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Quotes[ edit ] I haven't a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming petty vices whatsoever.
It All Begins with Jennie "Tragedy always leaves a psychic scar upon a site, and there is nothing so heart-rending as the death of a beloved child. At first glance the famous quote appears humorous, motivating and encouraging the reader to live a life filled with good deeds.
But there is a darker side to the quote that reveals a resentment Sam Clemens held for the occupation of undertakers -- men who made their living by taking advantage of sorrow.
This was a view he formulated in when he lived in the territory of Nevada and a view that he would continually express throughout his lifetime. Louis, Missouri on July 18, enroute to the territory of Nevada. Abraham Lincoln had been inaugurated as president of the United States on March 4, and Orion, who had actively campaigned for Lincoln had received a political appointment as secretary of Nevada territory.
Sam had been a Mississippi steamboat pilot until the Civil War broke out a few months earlier and closed down commerce and travel on the great river. Sam had agreed to pay the travel passage for them both from Missouri to Nevada when Orion promised to make Sam his personal secretary -- an unfunded position.
Joseph they boarded a stagecoach headed for Carson City, seventeen hundred miles west. Orion was leaving behind a string of unprofitable jobs as a newspaper editor, publisher and printer in Missouri and Iowa in hopes of finally finding a meaningful occupation in government service in Nevada territory.
The request for a salary advance was denied and it would be October before Mollie and Jennie would make the trip to Nevada and reunite the family. At the first territorial legislative session inthe legislators passed a law enabling Orion to collect fees for providing certified documents, copies of laws, and filing certificates of incorporation.
The added income enabled Orion to erect one of the finest homes in Carson City at the corner of Spear and Division street. Orion furnished the home with walnut furniture, a grand piano, and a special little rocking chair for Jennie. The home soon became a social center for the town as Mollie became a well-loved and popular hostess.
Jennie worked to raise money to buy the church a Bible for the pulpit. By all accounts she was bright and loved to read the family Bible. She told Mollie she often prayed at school for assistance when she had difficulties. Her parents told friends that Jennie had read Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.
Family friend and newspaper reporter Dan DeQuille, a frequent visitor in Orion's home, told of Jennie's joy of reading: I was amused by a little daughter of his who was turning over the leaves of a work on geography, suddenly starting up and exclaiming gleefully, -- 'Good, good!
I have found it! I've found it at last! He looked and read under a picture, 'Cod Fishing off New Foundland. The book is now in the Kevin Mac Donnell collection.
Photos courtesy of Kevin Mac Donnell. Unable to strike it rich, in August Sam accepted a position as a reporter for the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City, about fifteen miles northeast of Carson City. When the second territorial legislature convened in NovemberSam traveled to Carson City as a reporter covering the proceedings and lodged with Orion, Mollie and Jennie.
When he wasn't reporting on the territorial legislature, Sam Clemens wrote local news stories about Virginia City and Carson City. When there wasn't a lot of news to be found, Sam Clemens manufactured it. Gold mines, massacres, and petrified men were only a few of the topics and hoaxes he wrote about.
Descriptions and good-natured jokes related to undertakers were common. Induring a great leather famine, many people were obliged to wear wooden shoes, and Mr. Perry, for the sake of economy, transferred his boot-making patronage from the tan-yard which had before enjoyed his custom, to an undertaker's establishment -- that is to say, he wore coffins "City Marshall Perry," Territorial Enterprise, March 3, The difference between the right word and the almost right word is really a large matter — it's the difference between a lightning bug and the lightning.
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Would Donald Trump’s re–election campaign really be so desperate that it would post ads on Craigslist recruiting volunteers to fill the audience at his upcoming Phoenix rally on Tuesday?
Anyone can post such things on Craigslist, so it’s hard to believe Trump would be so desperate. But the fact that we have to question this, and perhaps even second–guess ourselves, is indicative of the lowly state of affairs in the White House these days. And we know how much Donald loves his crowds.
Sandwiched among listings seeking “sugar babies” and “adult house cleaners,” job ads started appearing Sunday on Craigslist Phoenix seeking several “actors” for Tuesday’s Trump rally, especially people of color, to “hold pro–Trump signs, cheer on command, and show diversity.” The rate on one ad was $10/hour.
Activist and organizer Marcus Ferrell was the first to point the listings out on Twitter:
Shortly after that tweet, the Craigslist post was removed. But then another one popped up:
That one was flagged for removal, too. A third one appeared, this time in a different section:
If someone is playing a prank, or trying to set Trump up, sadly, this is a pretty simple, effective, and cheap way to do it. Because Trump has engaged in similar behavior in the past. In 2015, he was called out for allegedly violating campaign laws in the hiring of two casting agencies to contract actors to participate in the announcement of his presidential candidacy at Trump Tower.
A 2015 complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission by the American Democracy Legal Fund accused Trump and his campaign of violating campaign laws by hiring Gotham Government Relations & Communications LLC and Extra Mile, Inc. to stack the audience at Trump Tower. Trump’s campaign allegedly paid Gotham $12,000 for its services, according to the complaint.
The casting call sent in an email by Gotham has similar language as the Craigslist listings, calling for actors to “wear t-shirts and carry signs and help cheer [Trump] in support of his announcement.”
Whether or not it’s a joke, some high–ranking elected officials do not want Trump to hold his ego–boosting political rally. Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton pleaded with Trump to cancel the event because it would “enflame emotions” and attract violent Trump supporters and white supremacists from outside the state, The Washington Post reported. As of Friday, Trump hadn’t responded to the mayor.
Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego compared Trump’s decision to hold the rally so soon after three people died in Charlottesville to “throwing tinder onto an ongoing fire.”
“I absolutely think it’s inappropriate to be holding a political rally a few days after an innocent woman was mowed down by a neo-Nazi,” he said, according to the newspaper.

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2020 NACRW Cancelled
IN-PERSON MEETING at NACRW
Date: July 25, 2021
Time: 3:45 - 4:45 pm
Place: Marriott Harbor Beach Resort
See Meeting reports in sections at bottom of page.
Exchange information among regulatory experts and develop criteria to be applied to new multi-class / multi-residue methods (100+/200+ substances) for screening and possibly for confirming veterinary drug residues (VDR) in food. This topic is strategically complicated given the various points of view:
VDR Working Group Agenda for NACRW, July 21, 2019, 2:45 - 4:15pm :

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Washington, D.C. – The National Association of Manufacturers and the American Petroleum Institute released the following statement regarding new executive orders that will help relieve the backlog of pipeline projects:
The President’s executive action to accelerate the energy infrastructure permitting process will boost job creation, energy security, the growth of U.S. exports and the expansion of manufacturing in America, said NAM President and CEO Jay Timmons. For years, manufacturers have advocated for a modernized permitting process, and this administration has listened, providing much needed clarity to often confusing or unpredictable rules and regulations. With these new tools in hand, manufacturers are not only empowered to make new investments in our people and our communities but also to keep our promise to deliver responsible environmental stewardship.
Pipelines are the safest, most environmentally sound way to transport natural gas and oil, and API supports a robust permitting process for moving pipeline projects forward, said API President and CEO Mike Sommers. While some state lawmakers and governors have abused the Clean Water Act to cause permitting delays, these executive orders will strengthen the Clean Water Act by requiring federal agencies to make timely permitting decisions in compliance with the law. We applaud the administration for their commitment to building America’s pipeline infrastructure, helping to deliver the energy that working families and businesses rely on each and every day.
The NAM has advocated for measures to accelerate the permitting process for new energy infrastructure for several years and has actively called on the Trump administration to improve the way federal and state agencies authorize these projects. In 2016, the NAM and IHS Economics released a study highlighting the economic benefits of pipeline development to the U.S. manufacturing sector.
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- - vegan
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- - low in carbohydrate
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- - unprocessed as much as possible
- - high-quality (organic, self-cultivated, etc.)
- - fat rich (vegetable fat)
- - protein rich (vegetable protein)
Our foods should be curative, our remedies foods.
If you fill your refrigerator under these conditions, lots of (green) vegetables will become a main staple. Since a varied, high-quality food diet is almost automatically guaranteed with so many vegetables, all vitamins, minerals, etc. are consumed in sufficient quantity. With simple preparation you receive only the pure value of the ingredients which are, specifically:
Vegetable fat, vegetable protein, water, carbohydrates and sugar.
In addition, you will find in both the ingredients and the recipe list, with a few exceptions, food which is sensible and good (or at least not counterproductive) if you choose this path.
