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I haven't posted in a few days. I haven't been very good. I don't think I will post my menu b/c it contains stuff like Sonic, Chick-fil-a, Schlotzsky's, etc. You know...no one had to tell me, or even teach me to eat bad. Why do bad foods taste soooo good? My conspiracy theory is coming to mind. If you don't know what that is...read the first post I made.
I'm not even sure what I want to say today. I am having such a hard time finding time to exercise. My life is very hectic right now. I have one child fixin to graduate. She is keeping me very busy (not to mention my pocket book empty, too!) My middle child keeps me running from one town to another to watch football. My youngest is fixin to start basketball which will keep me busy running too. After basketball comes then baseball starts. When baseball ends then summer kicks into full swing with VBS, summer camp, and so on. I spent good money on a membership and all of the sudden I can't find time to go and use it. Not sure how to work all this out.
As I mentioned before....I love food. The bad stuff. The stuff that makes you fat. Have I mentioned before that it is cheaper than the good stuff? If anyone has any ideas on how to feed a family of five healthy foods (all of which are basically adults) I am open for suggestions.
Trying again tomorrow. | <urn:uuid:eb3735bd-f793-492e-b4b4-d4cac6d58b79> | CC-MAIN-2018-17 | http://seanda-bahamamama.blogspot.com/2010/11/i-quit.html | 2018-04-25T21:39:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125947968.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20180425213156-20180425233156-00075.warc.gz | en | 0.981143 | 318 |
Ryan Seacrest Announced as New Host of Wheel of Fortune
Ryan Seacrest has been confirmed as the new host of Wheel of Fortune, replacing Pat Sajak.
Seacrest expressed gratitude for the opportunity and was humbled to follow in Sajak's footsteps.
He will also serve as a consulting producer on the show.
Seacrest acknowledges his previous hosting experience on the game show Click.
Vanna White will continue as part of the show.
Seacrest looks forward to spinning the wheel and working alongside White.
The transition will take place in 2024 after Sajak's retirement.
Seacrest signs a multi-year agreement for the hosting role.
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Database with different data
An application usually consists of several different types of databases with different data. Each type of database is stored in the application in its own data table. The data of a database are stored line by line in the table columns of the respective data table. Any number of records of the same type can be stored in a data table.
Depending on the type of data that is stored in the columns, different data types (eg text, integer, date / time) are available. Via validations, you define rules for the data (for example the rule that a company always needs a name).
Common tabular columns
A special role is played by shared table columns. These table columns are offered across all data tables across the table and defined by the “Common fields of table entities” selection list. If you want to display records of multiple data sources together, only common table columns can be displayed. The common table columns are only virtual and can only be displayed.
Basic data strukturell
Data tables determine the basic data structure of an application. They are usually never displayed directly to users, but are only made accessible via masks or views. Via appropriate interfaces, you can also work with data tables without masks or views, while ensuring the validations as well as working with masks and views.
Data tables from the application can be read in MS Excel, changed and then re-played. The validations are also considered here, i.e. no company is created without a name. | <urn:uuid:7899abcf-e9e6-4270-a5b3-00b267828e46> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://www.business-app.com/vendor/manula/1/en/topic/data-table | 2021-03-03T16:59:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178367183.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20210303165500-20210303195500-00538.warc.gz | en | 0.892413 | 308 |
With "Ant-Man," "Doctor Strange," "Black Panther" and "Captain Marvel," Marvel Studios is currently in the process of launching their next generation of solo heroes. There's one character, however, that will always remain part of the ensemble -- if the actor gets his way. While speaking with IGN, Anthony Mackie firmly stated that he likes when the Falcon flies alongside other heroes.
"No, I don't know man," said Mackie. "I don't know. I like going to work with good people." He explained that he likes to "be able to go to work and meet these people and see the way they work and kind of delve into their process as well is really a learning experience for me. So I feel like when you go to work and it's just you and it's me -- 'Look at me, haha' -- it takes away from that."
Even if a solo Falcon film was part of Marvel's plans, Mackie wasn't sure he'd be up for it. "I don't know, I don't know. That means my dudes are not going to be there. So Chris [Evans] is not going to be there. Sebastian [Stan] is not going to be there." And, considering the strong bond he has with his "Captain America" co-stars, a cameo appearance from the actors might not be enough. "No, no. Then that week is going to be hell," said Mackie. "Hanging out with Chris for a week and then he's like 'I don't want to leave!' And I'm like 'Chris dude, you gotta leave.' You know, it's just going to be a problem."
Mackie made his debut as the Falcon in 2014's "Captain America: The Winter Soldier." Since then he's popped up as a small part of the ensemble in "Avengers: Age of Ultron" and "Ant-Man," and will take on a more prominent role in "Captain America: Civil War." "Civil War" opens on May 6, 2016. | <urn:uuid:563a27fb-b308-4cd5-bffb-9877666c774d> | CC-MAIN-2019-04 | https://www.cbr.com/anthony-mackie-is-not-down-for-a-solo-falcon-movie/ | 2019-01-24T11:30:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547584520525.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20190124100934-20190124122934-00636.warc.gz | en | 0.990734 | 423 |
We've all been anxiously following the development of the highly-anticipated Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO from BioWare. From what we've seen so far, this looks to be an exciting addition to the Star Wars MMO genre.
Now it appears that SWTOR might have some company in that regard.
According to an article on 1UP.com, consumer electronics heavyweight Sony might be diving back into the Star Wars MMO pool with a new game based on the hit TV series, The Clone Wars.
See the excerpt below:
"With BioWare hard at work on Star Wars: The Old Republic, it seemed as if Sony's history with Star Wars MMOs would be just that -- history. But now according to a rumor floated by Ten Ton Hammer (via Shacknews), it looks like Sony Online Entertainment might not end with Star Wars Galaxies. An "insider source" says SOE is preparing to build a new casual-centric Star Wars MMO, most likely based on the Clone Wars animated series."
Obviously this is only a rumor at this time, as no official confirmation (or denial) has come down from Sony regarding this project. And it goes without saying that we will keep you updated on the status of this rumor as more information becomes available.
Rebelscum Breast Cancer Awareness Charity Patch Posted By Philip on November 25, 2014: Thanks to everybody that ordered patches. I sent a check for $1,600.00 to the National Breast Cancer Foundation on Monday. While it's not as much as I hoped for, it's still very much appreciated. They will remain for sale in the store for anybody that still wishes to purchase them. Details after the jump. | <urn:uuid:70efe8fc-200f-4538-8437-61367e52422d> | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | http://www.theforce.net/latestnews/story/New_MMO_Based_On_The_Clone_Wars_126187.asp | 2019-08-20T03:15:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027315222.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20190820024110-20190820050110-00459.warc.gz | en | 0.960981 | 343 |
Wine Completes A Get-Together! (Win Some Too!)CONTESTS, REVIEWS & CONTESTS | Nirasha Jaganath | November 15, 2011 at 8:13 pm
You know how that perfect moment as a huge party dwindles with the last few stragglers and it is those that remain are normally the closest of friends. They will help you clean up, get into more comforting clothes and curl up on the couch. This is exactly what we did 2 weeks ago, when that crazy snow storm hit Boston. I was at a friend’s place for a party with the whole family. I took some food I made and wine. Wine was the latest shipment from the California Wine Club. Wine is always the perfect gift to take to a host right? Except since my knowledge of wine is somewhat limited and immature, I love that California Wine Club makes that decision easy for me by choosing.
Of course it is not like they throw in any old wine each month, since the newsletter that comes with it explaining the vineyard is a clear indication the thought that goes into it. The pictures make you feel like you know the people behind the wineries and the taste of the wine shows that the California Wine Club is highly selective about who makes the cut to be the “wine” for the month. While we shared some of the wine for the big party, we kept some for the girls (as in my girlfriends) and I to crawl up on the couch and savor. The rich and bold flavor felt like I could have easily paid a lot of money for the wine, and that is what I love about California Wine Club, that it makes it affordable for regular people like me to try out good quality wine at a realistic price.
And now the best part my readers will receive A special 10% discount on every gift order they place just enter thediscount code “mommyniri” If you want to try the wines yourself and sign up for a monthly delivery, that code will get you an extra bottle of wine on your first shipment. Free wine?!
I am also giving away a one-month subscription to The California Wine Club premier club-I know- imagine getting handpicked bottles of wine delivered to your door!
Want to win one month subscription of wine?
To win tell me what is your favorite wine? Winner chose by random.org.
Please DO NOT leave your email address within the comment!
Contest closes 25th November 2011. The California Wine Club is offering the prize and is responsible for prize fulfillment. No purchase necessary for entering. Giveaway open to all readers over 21, residing in the any of the states in the U.S. with the exception of Utah.
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The Long Tail, by Chris Anderson (the editor of Wired Magazine) seems to have confused a lot of people. Many discussions and reviews of the book are themselves confusing. That being the case, I'll take a shot here at explaining what the book and the idea are all about.
In a virtual nutshell, Anderson's thesis is that a huge cumulative market for poor-selling items exists on the Internet.
But there's more to it than that, beginning with the 80/20 rule in retailing, which says that 80 percent of profits are generated by 20 percent of items stocked by a retailer. This is generally accepted and has been demonstrated to be true. If you make a sales-by-units graph of all items offered by a retailer (Wal-Mart, Stero Barn, or Rhapsody.com) with the x- or vertical axis being units, and the y- or horizontal axis begin individual products, the bestselling products would make a tall, narrow hump at the left (the top 20 pecent), while the products that don't sell well make a "tail" to the right, dropping down as the number of units sold decreases with each product. Hence, "the Long Tail."
As a consequence, retailers stock as much of the top-selling 20 percent as they can, and ignore most of the other 80 percent of items they might stock--on occasion giving one or another a trial (due to to manufacturer or distributor pressure, or just to see whether a particular item will sell).
Thus, while you can find a copy of The Da Vinci Code in nearly any bookstore, you cannot find The Odysseus Solution because it doesn't sell well. Moving at most one or two copies per year, it sells so poorly that it's not worth keeping in stock. Why have The Odysseus Solution in shelf space that could be used to stock The Da Vinci Code or The Year of Magical Thinking, either of which might sell anywhere from 30 to 300 copies in that same year.
This situation seriously limits the consumer's choices to the most popular items--the "hits," if you will. It's why you can't get that brand of jelly you love at Winn-Dixie; they dropped it because it wasn't among the top-sellers. You have to satisfy yourself from the six other brands offered, do without, or go elsewhere (and you still may not find it).
For the same reason you don't see Blood, Sweat and Tears' first album, The Child is the Father to the Man, on store shelves, though you'll probably find a BS&T greatest hits album. Again, your choices are being limited.
According to Anderson, there are people who would buy Brand X jelly or The Child is the Father to the Man if jars or copies were in stock. But they aren't, and won't be, because the return on the investment is less than it costs the store to stock the item. According to Anderson's theories, this condition does not obtain on the Web, especially where downloadable media products are concerned, as there is no "stocking" charge. All that needs to be done is to let the customers know the item is there.
With no stocking cost, a retailer can stock a near-infinite number of products. This, in turn, means that the retailer can reach the market for items that a brick-and-mortar store could not serve. Potentially, there is a large cumulative market there, supplying thousands of buyers with things they can't get out in the real world.
What tipped Anderson off to all this was a study of the online music markets, where nearly everything can be stocked--including The Child is the Father to the Man and every tune ever put out by a garage band or Indie label. He learned that 98 percent of everything sells at least once in a year. Which means that the online music retailer was raking it in more than the brick-and-mortar music store, because she is able to sell same the big-profit 20 percent that the brick-and-mortar store sells, plus the other 80 percent.
Anderson follows this to its logical conclusion: there are large cumulative markets that conventional retailers are ignoring because it doesn't pay them to stock items that will sell once in a year or so. But on the Internet, where you have no stocking expense ... Which is only one way of presenting the idea.
Anderson takes several runs at explaining the concept, which got him skewered by several reviewers for being redundant. Anderson also talks about ways of capitalizing on the long tail, and the implications on business and culture. (For example, he foresees a market that is less-driven by "hits" than by personal recommendations, which I don't see as happening to a great extent, due to the power of advertising.)
While some reviewers have made a big deal out of the fact that Anderson's long tail concept exists under other names (like Pareto tail), this doesn't invalidate his message, which is, again, that huge niche markets exists among those who are willing to serve them. | <urn:uuid:3a7a11f0-b2ce-494c-81b9-2d23fa6a00f8> | CC-MAIN-2018-17 | http://mikebanks.blogspot.co.uk/2006/08/about-long-tail.html | 2018-04-20T04:49:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125937114.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20180420042340-20180420062340-00055.warc.gz | en | 0.96505 | 1,051 |
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Conditions remained dry well into the nighttime hours for many in the Tri-State Area Sunday, but as bedtime approached for some, the torrential downpours and thunderstorms began.
But the storms came earlier for others, bringing dangerous winds and causing severe damage.
Early in the evening, the Yankees-Red Sox game was delayed by more than 45 minutes as rain and severe thunderstorms were anticipated. But the game eventually began without a drop having fallen.
But fans weren’t out of the woods. The game was delayed again during the sixth inning in the 10 p.m. hour, as a downpour did, in fact, drench the Bronx.
The game resumed to finish the sixth inning after 37 minutes, only to be delayed again as the downpours resumed.
Northern Manhattan was also getting socked by the storm at 11 p.m. Another storm cell was spotted over Newark, and others still were seen farther inland in New Jersey, CBS 2’s Lonnie Quinn reported.
New York City residents were expected to be caught in thunderstorms for 50 minutes straight in the late night hours, Quinn reported.
Some CBSNewYork Facebook users reported storm activity in Yonkers and other areas of Westchester County, and in unspecified areas of the city, in the earlier evening hours.
That first round of storms earlier in the evening did cause some damage. A tree came down and crushed a house in New City in Rockland County, going right into a second floor bedroom. No one was hurt.
Parts of the area saw wind gusts of up to 40 mph.
More storms are expected in the early morning hours, and the morning commute will be affected, Quinn said. Conditions will be wet throughout the day on Monday.
Temperatures earlier hit the 80-degree mark along the Jersey Shore, with things much cooler along Long Island. In New York City, temperatures hit a high of 88 in the afternoon.
The storm will usher in more seasonable conditions for the start of the work week, Quinn forecast. Monday is expected to hit a high of 76 degrees as the showers continue, Quinn forecast.
Tuesday and Wednesday will see highs in the low to mid 70s and sunshine. By next weekend, things are forecast to warm back into the upper 70s.
The hot and humid weather kicked in on Friday, triggering an air quality alert and making for an uncomfortable commute for many straphangers.
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Quick and Dirty Library Promotions That Really Work
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The University of Wisconsin?Eau Claire?s McIntyre Library promotes the library and its services in various ways. Over the past few years, the library has used inexpensive, quick to develop marketing tools to establish positive relationships with its students, faculty, and staff. This paper describes two promotional programs by detailing how each was carried out, the costs involved, and how the intended audience received it. By incorporating nontraditional promotional ideas into its marketing campaigns, the library has earned its reputation as a fun, inviting place on campus.
Jennings, Eric and Kathryn Tvaruzka. ?Quick and Dirty Library Promotions That Really Work? Journal of Library Innovation 1, no. 2 (2010): 6-14. | <urn:uuid:a5f55438-22a3-47a5-99be-f3e658f48b95> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://minds.wisconsin.edu/handle/1793/52543 | 2023-03-25T05:32:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296945315.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20230325033306-20230325063306-00418.warc.gz | en | 0.917212 | 216 |
E.B. Stone Organics Ultra Bloom Plant Food 0-10-10
Excellent for flowering plants and especially ideal in promoting blooms for azaleas, camellias, and rhododendrons.
Container Size: 4 LB
+ More information about container sizes
We use plant forms to describe how a plant has been grown in our nursery. Here are some common nursery plant forms explained.
An espalier is a plant trained to grow in a two-dimensional form against a trellis.
Staked plants will be tied to a wooden or plastic stake during the growing process. This technique is generally used on vines but is sometimes used for certain trees or shrubs. | <urn:uuid:abb6a255-5803-4b56-9320-1db295ed8af0> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://landscapeplantsource.com/shop/soils-fertilizers-accessories/e-b-stone-organics-ultra-bloom-plant-food-0-10-10/ | 2023-04-01T21:10:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296950247.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20230401191131-20230401221131-00131.warc.gz | en | 0.912842 | 168 |
If you would like to make a difference in the world, partner with USFWI and make a donation today. Click on the link below to contribute. If you feel led to contribute to a certain individual or mission we support, please specify that in your donation.
Please click on the link below to send your contribution to the USFWI cause of your choice.
Spread the word
The mission of USFWI remains to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ. If you feel led to join the cause through your local USFWI chapter, click the following link to find a meeting close to you. | <urn:uuid:fd972be5-41e3-4c59-89ed-1a4924530ce4> | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | http://usfwi.net/take-action | 2018-01-18T11:39:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084887253.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20180118111417-20180118131417-00037.warc.gz | en | 0.904653 | 122 |
Our commitment: Implement responsible sourcing in our supply chain and promote animal welfare
Consumers and stakeholders increasingly want to know what is in their food, where it comes from and how it is made. Responsible sourcing – the sourcing of raw materials in compliance with our Responsible Sourcing Guideline, with the aim of achieving transparency and traceability throughout our supply chains – provides that information. It is therefore an essential part of ensuring a sustainable future for our business, and for the farmers and producers on whom we depend for our ingredients. Our work towards ensuring raw materials are traceable back to place of origin and responsibly sourced focuses on 12 priority categories. These are the raw ingredients we source in the largest quantities or which are most important for our business. They are: cereals; cocoa; coffee; dairy; fish and seafood; hazelnuts; meat, poultry and eggs; palm oil; pulp and paper; soya; sugar; and vanilla. Cereals was a new addition to this list in 2016, replacing shea, based on the volumes we source and its importance to our product portfolio and our consumers.
Responsibly sourced: where places of ingredients’ origin are assessed against our Responsible Sourcing Guideline requirements and found to be compliant, or corrective action plans are developed (or equivalent standards implemented).
Traceable: where ingredients we buy are identified back to their place of origin, such as mill, farm, plantation or fishery.
Watch our video to find out more about responsible sourcing at Nestlé.
Our objectives in 2016
By 2016: For Tier 1 suppliers, cover 50% of the total volume sourced from audited and compliant suppliers.
By 2016: For upstream, 50% of the volume of our 12 priority categories to be traceable, 40% to be Responsibly Sourced.
Our progress to date
We exceeded our targets, with 61% of total volume sourced from suppliers compliant with the Nestlé Supplier Code (SMETA and Ecovadis audited), 51% of raw ingredients in our priority categories being traceable and 44% Responsibly Sourced, although progress varies across categories due to individual circumstances in each supply chain. In 2016, we introduced cereals as a priority category, because of the high volume we purchase and its importance to our consumers and overall product portfolio. Assessments began within the cereals supply chain, with initial results due in 2017.
Our objectives towards 2020
By 2017: For Tier 1 suppliers, cover 60% of the total volume sourced from audited and compliant suppliers.
By 2017: For upstream, 60% of the volume of our priority categories to be traceable, 50% to be Responsibly Sourced.
By 2020: For Tier 1 suppliers, cover 80% of the total volume sourced from audited and compliant suppliers.
By 2020: For upstream, 80% of the volume of our priority categories to be traceable, 70% to be Responsibly Sourced.
Tier 1 supplier audits
Nestlé’s auditing of Tier 1 suppliers began in 2010. The purpose of the audits is to verify how a material or service is produced and to drive our direct suppliers’ continuous progress towards full compliance with our Supplier Code. All new suppliers are screened when entering into a business relationship with Nestlé, and signing the code is an integral part of our mandatory vendor approval process.
Suppliers are required to arrange and host an ethical audit to show they are adhering to national and international laws and standards, and the minimum standards set out in our Supplier Code. These take place across all categories (raw, packaged, etc.) globally.
Audits are carried out by approved independent verification firms, using either the
Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit (SMETA) 4 Pillars guideline (pdf, 839Kb)
for most of the production facilities or the ExternEcoVadis methodology for certain services suppliers. The topics assessed reflect best practice in labour standards, health and safety, the environment and business ethics.
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Before you head to game come and let commuters across the electorate of Swan know about the need to Change the Rules! We're fighting for fair pay and secure jobs and letting people know that unions won the minimum wage pay rise.
We will be having conversations at Cannington, Oats Street and Victoria Park Stations.
No matter who you support, football colours are encouraged. Can you come along and help out?
Cannington, WA 6107
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Exeggcute is a half-dozen of eggs! Who are cute! And also look ready to execute you! Oh, dad-jokes, you fuel so much of this series’ design. These things are fantastic: like Dodrio, you get a collective where each personality is immediately distinct at a glance, including each having different distinguishing cracks, and here it flows directly out of a core concept – a whole nest of usually-defenseless eggs, now able to bite back at their predators. One is even shown as broken open in each batch – potentially done deliberately as a way to lure in unwitting prey? Exeggcute is another one that’s visually simple while putting a twist on a non-obvious monster choice, which is precisely the sort of combination that makes so many Pokémon feel organic while still being inventive.
Exeggutor is a bit of a fly to left field; the eggs in her name manifest as coconuts here, which – surprise! – retroactively makes Exeggcute into a really strange natural disguise for a bunch of seeds. They were even Grass-type the whole time; the clues were all there (including it being spelled out in the Pokédex if you’d bother to read once in a while, dang kids these days). She’s a chunky, walking tree/shrub, which is a fair enough base to build a creature from, but using the three-heads gimmick feels a lot creepier in this context than on a mammal. Rather, it would, if their expressions didn’t look so goofy. She’s a neat little oddball on her own, but it’s the evolution from Exeggcute that makes Exeggutor really special.
Then we’ve got this dopey thing. When the series went to Fantasy Hawaii, of course they were going to capitalize on a Pokémon with coconuts built in (despite passing up the hula dancer). This variant is nothing short of ridiculous – and nothing short physically, either, har dee har har – which makes it good for a novelty. Plus, that little stunted coconut on its tail-branch is an adorable touch. Despite its sillier aspects, people insist in-universe and in the fanbase that this is Exeggutor’s true form: the kind of wild and slightly off-kilter take that I love seeing.
Both flavors of Exeggutor are strong hitters with some good type coverage, but her speed is just killing her, and she doesn’t have the raw defense to compensate. I dunno, you could do better and could definitely do worse.
Exeggutor used to be more middle-of-the-road as far as popularity went (both with Game Freak and with the fanbase), but the sheer zaniness of Alolan Exeggutor was just embraced so strongly that the company has really leaned into the idea of it, and it’d be very hard to drop this thing from the series’ ongoing roster now.
The idea of a telepathically-linked hive mind is a very eerie, classic expression of ESP, and it’s neat to see that expressed as a Psychic-type design in a way that feels consistent (you buy eggs in no less than a half-dozen, after all). But Exeggcute are always shown in the exact same configuration: a cluster of six, one broken, the rest with a set of five pre-determined expressions. I’d love to see a future game shake this up a bit: maybe an Exeggcute with five seed-eggs would have somewhat weaker attack, but be more nimble and speedy. Maybe ones with different natures and characteristics could manifest as seed-eggs with different expressions. There’s a lot of room to play here, but tragically we’ve gotten the same batch of six each time. (Except in Red and Blue, where one egg was super-massive for some reason.)
Speaking of, why always six, and what happens if six can’t gather together? The games state that if one is “lost” (or, presumably, eaten), there will be six present the next morning. How does this happen? Do they incorporate other, orphaned Exeggcute? Do they regenerate a new clutch-mate out of sheer psychic energy? The official, not-creepy-at-all stance:
Don’t worry about it.
To be fair, we do see at least one instance of this in the anime, where a Chansey once “adopted” a single Exeggcute member, so the rest of the group adopted another egg-like Pokémon (a Togepi) to compensate. Still, the six were re-united within a couple of hours, so we don’t get to see what the long-term solution is here. More mysteries of the fantasy-plant kingdom!
Fun note on Exeggcute’s name: the original (Tamatama) is a double-entendre between “egg-egg” and “surprise”, which is an additional hint at its plant basis. Apparently none of the localization teams picked up on this – or chose not to use it – because every other language just uses egg-based words without a hint at the seedling bit. Ah, the easter eggs we lose in translation.
Amusingly, while Exeggcute (and its evolution by extension) are the only Pokémon to learn Barrage – wherein the seed-eggs themselves are thrown at the offending party – the particulars of how this move works have been changed at least three times, and the in-game description has changed six times over the years. That’s a lot of maintenance on a one-off move (granted, the mechanical changes are tied to how multi-hit attacks work as a whole).
While Exeggutor is a wonderfully bizarre critter – there’s something uncanny and properly monstrous about living fruit growing out of a walking shrub / palm tree – the main odd bits around its original design are kinda covered under Exeggcute. What happens if a head-coconut falls off; does another grow back? Do different specimens of Exeggutor have heads with different sets of personalities?
We do get a answer to what happens to the coconut-head itself when it falls off: it rolls away and becomes an Exeggcute. Maybe this is how sets of Exeggcute replenish themselves to a full squad of six when one is picked off? It totally circumvents the games’ established cycle of “everything lays and hatches from eggs”, but I’ll gladly buy that as fudging things for simplicity. It’s hard to conceive how the series could sanely weave that into the gameplay, anyway; have Exeggutor slowly generate a bundle of six egg-seeds when there’s a free slot in the party?
Exeggutor gets even weirder considering that it wasn’t some oddball that was invented wholesale. Rather, the original design is base on the cryptid that is the human-tree face, whereas the Alolan form is potentially less of a palm tree and more taken after the dragon blood tree, which is objectively the only way you could ever tie that thing back to being part-dragon.
Rather than explaining the wordplay in its design by potentially introduce children to a tree with the word “blood” in its name (oh, the horror), this is the reasoning the series gives for a palm-tree-like monster being part-Dragon:
As it grew taller and taller, it outgrew its reliance on psychic powers, while within it awakened the power of the sleeping dragon.
You heard it here, kids: get tall enough, and your inherent strength will outstrip actual supernatural abilities. Drink your milk, grow up big and strong.
Speaking of, aside from the obvious angle of “jokes”, Alolan Exeggutor has some fun elements to it that help ground it. For example, that one stunted head-on-tail is there not just an adorable accessory: its three heads are so far up that it needs that extra head near the ground to keep watch and guard against predators. And that stupidly-tall neck? All the better to swing its head down like a terrible hammer to crush an opponent. Not so dumb-looking now, is it? (No, it still looks pretty dorky.)
Final note: I am 98% certain that Exeggutor’s English name was meant to be spelled “Exeggcutor”, and somebody back in 1997 just failed a spell check that was too late to correct before the game shipped.
Exeggute and Exeggutor are weird, and in a good way that feels consistent with the rest of the world. High marks, though while I feel like the game is richer for having them, I admit that they can be safely kept in Reserve.
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Can the operating limits of biogas plants operated under non-isothermal conditions be defined with certainty? Modeling self-optimizing attainable regions.
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Original versionComputers and Chemical Engineering. 2020, 141 . 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2020.107001
Uncertainty in operating parameters such as temperature undermines the reliability of using kinetic models in performance projections for plants operated under ambient non-isothermal conditions. This study develops a theoretical framework, which uses process kinetics, uncertainty quantification to define robust operating limits known as self-optimizing attainable regions, where by instead of defining a very large operating limit, which will be achieved some of the times for some of the reactor configurations, we define a self-optimizing limit, which will be achieved all the times for all possible reactor configurations (despite variations in temperature). Using a temperature range of 20 – 60∘C, , the results indicate that decreasing temperature uncertainty, increasing process temperature or using a multistage digester structure increases the self-optimizing operating limits: , and obtained for temperatures of 20.00, 31.60 and 52.40∘C respectively. The findings highly important in defining performance targets especially when there is uncertainty in environmental conditions. | <urn:uuid:96745f2a-251d-44be-8ec6-65494c067aaa> | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | https://ntnuopen.ntnu.no/ntnu-xmlui/handle/11250/2734738?locale-attribute=en | 2021-08-02T21:12:49Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046154385.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20210802203434-20210802233434-00683.warc.gz | en | 0.862166 | 268 |
Broadway vet Brandi Burkhardt (A Tale of Two Cities, Mamma Mia!) and Tony nominee Robert Torti (Starlight Express, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) will headline a September 19 developmental reading of Sleepless in Seattle: The Musical at Pasadena Playhouse, where the show will have its official premiere beginning June 12, 2012. Joel Zwick directs the reading at the California theater, which will also feature the previously reported Marissa Jaret Winokur.
In addition to Burkhardt (as heroine Annie), Winokur (as best friend Becky) and Torti (as widower Sam), the reading will feature Christopher Jones as Sam’s son, Jonah, plus Lindsey Alley (Irene, Dr. Marica Fieldstone, Shoshanna, Woman in Pea Coat), Michael Andrew Baker 9Walter), Brian Beacock (Security Screener, Eric, Dr. Marcia Feildstone Singer, Wyatt, Operator #3, Maitre'D, Waiter), Darrin Glesser (Dennis, Dr. Marcia Fieldstone Singer, Keith, Gay Guy, Operator #2, Woman Who Is Not A Woman), Rebecca Ann Johnson (Betsy, Dr. Marcia Fieldstone Singer, Sex Kitten, Victoria), Janice Lynde (Eleanor, Jewish Mother, Deborah Kerr, Woman in Ski Jacket), Kristofer McNeeley (Greg, Operator #4), Jane Noseworthy (Maggie, Suzy, Dr. Marcia Fieldstone Singer, Mormon Wife), Barry Pearl (Minister, Cliff, Operator #1, Cary Grant, Ernie) and Jay Brian Winnick (Rob). The reading cast will not necessarily appear in the June 2012 production of the show, which is eyeing a Broadway transfer.
Sleepless in Seattle features a score by Michelle Citrin, Michael Garin and Josh Nelson and a book by Jeff Arch, who received an Oscar nomination for co-writing the screenplay for the 1993 hit comedy starring Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks and Rosie O’Donnell. The show centers on Sam, a Seattle widower whose young son convinces him to discuss his grief on a radio talk show. Women from around the country are touched by his broadcast, including Annie, a Baltimore newspaper reporter, who writes to Sam and suggests they meet at the top of the Empire State Building. | <urn:uuid:0f4bbc5e-0d6f-4323-bce4-334411305d23> | CC-MAIN-2014-15 | http://www.broadway.com/buzz/157748/brandi-burkhardt-robert-torti-marissa-jaret-winokur-more-set-for-reading-of-sleepless-in-seattle-musical/ | 2014-04-20T12:54:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1397609538423.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20140416005218-00492-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.886251 | 488 |
June 7, 2011
The Spencer County Historical Society met on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 in the Rockport Library Genealogy Room.
The meeting was called to order by the president at 6:30 PM with 5 members and two guests present.
The minutes from the last meeting were read and approved.
The treasurer’s report was given.
A member introduced the two guests from Lebanon, Oregon, who were researching a member of the Meeks family.
The president mentioned the upcoming St. Meinrad, Indiana Sesquicentennial. A motion was made and seconded to purchase a book of the sesquicentennial if St. Meinrad publishes one. The motion carried.
A member read several articles. One was from the Owensboro, Kentucky Messenger-Inquirer concerning Grandview, Indiana 100 years ago. The other article was from the June issue of Maturity Journal about the dedication of the original Santa statue at Santa Claus, Indiana.
A member suggested the Society send out copies of the June issue of the Maturity Journal along with a copy of a newsletter and the dues reminder that is usually sent out in late June. He stated that it would require a large envelope and extra postage, but felt that the members would appreciate receiving the materials. A motion was made and seconded to allow the secretary to get large envelopes and the required postage to send them out. The motion was carried.
A member reported there were few membership cards left. She also mentioned that we had been postponing selecting a new logo for the Society. The members looked at various copies of new logos before making a selection. A motion was made and seconded to purchase new membership cards and stationery. The motion carried.
