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A Gurn from Nurn: Almost as bad as a carbuncle nomination?
One of our regular readers points us in the direction of a Chavtowns.co.uk. Yesterday there was outrage splashed on the front page of the Highland News about the claims about Inverness on that site. It just shows how one anonymous individual can blow up things out of all proportion.
This observer notes that the article in question was posted in October of last year and it has taken this long for "outrage" to emerge. Normally the web works faster than that.
I cannot believe we are already talking about St. Patrick’s Day! It seems like just yesterday it was Christmas. These days and months go by faster and faster, the ahem older I get. We are gearing up for some big changes in our house, but that doesn’t mean we can’t take a few minutes out of our day to play! These playdough mats are perfect for a little fun time, while learning. They also coordinate beautifully with the Tot & PreK-K pack I created a couple years ago.
Want more ideas? Don’t miss these other fun St. Patrick’s Day printables from In All You Do!
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The pizza we ordered was absolute delish and we have been back several times for more !! It was a real Italian pizza and was served by the Italian owner ! Very nice place to go for pizza !!
The restaurant was relatively convenient to the hotel where we were staying. Friendly service, nice back patio. The dishes were generally good. Very interesting "vegetarian burger".
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We had supper at La Caverna and absolutely loved the meal and atmosphere. We are definately going back again on this trip.
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Ahead of the release of one of the most talked about tennis films, we take a look at the clothes, the nostalgia and one of the biggest rivalries in the world of tennis.
The story of some of the greatest tennis players that ever lived took place at a pinnacle era from the late 70’s to the early 80’s, with casual sportswear taking its grip across the nation. As football firms and the early casuals were adopting the style, it was the courts where it really kicked off with the famous Borg vs McEnroe rivalry becoming a talking point for decades to come. The two tennis legends came head to head on numerous occasions from 1978-1981 in some of the most celebrated Grand Slams such as the Wimbledon and US Open finals. These guys were like the Georgie Bests’ of the tennis world, the best at their trades and playboys off the court. The contrast between the two also buzzed up the rivalry like any big sporting event, with McEnroe known for his on court aggression and temper whilst Borg had a more laid back demeanour. Rivalry aside, these guys were the pin up boys for 80s casual sportswear from Sergio Tacchini to Fila, with a new growing movement across the terraces taking note and adopting the sportswear look.
After 14 matches in total, it is the Borg v McEnroe Wimbledon Final in 1980 that is still considered one of the all time greats in tennis history. The soon to be released film ‘Borg vs McEnroe’ follows the story of the two tennis greats and their pursuit of Wimbledon glory. Directed by Janus Metz Pedersen the film stars Sverrir Gudnason (Björn Borg) and Shia LaBeouf (John McEnroe) looking at their ferocious training routines and the lead up to the tournament itself, on and off the court.
Above: John McEnroe and Björn Borg (left), Shia LaBeouf and Sverrir Gudnason (right).
However, there is one thing you might be wondering, where is the Fila and Sergio in the film? Well it looks like its a case the film used unbranded sportswear for the wardrobe as the rivalry claims some of the finest casual sportswear to ever set foot on the planet. The famous Fila MK1 Settanta worn by Borg and the Sergio Tachini Ghibli tracktop worn by McEnroe have more tennis heritage than anything else ever made. Not to mention the Fila MK1 Settanta polo shirt, the Fila Mk2 Settanta shorts and of course the legendary Diadora Borg Elite trainers. The era marked a movement of new and colourful apparel which has since become some of the most collectable and desirable sportswear in the world.
The Borg vs McEnroe film will be releasing in cinemas nationwide from 22nd September 2017. In the meantime why don’t you check out our range of classic tennis sportswear and tracktops at 80scasualclassics.co.uk from the nostalgic tennis era.
Dwight McNeil’s remarkable week got even better as he made his England Under 20 debut.
After earning his first official England call up last Thursday, he scored his second senior goal last Saturday in the 2-1 defeat at home to Leicester City.
The 19-year-old was then drafted in to train with the senior England squad on Tuesday, before making his Under 20 bow on Thursday.
McNeil played the full 90 minutes are St George’s Park as England lost 3-1 to Poland.