Since some recipe requires some sweetness, you still encounter "sweet" from time to time.
Please always use this sweetness in moderation (see menu item "Why you should know Otto Warburg") and note that all processed ingredients (broth, syrup, etc.) are always homemade.
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Working seamlessly, the Hellsgate, Payson and Pine-Strawberry fire departments on Thursday snuffed out a small brush fire in thick brush behind Walmart.
“The final fire size was one-tenth of an acre,” said Hellsgate Chief John Wisner.
“The fire was human caused.”
The blaze appeared to have started in an area of a homeless encampment, said Mike Reichling, Pine-Strawberry fire marshal. Throughout the property, homeless camps full of abandoned couches, blankets and broken glass litter the forest, including several fire rings.
The fire started close to several homes near Rumsey Park.
After intense deliberations on possible evacuations and strategies for fighting the fire, Wisner ordered use of a “direct fire attack” strategy.
“They will use hand tools and smaller engines,” he said.
Dressed in the bright yellow shirt and green pants of wildland firefighting, about 10 firefighters cleared brush and then doused the fire, using a hose from a Pine-Strawberry wildland fire truck.
The property, to the northwest of Walmart, is currently for sale by Fieldbrook Properties for $2.5 million.
The leasing agent said it has gone in and out of escrow since 2003.
The thick, uncleared brush on the lot provides a fire with an easy spread to neighborhoods on all sides.
Payson doesn’t have a tough ordinance that would allow the town to order property owners to clear overgrown lots.
The Payson Fire Department has repeatedly recommended the town adopt such an ordinance, but the council has abstained each time.
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Rel Comm, Airtel scorch m-cap chart
IT heavyweight Infosys Technologies has moved up from 5th to 3rd position, after the company’s market cap jumped 81% to Rs 1,23,407 crore during the June 14-November 15, ‘06 period when the Sensex rallied 4540 points, or 51%, to touch a new high of 13469 on Wednesday.
Telecom major Bharti Airtel, which saw its market cap shoot up 77% to Rs 1,09,697 crore, overtook TCS (with a market cap of Rs 1,07,196 crore) on Wednesday. Now, the company has the fifth largest market cap on the BSE. TCS’ rank has now fallen to 6 from 5 after the stock fell 1% to end at Rs 1,095 on the day.
Reliance Communication, a relative new entrant on the bourses, has been the biggest wealth creator with the market cap soaring 2.2 times to Rs 82,061 crore, the highest growth among the 30 index heavyweights. The company has now moved up to the seventh position from a lowly 18th on June 14.
ICICI Bank has recorded a 94% growth in market cap, which has pushed up its position to 8th from 10th. Investors in the bank have become richer by over Rs 38,000 crore in the past five months. SBI, IOC and Bhel are few other heavyweights that have outperformed their peers like RIL, ONGC, NTPC, TCS, Wipro, ITC and HLL in terms of growth in market cap.
According to analysts, valuations of many blue chip stocks across sectors like IT, telecom, banking and real estate have improved remarkably on the back of robust quarterly numbers and also on account of tremendous growth potential of these sectors.
According to sectoral review by Edelweiss Securities, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications have posted stellar results led by a strong traction in mobility revenues coupled with the healthy contribution from enterprise services business, during the last quarter. The Mumbai-based brokerage expects the sector to sustain accelerated growth with wireless leading the way.
India’s IT sector, led by stalwarts like Infosys, TCS and Wipro, also announced good numbers, beating the market expectations, aided by higher volumes and rupee depreciation.
(This article was originally published in The Times of India)

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From:Chelsea, MI Region: Midwest Topic: Wildflowers Title: Texas native wildflowers viable in Michigan Answered by: Nan Hampton
Can you tell me what wildflowers native to Texas would also thrive in Michigan?? I'd like to surprise a "transplant".
Well, poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) is native to both Michigan and Texas, but that's probably not the sort of plant you had in mind! You can do a search on the Native Plants Database using "Distribution" as your search criteria. If you input "Michigan", you will get a list of >2300 plants that are native to Michigan. For each of these plants the distribution for all states is listed so that you can pick out which ones are native to both Michigan and Texas. That's a lot of plants to sort through so I assume another criteria you have is that the plant is commercially available. I do have a few suggestions (not poison ivy) that would probably remind your friend of Texas and also be commercially available.
There are a couple of shrubs/small trees that are native to both Texas and Michigan that would say "Texas" to your friend. One is the Redbud (Cercis canadensis) which produces beautiful dark pink blooms in late February (In Texas). The other is Smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) which produces red berries and colorful leaves in the fall.
For a listing of Nurseries and Seed Companies that specialize in native plants, visit the National Suppliers Directory. For instance, if you search for "Seed Companies" in Michigan, you will find that Wildtype Design in Mason, Michigan has seeds for several of the plants listed above.
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Click here to go to the Movie Archives (older reviews are located here).
Old school rap fans remember the
Public Enemy song "Don't Believe the Hype." You'd do well to take Chuck D's
advice when it comes to King Kong. It's good but it isn't the 'masterpiece' that
some people are claiming. Also be aware that it's three hours and seven minutes
long. And Kong doesn't appear until the second hour.
of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha is a beautiful film. I don't know much about the exotic and secret world of the geisha, so I can't tell if they got it technically right but it looked damn good.
Memoir, based on the book by Arthur Golden, follows Chiyo (Zhang Ziyi and Suzuka Ohgoas a girl) from her humble beginnings as a young 9-year-old sold to a geisha house through her transformation to Sayuri, the most legendary geisha in history. Life at the house isn't easy and Hatsumomo (Gong Li), the house's leading geisha, takes an instant dislike to the young girl with the blue eyes. A chance meeting with a wealthy man known only as The Chairman (Ken Watanabe) changes her forever when she decides that she will become a geisha and win the heart of The Chairman. Eventually Sayuri becomes the protégé of Mameha (Michelle Yeoh), who uses her to gain control of the geisha house; wrangling control away from Hatsumomo. Over a period of years, Sayuri gets close to The Chairman but something (a little thing like World War II) or someone (like The Chairman's business partner) always intervenes.
Memoirs is a beautifully shot film and well-acted. Much has been made about the decision to cast non-Japanese actors in this film but their performances can, arguably, justify that decision.
Geishas are lovely to look at but emotionally distant. They are trained to be the objects of passion yet are cautioned not to be passionate themselves. The movie is the same way. There is this great unrequited love story there but there is no real passion to it. We never really feel the love or the longing that Sayuri feels for The Chairman.
Let me start by saying that Brokeback Mountain gets a big fat ZERO on the Shaun-o-meter. For those of you new to this site, the Shaun-o-meter (named after my ex-boyfriend) is used to determine whether sports-loving, beer-drinking, boob/booty-oogling guys will respond to a movie. For example, we can apply the Shaun-o-meter to several movies released this month (December 2005). King Kong would rate about a 7 due to lots of action and special effects (a sex scene or a little nudity from Naomi Watts would have given it an extra point). Memoirs of a Geisha would score about a 1, beautiful women but no sex and no nudity. There isn't a lot of action either; however, there is a cat fight between two women (which is where it earns that one point).
More than anything Brokeback Mountain is the story of secret, frustrated love. Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal), a some time rodeo cowboy, and Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger), a quiet Wyoming ranch hand, meet in the summer of 1963 while herding sheep on Brokeback Mountain. With nothing but time on their hands, the two form a friendship that turns into something neither one expected. At the end of the summer, they part ways and move on with their lives. Both men marry. Both start families. But neither can deny what they shared together. After about four years, Jack initiates contact with Ennis and over the next 15 years, the men manage to see each other several times a year for 'fishing' and 'hunting' trips. The depth of their bond grows and so does Ennis's conviction that what they have stay on Brokeback Mountain.
Gyllenhaal and Ledger give Oscar-worthy performances. However, Ledger has the more difficult task. Ennis is a man of very few words, so Ledger must communicate his pain non-verbally, through his eyes, his expressions, his body language. Michelle Williams as Ennis's wife (Ledger's wife in real life) also gives a compelling performance as a woman who struggles with the reality of her marriage.
Director Ang Lee paces the film like the languid, open cowboy life it depicts. Dialogue is sparse. And there is shot after shot of wide open Wyoming landscape. He takes his time and he keeps the film firmly focused on these two men. There are no distractions. The movie works for me because Ang Lee lets these men and their story make the statement. He doesn't beat us over the head with a heavy-handed moral or social statement. More than a gay story, it's a story of forbidden love. And it's a story that is well told.
