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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
|Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Theatrical release poster
|Directed by
|Oliver Stone
|Produced by
Edward R. Pressman
Eric Kopeloff
|Written by
Allan Loeb
Stephen Schiff
|Based on
by Stanley Weiser
Oliver Stone
Michael Douglas
Shia LaBeouf
Josh Brolin
Carey Mulligan
Eli Wallach
Susan Sarandon
Frank Langella
|Music by
|Craig Armstrong
|Rodrigo Prieto
|Edited by
Julie Monroe
David Brenner
Edward R. Pressman Productions
Ixtlan Productions
Dune Entertainment
|Distributed by
|20th Century Fox
Release dates
Running time
|133 minutes
|United States
|$70 million
|Box office
|$134.7 million
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (also known as Wall Street 2 or Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps) is a 2010 American drama film directed by Oliver Stone, a sequel to Wall Street (1987). It stars Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin, Carey Mulligan, Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon and, in his final film role before his death in 2014, Eli Wallach.
The film takes place in New York, 23 years after the original, and revolves around the 2008 financial crisis. Its plot centers on a reformed Gordon Gekko, played by Douglas, acting as an antihero rather than a villain, and follows his attempts to repair his relationship with his daughter Winnie (Mulligan), with the help of her fiancé, Jacob (LaBeouf).
Principal photography took place in New York between September and November 2009. After having its release date moved twice, Money Never Sleeps was released theatrically worldwide on September 24, 2010, by 20th Century Fox. Prior to its official release, many journalists connected to the financial industry were reportedly shown advance screenings of the film.
Despite opening to positive reception at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, Money Never Sleeps received polarized reviews from critics, who generally praised the acting, but considered it an unnecessary sequel. Though failing to meet its critical expectations, the film was successful at the box office, topping the United States's ranking during its opening weekend, and earning a worldwide total of $134 million in ticket sales, and more than $15 million on DVD.
In 2001, Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) is released from prison after serving eight years for insider trading and securities fraud. Seven years later, Gekko is promoting his new book Is Greed Good?, warning about the coming economic downturn. His estranged daughter, Winnie (Carey Mulligan), runs a small, non-profit news website and is dating Jacob Moore (Shia LaBeouf), a top proprietary trader at Keller Zabel Investments (KZI). Jacob is a protégé of managing director Louis Zabel (Frank Langella), and is trying to raise money for a fusion research project which would create massive amounts of clean energy for the world. Jake is also financially assisting his mother (Susan Sarandon), who has begun a new career selling real estate.
When the recession of 2008 hits, Keller Zabel's stock loses more than 50% of its value. Louis Zabel tries to arrange a bailout for KZI from other Wall Street banks but is blocked by Bretton James (Josh Brolin), head of rival firm Churchill Schwartz, which Louis Zabel had refused to bail out eight years earlier. Zabel kills himself by jumping in front of a subway train because he cannot handle the stress and embarrassment of losing his company.
A distraught Jacob proposes marriage to Winnie, who accepts, then attends a lecture given by Gordon Gekko and introduces himself afterward. Gekko tells him that Keller Zabel's collapse started when rumors of the company having toxic debt started to spread. Jacob and Gekko arrange a trade: Jacob will try to reconcile Winnie's and Gekko's relationship, and Gekko will gather information to destroy Bretton's career to seek revenge for Zabel's suicide.
Jake, aided by Gekko, learns that Bretton James profited from the Keller Zabel collapse. In revenge, Jake spreads rumors about the nationalization of an Equatorial Guinea oil field owned by Churchill Schwartz. The company loses $120 million, but Bretton offers Jake a job, impressed by his initiative. In his new position, Jake convinces Chinese investors to fund the fusion research by Dr. Masters (Austin Pendleton) he has been supporting. Bretton is impressed even more.
Jake attends a fundraiser with Winnie and pays for a seat at a table for Gekko priced at $10,000. Gekko confronts Bretton about what he did to him and also to Zabel. Bretton mocks him that no one cares what Gekko knows or thinks anymore. Gekko also bumps into Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen), and they discuss their shared experience going to jail. Gekko then follows Winnie outside, where she explains why she blames him for everything that went wrong, particularly her brother Rudy's suicide. Gekko claims he paid for the best therapists and even paid off a drug dealer to stop selling to Rudy, who died from an overdose. Winnie forgives him somewhat.