The president had received a letter from a Meeks descendant who had visited the Graf Cemetery in Luce Township, had noticed the Meeks plaque was on the ground, and mentioned most people would not notice it. She wondered if there could be some kind of marker on a pole erected to make people aware of where the plaque was located.
A member asked about putting a sign from Grandview Aluminum near the plaque. The president asked him to check on the cost for such a sign.
A member mentioned that $200.00 had been donated to the Society in memory of George and Alda Honig. He wondered about spending that money towards markers for the graves of George and Alda at Mt. Zion Cemetery near Richland, Indiana. He was going to check with Grandview Aluminum to get a cost. The Society was informed of the person to contact about regulations for placing a marker in the cemetery. A motion was made and seconded to spend the money for the markers. The motion carried.
A member reported that the David Turnham sign he, his wife, and the president had refurbished according to detailed instructions found on the Indiana Historical Bureau’s website was no longer legible. The gold paint had completely faded. He had talked with Grandview Aluminum who explained how to apply the gold paint so it would stay visible. A motion was made and seconded to purchase the paint for the project. The motion carried.
There was some discussion about putting up a plaque for the Huffman Mill Bridge after the work is completed.
A member told about the Bicentennial Park in Fulda. The road is washed out and the park is overgrown with weeds. It is a historical site and needs to be cleaned up. There is supposed to be a marker and a sun dial in the park. There was an article about it in the Rockport Journal in 1976. A member suggested it would be a good idea to have a picture of the dedication in the local papers and then ask, “Who is responsible for the maintenance of the park?”
A motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting. The motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 7:50 PM.
There will be no meeting July 5, 2011 or August 2, 2011.
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SIKESTON - The first time Anya Logvinova was in Sikeston, back in 1994-95, it was as a foreign exchange student looking for a cultural experience. "This time I returned to visit my family here," she explained.
While most foreign exchange students tend to remember their host families for the rest of their lives, Logvinova and her former Sikeston hosts, Harry and Anita Sharp, have remained considerably closer.
"It's always nice to have two sets of parents," Logvinova smiled.
Their first reunion was the summer after she returned from the United States when the Sharps came to Russia for mission work near St. Petersburg - and at a perfect time. "They came just two weeks before my English exam, so I had some practice," she recalled.
In 1998 Logvinova returned for a visit, spending the summer here and traveling to the Caribbean with the Sharps, and in 2000 she met up the Sharps in Scotland while Mr. Sharp participated in a pastor exchange program.
"This year she came over at our invitation," Sharp said, returning for another stay in Sikeston after joining them for a Hawaiian cruise.
"So we do see each other every two years," Logvinova said.
While she appreciates her second set of parents here in America, she remains very close with her Russian parents as well. Her father, Petr Logvinov does weather research at the Poles. "He also did aerial photography when Chernobyl blew up," she recalled. Her mother, Natasha Logvinova, has worked in marketing for the Metropol, an upscale hotel, and other organizations.
Born in the Ukraine where her grandparents live, Logvinova lives and works in the center of Moscow. "You can look out and see the Kremlin from my windows at work," Logvinova said.
Logvinova was most recently employed by the Center for National Glory of Russia. "It's supposed to revive the patriotism," she said. "We've lost a little bit of that and we need to catch up."
While working for the Center, she was one of four people who dedicated "half a year, 24 hours a day" to complete a book on the history of Russian highways for the Ministry of Transportation. "One sample was given to Putin," she said.
"My main job was to find all the Russian poetry from 10 centuries on Russian highways," she recalled. Highways, she explained, have long been a popular philosophical theme for Russian poets and artists.
"It was about travelers' notes for travelers five centuries ago," Logvinova said of the book, with includes historical details on the journeys from Europe through Russia to China.
She recalled a part of the book that relates how merchants sometimes crossed Baykal Lake on their way.
"When the Baykal was frozen, they had to have special leather shoes for the camels so they wouldn't slide," Logvinova said. "There's a whole chapter on it."
The book was satisfying work, and appealed to Logvinova's tendency to see things as part of a bigger picture. "I have a feeling I'm still carrying it with me," she said of the project.
Logvinova recalled the day she was helping Sharp shovel snow and he was telling her to be careful not to scrape the concrete as she shoveled.
"I said, 'You sound just like Catherine the Great,'" she recalled, explaining Catherine had passed a law along the same lines protecting paving stones for Russian highways.
"It makes life very deep if you apply your cultural background to every single thing you do," she said, "or try to acquire the cultural background of where you are."
And for Logvinova, the first place to look is the arts. "I get the poetry first," she said, being a recently-published poet herself.
It was American authors such as John Updike, Ernest Hemingway and Kurt Vonnegut who gave her a glimpse of our country before arriving for the first time. "So I didn't find out about America from the press, the papers," she said. "I did recognize this America here when I came."
In the United States, Logvinova finds time for her is marked with event milestones. When she was an exchange student, it was "the end of the O.J. Simpson year and the beginning of the Forrest Gump year," she recalled. Two years later, "It was the Monica Lewinsky year."
And while some things remain the same, others have changed dramatically. "I think America has changed a lot since 9-11," she said. "America has certainly lost some of its childhood."
She recalled the reaction in Russia to the terrorist attacks was very sympathetic. "It did get a very wide reaction," she recalled. "We were so deeply sorry for what had happened."
A few weeks later, however, concerns arose in her country, and at first she "was afraid to come here and see everyone excited about going to war" or looking at it like it was "just another movie."
"Russia has a history of suffering," she explained, and are used to enduring it. "We realized a young nation that never actually had an enemy on its land could become savagely aggressive - and ready for revenge."
Now that she is here, however, she is "happy to see people reflect on this subject" with the appropriate seriousness and graveness. | <urn:uuid:f1e73e47-f493-4261-b486-1e90b35accbe> | CC-MAIN-2015-27 | http://www.standard-democrat.com/story/1334320.html | 2015-07-06T02:54:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-27/segments/1435375097861.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20150627031817-00150-ip-10-179-60-89.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.988691 | 1,133 |
Chief Ekanem Edet, former secretary of the Mbiabong village, Itam in Itu Local Government Area of AkwaIbom, popularly called Jolly Boy, yesterday hanged himself, blaming it on the current economic situation in the country
Few days to his death, according to a family source, the deceased, 50, said to be married with two sons, had been in the habit of complaining about the current economic crunch that has heavily impacted negatively on the living standards of the common people.
”Jolly Boy”, who deals on ‘Ogogoro’, cigarettes and other stimulants, according to a family source, decided to cut short his stay on earth when it appeared, he could no longer run his small family with the meager earnings from the illicit trade.
“He was a very sociable man and always shared his thoughts on issues. I don’t know why he should consider suicide as the last option to escape from these hard times, only God knows”, OkonEffiong, a close associate of the deceased, lamented.
He recalled that ‘Jolly Boy’, who was immediately buried after some traditional rites of passage had been performed, was discovered dead cold with a rope round his neck by his friend, who came to visit him that fateful day. | <urn:uuid:19a49115-954e-4b24-a90a-5ae8c705b7b6> | CC-MAIN-2019-04 | http://breaking.com.ng/economic-hardship-50-year-old-man-hangs-self-in-aibom/ | 2019-01-21T17:54:40Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583804001.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20190121172846-20190121194846-00606.warc.gz | en | 0.986924 | 277 |
As I reported last week, more people in this country experience hearing loss, and the negative experiences that come with it, than you might imagine. One estimate by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders states that nearly 48 million Americans are afflicted with some form of hearing loss. As significant as that number is, it does not account for a very significant population not addressed: military service members and veterans. Let’s correct that now. According to a report in Drugwatch, an online news site providing information about medications, medical devices and general health, “military service members have a greater risk for hearing loss than civilians.”
“Today, more than 1.25 million veterans suffer from hearing loss, with nearly two million suffering from tinnitus (ringing, buzzing or whistling in the ears),” says Ed Timperlake, former assistant secretary for the Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs for the Department of Veterans Affairs in a 2020 Military.com report. “Combined, they represent the top two service-connected disabilities addressed by the VA.”
The Drugwatch report notes that in 2016 alone, the American Academy of Audiology shows that “more than a million veterans received disability compensation for hearing loss, and about 1.6 million received compensation for tinnitus.”
According to the American Tinnitus Association, tinnitus can be a symptom of roughly 200 health problems. “Some people can develop tinnitus for no obvious reason,” they add. “Scientists still haven’t agreed upon what happens in the brain to create the illusion of sound when there is none.”
Says a USA Today report, a study published in August in the research journal JAMA Neurology suggests that this little talked about or understood condition known as tinnitus is now being viewed as a major problem worldwide by more than 120 million people. Their study’s findings align with earlier estimates by the ATA that suggests that nearly 15% of people (more than 50 million Americans) experience tinnitus.
Tinnitus is a condition that can be either be temporary or chronic. It’s not a disease and the NIDCD does not list it as a sign of a serious health problem. “But if it’s loud and persistent, it can cause memory and concentration problems, fatigue, anxiety and depression,” they note. For most forms of tinnitus, there is “no scientifically validated cure.”
For military personnel, hearing loss and tinnitus are the two most common, yet least visible, injuries. Unaddressed, these damaging conditions can affect military preparedness.
States the Drugwatch report, “Healthy hearing is an asset for service member survival on the battlefield, as it affects the ability to communicate information necessary to plan and complete a mission.” Says the Department of Defense Hearing Center of Excellence, “Given the links between warrior health, safety, quality of life, economic impact and mission accomplishment — or defending our nation and its freedoms — hearing is a crucial sense that must be protected.” It is also noted that hearing issues affect a “service members’ ability to interact with friends and loved ones back home and be a part of their community.” Because there are no standard tests for it, and the cause of the ringing often can’t be identified, tinnitus has proved difficult for the VA to treat beyond hearing aids that mask the sound and things like cognitive behavioral therapy.
Recognizing hearing loss and tinnitus as continuing prevalent problems for service members, around 2003 the military began providing standard-issue hearing protection to service members. Earplugs became standard-issue across the services. Reports Drugwatch, in 2018, a whistleblower complaint accused 3M (which had been selling earplugs to several branches of the United States military from 2003 to 2015) of “selling defective earplugs to the military and exposing unsuspecting soldiers to hearing damage” and, according to the complaint, millions of soldiers used the defective earplugs, and thousands may have suffered hearing loss and tinnitus as a result. The report goes on to say that “3M paid $9.1 million to the United States Department of Justice to resolve allegations, though they admitted no wrongdoing.”
Since then, hundreds of veterans have filed lawsuits against 3M. As reported by Fox Business, in March of this year, a Pensacola, Florida, jury awarded $50 million to an Army veteran who claimed earplugs made by 3M caused him to suffer hearing damage. It represents the second-largest verdict related to the product: “In January, a federal jury awarded $110 million to two Army veterans who claimed they suffered hearing damage because of the product.” According to Fox Business, lawyers for 3M indicated that they plan to appeal the verdict. “More than 280,000 former and current military members have sued 3M over the earplugs,” they report.
Timperlake believes that the VA is doing a good job of addressing this health problem, but the Defense Department is now in “catch-up” mode. “The Pentagon is now testing several different styles of hearing protection for troops in the field, and confidence is high that the next generation of combat hearing protection will represent a substantial improvement,” he says. “Once these troops muster out of uniform and transition to veteran status, a large part of the challenge in helping these vets with hearing loss is technological. Low-cost hearing aids that simply amplify sound do little good, often making background noise too loud to provide any meaningful improvement in hearing conversation, music and other audible intelligence.” | <urn:uuid:e697f9d9-ba81-4bc5-ab0b-e1af7b63b7a9> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://magatoon.net/opinion/chuck-norris/chuck-norris-sounding-off-on-hearing-loss-in-the-military/ | 2022-09-27T18:47:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335054.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20220927162620-20220927192620-00710.warc.gz | en | 0.957017 | 1,183 |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom claimed by Argentina. They are in the southern part of the Atlantic Ocean. The territory was started in 1985, before that it was classed as part of the Falkland Islands. The islands do not have a native population, but in 2006 they had around 20 people on the islands. Most of these people were scientists who are at Bird Island, museum staff at Grytviken and the British Government Officer. | <urn:uuid:116e8d78-489b-415c-ac03-ced3cd828025> | CC-MAIN-2018-47 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands | 2018-11-13T16:23:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039741324.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20181113153141-20181113175141-00326.warc.gz | en | 0.975372 | 120 |
Information and Knowledge Strategist
Hello, my name is Leah. I lead knowledge network design with technical teams to accelerate decision-making, action planning, and implementation through the application of knowledge gained from analysis, program monitoring and evaluation, and research. After joining the Task Force for Global Health in 2020, I became deeply engaged in building a first-of-its-kind coalition that identifies promising practices to improve the effectiveness of polio, malaria, immunization, vitamin A, and neglected tropical disease campaigns. I have experience working in non-profit, public, and private sectors including time with the United States Agency for International Development, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Trimet, and Safeco.
I have spent significant time working and living abroad, including Abuja, Nigeria; Accra, Ghana; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Nairobi, Kenya; and Kampala, Uganda. I have led complex knowledge management activities involving many partners as part of large-scale global projects.
I studied journalism with a concentration in public relations at the University of Oregon, and received a MSc. in information and knowledge strategy from Columbia University in the City of New York.
I am in search of an organization that is a good steward of its knowledge assets, surfaces know-how, and is committed to game changing transformational change. I believe everyone is their own knowledge manager and can operate as a knowledge broker in the interest of reaching common, targeted objectives. I welcome feedback, show gratitude and appreciation for those who make their knowledge available. | <urn:uuid:c39a9e07-1d71-44c7-993b-e1814c7f018b> | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | http://leahdenisewyatt.com/ | 2022-12-04T08:30:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710968.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20221204072040-20221204102040-00476.warc.gz | en | 0.946377 | 320 |
Over the course of the eighteenth century, Milton's place in the British poetic canon was both contested and established. The first scholarly editions of Paradise Lost were printed, and the full range of his verse—both in form and content—was frequently imitated as well as discussed. Modern critics, such as Dustin Griffin (1986), have explored how Milton's poetry influenced writers in the succeeding century, yet its appropriation in miscellaneous publications remains largely unexplored. This essay analyzes the history of Milton's reception in the period 1700-1800 through his appearance in miscellanies, in the form of quotation, imitation, and as an exemplar of a distinctly British poetic identity. It traces the way in which Milton's Paradise Lost is quoted from in these collections, and explores how his poetry was read aloud, and for what purpose, by so-called “ordinary” readers, and it also documents the appearance of Milton's shorter poems in the period before Thomas Warton's seminal publication of these works in his Poems upon Several Occasions (1785). By surveying Milton's place in poetic miscellanies, this essay aims to demonstrate the various and changing functions his poetry supplied for eighteenth-century readers.
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Reading Milton in Eighteenth-Century Poetic Miscellanies
Eighteenth-Century Life (2017) 41 (1): 32–55.
Louise Curran; Reading Milton in Eighteenth-Century Poetic Miscellanies. Eighteenth-Century Life 1 January 2017; 41 (1): 32–55. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00982601-3695927
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The annual Elgin Cool Wine and Country Festival returns to Cape Town on 3 May 2014. Wine estates of the Elgin Valley will be open for wine tastings as well as offering mouth-watering luncheons and top class entertainment.
This festival offers wine enthusiasts and leisure seekers the chance to enjoy the beauty of the Elgin Valley, while also discovering a vast variety of fine wines from a unique wine route that lies just an hour outside of Cape Town. Festival goers can look forward to a day filled with fine wines, good food and plenty of entertainment for all ages.
The Elgin Cool Wine & Country festival has been divided into three sections- morning, lunch and afternoon – starting from 09h30 and coming to an end at 17h00. Each estate offers not just the chance to explore the wines produced, but also the rich culture and heritage that is part and parcel of the Elgin Wine Route.
The morning session runs from 09h30 – 11h30 will see all the estates participating in the festival open for tasting. Visitors are able to move freely from one estate to the next.
The Lunch Session is from 11h30 – 14h30. This session consists of each estate offering a unique lunch experience, highlighting their estate and wine selection. Visitors select the lunch destination and offering they like and book accordingly. Bookings are essential via the Elgin Valley Wine Guild Website www.elginwine.co.za. Space is limited per estate and prices will vary per estate offering.
Afternoon session 14h30 – 17h00: All participating estates are open for wine tastings. Visitors can move freely between estates.There will also be different kinds of entertainment provided by
participating wineries during the day that appeals to all ages, from live bands to amazing art collections, tractor rides and kiddies playgrounds. During the pre-booked lunch session, visitors can choose from a number of estates to enjoy a world-class dining experience, explore the estate grounds and even meet the renowned wine maker or estate owner .
For wine lovers and those in need of a rewarding day out, Elgin Cool Wine and Country Festival offers the chance to escape the hustle and bustle of the city to indulge in a memorable day of wine, entertainment and spectacular natural beauty. Day passes can be purchased at any participating wine farm on the day of the festival for just R50 per pass; however lunch sessions are pre-booked in advance. Please note that the festival promotes designated drives and the responsible use of alcohol.
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Over the years the Red Cliff Studio Tour has been taking place, plenty of artists have rotated through, taking part for a year or two before moving on. But Red Cliff residents and artists Barb Bomier and Joan Norris have been fixtures, as dependable as the date of the two-day art affair - always held the third weekend in August. It's a tradition that Bomier and Norris hope is engrained in people's minds.
The tour celebrates 15 years this weekend. Eleven artists will take part, exhibiting and selling their art and talking to curious passersby. There's all sorts of mediums to discover --from Jim Lamont's wordly photographs to Norris' brightly colored oil paintings; and Bob Will's contemporary wood-and-metal sculptures to custom made skis by Kendall Cobb or Joanie Barbier's fabric collages.
Time never wasted
Barbier paints local landscapes, as well as rusty old trucks. One oil painting that she'll display this weekend, called "Waiting for Car Repair," was a piece she painted while waiting for her car to be repaired at Leadfoot Linda's in Eagle-Vail, she said.
"There are some nice views along the river behind all the garages and other businesses," she said. "After finishing, I went back to the garage and they told me that they had decided that my car didn't need repairing after all. How honest is that? I was happy with my painting and didn't consider my time wasted."
Another truck piece, called "Buddy's Truck VI," is of Buddy Calhoun, a longtime local resident who passed away in 2007. Bomier first painted the truck in the early '90s, when it was parked at his ranch in Lake Creek.
"I was so excited to see it again parked in Minturn, at Battle Mountain Trading Post, this spring," she said. "I've since painted it three more times. It's changed colors, a bit, over the years, but still an inspiration."
One woman's 'man cave'
After attending the studio tour for a few years, Jenifer Hammond, an Eagle-Vail resident, decided to rent a studio in the old schoolhouse last fall, she said.
"It's such a neat little artist enclave up there. We jokingly call (my studio) my 'man cave,'" said Hammond, who has three children, age 8, 10 and 18 who will display some of their artwork alongside their mother's.
Hammond does acrylic and mixed-media paintings and dabbles in photography. She's a wedding planner by trade.
While Hammond's studio will be open during the tour, and she'll be showing all of her work, her focus isn't on selling, as it is for some of the studio tour artists.
"That's not the emphasis - I rented the studio mainly just to learn and have a good spot to get away, to play, learn and explore," she said.
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- Minix FS v1 full implementation
- buffer and page cache merge
- select() and syslog()
- other kernel improvements
What is Fiwix?
The Linux kernel is currently too big for a student of computer science to be able to understand quickly its internal structure and how it works, and tomorrow it will be even bigger than it is today. In contrast the Fiwix kernel, due to its minimal structure, can be the entry-level kernel and can therefore be more suitable for education. This project should be useful for students of computer science and new OS enthusiasts who might want to know more about the internal operation of a real UNIX-like operating system.
Do not think of GNU/Fiwix as a new UNIX flavor with its own system utilities, libraries, compilers, etc. Think about GNU/Fiwix as a new Linux-like kernel that takes advantage of the existing GNU applications.
It is based on the monolithic kernel design and it is written entirely in C language, leaving only for the Assembler the small needed parts.
The development team is one person: me.
ObjectivesThe project targets the following goals.
- To create a UNIX-like kernel as an old personal challenge.
- To provide a simple and a clean source code for educational purposes.
- To learn about the exciting kernel internals.
- To conform with open standards as much as possible.
- To enjoy my life with a little bit of kernel hacking. ;-)
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Anthropologists used to study the alien: pygmies in rainforests with blowdarts and more piercings than a knife-thrower's assistant. Nowadays, however, few societies are more foreign than that found on Wall Street. After all, what could be more outlandish than the tribes of Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and the famously fierce Goldman Sachs – with their obscure tongue (CDOs, CLOs and the rest), their worship of gold and those grisly ritual cullings of staff?
It must have been that question which prompted Karen Ho to produce the world's first anthropological study of Wall Street, in a new book called Liquidated. An ethnographer at the University of Minnesota, she worked for a year in a Manhattan investment bank, then did months of in-depth interviews. Past the gleaming foyers and Bloomberg terminals she found an anthropological gold mine, with kinship networks (new recruits are plucked from Harvard and Princeton and must worm their way into the old boys' club to get in on the juiciest business) and origin myths (shareholder value and the importance of Wall Street as a wise distributor of capital). Occasionally, the academese goes too far. When Ho loses her job in a wave of forced redundancies, she talks of it as a moment "rife with ethnographic significance" – which is a pretty fancy way to describe going stony broke.
The real value of having an anthropologist on the trading floor comes when Ho depicts the inner lives of her subjects. Highly educated, hard-driven people, they cannot count on anything: not their colleagues (who are always hunting for a bigger paypacket) and not their job ("When times are bad, you are gone"). And they can never fall behind their competitors, or take an eye off the market. These aren't Masters of the Universe, to use Tom Wolfe's classic phrase, but twenty- and thirtysomethings kept in well-paid neurosis.
Ho describes these bankers as living "liquid lives". But that's a term that could apply to a growing number of workers, in companies where functions are outsourced and (even before the recession) jobs are less secure. The difference is, your average call-centre worker doesn't have the compensation of a fat bonus. | <urn:uuid:1809ba1b-aad6-490d-91a9-53472206d98d> | CC-MAIN-2017-30 | https://www.theguardian.com/business/2009/oct/27/anthropologist-wall-street | 2017-07-27T03:13:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-30/segments/1500549426951.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20170727022134-20170727042134-00141.warc.gz | en | 0.960536 | 472 |
By 2020, the Internet of Things will compromise more than 30 billion connected devices and is one of the primary drivers producing data today. To fully leverage this development, it will force companies to take the step from batched analytics to real-time streaming AI, which creates many challenges and opportunities. This talk will give you hands-on insights from the trenches of training and deploying a multi-modal real-time streaming AI system applied to healthcare.
Head of AI @ Nectarine Health
Nils is a serial entrepreneur in Gothenburg who has founded or joined startups working with machine learning for more than ten years. He was, for example, doing predictive analytics and computer vision long before the new wave of deep learning started. Currently, he works for the MedTech startup Noomi as head of AI and is responsible for the smartness of their cutting-edge and unique remote caring product. | <urn:uuid:b0a6da8b-ee8f-4690-8e90-5e1ed68ce3e1> | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | https://www.gaia.fish/speakers/nils-svangard | 2019-08-22T16:31:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027317274.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20190822151657-20190822173657-00318.warc.gz | en | 0.948745 | 180 |
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Group Homes for Teens in North Carolina
WinGate Wilderness Therapy is a premier therapy program for teens from North Carolina; who are in need of recovery, addiction treatment, and behavior therapy. Our treatment philosophy is based on empowering troubled adolescents to learn how to make their choices and then to understand these choices have natural positive and negative consequences. When teens are allowed to make decisions, their self-esteem soars. Though WinGate is not a Group Home, we provide superior treatment in an outdoor setting for teenagers all over the country.
When parents search for Group Homes in North Carolina, they are often confused with what a Group Home is. A traditional group home is one that is state-operated and houses children, teens, young adults and adults who have physical or mental disabilities. Unfortunately, these homes are not always beneficial in providing the true therapy teens need.
Wilderness therapy allows adolescents from North Carolina to get away from the social peer pressures that once controlled their thinking so they can realize the negative choices they are making are destroying their chances of becoming independent young adults. Every day, we are privileged to witness young lives being transformed and given new hope for a brighter future.
Parents often find themselves worrying about their child and wondering what caused them to go astray. Many parents blame themselves and agonize over what they could have done differently. The truth is, troubled teens come from all walks of life, and many come from the best homes. The critical point is for parents to recognize the signs of problems with their teen, so they can pursue help for them.
WinGate Wilderness Therapy has representatives available now to help parents who are struggling with knowing where to get help for their adolescent. Our team will answer all questions and help parents determine how wilderness therapy can benefit their struggling teen. Call us today at (800) 560-1599.
Mental Health Group Homes in North Carolina
When parents from North Carolina are considering treatment for their troubled teen, they are happy to learn WinGate is the perfect alternative to Group Homes, because it allows adolescents to receive the thorough recovery and addiction treatment they need. Our wilderness therapy program is considered one of the best in the United States, and we are a proud affiliate member of the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs.
WinGate offers a Co-Ed wilderness therapy program that helps teenagers from North Carolina learn to interact with members of the opposite sex appropriately so they can overcome issues they may have had in the past regarding social interaction. With our program, teens from North Carolina experience a “real world” environment that will perfectly prepare them for emerging into young adults who respect others.
Troubled teens often rebel against their parents and all forms of authority in their lives. They rely on their peers to be their “moral gauge” and often end up falling into all types of addictions and negative behaviors. Without intervention, adolescents from North Carolina can begin to resemble someone even their parents cannot recognize.
Our program can offer results no Group Home can offer, because teens from North Carolina are removed from their familiar environment and negatively influencing peers. With the beautiful backdrop of nature, teenagers begin to learn how their poor decision-making is truly having an adverse impact on their life.
We love being able to guide teens toward being able to make the right decisions and help them to realize each decision they make has either positive or negative consequences. Through our wilderness therapy program, students work together and individually to change negative behaviors into positive ones and learn to face their addictions head-on.
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WinGate is one of the leading wilderness therapy programs in the United States. Through our program, struggling teens from North Carolina are taken out of their comfort zones and away from their social pressures, so they are immediately immersed in nature. Without their friends and media, there are no distractions preventing them from learning all this program can teach them.
While there may be Group Homes for teens within the state of North Carolina, these do not always provide the level of therapy WinGate can offer. Many parents have found their child did not thrive in a typical group home facility, yet were able to progress in making positive changes through our wilderness therapy opportunity.
Wilderness Therapy programs are successful because adolescents are removed from all that is familiar, so there are no inhibiting strings being pulled from peers and other sources that often lead them astray. Here, teens from North Carolina experience bonds with their fellow peers and staff that offer them positive influences. With each obstacle they overcome in the outdoors, they grow in self-confidence and strive harder to achieve their goals of recovery.
WinGate offers an experience no child can find in any group homes in North Carolina. Becoming one with nature and embracing the peace and tranquility can help adolescents to realize the path they were once on was a destructive one. When parents begin to see the changes taking place in their child, they are overwhelmed with excitement and we share in that emotion with them.
Parents of teenagers from North Carolina can learn more about our program and have their questions immediately answered by contacting us right away. We invite parents of troubled teens to reach out to use at (800) 560-1599. Intake counselors at WinGate Wilderness Therapy are available right now to help parents make an informed decision on how wilderness therapy can benefit their teen.
National Resources for Parents and Teens
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) - The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, or NCADD, has provided a vital resource for millions of people for almost seven decades. They give support to all those who need help confronting the disease of alcoholism and drug dependence; whether it be an individual or an entire community. They also provide information on how to treat this insidious illness.
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Instead of just giving your child money for movies, outings, and electronics, help them find ways to earn, save, and manage money for these luxuries. Many parents find this kind of involvement to be more time consuming than just delving out the dough, but in the long teaching kids to take care of their needs first, will save much more grief than it causes.
Are you a parent who has no experience in dealing with an addicted child? The lies, denial, sneaking around. Maybe you rationalize it by saying, “At least he’s not using drugs”. Maybe you’re worried that professional advice can be conflicting and confusing. But, what else are you going to do? It’s time to get your family help. | <urn:uuid:fdfbb677-cc8d-443d-a70c-a67754921ebe> | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | https://www.wingatewildernesstherapy.com/g/Group-Homes-for-Troubled-Teens/North-Carolina-NC/ | 2019-08-17T14:24:06Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027313259.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20190817123129-20190817145129-00402.warc.gz | en | 0.956017 | 1,568 |
Note: It’s snowing at The Yum Blog – those aren’t white dots but snow flakes.
If plum cakes can be cakes without plums then dried currants can be currants that have nothing to do with currants.
Dried currants as the Wikipedia article rattles, are tiny seedless intensely flavoured grapes from the island of Zante in Greece. Greece account for close to 90% of all the Zante grapes in the world, making it the largest producer and exporter. In fact the production of currants traditionally in Greece has been so large that once it even incited an economic crisis in late 19th century and early years of the 20th century. One of the oldest known raisins in the world, their current name derives from “Reysyns de Corauntz” or “Raisins of Corinth”.
I have never made a cake without chocolate or cocoa – so this is my first attempt. I dumped in ingredients with a rough estimate of what goes inside a cake and I was delighted with the results.
- All Purpose Flour – 1 1/2 cups
- Sugar – 1 cup
- Butter – 1/2 cup
- Coffee Decoction – 1/2 cup (coffee concentrate)
- Dried Currants – 3/4 cup
- Espresso Powder – 4 tbsp
- Curd – 4 tbsp (adjust as per batter consistency)
- Baking Powder – 1/4 tsp
- Cooking Soda – 1/4 tsp
- Line and Grease a microwave safe square glass dish (8in to 9in in size). Leave some paper to hang from the sides.
- Soak the Dried Currants in Coffee Dicoction for 1 hour or so until the currants are plump.
- Powder the sugar. Take a large mixing bowl and cream the butter and sugar.
- Add the flour followed by the Espresso Powder. Mix well.
- Add the dried currants with the Coffee dicoction.
- In a small cup, mix the curd with baking powder and cooking soda. Add this to the batter in the mixing bowl and mix well.
- Check the consistency of the batter which should be thick but flowing. Add a couple of more tablespoons of curd or milk to adjust consistency if required.
- Transfer batter to the greased dish and microwave on high for 7 minutes. Check for doneness by inserting a toothpick in the center of the cake. Keep for an additional minute or so if the toothpick doesn’t come out clean.
- Remove from oven when done and wait for the cake to cool before cutting into pieces.
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Investment Real Estate in Tieli
Tieli property investment can be a worthwhile venture if you are selective with the areas you choose to invest in. If not, you could find that your investment suffers due to low rental yields, dwindling demand, and slow property price growth in many parts of Tieli.
Search Map of Tieli Investment Real Estate
Tieli (Chinese: 铁力; Pinyin: Tiělì; English: Iron Strength) is a county-level city in Heilongjiang Province, China, on the east bank of the Hulan River.
The city has a population of 235,158 (2010).
Tieli is under administration of the prefecture-level city of Yichun.
Tieli City is divided into 4 towns, 2 townships and 1 ethnic township.
Get Our Latest List of Investment Property in Tieli
The financial stability of Tieli has translated into a real estate market that rewards forward planning and a willingness to look beyond areas of traditional affluence.
Buy to Rent in Tieli
Renting out your Tieli buy-to-rent investment property can grow wealth and income.
Whatever your goals with investment property in Tieliare – preparation is key:
Flipping Investment Property in Tieli
Flipping property in Tieli
Flipping property is when we advise clients to buy a Tieli property below market value, renovate it and then make a profit by selling it at a higher price, all within a few months, and often before the Tieli market has a time to react to the renovation.
The Flipping Strategy in Tieli
Investment property flipping in Tieli is a simple strategy. You find a property that is in need of renovation from our list and purchase it for a low price. These type of Tieli real estate investments are sometimes referred to by professionals as ‘distressed’ Tieli real estate.