Now, the question you want to know. Just how gay is it? Well, if you are gay and used to seeing all sorts of heterosexual sex on the screen, the answer is probably not enough. The truth is that there is one sex scene which, although sort of rough, is over in less than a minute. There are two scenes with passionate kissing but honestly that is about it.
The Family Stone
The Family Stone is supposed to
be about this warm, cuddly, close-knit family. They're all supposed to be quirky
and likeable. This is the family we're supposed to envy because they are so
loveable and so open and so accepting. In actuality, they came across as a bunch
of pretentious, smug hypocritical wolves. Though Sarah Jessica Parker's uptight,
overworked, conservative was supposed to be the bitch, I ended up routing for
her and hoping she'd find a way out of this hellish group of a family.
If nothing else, Syriana
gets an 'A' for ambition. It makes a series of statements on big oil companies,
federal regulations, CIA involvement in the Middle East, how China's need for
oil directly impact the rest of us, terrorism and suicide bombers. There is a
lot going on in Syriana. Too much.
I guess Charlize Theron felt she
needed to do the action movie heroine thing. Angelina Jolie satisfied her need
to kick ass and take names as Lara Croft in the two Tomb Raider movies. Halle
Berry got hers as a Bond girl in Die Another Day and in Catwoman.
On my increasingly long list of things I've meant to do but never quite got around to is seeing the theatrical production of Rent. To be honest, theater in general is something I never quite get around to. I never got around to The Producers, Raisin in the Sun and a host of other live shows. Don't even ask me about the last live concert I went to. Anyway, I was glad to hear that Rent was coming to the big screen because I always have time for the movies.
Rent is set in Bohemian Alphabet City circa 1989 when the first wave of the AIDS epidemic was beginning to crest. Artists and free-spirits of all sorts - straight, gay, bi, black, white, Latino, HIV-positive and HIV-negative - mixed and mingled; living to celebrate creativity and love in all its forms. This group of artists for arts sake includes Mark (Anthony Rapp) a documentary filmmaker, who documents the lives of his friends during the space of a year. Mark's ex-girlfriend, self-absorbed performance artist Maureen (Idina Menzel) who has dumped him for her button-downed corporate lawyer girlfriend Joanne (Tracie Thoms). Mark's roommate, Roger (Adam Pascal), an HIV-positive former junkie who wants to write one great song before his time is up. Roger falls for exotic dancer and current junkie Mimi (Rosario Dawson). Mark and Roger's third roommate is Collins (Jesse L. Martin) who was kicked out of MIT for some subversive theory he's developed. Collins ends up falling for Angel (Wilson Jermaine Heredia), a drag-queen and street performer. Taye Diggs is Benny, a former roommate, who married up and traded the poor Bohemian lifestyle for what one could imagine is some cushy Manhattan digs. He wants to force his old roommates out of their building so that he and his father-in-law can build a digital studio.
Only Rosario Dawson and Tracie Thoms are new to this production. The rest of the actors came over from the original Broadway cast. In fact, Diggs and Menzel met on the set of Rent and have been married now for the past 2 years.
Whether it is because most of the actors originated these roles on stage or the way many of the sets were designed, Rent manages to retain a lot of the feel and the energy of a stage play. There are quite a few show stopping numbers including "La Vie Boheme", the opener "Seasons of Love", the poignant "No Day But Today", and "The Tango Maureen." And if you love big musical numbers, you'll love all of these great songs. Fans of Law and Order will not believe the set of pipes on Jesse L. Martin. That brotha can sang!!!!
But with strong cast and and stronger songs, you'd think I would have loved Rent but when they weren't singing (which fortunately wasn't often), I found the story to be lacking. The AIDS storylines were the strongest, the love between Angel and Tom in particular, and the relationship between Mimi and Roger, but others specifically, the looming eviction and the awkward love triangle of Maureen, Joanne and Mark didn't resonate. And the friends relationship with former friend Benny was also a little confusing.
I think it's funny that some people criticize Rent for being 'dated' as if the AIDS epidemic is so passé. That is such a scary and uninformed point of view, especially for African-Americans. The reality and the stigma of AIDS and HIV are very real and unfortunately still very timely.
Walk the Line
I've pretty much determined that most successful musicians lead a Behind the Music structured life. They rise from poverty and obscurity and they usually have some sort of tragic character-defining childhood event that haunts them into adulthood. But they have talent and that talent saves them from a life of monotony and self-pity. They melt the hard heart of some music producer and end up succeeding beyond their wildest dreams. Alas, they still have their demons and success brings them out: booze, drugs, wanton women (or men). At this point, their demons either overtake them (Billie Holiday, Elvis, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix) or they overcome them (Ray Charles, 50 Cent) With Walk the Line we tread this very familiar path.
The Behind the Music analogy definitely applies to John R. Cash. His boozing-grief-stricken sharecropper father (Robert Patrick) never forgave him for the fact that his older brother died in an industrial accident and he didn't. In fact, he's convinced that the wrong son died. Guilt over his brother's death and defiance against his father's indifference propel young Johnny. He leaves home and joins the Air Force where out of loneliness he begins to write music. A movie he sees while stationed in Germany about the Folsom County Jail inspires Johnny who feels in a lot of ways like he's in prison. Back home, he marries first wife Vivian (Ginnfer Goodwin) and tries to lead a normal life - but damn it, he wants to sing. Finally, he wins over producer Sam Phillips (Dallas Roberts) and his career takes off. Cash tours with Jerry Lee Lewis (Waylon Malloy Payne), Elvis (Tyler Hilton) and June Carter (Reese Witherspoon). Carter, as part of the Carter Family, has been singing since the age of 4 and Johnny's been a fan of hers most of his life. The attraction between the two is undeniable but both are married. The two build a friendship that takes a while to become something more. Cash's wife, June's second husband and Cash's drug addiction keep them apart for years. I'm not giving anything away by saying that eventually true love prevails.
Walk the Line walks a very familiar path. We don't really learn anything new about Johnny Cash (and I didn't know that much going in). What impressed me the most about Walk the Line were the incredible performances by Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon. In addition to doing all of their own singing, the two give persuasive performances.
Director James Mangold and writer Gill Dennis wisely focus on the beginning of Cash's career and the courtship of Cash and Carter. As with Ray and Good Night and Good Luck, biopics work best when they focus on one pivotal time in a person's life instead of trying to do the cradle-to-grave treatment. Mangold also fills Walk the Line with music and the music fuels the story. It adds to the energy that Phoenix and Witherspoon bring to their work.
I wish the movie could have gone deeper into what drove Johnny Cash. A lot of his lyrics were pretty dark and although he never did hard time (just a little soft-time for a drug bust), prisoners loved him and related to him as if he'd been in the next cell. A man who could paint such sinister images and related to the alienation and hardness of prison inmates deserves a closer look. Walk the Line works as a love story but I can't help but think there is another story there just waiting to be told.
Looking for a good thriller? Keep looking.
Derailed is supposed to be a tight, twisty, edge-of-your-seat thriller. Instead, it's a bloated movie that telegraphs all it's plot twist. The idea behind a twist is that you don't see it coming. If you see it coming from a mile away, it's not really a twist.
Charles Schine (Clive Owen) is a struggling ad executive with a strained marriage and a sick child in need of her fourth kidney transplant. While on the commuter train one morning, he meets the stunning and very married Lucinda Harris (Jennifer Aniston). The two flirt. Flirting leads to lunch. Lunch leads to drinks. Drinks inevitably lead to a seedy hotel. But before they can consummate their tawdry affair, a French thug named LaRoche (Vincent Cassel - who played the break-dancing Eurotrash bad guy in Ocean's 12) burst into the room. After a unnecessarily brutal scene where Charles gets beaten and Lucinda gets much worse, LaRoche ends up extorting money from Charles. Charles is so desperate that he uses the money they've saved for their sick daughter to keep his wife and more importantly Lucinda's husband from finding out the truth about the almost-affair. Both LaRoche and Charles have trusty black sidekicks that lend them credibility. LaRoche has the gun-toting, sadistic Dexter (rapper Xhibit). Ex-con and company mailroom clerk WInston (played by rapper The RZA of the Wu Tang Clan) has Schine's back.