McNeil played the full 90 minutes of the game at St George’s Park, as the Under 20s lost 3-1 to Poland.
McNeil will now due to fly out with the Under 20s to play in Portugal next Tuesday night.
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Last week was a busy week for shipping code, so here’s a quick recap on the new stuff to keep you busy over the holiday season.
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You will gain valuable insights into the convenience industry from interviews with owner-operators, industry experts, and c-store lenders. More than 250 illustrative photographs, diagrams and video segments, along with discussion questions and a case study, familiarize students with every aspect of appraising convenience stores. Meet the challenge of appraising the going-concern value, separating and appraising the tangible assets and intangible assets of this specialized, yet frequently encountered appraisal assignment.
• Specialized knowledge and skills to appraise these special purpose properties. • A comprehensive education into the convenience industry, including an in-depth look at the challenges facing the convenience store retail channel. • Analytical tools for assessing the trade area. • Ways to accurately describe and consider the site, building, fuel service and equipment. • The ability to process the cost, sales comparison, and income capitalization approaches as applied to convenience stores. • Methods to avoid pitfalls and potential mistakes in appraising convenience stores.
"I went to Memphis to take the seminar Appraising Convenience Stores. Robert Bainbridge wrote the book for the Appraisal Institute and taught the seminar. It was the best seminar I have ever taken. One thing you learn from the seminar is that the Hyper Markets(c-stores) like Wal-Mart gas and Sam's Club are hurting the c-store business and many are in trouble. I read Home Depot may be selling gas soon. If any of you have a chance to take his seminar you ought to take it."
I enjoyed the seminar Appraising Convenience Stores tremendously. It was one of the best seminars I have attended in a long time.
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Learn to appraise convenience stores and gas stations. Updated and expanded, this is the only nationally-accredited instruction on the valuation of these special-purpose properties.
Separate earnings to real estate, FF&E and intangibles.
The seminar includes learning aids such as video interviews, valuation field examples, an FF&E value calculator, and an automated EBITDA Excel template.
The modules in this seminar follow closely the Appraisal Institute’s book, Convenience Stores and Retail Fuel Properties: Essential Appraisal Issues.
There are a total of nine mandatory student exercises and a final case study assignment to give students hands-on experience in applying the seminar concepts. These exercises are intense and require a fair amount of time to complete them. Please note that the instructor may take 3-5 days to review your assignment so plan your time accordingly. You can advance through the program while you are waiting for your instructor to review your work. You will receive the completion certificate only upon receiving a satisfactory review of your final case study assignment.
An automated Excel worksheet with the suggested solution to the case study is provided at the end of the seminar.
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Can dairy actually harm your skin?
We all grew up with parents encouraging us to drink milk for its calcium content, but did you know that dairy can actually do more harm than good?
Growing up, our parents often told us to finish our milk in order to get stronger bones and grow taller. Most of us think of milk as a good thing, but apparently, dairy can wreak havoc on your body. Don’t believe us? Just read on.
According to numerous studies, dairy calcium has little to no protective effect on bones. An increased intake of calcium from dairy products can even put you at a higher risk of fracture! That’s because the high protein content of dairy products acidifies your body’s pH and leeches calcium from your bones.
Another problem is that dairy cows are often injected with synthetic growth hormones to increase milk production. These cows are often kept pregnant, which means that they’re pumped full of hormones, both natural and synthetic, which gets passed to the milk. Surely that cannot be good for us? Excess hormones has been linked to numerous issues, including breakouts and fertility. Yikes!
By the way, did you know that most Asians are lactose intolerant? That means that dairy products can cause gastrointestinal problems, including flatulence and bloating. But not only that, the mortality rate in women who consumed three servings of milk a day was twice as high as those who drank less. Are these two things linked? Who knows, but we’re not risking it.
Our advice? Ditch the dairy and switch to alternatives like soy milk and nut milk — they’re healthier, and just as delicious!
Was Rios-Alvarado that good? I saw it was on HBO the other night but didn't think it would be worth my time to stay up haha.
It probably is a step down in intensity from their first bout, but wouldn't be?
