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Amazon offers a wide variety of advantages, especially for those who wish to reach a larger and more diverse clientele, one that spends a lot of money online.
Here are a few important reasons why you as a seller should jump on board the Amazon.com bandwagon:
Large Number of Potential Customers
The number of potential customers you can reach through Amazon.com is more than triple the number of potential eBay customers. Statistics estimates the number of Amazon.com customers at 300 million. In a recent Forbes article, the Trefis Team estimated the number of active eBay users at 120 million. If these estimates are correct, you will reach over three times as many potential customers if you sell on Amazon.com.
As a seller, you now have 300 million reasons to get started on Amazon!
People Love to Shop With Amazon.com
People spend a lot of money on Amazon.com, and the amount of money they spend is increasing fast. Amazon's revenue, which includes sales from Whole Foods, increased 43 percent year-over-year. Net income more than doubled to $1.6 billion, underscoring the company's renewed focus on growing profit margins.
Its subscription services revenue, which includes Prime memberships, also grew 60 percent to $3.1 billion.
What do these figures mean for the average seller? For starters, you should recognize the incredible amount of business to be had on Amazon. The tricky part is capturing some of this business for yourself.
Amazon has a much better reputation than eBay. Many people will not shop on eBay because they regard it as cheap and dishonest. Those same people love Amazon and shop there regularly.
Every seller should keep this in mind if they are choosing between the two big e-commerce platforms.
Amazon Prime
Programs like Amazon Prime can increase your revenues and customer base. Prime does this by encouraging customers to spend more money by offering incentives, such as giving customers free two-day shipping on a wide variety of products with no minimum order.
A survey of 2,000 U.S. Amazon.com customers by RBC found that the average Amazon Prime customer spent $600 a year on the site. Compare this to the $320 that the average Amazon customer spends and you will see the instant advantage to using Prime in your Amazon e-commerce strategy.
No Listing Fee
You will not have to pay anything to list an item on Amazon. In fact, you will not be charged until you actually sell something. This means you can list more items and leave the listings up longer, which is great news for a seller!
Be aware, however, that Amazon.com will take a hefty cut out of the sales price, usually around 20 percent.
Less Work
You may be able to do less work when you sell on Amazon.com. Unlike eBay, you won't have to continually relist items, but you will have to handle the shipping and customer service chores unless you opt for FBA. The Fulfillment By Amazon program handles these tasks.
Higher Prices
You can usually charge higher prices on Amazon. Amazon.com is basically a retailer. A retailer makes money by selling items at a competitive price; this is in contrast to a wholesaler (which charges the lowest price possible).
For example, on eBay (a wholesale market) the lowest price for women's Ariat shirts was $5, whereas the average price for an Ariat shirt on Amazon.com was around $40. Part of the reason for this is that the items for sale on Amazon are usually new, while the items on eBay are often used.
Trust Factor
Amazon is one of the most trusted brands in the world. People like Amazon and many of its customers in the United States are willing to pay $119 a year to participate in the Amazon Prime service.
So what's the takeaway point here? If you sell your products through Amazon, your business will be associated with a brand that customers know and, more importantly, trust.
A Chance for the Third Parties
It is impossible for the average person to get a product onto the shelves at a big retailer such as Walmart without spending a lot of money (or having some serious connections). Yet anybody can list a product at Amazon.com and put their wares before 237 million customers worldwide.
Testing Purposes
Selling through Amazon.com is one of the best ways to test the market for a new product. Amazon.com data can show you whether there is a demand for a product, what that demand is, and, more importantly, what you can charge for the product.
Amazon is on the Cutting Edge of Online Retail
Make no mistake about it, Amazon is the cutting edge of online retail. So selling on Amazon is the best way to stay on top of the latest developments in online retail.
As you can see, there are a lot of good reasons to start selling on Amazon.com. If you're interested in reaching a much larger customer base and increasing your sales volume, Amazon.com can be an incredible resource.
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text: cruisinon2 2,344 Posted May 22, 2015 Do you not understand what I'm talking about? I understand you just fine, I just don't agree. I also understand that you'll probably continue to nip and tuck your objections the more people disagree with you. First, no one but an "authorized" technician could so much as touch the input jack without causing irreparable damage...now you've backpedaled to just the "unfamiliar electronics". And since I'm not going to be able to improve on the following list of reasons why it's really not necessary to quake with fear at the idea of taking a JTV to an "unauthorized" shop for work, I'll just quote him instead: Sorry clay-man, but I can't agree with you here. I'm an electronics guy and I am always working on things I have never seen before. A lot of them are fixable, some are not. But I know my limitations, and I know when to say "you need to send this back to the manufacturer". Any decent luthier should be capable of doing normal guitar electronics, including complete wiring of pickups, switches, and controls. Now, the Variax is a different beast, but the local "authorised service center" is simply going to do board level replacements as well, not component level replacements. The one advantage I see with an "authorised service center" is that the work will probably be guaranteed. At a board level, the Variax is no more complicated than a standard guitar. The parts are hard to get, but not hard to solder, and no one, not even Line 6 head-office, is replacing components on boards. Not worth the time and effort. Just bin it, and put in the new board. In this particular instance, the OP just has a faulty pot. Dead simple to replace. The problem is that Variax pots are non-standard. But, the part is available, and also dead simple to replace. Sure, in an ideal world these would go back to a local authorised service center, at not too high a cost, but for some people, that is simply not practical and as I say, if you have a decent local luthier, they really can't make the situation worse, and often will make it better. But at the end of the day, it's your instrument...do what you like. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites

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May 22, 2018 by Kiko Martinez
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Starring: Rachel McAdams, Rachel Weisz, Alessandro Nivola
Directed by: Sebastián Lelio ("A Fantastic Woman")
Written by: Sebastián Lelio ("A Fantastic Woman") and Rebecca Lenkiewicz ("Ida")
After earning an Oscar this year for his compassionate foreign-language drama "A Fantastic Woman" ("Una Mujer Fantástica"), Chilean director Sebastián Lelio makes his American film debut with "Disobedience," a seductive and mature love story between two women with ties to an Orthodox Jewish community in London.
Esti Kuperman (Oscar-nominated actress Rachel McAdams) and Ronit Krushka (Oscar-winning actress Rachel Weisz) have been close friends since childhood. Growing up together in the synagogue where Ronit's father was a well-respected rabbi, their lives parted ways as young women when Ronit "disappeared" to New York to become a photographer.
Many years later, Ronit finds herself back in London to pay her respects after her father dies, although she admits she was never as close to him as he was to his students. Early on, Ronit is surprised to learn that Esti has married their mutual childhood friend Dovid (Alessandro Nivola), one of the rabbi's prodigies. Ronit assumes it is a marriage of convenience, however, since she knows Esti, whom she has been intimate with in the past, has always been attracted to women.
Ronit's arrival — you guessed it — reignites something inside Esti that she has kept dormant for a long time. As the two women begin to re-embrace their passion for one another, the Jewish community around them begins to stir. Already having an unfavorable opinion about Ronit for leaving her father and her faith behind, those closest to the rabbi question her motivation for returning to a society that ostracized her long ago.
Adapted from the 2006 novel of the same name by English writer Naomi Alderman, "Disobedience" is an absorbing, well-written narrative that explores the conflict between free will and religious obligation effectively and in a thought-provoking way. In Ronit, Esti and Dovid, Lelio introduces audiences to a cast of three-dimensional, adult characters who are given choices, have conversations and never overdramatize the uncomfortable situation they find themselves in. In a less capable director's hands, a film like this would likely amount to a worn-out love triangle, but Lelio identifies the nuances within the relationships and allows them to breathe on their own. He also avoids turning the outspoken Ronit into a she-devil stock character who waltzes into Esti's life to cause trouble like some biblical serpent — especially since the film opens with her father sermonizing on the "desires of the beast."