For Derailed to work, Owen and Aniston need to work. Owen works for me as a nice guy who gets himself caught up in a situation where nice isn't going to be enough. In fact, he gets in so far over his head, he has no choice left but to get nasty. Aniston gets points for trying to go against type. I guess she's sexy in a 'girl next door' sort of way but she's just not sexy enough for this role. She had zero chemistry with Owen. Cassell as the bad guy was just too much. It seemed like everybody else was going for a low-key performance and he came in in hyper-overdrive. His changing accent, seemed to visit every country in the European Union.
I realize you have to suspend disbelief in any movie. But I just couldn't accept that a man would use his sick child's transplant fund to cover up an affair.
Consider yourself warned, there is a particularly brutal rape scene in the movie. Half of the women in my audience covered their eyes. Honestly, it was seriously uncomfortable. It was also, in my opinion, unnecessary. There are other ways to convey that a woman has been raped. They really didn't have to take it there.
If you are seriously fiending for a thriller, Derail will do. Just remember to check logic and half your brain cells at the door.
Rich or Die Tryin'
Every once in a while, I see a movie and I don't have any strong feelings about it. It's not terrible. It's not great. But more importantly, it doesn't leave me with an impression, either good or bad. That's how I felt at the end of Get Rich or Die Tryin'.
Any fan of hip-hop knows 50 Cents story. He's legendary for being shot nine times and living to tell. The film is a fictional account of 50's life. We aren't talking about Curtis Jackson known as 50 Cent; we're talking about Marcus (Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson and Marc John Jefferies as a child) known by the rap name Young Caesar. The film begins appropriately, with the now notorious shooting. It then goes back to the beginning. Marcus's mother (Serena Reeder) was a drug dealer who died a violent death. Afterwards, he was raised by his maternal grandparents (Viola Davis and Sullivan Walker). But little Marcus liked nice things and he started selling drugs to get them. He moved up in the drug game with the help of his crew and under the tutelage of the brutal Mr. Majestic (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) who worked for the big kingpin Levar (Bill Duke).
While Hustle and Flow showed us how hard things are for pimps, Get Rich makes the same judgment about drug dealers. Marcus, at first, lives at home with his grandparents and then moves into his own shabby apartment. He has to work his a** off to afford the Mercedes he eventually buys. Along the way, he reunites with his childhood best friend Charlene (Joy Bryant) and the two develop a relationship. He also gets sent to prison where he meets up with Bama (Terrence Howard), a fellow hustler who recognizes Marcus's rap talent and offers to manage him.
50 Cent was credible playing a version of himself but he's just way too laid back for me. He lacked intensity for most of the movie. Terrance Howard, on the other hand, stood out in all of his scenes, as did Akinnuoye-Agbaje. Ladies, make sure to pay particular attention to Mr. Howard in the pivotal 'naked shower fight' scene. You might be pleasantly surprised.
I wanted to see more of Marcus's progression as a rapper in Get Rich; instead it focuses on his violent, drug-dealing days. There are lots of turf wars punctuated by lots of shoot-outs. His interest in rap was always there; as evidenced by a sexually-explicit rhyme young Marcus he makes for Charlene. It shocks her parents so much they send her out of the city to live with her grandparents. But the movie doesn't really delve into his creative process. As a result, I never really felt the passion that Marcus should have had for his music.
I guess that is ultimately the problem I had with Get Rich or Die Tryin. It just didn't have heart. It connected all the dots but it didn't have the emotion and the passion to make me really connect with it. Without that passion, this is yet another gangsta/hustla movie.
Jarhead isn't Full Metal Jacket. It isn't Platoon set in the desert. It isn't Apocalypse Now. It's a war movie but it's a war movie about a battle-less war. It's important to know that going in. It's not about the smell of napalm in the morning. It's about the anticipation of the smell of napalm in the morning.
Jarhead is based on the book of the same name by Anthony Swofford. Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) and his team have gone through an intensive sniper training at the hands of Staff Sergeant Sykes (Jamie Foxx). They're eager to use their new found skills when they are shipped over to Kuwait for Desert Shield. There, in the searing heat of the desert, they wait. When they are done waiting, they wait some more, and occasionally, they patrol the Kuwaiti oil fields. When Desert Shield becomes Desert Storm, the men are certain that they will see some action. They get burning oil fields, oily rain and lots of clean up and ditch digging. When Swofford and his partner Troy (Peter Sarsgaard) finally get an assignment, their efforts are thwarted at the last minute. And then, it's over.
There are no big battles in Jarhead because there were no big battles in Desert Storm (at least that Anthony Swofford was involved in). Jarhead is about what happens when men who ready for action don't get any. It's a study in frustration and pent-up aggression.
The men of Desert Storm, as far as Swofford is concerned were robbed of the opportunity to fight. Adding to their frustration is the reality that live back home was going on without them. Wives and girlfriends slowly forgot about them; leaving them all the more isolated and anxious to do something.
It's a well-acted film. Gyllenhaal, Foxx and Sarsgaard give powerful performances. The odd thing about Jarhead is the lack of story. There is no defined enemy. Sure, Saddam and his Royal Guard are the enemy, but they don't really figure prominently into the action. Foxx's Sgt. Sykes is at times antagonistic, but he's certainly not the bad guy. There is no central action. There is no big battle as a rallying point. It's just a bunch of hyped up guys waiting for something. They are locked and loaded but not allowed to shoot.
Jarhead works because we share their anticipation, we go along for the ride. We wait, knowing at any time something significant might happen ... or not.
G is romantic drama based on the Jazz Age classic novel, The Great Gatsby (one of my favorites). However, kids be warned, watching this movie will not substitute for reading the book because there are some big differences (and not just the addition of rappers and a hip-hop soundtrack).
The Great Gatsby was basically a love triangle awash in class warfare. Gatsby fell in love with shallow socialite Daisy. But Daisy leaves the struggling Gatsby for the rich ‘old money’ Tom Buchannan. Not content to let the love of his life pass him by, Gatsby becomes a self-made millionaire (although the origins of his wealth are never clearly revealed). His motivation is to win back the woman of his dreams. Only his dreams are shattered when he sees Daisy for what she truly is, not his ideal soul mate but a shallow social climber who is truly incapable of returning his love. Caught in the middle of it all is Daisy’s cousin Nick who watches the whole story unfold over a summer in West Egg.
The basic structure of G is the same. Only G (Richard T. Jones) reinvents himself as a hip-hop mogul along the lines of Puffy and Russell Simmons. Tom is now Chip (Blair Underwood), a bougie financier who fancies himself as better than the coarse hip-hop types he looks down upon. Daisy is now Sky (Chenoa Maxwell), a woman with considerably more depth than Daisy. Still caught in the middle is Sky’s cousin Tre (Andre Royo) who gets caught in the middle of the tug-of-war for his cousin’s affections in the posh Hamptons.
I enjoyed G. It wasn’t a big budget production and it showed in the production values but all of the major actors gave solid performances. Those of you who are regular visitors to my site (all five of you! LOL!), know that I’m all about diverse portrayals of African Americans, so I have to say it was refreshing to see a serious romantic drama featuring African-Americans that aren’t pimps, playas and hustlers.
Without giving too much away, I felt that Skye should have been more conflicted when it came time to make her final decision. Screenwriter Christopher Scott Cherot seemed to go through a lot to make her more substantive than the original Daisy but at the end, she made her ‘decision’ very quickly and it didn’t quite ring true for me.
I also thought a little too much time was spent on the sub-plots with the performers on G’s label. One of them was central to the plot but it seemed a bit distracting at other times.
Prime is a prime opportunity for Meryl Streep and Uma Thurman to shine, and they do. So what’s the problem?
Rafi (Uma Thurman) is just getting out of a nine year marriage and is relying on her supportive and encouraging therapist Lisa Metzger (Meryl Streep) to see her through. When Rafi meets David (Bryan Greenberg) a struggling artist, sparks fly; in spite of their 14 year age difference. Lisa, being a smart therapist, puts two and two together and realizes that her son is the reason Rafi is so ‘sexually satisfied’. Despite what should be a conflict of interest, she decides to continue to treat Rafi. Eventually, she fesses up and creates some awkward moments for all involved.
Streep, as the liberal therapist and overbearing conservative Jewish mother, is excellent as a woman who is forced to take her own advice. And Thruman, as the beautiful but still a bit gun-shy divorcee, delivers. They both have the timing and the chemistry that makes their scenes work. So, I ask again, what’s the problem?