As the economy starts to crumble, Bretton and business mentor Julius Steinhardt (Eli Wallach) advise federal regulators what drastic actions must be taken. Jake's mother continues to come to him for large sums of money. Winnie then announces to Jake she is pregnant with a boy. After riding motorcycles together, Bretton reveals to Jake that the Chinese investment is going into solar panels and fossil fuels instead of fusion research, leaving Jake furious and feeling betrayed.
Gekko proposes a solution, using a $100 million trust fund account in Switzerland, which Gekko set up for Winnie in the 1980s, to fund the research and save the company. She signs the money over to Jake, who then entrusts it to Gekko to legitimize the funds for investment in the fusion research company. However, the money never arrives, and Gekko betrays his daughter and Jake by leaving the country with Winnie's $100 million. Jake realizes that Gekko has been using him to get the money in the account for his own gain. Winnie then tells Jake to leave, no longer trusting him.
Gekko is now in London, running a hugely successful hedgefund-like financial company, capitalized by the $100 million. Jake travels there to propose one last trade: Winnie gets her money back, and Gekko can participate in his grandson's life. Gekko, however, refuses.
Jake pieces together everything from Keller Zabel's collapse to the economic bailout of Bretton's company and gives the information to Winnie, telling her that revealing it will bring her website publicity and credibility. Winnie runs the story, and Bretton James is exposed. The investors, including Steinhardt, promptly abandon Bretton and go to Gekko on the back of his $1.1 billion return as Bretton finds himself under intense legal scrutiny by the government.
Jake has successfully reunited with Winnie in New York, when late one night Gekko appears and tells them that he deposited $100 million into the fusion research's account anonymously. He apologizes to them. One year later, Gekko is seen at his grandson Louis's first birthday party, along with Jacob's mother and Jacob and Winnie's friends.
- Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko
- Shia LaBeouf as Jacob "Jake" Moore
- Josh Brolin as Bretton James
- Carey Mulligan as Winnie Gekko
- Eli Wallach as Julius Steinhardt
- Susan Sarandon as Jake's Mother
- Frank Langella as Louis Zabel
- Austin Pendleton as Dr. Masters
- Sylvia Miles as Realtor
- Vanessa Ferlito as Audrey
- John Buffalo Mailer as Robby
- Jason Clarke as New York Fed Chief
- Oliver Stone as Investor
- Charlie Sheen as Bud "Buddy" Fox
- Donald Trump as Himself (only seen at the extended version)
Michael Douglas reprises his role as Gordon Gekko, which won him an Academy Award after the original film. Gekko has recently been released from prison and, after a failed attempt to warn business leaders of the imminent economic downturn, he decides to try to rebuild a relationship with his estranged daughter Winnie.[1]
Shia LaBeouf portrays Jacob "Jake" Moore, an ambitious, young proprietary trader who works for Keller Zabel Investments, and is in a relationship with Winnie.[2] LaBeouf's role in the film has been said to be a role similar to that of Charlie Sheen's in the original.[3] The young actor said he was able to relate to his character's background and found similarities in their motivations.[4] Initially the actor was intimidated by the idea of working on a film that was going to stretch his dramatic abilities and came to the film set with a different approach, which was that if he disappointed his fans twice, his career was finished after making two recently panned sequels.[3]
LaBeouf stated that, during his first meeting with Stone, the director was "really expedient about killing any ego or conceit on my part", saying not to worry because Tom Cruise was not an actor when he first worked with him either, which LaBeouf considered a knife to his heart.[5] LaBeouf said that he did not know what a credit derivative is or what a CP, LP, or LVC were, commenting "You gotta know ticker names."[6] He also said that he has "no concept" of the "ins and outs of the financial world"[6] and, as part of getting into character, he chose to stay thin to be like hedge funders.[7] To prepare for the film he traded with different firms, playing with up to $1 million and became so interested in trading that he began studying for the Series 7 Exam.[5]
Josh Brolin plays Bretton James, head of the Churchill Schwartz investment bank, whom Jacob blames for the death of his mentor. Bretton has been described as being a villain.[8][9] Bretton is presented as a "new style" version of Gekko in the film.[2] Javier Bardem was in final talks to play the character; in July 2009 it was confirmed that he had turned down the project in favor of a film adaptation of the book Eat, Pray, Love, with Julia Roberts.[10] Brolin took the part and lost 30 pounds in a month to prepare physically for this part.[7] The actor, acknowledging that every character had both good and bad in them, viewed Bretton as being on a "higher level," adding that he liked the ambition his character had and that he was an opportunist.[11]