While Nivola blends Dovid's anger, empathy and disappointment perfectly, "Disobedience" belongs to McAdams and Weisz in their most provocative roles to date — from Ronit's condemnation of Jewish traditions to Esti's pent-up sexual frustration that she releases in one erotic afternoon. We could have done without the couple listening to The Cure's "Lovesong" (too on the nose), but every other moment they spend together feels honest.
Ep. 111 – Annihilation, Game Night
February 28, 2018 by Jerrod Kingery
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This week on The CineSnob Podcast, Cody and Jerrod review "Annihilation" and "Game Night." The guys are also baffled by James Gunn's revelation that Baby Groot isn't Groot reincarnated, but actually Groot's son.
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Game Night
February 22, 2018 by Kiko Martinez
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Starring: Rachel McAdams, Jason Bateman, Jesse Pleamons
Directed by: John Francis Daley ("Vacation") and Jonathan Goldstein ("Vacation")
Written by: Mark Perez ("Accepted")
What happens when a seemingly normal evening goes awry? It's a trite comedy formula that has lived through plenty of cinematic reiterations over recent years, many of which center around an adult-orientated party, the heavy consumption of hard liquor and a lot of poor decision making. When all is said and done, movie characters usually end up doing something stupid like accidentally killing a prostitute or stealing a tiger from Mike Tyson.
The so-so 2010 comedy "Date Night" starring Steve Carell and Tina Fey attempted to put more of a nerdy, everyday spin on the subgenre and ask what would happen if an ordinary, middle-aged married couple went for a night out together and got caught up in some seedy activities. The new "Game Night" aligns more with this pair of square characters than it does with those looking to snort coke off strippers. "Game Night," however, takes the idea of average couples doing average things and runs with it. With broad strokes of self-awareness, a screwy screenplay that sometimes crosses the line into parody, and one specific supporting character that steals the entire movie, "Game Night" is more gratifying than hearing an opponent say, "You sunk my battleship!"
In "Game Night," Oscar nominee Rachel McAdams ("Spotlight") and Jason Bateman ("Bad Words") star as Annie and Max, a married couple that share a love for competitive games. The two meet-cute when they simultaneously answer a random question about Teletubbies during a trivia event at a bar. Although their lives are more fun than a barrel of monkeys, Annie and Max are having trouble conceiving a child. Max's stress-related fertility problems are stemming from the issues he has with his hotshot brother Brooks (Kyle Chandler). The only way to overcome his shortcomings is to confront him head on.
Luckily, with Brooks back in town, he can join the regular rotation in Annie and Max's weekly game night where some of their friends come over to partake in games like charades and Pictionary. Little do Annie and Max know that Brooks has planned a special surprise for them during one of their game nights when he hires a local entertainment company to pull off a simulated murder mystery, so everyone can search for clues and play along. When Brooks, however, is actually kidnapped by masked men who break into his house during the game, Annie and Max think the incident is all part of the elaborate contest until they finally realize it's not. With a pair of armed criminals making demands, the friends find themselves wishing their lame night ended with some warm wine and Yahtzee instead.
Although they failed in their attempt to reboot the Chevy Chase vehicle "Vacation" in 2015 with Ed Helms in the lead role, don't hold it against directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein for too much longer. The filmmaking duo, who also wrote both "Horrible Bosses" movies, turn a real corner with this dark comedy partnership that feels edgy without going into places that are out of sync with the tone. Yes, "Game Night" is rated R, but it really isn't a full-throated hard-R like some might imagine. Instead, the film leaves room for some heart and internal exploration, although it might be difficult to think too deeply with all the well-earned laughter, especially in the film's first half.
Although it's McAdams and Bateman leading their cast of misfits through the story, a major secondary player in the game is actor Jesse Plemons ("Observe and Report," "The Master"). Plemons plays Gary, the couple's creepy police officer neighbor who once attended game nights with his wife at Annie and Max's house before their divorce, a fact that doesn't deter him from making things awkward by asking when the next game night is and ultimately forcing Annie and Max to avoid contact with him. Make no mistake; as a character, Gary's got the goods and Plemons delivers a perfect comedic performance in only a few short scenes. In a dry, dour and unsettling kind of way, he's that impressive.
All in all, the raucous comedy is more enjoyable than, well, a traditional game night. With sharp jokes and queasy-worthy violence, some nicely timed movie and celebrity references, and a lively electronic score by Cliff Martinez ("Contagion," "Drive"), "Game Night" scores.
November 20, 2015 by Kiko Martinez
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Starring: Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams
Directed by: Tom McCarthy ("The Visitor")
Written by: Tom McCarthy ("The Visitor") and Josh Singer ("The Fifth Estate")
It might not have all the complexity of journalists tracking down a serial killer, like in the 2007 crime thriller "Zodiac," or the melodrama needed to spur scribes into breaking open a story on the suspicious death of a congressman's mistress, like in the 2009 political thriller "State of Play," but the relevancy of a newspaper reporter's job is made evident in the sincere, insightful, fair and extremely well-paced "Spotlight."
In a news industry where Buzzfeed headlines and Kardashian selfies are constantly trending for the mainstream masses, it's refreshing (and equally discouraging) to know a majority of wordsmiths just a decade ago cared more about reporting the truth than creating click-bait content. Not only is "Spotlight" great cinema, it also has the power to remind audiences that a hard-hitting exposé should always be a crucial element of the ever-changing media landscape. Without professionals doing this kind of work (and not just recording grainy cell phone footage), how can anyone be held accountable?
Directed and co-written by Oscar nominee Tom McCarthy, whose track record has been so impressive ("The Station Agent," "The Visitor" and "Win Win") since breaking out in 2003 that we might one day forgive him for whatever the hell last year's Adam Sandler vehicle "The Cobbler" was supposed to be. Spotlight brings the filmmaker back to true form. Set in the early '00s, the drama tells the story of the Boston Globe's investigative "Spotlight Team" of reporters who uncovered a global sex abuse scandal and cover-up rooted deep inside the Catholic Church that ultimately spawned criminal accusations against 250 Roman Catholic priests. For their work, the team was honored with the Pulitzer Prize for public service.
That journalistic determination leading them to the source of the crimes is the main focus of "Spotlight." While the stories of the individual victims and perpetrators is paramount in breathing life into the story, it's the Globe's writers' efforts to deliver these remarkable revelations that serve as the lungs of this compelling narrative. Oscar-nominated actors Michael Keaton ("Birdman") and Mark Ruffalo ("Foxcatcher") lead this impressive ensemble cast, including Rachel McAdams ("Southpaw") and Liev Schreiber ("Pawn Sacrifice") as the Globe's new earnest editor who wants the paper to concentrate more on local coverage. What they find at the core is a corrupt system where the crimes of Catholic priests had been swept under the rug for years.
Where McCarthy and co-writer Josh Singer ("The Fifth Estate") shined most with the screenplay is in the fact they did not sensationalize the subject at hand, respected everyone involved and stayed fiercely objective (even the Vatican's official radio station called the film "honest"). In doing so, "Spotlight" is also able to point out the faults of its hero reporters and show that despite the immense accountability they inherit when they choose to take on an assignment like this, they are still flawed human beings that make mistakes. Nevertheless, this isn't a film about the people, per se, as much as it is about the procedure. "Spotlight" takes the research, analysis, interviews, red tape, dead ends and backroom politics of investigative journalism and turns it into an art form.
About Time
November 1, 2013 by Ashley Lopez
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Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy
Directed by: Richard Curtis ("Love Actually")
Written by: Richard Curtis ("Love Actually")
What never fails to makes a great love story is genuineness. It's what all the greats – "Annie Hall," "When Harry Met Sally," "Love Actually," – have it in common. Simple, authentic storylines with relatable characters and relationships are what really make a romance, well, romantic. Encompassing all that and more is writer/director Richard Curtis' "About Time." It's a film that just might find itself somewhere on the list of greatest rom-coms of all time, but probably not for the reasons you're thinking. A heartwarming story about one man and his ability to time travel, "About Time" reminds you just how much life and love inevitably go hand in hand.