What is distressed Tieli property:
- Tieli property in need of renovation
- Tieli real estate with a change of puropose and use
- Oversold Tieli property
- Bank repossessions in Tieli
Put simply, long term investors in Tieli purchase the property, renovate it and make it a lot more attractive to potential buyers.
Calculate profit that you make from Tieli investment property flipping:
Final Selling Price less Cost of Purchase less Costs = Profit
Here is an example:
Tieli property purchase price: $220,000
Renovation costs: $20,000
Other costs: $25,000
Property sale price: $400,000
Experienced property developers in Tieli use a minimum profit value of 22% when looking at potential Tieli projects. The reason for this is because there are lots that can go wrong in Tieli property flipping and working on a potential margin of 22% should still leave a good margin of error.
Property Secured Investments is a Private Equity fund that invests in Tieli and many other towns and cities across Europe. The fund is only available to Sophisticated Investors and closed to United States Citizens. While this is not an offer or promotion of the fund, more information can be found at the website
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This screen protector really saves your Samsung Galaxy A80
- High quality
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We tested the glass and after several tests from 5 feet height we can really recommend this product. As usual SINTECH offers you here a high quality for a low price. | <urn:uuid:1fa063a6-562c-42c9-9ac9-24c5aa806510> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://www.sintech-shop.de/panzer-schutzfolie-display-schutzglas-4d-9h-fuer-samsung-galaxy-a80-sintech-premium-qualitaet/a-10469 | 2021-03-04T09:06:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178368687.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20210304082345-20210304112345-00576.warc.gz | en | 0.89093 | 64 |
Boys choir set to perform at USAO
In a world of manufactured pop idols and half-hit wonders, who bothers to learn how to sing anymore?
Just south of the Red River, the Texas Boys Choir maintains a time-honored tradition of training boys in the art of choral singing through adulthood. The result is what composer Igor Stravinsky referred to as “the best boys choir in the world.”
The Texas Boys Choir is scheduled to perform beginning at 7:30 p.m. on March 1 in Te Ata Memorial Auditorium as part of the Davis Waldorf Performing Arts Series.
Since its formation in 1946, the choir has earned two Grammy awards, performed for presidents and popes and entertained audiences from all over the world.
“When you are talking about boys’ choirs,” says Davis-Waldorf coordinator Dr. Ken Bohannon, “they don’t come more accomplished or highly acclaimed than the Texas Boys Choir.”
“I’m grateful for the opportunity to share their music with the campus and community surrounding.”
The choir is slated to perform for students at Lincoln Elementary before the evening performance.
The members of the Texas Boys Choir all attend the Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts, affording them the rare opportunity to focus on their vocal training and academic studies at the same time.
According to its website, the academy is open to “any student, male or female” who wishes “to study the fine arts alongside a challenging academic curriculum.”
The Davis-Waldorf Performing Arts Series is produced by the USAO Foundation in conjunction with the Chickasha Public School Foundation with major support from the Mid-America Arts Alliance, the Oklahoma Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The series is supported also by foundations, corporations and individuals throughout Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Local sponsors include KOOL 105.5 Radio, The First National Bank and Trust, Standley Systems, Arvest Bank, Mosley Agency, Eduardo’s, MidFirst Bank, Crazy 8 Café, Dunn’s Food Center, Mike Day Insurance and the Chickasha Bank and Trust Company.
General admission tickets for either show are $12 for the general public, $10 for seniors 60 and over, $4 for all students and kids under 18, $7 for USAO staff/faculty and $3 for USAO students.
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He trained regularly with Luis Suarez during the Uruguayan's time at Anfield and currently benefits from the guidance of ex-Reds and Liverpool star Robbie Fowler.
The 20-year-old's next challenge is to continue his blistering start to an initial one month loan spell with Cheltenham Town, having netted on his debut in Saturday's 2-1 win at Oxford United.
"I've trained a lot with Suarez, who is one of the world’s best, but this is a different type of challenge for me now," Dunn said.
"It won’t be an impeccable pitch every week in League Two, but I have to work with it. I will have to chase down balls I won’t be expected to win, persist and hopefully it’ll work out for me.
"I couldn’t pick out one striker who I've based my game on, I just pick out qualities from all of them and make myself the best I can be.
"Robbie Fowler trains with us and gives me wise words and that can only help me to become the best striker I can be."
Dunn started in attack with fellow scouser Terry Gornell at the Kassam Stadium and he hopes it can be the start of a fruitful partnership.
"Terry held the ball up well and I was able to spin in behind, so hopefully we can build on that start we've made together," Dunn said.
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By Shuli Ren
Citi Research expects the gold miners in South Africa to have produced more gold in December, a 6% quarterly increase to be exact, “mainly due to the inclusion of Gold Field’s (GFI) recently acquired Yilgarn assets, and the ramp up of AngloGold Ashanti’s (AU) Tropicana and Kibali projects.”
Regardless, the fundamentals have not changed, says Citi, which has a bearish outlook on gold. The broker has a Neutral rating on Gold Field but a Sell rating on AngloGold Ashanti, Harmony Gold Mining (HMY) and Sibanye Gold (SBGL).
South African gold miners collectively lost 56% last year. So if Citi is right, these gold miners will continue to lose their equity value, although perhaps at a slower pace.
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This week has been a bit different from my normal weeks. I realize it’s only Monday, but stick with me – normally my weeks are planned out to a T. I leave for work at 6:30am work, take a lunch break to go to the gym to workout or train someone, leave work and go teach or go to a class (usually the former, though). It leaves very little room for anything but those things, which is totally fine because I LOVE my side gig of teaching fitness and training, but sometimes it’s nice to have an unexpected night off.
I’m graced with TWO unexpected nights off this week, and although I’m totally bummed about it because I absolutely love teaching my Seaport Sweat classes (and I haven’t been able to kick off my classes yet because this is the first full week!), with upcoming travel again this weekend, extra nights off mean I can get more sh*t done throughout the week and make things a little easier on myself.
That said, last night I took advantage of my unexpected night off by going to get a manicure and pedicure since I’m going away this weekend. As I was getting my pedicure, one of the nail technicians came over to start taking off my shellac from 2 weeks ago. If you’re not familiar with this process, it requires you to let your nails soak with acetone with aluminum foil wrapped around it to hold it there. In other words, you can’t do anything with your hands during this time. Normally when I get a pedicure I’m on my phone, reading a magazine or reading a book. The guy laughed at me as I tried to read a magazine and then move my phone and said “Why don’t you just sit there & relax with nothing?”
You mean, sit there with nothing to occupy myself? To sit there completely still, relaxed and focused on just that, rather than the never ending social media posts to catch up on, tv to watch and trashy magazines to read? What a concept!
I’ll be honest when I say it was a little hard at first. I think others will agree that we are all so accustomed to doing something at all times… and oftentimes it’s multiple things at once. We are scrolling through our phones while out to eat, while chatting with our friends/spouse/etc., while watching tv, maybe even in the midst of reading a magazine. And if we aren’t multi-tasking with our phone, we might be occupied by watching tv or reading a book.
How often do we sit and do absolutely nothing besides be present and enjoy that stillness? I don’t do it nearly enough and last night was a good reminder of that. As I sit here, I’m chuckling realizing that I’m doing the exact opposite of that- I’m blogging, deciding on new couch options with RM and watching TV!
Just a little food for thought on this dreary Tuesday. I challenge you to think about how you’re spending your time- do you constantly move from one thing to the next, often multi-tasting, rarely just sitting in the moment and embracing that? If you can relate, I would suggest taking some time each day to just be. To focus on one thing. To take some deep breaths. To not have every minute planned out and accounted for.
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One year ago, Jordan Pini’s lifetime experience with organized football consisted of watching it on TV. But this week, Scotts Valley’s three-way threat received the ultimate honor for an area high school football player — he was named Most Valuable Player of the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League for 2007.
Pini was a catalyst for the Falcons, who claimed their second-consecutive SCCAL championship and made the playoffs for the third-straight year. Pini finished with 50 receptions for 798 yards and eight touchdowns as a receiver, had four interceptions as a cornerback and added 60 points as the team’s placekicker.
Before the awards were announced, Pini downplayed his chances. “I’m not expecting it,” he said. When prodded, however, he admitted that winning such an honor would be “amazing.”
“But if I did, I couldn’t take credit for it,” he said. “I’d thank every person on the team, because if I did win it, it will be because of them.”
Ironically, the day Pini found out that he won MVP is the day two coaches from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, visited town to entice him to play for the Mustangs next year. While Pini likes the idea of attending the school for its highly regarded construction management program, he’s torn about which sport he would like to play. Soccer is his first love — he’s played the sport since he was 6 and was a starter on the school’s varsity soccer team since his sophomore year. Although undecided, he said, “It would be kind of exciting to play college football if I get the opportunity.”
Scotts Valley’s signal caller, Jeff Bischoff is also getting plenty of attention from Cal Poly, as well as from schools like Columbia and Princeton.
The brainy Bischoff, who carries a 4.24 grade-point average, plans to major in business and minor in psychology, possibly to prepare him for a law degree. In addition to having fun, Bischoff said he benefited from Scotts Valley’s football experience in other ways.
“I learned a lot about teamwork, that we could be successful without a standout superstar,” he said. “It wasn’t one or two players who made our team accomplish what we did this year — it was everybody’s contributions.”
Other Falcons who caught the eye of college scouts are lineman Kevin Nice, running back A.J. Corbella, lineman Taylor Pascal and linebacker Tommy Lauderdale. Walters says that linemen Ryan Citti, Sean Woolery and Caleb Hadley could all play junior college ball.
SCCAL football awards
Jordan Pini, Scotts Valley High
Quarterback: Jeff Bischoff
Offensive line: Caleb Hadley, Sean Woolery
Running back: A.J. Corbella, Kyle Hardwick
Defensive line: Ryan Citti
Tight end: Tommy Lauderdale
Wide receiver: Philip Salibi
Defensive line: Alex Kellogg
Linebacker: Matt Davis
Defensive back: Jackson Kunz
Kicker: Michael Eisner
Offensive line: Kevin Nice
Defensive line: Taylor Pascal
Defensive back: Trevin Dean
Offensive line: Kevin McKenna
Running back: Beau Gregory
Wide reciever: Daniel Stevenson
Quarterback: Ian McGinnis
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In 2010, First Choice For Children Inc had 3 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The New Hampshire average is 13 students per full-time equivalent teacher.
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My daughter was in FCFC for about a year and a half. We LOVED it there, but we moved further away and had to take her out. It broke my heart and I cried the last day there. The girls are wonderful and you can tell they think of your kids as family. My daughter tells me all the time that she misses her friends and teachers there. I would definitely recommend First Choice for Children to anyone. You will definitely love it there. When you drop your kids off in the AM, you feel like they are right at home at Grandma's. | <urn:uuid:131c0d7e-2dbf-41e1-af85-a6e50ed9765a> | CC-MAIN-2014-49 | http://www.education.com/schoolfinder/us/new-hampshire/pembroke/first-choice-for-children-inc-/ | 2014-11-23T04:56:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-49/segments/1416400379083.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20141119123259-00236-ip-10-235-23-156.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976197 | 177 |
Choosing and arranging objects, capturing their essences, observing the play of light and shadow, stopping time and personalizing the familiar, I combine these elements when creating my still life drawings. Subscribing to the "Less is More" philosophy, I integrate a variety of objects with the background and everything must fit together harmoniously. Each drawing is a joyous discovery of often overlooked details intertwined with calm negative space. Gail Collier
A professional artist for over 25 years, Gail has a Master's Degree in Studio Art with a drawing major. She has worked in colored pencil for many years and enjoys exploring the many effects which can be created with this simple tool. Her colors have evolved over the years, becoming brighter, more intense, and sometimes surrealistic. Paralleling her brightly colored works are more nature oriented drawings and paintings of objects found along the beaches of Islesford, Maine. See www.islesfordartists.com to view these pieces. Gail has won numerous awards at juried shows and exhibitions throughout the Midwest and has exhibited in several galleries. Her drawings are in public and private collections throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. She has earned signature status in the Colored Pencil Society of America and the Five Year and Ten Year Merit Awards. Her artwork has been published in The Best of Colored Pencil, Volumes III and V, American Artist magazine, North Light magazine, and Whetstone, volumes 5 and 17. Her artwork is also the cover art on Dick Blick Studio colored pencils. | <urn:uuid:342e0b66-4fa2-4bc7-be13-c904e4b8d9bc> | CC-MAIN-2016-36 | http://www.gailcollier.com/ABOUT/About.html | 2016-08-26T04:53:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-36/segments/1471982295264.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160823195815-00169-ip-10-153-172-175.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964151 | 314 |
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A Brooklyn developer is proposing twin 43-story apartment towers on what is currently a surface parking lot on Flagler Street in downtown Miami.
54 West Flagler would include a total of 391 units, along with ground-floor retail. A robotic parking garage with 185 parking spaces is also included.
Between the towers would be a “secret garden” of hanging plants. The design is inspired by both the Perez Art Museum and FIU’s Sky Lounge in Sweetwater.
Plans show that most of the units would be very small. The towers themselves would be squeezed onto a tiny 17,065 square foot lot, requiring a setback waiver. Miami’s UDRB will review the proposal late this month.
Alliance Capital is listed as the developer. Records show that the property is owned by Gutierrez Resnik Prop LLC, with an address on Alton Road.
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It is hard to believe that it was but a few short years ago that independent game studios were as common as Tennesseans, churning out as many quality titles as Murfreesboroan fishwives popped out unwanted, unloved babies. It felt like those long days of golden sunshine and innocent laughter, palling about with friends and loved ones in the pursuit of simple pleasures would last forever, yet that may as well have been a lifetime ago. In the very bosom of our naive contentment there wormed an insidious black ooze which was to seep from the open sewer that is Bobby Nodick’s soul, spreading to encompass the length and breadth of the far-flung gaming universe as the GLOBAL ACTIVISION EMPIRE!
It began with rumblings of disquiet in the outlying sectors of the market, as though a million consumers cried out in pain, and were suddenly silenced. First to fall was the Platinum system, as Jar Jar Mikami, Hideki Binks along with their Gungan compatriots were rounded up and forced into indentured bondage on Grand Moth Biggs’ furry plantation, in exchange for Watermelon and blankets of Smallpox. In another blow, the Double Fine fleet and the Mistwalker empire found themselves routed and subsequently decimated during the Bot Wars, even as Admiral Sakaguchi was stripped of his moustache and forced to work down the ice mines of Hoth. The burgeoning Activision Empire were to play a more subtle game next by setting up a skin-tight-T-shirt blockade around the Epic Outpost, while seizing control of the Galactic Sun Glass trading routs, quickly forcing the Tokyo Vikings to capitulate to Emperor Kotick’s dastardly vision. The last hallowed bastion of the Valve fleet mounted a valiant resistance, and for the longest time looked to be succeeding, yet were ultimately undone through treachery most foul! Lured to the wayward cloud computing outpost of Mos-Texas by promises of an open platform, the good ship Valve was frozen in time for all eternity by a frivolous lawsuit delivered by the Emperor’s apprentice in the dark arts; Darth Lane. Even the fleet’s Admiral Jabba the Gabe, who had thought to flee the rout, was summarily hunted down and digested over the course of a millennia in the tepid brine of Oliver Motok’s Sarlac Pit, while his small, hairless dog Ethan laughed maniacally. The apprentice now unveiled was quick to press the Empire’s advantage by assailing the very English language itself, serving an injunction against the words ‘high quality’ being used to denote anything other than insipid and generic dross fit only for the clamouring plebeian masses.
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NIH Resident Rotation Unique to GW
For Mortada Shams, M.D., a third-year internal medicine resident at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), a patient with chronic granulomatous disease, a genetic disorder in children in which certain immune system cells are unable to kill certain types of bacteria and fungi, was a condition he never thought he would see in his medical career. One form of treatment for this disease, explained Shams, is a bone marrow transplant. “You are basically destroying a person’s immune system to rebuild it, which is extremely scary,” he added.
Shams’s experience was made possible by a five-year $870,000 training grant that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) awarded to the SMHS Graduate Medical Education program enabling three internal medicine residents to rotate per month at the facility in Bethesda, Maryland.
“We are exposed to a pediatric level of medicine that we won’t see anywhere else,” Shams said, describing his rotation at the NIH. The experience was both terrifying and gratifying for him. “We are significantly impacting the well-being of these children’s lives going forward, while working on the cutting-edge of medicine,” added Shams, who will serve as chief resident at INOVA Fairfax Hospital next year.
“The NIH rotation gives our residents an unparalleled opportunity to see and learn from patients who have extremely rare infections and immune deficiencies,” said Jillian Catalanotti, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of medicine and of health policy and director of the internal medicine residency program at SMHS. “They also treat a wide range of patients, both pediatric and adult, and learn from world-renowned physician-scientists.”
The residents work some of the most well-known clinicians, immunologists, and researchers in the country, including Anthony Fauci, M.D., director of the NIAID.
“It’s nice to work with someone who is so down to earth at that echelon of medicine,” said Shams, recalling his interactions with Fauci.
The biggest advantage of rotating through the NIH, explained Catalanotti, “is getting to see diagnoses that we learn about during our second year of medical school and file away in the category of ‘this is so rare I will never see it.’ Our residents actually get to see and treat patients with these extremely rare illnesses first-hand!”
Though the rotation is clinically based, residents do have both the opportunity to network and forge professional relationships with the faculty who are conducting research at the NIH and the possibility of contributing to their research projects.
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Court Strikes Down NY's Airline Passenger Bill of Rights
So much for justice for the JetBlue passengers stranded on the JFK tarmac for 10 hours without food. A federal appeals court has struck down the New York Airline Passenger Bill of Rights, which would have required airline carriers to provide basic amenities like food, water, fresh air and clean toilets to passengers trapped on the tarmac in excess of three hours.
The Airline Transport Association of America, a trade group representing a number of carriers, lodged this second challenge to the New York State law earlier this month, and successfully argued that regulation should remain in the hands of the federal government and shouldn’t be handled on a state-by-state basis.
"If New York's view regarding the scope of its regulatory authority carried the day, another state could be free to enact a law prohibiting the service of soda on flights departing from its airports, while another could require allergen-free food options on its outbound flights, unraveling the centralized federal framework for air travel," the court wrote.
"This clear and decisive ruling sends a strong message to other states that are considering similar legislation,” the trade group said in a statement.
For Queens Assemblyman Michael Gianaris, who authored the bill, today’s decision was a major let-down for passengers. "The court's decision is a disappointment to anyone who has suffered at the hands of airlines that care more about profits than their customers," he said in a statement.
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Consultation - Which Imaging Equipment is Right for Your Experiment?
New users are encouraged to meet with the core director, Dr. Kamiar Moin, for help with planning imaging experiments in terms of sample preparation and determining which equipment is most appropriate for the planned experiment.
Scheduling MICR Services and Equipment
To schedule MICR equipment and services, please use the web scheduling application, Infinity Software by IdeaElan. See the Scheduling (Infinity) page for instructions for creating an Infinity account. Please create your own account (do not use your PI's or another lab member's WSU Access ID). When scheduling your imaging time, please consider file saving and export a part of your appointment.
Resources are available on a first call, first served basis. Appointments may not be scheduled greater than 2 weeks in advance. The microscopes book rapidly, so you must plan accordingly.
Cancellations must be called in at least 24 hours in advance. Missed appointments will result in usage charges to the principal investigator, regardless of core membership. Your appointment is considered a no-show after 30 minutes of your scheduled time has elapsed, and your time will be given to the next person on the stand-by list. Please call if you will be late and arrangements will be made.
Please make your appointment 24 hours in advance. Walk-in appointments are accepted at MICR staff discretion. Walk-in appointments requiring extended assistance are likely to be refused if staff members are busy with other users or with core business. Please plan your experiments involving imaging with your imaging appointment in mind.
Please let MICR staff know ahead of time if you will need extended assistance by checking "Yes" in the "Will Assistance Be Required?" check box in your iLabs appointment. MICR Staff is happy to assist with any matter related to equipment malfunction, equipment operation, imaging technique, initial training or retraining. Prolonged or extended assistance (occupying staff for greater than 30 minutes) will incur a charge of $60/hour, except in cases of equipment malfunction.
Initial training is provided once per lab for the rate of technician time ($60/hour); subsequent training will be billed at the normal equipment rate plus the technician rate of $60/hour.
Using the Equipment
You should find the imaging equipment that you have signed up for on and ready when you arrive. Please do not hesitate to ask for assistance if you are unsure about how to operate the equipment or how best to optimize your settings or plan for image analysis. Please clean your lens before you leave if you used an oil or water immersion lens. Please do not shut down the acquisition software.
Please remember to record your time on the usage log -- this is essential for accurate billing.
Your Data is Your Responsibility
MICR hard drives are not for storage of user data. Hard drives are cleared periodically as part of an effort to keep acquisition software running smoothly. The MICR UNIX server is available to transport your image data; each lab is entitled to one free account. Please contact Linda Mayernik if your lab does not have one.
Clients are responsible for securing and storing their own data please do not leave without your original image data.
Please note: Microscopes will NOT be initialized so you can retrieve your data from the hard drive, nor will other users be asked to pause their experiments so that you can retrieve your data from the hard drive.
Using the MICR Server
Download instructions for using the server. (Note: document is in PDF format and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.)
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Churn prediction is big business. It minimizes customer defection by predicting which customers are likely to cancel a service. Though originally used within the telecommunications industry, it has become common practice for banks, ISPs, insurance firms, and other verticals. More: http://info.mapr.com/WB_PredictingChurn_Global_DG_17.06.15_RegistrationPage.html
The prediction process is data-driven and often uses advanced machine learning techniques. In this webinar, we'll look at customer data, do some preliminary analysis, and generate churn prediction models – all with Spark machine learning (ML) and a Zeppelin notebook.
Spark’s ML library goal is to make machine learning scalable and easy. Zeppelin with Spark provides a web-based notebook that enables interactive machine learning and visualization.
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Houston's City Hall Showcasing Works of UH Student Artists
Houston has long been known for its bustling arts scene and diverse population. Thanks to a group of student artists, these elements are being showcased on the walls of City Hall.
The exhibition "Everything Has Its Place" presents the photography of 17 students from the University of Houston's School of Art. The exhibition extends throughout City Hall on different floors, hallways and rooms. It will be on view through March 2011.
Images presented in "Everything Has Its Place" include super heroes, farmers, a post-apocalyptic vision of downtown, weather-beaten hardware and photographic reinterpretations of Renaissance paintings.
Among the displayed works are student Nancy Baltodano's photos depicting her mother-in-law. Titled "Mi Suegre," the collection showcases color and black and white shots of her immigrant mother-in-law with her own sons and with children she cares for as a nanny.
"My mother in law has always amazed me with her story," said Baltodano, who graduated from UH in May. "She's an immigrant from Nicaragua. She's a single mother and has worked as a nanny for different families. I think many people can relate to these images, especially in a city like Houston that is filled with diversity."
Another collection of images "812 Welch" by Marian Ochoa was inspired by how light affected a Houston apartment's interior. Ochoa took photos of the inside of her former living space over a six-month span. Photos were captured at various times of the day to depict sunlight peeking from behind a curtain.
"It was very visceral and emotional for me to see this light," said Ochoa, a recent School of Art graduate. "I continuously photographed it and experimented with ways to capture it."
The exhibition was made possible through the city of Houston's Cultural Affairs Office. Minnette Boesel, the mayor's assistant for cultural affairs, contacted UH's School of Art regarding an opportunity to showcase student art at City Hall. At the time, Stephan Hillerbrand, assistant professor of photography and digital media, was overseeing a student exhibition at a local gallery. With a collection of work already available to exhibit, Hillerbrand eagerly worked with Houston's Cultural Affairs Office to launch "Everything Has Its Place" at City Hall.
"As part of an ongoing initiative to feature and partner with the Houston arts community, the city is very pleased and honored to have an exhibition of photographic works by students from UH's School of Art on display in the hallways of City Hall," Boesel said.
The works might not reflect Houston's skyline, highways or monuments, but Hillerbrand said that they are all reflective of the city in which they were created.
"All of these students are from different backgrounds and have different interests," he said. "They all represent different voices within the city and are using photography to showcase things that are very much part of Houston."
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First things first:
What is an Android Emulator
An android emulator is a software application that uses Virtualization technology to create an Android Virtual Device on your computer. Android emulators are very useful for running and testing applications without using an actual android device.
Since an AVD can emulate multiple device architectures and screen sizes, they are ubiquitous among android developers as you do not need to connect various physical devices.
What is Bluestacks?
Bluestacks is a popular android emulator that brings the latest android features to PC users. It uses physical computing peripherals such as a keyboard and mouse to navigate through the installed android apps and games.
Bluestacks can be adjusted to fit various screen sizes, including full-screen applications such as games.
Although Bluestacks does not offer compatibility for all android applications, it does support popular apps and games.
Let us now look at how to install Bluestacks on your PC.
In this article, we will cover the installation for both Bluestacks version 4 and version 5. The following are the minimum requirements to run Bluestacks 4.
- Microsoft Windows 7 and higher
- An Intel or AMD processor
- At least 4 GB of RAM.
- At least 5 GB of disk space.
- Administrative privileges to install Bluestacks
- A fully updated graphics driver from the GPU vendor
If you want to run Bluestacks version 5, the following are the minimum requirements:
- Microsoft Windows 7 and above
- An Intel or AMD processor
- At least 8 GB RAM
- Virtualization Support
- An Intel/Nvidia or ATI GPU
Once you have the requirements to run Bluestacks met, we can proceed with the installation process.
Installing Bluestacks 4
Launch your browser and navigate to the Bluestacks download page provided in the resource below:
Next, select the installer for your system, 32-bit or 64-bit:
Bluestacks provides a web installer that will download and install components from the installer package.
As of writing this tutorial, Bluestacks does not officially provide an offline installer for version 4.
Next, launch the installer to begin the installation process. Select “Customize Installation” to modify the installation parameters, such as the destination path.
If you wish to change the default installation path, select the folder icon and navigate to the location of your desired destination directory.
Bluestacks will use this directory as the default location for your android games and applications.
Finally, click install now to install Bluestacks.
Depending on your system resources and download speed, it may take a while to install Bluestacks.
In some instances, Bluestacks may require you to enable Hyper-V.
Click on the start menu and search “Turn Windows features on or off.”
Select Hyper-V and mark to enable them.
This will require you to restart your system.
Once restarted, open the start menu and select the “Bluestacks Hype-V beta” icon. This will launch Bluestacks and prompt you to grant Hyper-V the necessary permissions.
Once completed, you should have Bluestacks installed and ready to go.
Installing Bluestacks 5
If you have the requirements to run Bluestacks 5, proceed with the article.
Launch your browser and navigate to the Bluestacks download page. Select Bluestacks 5 for your system architecture and click download.
The above method will download the web installer, which will require you to have internet connectivity during installation.
To download the offline installer, use the links below to download 32-bit or 64-bit offline installer.
In this article, we will illustrate how to install Bluestacks 5 using the offline installer package.
Once you have the offline installer downloaded, launch it to begin the installation process.
Like Bluestacks 4, you can customize the installation path by selecting the “Customize Installation” option.
Finally, click install now to begin the installation process.
Fix “Hyper-V Enabled” Error
In some instances, you may get a “Hyper-V Enabled” error during installation, especially if you have Bluestacks 4 installed.
To fix this, click on the start menu and search “Turn windows features on or off.”
Next, disable the following features:
- Virtual Machine Platform
- Windows Hypervisor Platform
Once disabled, restart your system to apply the changes and re-install Bluestacks 5.
And with that, you should have Bluestacks 5 installed.
The final step after installing Bluestacks is to set up and start installing apps. Open the Google Play Store app.
Next, click on sign-in to add your google account. Proceed to add your email and password.
Once successfully signed in, it will launch the Google Playstore, where you can begin installing your desired apps and games.
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23 Sep 2014 06:37:33 AM
Two months after accidentally blasting a hole through his leg, welterweight veteran Joe Riggs has been rescheduled to make his Octagon return at UFC on FOX 13: Dos Santos vs. Miocic (December 13th, Phoenix). Riggs will face Ben “Killa B” Saunders in a booking that proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that UFC matchmaker Joe Silva is a closet Bellator fan. Basically, this fight is for the unofficial Fight Master Season 2 certificate. The stakes literally couldn’t be higher.
Saunders was successful in his own UFC return in August, submitting Chris Heatherly with an omoplata — the first such finish in the promotion’s history — after a 7-3 run in Bellator. Riggs has yet to compete this year, but is riding a six-fight win streak. And in case you missed it, Joe Riggs says his recent near-death experience started when he brought a gun to his gym and his friend cocked it. To which we can only respond: Joe, that “friend” of yours is trying to kill you.Read More DIGG THIS | <urn:uuid:f245278d-971d-414b-b8ab-cdffcb12993c> | CC-MAIN-2014-49 | http://www.cagepotato.com/tag/ufc-bookings/page/2/ | 2014-11-25T22:16:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-49/segments/1416931004237.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20141125155644-00237-ip-10-235-23-156.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970964 | 246 |
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Gadget for breastfeeding with big breasts
The Booby Booster is a breastfeeding aid for women with large breasts. A hammock. A platform. A breast nest. A bada-bing sling.
The big idea of this invention is that if you have big boobs, it’s a pain in the wrist to hold those things for so long so frequently throughout the day every day for a year (or hopefully longer).
The booster is billed as attaching to any breastfeeding bra, designed to hold the breast higher during feeding with no slippage. Your babe just lies there sucking away in bliss.
Boy, I wish I had this when I was nursing my two kids. I’d unhook my nursing bra, and my whole boob would come cascading out. They’d get their faces squished because my boobs were sloshing over on them. Oh, no, wait, that’s my wife. I’m a guy. I wear an under-the-butt nut hut.
Disclaimer: I’m supposed to be the wordsmith in the family, but my wife is teaching me all sorts of new phrases today.
Anyhow, my nurse-wife tells nursing mothers to just tuck a rolled towel underneath their boob, but if you’re a gadget gal, here you go.
The sling is made of polyester quilting with a cotton exterior.It comes in sizes from Small to XXX large (16B to J through K cup sizes).
As with all innovative products, it seems, this one isn’t made in America. But for a change, the Aussie inventor will ship anywhere in the world, although the website could use some work. It seems you e-mail the inventor to arrange payment.
Booby Booster retails for AUD $30 (USD $27 at today’s conversion rate) and shipping is just AUD $6 to North America.
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Greetings good people! I have a few question on using Calva. Any help would be appreciated. 1. How do I exit or stop the repl session? 2. Is there a way to change the repl prompt? I see that new entries are always made on the line AFTER the repl prompt. This is different from how I am used to repls. 3. Lately I have been seeing vertical bars in the repl prompt. Please see attached picture. Any idea where this comes from? 4. Is there a way to turn off linting — clj-kondo and clj-lsp, etc.? I would prefer to keep it simple with just syntax highlighting, indenting, paredit and send to repl. Thanks for the very well built extension for clojure!!
4: yes, it's not recommended but possible: https://clojure-lsp.io/settings/#disable-linter
1. Depends on how you started it. If Calva started it you can kill it by pressing
ctrl+c in the terminal where the process is started (a.k.a. the Jack-in terminal),
2. No, you can’t change the prompt. (My advice is to not use it very much at all, and instead use Rich comment blocks.)
3. See https://clojurians.slack.com/archives/CBE668G4R/p1639049737294600
4. Eric beat me to it. Sounds awful to run without the linter, but we’re all different. 😃
Thanks a lot @U0ETXRFEW , this is phenomenal work. Been a long time emacs user. With the advent of Gitpod, Github spaces, etc, VS Code is taking a center stage. Having a high quality tool like Calva available is trememendous, everything simply works out of the box for clojure. I used your Gitpod example as well.