Carey Mulligan was cast as Winnie Gekko, Gordon's estranged daughter and Jacob's fiancée. Winnie has not spoken to her father since his imprisonment; she blames Gordon for the suicide of her drugged-out brother, Rudy.[12] The character has been said to be the "moral center of the story" and described as being liberal, and to some extent passive.[13][14] Mulligan is British and had to speak with an American accent for her role.[15] Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps was her first major studio film.[16] When she first met Stone for the role she explained that she did not want her character to be a "token girlfriend;" both agreed to work to make sure that would not happen.[17] During the same encounter Stone learned that she had short hair, and he initially discussed having her wear a wig, but Mulligan said she did not feel like herself when wearing the hairpiece. Stone trusted her and made an exception.[18] According to Mulligan, Stone cast her in the Wall Street sequel based on her performance in An Education (2009).[19]
Frank Langella was cast as Louis Zabel. His death "ultimately leads the characters to discover the shady practices" of James's hedge fund.[20] Susan Sarandon portrays Sylvia Moore, Jacob's real-estate agent mother who is just as consumed by greed as Gekko is, but in a different sense.[21] Audrey, a "tough, intelligent trader in the Wall Street trenches", is portrayed by Vanessa Ferlito.[22] John Buffalo Mailer plays Jacob's Long Island financier friend, Robby[2] and Eli Wallach plays the part of Jules Steinhardt, a Churchill Schwartz top executive and Wall Street patriarch who considers the current economic climate to be like the 1929 stock market crash. Pressman deemed the actor's role as the "crier of doom," who, "reveals just how much more devastating things can be today."[23] Charlie Sheen reprised his role of Bud Fox, Gekko's former protégé, whom he meets briefly at a cocktail party.[2] Sylvia Miles reprised her role as a real estate agent from the first film.
Television personality Natalie Morales,[24] Vanity Fair magazine editor Graydon Carter, economist Nouriel Roubini, financier Warren Buffett and director Stone's mother have minor roles in the film.[25] Jim Cramer also makes a brief appearance after Stone cast him because he was a former hedge fund manager.[26] Stone, who had a cameo in the first film, plays a similarly brief role in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. He wanted to give the young LaBeouf "some older connections" that would "give it weight" in the movie.[27] Donald Trump and Julianne Michelle played minor parts, but Trump's scene was cut from the final version (it is instead available on the DVD). Stone said the scene was too "distracting" for the ending.[25] Program host Neil Cavuto appears in the sequel for several seconds. A longer scene that involved him was cut; a representative for Stone clarified that his decision was an aesthetic, not political, choice.[28] Roger Hendricks Simon, a director-actor, landed a part acting as a thinly veiled version of former AIG CEO Hank Greenberg. Like Trump's part, his scenes were not included but are in the film's DVD version.[29]
In early 2007, The New York Times reported that a sequel to Wall Street, then tentatively titled Money Never Sleeps, had entered pre-production and was in the early stages of development with a screenplay by Stephen Schiff of The New Yorker.[30][31] Shortly after the film was confirmed, Douglas was reported to be interested in reprising his role as Gordon Gekko, depending on the script. In October 2008, 20th Century Fox announced that it had officially green-lit the film and would serve as a distributor.[32][33] In the same month it was announced that Allan Loeb had been approached to write a script that was being referred to as a "page one rewrite", meaning that he would be starting "from scratch".[34] Shortly after the film had entered pre-production it was announced that both Charlie Sheen and Daryl Hannah would not be involved with the sequel for unknown reasons.[30] Despite stating that Sheen was not going to return, Stone confirmed he would briefly reprise his role as Bud, which would be worked into the script.[35]
Around May 2007, The New York Times reported that Stone had turned down the opportunity to direct the film, even after months of being pressured to do so by Douglas, among others.[30] However, in April 2009 Fox confirmed that Stone would be returning as both director and producer,[36] alongside Douglas and Edward R. Pressman. Stone stated that he reconsidered passing on directing the film after the stock market crash.[37] The film was co-produced by Eric Kopeloff with Alessandro Camen and Celia D. Costas serving as executive producers. In addition to screenwriter Loeb, the film's overall writer is Schiff. Bryan Burrough received credit as a consultant, and may have done uncredited work on the story.
