1950 - THE GAME OF THEIR LIVES ~ 2010 - WORLD CUP in SOUTH AFRICA

This post is inspired by a World Cup soccer match Saturday, June 12, 2010, in South Africa between England and USA. Score: 1 - 1. Lucky USA in that England's goalkeeper, Green, dropped the ball, then it went into the net. I know nothing about soccer, except the little I see in bits on TV and the movie, starring Gerard Butler, The Game of Their Lives.

About the 1950 USA Soccer Team

UNITED STATES:
GK		Frank Borghi
DF		Harry Keough
DF		Joe Maca
MF		Walter Bahr
MF		Ed McIlvenny (c)[N 1]
MF		Charlie Colombo
FW		Frank Wallace
FW		Gino Pariani
FW		Joe Gaetjens
FW		John Souza
FW		Ed Souza
Manager:
William Jeffrey

John Souza and Ed Souza (not related) are from the area where I presently live.
Above click on each 1950 member's names and learn a bit about each one. Here is just a portion of John Souza's and Ed Souza's page information:

John "Clarkie" Souza-Benavides (b. July 12, 1920 in Fall River, Massachusetts) is a former soccer player who earned 14 caps and scored 3 goals for the United States men's national soccer team, and played in the U.S. team's historic 1–0 victory over England in the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He was selected for a World Cup All-Star team by the Brazilian sports newspaper Mundo Esportivo, and remained the only American player ever selected to a World Cup All-Star team until Claudio Reyna in 2002. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

Edward Souza-Neto (Born: September 22, 1921 - Fall River, Massachusetts; Died: May 19, 1979 - Warren, Rhode Island) was an American soccer player who earned 6 caps and scored 1 goal for the United States men's national soccer team, and played in the U.S. team's historic 1–0 victory over England in the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Souza was also a member of the U.S. team for the 1948 Summer Olympics. He played his club soccer with Ponta Delgada F.C.

Wonderful pictures of the real team and the actors playing the 1950 USA soccer team - Don't miss this - Click the links - Just fantastic!

The Hero Who Vanished . . .

SIXTY YEARS AGO THE U.S. UPSET MIGHTY ENGLAND IN THE WORLD CUP ON A SINGLE GOAL BY JOE GAETJENS. IN MOST COUNTRIES GAETJENS WOULD HAVE BEEN IDOLIZED. BUT IN THE U.S. HE WAS IGNORED, AND IN HIS NATIVE HAITI HE WAS MARKED FOR DEATH - Six pages about 1950 match:
sports illustrated.cnn.com/vault/article

and 60 years later … Saturday, June 12, 2010 - By Ronald Blum
Read it 60-years-later

and this . . .

FULL EPISODE

Outside the Lines

OTL: A Goal, A Ghost

ESPN Video: Joe Gaetjens, a Haitian immigrant, scored the greatest goal in American soccer history. He should have been a hero. Instead, Gaetjens was abducted and died in a Haitian prison. Outside the Lines sheds light on his story.

I found this information with this video by poking around this web page: www.baudofamily.com

This video is great . . . don't miss seeing this . . . it is a gem of a find and I don't want you to miss it . . .

and also found on web page: www.baudofamily.com is an CNN.com article on the 1950 team. Here is the link. It is also really a good find.

Three 1950 soccer members and the actors who played them

The cast of the movie - The Game of Their Lives

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I have always liked this movie, which is known by two names, The Miracle Match. And The Game of Their Lives, which is my preferred title:

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Tribute to The Game of Their Lives
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Tribute to the movie

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Clip from The Game of Their Lives
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Click on the post title to take you to goal2127 channel that has uploaded the first 9 minutes of the movie The Game of Their Lives.

A previous post I did about this movie: The game of their lives- The miracle match

CNN's coverage of the 2010 Soccer World Cup ireport

FAVORITE ACTORS

The actors that I enjoy the most - for the most part aren't from the USA. Gerard Butler (Scotland), Matthew Rhys and Ioan Gruffudd (both from Wales), Hugh Jackman (Australian) and Clive Owen (English). Hmmm....why is that, I wonder...