Regarding the REPL window, I see the great value in Rich Comment blocks. However, been writing lisp code for 17 years and I have a specific flow. My ratio of source code to experimental code is probably at least 1:20. I do not want to clutter my source file or use it as a scratch. I rely heavily on the repl window (especially *1,*2 commands), practically live there. I'm sure I'm not the only one with this style of lisp coding.
As for linting, there is great value in it too, especially from consistency, style and learning standpoints. But it is an offshoot of the static language culture and is not strictly necessary for a dynamic programming language with incremental compilation capability. For some experimental or toy projects, it is not worth the hassle at all.
I used to use the repl window more often than I do now, and switched to primarily Rich comment blocks as I find it to be a better workflow. You can either remove experimental code in your source files, or use a dev namespace, and leave all your experimental code, sort of like a journal you can revisit later, which can be helpful. I find it can also be helpful in a professional setting to have experimental code left where coworkers can pick up where you left off or use it as a reference for something else. If you haven’t tried using the Rich comment method for a while as a primary way of working, you might find you like it when you try it. But maybe you have tried it for a while and didn’t like it, or you just don’t want to try it. To each their own. In any case, with potentially limited window width within VS Code when split screening, and with potentially long namespaces, putting the code on the next line down from the prompt helps keep the prompt out of the way, and the code more easily in the view port. I don’t think linting is strictly necessary for any type of language. I think there’s great value in it though, even in dynamic languages, and maybe even more so in dynamic languages than statically compiled languages, since we don’t have the compiler to tell us about certain issues before the code is run, and we’re left to find out about them when the code is evaluated (and hopefully the error clearly points to the issue). I could be missing something you are considering though!
Hello @brandon.ringe ! Thanks to you as well for developing an excellent well thought out tool for us.
Thanks for explaining why the repl prompt was implemented that way, it makes sense. I like the concept of Rich comments and a useful subset of my explorations will get in there. I'm hesitant to record or manage the entirety of my creative/learning process. I will give Rich Comments an honest and full try. I view linting as strictly necessary for developing in Java and such, for myself. With lisp on the other hand, I develop in very small chunks of incremental compilation/evaluation and don't really need a lot of the linter help. That said, on a common project with multiple other developers, I'd use the linter. I prefer to keep my tooling limited to what I absolutely need for a specific project. I agree we are all different in our preferences and styles. I am learning to be comfortable with the fact I disagree with generally accepted wisdom on a lot of ideas about programming. I even disagree with some of Rich Hickey's fundamental ideas on data and data abstraction. Thanks again.
Thanks for the kind words! ❤️ That’s a fair point about linting, and that’s a good way to develop. I’d say I generally develop that way myself, and maybe I would generally catch many actual problems (that would cause errors) even without the linter pretty early on, but I think sometimes it prevents me from even needing to go through the error-then-fix process, potentially saving me time, but I could be overestimating that savings. I also like the code cleanup suggestions it gives. That’s my preference, though. Everyone should do what they like, at least or especially when it’s just themselves working on the code. How dare you disagree with Rich Hickey! 😄 I’m kidding. Anyway, I hope you continue to enjoy Calva and provide your thoughts and feedback when you feel so inclined.
Linting sometimes catches actual logic errors, not only syntax errors. Eg when you don't use a function argument or when you shadow a var or a Clojure built in. Or eg when you don't pass in a collection to map. All of those things the compiler will happily accept.
I also use the REPL prompt now and then. For
*2 as you mention, @U02T1BU2EV6,and for the history. It is a nice option to have. Though I think I would use it less if Calva helped me using “fiddle” files easier.
@U0ETXRFEW By fiddle files, do you mean like a scratch file where we can execute arbitrary exploration/experimentation stuff while we are coding and learning?
Hi @U7PBP4UVA 👋 . Thanks for pointing out the benefits and discussion. Catching logic errors like that is nice to have for sure in many circumstances, but I don't believe is necessary in a lisp. Not once have I encountered a real problem with function arguments in dynamic languages, even in a large codebase with dozens of engineers. There has been this very strong culture of pushing for type systems, or just plain checking, catching bugs at compilation time for dynamic languages— I don't subscribe to that view and never will. To my mind, effort and time are better spent on solving the real challenges or having adventures. This kind of a thing can be a strong religious type viewpoint for a lot of us though . Perhaps a quote from Douglas Adams is appropriate 😉. "All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others."
In general though, I do believe that having linting as default in Calva or other IDEs is the right, proper and sensible thing. My thoughts/feedback are mainly around the idea that linting is essential and would be crazy not to have on all projects.
> By fiddle files, do you mean like a scratch file where we can execute arbitrary exploration/experimentation stuff while we are coding and learning? I am pretty sure that’s what he means. He’s discussed that concept before with me. This is similar to using a dev file/namespace, which you can do currently. I think if Calva added some support for scratch files it would maybe make it easier to keep them out of your repo/project (maybe?), and also make it easy to create and navigate to them.
I can’t say that I myself feel much of a need for that added feature/support, given that I am used to using comment forms and could also use a dev file, and I don’t have a problem committing the code to the repo. One reason I could see to not commit experimental code would be in an open source project when the experimental code might involve some hard-coded secrets for the sake of convenience and, well, experimentation.
> There has been this very strong culture of pushing for type systems, or just plain checking, catching bugs at compilation time for dynamic languages— I don’t subscribe to that view I don’t really subscribe to that view either. > To my mind, effort and time are better spent on solving the real challenges or having adventures. In my opinion, linting can help avoid silly mistakes when solving real challenges or having adventures.
@brandon.ringe Your approach (and I guess Pez's approach as well) of sticking to dev files and comments for exploration is really quite interesting. I'm intrigued and would like to to give it an honest try.
With regards to
*2 , I think when using files you don’t need them (though you can use them there), because your previous code is still right at your cursor. You can just thread it (using a thread macro) into the next operation, and “grow” your code/experiment. Once the code is in a form you want to add to your source, just copy it up into a function. Then you can delete it or leave it in the
By the way, the Calva refactor commands for threading are pretty convenient sometimes. Search “thread” in the VS Code command palette to see them.
That makes sense. Do you keep the results of evaluation, for any length of time, inside the rich comments or dev ns files?
If I want to save some data from an evaluation (maybe an http response), then I might copy it into a file for later.
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MANILA, Philippines --- NAGA CITY-- Intermittent rains did not stop tens of thousands of devotees from joining yesterday's fluvial procession for Our Lady of Peñafrancia here.
The throngs gathered outside the Naga Cathedral welcomed the downpour as a blessing.
"It happens every year. That's how Ina shows her miracle. It's a blessing for us," said 79-year-old Lydia Torralba, a devotee of Our Lady of Peñafrañcia for more than 50 years.
Torralba said the rains are also Ina's way of filling the Bicol River so that during the fluvial procession it would be easier to transport the image from the cathedral to the Basilica Minore de Nuestra Senora de Peñafrancia.
For the past days, the river was too shallow for the "voyadores," the men who accompany the image on its fluvial journey.
A heavy downpour that began Friday brought the water level up.
"We always observe this phenomenon every year," said Michael Tadro, a voyador.
Wearing a yellow shirt and yellow headband printed with "Viva la Virgen", Tadro has been under a bridge near Dayandang Street near a boat which they carried all the way from Milaor, Camarines Sur. He and 10 other friends brought paddles with them.
A mass was officiated every hour at the cathedral since early yesterday to complete the novena since the image of the Our Lady of Peñafrancia was brought last week through the Traslacion.
Jocelyn Rello, 32, took her five-month-old son with her, imploring Ina to take good care of her son as he grows up.
"I always make sure that I go here every year. It's my way of saying thank you for all the blessings and at the same time to seek guidance and protection from Ina," said Rello.
Mang Rene, who drove from Legazpi City with his family, including his month-old granddaughter, also want to express his gratitude to Ina.
Police estimated that no fewer than 50,000 people gathered around the cathedral, all of them wanting a glimpse of the image as it leaves the church and transferred to a six-wheeled, stainless steel-made and dome-shaped altar.
To the pealing of church bells, the image of the Divino Rostro was taken out around 3:30 p.m.
Three priests were boarding the altar, their task is to get handkerchiefs of the devotees, wipe them on the image and toss them back to the owners.
As the procession started, some devotees rushed towards the nearby bridges for a good view of the river parade, but most walked towards the Basilica Minore de Nuestra Senora de Penafrancia to wait for the image. | <urn:uuid:08af0dd8-1a76-489e-9bce-755e1734024d> | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | https://ph.news.yahoo.com/ina-devotees-downpour-blessing-122352965.html | 2018-01-22T23:50:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084891546.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20180122232843-20180123012843-00457.warc.gz | en | 0.96759 | 617 |
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Here’s a little story of my journey into the world of Ubuntu GNOME Linux.
“So, I was trying to install and configure a modern web development environment on my Windows 10 computer. You know, Vagrant, Node.js, Gulp and shit.”
The people who have been through this know that it’s not something you absolutely love doing. After numerous failed attempts of running virtual Linux boxes and occasional voodoo shit, I was out of luck. Windows’ command shell just sucks monkey butt.
The Russian space engineers must have felt pretty much the same after seeing their masterpiece vaporize in the orbit. How can you program something when – in the worst case scenario – there are no instructions available on how to deal with the bugs of the system? Some of the bugs I encountered while trying to get Vagrant and other software running, involved bug reports that had been sent in only five days ago. Naturally without any available resolution.
Windows 10 is a decent operating system, but when it comes to modern web development, the shit starts to pile up. Running Linux in a virtual box was neither the safe haven I was looking for. Ultimately, I ran into mysterious issues while trying to make ssh connection to the box. So it was time. It was time to install Ubuntu Linux as a real operating system.
Hindrances of the past
I’ve been using and playing with Linux many times before, but I’ve never found it useful for my day-to-day use. Though, some of the biggest obstacles still remain as there is no Adobe Creative Cloud for Linux. However, from what I understand, you can run it on Linux with Wine. That is something I haven’t been able to test yet. This can be worked out easily by using Windows 10 as a multi-boot option.
Another great barrier for not making the final shift has been my passion for gaming. To my amusement and delight, Steam is working really well on Linux. And there are lots of games available, which by the way actually work a lot better in Linux, than they do in my Windows 10 environment!
Unfortunately, not all games are ported on Linux. Also some of the games – like Civilization V, which is one my favorites – make use of Windows-only mods and helper apps to enhance the gameplay. Not to mention, that gamers are still waiting for GOG Galaxy and EA’s Origin to be available on Linux. But you can finally see a big shift happening in the scene.
Ubuntu GNOME, I choose you!
I chose Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 as my visual interpretation of the Linux world and it just felt right from the very beginning. After having installed a decent email client and Chrome as my default browser, I began to wonder if there was anything I couldn’t do with Linux, that I was used doing in Windows. A task after task I installed and configured my desktop environment for my liking.
I had no problems with the drivers, but some occasional error messages tended to scare me a bit. But before I knew it, I was already using Ubuntu as my main operating system. Of which I’m actually using right now. To be honest, Ubuntu still has some way to go before I could recommend it for my grandpa. But it sure is a hell lot better than it used to be a decade ago.
I wanted to install a modern and working web development environment on my computer and ended up installing Ubuntu GNOME as my primary operating system. What I also really like is the silence I feel inside my head. I was getting really worried about the business model development of Windows. I don’t like being followed around. Now I can feel safe again. Maybe you should give it a try, too?
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Before you submit your next campaign budget proposal, I want you to consider this fairy tale:
“Once upon a time in a town along the Rubber River, there was a young, brilliant, aspiring child who invented a magnificent new toy. This toy was better than all of the toys in the world and she knew it. She wanted so badly to be able to make a million copies of her new toy and share them with every child in the world. The problem was that she only had five gold coins saved up and each toy cost one gold coin to make. The child was devastated. She was sure if she had more coins, she could spread her happiness around the entire world.
Then, walking home one day, she discovered a blue lamp with a weird f inscribed on the side. She picked it up and attempted to rub some of the dirt off.
Suddenly, “POOF!” Out popped a curly haired, slightly overweight, genie in a grey hoodie.
“Well, hello.” said the genie with an extremely confident awkwardness. Just enough weird for the girl to immediately know he was a genius.
“Hu hu Hi” said the stunned girl.
“Thank you for opening and connecting with me. What’s on your mind?” replied the genie.
“Umm, nothing? Do i get three wishes or something?” asked the girl, still struggling to believe this was real life.
“Well I’m not a normal genie, my name is ROí. You see, I’m actually a special genie that can take anything you give me and give you back more.”
The girl looked at him skeptically.
“Anything?” she challenged.
Slowly, the girl reached down into her pocket and pulled out her gold coins. She clenched them tightly in her fist and thought of her toy. She then slowly handed the genie one coin.
The genie took the coin and instantly handed her back two coins.
The girl was so excited she immediately handed the genie all six coins; just as quickly, he handed her back 12 coins!
The girl looked at the 12 coins and exclaimed, “Thank you so much weird genie man!”
Perplexed, the genie asked, “Is that all?”
The girl replied “I only have two pockets, no room for more.” She took the coins and skipped home.
Now there are 12 really happy kids in the girl’s town; but there are 999,988 sad kids around the world.
Now, pull back up your budget sheet. In your digital ad budget column, put this symbol: ∞ and hit send.
When your boss asks you if you’re crazy, tell him the story of the little girl. Because when you find a genie willing to take your money and give you back more than you put in, keep giving him money until he curls back up in his cute little lamp.
In all seriousness though my hope is that this “fairytale” helps to shape the way you think about budgeting for digital advertising. The goal should not be to take a fixed amount of money and generate the largest possible return, instead the goal should be to use the smallest amount of money possible to find a profitable sales funnel (that meets your target CPA) and then scale up spending as long as you are able to maintain that return.
Have you created the world’s most amazing new “toy” and want to make sure millions of people can find it? Let us help build your very own genie. To learn more about Common Thread Collective, visit www.commonthreadco.com.
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Purdue Research Showing Earbud Wearing Teens Losing Hearing
New research shows that kids and teens who constantly have their ears plugged with listening devices may be harming their ears.
Purdue University audiologist Shannon Van Hyfte says they're finding that young people who frequently use headphones or ear buds to listen to phones, music players or computers are losing their hearing. She says it's not just that devices are plugged in, but they have the volume turned up too loud for long periods of time.
Van Hyfte says things like concerts and prolonged noises were once the biggest concerns for young people, but now it's extended, daily use of devices that are posing the big threats. She says hearing loss can also impact kids academically and socially.
She adds the exposure is also happening in classrooms that employ ear buds for learning devices. Van Hyfte says a rule of thumb is that students should still be able to clearly to hear what's happening around them while listening to ear buds or headphones. She says safe-listening headphones that limit loudness levels can also be used. | <urn:uuid:113c6664-da18-4aa7-954d-f72a379daba1> | CC-MAIN-2015-40 | http://www.wibc.com/news/local-news/purdue-research-showing-earbud-wearing-teens-losing-hearing | 2015-10-04T21:21:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-40/segments/1443736676092.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20151001215756-00222-ip-10-137-6-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972039 | 223 |
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- All in One podcast hosted by Jordyn
- 6th Annual Knit-a-Thon for the Young Adult Institute
We are giving away a copy of Sarah Punderson’s new shawl pattern, Rippling and, courtesy of Sarah, we are sweetening the deal with giving away an additional pattern — winner’s choice. We drew two random winners: post number 32, who is flamefingers, has won the Rippling pattern and post number 205, who is lmermd, has won a pattern of her choice! Congratulations, you guys. Contact Stacie for your prize.
Month of Socks:
This week we discussed doing a gauge swatch, how to decide on your stitch count, and different methods for casting on. Here are some links to help you out:
- Swatching in the Round
- Long tail cast on
- Twisted German cast on
- Turkish cast on
- Figure 8 cast on
- Judy’s Magic cast on
Our chat thread is open. Come join us!
Month of Socks prizes:
So far we will have a sock needle set of Knitter’s Pride Nova Cubics and a Lavishea bar (courtesy of Stefanie), a bag donated by Suburban Stitcher, bags donated by Ploverbird, and yarn donated by Western Sky Knits to give away at the end of Month of Socks and Stitch Surfer KAL. Thank you to all of our generous donors!
Stacie is working on:
- Rippling shawl in Must Stash Yarn & Fiber
- Sock Swatch in Must Stash Yarn & Fiber in Martian Rainbow
Steph is working on:
- Foolproof Cowl in String Theory Caper and Hazel Knits Entice
- Keynote in Brooks Farm Tenino DK
- No-Purl Monkeys in Indulgence
- No Purl Monkey socks in Gynx BFL sock
Steph finished spinning:
- Australian Merino Top from FiberObsessions in the Aquatic Adventure colorway
“Over the Moon” kits available at Little Skein until May 16
Louise Tilbrook has offered a coupon code in honor of Month of Socks. Use SOCKSINMAY to receive 25% off one pattern until May 7th.
Steph neglected to mention she was wearing her Grace cardigan.
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Hubs often feels like the jolly green giant when we travel through Italy. Well, you can see why, can't you? While he is on the slender side, he's 6 foot 2 inches tall and has a size 12 foot. Now, this isn't "huge" in American terms, but in Italian terms, he often sticks out like a sore thumb!
Granted, most of Italy's ancient towns were built in a time when people were smaller overall. But here in Ostuni (in the Puglia region in South Italy), hubs really got a dose of the "just another big American in Italy" syndrome! Poor guy!
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department is providing to Sri Lanka to combat (a) terrorism and (b) drug trafficking.
6 February 2020
The Sri Lanka and UK defence relationship was significantly strengthened in 2019 with the appointment of a resident Defence Adviser.
Following the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks in 2019, the UK offered support to the Sri Lankan authorities based on the UK experience of tackling terrorism. Ministry of Defence support has included providing training to Sri Lanka in countering Improvised Explosive Devices, with some Sri Lankan students attending training in the UK.
HMS Montrose visited Colombo in April 2019 as part of her deployment in the Indian Ocean and conducted a short exercise with the Sri Lankan Navy. This visit was an opportunity for the UK and Sri Lankan Navies to compare experience in countering drug trafficking, and to share the tactics and techniques which have proven most effective in tackling this shared global threat. | <urn:uuid:bcadf1b6-d25c-403c-b866-df5ace42c4b0> | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-03/11516 | 2021-11-28T11:51:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964358520.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20211128103924-20211128133924-00584.warc.gz | en | 0.968715 | 196 |
I’m pleased to announce a new User Group in the North East of England, based around Microsoft Technologies, North East Bytes (NEBytes) – http://www.nebytes.net . We have decided to start this group in order to help Developers and IT Pros in the community with the constant battle to learn, stay current and broaden their knowledge.
We run monthly meetings every third Wednesday of the month (except on the second Wednesday in December – to allow time for Christmas parties and shopping!) at Newcastle University. Each meeting consists of two one hour presentations (one Developer topic and one IT Pro topic) and we have refreshments, food, giveaways and prizes.
Attendance at our meetings is completely FREE!! The venue is provided kindly by the University, our Speakers kindly provide their time for free, and we as organisers provide our time for free to organise the events. We will provide refreshments and we also provide hot food, all we ask is if you would like to partake in the the hot food, please make a small donation towards the cost via the open contribution box at each meeting.
Our Launch event is to be on Wednesday 20th January 2010, we are delighted to have Mike Taulty visiting to cover Silverlight and James O’Neill to cover Hyper-V. We are really looking forward to this great event and hope to see lots there to help us celebrate our launch!
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Rostrevor – Cloughmore Stone
The Cloughmore car park is 230m above sea level and provides views of the surrounding forest. There are three waymarked trails, which vary in length from 1.25 miles to 4.5 miles, and take the visitor to various areas within the forest to enjoy the many magnificent views and beauty of the woodlands.
The area has been declared a National Nature Reserve and more recently an Area of Special Scientific Interest.
Distance 0.4 (One Way) miles
OS Map Sheet 29
Terrain Moderate, steep in places
Nearest Town Rostrevor
Route Shape Linear
Grid Reference J19556 17390
Route Type Forest, Woodland
From the car park follow the signs up a steep hill to the Cloughmore Stone.
There are great views from here over Carlingford Lough.
From here retrace your steps back to the car park.
These walks are situated in a working forest environment and may be subject to diversion and closure from time to time.
Up to date information is available on the Forest Service web site.
Views of Mourne Mountains, Cloughmore Stone
From Rostrevor follow the signs to Rostrevor Forest & Kilbroney.
Once inside the forest, follow the tarmac road uphill to the second car park (located 230 above sea level). This is accessed via a one-way system).
The first car park passed is at Kilbroney and has toilets and cafe.
Translink – journeyplanner.translink.co.uk
Car parking and picnic facilities, refreshments and toilets are availble at Kilbroney park.
The following facilities are available for users with limited mobility:
– Café (wheelchair accessible) – (in Rostrevor)
– Shop (wheelchair accessible)
– Disabled toilets
– Disabled parking
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It prevails to experience anxiety in life. Betterhelp Contractor Pay Scale… It is a natural action to tension, pressure, or when you feel threatened. It could also signal something more considerable such as generalized anxiety condition depending on the level of stress and anxiety and how frequently it happens. Feeling nervous is common when waiting on test results, driving through rush-hour traffic, or handling problems at work. Stress and anxiety might impact day-to-day living when symptoms are not resolved. Since anxiety symptoms impact people in a different way, it is essential to learn how to recognize them and when they might require expert aid.
please seek assistance whether that be with or another counseling service please get help therapy and treatment in general is essential and so advantageous um for us since i know personally you understand i handle a lot and you understand my stress and anxiety often it gets the very best of me you understand and it constantly feels great to have a professional assistance you know um i’m the type of person that i don’t want to vent or put or put a lot on the people that i love that’s close to me like i do not wish to drain them with my issues although i will go to them if it’s something like damaging and i need to talk about you know but i’m simply not the individual to call someone every day like oh i’m so stressed out or you know like oh like i simply feel like that’s.
draining pipes so that’s why i searched for therapy i looked for a therapist um was constantly mentioned in like other youtubers videos like kelly stamps that i watch i love her um she always suggested it or did like um she was sponsored by them so she would constantly promote it and i’m like you know what it was a point in my life where like i needed some professional assistance um simply some guidance just someone to listen to me um while i vent you know i simply required that help so i was like let me give a try and um so i joined the month-to-month subscription for about 275 dollars um and i was assigned a therapist and you know she sends a message that essentially states like um hi welcome um tell me about yourself i sent out a short intro about who i am um why i chose for help and um so that was that so then she sent me another response because everything was online so it’s like messaging backward and forward which is pretty practical um although i am in individual kind of person i would rather be face to face with somebody um not to mention i’m also a bad texter so like this really wasn’t for me however i still wished to give it a try um so then after i informed her about me and things like that she you know told me.
about herself and then she told me that i might schedule our very first meeting um she sent me the dates that she was available which resembled a week from this time that we were talking um so everything was a week out so i sent her back a response and i was like hi i selected this date which was like among the alternatives that she had so she confirmed it she sent me like a verification e-mail saying like this is your very first meeting with your therapist and what to anticipate and what to you understand be and bring gotten ready for so i was so delighted like i had journaled out how i was feeling what i was going through what i desired suggestions on or similar to what i wanted to talk about so the day that we’re expected to meet we’re doing a virtual.
Some forms of anxiety are routine while being practical to raise awareness or keep you alert. Stress and anxiety at times might make things more difficult and even lead to reduced performance and excessive worrying. Such aspects are comparable for people with generalized anxiety disorder, but often people might not understand they have an issue with stress and anxiety. While some may experience stress and anxiety, it does not imply a disorder is present. Anxiety effects your life in various ways, including your relationships and how you fraternize others. Here examples of a disorder impacting everyday activities:.
Numerous research studies reveal that the answer is “yes.”. Betterhelp Contractor Pay Scale…
Among these research studies focused particularly on BetterHelp users This specific study, which was released by JMIR Publications and led by researchers from the University of California– Berkeley, University of California (UC Berkeley)- San Francisco, and the San Francisco General Healthcare facility, discovered that “users of experienced significantly reduced depression symptom severity after engaging with the platform.”.
Still, other research studies have found online therapy to be just as reliable at treating various concerns like anxiety, stress and anxiety, and PTSD as in-person therapy. For instance, the University of Zurich found that those handling anxiety and anxiety experience higher gain from online treatment over the medium and long term than those making use of in-person therapy.
If you want to speak with people who have actually used services personally, you may be interested in looking through these therapist examines when discovering the online counseling chat cost.
Just How Much Is BetterHelp A Month? Betterhelp Contractor Pay Scale
Depending on the online therapy strategy you pick through the platform, the expense of your regular monthly payment may vary from $240 to $360. This means the therapy expense breaks down to $60-$ 90 per week. Your account will not be charged for this cost till you match with a certified professional therapist, social employee, therapist, or psychologist on the platform.
Over 10,000 people sign up on daily to find a therapist, and there are more than 20,000 psychological health professionals who use talk treatment through the platform. If you feel at any point in time that the supplier you presently work with on the platform is not the right fit, keep in mind that you can switch therapists and start working with someone brand-new.
I never quite accrued enough monitored hours to get my license, so I worked under the guidance of a licensed supervisor at the sites where I supplied treatment. In numerous settings, I supplied individual and group therapy, crisis assessment, diagnosis and intervention.
I’ve likewise learned about what works in treatment and what does not from the point of view of a client. I had my first formal experience as a therapy client from 2015 to 2016, when a Jungian therapist assisted me get through a period of significant career and basic life transition.
I understand from having been on both sides of the therapy space that the subtleties of interacting in the moment are what make therapy work. A great therapist does not just take down what you tell them but also takes notice of how you tell them. Facial expressions, body language, and tone of voice can expose where you’re feeling stress or do not totally think your own story. In time, as you build trust with your therapist, you share more with them, entering into much deeper and deeper realms of catharsis.
Therapists are more than simply professional problem-solvers. They are craftsmens who utilize the raw materials of your relationship to construct a recovery connection with you. They’re detectives, too, utilizing the hints you provide to get beyond your cover story and to the much deeper realities you require to find to grow as a person and enhance your life. They require to do more than just give nuggets of suggestions to do their jobs well.
You grew up at the very same time as the tech and the web market if you’re an older millennial like me. When the web hadn’t yet been taken over by corporations, you remember the Wild West days. You keep in mind being able to go to without having to browse a concealed temple’s worth of challenging ad traps and pop-ups.
The expression “dot-com bubble” sits somewhere in your brain next to mental images of Bill Clinton, Tupac, and Beavis and Butt-Head. If someone mentions a 56k modem, you remember the sound immediately. You keep in mind when Google went far for themselves with the easy motto, “Don’t be evil,” and what it was like prior to they failed to measure up to that slogan. Betterhelp Contractor Pay Scale
They required to reveal me that they might stay real to what makes treatment work if was going to change my mind.
As you think about signing up for’s service, you require to know how its quality of therapy compares to traditional in-person treatment along with the services of its online competitors. Who are the therapists, and how certified are they? Do the healing approaches provide themselves well to a teletherapy format?
In screening and in conversations with other consumers, it ended up being clear to us that the quality of treatment is very high. For numerous individuals, the company will be able to supply you with a larger and more varied set of therapist choices than you might reasonably access nearby in a traditional, in-person setting.
Good, mindful service and a healthy dedication to consumer personal privacy are 2 procedures of a business’s respect for its customers. So how does accumulate? Does it provide devoted customer care experts who use reliable and timely help when issues occur? How well does the business secure your data and honor your desire for privacy? What steps does take to secure your sensitive information?
You can further protect your privacy utilizing a label with your therapist. Considering that doesn’t work with insurance coverage or employers, there isn’t even a standard level of information-sharing in between such entities, which implies optimal privacy for you.
At the really bottom of the page, you’ll find a place to buy a present subscription for somebody else, as well as a link to resources for individuals in crisis who are bad prospects for’s services.
There is also a footer navigation, which links to information about its service, a “About” page, Frequently asked questions, Reviews, Professions, Discover a Therapist, Online Treatment, Contact, and For Therapists pages. You can likewise discover links to its social
The sign-up procedure for is in fact quite long: it took me about 20 to thirty minutes to finish, so make certain you set aside time to finish it due to the fact that if you stop mid-sign-up and exit your internet browser, it will not save your responses and you’ll have to begin all over once again.
You can sign up by clicking any of the green buttons on the homepage, which will ask you to verify what kind of treatment you have an interest in, though as we stated before if you click anything besides talk therapy, you’ll be redirected to among’s other websites.
From there, you’ll be asked a series of questions in an intake survey about your gender identity, age, sexual orientation, and relationship status. In detailing your sexual orientation, you are offered the alternatives of directly, gay, lesbian, bi/pan, “Choose not to state”, “Questioning”, queer, asexual, “I do not know”, and “Other”.
Exactly how do I discover a therapist close by?
Surprisingly enough, users will find listed below this question in the form a highlighted fact: “Therapists on the platform have varied backgrounds. You’ll have the ability to ask for a Christian therapist if needed”. So, during the consumption survey, if you respond to that your religious beliefs is Christian, you will be asked “Would you like to be matched with a Christian-based therapist?”
If you respond to that you identify with a various faith, you will not get asked if you desire to match with a therapist of that faith. I attempted answering this question 3 times, each time saying I was from a different religion, and never ever got that same follow-up.
After the questions about your identity and spiritual association, you will be asked to finish questions about your mental health history, such as whether you have actually ever remained in treatment prior to and what led you to therapy today. Options for what led you to therapy consist of “I have actually been feeling depressed”, “My mood is disrupting my job/school performance”, “I am mourning”, and 10 other options. You will be asked what your expectations are from your therapist, such as a therapist who listens, explores your past, teaches your brand-new skills, designates you homework, and more.
The platform will ask you to rank your existing physical health and eating habits from good, reasonable, and bad.
It will ask you if you are experiencing overwhelming unhappiness or anxiety. Following this, there will be a couple of concerns from the Patient Health Survey, or the PHQ-9, an assessment used to evaluate for depression.
If you are presently used as well as how often you drink alcohol, you will be asked. Other screening concerns towards the end include if you have any problems with intimacy and when the last time you thought of suicide was– if ever.
In addition to depression, it asks you if you are experiencing stress and anxiety or panic attacks, or persistent pain. Other group concerns include how you would rank your existing financial status on the very same excellent, fair, or bad scale.
I discovered the questions to be a bit random as I went through the questionnaire. Next, will ask you to rate your sleeping habits and answer if you are comfortable with your identity.
ADHD is often a lifetime condition that begins when a person is a youngster or a teenage. These very early symptoms will often include the trademarks symptoms of the condition yet as a private starts to shift right into their adult years, so too will the condition advance and the signs you may have been made use of to when you were more youthful may not be as visible or as common as you when believed.
For those living with ADHD, grown-up signs might become harder to handle and also if you are uncertain what you ought to be seeking, you could be handling unneeded troubles that could be conveniently avoided with the right therapy approach as well as coping strategies. Also harder, some grownups might establish ADHD when they are older and also may not acknowledge the symptoms when they come on.
If you are an adult with ADHD or believe that you may have developed ADHD in recent years, below is a checklist that covers several of the symptoms that grownups with ADHD might experience.
As we stated above, ADHD signs and symptoms are a lot different in the adult years than they remain in childhood or throughout teenage years, no matter whether the individual began showing signs and symptoms beforehand or later in life.
As an example, most ADHD children’s symptoms are commonly determined when kids are around 9 or 10 as it is easy to begin determining youngsters who appear signs such as impulsivity as well as hyperactivity, which can frequently lead to a lack of ability to focus and remain organized. This can lead to school-related as well as home-related issues turning up such as fighting in between the influenced youngster and their moms and dads or siblings, busted things or unfinished homework or chores, and also anxiety on all sides. These problems can then lead to discovering specials needs, self-worth problems, as well as social problems. The good news is enough, there are plenty of resources around to assist youngsters with ADHD swiftly recover and also attain success as they carry on if the disorder is caught promptly.
