The property has not "Certificate of Habitation". For your information, this is a document issued by the Town Hall where they confirm that the property fulfils with the habitation requirements. This document is also needed to connect water and electricity on the property and to make the changes of the water and electric contracts in your name. This is explained below.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO LEGALIZE THESE PROPERTIES?
Said this, there is a REGIONAL CONSTRUCTION LAW approved in 2019, which «opens» the possibility to Town Halls in the area to legalize these properties. This law is issued in Valencia Regional Government, and gives the chance to the local Town Halls in the area to develop «Plans of Urbanisations» in the area in order to «convert» these non-recognized-urbanisations in perfect and completed urbanisations.
Following recent normative, this kind of "group of houses" must be improved in urbanized infrastructure in order to give owners a better and more comfortable use of their properties. So, there are high possibilities that in the near future the Town Hall may request the owners to make/pay some works to improve the infrastructure pavement, public lights, infrastructure for potable water, connection to public sewage and so forth.
Just to point out that the most expensive cost of urbanisation is the connection to mains sewage system from the Town. As these properties are quite far away from the Town, in other areas where these kind of urbanisation has been approved, by the moment is accepted that, instead of connecting with the main sewage system, to allow owners to install septic tank to deal with wasted water.
Usually, septica tanks in the area are not officially installed ones with EC (European Community) Certification. So, we think that in the future the Town Hall could ask to install a modern septic tank adapted to new regulations.
Please note that the Spanish system requires vendors to provide the certificate of habitation only to the sales of new properties. So, in the case of a builder who sells a new property to a particular, the notary will require the builder to provide the certificate of habitation to complete the purchase. But, this obligation is not required to the seller in case of resales, as this case.
As these property are now "out of normative", then, there is no certification of habitation issued on these properties. In order to obtain this document, it will be necessary to complete the urbanisation works for the whole urbanisation, and legalising the existing houses.
But, if the houses in the area are improved with the urbanisation works required by future normative, they will have the following benefits:
The house will be considered a "totally legal" house, so it will not be anymore considered as "out of normative", so, it will be allowed existing constructions to be rebuilt, structural reforms, etc.
The property will have the Certificate of Habitation
It will be necessary to see what kind of works the Town Hall will project to ask to the owners, and who will pay for it. In this moment, this is not confirmed yet.
TLACORP is at your entire disposal, in our office in CIUDAD QUESADA-TORREVIEJA, with special fees, for properties placed in this area.


I'm back with my next Close Reading resource for you! If you and your students enjoyed my Fall and Thanksgiving Close Reading resource, you will love my Christmas Close Reading Passages, Text-Dependent Questions & More!
Included in this resource are four Christmas-themed reading passages. There are three levels of each passage so you can easily differentiate for your students! The levels are based on word count and Lexile levels which can be found in the top left corner of each passage.
Is this little gingerbread not the cutest thing ever? This Close Reader Poster is a great visual reminder to help students understand their role as a close reader.
My 5th graders used this today and we read about Candy Canes! Pure Magic! They are so interested in the topics and working on using evidence in the answer!
Katie-Oh my goodness, that makes me so happy!! Thank you so much for sharing!
How do you get on the passages?


I did think that I was "normal," but I really could not have told you what normal was supposed to be. Not a big surprise, really, I still can't.
I thought it was normal to have self doubt, massive self doubt. I thought it was normal to chatter to myself in my head. I thought it was normal to chatter to myself out loud when I was alone. I thought it was normal to be constantly seeking a quieter place inside my head.
I also thought, when I had that first drink at the age of twelve, that the quiet that followed in my head was the way it was supposed to be. Like the jolt of clarity that sugar gives me, the calm in my mind from the alcohol seemed to be a blessing.
I pursued that quiet occasionally, casually at first. But the more I realized how quiet it made my mind, the more alluring it was. I was drinking as close to every day as I could by the time i was sixteen.
I did not just crave alcohol, I craved the cessation of talk going on in my head, the peace of mind that came from having only one train of thought at a time, no matter that it was derailed and going nowhere.
And the more I drank, the more at peace I was.
Except, of course, that my family was worried and I was not so blind as to not be able to see that.
And I had to agree that the way alcohol made me feel the next day, though that only lasted until I got well started on drinking again, was not good. In fact, the way it made me feel was broken and ill.