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I have to turn off the sound and just enjoy this in silence - Clive Owen
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I first saw Welshman, Matthew Rhys on the TV series, Brothers and Sisters, which though it is in its 3rd year, no episodes were better than Date Night and I think the other one I liked was For the Children in the first year.

Matthew has a movie coming out, The Edge of Love.

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Matthew Rhys from Wales, but now ...California
Matthew Rhys guesting on the Bonnie Hunt Show on March 18, 2009.
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Amazig Grace - Ioan Gruffudd
The Edge of Love

Dylan Thomas played by Matthew Rhys

Photos of Matthew, including in The Edge of Love

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And my current fav
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Dear Frankie and Gerard Butler
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Love, love Dear Frankie

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A Darfuri Speaks Out: Sudan's President Treats My People Like Bargaining Chips

By Mohamed Suleiman

March 18, 2009

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/18/A Darfurian Speaks Out

On March 4th 2009, the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for the arrest of President of Sudan Omer Al-Bashir. Within hours, Al-Bashir ordered 13 humanitarian aid groups out from Darfur and Sudan. This was not a mere reactionary move. The regime in Khartoum is comprised of a very calculating gang. That is the secret of their survival for almost 20 years in power. The expulsion of the humanitarian aid groups is meant to present the international community with tough choices. It is the start of the scenario of "Let's talk."

Khartoum is very good in negotiating its way out of troubles. Al-Bashir's bargaining chips here are the lives of 4.7 millions Darfuris. Yes, they are his citizens in the first place, but they also have been his hostages for six years. Some observers say that most of the influential individuals around Al-Bashir are western educated. These individuals understand exactly how the international community thinks, but the international community does not understand how the government of Sudan thinks.

Over the last six years, I have seen and felt the systematic destruction of the once wonderful society I grew up in. Al-Bashir, after killing hundreds of thousands of my people and burning their homes, confined those who managed to stay alive in sub-human shelters called camps in Darfur and Eastern Chad. Their misery didn't end there. Deprived of security and peace, they found the humanitarian aid groups were the only means of survival.

The aid groups provided almost everything to those Darfuris trapped in those camps, but more importantly they provided hope and protection to them. Had it not been for the humanitarian aid workers, Janjaweed attacks would have been deadlier and more rampant. The mere presence of the humanitarian aid workers in the camps and around the Darfuri people was a deterrent from attacks by the Sudanese armed militias. The aid workers were the eyes and ears of the world in Darfur.

After Al-Bashir announced the expulsion of the 13 non governmental organizations (NGOs), the international community seemed caught off guard. China came to the aid of its ally Al-Bashir in the UN Security Council and struck down an attempt to pass a resolution ordering Al-Bashir to reverse his expulsion decision. Seeing the world leaders doing nothing, Al-Bashir was emboldened and expelled three more NGOs. The international community stood by as if searching for words other than those already heard.

Al-Bashir got bolder and announced on Monday, March 16th, that he will get rid of all remaining foreign NGOs within a year and turn over the humanitarian aid operations to Sudanese organizations. Darfuris know exactly what Al-Bashir's announcement means. In the camps, refugees suspect most Sudanese humanitarian organizations are a cover for government security agencies.

Without the NGOs, it is not just security and hope that will be missed in the camps. Now starvation, thirst, diseases, will be added to Al-Bashir's arsenal in his quest to annihilate the people of Darfur.

Right now, as I write this, meningitis is spreading through the Darfur camps for internally displaced persons (IDP). New cases climbed to 38 cases in the Kalma IDP camp and 9 cases have been reported in the Kassab IDP camp. Now more than ever immunization is needed in all camps.

Also, the situation in the Zamzam IDP camps is deteriorating rapidly. There are 63,000 new comers since January without any services or registration. They gather on the bare ground of the camp. They are the first casualties of NGOs expulsion. The water problem is getting worse. Some women and children spend close to 11 hours at the pump just to fill one 4-gallon plastic container. The clinics are closed in the camp. Only God knows how acute the health situation is in the camp in the absence of NGOs.

This is a calculating regime. Each time the international community seems in disarray, that is the time Al-Bashir and his cronies make their moves. They only stop when they are stopped.