When children with ADHD get to the adolescent stage, these symptoms start to become much more major issues as the age of puberty begins and also social demands start to increase. What once may have been simple domestic and also scholastic problems can expand a lot more serious and also may potentially become concerns such as truancy, lying, escaping, or committing crimes. Furthermore, adolescents with ADHD might create other mental health issues such as clinical depression or anxiousness, which can include even more issues as the teenager has a hard time to manage both at the same time. Although the capacity to deal with adolescent ADHD is still possible and quite available, it might present some concerns if the young adult in question is handling some of the significant problems listed above and also refusing therapy or medication.
For those with ADHD, adults will certainly often bear the brunt of the signs of this problem. Although adult ADHD has handled to get to the spotlight in recent times, the concern is that there are much less researches referring to adult ADHD and the succeeding impacts or additional concerns such as grown-up onset ADHD. When it pertains to those with ADHD, adult feedbacks to these problems often tend to fall into differing classifications such as people who have the ability to successfully handle their condition via treatment as well as drug, those who battle from concerns that are similar to establishing troubles in teenage years that reach into the much bigger range of their adult years, as well as those that have severe issues that require immediate psychiatric therapy.
Just key in your city, state, or zip code in the search bar over to find a counselor helping individuals in your location. Locating a therapist near you is helpful if you’re seeking in-person treatment. With online treatment, you have extra flexibility in choosing treatment with a counselor ideal suited for your demands.
Which qualified therapist is right for me?
Discovering the best therapist for you can seem overwhelming, yet you can limit your search by considering what kind of counseling you would love to go after. Take a couple of mins to read through some counselor accounts to see their various areas of know-how and also their approaches on treatment. If you feel like your matched therapist isn’t the best one for you, you can pick to match with a different specialist at any time. The most vital point in treatment is if you feel comfy with your therapist.
How much time do I have to wait to obtain a consultation with a counselor?
After taking our brief set of questions, you can promptly message the therapist that you have actually been matched to and arrange a time with them for a real-time therapy session. You can message your specialist as usually as you would like, 1 day a day, 7 days a week. Online treatment typically enables you to connect with a therapist regularly than in-person treatment does. In both online therapy and in-person treatment, your therapist will integrate different methods right into your therapy plan. For example, cognitive-behavioral treatment is used to test and also change negative ideas (cognitions) with healthy habits. Various other approaches include dialectical behavior therapy, interpersonal therapy, psychodynamic therapy, emotion-focused therapy, and also family members treatment.
How much does therapy expense?
Conventional face-to-face therapy normally costs $150-250 per session, while online therapy varies from $60-90 per week (billed every four weeks). With face-to-face therapy, you’re spending for one real-time counseling session weekly, and you typically can not contact your therapist between sessions. With online treatment, you’re spending for one real-time treatment session weekly, in addition to the ability to message your specialist 24/7. With BetterHelp treatment, specialists commonly check their messages once or twice a day.
What should I ask my specialist?
When it concerns asking concerns of a therapist to see if they’re a good fit, you can begin by emailing or calling the specialists’ workplaces. You can usually find therapists’ contact details online. Beginning by presenting yourself, and also discuss that you wonder concerning starting treatment. Ask if the therapist has experience dealing with people that are dealing with the very same details problems as you are. Maintain calling or emailing specialists up until you find someone with previous experience dealing with the exact same concerns in treatment. Once you start treatment, keep in mind that the therapist is there to aid you. If there’s not a great fit in between the therapist and client in therapy, don’t feel poor about reaching out to a various specialist. Discover more regarding what talking with a specialist throughout online treatment can do, and just how countless sessions have actually assisted greater than 1,845,000 people. | <urn:uuid:4827607d-85a1-49ea-a9c0-7716889256cd> | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | https://www.boerneeducationfoundation.org/betterhelp-contractor-pay-scale/ | 2022-12-01T12:35:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710813.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20221201121601-20221201151601-00508.warc.gz | en | 0.965806 | 4,145 |
New West Ham owner Sullivan has intimated that he is interested in luring both of his former players to Upton Park at the end of the season by trying to take advantage of a perceived loophole in their contract situation at St Andrews.
The contracts of Larsson and Ridgewell expire at the end of the current season, with Birmingham holding a further 12-month option on both players.
But Sullivan, who negotiated both deals while still chairman at Birmingham believes the option clause may not be permissible under Fifa regulations, if written confirmation of taking up the option is not submitted to both players before a stipulated date.
Bitter battle looming: Alex McLeish (left) has challenged David Sullivan
The irony of Sullivan putting together the deals he is now trying to exploit is not lost on McLeish, but he has made it clear the clubs new owners will not just roll over and allow two of their assets to walk West Ham.
'This in the man that did the contracts in the first place. They used them year-in, year-out at Birmingham,' said McLeish.
'I don't know why they thing they are no recognised by FIFA, but if someone wants to challenge it it will be four or five years before it is resolved.
'There will be lawyers and all kinds of paper work. It is not going to be ratified in 24 hours after one call to FIFA.
'Our contracts are approved by the Premier League and for someone to challenge them it would be a protracted and drawn out affair. So they are welcome to try.'
In demand: Sebastian Larsson (right)
Swede Larsson is looking for a significant increase on his £8,000-a-week deal, after turning down opportunities to leave the club over 12 months ago.
Ridgewell wants to see his £12,000-a-week deal given a major hike to reflect the part he has played in Birmingham's success this season.
But McLeish, who is also in the process of negotiation over a new contract for himself, wants all contract issues to be left until the end of the season.
'We have to keep driving people on and I am in no rush to have to deal with things like contracts. We don't want to discuss anything until the end of the season.' McLeish enters talks over new Birmingham deal with owner YeungWest Ham confirm Davenport has left after defender accepts £250k pay-offBIRMINGHAM CITY FC | <urn:uuid:0f6c8f45-9744-40ee-a9c9-0fa88edaaade> | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | http://www.football.co.uk/west-ham-united/mcleish-sullivan-will-face-court-if-he-tries-to-poach-larss/572468 | 2017-03-28T13:30:23Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218189734.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212949-00308-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973425 | 510 |
Wellington’s commuter trains will be operated by the same company that runs Auckland’s rail network in 2016, after the capital cut ties with KiwiRail.
Greater Wellington Regional Council on Thursday selected Transdev Australasia as its preferred future operator for the passenger rail network that services Wellington, Hutt Valley, Porirua, Kapiti and Wairarapa.
French-owned global transport giant Transdev operates rail, tram and bus services in 19 countries across five continents, including Auckland’s passenger trains, Sydney’s light rail network and Melbourne’s buses.
In Wellington, Transdev will partner with Korean company Hyundai Rotem, which built the region’s new electric Matangi trains.
The regional council will now begin negotiations with the joint-venture to finalise terms before putting pen to paper on a 15-year contract in March, which will take effect on July 1.
Good for commuters to have a competitive contract which should see better services.
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Eric Dier reveals what has “surprised” him about Richarlison since Tottenham Hotspur transfer this summer
Eric Dier and Richarlison are two very important members of the Tottenham Hotspur squad for manager Antonio Conte. The duo started in their two most recent games – against Fulham in the Premier League and Marseille in the UEFA Champions League.
The start against the Cottagers was the Brazil international’s first for his new club in competitive games since his transfer from Everton this summer. He registered an assist as Spurs ran out 2-1 winners.
Richarlison then followed up that performance with two goals against Les Phoceens in the opening UCL group game this season. Spurs won 2-0, and the former Watford man scored both his goals via headers.
“They were great headers as well. He’s very strong in the air, and that’s maybe a part of his game that’s surprised me a little since he arrived. He’s such a threat in the air and physically so strong.”
His form in recent games has ensured that Brazil manager Tite has picked him in his final squad before the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. He is expected to be in the squad for their friendlies against Ghana and Tunisia later this month, with both games taking place in France.
Richarlison’s versatility, whereby he can play anywhere across the frontline, is a boon for any manager. At 25, he is in the prime years of his career and can get better with each passing year.
Harry Kane’s build and movement has made the England international a threat in the box. If Richarlison can offer the same, then it would always be an added bonus to have in the 18-yard area.
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Richarlison’s headers against Marseille came via crosses from Spurs’ left flank. The first ball was put in by Ivan Perisic, while Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg bagged the second assist. | <urn:uuid:2b9286de-a50d-45d2-82a1-ddb8e2fe1d50> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://blog.footballmerchandise.net/news/eric-dier-reveals-what-has-surprised-him-about-richarlison-since-tottenham-transfer/ | 2023-11-29T08:47:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100057.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20231129073519-20231129103519-00282.warc.gz | en | 0.978045 | 428 |
PITTSFIELD – Police are investigating an apparent homicide in Pittsfield.
The Berkshire District Attorney’s office says police found 23-year-old Nikolas Carnute lying in the middle of Wellington Avenue late Sunday night after witnesses reported hearing gunshots.
Carnute was later pronounced dead at a hospital. An autopsy will be performed on Tuesday.
The Berkshire Eagle reported that Carnute had a criminal record with convictions related to cocaine trafficking and his admitted involvement in a 2006 stabbing.
Police are looking for a white sedan with a rear spoiler, possibly a Pontiac, that was seen leaving the area after the shooting. Anyone with information is asked to call the Pittsfield Police Department at (413) 448-9700. | <urn:uuid:b7fa1c04-5f5f-432a-9ef7-d1a55541b802> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/12/pittsfield_police_investigate.html | 2013-05-19T07:14:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696384213/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092624-00042-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968435 | 150 |
The choisya ‘Aztec Pearl’ is an orange tree from Mexico which is very interesting for its foliage but above all because it blooms 3 times a year.
In summary, what you need to know:
Last name : Choisya Aztec Pearl
Family : Rutaceae
Type : Shrub
Height : 1 to 1.5 m
Exposure : Sunny
Foliage : Persistent -Flowering : April to October
- To read: articles on the Mexican orange tree
Planting the choisya Aztec pearl
It is best to plant the choisya Aztec Pearl in autumn for good rooting before winter but we can also plant in spring.
From the start, especially if you plant in spring or summer, water generously and regularly without flooding the roots of the shrub
- The choisya Aztec Pearl likes sunny locations.
- It needs well-drained soil.
- It does not like waterlogged soil, especially in summer.
- Follow our tips for planting shrubs
Size and maintenance of the choisya Aztec Pearl
Size of the choisya Aztec Pearl:
No pruning is recommended for the choisya Aztec Pearl but it is quite possible to reduce or balance the branches.
He is nice to him give a beautiful figure, especially when it is part of a hedge.
- If you want reduce or balance the antlers, avoid pruning at the end of winter as you risk altering the spring flowering.
- Always wait for the end of flowering for pruning, preferably in the fall.
Watering the choisya Aztec Pearl:
The choisya must be watered regularly during the 1st year after planting.
- Once properly installed, there is no need to water unless you see the leaves falling in a prolonged drought.
- For the choisya Aztec Pearl in pots, provide regular watering in spring and summer, as soon as the soil is dry on the surface.
To know about the choisya Aztec Pearl
Choisya Aztec Pearl is a 1982 hybrid resulting from the cross between Choisya ternata and Choisya dumosa, var. Arizonica.
Whether choisya ternata « Aztec pearl " or "Sundance", he's from very easy cultivation and the advantage of not exceeding the 2 to 3 meters high, which avoids pruning it too regularly.
Small shrub to sweet orange scent, at compact habit and at the magnificent bloom, the choisya Aztec Pearl also called Mexican orange tree is, as the name suggests, originally from this Central American country.
The flowers, resembling those oforange tree, are very fragrant and the latter adapts equally well to the open ground in the garden as to pot culture on a terrace or balcony.
To read on the shrubs:
- Create a flowering hedge
- Create a persistent hedge
- Shrub flowering calendar
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It wasn’t that long ago that Machrihanish was considered the end of road – if not the end of the world. People made the trek to the town for the golf or the beaches, but it wasn’t a quick journey and when you were done enjoying the area you pretty much had to turn around and go home.
Not anymore. Thanks to The Kintyre Express, CalMac Ferry, Flybe air service, and government takover of the A83 road down to this rugged corner of Scotland, Machrihanish is now at the heart of some of the best links golf on the planet. The Kintyre Express offers fast-RIB service that can whisk 12 passengers at a time from nearby Campbeltown over to Ayrshire or Northern Ireland faster than you can play nine holes. And the new summer CalMac ferry service from Ardrossan means that the trip over from Glasgow is even easier, and you can even take your car across!
So now you can fly into Glasgow and do a loop that easily includes the robust pairing of Machrihanish GC and Machrihanish Dunes plus Ayrshire courses like:
- Turnberry’s Ailsa and Kintyre courses
- Royal Troon
- Dundonald Links
- Western Gailes
- Glasgow Gailes
Going the other direction, you can fly into Dublin or Belfast, play the great courses of Ireland and Northern Ireland, and then hop over to Machrihanish. Some of the courses that could on that itinerary include:
- Royal Portrush
- Royal County Down
Whichever route you take, you’ll be able to have a go at some great championship courses and add to your trip the gems of the Kintyre peninsula in beautiful Machrihanish. Anyone who’s ever done such a trip will undoubtedly tell you what a good idea that is. | <urn:uuid:ddd64087-977f-4f4d-a21a-7b2f84ecee60> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://machrihanishdunes.com/blog/the-new-centre-of-the-links-golf-world/ | 2022-05-25T04:31:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662578939.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20220525023952-20220525053952-00792.warc.gz | en | 0.940145 | 417 |
With the Greubel Forsey GMT you have the whole World in your hand , well at least on your wrist. The lightweight titanium globe allows you to visualise not only the time but also the position of day and night across different continents via the 24-hour ring around the equator while the caseband window symbolises the position of the sun on the earth. The globe completes one full counterclockwise rotation every 24 hours, matching the rotation of the Earth, and is surrounded by hour indicators split into white and black numbers indicating the daytime and night-time hemispheres. A worldtime disc on the rear of the watch is connected to the globe and bears the names of 24 cities, each representing one of 24 global time zones. There’s no pricing on the site but with construction materials like 18 karat gold, alligator leather and sapphire crystals it’s probably not going to be cheap. | <urn:uuid:6c282b25-3dcb-4ed1-b855-3afd52e0d21b> | CC-MAIN-2016-40 | http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/11/04/greubel-forsey-gmt-the-whole-world-in-your-hand/ | 2016-09-29T01:37:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-40/segments/1474738661775.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20160924173741-00140-ip-10-143-35-109.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.862235 | 187 |
The uniforms looked familiar, but there was no Wally Szczerbiak or Keith McLeod. Or, even a Ron Harper or Richuan Holmes for that matter. What the fans who showed up at the Stroh Center on Tuesday night did see was a turnoverfest, as the Bowling Green Falcons defeated the Miami Redhawks, 83-72.
BG led 42-27 at the intermission, thanks in large part to 20 first-half points from senior Wes Alcegaire. Both teams combined to have more turnovers (26) than field goals made (25) in the opening half.
The Falcons led 30-25 with 6:18 to go in the opening 20 minutes, and then went on a 17-2 run to end the half. The Redhawks went almost the last eight minutes of the first half without a field goal.
Bowling Green coach Michael Huger held regular starters Ismail Ali, Zack Denny and Antwon Lillard out of the starting line-up in this game. The trio, along with reserve Rasheed Worrell, were suspended for last Saturday’s game against Ohio for violating team rules.
The Falcons stretched their lead to as many as 19 points in the second half. Miami made a late run and cut the lead to eight with a just over a minute to play, but the Falcons made their free throws down the stretch to preserve the win.
Alcegaire led the Falcons with a career high 25 points. Malik Hluchoweckyj and Denny both added 10 points each for Bowling Green. Miami was led in scoring by Jake Wright with 18. Logan McLane added 14 for the Redhawks.
Miami shot a blistering 56 percent from the field on 26-46 shooting, but the Redhawks couldn’t get enough attempts as they turned the ball over 24 times. Both teams combined for 38 turnovers. Bowling Green made 23 of 31 free throw attempts, to only 12 of 16 for Miami.
The Falcons improve to 3-6 in Mid-American Conference play and 9-13 overall. The Redhawks drop to 2-7 and 9-13 overall. Bowling Green will remain at home on Saturday afternoon and host arch rival Toledo. Miami will return home to face the Kent State Golden Flashes. | <urn:uuid:f96aa898-f268-4cdd-8e05-48765fc5f173> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://www.hustlebelt.com/mac-basketball/2017/1/31/14463044/2016-17-mac-mens-basketball-recap-miami-redhawks-vs-bowling-green-falcons | 2023-03-26T18:52:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296946445.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20230326173112-20230326203112-00490.warc.gz | en | 0.963119 | 465 |
Jordan Carroll was intrigued by the stories passed down through generations that spoke of a Caucasian ancestor in his family. His entire family was African American—so this story led Jordan to try and track down the identity of this part of the family through 23andMe's DNA Relative tool.
Jordan reached out to a predicted fourth cousin online—and realized she was from a Caucasian family living in the same region of South Carolina where his mother's family was originally from. The connection kicked off a fact-finding mission. By supplementing his family's oral history with science and official records, Jordan revealed an extended branch of the family. It was not just a story or fiction, it was a fact. | <urn:uuid:5784151e-f0e5-495c-aaed-ff5e9ff0d264> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://www.23andme.com/en-int/stories/ | 2021-10-22T13:57:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585507.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20211022114748-20211022144748-00267.warc.gz | en | 0.989684 | 138 |
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
LOL, THAT had me spitting Dr. Pepper all over the monitor! :-)
Old NFO....laughing out loud here (good thing I'm not drinking Dr Pepper!)Ed, you can steal anything, any time :-)praying for Scherie! | <urn:uuid:3a8f642d-eb54-4887-85fb-3c6a24cbaa5a> | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | http://ed-bonderenka.blogspot.com/2012/08/stole-this-picture-from-geez.html | 2018-07-18T04:49:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676590051.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20180718041450-20180718061450-00270.warc.gz | en | 0.929531 | 69 |
Argus Cidery was founded in 2010 in Austin, Texas, simply because the dry, effervescent ciders we liked to drink weren't available to us. We set out to create ciders that would [hopefully] make one rethink how an American hard cider should taste. Our roots began working only with Texas apples, utilizing a medium that was often overlooked and never before used in cider available for public consumption within our great state. Those small release, large format-only days afforded us the time to figure out how to work with fruit we love and yield ciders and other fruit fermentables that are distinctly dry, bright, and, at the end of the day, excite us.
Our orchard lot ciders now feature unique fruit produced in Southern orchards by growers we are fortunate enough to work with. These ciders are often aged one to two years and released upon maturity specific to the fruit composition. The Argus Fermentables collection includes cans, small format bottles and draft offerings of Ciderkin and Ginger Perry that are available year-round. These little guys are unabashedly dry, tart and never pasteurized nor back sweetened. Everything we make at Argus Cidery is, and always will be, 100% fruit.
Our Austin-based Tasting Room is open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays from 1 - 6 p.m., and is the best place to check out our new releases, small batch experimental ciders and other limited edition fruit fermentables.
We are thankful for the curious folks who dig drinking our funky ciders and shall continue to make new ciders, perrys and other fruit-forward endeavors every day. | <urn:uuid:4244bccb-afe0-4d6e-8960-ba6460015b38> | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | http://www.arguscidery.com/new-page/ | 2019-08-25T00:39:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027322160.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20190825000550-20190825022550-00033.warc.gz | en | 0.953556 | 342 |
An unassuming but upscale, gourmet market and produce stand you’d almost miss at 50 mph.
A locavore fresh-air market, Whistlestop specializes in local produce from both North and South Carolina– much of it organic — and free-range eggs and meats, organic milk (delivered the day after bottling) and cheeses, locally roasted coffees, artisan-baked breads and pastries, local honey, jams and jellies.
A variety of local craft beers. Plus a selection of well-chosen wines in the wine shop that shares space with bulk spices.
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A disappointing finale
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019): After Palpatine mysteriously returns, the Resistance faces the First Order once more in the final chapter of the Skywalker saga.
It’s hard to approach this film with any sort of objectivity. I, like countless others, was raised on Star Wars. One of my earliest movie memories was seeing my brother’s VHS copy of Episode IV (with a title scroll that did not feature “Episode IV” in it) and thinking it was the coolest thing I had ever seen. That childlike sense of innocence and wonder is integrally tied to Star Wars for countless fans, so it’s hard to look at the finale of the latest trilogy in the biggest franchise in movies with a critical take. Especially when you add in the divisiveness of the previous installment. However, I will do my best because that is what I’m here for, right? So, let’s talk about The Rise of Skywalker!
The Rise of Skywalker is the 9th installment in the Star Wars saga and 11th film in the Disney mega-franchise. The finale in a trilogy that began with Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, this installment sees director J.J. Abrams return to the helm after Rian Johnson led the groundbreaking and divisive 8th film, Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi. The film concludes the battle between the lowly Resistance and mighty First Order with the same cast of characters from the previous two films. From the opening scene, J.J. Abrams sets the tone for a frenetic and chaotic Episode IX, often to the film’s detriment. One of the many wonderful traits of many Star Wars films is its lush and beautiful planets the characters visit. However, because of the frantic pacing of Episode IX, you hardly ever get to take a breath and enjoy these worlds. It also doesn’t help that the primary world this film takes place on, the mysterious planet of Exegol, (which I had to look up to remember because, worst name ever) is a hideous, decrepit, and forgettable setting with nothing but distracting, seizure-inducing lighting that is some of the worst lighting I have ever seen in any film, let alone a Star Wars film. Seriously. I wish I knew what J.J. Abrams and co were thinking when they made this planet the crux of this film, because there are ways to promote the idea of a “sinister” planet without making your film unwatchable in the process. *Facepalm*
Ok, so the set design is *not great.* What about the story? It’s….. mediocre. Back in the hands of the crowd-pleasing Abrams, The Rise of Skywalker is completely devoid of any originality or creativity. It’s a carbon copy hero's journey, a bland and utterly predictable story that taps into your nostalgia veins from the first shot by making the puzzling decision to bring back the Emperor, making him the overarching villain of the entire trilogy in the process. (This is revealed in the opening title scroll, so don’t @ me with spoiler complaints.) Seriously, The Last Jedi left this trilogy in such a fascinating position, pinning a seemingly irredeemable Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and his mighty First Order against Rey (Daisy Ridley) and the decimated Resistance after a STUNNING battle on the gorgeous planet of Crait. (Ugh, The Last Jedi was SO good.) But, nope, J.J. Abrams has the unquenchable need to reintroduce a massive villain, because the worst thing about people can’t be other people, right?
In its attempt to appeal to the lowest common denominator, The Rise of Skywalker takes no risks, a conscious decision made by Disney entirely out of fear of a toxic fanbase’s overreaction to something they don’t like and/or expect. Nowhere is this fear more prevalent than in The Rise of Skywalker’s abhorrent treatment of Rose Tico. After having a major role in The Last Jedi, actress Kelly Marie Tran found herself at the epicenter of a toxic fanbase of neckbeards, honing in on her for all the issues they saw with Episode VIII almost entirely because she was an Asian woman. The abuse leveled at Tran was despicable, and Disney’s decision to cut her out of The Rise of Skywalker almost entirely was equally as such. No, introducing a black woman in Jannah (Naomi Ackie) does not make it better, guys. Rose has around 5 lines in this entire film as she is cast aside by Disney out of fear of enraging the neckbeards again. (Man, The Last Jedi was great….)
That said, it’s not all bad. This is still a superficially fun film. There are lightsabers, plenty of space and ground battles, the final action sequence is enjoyable (even if its set design is terrible) and it’s still Star Wars. On my second viewing I turned my brain off and approached this film as a popcorn flick, similar to a Fast and Furious film, and had way more fun than I did the first time around. The core cast is still wonderful, with characters like Poe (Oscar Isaac) and Finn (John Boyega) receiving plenty of aesthetically pleasing screen time. The dynamic between Kylo Ren and Rey is still intriguing, even if it is butchered, (especially at the end, my GOD did I hate the conclusion of their arc) but that is thanks largely to where Rian Johnson left their storyline at the end of Episode VIII. Also, newcommer villain General Pryde (Richard E. Grant) is fun and gleefully sinister, as Grant basically rolls out of bed, puts on his best Grand Moff Tarkin (villain from A New Hope) impression, and screen chews to the bitter end in this unnecessary but welcomed role. I do wish he had been the main general in this franchise over General Hux, (Domhnall Gleeson) because Hux has had hilariously little to do since The Force Awakens. Also, veteran Billy Dee Williams reprises his role of Lando to a merrily nostalgic effect. Who doesn’t love a charismatic laugh from the 82 year old actor? The dude’s still got it! And, the score! It's great! Composer John Williams returns for one more Star Wars score and fully leans into the nostalgia of the franchise this time around, rehashing many of the iconic themes this saga has to offer in what may be the legendary composer’s final film score. (John Williams is 87, after all.) This is one department where I have no quarrel with leaning into the nostalgia alllllll day.
What else is there to say about The Rise of Skywalker? As you’ve probably gathered, (and can see firsthand in my previous review) I adored The Last Jedi and its courageous effort to upend the status quo. I think if you enjoyed Episode VIII, you are going to have an opinion similar to mine on Episode IX. If you hated the previous installment, you’ll probably enjoy this film a lot more. I can’t help but go back to Disney’s puzzling decision to have two (and initially three, before nixing poor Colin Trevorrow in favor of Abrams return after the response to The Last Jedi) different auteurs helm this trilogy. George Lucas may have had no idea how to direct actors, or pen a script, but at least he had a consistent vision that he was able to execute virtually uninterrupted (or in a heavy advisory role re: The Empire Strikes Back) in the previous two trilogies. Here, the visions of Abrams and Johnson ultimately clash and conflict, creating a disjointed and disorganized final product. But, at the end of the day, it is still Star Wars, and Star Wars is, at its core, a space opera between the forces of good and evil and the ability to make millions off of merchandising rights. If you go into this film looking for an entertaining sci-fi battle between good and evil, there may be enough here for you to have a good time. For those of us (like me) hoping for Star Wars to set the bar for the best big budget Hollywood has to offer? Prepare to be disappointed in what may be the worst installment to this entire saga outside of The Phantom Menace.
My Number: 5/10
A mildly fun time that doesn't offer much else
Captain Marvel (2019): Carol Danvers becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races.
Captain Marvel is a charming film. It has some witty dialogue, a few surprisingly intimate moments (for a Marvel film) and decent action sequences. But, the incredible one-two punch of Thor: Ragnarok and Black Panther, two films which brought powerful new voices to the overbearing Marvel formula, feel like an eternity ago following a string of bloated (Avengers: Infinity War) and hopelessly mediocre films. (Ant-Man and the Wasp) The eye-rolling self referential humor is in full force throughout this origin story, and a rather disappointing villain (after Killmonger and even Thanos himself) left me yearning for so much more as the third phase of Marvel's plan for global domination comes to a somewhat uneventful close.
That seemingly damning intro aside, Captain Marvel is.... fine. The film's title character (Brie Larson) leads Marvel's first female-led superhero movie, and Larson brings her wonderful brand of quick-witisisms, and eyebrow-raising charm we've come to know and love in full force. This film basically answers the question, “What would happen if Envy Adams became a superhero?" and I'm so happy it does. I had lofty expectations for one of my favorite actresses in the business, and she didn't disappoint, even if I know she's capable of a lot more. (See: Larson's truly unforgettable performance in Room) Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) is himself, but I'm more amazed by the magic of movies with his character: the 70 year old actor looks like he's roughly 40 in this film, and it's rather disconcerting. Uuuuuuuntil he runs. Or fights. Or does anything requiring strenuous physical exertion. But that's besides the point! Fortunately directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck don't do much in this regard, so Fury mostly just has a sly remark to offer every now and again, and strikes a friendship with a CUTE kitty, Goose. That cat is the real MVP of this film. Not gonna lie.
The filmmaking here is also pretty good. There are a few shockingly intimate moments in the second act, and there's even some silence during these emotional peaks! As someone who's been frustrated by the sheer noise for the sake of noise in seemingly every Marvel movie, the intimate moments scattered throughout were a WELCOME change-of-pace, even if the audience I saw this film with were visibly bored during them. (I think about 7 people got up to go to the bathroom during one such intimate moment - learn to recognize great filmmaking, people!) The emotionally intimate moments are a staple of directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, (1co-directors of It's a Funny Story and Sugar) and really allow them to flesh out the characters and emotional foundations of this story. Seriously, so many Marvel movies blaze past this so we can have another action scene, so it is very welcome here.
That said, the faults of this film start with its villain. We have squarely returned to the realm of the forgettable in Marvel's villain problem. You see the “twist” with the character coming from a mile away, and the villain basically has 15 minutes to make an impression on screen, with very little to do to make a lasting impression. No thanks. While the villain is topically tied to a great statement on our current administration's fear mongering with immigrants, the character itself is extremely forgettable.
End of the day, Captain Marvel is fun and charming, as most Marvel films are, but outside of it being the first female-led Marvel film, there's not a whole lot to differentiate it from the other 22(ish) Marvel films that preceded it. Maybe history with prove me wrong, but this time I'm feeling pretty confident that my opinion of this film, groundbreaking or not, will stand the test of time. (Unlike Black Panther, a film I enjoyed early on but only saw the true gravitas long after its initial release) See it because of its societal importance, and the fact that Brie Larson is wonderful, but don't expect much other than an ok fun time.
My Number: 6/10 Above Average
Wonderfully weird, mindlessly marvelous
Aquaman (2018): Arthur Curry learns that he is the heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, and must step forward to lead his people and be a hero to the world.
So for those that have been following my reviews over the years, you know that I don’t exactly have the best relationship with comic book movies. So that should lend some credence to the notion that I actually enjoyed James Wan’s Aquaman, because cynical Joe can still have fun watching movies. That's exactly what Aquaman is: fun. How do you make a film with a standard cookie cutter story enjoyable? With great execution, amazing colors, and over-the-top sequences, that's how. I think Warner Brothers has finally discovered a formula for success with these spin-offs: limit Zack Snyder's involvement while simultaneously allowing the directors of these films be themselves. We can thank Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman - check out Peter Kosanovich's review here) for that.
So what makes this film so enjoyable? James Wan's fingerprints are all over this film. In a nutshell, the accomplished director takes the Furious 7 formula (his previous big budget action movie) and puts Aquaman in it. And since Furious 7 was a wonderful bit of mindless fun, that means Aquaman is that, but with even more money. My favorite thing about this film are the colors. The production design here is out-of-this-world (or, in the depths of the sea? Does that work? Shut up, Oscar.) and makes the film infinitely more enjoyable. Had Zack Snyder been given more leeway in this project the sets would've been disastrous, given the fact that it's hard to find natural light underwater. (And thus justification to shoot an underwater scene "during the day") But James Wan makes sure every set, regardless of natural lighting, is lush and colorful and fun to look at. Mad props to production designer Bill Brzeski. If this film deserves any recognition from the Academy, it should be for its mesmerizing production design. Or special effects. Those are pretty dang good too. The third act in particular has a ton of absurd sequences that would've looked absolutely ridiculous were it not for the great special effects.
Also, the cast is great. Jason Momoa is fantastic as Aquaman, bringing a level of suave and charisma to a character that's never been known for it. (Deeeeeem abs doe.) The writing is where this film really flounders, (more on that in a sec) but one character that does receive a great arc and a ton of depth is King Orm. (Patrick Wilson) While this villain isn't quite as dynamic as Killmonger from Black Panther, King Orm's motivations are grounded in real-world problems and thus make him a far more sympathetic villain. (2018 has definitely been the year of the villain in superhero movies.) However, King Orm is about the only character who's arc is even remotely interesting. Aquaman goes on a dullishly ordinary hero's journey, and Mera (Amber Heard) is all but wasted as the sidekick that (predictably) falls in love with the male lead. You're never taken by surprise with this story, but, similar to that of Furious 7, you still find yourself having fun with all the mindless action. It is undoubtedly well-made and executed, with a charismatic (though dull) lead and an interesting villain. What more could you ask for out of a big budget action movie?