At the time of the film's announcement the plot details were kept under wraps, but Loeb later confirmed that its plot would primarily focus on Gekko, recently released from prison and re-entering a much more "chaotic" financial world than the one he once oversaw from the previous film.[31] Its budget was reported to be between $60 million ($50 million with the tax credits)[38][39] and $70 million.[23] Money Never Sleeps was being used as the film's working title[40] before being renamed Wall Street 2 at the director's request[41] and finally changed to Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. As part of research for the film, Douglas and Stone had a dinner meeting with Samuel D. Waksal, the founder of the bio-pharmaceutical company ImClone Systems, who spent five years in federal prison for securities fraud.[42] LaBeouf, along with Stone, discussed the financial collapse with multiple hedge fund managers.[42]
Early in mid-2009, Stone took LaBeouf to a cocktail party organized by Nouriel Roubini, a New York University economics professor and chairman of a consulting firm. There, Stone and LaBeouf discussed the financial collapse with Roubini and also discussed hedge fund managers who are clients of Roubini's firm. Roubini said that "in this financial crisis it was the traditional banks and the investment banks that had a larger role in doing stupid and silly things than the hedge funds."[42] Stone also stated that he had conversations with Jim Chanos, a prominent hedge fund manager who had urged him to focus less on hedge funds and more on the banking system, Chanos said, "there was a much more important story, a bigger story, in what happened with the system."[22]
In October 2008, 20th Century Fox confirmed that Allan Loeb, who is a licensed stock broker, had been selected to re-write the script.[43] Stanley Weiser had worked on a treatment for a sequel set in the present with Gekko being released from jail; the second part would be set in China. The studio felt that the material was dated, and put the project in turnaround. Stone had a falling out with Pressman, the producer, and began work on W. with Weiser.[44] Weiser's treatment for Wall Street Two was discarded and the film began taking shape from an original script by Stephen Schiff.[45] It was reported that Aaron Sorkin had turned down the opportunity to work on the film's script.[46]
During December 2008, while still in the process of drafting, Loeb said that he had been riveted by the Bernie Madoff headlines and showed interest in referencing him in the film, noting: "the thing that is so crazy about this story is that Ponzi schemes seem to be the simplest low-class scam," and "but this was carried out in the highest echelon of high finance. You couldn't even get in to see this guy unless you had $2 million to invest."[47] Stone clarified that Madoff will not be mentioned in the film, commenting that he considered Madoff's actions to be "a crook running a Ponzi scheme" which is "legal robbery."[48] The filmmaker returned to the project in April on the strength of this script,[46][49][50] feeling Loeb's draft was "so great" that he did not feel the need to touch it, although he did have the option.[50]
Sometime in early June, Loeb reportedly handed in his second draft of the film to Fox,[50] and in July, was finalizing the screenplay.[51] Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps is based in four locations; New York, London, the United Arab Emirates, and an Asian country.[46][52] One of the character consultants to the new film will be billionaire Vincent Tchenguiz. Pressman said that Tchenguiz had modeled Gekko but did admit that Gekko was "partly Milken" and that Gekko will be a more outwardly altruistic figure but, admits, "a leopard doesn't change its spots, despite appearances."[52] Pressman said of the origin of the film's subtitle: "Wall Street was New York-centric. Today the markets are much more global, hence the title of the new film, Money Never Sleeps."[52] He described Gekko's involvement in the film as being "larger than life".[52]
It was reported that Loeb had taken advice from a "number of real Wall Street movers and shakers" to ensure "horrifying accuracy" for the film's script.[53] Of the re-writes done to script, Stone said: "We sort of started over with the story of a young man who is at the center of it, and how he needs Gordon Gekko's help to navigate those waters."[54] In a reference to the GEICO Gecko commercial, which was suggested by New York Governor David Paterson, Gekko says "even a caveman could do it" in the movie.[27] At the request of Mulligan and LaBeouf, the filmmaker cut some dialogue from the character's break-up scenes, which he at first was initially hesitant to do.[18]