In October 2006 in an op-ed, Dr. Susan Rice, Mr. Anthony Lake, and Congressman Donald Payne wrote: "History demonstrates that there is one language Khartoum understands: the credible threat or use of force. After Sept. 11, 2001, when President Bush issued a warning to states that harbor terrorists, Sudan -- recalling the 1998 U.S. airstrike on Khartoum -- suddenly began cooperating on counterterrorism. It's time to get tough with Sudan again."

I believe that, with 4.7 millions human beings' lives at stake, now is the time to get tough with Al-Bashir's regime.

Mohamed Suleiman lost members of his family to the Darfur genocide while still others remain in Darfur. Now living in the United States, Suleiman translates English language news about Darfur into Arabic and houses it online in an effort to increase awareness within the Sudanese community in the United States. He is an member of the Executive Committee of the San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition.

www.darfurdreamteam.org
www.stopgenocidenow.org

www.enoughproject.org
www.savedarfur.org
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Obama chooses Sudan envoy, to announce Wednesday
Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:33pm EDT

March 18, 2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is set to name retired Air Force General Scott Gration as his special envoy to Sudan, where he has warned of a worsening crisis following the expulsion of foreign aid organizations.

We Are All the Keepers of Justice.

In Sudan, there is an emergency.

Silence kills in its complicity to killing by treachery.

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL - SHONA AUERBACH'S DEAR FRANKIE, ROBERT BURNS' POEM AND SCHUMANN'S TRAUMEREI

Dear Frankie is an endearing movie. Wonderful ensemble cast. Tender directing. Great, quiet movies like this one will be a classic for future generations. It is inspirational to see such a creation by human beings. The youtube below is a wonderful work of art that uses three works of art - Schumann's music Traumerei, scenes from Dear Frankie and the poetry of Robert Burns, Yon Wild Mossy Mountains to present a new and unique lovely creation to simply enjoy beauty.
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Beauty is here - Click if you want to see it in High Definition and with a larger screen
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Text by Tish at youtube: Pictures of Scotland and video clips from Dear Frankie make up the background for a Robert Burns poem. Music is Traumerei composed by Schumann. This has turned out quite lovely and still looking forward to the time Gerry (Gerard Butler) plays to role of Burns in the upcoming production.

The poem . . .

Yon Wild Mossy Mountains

Yon wild mossy mountains sae lofty and wide,

That nurse in their bosom the youth o' the Clyde,
Where the grouse lead their coveys thro' the heather to feed,
And the shepherd tends his flock as he pipes on his reed.

Not Gowrie's rich valley, nor Forth's sunny shores,
To me hae the charms o'yon wild, mossy moors;
For there, by a lanely, sequestered stream,
Besides a sweet lassie, my thought and my dream.

Amang thae wild mountains shall still be my path,
Ilk stream foaming down its ain green, narrow strath;
For there, wi' my lassie, the day lang I rove,
While o'er us unheeded flie the swift hours o'love.

She is not the fairest, altho' she is fair;
O' nice education but sma' is her share;
Her parentage humble as humble can be;
But I lo'e the dear lassie because she lo'es me.

To Beauty what man but maun yield him a prize,
In her armour of glances, and blushes, and sighs?
And when wit and refinement hae polish'd her darts,
They dazzle our een, as they flie to our hearts.

But kindness, sweet kindness, in the fond-sparkling e'e,
Has lustre outshining the diamond to me;
And the heart beating love as I'm clasp'd in her arms,
O, these are my lassie's all-conquering charms!

By Robert Burns

Dear Frankie's music list: www.imdb.com/title/tt0377752/soundtrack

Dear Frankie was inspired by this Czech film......
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Part 1 of 3
Kolja - Czech movie awarded by Oscar in '96 which softly describes a relationship between a middle-aged man and a Russian boy in Czechoslovakia in the late 80's. Director: Jan Svěrák
Languages: Slovak, Czech, Russian
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Part 3 of 3

The best we can do is to inspire....passing on what we are, create and find worthy of our concentrated attention.

Beauty lifts us up to unconceivable feelings.