At some point I reasoned out that a few drinks (I was drinking a couple dozen each day by the time I was twenty) might give me the escape I longed for, and leave me the health I needed to reclaim. It might also allow me to reclaim a bit of a social life.
I had very limited success with that plan. It seemed that the racing thoughts would drive me on, if one drink was okay then the next one was okay too, right?
And if just one drink wouldn't hurt, how could that logic that allowed the first drink not be applicable to the eleventh or the twenty-first?
As smart as I am, it took until I was almost twenty-five to figure out that the only drink I could successfully turn down … was the first one.
The racket of constant thought and self conversation did not come flooding back, it was always there, I had only made myself deaf while drinking, mornings after were all noise and hangover. No wonder I had so little control.
But since, if I was going to quit drinking, I didn't have the ability to turn off that noise with alcohol, I needed to figure something else out.
I did what I had often done in the past when faced with a problem. I tried to understand it. I began to listen to my thoughts, I know that sounds odd, but it was true. I began to appreciate them for what they were, the rapid, multi-directional thinking that I would eventually discover was my ADHD.
And although my plan was to become familiar with those thoughts firing past me, and eventually accepting of them, I actually became comfortable with the way my mind leapt from not only one thought to the next, but from one topic to another seemingly disconnected one.
That's true, it wasn't. But it was eventually love. I often open my mouth to speak and as I'm talking I realize how far away from the situation or topic at hand the thing I'm about to say is … and I relish the the looks of confusion that ensue.
I love life that is faster than the speed of thought.


The work on the iconic Dubai Frame project adjacent to the Stargate theme park in Zabeel started in December 2013. The implementation of the Dh160 million project, a window-shaped structure that will give panoramic views of old and new Dubai from a 150 feet-high glass bridge, was ordered in July 2012 with a plan to complete it by end of 2013.
In May 2013, the municipality said the project would be completed by the end of 2014. However, the civic body said the unique structure was expected to be ready by the second half of 2015, after a one-year delay. Now the completion date is set to be within 2016.
The tower is located at Zabeel Park. The Dubai Municipality conducted extensive studies and research to identify the most ideal location for the project. It was after an intense study and extensive consultation that the location was decided — near the Stargate of Zabeel Park — which is a famous point for visitors and tourists.
Stargate, an edutainment theme park, is located near the Gate 4 of Zabeel Park in the heart of Dubai.
Dubai Frame will become one of the most attractive tourist destinations of Dubai, which will bring around 2 million visitors per year from across the globe. It is expected that it will bridge the past and future of Dubai and may become a name linked to Dubai like Burj Khalifa and Burj Al-Arab.
The conceptual design proposal of the tower by Fernando Donis of the Netherlands was among 926 entries for the 11th ThyssenKrupp Elevator Award and had won $100,000.


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New Gary Hardie Sr. Memorial Scholarships to Help Students Pursue the Arts, Military Service
Lynwood Unified School District has announced new $1,000 scholarships in honor of the late father of LUSD Board President Gary Hardie Jr. The Gary Hardie Sr. Memorial Scholarships will benefit graduating seniors going on to study the arts or service in the military.
The announcement comes today on what would have been Hardie Sr.'s 58th birthday. The two prominent themes in the life of Hardie Sr. were his love of art and his service as a United States Marine. The new scholarships will give an opportunity to students in Lynwood who also share that love and call to service to pursue their calling and passion.
"This is an exciting day that creates new paths to success for our Lynwood students," LUSD Superintendent Gudiel R. Crosthwaite said. "I would like to thank the Hardie family for continuing a strong legacy of inspiring the community around them."
The deadline to apply for one of the Gary Hardie Sr. Memorial Scholarships is March 31. To apply or find out more about the scholarship, visit: tinyurl.com/garyhardiesr


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"It's an Election, Not an Auction": Working-Class Challenger Opposes Paul Ryan and Big Money in Politics
Working people's values are being attacked in Washington right now by people like Paul Ryan, says Randy Bryce.
A still from Randy Bryce's viral campaign ad. (Credit: Randy Bryce)
Today we bring you a conversation with Randy Bryce, who is currently running to take Paul Ryan's seat in the First Congressional District in Wisconsin. Bryce has been an ironworker for the past 20 years and is a US Army veteran, a dad and a cancer survivor.