In a word (okay two) it’s Bryan Greenberg. I just couldn’t fathom Uma Thurman getting all hot and bothered over this guy. He didn’t work for me at all. Another actor, any actor with some sex appeal, would have been a better choice. I kept thinking, “She’s going ga-ga for this guy?”
Prime was primed to be a great comedy. But with two strong leads instead of three Prime is good but not great.
Doom is one of those movies designed to appeal to teenaged boys. Hollywood executives think that teenage boys are the key to big box office, so they go out of their way to create this type of stuff - movies based on comic books, extreme sports and video games - to attract them. I, if you haven't guessed by now, am not a teenager, nor am I a boy (check the logo). So for me, a thirty-something woman, Doom was doomed from the start.
I've never played the video game so I can't make any comparisons. In the movie, a group of Marines led by the aptly named Sarge (The Rock) go to Mars because some Alien-esque thing has killed a group of scientist stationed there. One of the scientist, an archeologist, Sam Grimm (Rosamund Pike) is the estranged sister of one of the marines, Reaper (Karl Urban). She's uncovered some interesting evidence about life on Mars. It turns out that the original Martians were super-human thanks to an extra set of chromosomes. However, that extra chromosome turned some of the Martians into monsters; monsters strong enough to take out all of the super-human Martians. What does all of this mean? Not much but everyone runs down a lot of dark corridors with guns blazing, killing everything in sight. Sometimes people end up getting killed twice because apparently some of the more-super-than-the-super-human-super-monsters have a problem staying dead.
Let's be honest. No one going to see Doom is going for the story or the well-developed characters. Consequentially, the makers of Doom didn't really spend too much time on pesky little things like plot, characters, dialog and story. The teens that play Doom apparently like to shoot things up and that is what the characters in Doom do. They shoot things. And that's all they do.
A few ladies I know are considering seeing Doom because of The Rock. Ladies, don't do it. Your fantasizes of a buff sexy Rock wearing to nothing while wielding his big gun will not be fulfilled.
If you're a fan of the game, play it and take a pass on the movie.
Domino is very loosely based on the life of Domino Harvey. She was the daughter of British actor Laurence Harvey, who is best remembered as the original Manchurian Candidate. After her father's death, she and her mother moved to Beverly Hills. For a minute, she dabbled in modeling before taking up her career as a bounty hunter. The real Domino Harvey was a lesbian who battled drug addiction. It was her habit that led to an overdose earlier this year. She was found dead in her West Hollywood apartment. While Harvey did have some say in the movie, she was also displeased with certain facets of her portrayal (particularly the choice to play her as a heterosexual).
Domino the movie is inspired more by the idea of Domino - a rich hot chick who decides to be a bounty hunter and hang out with criminals and ex-cons - than by Domino herself. Director Tony Scott takes the concept of Domino and creates what amounts to a lot more fiction than fact.
In the movie, Domino (Kiera Knightley) is being interrogated by FBI criminal psychologist (Lucy Liu). She tells the story of a bounty hunt/double-cross that went horribly wrong. Convoluted and taxing, all I will say is that it involves several DMV workers (including a scene-stealing Mo'Nique as well as Macy Gray), a mobster (Stanley Kamel) and his frat boy sons, Afghanistan freedom fighters, a sick kid, the FBI and a sleazy reality show producer (Christopher Walken) and his 'celebrity hosts/hostages' played by Beverly Hills 90210 actors Brian Austin Green and Ian Zierling. Along the way, Domino also fills us in on the details of her life - how she met her partners Ed Moseby (Mickey Rourke) and Choco (Edgar Ramirez).
Tony Scott is going for a sort of surreal, trippy energy with Domino. He uses lots of colored tints, jump cuts and shaky camera work to convey that feeling. After an hour and a half it was more distracting than anything. The script (by Richard Kelly) goes for that same sort of jerky, surreal, trippy effect. Things happen but then they really didn't happen. Or did they?
Domino is violent. Tons of shoot-outs, explosions, gun-play and a well-placed severed arm. And I swear every song in the score used the F-word repeatedly. Despite all of that, halfway through, I was bored. The movie's best scene is also it's most useless. Mo'Nique as Lateesha Rodriquez goes on Jerry Springer to advocate her new racial classification system featuring Blactinos (black/latino), Chinegros (Chinese and black) and Japanics (Japanese and Hispanic).
Domino is a classic case of lots of style and little substance. If you stay through part of the credits, you'll get a look at the real Domino Harvey. I get the feeling that her real-life story would have been a whole lot more interesting than this fictional account.
The Gospel is an updated retelling of the Prodigal Son set to a vibrant gospel soundtrack.
In this version, the prodigal son is David (Boris Kodjoe), the son of Pastor Taylor (Clifton Powell). Instead of having a brother, he has a best friend Frank (Idris Elba). Just as the two teenagers prepare to graduate from the youth ministry program, tragedy strikes when David's mother suddenly dies. In his anger David turns his back on God, his father and the church. Flash forward 15 years and although the two have gone down separate paths, both have been successful. David is a R&B artist with a hit single "Let Me Undress You." Frank is the assistant pastor at the church and married to David's cousin Charlene (Nona Gaye). When David's father gets sick, David reluctantly returns home. As his father's hand-picked successor, Frank has ambitious and grand visions for the church - but others, particularly Assistant Pastor Hunter (Donnie McClurkin) aren't as enthusiastic. Things seem to come to a head as David asserts himself into church business.
What struck me about this movie is that although it is a church movie, its more about the business of church and the power struggle that ensures following Pastor Taylor's death than anything else. It's through that struggle that both Frank and David experience their own spiritual redemption. I also liked the fact that presented a church filled with real people not saints: a single mother, an egotistical bishop, a jealous assistant, a scheming preacher's wife. Yes, they all love the Lord but none of them are perfect.
I would have liked to see more of the essence of the rivalry between David and Frank. A key aspect of the Prodigal Son parable is the faithful son's resentment at the return of his wayward brother. In the film, there is some resentment and there is definitely a rivalry but it could have been developed more. Also, the power struggle within the church didn't come across as strongly as maybe it should have.
Of course, any review of The Gospel has to talk about the music. Director Rob Hardy (who directed the Trois series) knows the important of music in church services and to the church folk who will see this movie and he does not disappoint. Yolanda Adams, Fred Hammond, Martha Munizzi and Tamyra Gray are all featured with original music provided by Kirk Franklin. The choir alone had people in my audience singing along. This soundtrack will do very well.
If The Gospel is successful (like Diary of a Black Woman was earlier this year) we could see trend towards more uplifting Christian films. Such a trend wouldn't be a bad thing. It sure beats the current trend towards hoods, hustlers and hos. The Gospel isn't a perfect film but if it's the kind of film you'd like to see more of, go out an support it (and that doesn't mean buying the five dollar bootleg!).
While Roll Bounce treads some very familiar territory (the classic dance competition) it does so with a lot of heart and affection for a bygone era. Director Malcolm Lee (Undercover Brother and The Brothers) and writer Norman Vance Jr. (Beauty Shop) go to great pains to create an authentic memory of the late 70’s. From the dashikis and the patchwork denim pants to the skateboards and the funk/disco soundtrack, the duo succeed at capturing that particular moment in time.
I was pleasantly surprised by Bow Wow - whose acting has improved by leaps and bounds since his debut in Like Mike. His character has some very powerful scenes and he pulls them off like an actor. I never had the feeling that I was watching a rapper try to act. His performance was impressive and he held his own with Chi McBride who gives a heartfelt performance as a widower trying to piece his life back together. As expected Mike Epps and Charlie Murphy make the most of their limited screen time in some of the movie's funniest moments. Nick Cannon, Wesley Jonathan and Brandon T. Jackson also added some laughs.
While I enjoyed the skating (and definitely the music), I wish I could have seen more of the actual skating. Don’t get me wrong, there is a lot of skating in this movie but when it comes to the dance competition, there are way too many close-ups and cutaways. It was obvious that Wesley Jonathan, as the cocky Sweetness, and Bow Wow weren’t doing some of the more advanced skating sequences. I honestly wasn’t expecting them to. But Lee chooses his shots like he’s more concerned with not showing us the skating stand-ins than he is with showing us the actual skating.
At an indulgent 107 minutes, the movie could have been trimmed down a bit. However, that is a small price to pay for a sweet nostalgic trip down memory lane.
From the beginning of Flight Plan, you have to wonder, is this woman sane? Jodie Foster is a grief-stricken widow who's escorting her husband's body back from Germany to the U.S. for burial. Her daughter, Julia, is with her, or is she?