Picture taken in Denmark

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Rice Castigates Khartoum

Posted by Rebecca Brocato on Mar 6, 2009

Source: http://www.enoughproject.org/

Speaking to reporters today, Susan Rice, the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, castigated the government in Sudan for its decision to expel humanitarian groups. She noted:

"The United States is gravely concerned by the reckless decision of the Sudanese government to expel international aid groups working to ease the suffering of Sudan's citizens...The humanitarian situation in the country is already dire and this callous step threatens the lives of innocents already suffering from years of war and upheaval... Millions of civilians, including untold thousands of children and elderly people, will be left even more vulnerable to starvation, disease, despair and death if the government of Sudan does not immediately change course... The government of Sudan at its own choosing is now heading down a path toward even greater international isolation."

Reuters reports that Rice told Sudan's Ambassador Abdalmahmoud Abdalhaleem that Khartoum's "decision was counterproductive and an "enormous escalation" that would exacerbate the situation on the ground and harm Sudan's relations with the international community." Rice also noted that the possibility of a no-fly zone is being discussed.

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Words Cannot Explain

Posted by Emily Roberts on Mar 06, 2009

Source: http://www.enoughproject.org/

The Sudanese government’s recent expulsion of thirteen international humanitarian aid organizations from the most vulnerable areas of Darfur and other areas in eastern and northern Sudan will have repercussions that are difficult to fathom. In retaliation for the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court on Wednesday for Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, his regime is again targeting the very people whom they are supposed to protect.

There are approximately 4.7 million internally displaced Darfuris living in camps in Darfur today. In a press conference yesterday, Catherine Bragg, the United Nations’ Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, stated that the expelled groups made up 40% of the total number of aid workers in these camps. In her statement, Ms. Bragg reported that with the loss of these groups, over one million people would be left without food, health care and potable water.

Via Twitter updates, journalist Rob Crilly is providing on-the-ground reporting from camps outside El Fasher, Darfur and helping to explain the depth of what is happening.

Outside the hospital — run by the International Rescue Committee until it was ordered out — a mother brushed flies from the face of her daughter. “My baby is sick,” Fatima Abdulrahmen said. “She has a fever and I brought her here and now I don’t know what to do. Who will help me now?”

As the U.N. scrambles to fill the gap left by the expelled groups, the United States and the new Obama administration must take some important steps during this crucial time. If the reports on the President’s desk aren’t enough, I hope the sheer numbers of lives hanging in the balance are.

Update: This amazing map produced by OCHA illustrates the humanitarian crisis throughout Darfur.

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So that beauty isn't kept from Darfuri people

THE GAME OF THEIR LIVES - THE MIRACLE MATCH

ANOTHER GEM OF A MOVIE

I don't know how I missed the movies when they came out that I have recently discovered. Maybe, I wasn't paying attention. Or maybe, the movies were not released wide. But the common denominator is that Gerard Butler chose to be in them.

This is a wonderful movie which is based on a true story. An ensemble movie, which features Gerard Butler in a lead role.

You can check movies out for free at your public library.

At the end of the movie, we get to see some of the original football players.

The film details the story of the 1950 US soccer team which, against all odds, beat England 1-0 in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil during the World Cup. The story is about the family traditions and passions that shaped the players who made up this team of underdogs. Many of the teammates were from The Hill neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri.

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A wonderful tribute to the wonderful movie The Game of Their Lives with the song of One Moment in Time
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Another tribute to The Game of Their Lives with the theme of Rocky

The Game of Their Lives is sometimes referred to as The Miracle Match Film from 2005

A fan site for Gerry
www.gerardbutler.net

The movies website: www.gameoftheirlivesmovie.com

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Darfur related websites

Bring_justice_and_accountability_to_Darfur

www.enoughproject.org

RE: DEAR FRANKIE – NEW CATEGORY NEEDED - AN "OOPS, WE’RE SORRY" AWARD THAT THE ACADEMY MISSED GIVING AN OSCAR FIRST TIME AROUND

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Dear Frankie is my new favorite movie. It isn't a new movie (2004), it's just that I discovered it a few weeks ago. If you haven't seen it, check it out at your library or whatever you have to do to see it. You can go to Youtube and watch fan video tributes like this one - another loving fan tribute to this endearing movie full of acting talent and a beautifully directed story. Dear Frankie is a must see.