On his 21st birthday, Tim (Domhnall Gleeson) learns from his father (Bill Nighy) he has the inherited ability to time travel. Initially set on using his newly-found talent to find a girlfriend, Tim soon discovers his skills at time travel may give him the power to do so much more. After meeting the beautiful yet insecure Mary (Rachel McAdams), Tim travels back in time to make her fall in love with him again and again after their first encounter doesn't go as planned. Depicting the events of their life together over the span of a decade, Tim is eventually forced to realize his gift cannot fix everything wrong in his relationship after all.
Luckily, "About Time" does not revolve around the topic of time travel, and therefore is nothing like "The Time Traveler's Wife," which is great news for anyone that has seen how horrible that movie is. And sorry ladies, but it's really not even a movie about finding your soul mate. Setting itself apart from the great love stories out there, Curtis writes a delightful and wonderfully surprising screenplay about the relationship between a father and son and, even more so, about the journey of life, how majestically messy it can be and how love can make it all worthwhile.
Portraying the ordinary and naive character of Tim, Gleeson hits the mark and graces the screen with an honest performance. One can only hope, after watching this movie, he is given the continued opportunity to earn more roles throughout his career. While McAdams complements Gleeson with their undeniable chemistry, Nighy transforms this story into what it is. Creating a unique and memorable takeaway for the audience, Gleeson and Nighy work together effortlessly and create a strikingly close picture of what it's like for a son to idolize his father and what it's like to be a parent who loves their child more than anything in the world.
There are scenes in "About Time" where Tim decides to time travel one too many times, making it feel a little repetitive. It's easy to overlook that, however, with a perfectly paced screenplay filled with an abundance of quick and much appreciated comedy, not to mention its sporadic artistic cinematography. With many moments guaranteed to leave you breathless, "About Time" will have you walking on air.
To the Wonder
May 3, 2013 by Kiko Martinez
Filed under Kiko, Reviews
Starring: Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams
Directed by: Terrence Malick ("Tree of Life")
Written by: Terrence Malick ("Tree of Life")
In the quickest follow-up to a film in his 30 year career, director/writer Terrence Malick delivers "To the Wonder," a drama so polarizing it earned a series of boos and cheers when it debuted at the Venice Film Festival last September. "To the Wonder" comes after Malick's Oscar-nominated – albeit still as dividing – "Tree of Life" starring Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain. While it might be considered a companion piece to "Tree," "Wonder" is less experimental and far less emotionally gratifying than its predecessor. In fact, of the six films Malick has directed since 1973's "Badlands," it's the only one I cannot recommend.
As with every Malick film, viewers can insert their own personal meaning behind the thinly-plotted "Wonder." Ben Affleck stars as Neil, a man who falls in love with single mother Marina (Olga Kurylenko) in France and brings her and her daughter back to Oklahoma to start a new life together. When things don't work out (it's not evident why they don't since all Affleck does is stare into the distance for most of the film), Marina moves back to France and Neil rekindles a romance with Jane (Rachel McAdams), a childhood friend who is now a rancher. When that relationship ends, Marina comes back. Plotted sloppily between the love triangle is a secondary storyline about a priest (Javier Bardem) who has lost his faith. In perfect Malick form, he walks around aimlessly trying to find it.
For a majority of the film's 112-minute run time (a short film for Malick's standards), not much happens. Affleck has tickle-fights with Kurylenko and McAdams on beautiful backdrops as Wagner, Hayden and Rachmaninoff music blend with sparse, meaningless dialogue. There is also verbose narration in French and Spanish that tries hard to be poetic, but proves ineffective. Malick shoots Kurylenko and McAdams like a father who is chasing his twirling toddlers with a video camera he just got for Christmas. It was probably great footage in his mind, but no one else is going to want to see it.
Of course, you can't dismiss the beauty of "Wonder" with Mexican cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki ("Tree of Life," "The New World") at the helm again. Here, he makes a field of grain and a parking lot at a Sonic Drive-Thru restaurant look immaculate. Still, "Wonder" is exactly why Malick detractors don't give him a fair shake. And this time they're right. The imagery is incredible, but it's a pretentious mess. With three more projects already in the canon for the next two years ("Knight of Cups," "Voyage of Time," and an untitled piece), here's to hoping Malick's sudden craving for rapid filmmaking isn't his downfall.
The Vow
February 11, 2012 by Cody Villafana
Filed under Cody, Reviews
Starring: Channing Tatum, Rachel McAdams, Scott Speedman
Written by: Michael Sucsy (debut), Marc Silverstein ("He's Just Not That Into You"), Abby Kohn ("He's Just Not That Into You"), Jason Katims ("The Pallbearer")
Directed by: Michael Sucsy (debut)
If you're in a serious, long-term relationship, there's a good chance that at some point you've discussed with your significant other if they would stand by you through anything that happened. You've probably cooked up the most absurd scenarios ever, promising to stay with them even if they encountered an event ranging from a minor cosmetic abnormality through full-on incontinence. "The Vow" takes a shot at one of those tests of true love, but fails to fulfill its promise of being a satisfying date-night movie.
Inspired by true events, "The Vow" opens with a car accident that causes Paige (Rachel McAdams) to lose the previous five years of her life, erasing her husband Leo (Channing Tatum) from her memory completely. When Paige's estranged parents (Sam Neill and Jessica Lange) come back into the picture, Leo is left to try to convince Paige of their previous feelings for each other and make her fall in love with him again, while trying to keep her last known boyfriend Jeremy (Scott Speedman) at bay.
If you took the over in the "Channing Tatum shirtless" office pool, you'll come out a winner. Tatum is good enough in the role of Leo. He's convincing in showing that he truly cares for Paige, but like with most of his performances he leaves something to be desired on the acting front. McAdams proves herself to be pretty charming in her short-lived pre-accident moments. But once the accident happens, she reverts back to her old self which makes sense in theory, but robs her of the personality she establishes early on. One of the biggest issues facing "The Vow" is the seemingly lazy effort put into creating any interesting secondary characters. The random vindictive intentions of ex-fiance Jeremy are forced and misplaced given his outward behavior. In fact, the forcedness of all of the characters who are foils to the romance make the already weak characters that much more stale.
While the plot of the film might seem similar to 2004's "50 First Dates", it is a little different in that Tatum's character doesn't have to reintroduce himself to his love on a daily basis. But perhaps that's why "The Vow" fails to strike a chord. Though Leo goes through the big spectacles and far-fetched ideas to reignite their love, his sense of frustration kicks in and the passion isn't felt as strong as something like "50 First Dates" where Adam Sandler's character refuses to give up. After the accident, Paige has changed, and no longer has chemistry with Leo. Unfortunately for "The Vow," watching someone try to force a relationship on someone else does not make for a good romance.
Coming out just in time for Valentine's Day, "The Vow" knows its exact target audience. Although it occasionally comes off as sincere, the story is too schmaltzy, the humor is too flat and the characters are too flimsy to stand on their own.
Midnight in Paris
June 9, 2011 by Kiko Martinez
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Starring: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard
Directed by: Woody Allen ("Vicky Cristina Barcelona")
Written by: Woody Allen ("Vicky Cristina Barcelona")
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you had been born in another time period? Imagine experiencing the Renaissance in the early 16th century or witnessing the birth of Hollywood's silent film era in the late 1880s.
The idea is something three-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Woody Allen ("Vicky Cristina Barcelona") experiments with in his new film "Midnight in Paris," a smartly-written, whimsical romantic comedy that just so happens to include a charming little time-traveling storyline that fits in wonderfully.