The Critique: Despite a cardboard cutout of a story, Aquaman delivers a ton of mindlessly enjoyable moments thanks to incredible production design and stellar visual effects.
The Recommendation: if you're looking for a fun popcorn flick this holiday season, look no further!
The Verdict: 7.5/10 Almost Great
A total disaster
Fantastic Beats: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018): The second installment of the "Fantastic Beasts" series set in J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World featuring the adventures of magizoologist Newt Scamander.
I was actually pretty excited to see this new entry into the Fantastic Beasts series. I was a shockingly huge fan of the original installment, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, in part due to the magical performances of Eddie Redmayne, Ezra Miller, and especially Katherine Waterston. The dynamics between Newt, (Redmayne) Tina, (Waterston) Quennie, (Alison Sudol) and "muggle" Jacob (Dan Fogler) were compelling to me, and were reminiscent of the wonderful relationship of Harry, Hermione, and Ron which grounded the original Harry Potter series. However, writer J.K. Rowling, (who was given full autonomy over this film's script and the direction of this series, for that matter) and director David Yates clearly did not see the groundwork of this series the same way I did. Instead, they chose to focus the second installment of this franchise on the weak and uninteresting villain, Grindelwald, so they could hand over the face of this franchise to.......Johnny Depp? Seriously? (Oscar! Is that really Johnny Depp helming a major movie franchise in 2018? ARE YOU SURE?) I mean, I know there are like five more of these things, but why go all-in on freaking Johnny Depp? No wonder J.K. Rowling went out of her way to defend Johnny Depp after he found himself on the wrong side of the #MeToo movement. Most of the decisions made in this film make no sense, and it's all covered by this weird level of "prestige." As if J.K. Rowling fully believes this franchise will be every bit as culturally impactful as the original Harry Potter franchise. All of this combines for an installment that is so bad it honestly makes me want to revisit the original Fantastic Beasts and figure out why I liked that one so much. I am questioning my very sanity, right now. It's not good.
So, uhhhhhhh, good things. Ezra Miller is good! I mean I think Ezra Miller should be in everything ever so of course I would enjoy Credence. Honestly, Credence is basically the only saving grace of this film. His arc is far more interesting than what I remember in the first one: he's more of a flawed character struggling to find his purpose versus a sort of comic book villain that everyone is seeking for some reason. While it will be largely overshadowed by how much of a comic book villain Grindelwald is, J.K. Rowling is doing a pretty good job with Credence thus far. Minus the completely RIDICULOUS "twist" at the end of this film. Also, Dumbledore is cool. Jude Law is essentially playing himself, but I'm ok with that. Also, the "fantastic beasts" are still cool! They look good, as they should in a big budget film in 2018, but it's still worth mentioning when you're struggling to find anything decent to mention in this dumpster fire.
And that's because everything else is awful. Let's start with the core characters: Newt, Tina, Quennie, and Jacob. Their dynamics are not built upon in any way, (it also doesn't help when Tina is only actually in the film for like 30 minutes, but that's neither here nor there) as instead J.K. Rowling chooses to create division between Quennie and the rest of the group that isn't earned in any way and totally contradictory to her character in the first film. I mean, imagine if in The Chamber of Secrets Hermione had decided after reading a few books written by Tom Riddle, "Ya, actually all of these wizards being turned to stone deserve it because y'all have been mean to me, so I'm joining the Death Eaters now." Sure, it would've delivered the shock value in the moment, but it absolutely would've sacrificed the arc of her character in the long run. That's exactly what happens to Quennie here. Her character does a complete 180 for the sole purpose of delivering shock value in this installment. SPEAKING OF SHOCK VALUE. The twist at the end is hilariously awful. Like, I almost laughed out loud at the screen. It doesn't fit into the world at all and does nothing except tell us that J.K. Rowling is all out of original ideas. Finally, gotta take a second and talk about the uninteresting Grindelwald. Why did J.K. Rowling go all-in on this character? He's not interesting or unique and is nothing more than a comic book villain. He's decided that wizards are better than humans, but for some reason isn't immediately rising up against them because........reasons? In the climax of this film it takes like 30 wizards to stop him from destroying all of London, why doesn't Grindelwald just jump into the muggle world and announce he's a wizard and going to take over the planet? Like, even the Transformers franchise figured out that there was no way these giant robots were going to be able to "sneak" around the earth two films in. It doesn't help that Grindelwald is portrayed by Johnny Depp, a dude who has had one single decent film (Black Mass) since he debuted his character in the original Pirates of the Caribbean. Yes, Johnny Depp showed us he was the symbol of white male entitlement even before he weathered the #MeToo movement. Now, his overbearing presence dates the film while you're watching it, and the incomprehensible decision by Warner Brothers, J.K. Rowling, David Yates to double-down on the decision to stick with Depp may even spell doom for this franchise.
In case that wasn't enough, this movie isn't even all that good from a technical perspective. Sure, the effects are decent, but the lighting, production design, and cinematography are all..... bad. There are a TON of corners cut in these departments by David Yates, with the highlight being one of the worst chase sequences I've ever seen to literally open the film. This opening scene is shot at night, in the rain, and is so muddy, dark, and incoherent it would make The Lone Ranger proud. Speaking of incoherent, why is this film so dark? From start to finish, so much of this film is shot in dark corridors and on dark sets. Not only does the lighting crew fail to show up at points, but the production designers failed to put any vivid colors on set. Everything is brown, grey, or black. That's something of a trivial complaint, but if you're going to give us a convoluted story and force us to watch Johnny Depp for two hours, at least give us some pretty colors to look at!
In conclusion, in case you haven't figured it out yet, Fantastic Beasts: The Crime of Grindelwald...... it's not good. It's not even worth watching once it hits streaming services. I'll give this franchise one more go because I am somewhat interested in what they do with Credence, (stupid plot twist aside) I am exactly the demographic that grew up reading the Harry Potter books, and hopefully they'll realize we need more of Newt, Tina, Quennie, and Jacob, but I won't lie: we're on thin ice now. I can hardly recall a time a franchise has crashed and burned so spectacularly. (Sure, The Hunger Games comes to mind, but we all knew that Mockingjay was going to be a crapshoot. That makes it somewhat easier to bear.) What a shame this franchise has fallen so hard. Hopefully now it can pick itself back up.
The Critique: A disastrous sequel, Fantastic Beasts 2 loses all the charm of its predecessor, in part, because of ignoring its core characters and instead focusing on its unimaginative and dull villain.
The Recommendation: AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE.
The Verdict: 2/10 Garbage.
Nowhere near enough Venom
Venom (2018): When Eddie Brock acquires the powers of a symbiote, he will have to release his alter-ego "Venom" to save his life.
Ok, seriously: what was that? Because I have no idea. I'm sitting here in Darkness Brewing. There's a heavy metal cover of Maroon 5’s “Misery” playing as I type this, and it's not the weirdest thing to happen in my life this evening. It's been a solid 30 minutes since the movie ended, and I still haven't the faintest idea what I just saw. What WAS that? Was it a comedy? A romance? An action flick? I don't know, and I'm pretty sure the movie doesn't know either. To say Venom is a mess is something of an understatement, and there's no doubt that your mileage will vary tremendously with this abomination. That said…..did I have fun? …...kind of? I think I was having fun at the movie’s expense, but fun is fun is fun is fun. Right?
Let me first say that before you completely dismiss my opinion because of my (self-admitted) preconceived biases against the avalanche of comic book films we've seen in recent years…..Venom has always been my favorite supervillain. And I actually quite enjoyed Tom Hardy's erratic and unpredictable interpretation of the antihero Eddie Brock. He is undoubtedly the best thing about this very raw and messy film, as director Ruben Fleischer clearly gave Hardy total creative freedom in portraying the character. Your mileage will vary with this polarizing performance, and, fair warning: if you're not a fan of it, there really isn't anything else here to enjoy, because the rest of this movie suuuuuuuuucks. We'll get to that. But first, I have to send some shoutouts: to Riz Ahmed, who portrays a rather entertaining villain Carlton Drake, as well as the great Michelle Williams as Anne. Anne is not given the screen time she deserves, however I mention her because she's played by Michelle Williams, and I love her and she needs to be in literally everything. Carry on.
You know what is bad, though? Every second of this movie where Eddie Brock/Venom aren't together. Which is…… a lot. Specifically, for the first 45 minutes of this thing Fleischer and co. RUSH through a meaningless backstory for Eddie Brock that features some hilariously bad montage sequences, dialogue, and plot points. Honestly, this would've been a better film had we simply started with Eddie/Venom merging together, because after the first 45 minutes trying to be a cheesy soapbox romantic drama, the film veers HARD right into a shockingly entertaining comedy. I was never really sure if I was laughing with the film or at the film, but I knew I was laughing throughout the second act. That's really all that matters, right Oscar? Doesn't matter how you have fun just as long as you have fun? Well, this fun quickly dissipates in the final act as Venom falls victim to some horrific CGI sequences that even give The Amazing Spider-Man 2 a run for its money. Which makes even less sense than it does already because the second act had a fairly enjoyable action sequence in it as Eddie learned what Venom could do on the fly while he mowed down baddies in true PG-13 fashion.
Which brings me to my original point: what is this film trying to be? As it incomprehensibly moves from act to act, from sequence to sequence, the only thing that is certain is that your guess is as good as mine. And that Tom Hardy is nuts when he wants to be. OH. Oscar! Can I talk about the post-credit scenes? Because I want to talk about the post-credit scenes. Because oh my GOD they are TERRIBLE. The first introduces Woody Harrelson and a HORRIFIC wig in a shameless attempt at sequel-baiting that does anything but get me excited for Venom 2, and the second is a tease for Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse. So literally nothing but long teasers for upcoming Sony/Marvel films. Seriously?????? That's what these obligatory post-credit scenes have become? Teasers for upcoming films? Siiiiiiiigh. Anyway, where was I, Oscar? Right. This movie is unashamedly outlandish and it all hinges on Hardy's polarizing performance. If you're into it, there's enough here to like in between the useless opening act and CGI-thon of the final act, but if not? Stay VERY far away
The Critique: pinning its hopes on a uniquely bizarre performance from Tom Hardy, Venom is an incomprehensible mess of a film that still manages to be somewhat fun, even if you are having said fun at the movie’s expense.
The Recommendation: Seriously. Wait until this thing hits streaming services so you can skip through the first 45 minutes and the ridiculous CGI onslaught at the end.
Rewatchability: Moderately Low
The Verdict: 4/10 Below Average.
A Disaster on Every Level
The Predator (2018): When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.
I'm not gonna sugar-coat it: this movie sucks. It's filled with unlikeable characters, bad (and at times downright embarrassing for 2018) special effects, and an incoherent plot. Combine that with the…. Uncomfortable real-life storyline surrounding director Shane Black hiring a sexual predator to be in this film, and you have a mess of a film that never stood a chance.
There's not a lot of good to talk about here, but the highlight is certainly the character Nebraska Williams, played by Trevante Rhodes. The actor follows up his career breaking performance of Black in 2016’s Moonlight with the most gripping,charismatic, and memorable character in this dumpster fire. He's the only one with any semblance of a character arc, and the only one I felt any resemblance of a connection to. Literally everyone else here is either despicable or feels like a robot. (cough cough how is Boyd Holbrook a thing cough cough) I think director/writer Shane Black realized this as the shooting went on, because Nebraska’s presence significantly increased as the film went on, and his finale was easily the best of any of the supporting cast. Oh! Oh! Jacob Tremblay is in this as Rory! I love him and he needs to be in everything!
Unfortunately, he's given absolutely nothing to do! As is Dr. Bracket, (played by Olivia Munn, though we do just have to get TWO different scenes where she's naked…. When are we gonna be done with blatantly objectifying women in film for no reason? Siiiigh.) Emily, (Yvonne Strahovski) Coyle, (Keegan Michael-Key) and everyone else in this travesty. They're either forgettable or unlikeable. Let's take a minute and talk about Baxley. (Thomas Jane) There is a “joke” in this film with his character where he talks about a certain part of Dr. Bracket’s body that shouldn't be reiterated here because this is a family review, but it was disgusting, and the people in this scene (besides Dr. Bracket, of course) laugh it off and quickly move on like it was nothing. Combine this with the fact that director/writer Shane Black was totally ok with having a sexual predator in his film until someone noticed, and how the cast has treated Olivia Munn after she spoke up about it and it highlights the glaring and disgusting misogyny of this film.
But hey, at least the cast is kind of diverse, right? Even if the “villain” of the film, Traeger, (played by the great Sterling K. Brown) has literally ZERO reason for being a villain. Shane Black doesn't even bother to give Traeger a single line about why he's acting like a jerk to everyone, and what happens to him involved some hilariously shoddy editing and visual effects. That's right, folks. If you've been sitting here thinking, “Joe, it's a mindless popcorn flick! Treat it as such!” Well, how can I do that when even the visuals are terrible! There are some sequences here, particularly in the third act, that would've looked bad in 2008, let alone 2018. And the film takes itself WAY too seriously to be enjoyable even from a mindless perspective.
That's it. I'm done thinking about this movie. Not even Trevante Rhodes (get this man some work, please!) can save this thing. The Predator franchise has been in a rut (arguably) since its campy 1987 debut with Arnold Schwarzenegger and it's not being saved by Shane Black's iteration. Combine the bad effects, muddy story, and its terrible treatment (both on screen and in real life) of the only woman in the supporting cast, and it leads to a terrible film. Avoid it like the plague!
The Critique: Another horrific installment to this franchise, Shane Black's The Predator is flawed from the ground up, from the robotic and unlikeable cast to the hilariously incompetent visual effects.
The Recommendation: AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE
The Verdict: 2/10 Garbage.
Why does this exist other than to make Marvel $$$?
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018): As Scott Lang balances being both a Super Hero and a father, Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym present an urgent new mission that finds the Ant-Man fighting alongside The Wasp to uncover secrets from their past.
Ahhhhhhhhhh yes. Another movie that could be summed up in two words: it's fine. But you don't come here for two word reviews, do you? So I will do my best to elaborate on this fine Ant-Man sequel. Ok so before you discount everything I'm going to say simply because I have superhero fatigue, (and I'll politely remind you about the fact that there are now 20 films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 20!) keep in mind the fact that, after Thor: Ragnarok turned that franchise around, Ant-Man became the weakest superhero in Marvel's catalog. I think that's a pretty indisputable statement. And, unfortunately, Ant-Man and the Wasp is simply more of the same. If you liked the original, 2015’s Ant-Man, you'll like the sequel and have probably already tuned me out. And if you didn't care for it? Or found it ok, like I did? You'll find this one merely ok as well. However, combine this mediocrity with my cynical superhero fatigue, and you have one frustrated moviegoer.
So, let's start with the positives. Paul Rudd continues to be the best thing this franchise has to offer. His casual and light-hearted demeanor is perfect for a Marvel movie, and Paul Rudd delivers his humorous lines with the delivery you’ve come to expect from Paul Rudd. He made me laugh on several occasions, which is always nice. It's still very weird to see Michael Douglas in a superhero movie, but at the end of the day I’m still not complaining. And Michael Peña is still hilarious. How this dude is not a bonafide A-list star is beyond me. The film also features a decent villain, Ghost, and is portrayed exceptionally well by Hannah John-Kamen, but her motivations are rather shallow and pale in comparison to the previous three villains Marvel has put on screen. (Thanos from Avengers: Infinity War, Killmonger from Black Panther, and Hela from Thor: Ragnarok.) Honestly, Ghost falls into the “it's fine” category far as villains are concerned, but she is saved by Hannah John-Kamen’s performance, as well as some some good editing/CGI. Everyone else is…..fine, but there’s not much to speak of with them. (Including Evangeline Lilly….she’s fine but doesn’t stand out at all.) Outside of the performances….meh? The dialogue is pretty sharp, but I think that's benefited by the actors saying said dialogue. There's also some cool visuals littered throughout the movie. The film is a good showcase for what CGI can do in 2018, but it doesn't really push any boundaries, and the quantum realm it investigates still feels like it's “colorful simply for the sake of being colorful” so it doesn't really add to the film at all. And we don't have any over-the-top performances to entertain us like Jeff Goldblum as The Grandmaster did in Thor: Ragnarok, so….again. Meh?
When my “positives” paragraph gets mixed in with negatives, you know my cynical side is out in full force. But it's not my fault! Again, like with its predecessor, I felt like Ant-Man and the Wasp was not much more than a bottle episode for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, designed primarily to make Marvel / Disney as much money as humanly possible. And it will still make boatloads of money, despite the fact that this is the 20th installment in the MCU. The story feels like a boilerplate superhero story, and very little happens outside of this standard formula. The villains are boilerplate villains (the other villain of this film, Sonny Birch, was as boilerplate as they come and Walton Gibbons cliché portrayal didn't help matters) and the hero overcomes all adversity to win the day (and the girl) at film’s end. The only scene of consequence in this film occurs in the credits, which is a little frustrating because the events over other recent Marvel films could have (and should have) been utilized better here. Because of the placement of this scene, the sequence doesn't do much outside of wipe out the events of the entire movie preceding it, making this movie pretty useless at the end of the day. And that should be your biggest takeaway from Ant-Man and the Wasp: it has some witty dialogue and some decent visuals, but it adds very little to the overarching MCU. At the end of the day, your money is better spent elsewhere. Also, Stan Lee is in this movie. Again. Marvel seriously needs to stop with his cameos, PLEASE. There's no real reason to wait on seeing this Marvel film until it hits Netflix, (or Disney's impending streaming service) and there are plenty of other films in the theater right now that are more deserving of your money. Sooooo that's my roundabout way of saying “it’s fine” to sum up this Ant-Man sequel. And there's a lot better than “fine” at the movies right now.
My Number: 5/10 Average.
Let the past die
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018): When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.
Let me start by saying this: I had VERY low expectations heading into the latest installment to the Jurassic Park franchise. (There are now five of these damn things.) I was not a fan of the “reboot” of this franchise, 2015’s Jurassic World, primarily because it was a mindless popcorn flick that tried so hard to be more than that. The film tried to recapture the magic of the original Jurassic Park, which is (objectively) one of the best summer blockbusters ever made, and naturally looked like a complete fool in the process. HOWEVER, much to my amazement, after 25 years of living in the shadows of Jurassic Park, Universal Studios, Collin Trevorrow (who merely co-wrote this one….J.A. Bayona sat in the chair this time around) and everyone else involved finally accepted the reality: Jurassic Park will never be topped or followed up. And, instead of trying to live in its shadow, it does what every other sequel in this franchise should've done: it leans into the over-the-top, CGI dino porn aspect of it all and embraces the fact that it's nothing more than a mindless popcorn flick. That's right, folks: I actually liked Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. I'm honestly just as surprised as you are.
Now, that's not say it's a great film by any means: there are PLENTY of eye-roll worthy moments that will likely bother me more on future viewings. On quite a few occasions I found myself thinking, “That's not how any of this works!" whether it be with things like "Chris Pratt crawls away from lava" or really anything relating to science in the movie. (There's a big one involving one character that from a science perspective is a huge revelation that the film could not be less interested in.) Ya, don't expect much in the science or ethics department. Also, the motivations of the villains are really dumb and one-dimensional. “Bad guys want to sell dinos and make money for the sake of making lots of money. And will stop at nothing because of money.” Several great actors are wasted because of this. (Looking at you, Toby Jones.) SPEAKING OF cashing it in, Jeff Goldblum. The dude phones in a totally unnecessary and silly reprisal of the classic Dr. Malcolm from Jurassic Park. I don't even know why he's here! For the marketing, of course, but not much else. Finally, there's a huge moment at the very end of the film (that helps to justify the inevitable sixth installment) that had the potential to be a wonderfully complex and emotional ethical quandry. It was the only time I thought the film was really trying to tackle the ethical questions that Jurassic Park addressed so effectively, which (naturally) led to a SOLID swing-and-a-miss from writers Trevorrow (who may be the worst thing about this franchise) and Derek Connolly. Like, swing-and-look-like-Bartolo-Colon kind of swing-and-a-miss. But, it sets up a TOTALLY absurd sequel that I'm actually excited to see. Because the rest of this movie is just plain, Fast and Furious-esque fun.
Also, PSA moviegoers: I do not understand why parents think it's a good idea to take their five year old kids to this movie. These dinos are scary! Unless your kid really wants to go to this thing, don't force them to it. It's not as bad as something like Deadpool, but there are plenty of horror-esque moments to be found, and there were several crying kids that had to be escorted out by their parents in my screening. Just because you wanna see it doesn't mean your kids want to! Anyway, moving on.
The "fun" aspect is where Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom excels. It's just that: fun, (mindless fun, but fun is fun is fun is fun) and that's really all J.A. Bayona and co. are going for this time around. My enjoyment of it starts with the cinematography. Mad kudos to cinematographer Oscar Faura, who didn't hold back at all with the totally ridiculous over-the-top shots. (One good example is in the trailer and the pic I used for the banner of this review-a wideshot of a T-Rexstanding over a dead dinosaur while a giant volcano erupts in the background. Why is this T-Rex still hunting as the island he lives on is literally exploding? Who cares, honestly.) This film is full of visual overload-shots that Michael Bay dreams about but could never execute because Faura somehow manages to keep the frame chaotic but comprehensible. Oscar Faura honestly makes this film for me, and seeing it in IMAX made these absurd shots that much better. Universal also realized that they had two charming leads on their hands that they didn't let be themselves last time around, so they changed that: Bryce Dallas Howard (in her boots instead of heels, which the film made sure to remind us of) and Chris Pratt are both really solid. They bring a great blend of charisma, wit, and the wherewithal to actually get out the situations they find themselves in. Even better are franchise newcommers Justice Smith and Daniella Pineda. While Smith did occasionally have the stupid moment, he's still a far cry from Jake Johnson. (Not to mention Nick Robinson and Ty Simpkins…..yikes remember when that was a thing?) Daniella Pineda, though, stole the show. Her trash-talking, fend-for-herself, no holds-barred portrayal of Zia was extraordinarily topical for the times. (Her character even called herself a “nasty woman” at one point.) She made this film that much more entertaining to watch, and that's really all that matters. This is the first thing I've ever seen Pineda in, but I suspect it won't be the last.
Finally, the biggest strength of this film is what I've been alluding to this whole time: after 25 years, the filmmakers actually decided to lean into the mindless popcorn flick aspect of it all. The film rapidly transitions from one major CGI dino setpiece to the next, only slowing the pacing to take a breath in the final act. (Primarily to set up the next one.) Unlike its predecessor, which featured a lot of eye-roll-worthy moments leading up to its final exhilarating sequence, this film effectively intersperses many fun and exciting sequences among the eye-rolling moments. Many will probably say this film is “the death of the franchise” because it's the one where the filmmakers finally gave up trying to be like Jurassic Park and embraced being a big, stupid, dino movie. I can understand where they’re coming from. I now hold this franchise in the same realm as something like The Fast and the Furious. If you read that and felt like banging your head against your desk, I get it. It takes time to go through the five stages of grief. But if you can reach that fifth stage, if you can accept the fact that this franchise will never even set foot on the volcanic mountain that 1993’s Jurassic Park stands atop of again, you'll have a good time (maybe even great time) with this latest installment. I've accepted this franchise for what it is now - well-made and executed CGI dino porn - and had a shocking amount of fun because yes, this movie is a mindless blast to watch and an over-the-top exhilarating spectacle. I'm not looking for much more out of a summer blockbuster nowadays. You may still want this franchise to deliver a follow-up worthy of the 1993 classic, but if you let the past die (kill it, if you have to) and accept this franchise for what it is today, I have very little doubt that you're gonna have a good time. Jurassic Park is dead. Welcome, to Jurassic World.
The Critique: After 25 years of trying to set foot on the mountain Jurassic Park stands atop of, the franchise has finally embraced what it was destined to become: epic, over-the-top shots of CGI dinos just being awesome. If you can accept what this franchise has become, you're gonna have a surprisingly good time.
The Recommendation: If you've hit that wonderful final stage of grief, it's well worth a watch on the biggest screen you can find. If not, stay away and complain about how bad it is in the comfort of your own home when it hits Redbox.
Rewatchability: Moderately High
My Number: 7/10 Good
More of the same, but is that a bad thing?
Deadpool 2 (2018): Foul-mouthed mutant mercenary Wade Wilson (AKA. Deadpool), brings together a team of fellow mutant rogues to protect a young boy with supernatural abilities from the brutal, time-traveling cyborg, Cable.
It's tough capturing lightning in a bottle twice. The original Deadpool took the world by storm and was a box office smash, crushing all R-rated box office records and paving the way for the R-rated superhero movie. So does Deadpool 2 successfully follow up the formula of its predecessor? Well…..yes and no. It feels like something of a cop out doing the exact same thing again. But hey, if it ain't broke don't fix it right? The formula of Deadpool is light and fun with a ton of strong jokes littered through its 119 minute runtime. Personally, I think this is exactly what a superhero movie should be. (See Thor: Ragnarok)
That said, it's not without faults. The biggest of which involves the fact that TJ Miller is STILL involved with this project. Seriously?? If All the Money in the World could remove a top billed actor in 6 weeks, then Deadpool 2 could've easily removed TJ Miller in the 6+ months they had since he was caught on the wrong side of the #MeToo movement. And he was featured heavily in the marketing campaign as well! Miller's brand of stoner humor is easily replaceable, and if Silicone Valley could figure out a creative way to write him out of their show, (before the bad stuff about him even came to light, I might add) then Deadpool 2 could've easily done the same. Speaking of marketing campaigns, I was disappointed at how little the X-Force was actually utilized in the film. Yes, they get some really good jokes out of the group, but there was absolutely a lot more content there that they let slip by, and for how much they were featured in the marketing it felt a little….lazy to me. Speaking of, there is some lazy writing in this film.... to the point that Deadpool breaks the fourth wall to point that out a few times. Yes, it's funny the first time, but that crap gets real old, real fast.
There are a lot of positives here too. For starters, Cable is a rather interesting villain, and is played well by Josh Brolin. He's basically playing himself here, but that's honestly better than “Thanos without the makeup.” Which would've been easy to do with his two superhero villain portrayals coming out a mere two weeks apart. I know that sounds like damning with faint praise, but I swear it's not. I really like Josh Brolin, so I have no problem with seeing him play himself. And the writing behind his character is really strong, despite his origins being straight out of Terminator. But his character arc and relationship with Deadpool plays out in an interesting and (relatively) unique way. Also, Zazie freaking Beetz. Her breakout performance as Domino is easily the best part of this film. If the Atlanta star isn't overloaded with work after her smart, sleek, and snarky portrayal of the lucky heroine, then I don't know what will do it. If you're really into discovering new superheros, then Domino is worth the cost of admission alone.
You may have noticed that I haven't really mentioned Deadpool to this point. That's because his character is where the “more of the same” mantra really applies. Yes, Ryan Reynolds is funny, but he doesn't experience much of a character arc or really any sort of variability from his character in part 1. (Other than a major thing that happens at the start of the film that puts him on the "revenge" path.) It's just…..more of the same. Which is an easy way to summarize Deadpool 2. If you were a fan of the first one, you'll be a fan of this one. But if you're not? Or jf you're becoming cynical with the sheer volume of comic book films being released? At best, you'll shrug and move on. At worst, you'll nod your head disapprovingly. As for me? *shrugs*
My Number: 6/10
Already Becoming burned out
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018): During an adventure into the criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future copilot Chewbacca and encounters Lando Calrissian years before joining the Rebellion.
Another year, another Star Wars film as the Disney empire sinks its teeth further into the beloved franchise. Now, until this point, I haven't really felt any sort of burnout from these unnecessary films. However, I really started to feel it here as Solo reached the end of act 3 and it became painstakingly apparent that there was going to be a sequel made. (I really hope you don't think that's a spoiler.) Word is they're going to make a trilogy out of this spin-off, and I'm just like....why? Who asked for this? Sure, there's a pretty awesome cameo at the end that will have a bigger role in the inevitable sequel, but my cynical side just won't let this one go. I freaking love Star Wars, (and still fully believe The Last Jedi is the best installment in the franchise since Empire) but now we're getting trilogies out of already unnecessary origin stories. Could you imagine if an IP like Harry Potter drew an origin story out to 5 parts? Wait. They're doing that too..... Uhhhhhh...... Anywho, I don't mind studios betting on sure things. I promise I don't. And Solo does everything a sure-thing studio film should do. It's fun, lighthearted, and charming. The charisma oozes off it leads Alden Ehrenreich (Solo) and his counterpart Donald Glover, (Lando) and the film has a wonderfully over-the-top villain played by Paul Bettany. (Dryden Vos) But, the cynicism is already starting to set in, (I blame Marvel films) and the fact that these unnecessary spin-offs aren't going anywhere anytime soon doesn't do much to help quell it. But, cynicism aside, it's time to look at what's in front of us and talk about Solo: A Totes Necessary Star Wars Story. Ok, now cynicism aside.
First off, let's talk about the good. Alden Ehrenreich is TERRIFIC as Han Solo. I was really worried that he wouldn't be able to fill the shoes of one of Hollywood's greats in Harrison Ford, but Ehrenreich's Solo is just as charming and charismatic while also being a little bit more raw and unrefined that Ford's was. Which makes sense because a younger Han Solo should be exactly that. Ehrenreich had huge shoes to fill, and he did so marvelously while making himself the best thing about the film in the process. (Which is good since he's literally the title of the movie.) I also loved Paul Bettany as Dryden Vos. Bettany was clearly having a blast playing a character where we could actually see his face (for once) and made sure to remind us that he can play a terrific villain. His character description wasn't much deeper than "crazy" but I'm more than ok with that. I couldn't help but grin ear to ear whenever he was on screen. Speaking of grinning.....Donald freaking Glover was just as sleek and sexy as Lando Calrissian as I'd hoped he would be. Though I will say there were times where it felt like Glover was really straining to play a character, whereas Ehrenreich felt more at home in the lead role. But that's ok because it's Donald Glover and the man is just so freaking beautiful. I mean, look at that face! Just look at it!
Oh! And Phoebe Waller-Bridge delivered some great one-liners as L3-37. Can't forget to mention that. They seemed to be improv'd too, (may have been a relic of the Phil Lord and Christopher Miller version of the movie) and led to easily the funniest moments of the film. I am not familiar with Phoebe Waller-Bridge at all to this point, but I sure am now.
Story-wise....eh? I think there's more faults than pluses to be had here. Emilia Clarke's character, Qi'ra, is where the fact that this is ultimately "Part 1" of a trilogy becomes painstakingly obvious, as her character receives very little development or backstory. Least, I hope her character is more fleshed out in Part 2, because if not then it's part of another big problem in Solo: all the female characters are incredibly shallow. There are basically two female characters, and neither receive much of anything resembling a backstory, and both are in relationships with the leading men. It does feel like kind of a step back for a franchise which has usually been pretty close to the forefront of Hollywood when it comes to having diverse characters. Technically, though, is where my biggest complaints with this film lie. The lighting / color palette of the production design here is downright awful. I know it wasn't our specific room because when there was FINALLY a shot outside in daylight, everything was fine! But some of these artistic choices made the film borderline unwatchable. You just couldn't see anything! They even managed to make the scenes in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon dark. How are cockpit scenes in the Millennium Falcon in The Last Jedi or even in the original trilogy better than these? HOW? Finally, the score was mediocre at best when it wasn't ripping off the original saga melodies. John Williams has already said he's done with Star Wars after Episode IX, and seeing what Michael Giacchino did with Rogue One and now John Powell with Solo does not make me confident that the series will be able to continue to deliver the iconic themes it has given us in the past.
All in all, Solo is a mixed bag for me, and when you add the fact that it's kicking off a new origin trilogy for the Disney moneymaking machine does not make me too enthused with the end product here. It's fine, but I don't want my Star Wars films to be just "fine." I leave that for the now 19 (!) Marvel Cinematic Universe films we have. It is a little better than Rogue One, admittedly, (which I was too high on when it came out) but so far neither of these spin-offs have wowed me to the point that I feel like they are actually necessary installments to this beloved franchise. They just feel like they exist solely to make money for the Disney empire. Call me cynical, but as a great man once said....that's, just like, your opinion, man.