Stone said that the film will provide more of a social commentary and admitted that he had never expected high finance to "serve again as a tableau for his storytelling". He also added that its plot will showcase the unemployment rate at an all-time high and the "our national debt ever climbing."[55] Discussing the difference between Wall Street and its sequel, the director explained, "In the other movie, Charlie Sheen is corrupt at the beginning and he finds a path to integrity. In this movie, it starts out the other way. Shia and Carey are idealists. And their idealism is being threatened."[56] A writer for USA Today believed that the film's story line "attempts to put the complicated financial schemes that led to the worldwide economic collapse on a human scale."[56]
A shift in location in the sequel reflected some of the changes in the world since then: while the New York Stock Exchange and its trading floor had featured heavily in the first film, they are less prominent in the second. Instead, more time is spent at the Federal Reserve Building, reflecting its new position as a "bulwark of the system" according to Stone.[42] The location provided a link to the contemporary crisis the film examines, since September 2008 it has been an important site for meeting on the crisis.[42]
Although August 10 was reportedly the start date,[1][50] principal photography began on September 9.[57] The filmmaker continued to make additions to the script and meet with financial consultants about the project whilst filming.[5] Mulligan was able to film all of her scenes in 15 days.[58] Stone said that they were on schedule and on budget, but claimed that the constantly changing weather was a problem for filming.[59] He also said that the filming on location process was similar to the first film.[60] While filming, LaBeouf said that Douglas was an "opened wound on the set" due to his oldest son's arrest in July for drug trafficking, adding that Stone filmed a "struggling" Douglas.[61]
Charlie Sheen was able to shoot his scene in one day and described being on set with the director and Douglas as strange, with Stone adding that it was difficult for the actor.[5] Sheen reportedly had trouble remembering his lines[5] and required some prodding to remember his cue during the party scene in which Gekko encounters Fox.[62] Although eager to meet him, LaBeouf did not interact with Sheen on set per request.[5] Regarding working with the director, who has a reputation for being demanding on his cast, Douglas described him as being mellow, but acknowledged that "it's still always a workout with him."[5] "Everyone was very friendly, but the scene work felt dangerous," LaBeouf recalls of the on-set atmosphere. "These guys aren't going to coddle you. Douglas was the one who comforted me. And I've never gone deeper with a director than Oliver. He's the Easter bunny and Orson Welles in one man."[5] The young actor further discussed Stone's work ethic on-set with him, saying:
We'd be on the street [filming], and Oliver would just say, "Go to that bar, get fucked-up, and come back." I'd walk over, get smashed, and go back to work. He would really fuck with me when I was smashed. I get aggressive when I'm smashed, and he'd film that. He would just open you up completely, make you fucking naked – and then call, "Action!"[61]
Douglas filmed the opening scene,[27] which is Gekko being released from Sing Sing maximum-security prison, in Ossining, Westchester County, on September 18.[63] Stone felt that the prison scene was a "key plot element" because there is no one there to meet Gekko, who returns to society as an outsider.[27] Regarding there being no scenes that show Gekko adjusting to the modern world, the director clarified that there is "very little space to do those kind of tricks in this movie" because of how modern the world is becoming on a monthly basis.[27] Filming took place in Fordham University for the classroom scenes on October 10 and 11.[64] In order to shoot a dining scene between LaBeouf and Douglas, Shun Lee West closed for 24 hours so the two could film scenes at the restaurant for the entire day of November 10.[65] Brolin and Stone found extras simply by asking workers, at places like RdV, if they would like to be a part of the sequel.[66]
|Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
|Studio album by Various artists
|September 21, 2010
|Todo Mundo
|Budd Carr
The soundtrack to the film was released on September 21, 2010, through Todo Mundo.[67] The album features numerous songs by David Byrne, including several tracks from his 2008 collaboration with Brian Eno, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today.