In "Midnight in Paris," Owen Wilson ("Marley & Me") stars as Gil, an American screenplay writer and self-described "Hollywood hack," who travels to France with his boorish fiancée Inez (Rachel McAdams) and her parents and ends up going on an adventure on his own. Gil enjoys Paris well enough, but he wonders what it would've been like to be there during the Roaring 20s when art and literature were at a historical peak.
When Gil decides he no longer wants to hang out with Inez and her snooty friends (Michael Sheen plays a know-it-all intellect to perfection), he decides to take in Paris by himself by going on a late-night stroll through the city. In a magical and Cinderellaeque twist, Gil steps into a mysterious car at the stroke of midnight and is somehow transported back in time to the 1920s where he meets the like of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and Pablo Picasso, all of whom inspire his own work as an aspiring novelist.
The time traveling scenario happens every night at the same time and Gil takes full advantage of his newfound friends. He even gets writer Gerturude Stein (Kathy Bates) to read over his own manuscript and give him some priceless constructive criticism. During his nightly trips back to the era (the time-traveling scenario happens every night and every night Gil somehow returns home without explanation), Gil ends up meeting one of Picasso's mistresses (Marion Cotillard), a French socialite who also wishes she could have been born in another era, specifially the Belle Epoque.
As picturesque as most of Allen's past work that embraces particular cities like New York and Barcelona, "Midnight in Paris" is a refreshing fantasy that takes being inspired to a whole new level. It might not reach the greatness of some of Allen's classics, but "Paris" easily arouses the artist's passion in all of us.
Morning Glory
November 12, 2010 by Kiko Martinez
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Starring: Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton
Directed by: Roger Michell ("Notting Hill")
Written by: Aline Brosh McKenna ("The Devil Wears Prada")
If "Morning Glory" were an actual segment on a news program it would be the equivalent of the fluff piece that comes somewhere during the show when the anchor replays a YouTube video of a parakeet whistling old TV show theme songs. It pointless, harmless, and sometimes even a little funny, but is also usually always forgettable.
What saves "Morning Glory" from becoming totally unmemorable after leaving the theater are the charming performances it features from most of the cast. It starts with Rachel McAdams ("The Notebook") who plays Becky Fuller, a New Jersey morning show senior producer who is dealt a heavy blow when she is let go from her position after some restructuring.
Her unemployment, however, doesn't last long when a struggling news station in New York City calls upon her lead their understaffed and underfunded morning show back into contention. It's no "Today Show," but Becky accepts the job and commits to it. Although most people don't think she'll last, including longtime co-anchor Colleen Peck (an underutilized Diane Keaton), there's no denying her tenacity.
When Becky is left with an empty co-anchor seat, she seeks out veteran newsman Mike Pomeroy (Harrison Ford) to bring in some journalistic integrity onto the set. But when Mike's arrogance begins to get in the way of the show (he refuses to cover news stories he feel are beneath him and uses words like "aggregated" on air), Becky must try to find a way to make everyone happy before their show gets cancelled in favor of game show reruns.
Directed by Roger Michell ("Notting Hill"), "Morning Glory" doesn't try to be something it's not. While there are hints the film will examine how the media industry is evolving in this new century, this isn't' a film like "All the President's Men" or even last year's underappreciated "State of Play" (another media-based movie McAdams stars in).
Instead, "Morning Glory" is a peppy movie that follows the same blueprint as a film like "The Devil Wears Prada," both of which are written by screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna who, like in "Prada," trips up the flow of the narrative with an cliché love story that benefits no one.
What "Morning Glory" needed to do was stay within the confines of the newsroom and make those relationships feel more authentic. It would have been nice to see more of a give and take between Harrison and Keaton, who butt heads whenever they share the spotlight. It would have been nice to know a little more about Becky aside from her failed attempts at dating and gluttony for work.
But McKenna and Michell take the easy way to the finish line. While the cast manages to stay likeable (even Ford's unlikeable anchorman is fascinating in a pompous, Meryl Streep in "Devil Wears Prada" sort of way), the script comes together sporadically and without paying much attention to the multi-dimensional value of any of its characters. It all adds up to lighthearted entertainment that isn't as newsworthy as it should have been.
Sherlock Holmes
December 24, 2009 by Kiko Martinez
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Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams
Directed by: Guy Ritchie ("RocknRolla")
Written by: Anthony Peckham ("Invictus"), Simon Kinberg ("Jumper"), Michael Robert Johnson (debut)
It's really not necessary to walk into the hip new version of "Sherlock Holmes" knowing anything about the legendary 19th century detective stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Actually, it might benefit moviegoers to forget anything about the English gumshoe they might have learned in prep school.
While there are some glimpses of Doyle's source material, director Guy Ritchie ("RocknRolla," "Snatch") attempts to amp up this Holmes tale for the next generation, but fashions it around a mass-appealing storyline that becomes more soupy that scholarly.
That shouldn't take anything away from two-time Oscar nominee Robert Downey Jr.'s stylish portrayal of the title character. As Holmes, Downey Jr. commands the screen as the world's most famous, fist-fighting detective. Here, he is matched up nicely with actor Jude Law, who is a solid casting choice for Holmes' sidekick, Dr. Watson. Despite the impressive paring and chemistry, screenwriters Anthony Peckham ("Invictus"), Simon Kinberg ("Jumper"), and newcomer Michael Robert Johnson can't match the magnetism of Downey Jr. or the menacing art direction that turns London into a tarnished locale.
In the film, Holmes and Watson are on the heels of Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong), a serial killer involved in black magic who apparently rises from the dead after the duo watch him hang for the murders he committed. From there, the film falls into a tale of world domination that is hardly unique on any level. Blackwood wants to bring down Parliament with a chemical weapon. Holmes must find him before he does. Where's Guy Fawkes when you need him?
An under-used Rachel McAdams ("The Notebook") plays Irene Adler, a secondary character only mentioned in one of Doyle's numerous writings but is undoubtedly high on the Holmes hierarchy. The always-reliable Eddie Marsan plays Scotland Yard's Inspector Lestrade with his usual bitter approach to his characters.
Set pieces aside, "Sherlock Holmes" goes as far as the supernatural-themed narrative allows it. There are some highlights in the film including the rousing action sequences Ritchie is known for, which work well for a while before we're reminded that all the loose ends and twists still have to be revealed before the bloated story pops. Then, there's the fantastic score by Hans Zimmer that is far removed from his usual extravagant musical offerings. The funky piano playing throughout reminds us that not every period blockbuster needs a swelling orchestra to be effective.
But when a film feels like all it's doing in the final act is setting up for a sequel, something is wrong with its cinematic logic. There's far more story to tell in the mystery series, but it's insane for "Holmes" to stop short without a concrete promise of a follow-up or without earning the right to dole out cliffhangers. It really acts more self-important than it should. Just be thankful Holmes never utters the word "elementary" or things could have gotten really ugly on Baker Street.
State of Play
April 15, 2009 by Kiko Martinez
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Starring: Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams
Directed by: Kevin McDonald ("The Last King of Scotland")
Written by: Matthew Michael Carnahan ("Lions for Lambs"), Tony Gilroy ("Michael Clayton"), Billy Ray ("Breach")
There will never be another newspaper film like "State of Play."
While it might be a bit extreme to say Russell Crowe and Rachel McAdams are on the same tier as Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford's Woodward and Bernstein in the 1976 media epic "All the President's Men," no one has ever come as close to capturing the true meaning of investigative journalism in the print media. Even with some sensationalism thrown in for flavor, "State of Play" is smartly done.
For the generation who like their news in short blurbs written by bloggers who use Wikipedia as their main source, this definitely won't resonate with you. For those who still value the art of in-depth reporting and the way an actual newspaper still feels between your fingertips, "State of Play" is as tightly written as a front-page story grinded out on an unapologetic deadline by a veteran reporter.
