JeanneH

boo! (thanks for the info)

Have the episodes on pbs.org been edited as the US broadcast episodes are?

Stunned both Adam and Red got through. Listening to them carry on when Adam was saved you'd think he walked on water or something. With 2 country artists still in and splitting that vote, and the field narrowing, I'm guessing at least one, if not both, will be out before the finals. When are finals if next week is the semifinals and 8 are still singing? I still miss Emily.

Sometimes guest/judge John Besh is out at Besh Restaurant Group. It's the result of an investigation into sexual harassment allegations published over the weekend in the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Harrah's New Orleans casino is terminating their contract with BRG as a result, which means Besh Steak is being replaced. (other links: CNN - John Besh, famed New Orleans chef steps down from his company amid sexual harassment allegations, NY Post - Top chef John Besh steps down from company amid sexual harassment allegations) Anthony Bourdain tweeted The beginning of the end of institutionalized Meathead Culture in the restaurant business

At the end of the judging table Sue and Mel started goofing on Benjamina's cake. A comment was made about it being nude and the other wrapped her hands around it to cover it up. One said it wasn't fit to be seen on tv, while the other added that the viewer should push the red button if the wanted to see it. And then, in the best timing of the season, that was the moment PBS splashed a promo for the show, featuring a big red circular logo, across the bottom of the screen. I didn't get the joke about it being nude, but what's the deal about the button?

Well that's going to make things interesting.

I used the full term "Cuban Missile Crisis" earlier in the post so thought shortening it to CMC wouldn't cause confusion when I asked my question about that. I am sorry to everyone I did manage to confuse anyway.

I was distracted at the end. Obviously I know what happened with the Cuban Missile Crisis, and I heard the ending voiceover so I know what happened with the Somali family. What's up with Sister MC? Did she give up being a nun? Speaking of the CMC, anyone here not from the US who lived through that? I'm curious about the viewpoints of it from other places. If you care to share, perhaps something in one of the chat areas of the forum would be mod-acceptable?

It is sad, but beautiful. One other thing I forgot to include was that the real Cynthia was godmother to one of Jennifer Worth's daughters. The 3rd book includes a note that she sent to Cynthia as she was on her deathbed.

For those who get the station, Logan's Run, starring Michael York and our own Sister J, Jenny Agutter, will be broadcast on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) this Saturday, May 6, at 2:15pm Eastern. Because it's on TCM and they don't mess with their movies, this will be unedited with no commercials.

I'm in my 50s and never call my parents by their names unless I need to get their attention when we're in a crowd (Mom. Mom. Mom! Barbara!!)

I've written something up about the real Cynthia (summarized what's in the 3rd book), for posterity if nothing else. It's in the Sister Mary Cynthia: She Went And Became A Nun thread.

In the S06E05 thread Libby96 asked: Cynthia's story is in the last part of the 3rd book. This is long and spoilers for real life. As we know from the show Cynthia joined the religious life, and was a working Novice since she was already a trained midwife. She'd had signs of clinical depression since puberty and continued having problems with that. She ended up leaving the order, became a hospital staff nurse, then came back to the convent to resume her vows, but left again. All the while she was in and out of psychiatric hospitals, drug treatment, electric shock therapy. When she was 39 she met a clergyman named Roger (a widower with a son), and they got married. According to the book he had mental issues worse than her own, and having to look after and organize him became "the focus of her existence and cured her". Apparently she was happy as a vicar's wife, and was also a health visitor (nurse?). Roger retired at age 65 and for several years the two of them "lived like a couple of hippy teenagers." On a very small budget (3 pounds/day!) they backpacked around Greece, Israel, Jordan & Turkey, studying the ruins (Roger was some sort of classical scholar too). Roger also joined the Church of England World Mission Association, which meant he could be called to act as locum for any church anywhere at any time. One time he actually got called to go to a church in Lima, Peru on 2 weeks notice for a likely 3-6 month stay. So off they went. Cynthia had a bout with cancer in 2000, but it was successfully treated and so she and Roger continued their roaming ways. Roger got sick in 2004 and died about 18 months later. With him gone depression returned to Cynthia. She had a recurrence of cancer and died quietly in June 2006. Jennifer Worth wrote: "Cynthia – quiet, sensitive, depressive – led a life of high romance and breathtaking adventure in her old age that few of us would have dared contemplate, still less had the courage to carry out."

I think your age calculations are spot on for WW2. Your math is at least as good as my math is :) I guess I was looking for something specific regarding which war, so I decided to see when Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps, which I believe Valerie said she'd served in, was founded. It turns out Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service was established in 1902, then became an Army Corps and renamed as the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps in 1949. Still too close to call - was Valerie serving during WW2, in which case the writers erred, or was Valerie in QARANC by intent, which would mean Korea and not WW2. I guess the only way to know for certain is for someone to come right out and say "Valerie served in World War 2".

Has it been said Valerie was a nurse during WW2? Don't forget UK took part in the Korean War, so that could impact age calculations. People forgetting about Korea use to tick my dad off so much (he was in the navy during that time), but so many people do it, if they ever even knew about it.

I've done a quick check from time to time and have only caught 2 of those actresses in anything else - Stephanie Beacham (various shows on TV a long time ago) and Louise Jameson (Leela from Doctor Who even longer ago). And of course, the terrific Burt Kwouk from both movies and tv. Loved them all, and I guess I must be watching the wrong programs to not have seen them in anything else.