The entire cast is superb.
Gerard Butler and Jack McElhone deserved awards for this movie, for sure.
As did the first time feature film director Shona Auerbach.
This film shows us how film can be art.

The Academy needs to have a new category - for movies they missed giving deserving awards to in the year they were eligible. You know, an "oops, we're sorry" award - sorry for missing the mark the first time.

Here is a list of the awards Dear Frankie did receive.
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Dear Frankie - Tribute based mostly on Frankie and The Stranger
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Another video fan tribute to Dear Frankie

A Great White Horse - Song from Dear Frankie

By clicking on my post title you will go to another fan video from Dear Frankie

Here is an interview with Emily Mortimer about Dear Frankie

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A tribute to the actor - Gerard Butler from a fan
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Man Kind

When I’m all by myself
I smile and laugh
I sing
and run
and pick flowers

Sometimes
I ask questions,
sometimes answering myself.
There are times I cry.

When I’m with you
I do some of the same things
but like magic
the little girl in me
feels like a princess
and the woman in me
feels like a queen.

Poem by Sandra Hammel
Written when I was 21 years of age
from Journal Volume 1

Pencil drawing from my Journal - Volume 1
on a brown paper bag

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Genocide Ends
When Enough of Us
Stand Up
Against It
JOIN US
1-800-GENOCIDE

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www.genocideintervention.net
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Write President Obama
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You can also call or write to the President:

The White House
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or

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The White House available 9 AM - 5 PM EST weekdays

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Call your Senators and Representative Today!

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To call the USA Secretary of State

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The USA State Department public comment line

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Sample of what to say:

* I'm calling to ask President Obama, Secretary of State Clinton and Ambassador Rice to protect innocent civilians in Darfur in the wake of Bashir's arrest warrant. Please issue immediate warnings to Bashir and the government of Sudan specifying consequences of attacks on civilians. Please also prepare an emergency response plan to address further violence and appoint a full-time senior level envoy. Lastly, please stand firm in support of the ICC indictment and veto any delay in the prosecution of Bashir.

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IF NOT,

THEN,

YOUR SILENCE

CONTRIBUTES

TO

ANOTHER

GENOCIDE.

www.savedarfur.org/content

HAVE YOU TAKEN A RISK TO FOLLOW YOUR HEART'S DESIRE?

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"To believe in God is to know the thing you are shall make you live and it will never make you do anything less."
from Joseph Pintauro's little book To Believe in God

I LIKE THE IDEA THAT IT IS OUR JOB TO BE HAPPY

In my post Taking A Turn Toward Bliss (near the bottom) I shared a fear of mine. Have you ever wanted to do something, but didn't do it? You did other things, mundane things, things because they were put on a list, but the thing you really wanted to do was never put on a list. So it was always something you wanted to do. But you never did it.

Or you tried once or twice and it never went any further.

For me, singing in public is it. I want to do it. But my mind plays with me and then my body responds to the mind telling me all sorts of things that tie me up on the inside. Here is a quote from the previous post:

"...They are just people looking at me, but they scare the living daylights out of me. It is not something I can pretend to overcome. Breathing and relaxing the throat muscles is my mountain to overcome. Wouldn’t it be great to actually overcome this and feel the freedom from the fear? If that day ever happens, I’ll get back to you. I would relish that I did this.

You don’t know if you don’t try."

Well, I tried again today. I hadn't even planned doing it, until last night when my son said he wasn't coming over and my Sunday afternoon opened up. I practiced three days this past week, but not for long. So I didn't feel I had paid the price enough to risk embarrassing myself twice in a row. Well after sitting there at the coffee house waiting my turn to perform three songs, it was finally my turn after two and half hours. By that time the late night blogging the night before and getting up to watch Rafa Nadal lose the final in Rotterdam Sunday morning (he was playing injured unfortunately) started to take the zest out of me. I felt more like I wanted to take a nap than test drive my nerves again. This was only the second time that I have ventured out on the singing limb and since the first time was a disaster, I knew it could be a repeat performance of a disaster.