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Randy Bryce: I am very opposed to pharmaceutical companies making huge money off of us. Everybody is corralled into paying high prices for not just drugs, but medical care overall. This stems from my own personal experience. Shortly after I got out of the army, I was diagnosed with testicular cancer. The doctor told me I probably wouldn't be able to have children as a result of the surgery. People had asked, "Didn't you get anything through the VA?" The thing is, the culture that we live in today — I should speak for myself, but it is also the guys I work with — it is only when it gets really bad that we take time off work to go to the doctor.
So, I went and then they did some tests and I had the initial meeting with the doctor. He just tossed me a pamphlet on how to deal with testicular cancer. He said, "We would like to operate within a couple of weeks." I was like, "OK…." Then we started talking about the process. When it came time for insurance coverage, I was working two jobs full-time and had no health care coverage. I had to tell him, "Well, I don't have any insurance. What can we do? Can I make arrangements to pay or something?" He was good. He said, "Well, I would be willing to work with my fee so we can get it done. We will work something out. Don't worry about that, but I can't guarantee anything for the anaesthesiologist and everybody else that was going to be in the room." He was like, "I know a doctor that works for the Medical College of Wisconsin at a nearby hospital, Froedtert." I ended up driving there that same evening. After I met with the doctor at the other place, he looked at the results and said, "We have got to do this right away. When is the last time you ate?" I said, "Well, I stopped and had something on the way here." He said, "OK, we can't do it right now" which is what he wanted to do. [Laughs]
He said, "We will do it tomorrow." I got admitted to the hospital right then and there. In a way it was good, because I didn't have time to freak out. It didn't have time to register; it happened so quickly. But, at that same time, too, that is why I couldn't go to the VA to ask, "How do I get covered? I am a veteran."
That is something that, if it happened to me, I am sure there are other people in similar situations. Veterans do have issues that come up that happen so quick, they are emergency-level issues that they can't get health care for. If everybody was covered, that wouldn't be an issue.
Then again, after being told that I wasn't going to be able to have a son, I ended up having a son who is my little miracle guy. As a parent, I am concerned for him. As an ironworker, we are self-insured and we have decent insurance. Obamacare could be improved. Because the ironworkers provide good health care, we get penalized with the Cadillac tax. So, I know it is not perfect, but there are some protections in there that I think we need to keep in place, like for pre-existing conditions.
Kids should be able to be kids. If they do break a bone — which is not uncommon — it shouldn't bankrupt the parent as a result.
Going back to my son, we are self-insured, so it is based on hours worked. During the winter months when there is not a lot of work, our coverage starts going down every day we don't work. It gets closer and closer to being taken to a lower tier or just not having it. If I know I am getting close to that, I look at my son. He says, "Dad, I want to go out and play." I don't think a parent should have to worry about a kid going out to play and being a kid because they are not covered by health insurance. There have been a couple of times when I know I am really close to not having insurance. And if you are unemployed, you can't pay for the COBRA costs. That is like $800 a month, which you can't afford. Kids should be able to be kids. They should be able to go out and play on a jungle gym and if they do break a bone — which is something that is not uncommon — it shouldn't bankrupt the parent as a result.
Looking at the video, too, it has my mom in it. My mom has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. That happened in the mid-80s when I was in the army. But also, my father has Alzheimer's and he is in assisted living…. Luckily, [my mom] has insurance because my dad is a retired police officer. But if she didn't have insurance to get her medication, it is unbelievable how much hers would cost. She wouldn't be able to afford it. [The medication] gives her her independence. She can go visit my dad every day…. [Health care] is intergenerational. It affects everybody regardless of your ethnic background. The most wealthy people are the only ones that don't have to worry about it. It is an important issue.
A still from Randy Bryce's viral campaign ad. (Credit: Randy Bryce)
Paul Ryan is leading the charge to dismantle the Affordable Care Act. Was that the thing that made you decide to run against him?