Based on a 2003 British TV miniseries of the same name, "State of Play" follows old-school Washington D.C. scribe Cal McAffrey (Crowe) in the middle of a political scandal that slowly reels him personally and professionally. The mistress of his old college friend, Congressman Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck), has died of an apparent suicide, but with some exceptional fact digging, Cal uncovers other circumstances that could prove to be damaging to some governmental bigwigs and to himself on an ethical level.
There to pick up the slack as their scowling editor (Helen Mirren) keeps a sharp eye on her staff is internet reporter Della Frye (McAdams), whose blogging abilities are just impressive enough to provoke Cal's traditional stance on his lifelong career. "I'm just trying to help you get a few facts in the mix the next time you upchuck online."
Still, a little new blood never hurt anyone especially with someone as hungry for a newsworthy story as Della. Crowe and McAdams' chemistry blends well from the start and only strengthens as the political thriller dashes in and out of some sharp turns and detailed storytelling. It's easily the best newspaper movie since 2003 "Shattered Glass" and the most intelligent film to be released in the first third of the year.
The Lucky Ones
September 14, 2008 by Kiko Martinez
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Starring: Tim Robbins, Rachel McAdams, Michael Peña
Directed by: Neil Burger ("The Illusionist")
Written by: Neil Burger ("The Illusionist") and Dirk Wittenborn ("Fierce People")
Not original enough to make a pro-war statement, and too contrived to make an anti-war statement, "The Lucky Ones" seems comfortable in passing itself off as road trip flick about friendship. It's unfortunate, however, that the screenwriter's efforts are impractical and flat.
In "The Lucky Ones," three U.S. soldiers, Colee (Rachel McAdams), Cheever (Tim Robbins), and T.K. (Michael Peña) meet each other in the airport when they are sent home for leave. While Colee and T.K. are deployed home for 30 days because they have sustain injuries (she's shot in the leg and he's nursing a shrapnel wound to his scrotum), Cheever has completed his service in the military and is looking forward to spending time with his family.
As luck would have it, their trip starts poorly when they land in New York and cannot make a connecting flight to their respective cities because of a blackout. Instead of waiting for the airport to reschedule their trips, the trio decides that it would be faster to rent a car and drive cross country to their destinations – St. Louis for Cheever and Las Vegas for the others. Colee's plan is to return her dead friend's guitar to his family in hopes that she can stay with them, while T.K., who is suffering from impotence because of his below-the-belt nick, is looking for a prostitute to help him with his little problem before he goes home to his fiancée in Florida. (I guess streetwalkers don't live in the Sunshine State).
But when Cheever gets home and finds out his wife wants a divorce and his son needs money to go to Stanford University, it only make sense that he continues traveling with T.K. and Colee to Vegas so he can win his son's tuition playing blackjack (I guess they've never heard of student loans).
They are all brainless ideas that implode on paper and even more so when McAdams, Robbins, and Peña, all good actors in their own right, try to help director Neil Burger explain who military men and women are by putting a name and face on these universal characters. The problem is that Burger and writing partner Dirk Wittenborn have created a set of stories far too unbelievable to latch onto in any way.
Through their journey we never really learn what is going on inside the heads of these three soldiers or what it's like coming home knowing the stay is only temporary. It's obvious that Burger wants to say something about the emotional state of the soldiers once they hit American soil, but instead of connecting us to them thoughtfully, he throws too many obstacles in their way that don't benefit the overall importance of the story. Why write a scene where Cheever locks the keys in the car when, five minutes later, they find someone to open it with a slim Jim? It feels like Burger and Wittenborn have strung together skits to form a hybrid dramedy that goes nowhere and wastes valuable time.


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The coveted front row of the Lok Sabha is set for the biggest reshuffle in recent times this summer with five senior parliamentarians who were frontbenchers not returning to the House.The National Democratic Alliance's share in the front row — the seats closest to the Speaker's chair — will increase marginally. The Congress's quota is stuck at two after the party managed to win 52 seats, just eight more than its tally in the 16th Lok Sabha, in the latest general elections.Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, former foreign minister Sushma Swaraj, Congress floor leader Mallikarjun Kharge and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) patriarch LK Advani are among the leaders who will not occupy the front row in the 17th Lok Sabha. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader M Thambidurai also loses his seat in the front row .Deve Gowda, Kharge and Thambidurai lost elections while Swaraj opted out of contesting the polls. Advani, a seven term-MP representing Gandhinagar, was denied a renomination by the BJP."The front row seats are generally allotted to senior MPs and floor leaders of different parties. Former Prime Ministers are also allotted front row seats out of courtesy if he or she is elected back in the House. A party's front row quota also depends on its overall strength," said a senior Lok Sabha official on condition of anonymity.Apart from the five confirmed changes, two more party leaders might lose their preferred seats: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) floor leader Bhartruhari Mahtab and Trinamool Congress's Sudip Bandopadhyay. Both the BJD and the Trinamool found front row slots in 2014 when the two parties came to the House with 34 and 20 MPs, respectively. But in the latest elections, the Trinamool and the BJD slipped to 22 and 10 seats, respectively, and their quota stands at 0.8 and 0.4 seats as per the calculation.The BJP, which has 303 MPs, may get up to two additional seats and thereby increase the NDA's quota from 12 seats.BJP president Amit Shah, who was sworn in as a cabinet minister in the third NDA government, will certainly get a seat in the front row, which he also occupied in the Rajya Sabha. Senior BJP ministers such as Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, and Sadananda Gowda are also expected to occupy the front row.In line with the floor arrangement in the Lok Sabha, the first seat or seat number one, on the right side of the speaker's chair, is allotted to the Prime Minister. The seat next to the PM's generally goes to the senior-most minister. In the United Progressive Alliance-era, leader of the House Pranab Mukherjee and in the last five years, home minister Rajnath Singh sat in seat number 2. The last seat of that row is allotted to the deputy speaker.The BJP could also give one of its seats to a senior leader of a friendly party, which has happened in the past in other governments, a person aware of the developments said on condition of anonymity.Among BJP allies, senior minister and Lok Janshakti Party leader Ram Vilas Paswan, Shiv Sena's Arvind Sawant and Shiromani Akali Dal's Harsimrat Kaur are also expected to occupy the front row.In the last Lok Sabha, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress floor leader Kharge occupied two front row seats. This time, Sonia Gandhi's seat remains the same. If Rahul Gandhi decides to replace his mother as the leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party, he too will come to the front row from his current second row seat."We only allot the seats to the parties in each row and then the parties decide where its leaders will sit. Whatever is the recommendation, we accept," added the senior Lok Sabha official.


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Here's Why Yorkshire Deserves To Be Independent
There have only been two times in my life that a protest vote has made me feel anything other than fully capable of unhinged violence and they both came from a friend.
Twice he's voted in his adult life, and despite having a clear allegiance to one of the major political parties, they've both gone in favour of the Yorkshire Party.
Stupid? Yes. Wildly ambitious? Yes. The most not-worth-it gamble ever placed? 100 per cent. But this is pride we're talking about. Yorkshire pride, to be exact. A feverish, turbulent sense of regional self that you'll be hard pressed to find anywhere else in the country, no matter how much scousers and Geordies might try and make out.
No-one is, or ever has been as proud as a Yorkshireman or woman. Ever. If you put together Churchill crushing Nazi Germany, Abraham Lincoln abolishing the slave trade and Picasso revolutionising the way we see the human form into a collective meld of self-worth, it wouldn't be close to the feeling a Bradfordian gets when they wake up on a morning and look at themselves in a mirror.
I've never voted for the Yorkshire Party but I reckon I'm around four more southern students telling me about their cavorts in Southeast Asia away from running the fucking thing. Wishing a hearty farewell to my current career and saying ey up to God's own independent county. Or better yet: country.