It is still going to be mentioned as a fight of the year candidate and it was a very close, very intense fight with both guys landing a lot of clean shots but without the fight devolving into a hands-down slugfest. If you like boxing at all, I think it's a fight worth seeing. They've probably set up a third fight later this year.
Figueroa vs Arakawa. Catch the Showtime replay if,you get a chance.
I thought Rios-Alvarado I was way better.
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I entered the village where the École des Femmes (School for Women) meets, and greeted the chief and the instructors. I had been invited to share a short message with the women. My missionary friend who runs the school had informed me that the women I would be meeting had already made professions of faith in Christ. They were studying Scripture and the principles of a Christian home and marriage, and learning how to read, write, cook, and sew.
Women in this country are so downtrodden. I wanted to leave them with something meaningful, but what would encourage these lovely women who face so much difficulty on a daily basis and still readily smile and laugh with me?
As I prayed and watched the women proudly show what they’ve been learning, God reminded me of how I got to where I am today and that I should tell them. I shared with them that once, over thirty years ago, a missionary woman was old and poor in health and had to return to the U.S., her home country. She did not stop being a missionary, though. She spoke to groups of children and told them about Jesus, and that is how I first heard the Gospel and asked Jesus to be my Savior. She was old. She was physically frail. She was a woman. But God used her to work a miracle – to give me new life in Christ – and now I was there to share my story with them.
I had originally planned to share with them that we are all missionaries, not just those of us whom God sends to faraway lands. They are missionaries in their villages. They are missionaries when they visit relatives and friends in other villages. They are missionaries in their own homes. Instead, God prompted me to share a specific example of this—how He used one humble woman to change the lives of others. They could relate to her and understood that God can use them too.
Golden Hills Bungalows is a set of bungalows and dorms with swimming pool and pool bar aimed at backpackers and those looking for a fun time. It is run by english staff who are always willing to take the time to help you have an awesome time in Phi Phi and share thier local knowledge with you. Ranging from the best place\'s to take photos, snorkel with sharks, do some shopping, cliff jump, eat and of course party. We encourage socialising and have a common area where you can share a beer or a bucket with friends old and new. We have cable TV and large selection of DVDs and books for when you wanna chill out and free wifi for those with laptops (Computers on the way for everyone else).
All rooms are en suite, have balconies and most have TVs. Air conditioning is available. The rooms are in excellent condition and are cleaned on a regular basis. You have a choice between a bed in a twin, double, or a dorm bed. Lockers available, just bring your own lock.
We have an on site laundry service and all linen and a towel are included.
Ask for directions to the view point steps. Everyone on the island know where these are. Once you reach them go past them and follow the road round and then up some different steps. This will lead up to one of the island resovoirs where you will find my hostel located to the left of this.
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Hollywood, 1927. George Valentine (Jean Dujardin) is a successful silent movie star. But the advent of talking movies plunges him into oblivion and makes a young extra named Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo) into a huge star. This movie retraces their destinies, or how fame, pride and money can become obstacles to a love story.
la Lon Cheney style and made a resurgence as a viable art form once again ~ 84 years since the talkies pushed their way into Hollywood and 75 year after the last widely considered ‘relevant’ silent film flickered on the big screen. What’s interesting to me is that, sure I’m certain the film is good, but part of what the buzz is about is the novelty of a silent film. A silent film is far from novel.
From the looks of the trailer, it looks stunning and powerful, with a killer score to match. Fingers crossed & prayers made that this film realizes it’s potential and doesn’t suffer the same fate that ‘Louis’ seems to have.
Silent Movies: why it’s hard to like them but why it’s worth it.
I came across this post about silent horror films a bit ago on WordPress’s main page. I reposted it and you may’ve read it by now. The author hit the nail on the head…or rather hit the coffin nail into the coffin as her post dealt largely with the silent horror film Nosferatu. The blog is worth the read and the film is worth the watching and was the inspiration of this post.
To those who know me or at least have read a few posts on this blog, you’ll gather that I love and adore old films. Specifically silent films. Silent cinema is my favorite artistic medium and I’ve even made one myself. But there is one thing that is interesting yet not all together surprising; people at large don’t generally like silent films. For the longest time I didn’t know why. When I saw The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari for the first time I was mesmerized.