The Critique: Despite a terrific performance from Alden Ehrenreich in the title role, Solo falls short of greatness thanks to shallow female characters, its open-ended storyline, and an unbearable color palette.
The Recommendation: You really don't need to see this one in the theater. Wait until its on a streaming service. Never thought I'd be saying that so soon about a Star Wars film....
The Verdict: 5.5/10 Slightly Above Average
Bloated Entertainment With Some Painful Faults
Avengers: Infinity War (2018): The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.
The following is my best attempt at a spoiler free review, however there will be a spoiler section at the end. Think of it as a post credits scene? Does that work? Ya, we'll go with that.
It's here! 10 years and billions of dollars in revenue later, Marvel finally drops the penultimate chapter of its original vision started 10 years ago in Avengers: Infinity War. I went into this with relatively low expectations: after all, it is part 1 of a 2 part film story, (with the untitled second part coming in 2019) and the film features over 70 characters....45 of which were main characters in previous stories. It is basically impossible to have any sort of meaningful character developmen in a 2.5 hour film when you have that many main characters. Fortunately, though, I was pleasantly surprised at what the Russo brothers were able to conjure up here. Infinity War is very bloated and slightly overlong with some erratic pacing, but it is a very enjoyable ride nonetheless. It's far from "the greatest thing since sliced bread," (and I think those saying that it is will change their tone once the grandeur of it all wears off) but it's still a fun superhero movie that never felt unwelcome or unnecessary, and builds to a great "water cooler" moment in the final act. So, without further ado, let's talk about the good and bad of the latest from the behemoth known as Marvel!
The undeniable highlight of this film is in the principal villain, Thanos. Played by Josh Brolin in what is EASILY the best CGI character portrayal in cinema history, (and the standard going forward for the potential of these characters-seriously, where was this for poor Oscar Isaac in X-Men: Apocalypse?) Thanos is the best villain Marvel has ever put on film. He's menacing and diabolical, but his belief that he's trying to do the righteous thing in committing mass genocide really grounds him in something palpable and almost even relatable. After all, most people committing evil and heinous acts believe they are doing the right thing, so this motivation makes Thanos feel actually real and not just a cardboard cutout villain. Even if there are some frustrating shortcomings to his character arc. I also really enjoyed some of the pairings the Russo brothers and (credited) screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely chose. I'll omit who's paired with who in case someone thinks that's a spoiler, but I enjoyed basically all of them, and it made an otherwise kind of slow developing first/second act fun and enjoyable. The humor was hit-and-miss for me this time around, but when it hit I was laughing pretty hard. Though it's safe to say the Russo brothers should've brought in Thor: Ragnarok's director, Taiki Waititi, to help with some of the jokes. And how about the score? The Marvel execs finally realized that having a memorable score can boast the overall film. I found myself humming along to the great Avengers theme on more than one occasion. Only took them 19 films to realize they had a great theme that they should feature heavily in the score! Better late than never, right? Finally, the cinematography behind the final climactic setpiece (the one from the trailers) was awesome. Cinematographer Trent Opaloch did a great job showing the chaos of this final setpiece while also showing all the heroes involved kicking butt and taking names. If only the cinematography of the other big setpieces were as good....
Great segue to the bad, right? I know, I do my best. So we gotta talk about shaky cam, for some strange reason. It's 2018, guys. Why hasn't every director in Hollywood, let alone the Russo brothers, realized that SHAKY CAM SUCKS AND DOESN'T ADD ANYTHING TO AN ACTION SEQUENCE. STOOOOOP IT. The shaky cam, combined with horrendously fast editing (seemingly every frame has an edit at points) makes some of the early setpieces almost indecipherable. I don't understand why this is still a thing. No, adding shaky cam and incoherent cuts does not add to the tension of an action scene. I thought we established this like 10 years ago! STOP IT. Also, freaking Stan Lee is in this, which really ticked me off. The fact that a bunch of people cheered at his cameo was equally frustrating. Remember the part where he was accused of sexual harassment? I do. I really thought they were gonna remove his cameo after that, but I guess its harder to remove prominent white men in power than I initially thought. GET STAN LEE OUT OF THIS UNIVERSE. However, my biggest problem with the film is this: the movie builds to a great final moment (that is executed marvelously) but along the way sacrifices a lot of character arcs to get there. It felt like the last 20 pages of this script were written first, and the crew worked backwards from there. There are several major head scratching moments along the way, particularly surrounding Gamora and Doctor Strange. Yes, I get that the film is leading to its big final moment, but I think a few of these sequences could've been done in a much better way than they were. Also, because the film features almost 50 main characters, no one really has an identifiable character arc outside of Thanos, and his is good, but not great. I expected that, but it doesn't change the fact that that's exactly what happened.
I've stopped thinking of Marvel films as, well, films. To me, they're big budget 2 hour film episodes, and Infinity War is the "stuff goes down" episode of the show. Its easy for us to go back and say The Red Wedding is the best moment of Game of Thrones, but if someone just watched that episode without any context they wouldn't appreciate it, and thus be able to identify its faults as an individual episode, as much as a Game of Thrones fan would. I also fear that this film will ultimately meet a similar fate that many other "Part One" films do, and given its big final moment, it seems hard to envision a reality where it doesn't. (I'm trying so hard not to spoil anything, guys) This is why I think most people will ultimately feel the way I do about Infinity War. It's bloated and enjoyable, yes....but when the grandeur wears off, its problems become painstakingly apparent. It does require two watches to take it all in, but after that just wait to see what Part 2 does before revisiting.
The Critique: Anchored by a terrific villain, Avengers: Infinity War brings the bloated Marvel Cinematic Universe to a thrilling penultimate conclusion, despite some painful faults along the way and serious risk of falling into irrelevancy by the upcoming Part 2.
The Recommendation: See it twice, then table it until the next part comes out.
Rewatchability: TBD by Part 2
The Verdict: 6.5/10
SPOILER ALERT: BELOW ARE SPOILERS FOR INFINITY WAR. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
Ok, so, Thanos succeeds, and half the universe dies. It's a great moment, sure, but seems impossible to last beyond Part 2. Most of the new Marvel characters that will be leading the way in Phase 4 disappear, which makes it inevitable to me that they will be brought back thanks to the time stone. (or something else) Black Panther just made Marvel a bajillion dollars. Do you really think they're not going bring Chadwick Boseman back for a sequel? And we already have a third Guardians movie confirmed and another Spider-Man film coming. Do you really think they're going to do the later without Tom Holland? Or the former without Chris Pratt? Of course not! Yes, you could go really savage and say that the heroes could be replace, but these actors delivered iconic performances in these films, and would be a big reason the film would still make a boatload in the future. Maybe they do nothing but origin stories pre-Thanos, but with the time stone on the playing field, I just don't see that being in Marvel's future. And if they do just use the time stone to undo the actions of Thanos here, it'll make this film completely irrelevant. Also, Thanos conveniently having feelings for the soul stone and Doctor Strange giving up the time stone instead of, you know, using it to go back in time and do that battle over again was dumb. And where was Thor at the end when literally every other Avenger was taking on Thanos? Yes, these are all plot devices to get to ensure Thanos succeeds and we have that final moment, but that doesn't mean they could have done it better. Thor's god-ax was as wasted as Vision's character was, and if it doesn't go anywhere in Part 2 then that plotline was as irrelevant as the casino plotline in The Last Jedi. Except without any meaningful character development. Just Peter Dinklage. (Though I do want Vision / Scarlet Witch's love story now. Let's make that a thing, eh, guys? Phase 5 or 6 maybe?) Finally, if Captain Marvel is going to be a thing in Part 2, what was she doing in Part 1? Was she just not around any kind of technology, or civilization, to realize all of this was going on? Given that her character is basically Marvel's Superman, she runs a real risk of simply being nothing more than a "god card" against Thanos that could've been used in Part 1 but wasn't since, you know, we gotta have a Part 2! Because money. Who knows. Maybe Marvel will stick to its guns and actually allow Thanos to wipe out half the universe. If so, it'll make Part 1's staying power be that much better. I just don't see it.
Mindless fun at its very best
Ready Player One (2018): When the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he challenges all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune
This post initially started as a Raw Thoughts piece then became a full review. The Raw Thoughts came to you from Brothers Bar & Grill immediately after seeing the film.
Wow. This movie is a lot of fun. The latest from Steven Spielberg, Ready Player One is a beautiful and pulse-pounding tribute to the world of science fiction. It's told in video game-esque style (which may not be for everyone) and looks absolutely stunning as it moves from sequence to sequence. The huge action setpieces are the centerpiece of the film, and is where it truly shines. Michael Bay wishes he could make setpieces that look this good. While there are a few problems with the film, (one in particular stands out…. We'll get there) this is a must-see for anyone who has even a slight liking of sci-fi, or really anyone who has a soft spot for the 80s. This is Spielberg at his best.
I'm gonna start with the negatives this time around. My biggest problem with this film is not with something it did. Rather, it's with something it didn't do: T.J. Miller. Why the F is he in this? Yes, he's funny here as one of the villains. T.J. Miller being funny is nothing new. However, he's been accused of sexual assault, and if the live-action All the Money in the World could replace Kevin Spacey in 6 weeks, Ready Player One absolutely could've removed T.J. Miller. C'mon, guys! Other than that, my issues with this film are relatively minor. Some of the dialogue is a little weak and leaves a bit to be desired. The ending sees a massive 180 in the main villain that isn't even remotely earned, and is just there because Spielberg wanted one more “gasp!” moment. Also, the easter eggs are fun, but if you are looking for any depth to them at all, move along. You won't find it here, and I do think that will turn some people off. But these complaints (outside of T.J. Miller being a thi-OSCAR! How is T.J. Miller still a thing? Can we stop that, please??) are relatively minor in scale for me. The rest of this film is amazing, and I love it.
Let's start with the effects. The VFX of this film is definitely its calling card, and well worth the price of admission. I stuck around through the credits to look at the hundreds, if not thousands, of people that contributed to making the VFX of this film, which combines stunning special effects with motion capture in a way that we haven't really seen before. I'd say expect to see a Best Visual Effects nomination for this come Oscars 2019, but then again I though Dunkirk / The Shape of Water were going to be nominated this year so what do I know? But this film is built on some incredible visual effects, so SURELY I'll get this one right. Anyway, the film also has some amazing motion capture performances from Tre Sheridan and Olivia Cooke. These two are spectacular, and are certainly making a name for themselves here. (Though all I could think of was Cooke’s deadpan performance from Thoroughbreds when I saw her on screen here. She's definitely a lot more fun to watch in that film.) Spielberg really tugs on your nostalgia strings, and I couldn't help but grin ear-to-ear at some of the reference. Like when the Iron Giant takes on mecha-Godzilla. Who doesn't want to see that? Or how about an entire sequence in The Shining? If you've been living under a rock for the last 3 decades and have no idea what any of these things are, it's safe to say you will be extremely lost during this film. But I caught a lot of them, and had a blast watching this film. Sometimes, it's nice to turn the brain off and enjoy a fun popcorn flick.
End of the day, Ready Player One is a technical marvel, and well worth a watch on the big screen. While it doesn't feel as groundbreaking as something like Dunkirk, the fact that I think this film is almost on par with arguably the greatest technical film to date certainly bodes well in this department for Ready Player One. Sure, this film is ultimately "just" mindless fun. The screenplay is a little weak overall in between the big setpieces. The romance between Wade (Sheridan) and Samantha (Cooke) is.....shallow, to say the least. And the 180 from the villain (played by villain actor Ben Mendelsohn) at the end is silly. But it's a lot of fun to watch, and I'll defend it the same stubborn way I do the Fast and Furious franchise. (Don't give me any grief about that, Oscar!) If you're even remotely a fan of science fiction, drop everything and go see this. Even if you're not, I think there's a lot to like here. See it with confidence knowing you're seeing one of the best films of 2018 so far.
The Critique: Ready Player One is the popcorn flick at its very best, featuring exhilarating action sequences and spectacular visuals, despite a rather shallow screenplay.
The Recommendation: If you're a sci-fi fan, it's a must-watch. If you're a fan of '80s films it's a must-watch. Everyone else? I say check it out, but you may not have as much fun as you would if you fell into either of the former categories.
The Verdict: 8/10 Great.
Someone forgot about the Kaiju
Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018): Jake Pentecost, son of Stacker Pentecost, reunites with Mako Mori to lead a new generation of Jaeger pilots, including rival Lambert and 15-year-old hacker Amara, against a new Kaiju threat.
Hey, Oscar! I have a really good idea for a Pacific Rim sequel. Now, bear with me for a second because FOR SOME REASON this is really hard for Universal//Legendary to wrap their minds around: in a universe dominated by giant robots fighting giant monsters....you ready for this idea? This is going to blow you away: why don't we make a film with a bunch of giant robots fighting a bunch of giant monsters? WHOA. I know, I'm a genius. Wait......you want to first make a Pacific Rim installment featuring a bunch of boring lore and bad character development, and exactly ONE giant action sequence? Are you sure that's what you want to do? Are you SURE? I guess so, because that's exactly what we have here, and it makes absolutely no sense to me. WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA? Haven't we learned anything from the Alien franchise? You don't marginalize the best aspect of your world in a sci-fi movie! For some reason, there's exactly one giant action sequence in this film. That's inexcusable and completely mind-boggling! It's tough to look past this horrific miscalculation, but even if you do.....there's not much to keep anyone engrossed in the sequel to 2013's Pacific Rim.
For the record, I enjoyed the first film, but I do think it's a tad overrated. But at least in the original Pacific Rim we had a significant amount of giant action sequences featuring robots and monsters, which were, amazingly, the best part of that movie. I wish I had been in the writer's room as they were conjuring up the script for the sequel. Somebody should've done us all a great service and been in that room to say NO when the idea of having one giant action sequence in this two hour movie was pitched. And accepted! UGH.
I don't understand why Universal/Legendary thought this was a good idea. What's even funnier is that the marketing team behind the film understood the draw of Pacific Rim better than the studios did. After all, they marketed the CRAP out of the one giant action sequence we did get. Yes, there are a few other sequences of robots fighting other robots, but.....that's not why we're here, guys! We're here for robots fighting monsters. That's it! That's all you had to do! You had one job, and you couldn't do it.
So, what do we get instead? A lot of boring "world-building." The lore of this film is not very interesting, sadly. Early on there's a few good moments that I enjoyed, particularly around the introduction Amara, played well by relative newcommer Cailee Spaeny. She's a pretty awesome female protagonist that reminded me a lot of the badass Izabella from Transformers: The Last Knight. (I know, interesting analogy, but she was the best part of that film) But, unlike in Transformers, where the young actress Isabella Moner is uncomfortably objectified by some the men of the film because Michael Bay can't help himself, Amara is just.... there. Never once did someone remind her that she was a woman. Never once did someone hit on her in a really uncomfortable way. She was just the protagonist alongside Jake Pentecost. (John Boyega) I really appreciated that, and I hope we reach a point in film where all female characters (and characters of color, for that matter) are not type-casted for specific roles tailored to them. Instead, they're cast simply to play "the protagonist." So kudos to director Steven S. DeKnight and co. for writing Amara the way they did. Sadly, though, they couldn't break free of this trend completely, as one of the other three women in the film, Jules Reyes (Adria Arjona) is only there to be oogled at by the male leads. One day.... Anyway, I did also love John Boyega's performance. The dude is so charming and charismatic, and he tries as hard as he can (along with Cailee Spaeny) to carry this film. Hopefully he decides to pursue the action star route outside of Star Wars, because I would be VERY ok with that. The rest of the cast is whatever. There is a mildly interesting twist with one of the cast members, but otherwise they're pretty forgettable. Burn Gorman/Charlie Day are nowhere near as good together here as they were in the original, but I'm not too mad about that. Especially given the fact that I'm still mad at Charlie Day for enthusiastically showing up in I Love You, Daddy. STILL MAD AT YOU, MAN.
When we did FINALLY get to the giant monsters vs giant robots action sequence, I had a ball of a time. There's no denying that it's so much fun seeing a big budget action film with giant robots fighting giant monsters in a huge city. (Tokyo, in this case) At one point one of the robots (though I've already forgotten which because who cares) uses some gravity weapon to bring down skyscrapers on a Kaiju, and I couldn't help but grin from ear to ear. We don't need those, right? And hey: they did give us a throwaway line about how the entire city of Tokyo was evacuated in like 5 seconds, which is absurd obviously but enough for me to just turn the brain off and have a good time watching all the destruction. (Looks at something like Batman V. Superman) But, in order to get to that awesome final sequence, you have to sit through what basically amounts to 90 minutes of dull dialogue and lazy lore. (That was coincidental, I swear.) Is it worth it? I say no. Wait until the final sequence hits YouTube in a few months, and just watch it there. Otherwise, don't bother with this garbage. Let the Asian markets carry it to a decent gross, and hopefully in the third installment the studios will realize that Alien-ing this franchise is NOT the way to go. Hard pass.
The Critique: Despite a thrilling final sequence and great performances from John Boyega and Cailee Spaeny, Pacific Rim: Uprising lands with a thud thanks to dull dialogue, lazy lore, and nowhere near enough giant robots fighting giant killer monsters.
The Recommendation: Check out the final action sequence on YouTube whenever it gets there, otherwise stay away.
Rewatchability: Moderately Low
The Verdict: 4/10 Below Average
Not quite the follow-up we were hoping for
Annihilation (2018): A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition where the laws of nature don't apply.
Wow. I don't even know where to start with this film. In this case, I think that's a good thing. Annihilation is a bold film. Director/writer Alex Garland has crafted an ambitious sci-fi film that embodies its genre to the fullest extent. I will warn you: if you're anything short of a die-hard science fiction fan, you will likely not enjoy this. It's a deep watch in every sense of the phrase. It's ambiguous and very science-y, (for lack of a better word) which a lot of people will enjoy, including me. I was completely engrossed, and there's no doubt the execution of this complex premise is fantastic, even though the film can come off as self-aware. Alex Garland knows how to craft n engrossing sci-fi film, and he knows it. For better or for worse. One thing's for sure, though: can we get more films like this, please?
There are some shortcomings here for sure. Alex Garland knows how to make a good genre film, but his “character development” writing is not as strong. In fact, it's pretty disappointing. Natalie Portman plays her character marvellously, but there are certain aspects of her origin story that make very little sense, and certainly aren't relevant to the overall story. In Garland's previous film, Ex Machina, the viewer knows very little about the characters involved. This is a strength of that film: it gets its characters right into the crux of the premise with very little setup, which allows Garland to focus on the AI instead. In Annihilation, though, we spend a good amount of time developing characters (Portman most of all) before they begin the primary mission, and during this first act the film does leave something to be desired. And once they do get into the primary mission, the film has a tendency to come off as pretentious and self-aware. There's still a lot to like here, but I think a lot of people will be turned off by its indulgent storytelling style.
That said, I'm not really one of them. I had a blast and was totally engrossed by the concept of this film. It is absolutely spectacular to look at too, featuring beautiful cinematography and spectacular production design, with a good score and sound design to boot. While this will be a decisive film, there's no doubt there will be a consensus with how it looks. Once the main characters finally enter The Shimmer, that is. Also, I really enjoyed the dynamics between the characters once they did enter The Shimmer, and how it affected them individually was really interesting to me. However, it all leads up to this climatic third act that will be really decisive depending on which side of the fence you fall on. Initially, I really enjoyed it, but the more I've thought about it, the more I'm “on the fence” versus anything else. I think there's a way to better execute the finale, but regardless, it's definitely resonated with me more so than most big budget sci-fi films out there. (Looking at you, superhero movies. How about that totally unnecessary shot, eh Oscar?) The finale here worked for me until the final shot, which adopted the “gotta leave this on an unnecessary (and unexplainable) cliffhanger” kind of ending ripped straight out of Inception. But I had enough fun to look past this. End of the day, this is a good film that is quite thought-provoking (for better and worse) that did have a real shot at greatness. Sadly, though, it is held back by a decisive third act, disappointing character development, and an overarching self-indulgent style. See it if you're a fan of sci-fi, but everyone else? Stay away.
The Critique: While boldly original, Annihilation's overall pretentious and self-absorbed manner in which it tells its engrossing story holds it back from the greatness it could (and should) have achieved.
The Recommendaiton: For hardcore sci-fi fans only. Not much else to like here for everyone else.
Rewatchability: Moderately High
The Verdict: 7/10 Good.
Creative to a fault
A Wrinkle in Time (2018): After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.
I really don't know what to say about this film. On the one hand: it's REALLY messy. The film bites off WAY more than it can chew and feels frantic, chaotic, and incoherent. On the other hand, it is really creative and has a lot of visually stunning setpieces. This feels like 2018's version of Cloud Atlas: director (and real-life warrior) Ava DuVernary swings for the fences with this version of A Wrinkle in Time and this kind of over-the-top big budget film is rarely seen in Hollywood nowadays. Especially with someone like Ava DuVernay leading the way. I'd say if you have kids, you should go without question: support the personnel behind this film and the choices made and your kids will have a ball as they see their imaginations come to life. I was in a full room for this, and the children around me were enthralled, to say the least. Juuuuuust don't think too much about it, because it is pretty absurd.
Let's go against my usual MO and start with the bad. The film does bite off WAY more than it can chew. The pacing is disastrous, and every scene feels like it should be its own movie. This really tanks individual character arcs, to the point that even the main characters can be pretty forgettable. The character Calvin (played not-so-well by Levi Miller) is the quintessential example of this. Calvin's arc is practically nonexistent to the point that I actually forgot all about it before the movie ended. At the end Calvin reminds us of his arc and I said to myself, "Oh ya, that was a thing!" This guy is one of the three main human characters in this story! I mean, I get that Levi Miller didn't portray him particularly well, but he didn't get any decent writing behind him, either. (He's the "token white guy" that's just there to "look pretty" and support the protagonist, so I can't complain about that being a white male for once.) Also, the other male character, Charles Wallace, wasn't played very well either. Poor Deric McCabe. He wasn't very good, but he didn't have any good dialogue to work with either. Hey, a note to any prospective screenwriter out there: if you're going to have novice child-actors in your movie, you have to give him some good dialogue to say that they would actually say. Here it is obvious that an adult is writing their lines. From the actual first line spoken by Charles Wallace, I was thinking to myself, "Nope. No child would ever talk like that." The biggest problem with this film, though, is also its greatest strength for a younger demographic: the setpieces. We'll get to the positives of them in a moment, but the negatives are impossible to ignore: each setpiece feels like its own movie, and we're never in a new setpiece long enough to truly appreciate it. We travel to 3 (I think?) different worlds throughout the brisk 109 minute runtime, but we never spend any more than 10 minutes at any of them. Because of this, the "rules" of these worlds feel haphazard, and only there to service the overall story. Never once did I think to myself "Oh, how are they going to get out of this?" because I knew a convenient "rule", like flowers being able to band together (really?) to break someone's fall would come in and save the day.
THAT SAID. This is also the part that kids will love, because they aren't thinking about the "rules" of an individual world when they see it. They'll just be in awe of these setpieces. I don't blame them: the worlds we visit throughout the runtime are breathtaking. The visuals are incredible, and I did wish we had spent more time investigating these landscapes. Oprah Winfrey literally towers over everyone as Mrs. Which, (my favorite part, by the way) and Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling clearly had a blast portraying Mrs. Whatsit and Mrs. Who, respectively. And Ava DuVernay found herself (and Hollywood) a STAR in Storm Reid. Her portrayal of the main character, Meg, is the hero we all need, and one that I think a lot of people (myself included) can relate to. If there's one thing to come out of this film, I hope it's the rise of Storm Reid. Meg is a strong protagonist that doesn't need men to come in and save the day. I loved how she even used science to get out of certain situations, even if that science was.....shoddy, to say the least. I haven't felt this excited about a child-actor since Jacob Tremblay burst onto the scene back in 2015's Room. For all the film's faults, and for all its shortcomings with the other two main characters, it did manage to knock its main character out of the park. Expect Disney to milk that for all it's worth.
In conclusion, while A Wrinkle in Time does bite off more than it could chew, (I think it could've benefited from being split into two films, believe it or not) it does so from the stance that Ava DuVernay and company left it all out on the table. I respect that, and I think because of this the film is still worth a watch, even if it is on Netflix/Disney's upcoming streaming service in a few months versus in the theater. There is a difference between "swinging for the fences" (ex.: Cloud Atlas) and "throwing a bunch of ideas against the wall and seeing what sticks." (ex.: Last Flag Flying) The former is much more enjoyable to watch, but it's also much tougher to do. Unfortunately, "swinging for the fences" and missing still leads to the same result as "throwing a bunch of ideas against the wall and seeing what sticks" and missing. The former just managed to look a lot cooler as it unfolded.
The Critique: A Wrinkle in Time is creative to a fault. Incoherent (but beautiful) setpieces dominate this overly ambitious film, and poor dialogue sinks the performances of two of its three child-actors, despite the excellent performance of its third, Storm Reid.
The Recommendation: I do think it's worth seeing if you have kids. It's going to be better than a lot of the kids movies that are out there. Everyone else? Buy your ticket for A Wrinkle in Time at the theater to support it, then go and sneak into Black Panther again.
Rewatchability: Moderately Low
The Verdict: 5/10 Average
Some of the best world-building yet from Marvel
Black Panther (2018): T'Challa, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as king.
These raw thoughts come to you from Darkness Brewing immediately after seeing the film.
I'll start this review by saying this: I can't help but be cynical with superhero movies nowadays. And in a “bottle episode” Marvel film like this, my cynicism is on full display. After all, in terms of the overarching Marvel cinematic universe, exactly one thing of note happens here. So, for those of you calling this Marvel's best and loving the film, take my feelings with a grain of salt. However, I can't deny my cynical side is conflicting mightily with the side of me that feels relieved and overjoyed to see that there is FINALLY a big budget action movie that is centered around a black protagonist and a country in Africa. I am also happy that it is going to make a bajillion dollars. That's a nice plus, and a big ol' F U to the studio heads who don't think movies with black protagonists will sell. To say this reckoning is long overdue is something of an understatement. So, I'm gonna let both sides come out here and see if I can decide what I think about this thing.
Let's be happy first. Yay happiness! FINALLY, we have a film centered in an African country, and the world-building of Wakanda is where this movie really shines. The culture of Wakanda is simply fascinating, and it allows conflicts within certain characters, like the one played by Daniel Kaluuya, to feel earned, developed, and have a great climatic conclusion. (Climatic conclusion - sounds like a marketing buzzword...) A character like his fails in most films because they're not given the screen-time and world-building to go along with their actions to validate them, but not in Black Panther. The intimacy of this film is where it shined: it's a bottle episode, but because of that it allows individual characters to be fleshed out, which make their decisions carry some weight by the end of it. This intimacy is something the Marvel franchise hasn't experienced in a while, so it does feel like a breath of fresh air for them. The action is also (mostly) enjoyable. My cynical side will remind me that the final boss fight takes place in darkness and is rather poorly shot, and it's the closets thing to the DC problem of having "two gods fighting each other," but all of the other scenes were awesome. The ritual fights around the waterfall in particular were GORGEOUS. Also, Chadwick Boseman was awesome as Black Panther. He is such a great actor, and I'm glad he is getting the recognition he deserves. Michael B. Jordan was awesome, too! He shined as the “villain” Killmonger, but the writing behind this character makes him easily the most dynamic and complex villain Marvel has ever seen. The real world ties with Killmonger make him fascinating and impossible to simply view as a cardboard villain, which is something that befalls so many Marvel villains.
Though he did fall into a few stereotypical villain tropes, which is where my cynical side takes over. It is easy to sum this film up as “just another comic book movie,” and that phrase is increasingly wearing on me. At the end of the day, in terms of the overall Marvel cinematic universe, not much happens. After literally 30 comic book films since Iron Man, it can be tough for me to swallow another “bottle episode” within the MCU. And that last boss fight....what was that? Surely director Ryan Coogler (who I LOVE, by the way. He deserves this recognition after the Academy glanced over his role directing Creed a few years back) could've found a better way to film this final sequence. Though my optimistic side will be quick to remind me that it is resolved SO beautifully. Oh, right! The score! I liked how the score had a lot of cultural influences within it, but too many times was it just like every other Marvel score: just there to be there. Why couldn't this score go all-in on its world and its African influences? Fresh off hearing the lovely and culturally influenced score from Coco, this time around I couldn't help but be sorely disappointed. Despite the fact that this is arguably the best score I've ever heard in a Marvel movie. (Low bar outside of the main theme) But I will admit this film largely avoids most of the standard comic book film tropes. Even Killmonger only felt like a cardboard villain once or twice, and the struggles some of the characters around Killmonger went through as his plot developed did do a good job to offset them.
I think this is a sign that my cynical side is losing out this round. Yes, Black Panther is a good movie buoyed by the wonderful world-building surrounding Wakanda. Chadwick Bosenan, Lupita Nyong’o, and the rest of the cast were AMAZING. I freaking love this cast! And Martin Freeman being the only white guy led to some pretty hilarious moments that we're used to the sole black guy in a film experiencing. Buuuuut I can't deny the fact that, at the end of the day, it is “just another superhero movie” and the tropes that do come out of this prevent the movie from achieving greatness. See it for the awesome world-building, just make sure to turn it into a double feature and see something like Call Me by Your Name while you're there, ya?
My Number: 7/10 Good.
Every Sci-Fi Trope You've Ever Seen, Packed into one disappointing mess
The Cloverfield Paradox (2018): Orbiting a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis, and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.
These raw thoughts come to you from the bedroom of my apartment immediately after seeing the film. (Netflix is a wonderful thing)
STOP IT. STOP WRECKING MY BELOVED WORLD OF CLOVERFIELD LIKE THIS. The third installment in the Cloverfield franchise lands with a thud after another wonderfully Cloverfield-esque marketing campaign. (aka shooting the entire film in secret) Announcing this film at the freaking Super Bowl was brilliant, and would make the franchise proud. (Both of the previous films had similar surprise releases.) Unfortunately.....everything else about this crapshoot is massively disappointing. There are aspects of this film that are interesting. Elizabeth Debicki's character is somewhat fascinating, (when you can move past her absolutely absurd character introduction) and the film's investigation into its "paradox" is somewhat cool. Unfortunately, these two good ideas are surrounded by a(n accidentally) HILARIOUS amount of sci-fi cliches. UGH. STOP IT!
I hate this movie. If you couldn't tell. I've only seen a few films in 2018, but this is an early heavyweight contender for biggest disappointment of the entire year. Let's travel back to 2008 for a minute. You just saw this little sci-fi movie called Cloverfield. (Which, fun fact, I've reviewed twice on this blog accidentally. First review, second review! It's a decent look into how one's feelings on a film change over time.) What made it so great? There's a lot of reasons, but I think it starts with the mystery and intrigue surrounding the monster itself. So, needless to say.... giving us an origin story for the monster is going to put this film at a disadvantage right out of the gate. But, even still.....this is bad. I mean....think back to Cloverfield. The setup before the part where "things go down" was about 15 minutes. This movie is built on setup. We don't even see the monsters of this universe until the ACTUAL last shot of the film. How can it be a good origin story when you don't see the creature your making an origin story of? Even if you remove the cloud of mystery surrounding the actual monster.....the monster is the most interesting part of this franchise! Why do we now have two feature-length films where we get basically ZERO shots of the freaking monster??? At least in 10 Cloverfield Lane you had a pretty enjoyable thriller that did not rely solely on tropes and cliches and is buoyed by a great performance from John Goodman. The least interesting part of that movie was the lore, and here that's ALL we get within this crappy origin story. It's just not interesting at all! How is this lore, with all the titanic names attached to developing it, not even remotely interesting??? COME ON, Bad Robot! Cloverfield is one of the early reasons why you're so successful today! Why can't you make lore that's even remotely interesting for this universe? And I love this diverse cast, don't get me wrong, but none of them put in a John Goodman-esque performance, so there's nothing there to keep me invested either. I like Gugu Mbatha-Raw a lot, and I LOVE that she's the lead here, but none of these performances wow'd me. Though, to be fair, they had some pretty crappy dialogue to recite, so that didn't help. Honestly.... the dialogue, effects, editing, score, and cinematography were ALL lackluster at best, and downright awful at worst. I knew we were in for a rough ride the second I didn't see Michael Giacchino's name attached to the score in the opening credits. It's not THAT big of a deal, but Giacchino did give this franchise a FANTASTIC theme in the end credits of the original, and I don't fully understand why these guys haven't reprised that theme in any way in the second or third installment of this franchise. I think that's an example of the larger problem of this franchise: no one really, actually cares about it. No one bothered to think, "Man, Michael Giacchino gave us a really great theme in the first movie. We should bring that back!" (Which they should be able to do no problem, because Paramount should own that theme) There wasn't much "source material" in the first Cloverfield. But what little "source material" there was has been tossed aside for....whatever this is.