There are a lot of things. That is the biggest issue as far as policy-wise. But, I think an even bigger issue is, as an ironworker, first of all, I have to show up at the job site to do the job and if I don't do my job, then I am going to get replaced with somebody who can. Paul Ryan should be representing people. He hasn't had any public town halls in the district for over 600 days. But, he has had over 50 big-dollar fundraisers where you pay $10,000 to get your picture taken with him. He is not doing his job. That is the bigger issue. And based on him doing things like taking away health care, he has reason not to want to face the people in this district. I don't blame him being afraid to show his face, because a lot of people are upset and angry. But that is the number one thing. How can you represent people you don't want to see?
What has it been like in your district since last election? I know people have put up billboards and things criticizing Ryan on health care. Has there been a lot of protest activity in your district?
There has been. There are groups like Forward Racine, Forward Kenosha, groups that have sprung up since this past election that are getting involved. Every Sunday, there is a group that meets outside Ryan's Kenosha office. I participated in an event where we just read the Constitution. The Working Families Party has been getting very involved in the district as far as calling him out and trying to make him accountable. There were a couple of events, again, put forth by a Forward Kenosha group, that invited neighboring Representative Mark Pocan from the Second Congressional District. So, if we want to find out what is going on in Washington, DC, like with this — it is not even really a health care bill, it is a tax cut — [about] how it is going to affect us, we have to ask a neighboring congressman to come talk to us.
Tell us a little bit more about the district. Paul Ryan was pretty easily re-elected last time, but you already have some endorsements and support lined up. Tell us why this time is different.
It took a lot of people that were starting to ask me to consider getting into it. I said, "Thanks, I am flattered that you are asking." Then, some other groups and local electeds had said, "Randy, you should really think about this. You are exactly the kind of guy that we need. You are everything that he is not. What you do for a living, you are a vet"…. Pretty much everything that he is doing and everything that he is taking away affects me somehow, is some part of my life he is trying to snatch away.
I know just talking to neighbors that they are being affected, too. This whole divide-and-conquer thing really has people upset; talking about making America great again, that doesn't happen by dividing us. It has never helped make us great. What makes us great is bringing up the "united" part of the United States. People are having a lot of buyer's remorse. Donald Trump had a message that resonated with some working people, but I said, "Just wait and see. He is not going to do any of it. It sounds good, but he is not going to do any of it because he is not one of us."
Paul Ryan is totally complicit. He is choosing the party over the people. He thanked the entire Wisconsin Republicans at their convention, thanked everybody for electing Donald Trump. He owns Donald Trump. There was a chance at one time, when he was hesitant to back him, but they are handcuffed together right now. They are in the same boat and that boat has a leak.
There has been a lot of talk about the working class and specifically the white working class after Trump's election, but neither party runs very many union workers for office. Tell us about the importance of actually electing working people to office.
Who better to speak up for working people than other working people? Representation shouldn't be an auction. I think we need to get all this big money out of politics so that people really do have a say. It is an election, not an auction.
When I vote for somebody, I look at similarities like "How is that person like me? What do we have in common? Where does that person stay? What have they done for a living?" You have somebody like Paul Ryan; he has made his living as a congressman. He sees his job as taking things away from people. He is the one who had the speech about makers and takers, which at this date, is completely ironic that he is still in office when he is taking everything away and we are working twice as hard and getting so much less. That is just not right.
What are some of the other issues that you want to focus on in this campaign?
Good-paying jobs. There were great paying autoworker jobs in Kenosha, in Janesville. And right now in the state of Wisconsin, Racine and Janesville, which are both within the First Congressional District, they compete every year for who has the highest unemployment rate. They are number one and number two every year. Now, too, some of the best-paying jobs in Waukesha, the whole factory is moving up to Canada. Congress could have done something to keep those jobs here. Donald Trump was bragging about how he is going to keep all these great paying jobs in the United States. It is all talk and people are tired of hearing talk. Promises don't feed families.
There is a big debate going on right now about what the Democratic Party should do in order to not just challenge Trumpism but really turn around the state that it has been in for a while. What would you like to see the party doing?
I want to see more people like me, more working people run for office. Bernie Sanders showed that he can get a lot of people with small contributions, which is exactly what is happening with our campaign. We raised over $100,000 in the first day. Looking back at the contributions, under $30 is the average contribution.
We raised over $100,000 in the first day. Looking back at the contributions, under $30 is the average contribution.