Mother and daughter fall asleep on the plane and mother, Kyle Pratt (Jodie Foster) wakes up to find little Julia (Marlene Lawston) gone. The crew (Erika Christensen, Kate Beahan, Judith Scott, Jana Kolesarova) the pilot (Sean Bean) and the air marshal (Peter Sarsgaard) are initially sympathetic. But an increasingly hysterical Kyle combined with the fact that no one has seen the girl and she isn't listed on the plane's manifest are enough to convince the crew that Kyle's grief has pushed her over the edge. Complicating matters, Kyle is an engineer who helped design the plane and knows all of its nooks and crannies. A woman obsessed, Kyle will stop at nothing to find her little girl.
Think Panic Room in a plane. It's actually kind of similar in that the action and rising tensions take place in a confined environment. This works both for and against Flightplan.
Foster, of course, is powerful as the possibly delusional woman. She carries the movie and carries it well. Unfortunately, she's surrounded by very good actors who don't have much to do: Peter Sarsgaard and Sean Bean especially.
As with most thrillers, you need to be able to accept a little bit of the incredible to enjoy it. If you are one of those people (who are very annoying to sit next to, by the way) who asks questions like: "Well, why didn't she just...?" "Couldn't he have...?" "Wouldn't it have made more sense if... ?" or you find yourself saying things like: "She should have just..." "Well, I would have...", you will not like this movie.
If you can sit back (theatres often have more leg room than planes), you might just have a good time. The audience I saw it with applauded at the end and most of the buzz as we exited the theatre was favorable. I, for one, enjoyed the ride.
Tim Burton has a real knack for the macabre. More accurately, he has a knack for finding innocence and wonder in what would normally be dark and dreary. Whether it's Sleepy Hollow, Edward Scissorhands or The Nightmare Before Christmas, Burton always manages to find a thematic 'light' in his otherwise dark material (he did the opposite in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory exploiting the dark edge of Willy Wonka that was only hinted at in the earlier film). His treatment of The Corpse Bride is no different. It's a darkly beautiful love story.
Of course, love wasn't a part of the deal struck between the social-climbing Van Dorts (Tracey Ullman and Paul Whitehouse) and the penniless but aristocratic Everglots (Joanna Lumley and Albert Finney) when they arranged a marriage between Victor Van Dort (Johnny Depp) and Victoria Everglot (Emily Watson). Both kids long for a marriage based on love and not economics and are pleasantly surprised when they seem to fall for each other at their first meeting. But poor Victor is so nervous that he just can't seem to get his vows out right. So he goes into the woods to practice and as he finally recites the vows correctly, he symbolically places the ring on what appears to be a twig. In all actuality, it's the bony protruding hand of the Corpse Bride (Helena Bonham Carter) who has been waiting for years for the man who will love and marry her. Immediately, the newlyweds are whisked away to the underworld. While intrigued by the Corpse Bride, Victor longs to get back to his life in the Land of the Living where Victoria's parents still intend to marry her off. An interesting love triangle evolves and is played out with sympathy for all three of the principals.
The Corpse Bride is a beautiful movie. It's filmed using a combination of stop-action (use moving puppets) and digital animation. I won't be surprised if it wins an Academy Award or two for animation. I also appreciated the visual irony of painting the world of the living in drab and boring grays while lavishing color and energy on the afterworld. Think about it, it's we, the living, who often drain the very life force out of life. But I'm not one for waxing philosophical so let's move on.
If one thing was consistently disappointing about The Corpse Bride, it's the music. From The Nightmare Before Christmas through Willy Wonka, we've come to expect original and witty songs from Burton and frequent collaborator Danny Elfman. The songs featured in The Corpse Bride were not nearly as clever as they should have been. Besides, I had a difficult time even understanding much of the lyrics. Thankfully, the songs aren't the centerpiece of the film.
Based on a Russian fairytale, The Corpse Bride turns on Victor and Victoria's relationship and that of Victor and Emily, the Corpse Bride. What I liked is that both women were smart and sweet and capable of winning Victor's heart. Depp, Watson and Bonham-Carter voice their characters with the empathy and subtly that grounds their characters with sincerity.
I think most children will enjoy The Corpse Bride, while skeletons abound, there is nothing scary about them. This is a movie designed to enchant and not to scare.

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Play about married couples stars real married couples
Published 10:00 pm, Thursday, August 9, 2007
When two married couples -- actors who all met in college -- were looking for a play they could perform together, it seemed natural to choose a play about two married couples who were old college friends.
Under the banner of their new theater company, Downstage Left, the foursome, which consists of Chad Evans, Lindsay Evans, Erika Godwin and Tyler Rhoades, are staging Lanford Wilson's "Serenading Louie."
The 1976 work derives its title from "The Whiffenpoof Song," in which Bing Crosby sang the refrain, "We are poor little lambs who have gone astray." On the surface, the play is about marriage and adultery in the Chicago suburbs. A social-activist lawyer and his frustrated wife are neighbors to an equally uncentered former star quarterback and homecoming queen. But it digs below the marital battleground to reflect a generation's mood of uncertain direction in the heady aftermath of 1960s change.
The producing cast members were trained at Western Washington University in Bellingham, and have worked at Seattle theaters of all grades, but usually separately. In this effort to showcase their collective talents, they drew recent New York transplant Charles Waxberg to direct the production. An acting teacher formerly with Stella Adler, Waxberg also is artistic director of the freshman company Balagan Theater.
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When thinking of upgrading to the NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460 be aware you will be experiencing lag and stuttering when playing Starcraft 2, Crysis, Call of Duty: Black Ops and other FPS games !
Many think it is the game that is giving players this problem. But is isn't.
Treyarch's PC CoD: Black Ops developer, pcdev, commented :
"This issue should be fixed in the new Nvidia driver which should be due for release very soon."
Another quick update because NVIDIA just released the WHQL drivers v270.61. A new feature is the NVIDIA Update.
NVIDIA Update keeps your PC up-to-date with the latest NVIDIA drivers by notifying you when a new driver is available and directing you to the driver on www.nvidia.com. When you install the v270.61 or later GeForce driver you will be presented with the option to install NVIDIA Update.
Article Update 04/20: NVIDIA has just released new WHQL-certified ForceWare drivers (v270.61) for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200,300 and 400-series desktop GPUs and ION desktop GPUs. The drivers also adding support for new GeForce GTX 590, GeForce GTX 560 Ti and GeForce GTX 550 Ti GPU. Download new drivers for Windows 7 / Vista 32-bit, Windows XP 32-bit, Windows 7 / Vista 64-bit, and Windows XP 64-bit.
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Speaker: Dr. Takjip Ha, Bloomberg Professor of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Host: Dr. Lukas Tamm, Chair, Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, and Director of the Center for Membrane & Cell Physiology.
Sponsored by the Dean’s Office. A reception to follow, at the Medical Education Auditorium.
Date: Monday, October 24, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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Poop Office is a web comic strip. About poop. In an office. The work relationships between large clumps of faeces. and how is spills over into their shitty personal lives.
And it may have gone unmentioned as a simple line strip expect for today.
When Poop Office was reinvented as a live action full colour photo strip.
Don't worry. Though. After this journey into multicolour verite, the creator, Ben has voed to go back to "the same old shit."


A mum has been charged with murder after four of her her children were stabbed to death.
It is not yet known how old the youngsters are, but police have described them as ‘babies’.
It is understood a fifth child was able to escape.
The killings, in Memphis, Tennessee, have been described as an ‘act of evil’.
Shanynthia Gardner, 29, has been charged with four counts of murder.
Shelby County’s Sheriff, Bill Oldham, told reporters: ‘This is an egregious act of evil that has shocked us to our core. I will never understand how anyone can do this.’
And Assistant Chief Deputy Mark Dunbar added: ‘I’ve seen a lot of bad stuff in 33 years, but this is the worst.’
Gardner will answer four charges of first degree murder associated with aggravated child abuse, four counts of first degree murder in association with aggravated child neglect, plus four more counts each of aggravated child abuse and aggravated child neglect or endangerment.
Neighbour Patricia Johnson said: ‘I can’t fathom that. What would babies do to make you do that?’
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> The main issues for us is referred to near the end of the=v= I would go beyond "favour" to "demand." Things that go that
> article: will it be used on streets or on sidewalks? Of
> course, we should favour the former.
fast simply do not have a place on the sidewalks.