That delivery was brutal - even the doctor put his foot on the table while pulling for more leverage. I was half afraid he was going to tear that baby's head off! Laughing at the review of applicants. No men, because a man cannot become a licensed midwife. No Americans, because... American. (lol :) ) Sister J talking to Vera in the pub, as noted elsewhere (in the US version) she never mentioned or asked about midwife training, just told her to apply. But as an army nurse, surely she would have had training in delivering babies too. Anyway, her acceptance letter says Sister J must know things we don't know, but we will find out in coming episodes if she has to do full midwife training. I expect to see her in some sort of training tho. Surely she'd have to have some sort of refresher, in nursing as well, to get her licensing back up to date? Someone upthread said they thought she looked too young to have served in WW2. I don't recall her mentioning in either episode having served during a war, but if that were the case there's always Korea.

When you boil it down, CO poisoning isn't really all that different from being in a low oxygen environment. It isn't the "carbon part" that hurts you, it's the "oxygen part" being too low. It's not easy to eliminate CO (that stuff doesn't want to detach itself from the red blood cells), which is why victims are given straight O2 as initial treatment. The oxygen forces the CO to clear out and be exhaled, leaving room for O2 to attach and raise the victim's oxygen levels. There are lots of factors that go into it, but, as seen with mountain climbers in low oxygen environments, what will put one person flat won't impact some other person so much or as quickly. I've lost track. What year are we up to? We have to be getting close to the time of the US Surgeon General's warning, if not already past it.

Re the discussion way upthread of women and children from Singapore being captured by the Japanese in WW2, does anyone remember the series "Tenko"? It was a British-Australian co-production from the early 80s (3 seasons +1 reunion special) about Dutch, British, and Australian women imprisoned in a Japanese camp, beginning with the attacks on Singapore and ending with their release at the end of the war. I thought it was very good (link is to Wikipedia page)

I did some research on History Channel's website about black soldiers during the US Civil War. At the beginning, blacks were not allowed in the army, even though they had fought in earlier wars, including the Revolution. But After a while the Union needed more soldiers and the number of white volunteers was falling. Finally, in July 1862 Congress authorized a law that allowed the president “to employ as many persons of African descent as he may deem necessary and proper for the suppression of this rebellion…in such manner as he may judge best for the public welfare.” So various groups and states began forming infantry units of "colored" troops. In January 1863 these troops were mustered into the US Army (the first official call for black soldiers led to the formation of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, of the movie Glory). By the end of the war in 1865 about 180,000 black men had served in the Union army (about 10% of the entire army). About half of those were former slaves. The Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg, as the Confederates called it) took place in September 1862, so I was wondering how the father was able to serve there, as the way I read the History.com site colored regiments weren't allowed to officially join the army yet. So I checked another site about the history of the US Colored Troops, at http://www.afroamcivilwar.org According to that site: "A few weeks after President Lincoln signed the legislation on July 17, 1862, free men of color joined volunteer regiments in Illinois and New York. Such men would go on to fight in some of the most noted campaigns and battles of the war to include, Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign. "On September 27, 1862, the first regiment to become a United States Colored Troops (USCT) regiment was officially brought into the Union army. All the captains and lieutenants in this Louisiana regiment were men of African descent. The regiment was immediately assigned combat duties, and it captured Donaldsonville, Louisiana on October 27, 1862. Before the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, two more African descent regiments from Kansas and South Carolina would demonstrate their prowess in combat." So there you go. And Gettysburg took place July 1-3, 1863.

I'd like to know who on the show decides what info goes onto the screen. In this case it clearly said "'A Song for You' by Donnie Hathaway". Given the word choice, if I hadn't known already Leon Russell wrote it I would think Donnie Hathaway had. Related to nothing, that bastion of complete and true information known as Wikipedia lists 10 different recordings of that song between 1970 and 1974. Performers included Leon Russell (70), Andy Williams (#29 AC chart, #82 Hot 100), Jaye P Morgan (of Gong Show fame, who also charted), Donnie Hathaway (all 71), Cher, Peggy Lee, Carpenters (all 72), Willie Nelson (73), Aretha Franklin and Temptations (74). I'm going to have to go find Aretha's version.

I love the Karen Carpenter version

Do you remember the ruckus about her being adopted at the last Olympics? Al Trautwig referred to Ron and Nellie Biles as Simone's grandparents, and when he was told they were her adoptive parents he said (looking up quote) "They may be mom and dad but they are NOT her parents.” Big fuss ensues, the internet explodes, lots of people and organizations wanted NBC to fire him on the spot. NBC didn't even make him apologize, and he never did. He did the usual 'I wasn't clear in what I said' thing. Meanwhile, showing some class when she was asked about what he said, Simone said (looking up quote) "My parents are my parents and that’s it.”

To clarify, ESPN was broadcasting the game and they couldn't broadcast the dance too. But you could see it on the Jumbotron in the background and the announcers made a couple mentions of what was happening. But you are absolutely right about all the other places. And as I type this, the baseball people just mentioned it again, and promised an interview with David right after the commercial. ESPN pushing votes for David Ross? I wonder if Rashad the football player is next? :)

David Ross's memorable year got more memorable tonight. The Cubs game was delayed 2 hours due to weather, and as filler for the fan in the stands they showed his dance live on the Jumbotron, along with the comments and scores, and then put his voting phone number up on the screen. Then the team had their banner-raising ceremony. I guess that is block voting on a large scale - 38,000 votes for Mr. Ross.