And [the party should be] working toward getting all this big money out. Working against Citizens United. People that don't have a backbone, it could be tempting. I can't imagine ever selling out my brothers and sisters, people I worked with on a job that look out for me on a daily basis. I can't possibly imagine selling them out. But money is a big issue in politics…. Working people need a voice and we need to be listened to. If you are not going to elect us, make sure there is somebody that knows what our issues are.
We often get told that in parts of the country you have to be "socially conservative" to win. You are a supporter of gay rights, abortion rights. Do you think that will be a challenge?
I don't think that is a challenge. I know being a working person myself, what my values are and my values include looking out for each other, helping each other, and holding the ladder for people to get up to the top and not kicking it off once you get to the top yourself. I am not concerned about my values being out of whack. The people I work with every day, we take care of each other. That is what this country is about. That is why I enlisted and that is not what is going on in Washington, DC, right now. We are being ignored and I see us as being attacked. Working people's values are being attacked.
Speaking of working people's values, a bunch of people that I know, when your ad went up said, "Oh, I know him from the protest in 2011!" We can't talk about Wisconsin without talking about the protests and Scott Walker's attacks on labor. You are in the state that has been ground zero for attacks on union workers. Tell us a little bit about that.
Wisconsin has literally been turned into a banana republic. When I was in the army, I spent time in Central America. I have been in an authentic, genuine banana republic. That is what Wisconsin has become.
Talking about the occupation, where people were staying overnight in order to testify because that was holding the bill up from getting passed. As long as people were willing to line up — it was a 24-hour-a-day thing — they couldn't pass the bill. People were willing to wait all night to testify.
The Wisconsin Republicans have since turned to a method known as ambush legislation, which is where they will announce something at the last minute. By law, they have to give 24-hour notice to the public to be able to speak, but they have the system down now. They announce a bill. They have everything planned out to ram it through as quickly as possible. They set limits on the time allowed for the public to be able to testify. That just goes back to the message now of people wanting to be heard. They don't want to hear us. They know what they are going to do anyways.
Take the right-to-work legislation, for instance. Ninety percent of the people, of the constituents that contacted their legislators, were opposed to right-to-work, yet the legislators still voted to pass it. It has gotten to the point where they don't care about us anymore and it is all about passing this anti-worker extremist agenda. Now, with Donald Trump in the White House and Paul Ryan as speaker, what has happened in Wisconsin has been exported to the national level.
It absolutely sounds very familiar since the Republicans just put out their health care bill. Having taken part in those protests and the actions that are going on in your district now, what do you think the role is for social movements, protests in connection to electoral politics?
The people that first got involved with Act 10 have stayed engaged the whole time, and as more and more is taken away, I am seeing more and more people become active — out-in-the-streets-in-front-of-buildings active. With all these Indivisible groups, there is a Forward Kenosha, Forward Racine group, the Working Families Party. They are like, "We have had enough." Everybody that has been involved since Act 10 understood this is not going to end until everybody is squashed. So get up now while you still have a voice. People are starting to understand that if we don't turn things around quickly, we are not going to have much left.
The things that we have done that have been successful: putting pressure on legislators, on companies. We were able to keep Donald Trump from visiting Harley Davidson as a result of coordinated action, which in the scheme of world issues, doesn't make a big difference, but it is a huge victory if we can keep a president from visiting a local company due to pressure that we put on them. That was a huge victory.
It is just seeing what we can do together. It is basically, people are understanding that you line up all the pawns on one side of a chessboard and you have a queen on the other side and there is only one result, but you need all the pawns to stay together. People are waking up and it is great to see.
Last thing, people really love your Twitter handle. I have been asked to ask you the story behind the Twitter handle. Then, other than following you on Twitter, how else can people keep in touch with you?
I do have a Facebook page, Randy Bryce. There is a public one. My personal one has been filled up, but I keep a lot of things posted publically. I try to stay in touch. My Twitter feed is mostly made up by me, too. If it is campaign staff, they will put their initials after it.
The [Twitter handle] name came about [when] I was at a National Building Trades convention and the guy that does the social media for them, he said, "You really need to get involved in Twitter." Facebook had been our way of communicating during the Act 10 times. I said, "OK. What the heck? I will try it." I was just thinking up a name and people have always made some comments about my mustache, jokingly. It just kind of popped into my head. "How about IronStache?" He was like, "That is brilliant! Use it! Go with it! That will work."