The Yorkshire Party, formerly Yorkshire First, is not explicitly for devolution but rather the pursuit of ending decades of negligent treatment elemental to being a London dependency. Which is reet.
Although a more sensible option, I do find it a shame that the party should limit its potential like this, given the last year of pioneering political twists.
Who's to say a Yorkshire Independence Movement wouldn't defy expectation and then some? The electorate clearly loves shaking things up and on the coattails of Brexit and Trump, there's really nowhere else to go than to make Leeds a capital city and Sean Bean the first president of the Yorkshire Republic.
What makes Yorkshire so special though? Well, besides giving the world John Smiths, Marks & Spencer and Kevin Keegan, it also gave it many firsts: the motion picture (shot in Roundhay), the football club (Sheffield FC) and steam locomotive (built in 1790).
York was also the birthplace of Guy Fawkes, proving this acute taste for banter and autonomy is nothing new.
Naturally, you're proud of where you come from. It's what you first knew, and in some ways, what you'll only know. I remember Morrissey once saying that, notwithstanding their final stomping grounds, a northerner is a northerner forever. In his case, LA.
It's true. Being northern isn't so much a geographical standing as it is psychological. It's something you instinctively take everywhere. But Morrissey emphasised the north. He's a Lancastrian and made a point of being northern, whereas people from Bradford, Sheffield or Leeds would likely make a point of being from Yorkshire.
And we've had good reason to do so of late. The Tour de France had its Grand Departe in Yorkshire, an event so well-received that 2015 produced its own replica, while Yorkshire natives Jessica Ennis, Alistair Brownlee and Nicola Adams put in such a good shift at London 2012, that if they'd been representing Yorkshire alone, the county would've finished 11th in the rankings.
In 2014, millions tuned into Educating Yorkshire, a show displaying all that is enviable about the county's charm and vigour, what it achieves and inspires in cynical high schoolers at times of dire underemployment and recession.
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Quashing the alleged philistinism of Yorkshire folk, Wakefield boasts the acclaimed Hepworth Gallery, while Hull was chosen as 2017's City of Culture.
Two of the top 10 most expensive living artists in Britain – David Hockney and Damien Hirst – grew up in Bradford and Leeds respectively.
So of course we've got regional pride. There are no Lancashire puddings on a Sunday roast, nor is there a Lincolnshire equivalent of the Arctic Monkeys. Or Mel B.
But there is a fine line between pride and snobbery, which I think is where the Yorkshire independence argument falls short. Just the other day I got into a row with someone I know after telling her my soul was 'fundamentally purer' than her cold, Essex one.
It is a bit rich to slate London centralisation and ignorance while also wanting to secede from the rest of England, but fuck it. Our economy is twice the size of Wales's. And if Cornwall can be granted it, we sure as shite can.
Our population amounts to 5.3 million (higher than fucking Scotland), easily shadowing Cornwall's pathetic 530,000. Our landscapes are far more enriching and our culture unparalleled. The native tongue is also a lot funnier.
We've got the Dales, the light side of the Pennines, The Deep in Hull and Eureka in Halifax. We've got the best fish and chips in the world and the sexiest accent going.
Until the beautiful day comes that Yorkshire escapes the confines of all its inferior county contemporaries, I'll eyt all, sup all and pay nowt.
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party to wish John a happy fifth birthday and to support the Diamond Blackfan Anemia Foundation. In lieu of birthday presents, guests made charitable donations to the DBAF in honor of John's special day. John and Tuesday Shannon of Delaware are proud of their son and seven year old daughter, Emi. Tuesday stated, "It's a great way to teach children about the importance of giving, hoping that this will be a lifelong trend for them. Emi is anxious to celebrate her eighth birthday next month. She will also be raising funds for the DBAF."
The DBAF is proud and honored to be the recipient of such heartfelt donations. Many of our DBA families have chosen to help fund DBA research with gifts given in memory of loved ones and/or in honor of a special occasion (birthday, anniversary, holidays, etc.). These lasting, meaningful gifts support our mission... for patients...for families....for research.
HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY, JOHN!
HAPPY (Early) 8th BIRTHDAY, EMI!
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Some articles are worth reprinting. Below is an article that appeared in the print version of the DBAF's Spring 2010 newsletter. Since its original printing we have had numerous requests for copies. Thanks, Paige, for sharing your inspirational words!
Reality Check
Simply, the thing I am shall make me live,"
- William Shakespeare.
Words are just words until people make them mean something, and people are just people until we come together. Many of you reading this article have Diamond Blackfan Anemia. All of you have had to deal with the stress it brings. Let's face it, no one likes the needles, going to the doctors, or knowing they have a blood disorder.
At times, it is hard to stay positive, especially when some genius in the hallway just made the scientific discovery that you're short or have puffy cheeks. I used to let these comments bother me. Then I realized that I wouldn't be me if I didn't have DBA! DBA is what makes me unique.
Honestly, without it I'm just the same as everyone else. Now, I'll crack a short joke myself. When the person who pointed out my height doesn't have anything clever enough to say back, I laugh at how dumb they just made themselves look. Diamond Blackfan Anemia is not something that needs to be overcome but rather conquered.
Just because we have DBA doesn't mean we're limited. DBA is not a barrier between us and everyone else. Just because you have a blood disorder, doesn't mean you won't succeed. It doesn't even mean you'll have to work harder. It just means we know the reality of life. We know things aren't always perfect, and there's not much we can do about it. We just have to keep on living our lives as though nothing is wrong.
"Your success depends on what you do yourself, with your own means,"
- P.T. Barnum.
Make the best of your talents; don't let DBA control your life.
Many famous people have had or do have a medical setback they have to deal with. For example, the lead singer of the band "Something Corporate" was diagnosed with lymphoblastic leukemia in June of 2005. Nick Jonas, of the Jonas brothers, has Type I diabetes. Magic Johnson has AIDS. Look at how successful they are.
You can achieve anything you want. If someone is telling you that you can't do something because of your blood disorder, surprise them! Blow them away with how amazing you are at it. I'm not saying it will be easy; in fact, it wouldn't be easy for anyone. If you work hard to get it, the feeling will be indescribable. Remember Miley Cyrus' song "Life's a climb, but the view is amazing." Be all you can be, put yourself out there, work hard, do what you want, live your life and everything will fall into place.
DBA is not a setback; it's just a reality check. We all need to come together and make the best of our Diamond Blackfan Anemia.
chieve... the new acronym for DBA.
"Paige's Page" will be a regular column in our print newsletter written from a teenager's point-of-view. Paige goes to school, she gets blood transfusions, she chelates, she conquers. If you have any encouraging thoughts, quotes, stories or questions, send them to firstname.lastname@example.com, and they may be incorporated into the next DBA newsletter. Requests for anonymity are respected.
Journal Club
With many thanks to our Research Director, Steven R. Ellis, PhD., the DBAF proudly announces the monthly
"DBA Journal Club"
as a regular feature to our e-newsletter. Beginning next month, Steve will summarize a recent DBA publication to help give a clearer understanding of current DBA research/clinical findings. We hope you enjoy reading along with us as we strive to educate and inform.
Steven R. Ellis, PhD
DBAF Research Director
CDC Care Notebook
As a DBA patient, or a caregiver of a DBA patient, keeping medical records, appointments, questions, and pertinent information accessible and organized is often an overwhelming task. To assist our patients and families, a Care Notebook designed
specifically for DBA patients is available! These materials were created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in collaboration with doctors, nurses, other professionals, and DBA families and are being distributed by the Diamond Blackfan Anemia Foundation. If you are interested in having one of these binders, please contact Dawn at 716.674.2818 (Eastern time) or by email at email@example.com.
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Look What's Cooking
Many thanks to Betty Lightner for spearheading a DBA cookbook fundraiser. In order to compile this delicious book of palate pleasers, Betty needs your favorite (and maybe your secret!) recipes. In addition, artwork and photos may also be submitted.