> I favour a major reform of city streets, reducing their speed=v= This makes sense, but bear in mind that bicycles can be much
> limit to that of a bicycle (and the segway), at least the curb
faster than that, and should not have to be slowed down to its
=v= If, as it's being hyped, this gadget is going to replace
cars in cities, then the solution is to remove curbside parking
and give that part of the street over to the gadget. The rest
of the street, of course, would go to the faster modes: bikes
=v= If it doesn't live up to the hype (*gasp!*) and the gadget
does not in fact replace cars in cities, then I fear we will see
a push to put them into bike lanes and onto bike paths. We are
now living this nightmare in California, where bike facilities
have been invaded by motorized scooters and such.


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(FamilyRetirementClub.Com)- After infecting the world with the COVID-19, a virus that is believed to have spread from a wet market in Wuhan, China is now cashing in on making medical equipment for the rest of the world. According to an AFP report, China has sold almost four billion masks to foreign countries in the wake of the global pandemic.
Chinese officials announced on Sunday that factories across the country have increased the production of key medical supplies, as countries require more and more equipment to treat infected patients. It comes as the global death count now exceeds 60,000.
According to AFP, China has exported a massive 3.86 billion masks since ramping up production on March 1 as well as 16,000 ventilators, 2.84 million COVID-19 test kits, and 37.5 million pieces of other protective clothing.
China is well and truly profiting from the crisis that its government is at least partly responsible for sharing with the rest of the world.
Incredibly, the country is making money from products that don’t even work, too. The Netherlands, Croatia, Spain, Turkey, and the Philippines have all complained about the poor quality of the equipment they were sold. Some pieces of equipment reportedly don’t even work as intended.
The Dutch government recalled some 600,000 masks that were imported from China, out of a total order of 1.3 million, because they were not high enough quality to be used in hospitals. China defended the sale of the products, stating that they were labeled as “non-surgical.”
Spain rejected many thousands of test kits, too, which proved to be unreliable.
China isn’t happy about being exposed for profiting off the back of a problem that they are, in part, responsible for. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce released a statement to international press claiming that reports of faulty goods being sold by the country were not accurate.
“In reality, there are various factors, such as China having different standards and different usage habits to other countries,” the Ministry claimed. “Even improper use can lead to doubts over quality.”
The claims were backed up by the Chinese Foreign Ministry, who claimed the Western press is trying to “politicize” the issue.
What do you think – is it politicizing the issue by calling out China for selling poor-quality medical equipment to countries that may not have been affected if their government hadn’t tried to cover the outbreak up in the first place?


THE WHAT? Japan has combined its Intellectual Property High Court and three bankruptcy divisions into one specialist entity to deal with business activities, according to a report published by Nikkei Asia.
THE DETAILS The new branch of the Tokyo District Court will be known as the Business Court and its hoped that it will be able to coordinate with similar entities abroad to mediate cross-border disputes.
THE WHY? Not only will the courts benefit from shared resources but also it is hoped that, by combining forces, and new digital connectivity, proceedings will be faster and more efficient.


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So far FreeTreesandPlants.com has shipped hundreds of plants to individuals across the country. The program has gone so well this spring that Cheryl is thinking of expanding it. Id love to see this program in other states; especially where the nurseries are located, she says. That would save costs and expand the program so more people can enjoy these beautiful trees, shrubs, perennials, and bulbs. People get free plants, help stop a huge waste, and help disabled people get meaningful work and a paycheck. Everyone wins, say Cheryl.


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Surveillance video shows a Georgia teen falling over during a bus ride in September 2016, and it proves school officials neglected her, says her family. Now they’re suing.
“There is absolutely no reason the wheelchair should have tipped over, but when it did, somebody did not come to help her,” attorney Minkah Merritt told Fox 19 in a Sunday report. He represents the girl’s family in a $14 million lawsuit against the Fulton County School System.
The girl, a 16-year-old with cerebral palsy, fell over during a sharp left turn, they said. It allegedly took an entire three minutes for school employees to help.
“Her face is bleeding,” said a woman on tape.
Plaintiffs say she shouldn’t have even tipped over in the first place. Officials should’ve secured her better. Merritt suggested that a staff member behind the girl was looking down at a cell phone.
“Seeing my daughter laying there on the floor, with no one coming to her rescue, I was very disgusted when I saw the tape,” said mother April Moore. She claimed her daughter suffered scars to her face.
Moore no longer trusts district employees to get the job done, and instead checks the restraints herself when her daughter gets on the school bus. In addition to millions in damages, this lawsuit is pushing for a third-party to review the bus safety protocol.
LawNewz.com reached out to the Fulton County School System, but spokeswoman Susan Hale said they couldn’t comment because of this pending litigation.
Update – Aug 6, 8:01 p.m.: The school district responded to our request for comment.
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UV-C inactivation kinetics modelling of dairy-associated listeria monocytogenes strains and the effect of suspended solids on fluence response of listeria monocytogenes in milk using collimated beam UC-C device
There is a disagreement on the UV C fluence required for microbial inactivation due to various understanding of UV-C fluence and its measurement methods. This study determined the UV-C fluences required for dairy-associated Listeria monocytogenes strains inactivation using a collimated beam device. In PBS, a UV-C fluence of 10 mJ/cm2 was sufficient to inactivate 5 logs of L. monocytogenes. Milk fat and protein concentration, fat globule and casein micelle particle sizes strongly correlated with observed UV C absorption and scattering of the milk. These optical properties significantly affected the inactivation of L. monocytogenes. Taking into consideration the UV C absorption and reduced scattering coefficients of milk in the UV C fluence calculation, inactivation similar to that observed in PBS at various UV C doses could be achieved in goat and cow milk at various fat levels. This study demonstrated that the inclusion of the milk optical properties is critical for accurate UV C fluence calculations.


HVPD Longshot™ Diagnostic OLPD Test Unit
Designed for diagnostic OLPD testing of medium and high voltage assets. The HVPD Longshot™ is designed to be used for both on-line (in-service) and off-line (factory/laboratory) testing. The unit comes with pre-loaded PDGold© and PDReader© v8 data analysis and reporting software. Optional PDMap© expansion software, with the Portable Transponder System, enables On-line Cable Mapping (PD site location) on cables.
Available with a range of sensors and accessories for multiple applications, the unit can be used to test MV, HV and EHV, being the most versatile PD test unit presently in the market. Synchronous and wideband (200 MHz) data acquisition accurately and rapidly measures PD magnitude and wave shapes. This light and portable unit has a typical spot-test time of five to ten minutes per plant item. Short-term OLPD monitoring of up to 48 hours is also possible.


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Fava Tea Co., the Appleton-based retail tea company, plans to open its third location, in Brookfield, in mid-February, co-owner Mellisa Stafford said.
The store at The Plaza, 17115G W. Blue Mound Road, Brookfield, will be Fava’s first franchised location, she said. The franchisee is Karen Sleger.
Stafford started Fava Tea with her husband, Bryan, in 2007. The loose-leaf tea retailer opened its second retail store in Greenfield in October 2011.
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Let's enjoy creating mosaics !
Beginner classes, advanced, 3D (Pique Assiette) and smalti. Learn the basics of how to cut glass and ceramic tiles. How to shape and create flowing designs. Some popular methods are Pique Assiette, Indirect method onto mesh or Blue board, mixed media, direct “push-in” to adhesive and reverse methods. As you move through the various workshops, you will become competent with more advanced shaping and varieties of mosaic materials. My 1, 2 and 3 day workshops all come with a light lunch, tea and coffee and laughs included. Pique Assiette, is the french term for plate thief or scrounger! This style of mosaic art is very popular, so gather up your Grandmas’s old crockery and bring it along. This is the only workshop where you need to supply your own plates and cups etc.
1 Day workshops- $195
The beginner 6 hour course, focuses on a short introduction learning to cut and shape glass and ceramic tiles. Prepare our working substrate and select the colours you want to work with. I’ll have some simple design options available to choose from and ensure that you go home with a completed mosaic. If you have something in mind, you can send me the image beforehand so it can be simplified if necessary. I will have a variety of options on the Designs Resource Page which becomes available to you once you have booked your workshop. I find that for a first time mosaic, it’s best to keep the size to about A3 at the largest. The 1 DAY WORKSHOPS are available two Saturdays a month and some week days by request.
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to book a day that suits you.