I kept it. There was talk about "Should we get a campaign Twitter feed going?" and everybody pretty much decided "Randy, just be you. What we need is you. We don't need anything other than you," which is what you get. [Laughs] It is really entertaining to see the results. It is like, "How can this guy lose with that Twitter handle?" It is funny.
What is the official campaign website?
www.RandyBryceForCongress.com
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bakuosawa One simple image of outdoor activity.
bakuosawa One simple image for summertime activity.
One simple image for makeup model impressions.
One simple image for summer and its calm impression.
Paul went to swimming, but it got too cold.
bakuosawa Paul went to swimming, but it got too cold.
I had a long drive to this hotel. East side of Hokkaido has a very quiet moment to share a nature with me. Loving it.
I carry this kid with me all the time, when I find some buty, this guy does it all for me.
Kiito had a problem on his knee for half year. I bet he had so much dpress for not being able to swim, but he is back now!
Good Chinese restaurant near by, they have even sushi counter to serve Japanese cuisine.
A work for the collector of my works, used Sumi, ink, rubber cement, oil on wood.
Noa visiting here sister Kira's school. Looks very happy to be pre student.
The Legend, Sapporo Grand Hotel.
Kira, my life is for you.
It is interesting to see his face through the camera lenses. Kiito, he is always a baby boy to me.
visited a new cafe close to train station, spent 2 hours.
They serve a good coffee and lunch. I was relive.
Driving to Lake Toya, found an ice cream shop near by.
the summer of Hokkaido, a beauty is all around.
June of 2017, a moment we shared, it was so pretty.
you can pick up there entertainments at the door of the restaurant at Hotel Kawakyu, Shirahama, Wakayama Pref. Japan.
Hotel Kawakyu, Shirahama, Wakayama pref. has a very high end service and cuisine. wooo, one of the top 5 resort hotels in Japan.
Hotel Kawakyu in Shirahama Wakayama.
The best resort hotel to visit.
Kira just lost her mind at park, dreaming about getting married with her own father. Cute!
Having a big family might look nice, and Kira struggles with her position in a family. You are old sister already, be good, nice, kind to yourself.
Finally I did it! I had this great opportunity to create this Jazz CD jacket images.
So many goods and sads that you will experience from now on, but remember, there will be always a JOY within it. Be a person who stands on your feet all the time.
When I look over the edge of it, feeling like sitting on the curve of it. My life is good so far ever.
When I looked up, there is always " a pattern of life ". The pattern shows me a beauty of life and its creative possibility that I enjoy. Patterns Rock.
Going her own way daily, fallowing her idea to catch up, it is a heck of work for 43 years old daddy, but when I hold her tight, she becomes a sleepy girl.
Even it was a short business trip, I usually text massage to my family, sometimes we even talk on facetime to see how things are going.
Family is very important, they are my ta ka ra mo no, experiencing things together, always finding something new.
I don't remember and know how many dishes we shared together in the past, and how many loves we will share together from now on.
The number of dishes, could be the symbolic object of our belief, and it's all about our quality, a quality based family we share to the world.
How many coffee do I need to drink a day?
There so many things I haven't done down there, so many.
After 13 years of the blank, I finally took my painting brushes for this project.
It was a great moment that I was meeting with something that I was missing so much.
This painting was created for this Jazz Group CD cover, I will keep you updated for their official release date and imageries.
Kira fallows me every single day and night.
Produced a french restaurant in 2014, place called Otaru Hokkaido.
I used to dream about my future, or be concerned how my life would be.
I recently started to think and believe that when you think about starting somethings new in your life, that would be the best timing to work on. NOW. Not tomorrow, there is NO guarantee that you have a tomorrow, not next week, there is a great possibility that you would forget about what you would've decided to work on for your future.
Decide and move TODAY, when you start, that will be a perfect day for you.
I workout to become a nobody, I workout to become a good father for my kids and good husband for my wife.
This is why I workout 4 times in a week. Today is the day, not tomorrow, not next week. Today is the day.
Life is not like an elevator, be productive, creative in things for tomorrow.
Loving a ride to wherever she wants to go.
Things I learned from my experiences in my life, don't stay w/ cigarette, go straight to the crack.