Hurry, the submission deadline is Oct. 15
to ensure delivery by the holidays!
Please contact Betty at firstname.lastname@example.com to be a part of this exciting, mouth-watering project.


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Snow forecast: BBC weather WARNS of SNOW and icy winds THIS WEEKEND
BRITAIN is bracing for a weekend of "snow showers" and icy winds according to BBC Weather as polar winds from Scandinavia brings freezing temperatures to the UK.
BBC Weather warned of "icy stretches" and "snow showers" this weekend as a freezing blast of wind from Scandinavia spreads across Britain.
Temperatures will be "close to freezing" Sunday with a "touch of frost", BBC Weather's Ben Rich said.
He said: "Grey skies overhead for most of us today, some grey skies and rain as well. But as you can see some places have had some snow."
"It is mainly high ground in the north that we'll see the snow today.
Snow forecast UK: Icy winds from Scandinavia could bring snow to the south of England
"For most just a cold and damp day courtesy of this stripe of cloud, you can see it here on the satellite picture.
"It's been working it's way in from the West during the night and the first part of the morning.
"A weather front that really has stalled now across the country but that front running into some pretty cold air.
"That is why it is producing some snow over high ground and still potentially a little bit of ice across the Eastern Scotland, North East England.
"As we go on through the day we push this cloudy damp weather with some hill snow a little bit further east but it's a slow old process so by lunch time, northern and eastern Scotland generally cloudy with some rain and some hill snow."
"For much of northern England into the Midlands and down to the south coast cloudy and damp."
The BBC Weather forecaster added that the UK will see temperatures "close to freezing" as most of the country will be starting the day in single figures.
He said: "As we go through tonight much of that rain and hill snow will fizzle away but they'll still be some entry showers moving in from the north east.
With that some wintry showers, could even be the odd snow shower through the morning, more likely rain by the afternoon
"As temperatures drop away, quite close to freezing, there could well be a touch of frost and possibly some icy stretches here and there as well.
"But most of us starting the day tomorrow around one, two, three degrees.
"We'll be starting the day a lot colder than that across a good part of continental Europe. Why do I mention that?
"Well, during tomorrow we will increasingly be bringing our air in from that part of the continent.
"As this high pressure builds its way down from Scandinavia, squashing in these bitterly cold Northeasterly winds, which will particularly effect southerly and south eastern parts of the country.
"With that some wintry showers, could even be the odd snow shower through the morning, more likely rain by the afternoon."


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A Latin American take on Marcel Odenbach's political and cultural oeuvre
Associação Cultural Videobrasil curator and director Solange Farkas discussed artist Marcel Odenbach's oeuvre and its place within the context of Latin American production on July 21, 7pm, at the Goethe-Institut auditorium in Lima, Peru. The event was organized by ATA (Alta Tecnología Andina) as part of Movimientos quietos, the monographic exhibit featuring video and paper works created by Marcel Odenbach over the past 30 years.
Solange Farkas has worked with the German artist in the past, as the curator of La Mirada Discreta, a show by Marcel Odenbach and Robert Cahen in Buenos Aires, 2006. As chief curator of the 16th International Electronic Art Festival Sesc_Videobrasil (2007), Farkas was responsible for Odenbach's most comprehensive retrospective in Latin America to date, featuring 15 video works and installations, and including the previously unseen Disturbed Places – Five Variations on India, whose production was backed by the Festival.
For the director of Videobrasil, the work of Marcel Odenbach is a key reference. "The complex mesh of images, times and perspectives he weaves to bring to light questions charged with subjectivity, within the context of personal and cultural memory, is very particular. At the same time, as his body of work develops, he gives us important clues about the process that transformed the video, an experimental medium par excellence, in an omnipresent tool in contemporary visual and artistic expression", says Farkas.
The exhibit in Lima, Movimientos quietos, is a production of the MALI – Lima Art Museum and of the German Institute for International Relations, in collaboration with Goethe-Institut in Lima and the ATA. Curated by Matthías Mühling, the show illustrates the subtlety and formal variety of Odenbach's approach to image in motion, providing audiences with a unique take on the place of the human being in global societies.
Solange Farkas: Una lectura desde América Latina a la obra político-cultural de Marcel Odenbach
(Solange Farkas: A Latin American take on Marcel Odenbach's political-cultural oeuvre)
July 21 (Wednesday), 7pm
Auditorium of the Goethe-Institut | Jirón Nazca 722, Lima, Peru
www.goethe.de/lima | www.mali.pe | www.ata.org.pe


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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is pushing for ratification of a U.N. accord on the rights of the disabled.
The move comes less than a year after Senate Republicans rejected pleas for its passage from two former GOP presidential nominees and delivered a stinging rebuke to a global treaty modeled largely on American law.
One part of the treaty, Article 25(e), relates to use of disability information in life and health insurance underwriting.
It's unclear whether the administration has won over Republican skeptics, but top aides to President Barack Obama are lobbying hard for another vote.
Secretary of State John Kerry will testify later this week before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power has made several trips to the Capitol for meetings with senior lawmakers. Officials have sought to mobilize veterans and disabled groups, religious organizations and the business community in support of the treaty.
"We want to lead the struggle to make these rights universal," Power told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "It would be a very good thing internationally if disability rights were promoted and respected to the extent they are in this country."
The treaty aims to ensure the disabled enjoy equal rights as their fellow citizens, extending many provisions introduced by the landmark Americans With Disabilities Act that was passed by Congress and then signed into law by President George H.W. Bush more than two decades ago. Advocates say U.S. ratification would benefit American veterans, families, students and others wishing to live, travel, work or study overseas by offering the United States a platform to help other governments extend more services for disabled people.
And they argue that little would be demanded of the United States, which has set standards for everything from ensuring wheelchair access and handicapped-accessible toilets in public buildings to rules forbidding workplace discrimination against people with disabilities.
"Ratification of this treaty is not going to affect American law," Power declared.
But opposition runs deep among Republicans, and securing the two-thirds majority needed for Senate passage is no sure thing. In December the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities fell five votes short as only 61 senators voted in favor and 38 senators — all Republicans — voted against.
Even the presence of a frail, wheelchair-using Bob Dole, the former Senate majority leader and the Republicans' 1996 presidential candidate, failed to sway party colleagues. Dole, who was wounded during World War II, was joined by Sen. John McCain, the GOP's 2008 presidential candidate who had disabling injuries in Vietnam, and then-Sen. Dick Lugar, until this year the top Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, in making the conservative case for adoption of the treaty.
Their effort was knocked down by an equally passionate campaign spearheaded by tea party favorite Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah. He warned the agreement could lead to the state, rather than parents, determining the best interests of disabled children on issues such as home schooling. Opponents also claimed the treaty could lead to more abortions by guaranteeing the disabled equal access to reproductive health care. Lee's office declined to comment on the administration's new effort, beyond saying the senator remained opposed for the same reasons.
The conservative Heritage Foundation also is against ratification. It says the pact would subject America to a biased U.N. review every four years and do nothing to advance American interests internationally.
"We won't help other countries by joining a treaty," said Steven Groves, a senior fellow at the Washington think tank. "We help other countries by setting an example and providing assistance."
Some key moderate Republicans are on the fence. "We want to advance the rights of people who are disabled throughout the world. I want to. I think that's a good thing," Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, the top Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, said earlier this month. He warned, however, that the treaty could expand federal power and interfere in U.S. legal proceedings unless the Senate stipulates its reservations as part of any ratification.
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., the committee chairman, will put the treaty before his panel as early as next month. A full Senate vote is then likely to follow.
Senate Democrats and administration officials hope prospects for passage are better now, a year removed from Obama's re-election and a lame-duck session of Congress that many Republicans considered an inappropriate time for consideration of any treaty. Last year, 36 GOP senators came out against the treaty based on the timing of the vote alone.