I looked at the list and knew I was next. My heart started doing its usual racing. My mind was trying to find something to think about to bring me to some place of possible...hmmm....attitude of "let's have some fun"...my internal talk of "it's you and the music" - all the stuff that works at home in front of the furniture and pretend "out in public scenarios". But then I get in front of real people and the doubts take over. .. You're not good enough. Who do you think you are - putting yourself front and center? Your voice will probably fail you again. I can't even remember all the crap that enters my mind and makes me feel that I am some "other" kind of person and only those I watch have the right to be on the stage. Until I actually open my mouth and go for the singing, I just never know what is going to come out.

Well, today was not a disaster. People, several people were actually encouraging. I was sort of out of my mind in a way, because I think I remember what people said to me right after, but I find it hard to believe. There were some "woots", people seemed to get into the rhythm and mood of the songs. The emcee said something very positive in front of the audience and told me to keep coming back. As I was walking off the "stage" one young man, asked me if I had fun - he felt it looked like I did. A husband and wife both gave me positive nods as I walked off. All in all, I thougth they liked my performance. It wasn't perfect. I knew it wouldn't be. I never know which mistakes I am going to make, but I gave up expecting perfection when I began this little trip down my dreams.

The follow-up reactions during the remainder of show were basically warm and encouraging. There was only one strange reaction. The thing is it can't matter what others think as much as the feeling that I came away with. I felt pretty good. Relieved that I could keep trying this and it just might get easier and the more I relax, I know the better I will perform. Big improvement over the first time I sang recently. Huge really. But then I needed huge. It was so bad the first time. Embarrassing.

My voice at least sounded mostly like well... me, today. Nothing great. But I let the music inside me. And I let it play through me. That is my goal. My favorite singers are those who don't perform the music but let the music perform them. If that makes any sense.

So, what a relief. It wasn't a disaster. And it actually felt good.

I played my keyboard and sang "Morning Train" an upbeat, rhythmic song in f minor. And I performed a song I composed called "Mom's Blues". And I finished with John Jacob Niles song, "Go 'Way from My Window" - a traditional blues, which I added a tag on the end.

And what was also terrific was my son called me just as I was unloading the car, to say he could come over for a short visit. He took my picture.

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My advice about pictures:
Have lots of pictures taken of yourself
when you are young.
It is hard to get a good picture of yourself "later on".
I'm in my "later on".
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In His Own Words - Gerard Butler
There is no embed, so...the solution is to go to the link.
A tribute to the actor

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My comment left at this video on Youtube:
The Music, The Collection of Pictures and Quotes - make a stunning video. What I like about Gerry is his zest for life - like he enjoys living in a candy store - I never fail to smile when I watch these videos made by his fans.
Great job! Definitely 5 stars for you.
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"To believe in God is to be one of those kids who just refuses to grow up
and get older and older and die forever."
from Joseph Pintauro's little book To Believe in God

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"Peace will not work
if just one man alive
is unjust
if one man alive is ignorant or hungry or crazy or ashamed .
For we have seen
if only one of us
decides to pull the plug,
the millions of us can kiss the world good bye
whether we like it or not. .."
from Joseph Pintauro's little book To Believe in Man

Call President Obama at 202-456-1111
or 1-800-GENOCIDE
and pressure him to immediately take steps
to ensure the protection of civilians in Darfur!

An example of your phone call text can be found below.
It is encouraged that you make it personally your message. *

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And call the USA Secretary of State

The USA State Department public comment line works 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Please, call as soon as possible.

Call the State Department's public comment line 24/7 at 202-647-6575

The White House (9 AM - 5 PM EST weekdays) at 202-456-1111

or 1-800-GENOCIDE with a similar message as the one below.

If you have called already, please call again:

* I'm calling to ask President Obama, Secretary of State Clinton and Ambassador Rice to protect innocent civilians in Darfur in the wake of Bashir's arrest warrant. Please issue immediate warnings to Bashir and the government of Sudan specifying consequences of attacks on civilians. Please also prepare an emergency response plan to address further violence and appoint a full-time senior level envoy. Lastly, please stand firm in support of the ICC indictment and veto any delay in the prosecution of Bashir.

Call your Senators and Representative Today!