Our daughter Kira loves to play at outside withe her friends at her preschool. As she asks me " Give me some more minutes " then, I will wait until she is ready to be with me.
I was almost done with composing things for 30 seconds commercials. But, this view changes the whole idea. Restarting things again.
A calm and cool hall way. I often sit at the end of it, and dream.
On the 30th of September, I experienced a beauty of solitude, NOT lonely but very emotional moment of being alone. This Wakayama business trip gave me chances to see who I really am.
I love breakfast, I really do, more that my dinner.
The best Breakfast for me is eggs, toast, roast bacon, salad, fruit, and coffee in British way. Miso soup, eggs, tsukemono, rice and water or milk in Japanese style.
A solitude exists this space.
The Beautiful Ocean meets a purple sunset one day. No one is here, No one speaks here.
Time goes fast, its the end of September already. I have a photo shooting project at place called Shirahama in Wakayama Pref. The oceans, winds, and so many things are different from Sapporo Japan. I come this town to work, but it sometime makes me feel that this is the best spot for me to see back who I am. Nice and calm, slow and kind.
Kira, the master, has been drawing lines, temperature, unfindable shapes, whatever she feels from her mind sight.
The first scene I saw when I woke up at 5:21 on Friday morning.
There is a great resort hotel in Wakayama, built with the budget of 30 billion dollars.
Being in -10 degrees, I found this.
My son Kiito has been swimming since he was 6, breaking his own record at every tournament he has participated. Becoming one of the Olympic athlete? maybe?
At hotel that I stayed, near Sakuragicho JR station, had a short meal before this business meeting.
Thank God that food on the table.
At my gym, this fan is always follow me around. This looks like over 10 year old or more, but still working its best. Respect a lot.
Usual face impression of Kira every day.
Going down to Tokyo for this business meeting.
When I get busy period, I don't eat much, this would stay me awake and think clearly.
On the way back from Lake Toya, it breezed bad, so that I needed to stop and wait till it would go by, nice moment.
Very popular Lake called Toya, is like my second house. I often come and visit this lake to get rest. They have great spas by the lake.
While my cameraman was settings things for shooting, I was in my world.
The dead bar in my suite room #419, thinking to try some Hibiki tonight.
A Traditional Tatami room is prepared in this hotel. It will calm you down in peace.
The sun light cuts through the shouji, and it makes the brightness softer and even lovely.
Because this suite room is so big, there are some spots that have chairs for your rest.
A huge bathtub is located at the east side of this suite room. Quite nice space! enjoying my beer.
I always try to shoot an early morning sun rising pics. Shooting first, breakfast second.
Nothing fancy and special, a piece of regular ham does it all.
You tell me what now, I ain't your manager YO.
Kira loves playing at parks, makes friends, lots of laughs and chatting. Ends up a group of kids are best to each other. Her life seems GOOD.
5:43 AM, place called Akan, the east side of Hokkaido, has the greatest beauty scene, wild nature, and real human heat.
Where I go, RAW everywhere. Shooting pics, Communicating with audience... RAW everywhere.
The best season of Hokkaido, winter, I prepare to clean and coat the under part of the car.
Loved these dot boots last year, but not anymore.
The last day of 3 years old, she gave her a shot.
Everyday learning moment at 8:40AM, she is frankly a good girl.
I found this collage in the backyard. I wonder who fixed this.
Being the best girl during the weekend. She loves playing in water.
These are all of the breads I take in 7 days. In the car, parking lot, at park, wherever I go, these breads are with me.
Her best friend Julia left to US, so Kira cried bad.
In Oita Japan, I found many Kawara roof houses. Very nice and calm and tight traditional architecture.
I meet this beautiful sunrising scene at Lake Toya every time I visit there. Loving this purple and yellow color balance that nature creates for us.
Very clear sky and nice weather, I tend to forget how the world is so beautiful.
5:24 AM, shooting the sunrising, then shooting the scene of it. Relaxing moment ever.
Kiito and Kira, love to go for a ride with me.
Facing to the sky, thinking of tomorrow, it was a lucky day today and it will be again tomorrow.
A dirty chair in room, smells its history and character.
Baku is a Sapporo Japan based artist, designer, and technologist producing both public and private work for companies, collectors, and institutions.


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