2 Day workshops- $345
3 Day workshops- $475
Open workshop- $40 - no
lunch or supplies included.
This is available usually one day a fortnight for past students or competent mosaicists to come and gather as a small group to work on your own projects. It allows you the opportunity to socialise, swap ideas and work along side other budding artists! Maybe an unfinished piece that’s been sitting for a while, or moving onto your next creation. I will be available to offer assistance but may also be working on my own creation. You can bring your own supplies and tools or I can supply for an extra cost. Tea, coffee and soft drinks are available.
Call Rebecca on 0477760028
Cancellation and rebooking policy
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CANCELLATION OF WORKSHOP BOOKING – Just call me asap so I have a chance to possibly fill your space.
REBOOKING/TRANSFER TO ANOTHER WORKSHOP We’ll keep in touch with you about upcoming dates for other workshops to rebook you into. Please contact Rebecca to discuss any mosaic classes or workshop options for bookings or transfers. Thank you.
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Most frequent questions and answers
Answer – Yes, you can but I suggest that your first workshop is spent creating a small wall mural that I supply the base for. You are very welcome to bring your own for subsequent, more advanced workshops.


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Many nearby public transportation options.
Flat as a pancake, some bike lanes.
100 North 3rd Street has a Walk Score of 93 out of 100. This location is a Walker’s Paradise so daily errands do not require a car.
100 North 3rd Street is a four minute walk from the LTRL Valley Metro Rail at the 3RD STREET/WASHINGTON LIGHT RAIL STATION stop.
This location is in the Downtown neighborhood in Phoenix. Nearby parks include Verde Park, Grant Park and Central Park.
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The 18 Finest Chew Toys for Pets That Are Vet-Approved
Pets enjoy chewing. Chewing on things makes teething simpler for young puppies and keeps jaws strong for aging dogs. Opportunities are the first toy you purchased Olly was a chew toy!
Contaminants common in pet dog toys
Many pet dog toys include nasty contaminants like arsenic, phthalates, lead, formaldehyde and more that can cause illness (womp womp). Preventive Vet states at this time, there’s no overarching committee monitoring pet product makers, so there’s no one ensuring these toxins stay out of chew toys. The only way to know precisely what you’re tossing into your pet dog’s mouth is by examining the materials on the manufacturer’s website of each toy you purchase.
A Michigan-based company called Ecology Center understands how hard this is. The org strives to not just identify products consisting of damaging chemicals, however to let people understand which chemicals could be concealing in plain sight. In one study, Ecology Center reported 48 percent of tennis balls checked “included detectable levels of lead.” On top of that, tennis balls developed for pets were most likely to have lead in them than those discovered on the court at Wimbledon.
Other chemicals, like phthalates, are even sneakier. They turn up in tons of different kinds of plastics for their ability to add some resilience to items. Since it’s so challenging to determine exactly what remains in all your dog’s toys, you best option is going with brand names that are transparent about their product materials or asking your vet for specific recommendations.
Canine size and chew style
Another thing to think about when purchasing chew toys for your pet dog is your dog’s size and chew style. Any toy that can fit entirely inside your canine’s mouth is off-limits (huge choking risk). Never offer a puppy chew toys made for adult dogs!
To get you started, here is a list of items Olly will love– primarily because they are developed by pet specialists or have actually gotten the OK from vets.
Honestly, the Kong practically does it all, which is probably why it’s been a best-seller given that the 1970s. This toy is made from strong rubber and is available in different sizes, depending on your dog’s needs. The silly snowman shape makes playtime enjoyable and chewing on it can ease tension. Plus, you can fill it with treats and offer their brain a puzzle to fix.
StarMark Training and Habits Solutions develops canine products based on the choices of the thousands of pet dogs its experts observe and train every year. It’s made to be played with and chewed on while offering up some mental stimulation. Another reason dogs like this toy?
For rough chewers in requirement of a treat dispenser that’s a little much heavier task, go for the StarMark Chew Ball. Available in three different sizes, this toy is dishwasher-safe and boasts its indestructibility right on the packaging.
Presenting the Zogoflex Quizl, Best Brand-new Item winner at the 2017 International Family Pet Expo! This toy is produced tough chewers and is available in numerous sizes and 3 wild colors. The producer, West Paw, makes eco-friendly canine toys (which is great, because dogs can go through them rapidly) and is one of the founders of the Pet Sustainability Coalition, a company dedicated to making the pet market much better for the world, people and family pets.
The Kong Extreme Bone is made for hard core chewing– and lots of it. Part of the brand’s extreme line, this bone is extremely resilient and cleans teeth while your pet dog plays.
While this dino won’t dispense deals with, it does taste like chicken. It also massages gums and cleans teeth as your pet dog chews (2 things that are exceptionally important to doggie health). Nylabone’s products are vet-recommended, so any chew toy from this brand name will be a strong bet. They also have a pup variation of this dino, if you’re in the marketplace.
According to Dr. Whitney Miller, director of veterinary medicine at Petco, this spiny ring supports healthy gums and is a terrific choice for dogs continuously on the prowl for a game of tug-of-war. (Whether you want to grab onto the opposite of a spiky ring or not is absolutely approximately you.) Due to its size, this toy is most likely best served to smaller sized types.
This bone activates your pet dog’s sense of odor as he chews. It’s implied to be dealt with approximately by pet dog jaws and is made with animal-friendly products.
Another rubber bone constructed to last, without toxins and eco-friendly is the Beco Bone. This one is made from rice husk rubber (who knew?) and is vanilla scented. You can easily sneak treats into its center so your pup can earn small rewards, keeping him entertained and satisfied. This rate point is also difficult to beat for an environment-friendly pet dog toy. Beco Pets likewise makes compostable poop bags and luxurious toys made from recycled plastic.
Preventive Veterinarian, an accomplice of veterinarians and animal specialists, developed the very best Fetch Toy. This seems like a strong statement, however check it out since we’re persuaded this is better than chopped bread. It floats (hi, canine beach), is light enough to toss but heavy sufficient to imitate a real stick, doesn’t splinter, is washable and is soft on teeth. Let your canine sit and chew or toss for interactive fun!
Rope toys can be challenging. Some canines– especially chew maniacs– can rip them apart and ingest the fibers, causing upset stomachs and digestive issues. Prevent rope toys if Olly falls into this category. If ropes are excellent to go, Dr. Miller at Petco recommends this knotted toy due to its remarkable toughness. When you see fraying, it’s time to change the rope toy.
Luxurious toys and chewing typically end in some bad packed animal’s innards drifting around your living room. Even if your dog bites through the material, the lizard will keep squeaking.
Check in with your vet prior to buying rawhide, as it’s likewise not for all pets. Banfield Animal Medical facility mentions you should purchase premium rawhide and monitor your dog while he’s chewing it. Rawhide tends to crack and can get lodged in throats or stomachs. If you wish to try some for your pup, try Tartar Shield’s chews (be sure to buy the ideal size for your canine!). This brand name has actually earned a seal of approval from the Veterinary Oral Health Council for tartar control, which is a huge plus.
Goughnuts styles canine chew toys with the same rubber utilized by astronauts, so you know your puppy is getting a long-lasting product. The business says although no chew toy is totally indestructible, they guess this’ll be the last one you’ll require.
Instead of using tennis balls when you play fetch, try this indestructible ball from Bully Max. It is non-toxic and commercial strength, so chewing post bring will not lead to pieces of tennis ball getting stuck in your pet dog’s throat. Bully Max utilizes environment-friendly natural rubber in their items and this ball is safe to toss in the dishwasher (so no concerns if your puppy is a heavy drooler).
If your canine likes to eat after chewing, it’s wise to give them something super strong or absolutely edible. These bully sticks are made from free-range, grass-fed beef without any synthetic preservatives or additives, which suggests great deals of protein and easy on the stomach. Plus, chewing them works on your puppy’s gums and gets rid of plaque.
Once again, young puppies need specialized toys created for their delicate young puppy teeth. Not just can you customize this toy by smearing peanut butter inside its crevices, you can toss it in the freezer to cool it down before providing to your pup (the cold relieves gums while teething). Chew toys early on teach excellent practices; this tire is durable and will probably last into adulthood.
Got a chewer so extremely they go through chew toys on the reg? The company’s Super Chewer strategy provides a box each month that is full of toys and deals with designed particularly for dogs who constantly chomp. Strong rubber and nylon go into these toys and safety is always Bark Box’s leading priority.

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