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Genocide Ends

When Enough of Us

Stand Up Against It

JOIN US
1-800-GENOCIDE
www.savedarfur.org
www.genocideintervention.net
www.standnow.org

www.miafarrow.org


Write President Obama
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You can also call or write to the President:

The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

Comments to President Obama: 202-456-1111

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IF NOT,

THEN,

YOUR SILENCE

CONTRIBUTES

TO

ANOTHER

GENOCIDE.

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GIVE HIM AN OSCAR - VOTE FOR RICHARD JENKINS FOR BEST ACTOR

It was several years ago. I was sitting in a dark gym, that was supposedly transformed in an atmosphere of nightclub with a jazz band. We sat at large circular tables, found some average food, smorgasbord style and there was a disco ball hanging from the ceiling - saying it was expected that there would be some dancing. The music was better than the average high school band. But this school was Moses Brown - a private Quaker school in Providence, Rhode Island. My son was playing tenor saxophone in the Upper School's Jazz Band. And usually I don't mind going to things alone, but this night it felt a little uncomfortable. Everyone it seemed was there with a husband or a wife. And most people had preselected the people that they would sit with. Not me. I couldn't really see the person I was sitting next to well enough to be able to recognize him even if I might by chance have seen him before. So, I asked him what he did. Well, at least I didn't say something lame like "It's been cold lately." So he answered, "I'm an actor."

Well, a little awkward, because I was looking at him sideways, and though there was no smoke in the air to blur his face, I couldn't make out who he was. It was barely light enough to find the plate with my food on it.

I can't remember what I said next. Somehow I got his name. Richard Jenkins.

The Richard Jenkins who in 2009 is one of the five men up for the Best Actor category for an Academy Award.

Now here was my problem that evening. I hadn't kept up with his career. At all. But I knew who he was. But because years and years ago, I had seen him repeatedly in the Trinity Repertory Theatre Company plays. So, all I could come up with in my mind was to mention Trinity Rep and an actor that I also remembered as a stand out at the time, Peter Gerety. There are 84 movies or TV shows that Richard Jenkins has been in.

He was there with his wife. I remember we talked about Moses Brown and his wife thinking it was important that their son have a good education. His son was a Senior that year. Guess what instrument he played in the jazz band?

Drums.

Just like Richard plays in The Visitor.

I felt so badly afterward ... that all I could say was that I knew him from Trinity Rep - the Rhode Island professional theatre company. Geez, I wish I had kept up with his career... so I could have complimented him on his current success. So, there I was, with an opportunity to talk about acting and I squandered it. What a knucklehead.

I love where I live....as I have admitted repeatedly.

I know it may seem silly to be impressed with people we see on the screen (or in this case - somehow missed seeing on the screen), but we are, or at least some of us are. I can't imagine if I had been sitting beside my current favorite actor, Gerry Butler. I would have been blushing in the darkness.

I love where I live, because I have had the opportunity to be close to people that otherwise I wouldn't have back in northeastern Indiana where I was born. Here, Nicolas Cage has a house about 10 minutes from where I live. One of his many, but still he and his wife enrolled their son in a local private school in Newport. Years ago, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward walked past me at Rogers High School's auditorium lobby. They were there because Joanne supported the dance company performing that evening. I was just standing there and knew it was them, but it was such a fleeting moment. And unexpected.

We were in an elevator in New York City where we were spending the weekend once and there was the actor Fyvush Finkel. At the time he had just been in Picket Fences.

Last summer, I was walking along Americas Cup Avenue with two others on August 8, wearing our STOP GENOCIDE t-shirts and Chevy Chase walked by us. He was there for the Newport Jazz Festival.

Just little moments. But still. Fun moments.