Administration officials say they're lobbying significantly harder this time around than last, and they believe they can pick off the handful of additional Republicans needed to secure the treaty's ratification. In a flurry of private meetings and public outreach efforts, they've sought to aggressively push back against what they call misconceptions about a treaty that 138 other governments have ratified.
On the home schooling question, officials are promising the treaty won't prevent any parent from it. They say ratification of the pact would actually make it easier for the U.S. to persuade countries hostile to the practice to loosen their laws on allowing disabled children to be taught at home.
"These are parental rights, which we consider sacred," Power said.
On reproductive health care, officials say the language only demands equality under the law for disabled people, compelling no nation to make abortion legal or illegal for all its citizens.
The insurance provision has not been discussed much in public forums in the United States. In Australia, policymakers discussing the treaty have said that Article 25(e) would not affect actuarially justified use of disability information in underwriting.
The U.N. treaty was negotiated during President George W. Bush's administration. Obama signed the final product in 2009.
Allison Bell contributed to this report.
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Dwayne Johnson posts first peek at 'Hobbs and Shaw' with Jason Statham
"We either gonna get along or we gonna get it on."
"We either gonna get along or we gonna get it on."
We apologize in advance.
A tale about crime and extreme sports as old as time.
The beginning of a new 'Furious' trilogy gets geopolitical.
"One of the best blessings in our life is the fact that we had the opportunity to call Pablo our brother."
A regular Martha St-ewwwww-art.
"'Furious 8' will be yours to share with the world on April 14, 2017."
"You don't realize how much you appreciate something until someone takes it away."
Friendship really does trump anything, such as the law, physics, probability, the sound barrier, chemistry, bullets ...


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1971 Meet the Man Who Put the '@' in Your E-Mail. 1971 The @-symbol, part 1 of 2. RFC 675 - Specification of Internet Transmission Control Program. [Docs] [txt|pdf] Network Working Group Vinton Cerf Request for Comments: 675 Yogen Dalal NIC: 2 Carl Sunshine INWG: 72 December 1974 December 1974 Version This document describes the functions to be performed by the internetwork Transmission Control Program [TCP] and its interface to programs or users that require its services.
Minitel Research Lab, USA. 1982 Happy 30th birthday emoticon! :-) - News - Gadgets & Tech. 1982 Les smileys ont 30 ans, et leur créateur n'est pas content ;) Ce 19 septembre, le smiley fête ses 30 ans.
1987 GIF Creator, Steve Wilhite, Receives Lifetime Achievement Webby Award. 1987 GIF nytimes. The birth of the World Wide Web. World Wide Web born at CERN 25 years ago. In March 1989 Tim Berners-Lee, a scientist working at CERN, submitted a proposal to develop a radical new way of linking and sharing information over the internet.
The document was entitled Information Management: A Proposal. 1989 first website. La naissance du web. Tim Berners-Lee, un physicien britannique, a inventé le web au CERN en 1989.
À l'origine, le projet, baptisé « World Wide Web », a été conçu et développé pour que des scientifiques travaillant dans les universités et les instituts du monde entier puissent s'échanger des informations instantanément. Le premier site web créé au CERN – et dans le monde – était destiné au projet World Wide Web lui-même. Il était hébergé sur l'ordinateur NeXT de Tim Berners-Lee. Le site décrivait les principales caractéristiques du web et expliquait comment accéder aux documents d'autres personnes et comment configurer son propre serveur. L'ordinateur NeXT – le serveur web d'origine – est encore au CERN. Le 30 avril 1993, le CERN a mis le logiciel du World Wide Web dans le domaine public. Découvrez la modeste entrée en scène du World Wide Web sous son premier visage Naviguer sur le premier site web. The World Wide Web project. The WorldWideWeb (W3) is a wide-area hypermedia information retrieval initiative aiming to give universal access to a large universe of documents.
Everything there is online about W3 is linked directly or indirectly to this document, including an executive summary of the project, Mailing lists , Policy , November's W3 news , Frequently Asked Questions . What's out there? Pointers to the world's online information, subjects , W3 servers, etc. The birth of the World Wide Web. CERN's first computer was a Dutchman named Wim Klein.
The Story of the First Photo on the Web. The First Photo on the Web. The first photographic image ever uploaded to the Web was a Photoshop disaster.
It was created to sell something, and featured attractive women in a come-hither pose. 1994 The First-Ever Banner Ad on the Web - The Atlantic. People don't often click on banner ads these days—at least not on purpose, anyway.
In fact, many internet users actively go out of their way to never see advertisements. Ad blockers create all kinds of problems for companies that rely on ad dollars to pay their workers (cough cough like journalists cough), but it's understandable why ad blockers appeal to people. Display ads are too often clunky, ugly, and intrusive—all kinds of ad trackers collect and sell data about people. "People who don't like Comic Sans don't know anything about design" Interview: ahead of his talk at London's V&A museum on Friday, typographer Vincent Connare talks to Dezeen about creating the typeface that designers love to hate.
Vincent Connare was one of the early pioneers of digital typeface design, working on fonts for Agfa and Apple in the early 1990s before joining Microsoft, where he designed both the web-friendly Trebuchet font family and the now infamous Comic Sans MS. "It was important at Microsoft to show people how things could be done. The group back then were doing things five years or more ahead of everybody," Connare told Dezeen. "We were addressing issues with various types of screens and devices. 1996 Jennicam: The first woman to stream her life on the internet. Image copyright JKR In 1996, 19-year-old Jennifer Ringley turned on a webcam that sat on top of the computer in her college dorm room.
In that simple act, writes Aleks Krotoski, she changed the modern world. It would be, at first glance, a perfectly innocent thing to do. But rather than use the cam to speak to friends and family back home in Harrisburg, Pennyslvania, she used it to do a most unusual thing: to broadcast herself live, to a globe of strangers, 24 hours per day, seven days per week. 1996 jennicam. 1998 - In the Garage Where Google Was Born. It all started in a garage that you can still find with minimal effort — especially if you're using Google Maps. Less than one mile off U.S. 1998 Google! Google.stanford.edu Searching the Web has increasingly become a two-stage process--execute a search, then wade through the results trying to find what you're actually looking for. Google! , an ongoing research project at Stanford University, helps you access the most relevant finds more quickly, and rivals Yahoo!
For finding that handful of key sites you may be looking for. The site's unique PageRank function indicates how many Web pages point to a particular document. 2000 Google images. You may think that the most important dress of the 21st century is that blue and black one we all lost our shit about in 2015, but it might actually be the green Versace number that Jennifer Lopez wore to the Grammys in 2000. The ultra-revealing silk chiffon garment has gone down in fashion history – but it also, somewhat improbably, directly contributed to the birth of Google Images. In an article written for Project Syndicate, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt said that the image search function was created after millions of people flocked to the internet to take a look at the Donatella-designed dress. On January 15, 2001, a new kind of free encyclopedia first went online. Thank you for 15 years. #Wikipedia15.
Who Made Google's Map Pin?
Feb 8, 2005 Google Maps - Mapping your way. 21 mars, 2006 jack : just setting up my twttr... 2006 Silicon Valley's All Twttr. The first-ever hashtag, @-reply and retweet, as Twitter users invented them. Twitter is pretty simple, but it started out even simpler. Rsa: @ buzz - you broke your thumb... Davidville. More than 100 million blogs will be online in 2007. Ericrice: ReTweet: jmalthus @spin Yes! Chrismessina: how do you feel about using... Micah : I am starting Follow Fridays. 2010 Photo by kevin. 2 Years Later: The First Instagram Photo. Jan 16 2011 First #Selfie On Instagram. How 20 popular websites looked when they launched. 2. facebook.com - launched in 2004 3. myspace.com - launched in 2003. The first version of Google, Facebook, YouTube and more (and what they can teach us about starting small)
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