GAH. WHY IS THIS SO BAD? This film is set inside a world that has a very interesting monster, so why is literally everything surrounding this monster uninteresting? Heck, even something like Prometheus gave us a more interesting investigation into the Alien franchise than this. At least there are a few bright spots. As I mentioned previously Elizabeth Debecki's character is somewhat interesting, and the overall sci-fi theme this film investigates is kind of cool. Here there were a few cool scenes where you didn't really know what was happening in what world, and there are a few (cheap) "Got you!s" within this feeling of unknown. But that's really about all this film has going for it. Oh! And the cast is fine. Nothing special, as I said, but fine is still fine.
I don't know. Maybe this is all part of a long-con by J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot production company. Maybe we'll be able to look back on this film within the context of a major saga and see its brilliance. But.....I doubt it. There's just nothing interesting here, right now. And it's not even told in an interesting way! The film hand-feeds us exposition in the most uninteresting and bland ways possible. From the texting sequences to the interviews that feed us exposition, it felt like absolutely no thought was put into how to best deliver the lore of this world to the audience. Seriously.... some of the exposition here gives Bright a run for its money. It's forgettable, filled with cliches and bad dialogue, and poorly edited. The FEW interesting qualities are massively outweighed by the negatives, and when you add the fact that this is set within the Cloverfield universe and AGAIN we only get a teaser of the actual monster???? It's unforgivable. I love the original too much to abandon this franchise just yet, but after this trainwreck (and the lackluster lore of the second film) I'm on thin ice with it. Please, please, PLEASE give us something better next time, Bad Robot.
My Number: 3/10 Bad.
A beautifully unorthodox love story
The Shape of Water (2017): In a 1960s research facility, a mute janitor forms a relationship with an aquatic creature.
Oscar season is (finally) in full swing. I have a lot of movies I have yet to see, but if the early awards season is any indication.....The Shape of Water will be making some serious waves (tehe) this year. After seeing it, I can understand why. The brainchild of the great Guillermo del Toro, (and almost certainly his best work to date) The Shape of Water shows us an imaginative love story between a mute and an amphibious creature. That's really all you need to know about the story going in. The greatness of this film is with the relationship of its lead characters, its spectacular visual effects, and its wonderful production design. So, without further ado, let's dive in and discuss The Shape of Water! (Don't worry I'll be here all night with these water puns)
Sally freaking Hawkins. I must admit I am not very familiar with this talented actress. Heck since starting this blog I've only seen her in Godzilla and Blue Jasmine, and she didn't really stand out in either of them. So I feel like I can't say this is "the performance of her career," but I will say I can see why many other people (people whom are more familiar with her work) are saying that. She gives Ross Lynch in My Friend Dahmer a serious run for his money in terms of the best performance I've seen in 2017. Hawkins plays a mute, and the fact that she couldn't speak didn't slow her down at all. She conveys so much emotion throughout this film with just her face it's incredible. Like, Nicole Kidman in Lion kind of incredible. There's one scene in particular where she's yelling at Richard Jenkins's character, and even though she can't talk.....you really feel like she's yelling at him! It's one of many fantastic scenes throughout the film. Doug Jones plays the mysterious amphibious creature, and he does an outstanding job too. The freaking visual effects, man. Dunkirk has some company for the best effects of the year. You get almost as much emotion out of the creature as you do Sally Hawkins, and the scenes where it's just the two of them are simply terrific. Del Toro and company did an incredible job here showing off what you can do in 2017. Man have we come a loooooooong way. Additionally, the supporting cast is not only strong, but they have some great character arcs as well. Richard Jenkins leads the way. He plays Hawkins's neighbor, and has a wonderful story arc himself as a man struggling to cope with his homosexuality in the 1960s. He may make some waves this awards season with this performance, as it's certainly one of the best of his distinguished career. Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon, and Michael Stuhlbarg are great as well. Honestly this film may make some waves for the ensemble award as the SAG Awards, because all of these actors are great and each have (mostly) good character arcs on top of it.
Finally, this film also features terrific production design, as well as one of my favorite scores of the year. Alexandre Desplat (who's been a busy man recently with a whooping six film scores) adds another fantastic score to his portfolio, which certainly adds to the ambiance of the film. It also reminded me a lot of the opening of Up, and anything that makes me think of one of the best sequences ever made is certainly a good thing. While there have been some other great scores this year, The Shape of Water will almost certainly be a tidal wave this awards season in this department. As for the production design.....the freaking colors, man. The film looks very grimy and worn down, and every choice of color adds to this. I think there's a good essay somewhere about del Toro's color palette, and why certain colors were used in this film. (Looks at every college student studying film)
THAT SAID. There are some imperfections here. Most notably in Michael Shannon's character. I get that this is a fairy tale, but his character has some cartoon villain-esque traits that make him not feel like a real person. Shannon plays the villain spectacularly well, and his character is written with a LOT of ties to modern America, which I appreciated, but still. It just felt a little too over-the-top for me. (Though I expect many will disagree.) Michael Stuhlbarg was also a little underdeveloped for how prominently he's featured in this film, and his character's arc ended in a really disappointing fashion. He became a plot device after starting out as a major supporting character, and that irked me a tad. Also. (Warning: I'm going to throw a spoiler in here, but it occurs within the first ten minutes of the film and doesn't impact it at all later on so it's minor) I appreciated the ties to modern America, (of which, there are many) but......did we really have to get full frontal nudity (in rather excruciating detail, I might add) of Sally Hawkins within the first five minutes of the film? That sequence felt awkward and out-of-place. It doesn't last too long, but to me it felt like nudity for the sake of objectification. Ugh! Fortunately, this sequence doesn't last very long and I was able to move past it.
All of those complaints, though, are relatively minor in scale. This film is one of the great movies of the year, and deserves all of the awards hype it is receiving. Guillermo del Toro has crafted his best work to date in the style that only Toro himself knows best, and is well worth your time. Check it out!
The Critique: Buoyed by fantastic visual effects and a spectacular performance from Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water is a charming and unorthodox love story that will keep you engrossed from start to finish.
The Recommendation: If you like a good love story.....what are you waiting for? Check this one out!
The Verdict: 9/10 Amazing
UPDATE: So I originally gave this film an 8/10, but then I saw The Greatest Showman and saw how poorly it handled some of the ties to 2017 and realized that The Shape of Water did this part so much better that it's borderline hilarious. So I had to up my score a bit for my own sanity.
Boldly original for a film of this stature
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017): Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares to do battle with the First Order.
The biggest movie of the year is finally here. And boy is it a decisive one. First off, to everyone who isn't a hardcore Star Wars fan, let me say this: you will enjoy this movie. Even if you're a somewhat big fan, (which is probably where I would categorize myself) I think you'll still (at least) like it. The mega-fans, though, are where the division lies. There are some things that happen in this episode that have upset a lot of people. Here's my take: in modern Hollywood, a film like The Last Jedi doesn't get made. Look at Justice League. (My official punching bag for 2017 in case you didn't know already.) That film had obvious corporate mandates written all over it, which takes away from its authenticity. Director (and writer) Rian Johnson was given an unprecedented level of freedom to make whatever he wanted with what will undoubtedly be the highest grossing film of the year. I can REALLY respect Disney/Lucasfilm for doing that. I also think that people got way too into The Force Awakens. I've watched a few videos of people listing their complaints about The Last Jedi, and when they get to their "missing Episode VII" story-lines complaint, they start rattling off things that even I have no memory of. Really? You're upset that they didn't include the 45th subplot in TFA? Look. This is not a perfect movie. Heck, it's not even a great movie, in my opinion. But the good (and great) moments of this film still far outweigh the bad. Episode VII was far from perfect and played things really safe. That's J.J. Abrams style. He's a crowd-pleasing director. Episode VIII isn't perfect, either, but it took risks. Rian Johnson played fast and loose with the Star Wars lore, and I can't help but respect his vision for the universe far more than I did for J.J. Abrmas. And Disney! I really cannot believe they green lighted this, but geez am I glad that they did.
Let's start with the good. Before we get to a brief (to keep it spoiler-free) discussion of the story, let's talk about other elements of this film. The acting. The "new school" class of in The Last Jedi are awesome once again. Even better than they were in TFA honestly. Poe is still my personal favorite. Oscar Isaac is so charming and charismatic it freaking hurts! He continues to be one of my favorite actors in show-business, and I hope he ends up with a career as distinguished as someone like Harrison Ford. Domhnall Gleeson, one of my complaints from TFA, fills out his shoes far better here as General Hux. I actually kind of like Hux in this movie. He's not as awkward as he was the first time around, and the fact that he doesn't have to deliver that really forced Hitler-like speech helps. (Let's be honest-the entire concept of Starkiller base was silly from TFA.) The other stars (Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega) are just as good as they were in TFA. I really like these actors, and I hope they all manage to have good careers in Hollywood after this Star Wars trilogy is over. The big newcomers, though? Benicio Del Toro, Laura Dern, and Kelly Marie Tran? All great in their roles, but none of them have very fleshed-out character arcs. Del Toro and Dern are basically just plot devices, so you're not going to get good arcs for them, but the real loser here is Kelly Marie Tran. She plays Rose and has a story-line with Finn that's.....well.....we'll get into that later. Moving on. Let's talk about one of my favorite parts of Episode VIII: the score. (Cues the trailer for the music) John Williams knocks this one out of the park! I was somewhat disappointed with his score of TFA because I felt (and still do) that it failed to capture the magic of previous Star Wars scores. (The music of Star Wars is my favorite music of any film, so I hold these to a far higher standard than I should) Fortunately, Episode VIII knocks it out of the freaking park in this regard. The score here is awesome, combining some of the best themes from the original (IV-VI) trilogy with some of the better themes of Episode VII. There's one sequence in particular involving the Millennium Falcon that uses a classic theme from Episode IV that made me grin from ear to ear. It was one of my favorite moments of the film. Speaking of! The cinematography is also fantastic. And if that sequence with the Falcon isn't my favorite moment of the film, then another that has this absolutely beautiful shot combined with a stunning moment of silence right in the middle of the climax of the film is. Yes, silence! I LOVE that Rian Johnson wasn't afraid to have the (objectively) best moment of this film be accompanied by total silence. I've seen this film twice, and both times you could hear a pin drop in the theater in this moment, despite it being a full room both times. It's a haunting and beautiful sequence. Finally, the set piece on the mineral planet was amazing. Thanks to the red salt against the white ground, we get some absolutely gorgeous shots throughout this. I mean, look at the picture below! It's so byotiful!
But now let's talk about the story. I'll do my best to avoid spoilers, but if you absolutely don't want to know anything, then skip this paragraph. There's a lot of good in this story, but there are some misfires here as well. First off, the good. Personally, I love Kylo Ren's arc. I wasn't entirely on board with him in TFA, but I am now. He has some awesome moments in this film, and his character goes in a direction that (at least) I wasn't fully expecting, and I love it. Give me more Kylo Ren, please! Additionally, (and this is one of the more polarizing arcs in this film) I like Luke's arc tremendously. Mark Hamill plays Luke exceptionally well, and I really appreciated what his character goes through and where he ends up. Luke's final scene in this film is, in my opinion, perfect, and I can't wait to see what part he plays in Episode IX. Also, I like Snoke in this film. I won't say anything more, but I thought he was kind of dumb in TFA, and I really appreciated where he goes in The Last Jedi. The people complaining about him are silly. After all did The Emperor get any real screen time in any of V and VI? No. HOWEVER, there are some real misfires. Vice Admiral Holdo (Laura Dern) is a mere plot device, and Rian Johnson does make her have this kind of silly little subplot with Poe that doesn't add too much to the film. But this makes me upset more so because I love Laura Dern than anything else. There are two rather big misfires here in my opinion. The first (and lesser of the two) is with a rather large subplot involving Finn and Rose. I wasn't on board for much of any of this admittedly long sequence, (so it does throw the pacing off in the middle of the film) but I will say it had some good CGI and cinematography, and it had a good score to back it up. It also did lead to a cool (but otherwise meaningless) post-epilogue scene, so at least there's that. The worst misfire, though, is with Leia. Her entire story arc feels wrong and out-of-place given what happened to the late, great Carrie Fisher. (RIP) Fisher herself is great. This is probably Leia's best film in the Star Wars universe. But....I wish it had been changed. She also has not just the dumbest moment of this movie, but quite possibly the dumbest moment of the entire Star Wars saga. (A saga which has also produced Jar Jar Binks and the casting of Hayden Christensen so that is a fairly impressive feat.) Ugh! Why did you treat Leia like this, Rian Johnson? I want to like it, but I just can't.
So now that we're talking about the bad, story aside, let me bring up two other negatives. First, the CGI. Most of it is pretty good, (definitely better than TFA out-of-place CGI) but there is one sequence where it is TERRIBLE. It doesn't help that this is a bigger moment for the film, but unfortunately it comes off as kind of corny because the CGI is hilariously bad. The other complaint I have is with the humor. Most of the time, I laughed so it wasn't all bad. But! There were a few sequences where the humor felt forced, especially surrounding Finn. He has a lot of (unfortunately) forced gags in this film. This is the M.O. of Rian Johnson, though, so it shouldn't be too surprising. However, other than that, I really don't have any complaints. The silly and dumb do detract from the film overall, but not to the point of it being "worse than the prequels" or anything like that.
In conclusion, I do believe The Last Jedi surpasses its predecessor overall. There were a lot of silly J.J. Abrams story-lines that Johnson wasn't afraid to do away with, and I respect him for shaking things up as much as he did. I wish Rian Johnson was directing Episode IX instead of Disney handing the reins back to Abrams, because I fear he may try and undo a lot of what Johnson did in VIII. It could lead to a tonal mess between the three films. I know this movie has received mixed reviews from the audience, but I actually kind of like that. That was the risk Disney took when they gave Johnson total control of this movie. He got to make the movie he wanted to make, and that just doesn't happen nowadays. Abrams knows how to make a crowd pleasing film. "Hey, you don't like the prequels? Well let me just rehash Episode IV for you." But for as many movies as I see, and how cynical I can be with corporate mandated filmmaking, (cough cough Justice League cough cough) I really prefer the balls-to-the-wall creative style of Johnson over the crowd-pleasing style of Abrams. I will admit that nostalgia got the better of me when I was reviewing TFA, and I ended up giving it too high a score. I gave it an 8 when I should've given it a 6. That won't happen here. The Last Jedi is a good film, with some faults, but it does manage to surpass its predecessor because it doesn't play things safe, and it isn't just a simple rehash of Episode IV or V. It's its own thang, and I love and respect the risk Disney took with Rian Johnson to make it so. See it with confidence, just maaaaybe temper your expectations a tad.
The Critique: A crazy and original film, The Last Jedi manages to surpass its predecessor in nearly every way, despite some faults of its own.
The Recommendation: As if everyone in the world isn't going to go see this film. It did just open to over $220 million domestically. Maybe make it a double feature and show better films like The Disaster Artist some love while you're at it though, ya? Sorry. Couldn't keep my cynical side at bay forever.
Rewatchability: Moderately High
The Verdict: 7/10 Good
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Justice League (2017): Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy.
You can probably guess where this review is going to go. Justice League is........fine. It has some decent action set pieces, a good cast, and some good effects. (Good in the sense that never once did I sit there and think everything in front of me was CGI, so kind of a low bar there) But there's a lot of problems too. The film is, once again, ugly to look at, everything feels rushed, (again) and the witty dialogue WB marketed the crap out of feels out of place. Especially coming from Thor: Ragnarok just a few weeks earlier. But, at the end of the day.....the superhero movie fatigue is in full swing at this point. I'm glad DC is only releasing one film next year, though we'll get no shortage of Marvel movies so I don't expect this fatigue to go away anytime soon. Anyway, let's dive into it, shall we?
First off, the good. Let's start with the cast. The cast for this film is massive, and I managed to have some fun watching big names like Diane Lane, Amy Adams, J.K. Simmons, Amber Heard, and Billy Crudup all show up for a scene or two. Ironically, Diane Lane provided the most emotional moment of the entire film in one of her two scenes. While Amy Adams was definitely sleepwalking in her role as Lois Lane, (though she's still a great actress in her sleep so that's not saying much) most of the new members did everything they could to establish their characters for the upcoming films in the 2-3 scenes they got. Additionally, the main cast was pretty good. Ben Affleck is......Ben Affleck, but the rest of the crew seems right at home with their new roles. Ezra Miller stole the show here for me personally. His portrayal of Barry Allen was fantastic! I think DC may have found lightning in a bottle again with that casting. (Pun intended) They need it, too, because there's really only so much Gal Gadot can do to carry the DC franchise. (Though the execs at WB definitely realize that Gadot as Wonder Woman is DC's equivalent of the Wolverine/Iron Man portrayals so they are trying to get her as much screen time as possible.) Ray Fisher was fine as Cyborg, but there's only so much you can do when all you get to work with is half your face. He was definitely featured enough, but.....eh? Not much you can do with that character. He's just a cyborg. Jason Momoa was as charming and charismatic as Aquaman as you would expect. But, because they're not around water in the major battles, he basically just flew around and did ridiculous things during the set pieces. It was cool, but again.....eh? Speaking of! The set pieces here are way better than that of Batman vs. Superman. WB figured out that they were being rightly criticized for that final battle in BvS because it was shot in rainy darkness for some inexplicable reason, so they told Snyder to not only film this final set piece during the day, but have the sky be a BRIGHT color so we could see everything! Yay! To be fair, though, I'll take that over what we got in BvS. Finally, the effects were pretty good. I WISH we had a chance to see Ciaran Hinds as the villain, Steppenwolf, because he was so covered in makeup and effects it was only after I watched the movie and entered it into IMDB that I realized "Hey! That was Ciaran Hinds!" But his bug-like minions looked pretty good, and he did too.
But now it's time to talk about the bad. Let's talk about how rushed this movie feels, shall we? The negative of having this giant cast in Justice League means this film is inevitably going to feel very bloated. It definitely feels like the crew is trying to set up 18 films at once here, (hey, they are!) and it definitely makes me a tad cynical as I'm watching this. It's like watching teasers for upcoming films while watching a movie. Those work, right? Additionally, even though the final set piece was decently shot, there's still a lot of Snyder-esque scenes throughout this film. It worked for Watchmen, but it STILL doesn't work here. We don't need shot after shot at night or in the rain, do we? Do we really? Also, can we PLEASE get some silence every once in a while! There are several attempts at some intimate scenes scattered throughout this film, but there's still so much extra crap going on in these sequences (like the forgettable and unnecessary score underneath and all these grand shots with a lot of action happening in them) that you can't really appreciate them. It's like watching Michael Bay try and have an intimate moment surrounded by explosions. It just doesn't work! Diane Lane almost makes it work as there's a close up of her in one of the more emotional moments, but then we cut to a wide shot of corn! And wind! And a grand sunset! You just can't really get those intimate, emotional points across with so much crap happening. Also, can we take a minute to talk about the humor? Because.....it's here, but dear GOD does it feel out of place. And it's not even all that good! I think I chuckled maybe 4 or 5 times? But it was definitely unnecessary and out-of-place for our heroes to be cracking one-liners as the world is falling around them. This was a mandate from WB, and it feels very, VERY forced most of the time. Humor just doesn't work in Zack Snyder's world.
All of this combines to make Justice League a fine film, but not one that I plan on seeing again any time soon. At least this one was shorter, clocking in at exactly 2 hours. Sure better than the 150 minute endeavor that was BvS. I don't even know what they could do to make the DC Universe better. Wonder Woman worked because of its star and its director, so maybe Snyder is the common thread in all of this? I really don't want to just blame him for all of DC's problems, but him being out of the picture entirely, and WB being willing to take a chance, like Marvel did with Taika Waititi for Thor: Ragnarok, may make this franchise feel less cynical than it is. Hey! James Wan is leading Aquaman, so maybe it'll be good! I just don't know how many more chances I'm willing to give DC/WB.
The Critique: Despite a huge and great cast, Justice League still feels corporate-mandated with out-of-place humor and a rushed and bloated story, which, combined with the Zack Snyder's dismal touch, leads to an average film.
The Recommendation: If you want to see this you probably already have, but there are DEFINITELY better films out there at the theater right now. Like Thor: Ragnarok! And Lady Bird! And heck, I've heard Wonder is pretty good so spend your money on that before you go see this.
Rewatchability: Moderately Low
The Verdict: 5/10 Average
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Violence feared by many in Bangkok never materialized on Wednesday despite thousands rallying in the Thai capital against an amnesty bill that would pardon political protesters from punishment.
Between 1,000 and 2,000 opposition supporters marched to Thailand’s Parliament buildings, only to disperse as they reached police barricades, opting to return home rather than breach the lines, Reuters reported.
The bill is controversial because opponents fear it would allow exiled prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to return home without serving a two-year sentence for corruption.
He was out of the country when a military coup ousted him, the Associated Press said. A court sentenced him in absentia, and he hasn’t returned.
The amnesty bill has been introduced by the government now under his sister, Yingluck Shinawatra.
“It’s not about organizing a mob but about spreading the truth to the people, to recognize the dangers of this amnesty bill, that there are different hidden agendas,” opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said, according to Reuters.
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Only three protesters were arrested on Wednesday, Kyodo News International reported.
Thailand underwent years of turmoil beginning in 2006. Angry opposition protesters staged sit-ins in the prime minister’s office and Bangkok’s airport before security forces ushered them away.
The sometimes violent clashes killed 91 people, protesters and police, during 2010 demonstrations.
Areas of Bangkok are now under an Internal Security Act as lawmakers debate the bill. About 4,000 police have been deployed around the parliament to control the protesters.
Under the draft bill, people who joined political rallies from 2006 to 2011 and committed crimes in the course of the protests will be pardoned, saying those people were exercising their democratic rights, Kyodo reported.
Antigovernment groups and the main opposition party have, however, criticized the draft, saying it would protect the protest leaders, including Thaksin, whom they accuse of organizing the mass protests, the news agency said.
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When Dina Wood first saw James “Jimmy” Pirtle in middle school, his hair was dyed green and styled into spikes.
The Colorado Springs native wasn’t the typical person who would grow up to join the Army and excel as a soldier.
“He was a good boy who turned into a really good man,” Wood said.
Sgt. Pirtle was killed Friday in Afghanistan in an attack that killed two other Americans and two allied troops. He was 21.
An Army chaplain gave his mother, Patricia Pirtle, the news on Friday.
“The storm door was open and it only took me a couple of seconds to notice she was a chaplain,” Patricia Pirtle said. “She didn’t even have to tell me. I knew.”
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She said he was a patriotic and enthusiastic soldier who quickly worked his way up to sergeant. In Afghanistan, he often volunteered for missions that he knew would be dangerous, his mother said.
It worried her, but she took solace in knowing he was due home in June.
His friends and teachers at the small Globe Charter School said they still can’t believe that he died. On Monday, a group of them gathered at the school to look at photos and remember a friend who always had a smile on his face, was a constant joker and was also the butt of many jokes. Once, teachers and students duct-taped him to a tree because he said it couldn’t be done.
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Turkish cities are the best way to understood that Turkish culture and lifestyle. Some cities that are now very popular for their modern centers of business and industry have a unique old architecture of Ottoman and Byzantine times.
If you want to take the experience of both modern and ancient architecture and want to see the beautiful bazaars. Make sure to include these 5 cities in your Turkey trip.
5 Most Beautiful Cities In Turkey
Istanbul is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. The best thing that makes Istanbul more amazing and different from the rest of the world is that it’s half in Asia and half in Europe, so the architecture is a mixture of Greeks, Romans, and Venetians.
It is also the biggest and famous city in Turkey. It has many delightful landscapes and towns. Istanbul is situated between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea, which makes this city more attractive and beautiful.
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Antalya is very popular for its natural beauty. The enormous towers give a stunning view of gorgeous mountains. It is filled with old architecture hoses of Ottoman empire time. It is also very popular with its interesting history.
Antalya is very popular with its two very lovely beaches, where you can go and relax. The historic places and the beautiful weather also make this city worth visiting.
Fethiye is a small and lovely country. It has only a population of 100,000 people. It is very popular in Turkey because of its natural beauty.
Fethiye is along with the Mediterranean coast, which makes the view of the city more attractive. You can do many activates here, but my favorite is the blue cruise.
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Not only this city have lovely only water, but you will also get a lush green forest here, but that is also opened to tourists. I will suggest you when you go to turkey must add Fethiye to your list.
Amasya is a city located in the north part of Turkey. It is the capital of the province of Amasya province. Amasya is a beautiful place it is blessed with mountains and rivers.
It has its own beauty and attraction. Amasya has produced many famous poets, kings, writers, artists, and geographers. Amasya is an attractive place and many tourists visit here every year and the Turkish government has been investing here for the tourists.
Bozcaada is an island in Turkey. It is also located in the northeast part of Turkey. It is also known as the 3rd biggest island in Turkey.
It is also famous for the grapes and the wines. so don’t forget to taste the grapes of Amasya.
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A good definition of quality management is "to first understand the expectations of your customer in terms of quality and then put a proactive plan in place to meet that level of quality." The first part of this definition can be the toughest - understanding what quality means to your customer.
Your customer may only tell you that you should build a "good quality solution" or you should build a solution with an "acceptable level of quality." Your response to that should be "Great. But what the heck does that mean?"
The customer needs to state that the project solution needs to be:
- Easy to use
- Easy to maintain when completed
- Available when needed
- Flexible for future needs
- Intuitive / easy to understand
- Minimally defective (Doesn't have to be perfect)
Once you've gotten that far, you need to help the customer drill down further. Let's say that the customer thinks that a good quality solution needs to be "secure." Further probing might reveal that for the customer, this means
- The solution should be place in a secure room with password access
- Only authorized people can login
- The password must change every thirty days
- There will be role-based security so people can only see data that is consistent with their roles.
People sometimes ask where this information gets documented. It's easy - these end up being detailed quality requirements and they're captured along with all of the other project requirements.
Most project teams don't make it a point to capture all of their quality requirements. Most project teams focus requirements on understanding features and functions. If you focus on features and functions, many of the quality requirements may come out as well - usually by accident. But if your team is trying to practice formal quality management, you should have a discussion with your clients that focuses on the broader and more specific set of quality requirements. | <urn:uuid:8bb19c8d-1517-4e73-adca-8fe31a91719b> | CC-MAIN-2020-10 | https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/tech-decision-maker/project-management-pin-down-how-your-client-defines-quality/ | 2020-02-18T13:26:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875143695.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20200218120100-20200218150100-00326.warc.gz | en | 0.95589 | 381 |
If you’re a fan of banana bread, but are looking for something a little different, perhaps in the cake department, with a solid shmear of irresistible cream cheese frosting, pull up a chair! I’m sharing my go-to chocolate chip banana cake with you today and with all the love banana bread is getting lately, I just know you’re going to love it!
Banana bread is definitely having a moment right now. It’s easy to make, comforting, and it ticks the breakfast, brunch and snack boxes easily. But the one thing banana bread doesn’t have is frosting, and that’s where this chocolate chip banana cake steps in! To start, I absolutely love cakes baked in 9×13 pans. I find them easy, unfussy, and somehow, completely acceptable for breakfast, lunch, a little pick-me-up, or as you may have seen in my stories last night, dinner. Total win if you ask me!
What I love most about this banana cake though, is how it manages to combine everything I love about banana bread and cake all in one bite. To me, banana bread is substantial, and I wanted the cake to be too, but I also wanted it to have that light and fluffy factor that cake brings to the table. You know what I mean?
This cake definitely nails it in that department, and in the flavor department too. It’s filled with a sprinkle of cinnamon, light brown sugar, and a good dose of chocolate chips, bringing so much warmth and cozy to the party.
Once baked, the cake is the perfect for canvas for a swoop of cream cheese frosting. The tangy vanilla bean frosting balances the cake beautifully, and will always keep you going back for one more bite!
Happy baking! xo
Switch up your typical banana bread to bake this incredible chocolate chip banana cake. Whether you’re looking to use up all those ripe bananas on the counter, or looking to put a smile on someone’s face, this cake is always a win!
- 1 and 1/3 cup mashed bananas (about 3 large bananas)
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 and 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup (6 ounces) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 and 1/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 and 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/2 cup (4 ounces) unsalted butter, room temperature
- Light pinch of salt
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or extract
- 1/3 cup mini chocolate chips
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray 9x13” cake pan with nonstick cooking spray and line with parchment paper. Spray once more with nonstick cooking spray.
- Head over to Farberware for the rest of the Chocolate Chip Banana Cake recipe. Enjoy!
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Day Minibus Tours from Castle Douglas
Join us on a day tour in a small group with a tour run by 5 star rated Solway Tours. The tours will take in some key stops around the area and you will experience the Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Biosphere finding out why this area has been designated as special by UNESCO. Bookings can be made online at the Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Biosphere Website or in person at the Heart of Galloway visitor centre in Castle Douglas.
Tuesday 2nd April - Castles and Towers Tour
Taking in 4 key castles and tower houses around Castle Douglas and Kirkcudbright your experienced guide will be able to explain the similarities and differences in the history, architecture and influence of these locations. Enjoy the stunning locations and immerse yourself in the stories that shaped our landscape.
Thursday 11th April - Loch Ken Day Tour
This trip will give you a real flavour of local wildlife, art, history and environment. Meet artist Phil McMenemy who will give you a personal tour of his Gallery, look out for red kites and ospreys flying overhead, hear covenanter stories as you visit historic church yards and learn about the connection of one of our most famous scientists to this area. | <urn:uuid:3ab43dbe-64c5-435b-89a6-649c797815c8> | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | https://community.visitscotland.com/discussion/1778/day-minibus-tours-from-castle-douglas | 2019-06-16T19:25:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627998291.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20190616182800-20190616204800-00449.warc.gz | en | 0.92638 | 389 |
If you’re looking for fun for the entire family, plan to attend the Great Plains Renaissance Festival that occurs for one weekend in the spring and the fall at Sedgwick County Park.
There'll be jousts and jests, knights and knaves, pirates and fairies. The Great Plains Renaissance Festival creates a medieval village with re-enactors who take visitors on a time trip to the days of chivalry. Performers, artisans, crafters and merchants display their talents and wares on the streets of the festival’s medieval fairground, vendors sell medieval food like turkey legs and visitors can participate in kids activities, cosplay contests and more.
An average visit to the festival lasts three to four hours, but you can easily spend the whole day here. Your festival ticket includes admission to the Wichita Highland Games, where you’ll learn about Scottish and Celtic history and culture and watch competitors do battle in events like the caber toss. | <urn:uuid:2fb550f8-f4c1-490a-a226-a81c5dc09bfa> | CC-MAIN-2017-30 | https://www.visitwichita.com/events/annual-events/renaissance-festival/ | 2017-07-27T04:51:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-30/segments/1500549427429.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20170727042127-20170727062127-00367.warc.gz | en | 0.906362 | 199 |
Kids' Box Head Robot Monster costume in a brown pixel design.
If your little ones like playing building games on their computer like Minecraft they are going to love this pixelated costume.
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