The Best Actor category for 2009 includes
Richard Jenkins
The Visitor

Frank Langella
Frost/Nixon

Sean Penn
Milk

Brad Pitt
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Mickey Rourke
The Wrestler

Source: www.oscar.com

February 22, 2009 - The Oscars

Richard Jenkins News

Here are just some of Richard's roles

1. The Cabin in the Woods (2010) (pre-production)
2. The Rum Diary (2010) (pre-production) .... Lotterman
3. Norman (2009) (post-production) .... Doug Long
4. Dear John (2009) (post-production)
5. Waiting for Forever (2009) (post-production) .... Richard Twist
   
   
6. The Tale of Despereaux (2008) .... Principal
7. Burn After Reading (2008) .... Ted Treffon
   ... aka Burn After Reading (France)
8. Step Brothers (2008) .... Dr. Robert Doback
9. The Brøken (2008) .... John McVey
   ... aka The Broken (France) (International: English title)
10. The Visitor (2007/I) .... Prof. Walter Vale
11. The Kingdom (2007) .... Robert Grace
    ... aka Operation: Kingdom (Germany)
12. Rumor Has It... (2005) .... Earl Huttinger
    ... aka Rumour Has It... (Australia) (Canada: English title) (New Zealand: English title)
13. Fun with Dick and Jane (2005) .... Frank Bascombe
    ... aka Alternative Career (Philippines: English title)
    ... aka Fun with Dick & Jane (USA: poster title)
14. Earth to America (2005) (TV)
15. North Country (2005) .... Hank Aimes
16. "Six Feet Under" .... Nathaniel Fisher (19 episodes, 2001-2005)
    - Everyone's Waiting (2005) TV episode .... Nathaniel Fisher
    - All Alone (2005) TV episode .... Nathaniel Fisher
    - Ecotone (2005) TV episode .... Nathaniel Fisher
    - Time Flies (2005) TV episode .... Nathaniel Fisher
    - Untitled (2004) TV episode .... Nathaniel Fisher
    (14 more)

Peter Gerety roles

Regis Philbin talks about Richard Jenkins and The Visitor - Don't Miss This

This Year's Real Underdog - a video interview in Dave Karger's Oscar Watch

New York Times article about Richard Jenkins and The Visitor

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Richard Jenkins on The View
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Richard Jenkins agent is Rhonda Price

The Visitor

Richard Jenkins ~ Nominee for Best Actor
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The Visitor - Trailer

The Visitor trailer scenes, interviews and on set footage - 25:40

A video - As part of the ongoing Back Stage "Evening With" series, actors Richard Jenkins and Haaz Sleiman spoke to a packed house after a screening of their film 'The Visitor' in L.A. 4:05 www.backstage.com

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What Did I Do?

Where's Tarek
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Drum Circle
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Drum Lesson
Drum Lesson
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Beloved One
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Come On I Need Some Music

I Just Want My Life

Staten Island

Above videos uploaded by overturefilms

This is the text from the overturefilms

Walter (Richard Jenkins) comes home to his apartment in New York and finds an unexpected visitors living there (Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira).

The Visitor

In a world of six billion people, it only takes one to change your life. In actor and filmmaker Tom McCarthy's follow-up to his award winning directorial debut The Station Agent, Richard Jenkins (Six Feet Under) stars as a disillusioned Connecticut economics professor whose life is transformed by a chance encounter in New York City.

Sixty-two-year-old Walter Vale (Jenkins) is sleepwalking through his life. Having lost his passion for teaching and writing, he fills the void by unsuccessfully trying to learn to play classical piano. When his college sends him to Manhattan to attend a conference, Walter is surprised to find a young couple has taken up residence in his apartment. Victims of a real estate scam, Tarek (Haaz Sleiman), a Syrian man, and Zainab (Danai Gurira), his Senegalese girlfriend, have nowhere else to go. In the first of a series of tests of the heart, Walter reluctantly allows the couple to stay with him.
Touched by his kindness, Tarek, a talented musician, insists on teaching the aging academic to play the African drum. The instrument's exuberant rhythms revitalize Walter's faltering spirit and open his eyes to a vibrant world of local jazz clubs and Central Park drum circles. As the friendship between the two men deepens, the differences in culture, age and temperament fall away.

After being stopped by police in the subway, Tarek is arrested as an undocumented citizen and held for deportation. As his situation turns desperate, Walter finds himself compelled to help his new friend with a passion he thought he had long ago lost. When Tarek's beautiful mother Mouna (Hiam Abbass) arrives unexpectedly in search of her son, the professor's personal commitment develops into an unlikely romance.

And it's through these new found connections with these virtual strangers that Walter is awakened to a new world and a new life.

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