Track listing
- "Prison" (Craig Armstrong)
- "Home" (David Byrne and Brian Eno)
- "Life Is Long" (David Byrne and Brian Eno)
- "Sleeping Up" (David Byrne)
- "Strange Overtones" (David Byrne and Brian Eno)
- "Money" (Craig Armstrong)
- "My Big Nurse" (David Byrne and Brian Eno)
- "Helicopter Reveal" (Craig Armstrong)
- "Tiny Apocalypse" (David Byrne)
- "Lazy" (David Byrne)
- "I Feel My Stuff" (David Byrne and Brian Eno)
- "This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)" (Talking Heads)
- "Dekha" (ft. song by Ali Zafar)
The film was screened out of competition during May 2010 at the Cannes Film Festival in France. Pressman thought that Cannes would be the "perfect platform to launch a film that speaks of today's economic dilemma".[23] It was met with positive reviews from film critics at the festival, although numerous reviewers "objected to an ending deemed somewhat pat". A spokesperson for Fox said that Stone had changed the ending since its screening at Cannes.[68] Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps opened The Ischia Global Film and Music Fest, held during July 11–18.[69] Michael Corkery of The Wall Street Journal reported that numerous journalists involved in the financial industry had been invited to see advance screenings of the film.[70] To promote Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, several cast members visited the NASDAQ Market site in Times Square, on September 20 and presided over the NASDAQ Opening Bell.[71]
Also on September 20, the movie's New York premiere was held at the Ziegfeld Theater in midtown Manhattan.[72] According to Deadline Hollywood the film originally had a February 2010 release date,[1] but it was later given an April 23, 2010, release. In March 2010, the film's release date was pushed back to September 24.[73] Brolin stated that he hoped that audiences would wonder about the ethics of the banking industry, asking "How much is enough?," he concluded, "There used to be a ceiling. Now there's no ceiling".[68] Surveys indicated that the main audience for the movie would be older adults who remembered the first film.[38]
Box office
Money Never Sleeps opened at a total of 3,597 theaters in the United States, earning nine million on its first day and approximately nineteen million in its opening weekend in the US, averaging $5,330 per theatre and becoming the number one movie at the box office,[74][74] although falling short of studio estimates.[75] Nonetheless it still marked one of the best openings for a Stone film.[75] Despite an increase of thirty-two screens for its second weekend, Money Never Sleeps saw a forty-seven percent decrease on its earnings, falling to third place at the box office and making slightly over ten million for the week.[74]
During the October 8–10 weekend it had a further decrease, falling almost fifty-five percent, earning over four million and dropping to seventh place at the box office.[74] In its fourth week of domestic release it fell under the top ten at the box office with a revenue of more than one million, after suffering a forty-eight percent decrease and seven-hundred and ninety less screens.[74] Domestically, the film made $52.4 million, and has grossed over $134.7 million worldwide.[76]
Critical reception
The film's reception was mixed, review tallying website Rotten Tomatoes reported a rating of 55%, based on a sample of 221 reviews;[77] the site's consensus reading "It's more entertaining than many sequels, but with Oliver Stone directing, a terrific cast, and a timely storyline that picks up where the original left off, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps should be better," for comparison, Wall Street (1987) had achieved a 78% positive rating.[78] Joe Neumaier of the New York Daily News publication awarded it five out of five stars saying that it is a sharp sequel that is worthy of its investment. He also saluted the cast's performance and noted that Douglas gives Gekko "uncounted layers as he fakes, deals and fuels fire".[79] Matthew Toomey of Australia's 612 ABC Radio Brisbane gave it a B-rating and said that Douglas is the film's "biggest positive", finding LaBeouf to be unconvincing in his role.[80] Christy Lemire, in The Canadian Press, claimed that the film ultimately "goes soft and loses its way" and described the contrast in its final scenes as being "laughable". Furthermore, the subplot between LaBeouf and Mulligan's characters as unneeded and pointed out that their relationship leads viewers to wonder why Winnie, who despises Gekko, would be involved with a man who does exactly the same thing as him, which she condemns; however, Lemire acknowledged that the movie is an uncommon sequel that seems to be both relevant and necessary and said that it proves that "greed can still be good".[81] Film critic Colin Newton of the Brisbane Sunday Mail felt that the plot lacked the enthusiasm of the first film.[82] Along the same lines, Village Voice contributor Nick Pinkerton pointed out that the Wall Street sequel did not have the "clean, fable-like arc" formula of its predecessor.[83]
Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter said that the film succeeded in being one of the good sequels in a while, but that Stone "gets too fancy here and there", the film's "heavy reliance on multiple screens, graphics and digital tricks makes it feel like one is watching CNN with all its computer-screen busyness."[84] Roger Ebert, reviewing the movie in the Chicago Sun-Times, noted that it ended with a better conclusion when Stone had edited the film after its Cannes viewing, but still felt it was a little too long. He considered the film to be sophisticated and said its photography was aesthetically pleasing but stated he wanted it to be "outraged."[85] In The Guardian Peter Bradshaw gave the film two out of five stars, commenting that "despite the pious waffle about market craziness being like cancer, no one is ever shown enduring the actual misery of losing money."[86] Writing for Time magazine, Richard Corliss stated that the film has the "drive, luxe and sarcastic wit of the snazziest Hollywood movies."[87] David Edelstein, writing in New York Magazine, described the film as being "full of promise, with minuscule returns." He concluded that, like Stone's other recent work, it is difficult to distinguish what the project's focus is supposed to be.[88]
Joe Morgenstern from The Wall Street Journal wrote that the movie manages to keep a hold on its audience's attention. He thought that Douglas measured up to Gekko's standards in the film, believing that he was the only actor to sustain a "sense of nasty fun", and felt that LaBeouf's effectiveness was within the range of the film-maker's direction, but was unimpressed with Brolin's portrayal of James. He concluded that the script takes an unconvincing jab at Gekko's "spiritual regeneration," which was due to a scene that he considered to be "inherently illogical and emotionally inert."[89] The Daily Telegraph's David Gritten said that Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps lacked the "punch" of the original film and was annoyed by the number of cameos throughout the film.[13] Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps received three out of five stars from Stephen Lambrechts of IGN Australia. Lambrechts felt that Stone's growth as a film director might mirror Gekko's as a person; having had used time to calm down over the years and settle into a more relaxed state of being. He concluded that the film's final result is not "quite the incendiary attack that it could have been, but it still has plenty to say while also managing to be an entertaining crowd pleaser."[90]
In contrast to the film's detractors, Boxoffice Magazine journalist Pete Hammond said the film was "brilliantly cast" and labeled it a "crackerjack powerhouse of a movie that shines a light on the financial machinations". He stated that Douglas does not lose any of the substance of Gekko and LaBeouf is firm as Jacob. The writer predicted the Wall Street sequel's box office performance would be brisk, while the prospects were assured on DVD.[14] Andrew O'Hehir's of Salon.com reviewed the film from Cannes, calling it an "ambitious, uneven, surprisingly talky melodrama, which mixes a quasi-documentary approach to the crash of 2008 with the story." O'Hehir's considered the film to express a more "personal, intimate sense of moral hazard".[91] Marshall Fine, writing in the Huffington Post, viewed the film as an "overstuffed blend of agitprop and melodrama" that contains a cautionary story pertaining to unchecked capitalism. He considered Stone to be proclaiming a message of the "cancerous effects of greed".[92] Bill Goodykoontz of Arizona Republic admitted that he was not surprised to see that the sequel is not as effective as its predecessor, though it was an engaging film at the top of its game when it is hostile, and less satisfying during romantic parts. He ended by saying that it is not a "great movie", but explained that it is an "effective commentary on what greed cost" everyone.[93] CEO of Tullett Prebon, Terry Smith, one of the largest inter-dealer money brokers in the world, reviewed the movie for Today on BBC Radio 4. He gave it three out of five saying that, although it was "a little bit corny in some respects", it puts the events of the credit crunch into context and that "it rings reasonably true," capturing some of the activities, the moods and the individuals quite well."[94]