When I saw Buster Keaton’s The General, I was hooked for life. Interestingly it is a badge of honor among the artsier-and-fartsier-than-thou to say “oh I love silent film” yet for the average Joe and average Jane they’ll take Rush Hour over The Gold Rush any day of any week of any year.
Silent movies are fatiguing though I don’t mean this is a negative way whatsoever. It’s a positive. They are fatiguing because they are engaging. They are engaging in ways that modern movies are not. For instance, you can go to the theater and chat with whoever is next to you, talk on the phone, watch the silhouettes of the people around you, check your email, send a tweet about being at the movies and still not miss a beat of what’s going on. No imagination is required either. It’s all done for you. A bunch of guys in white shirts and ties made sure that you’re spoon-fed every plot device and want to reduce the amount you’ll have to ‘work’ (i.e. think) to watch the movie. With silent film it’s a different story. There’s actually very minimal use of title cards in silent films. The filmmakers did not want to rely on title cards but rather they held fast to the “show, don’t tell” mantra. And that’s not to say that the characters in the films went around like mimes with their mouth shut trying to act out what they’re trying to communicate with broad gestures. It’s much more subtle than that. Often times characters will ‘speak’ on camera but, lo and behold, it’s up to you, dear watcher, to imagine what they’re saying based on the context and other visual cues. No title cards. For an hour or two of this, this can get fatiguing as the general public is not used to using their thinking muscles while watching Avatar. This fact, mixed with our culture’s ever-shortening 140 letter attention span, is a recipe for dismal result when you introduce thinking into one’s entertainment.
But I submit to you that this is a privilege, not a liability, for silent cinema. It’s an art form that takes, not merely gives. It’s an engaging exchange, a wordless dialog without words between the film and the film watcher. It’s an art form that commands attention like no other work of art can and it’s an art form in which you become part of the creative process. It’s entertainment that challenges you to take off your bib and put on an apron. The 3D movies that we are being force-fed come with the promise put the viewer inside the movie watching experience yet it appeals to no other senses than it did before. Our brains can remain in the ‘off’ position from beginning to end but now we can see terrible movies in one extra dimension now! Another dimension of terrible! How is that a privilege? How is this advancement?
Silent film star Mary Pickford famously said, “It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of the talkies instead of the other way around”. Many of the silent film stars of the 1920’s felt that pantomime was the highest form of art and that talking pictures, first widely accepted in 1927, was a devolution of the craft of film rather than an evolution of it. Pickford is famous for her complaints against the ‘new’ talking pictures, comparing them to, “putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo”. Iconic silent film hero Charlie Chaplin echoed this sentiment in a different way by saying in 1928, “Moving pictures need sound as much as Beethoven’s symphonies need lyrics“. By sheer necessity, the craft of pantomime grew and grew and silent film had quickly become a universal language.
Cinematography also was just starting to grow by leaps and bounds because, as I mentioned, the medium was almost completely visual without the dialog to lean on and carry the film. It became the camera’s job to “show, not tell”. Again, I know a lot of popular conceptions about silent film is that the camera is static, the shots are clumsy at best but this couldn’t be further from the truth. Take 1927’s “Sunrise; A Tale of Two Humans” by Nosferatu director, F.W. Murnau which was released right as sound made it’s way to Hollywood. Beautifully long and graceful tracking shots, hardly any title cards throughout, and some very state of the art special effects. It is the silent film that you wouldn’t expect to be a silent film. It really is a shame that the ‘talkies’ came along so early on as I feel that it slowed down the innovative direction that cinematography was heading. George Lucas even admitted that he doesn’t think film, and particularly cinematography, still to this day, has fully recovered from film’s transition to sound.
Wow! I covered more than I’d intended to but I suppose my passion for these films is clear and that’s really what I wanted to communicate. These films are gems and I find them to be more satisfying to experience them and I hope that more and more people will explore these films for themselves. They are the great-grandparents of every single modern film you have ever seen or ever will see. They are time-capsules. They are engaging works of art that invite you to invest in their continual creation and interpretation. They might be hard to like but they are so, so, so worth your time.

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