|Date of ceremony
|Palm Springs International Film Festival[95]
|January 8, 2011
| Breakthrough Performance Award
(Also for Never Let Me Go)
|Carey Mulligan
|68th Golden Globe Awards[96]
|January 16, 2011
|Best Actor in a Supporting Role
|Michael Douglas
|2011 Teen Choice Awards[97]
|August 7, 2011
|Choice Movie: Actor Drama
|Shia LaBeouf
|Costume Designers Guild Awards[98]
|February 22, 2011
|Excellence in Contemporary Film
|Ellen Mirojnick
Home media
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps was released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 21, 2010, in the US. Since then it has made more than $15.5 million in DVD sales revenue selling more than 983,000 units.[99]
See also
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the film, a scathing look at bankers' greed, received $10 million in tax credits
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Talking about breakthrough, NECTAR has engineered breathing and also coolness that is unparalleled. A lot of this is caused by the breakthrough materials and also design that the mattress is made with. When mattresses don't breathe adequately, you will find 2 issues that develop. The 1st is temperature. As you sleep, the mattress will get warm and is not able to cool off. Subsequently, sooner or later you become very warm, covered with sweat, as well as not comfortable. Most times, you are likely to eventually wake up and have to shift as well as readjust. This is a major disruption that may yank you away from a deep sleep, and it is able to take your body a little while to go back there. This disruption contributes dramatically to lacking a top quality nights sleep, even when you could very well be sleeping the time period that you have to. This is a major underlying cause for why NECTAR mattresses can help you sleep superior. Slumber Solutions Mattress And Pillow
There will be one other issue that goes wrong when mattresses don't breathe well as well: moisture. Every time air doesn't circulate in a mattress, it collects moisture from the air which comes in but just cannot let it out. This greatly decreases the life duration of a mattress, as a result of the stranded moisture begins to make the substances in the mattress breakdown. Additionally it greatly diminishes the comfort, as a result of the broken down elements in the mattress will no longer perform as they ought to. The mattress turns out to be uncomfortable, and stays uncomfortable over its lower lifetime. What a waste!
Comfort AND quality.
NECTAR hasn't just designed a breakthrough mattress which supplies really great comfort. They've additionally engineered a high quality mattress that is definitely created from simply the top supplies. There are actually no ozone depleters, PDDEs, TDCPP, mercury, as well as lead. But not only are they significantly more healthy, but also for the planet as well. They will be simply recycled, as well as world friendly!
One can find two layers of Gel Memory Foam that help to circulate the air, as well as suitably disperse your weight as well as sustain the natural contour of your body. These two layers are major helping elements to the details mentioned before. As you rest, your quality of slumber is now being supported by the best quality components in the industry. I assume this is what happens in the event that your vision is to create the best mattress. Period.
Comfort, quality AND value?
It is usually not unusual for comfort and quality to go hand in hand. Yet they carry along a price. Well, most times. Definitely not right now.
NECTAR offers you comfort and support in accordance with mattresses that cost you $3,000-5,000+. With that high quality, maybe you are seriously hoping that they will be half that price range, at around $2,000. Or maybe just you have your fingers crossed specifically hoping that they are only $1,500. But nonetheless don't quit reading here. Because you won't even be having to pay that.
They will not cost $1,500 . They do not cost $1,000 . All NECTAR mattresses start in the $300's . They are all under $1,000 , even for a California King! At that total price, all people in your house could rest far better for the value of just one traditional mattress.
So what is the major difference between NECTAR and Traditional Mattresses?
We inhabit a world that is definitely perpetually changing. NECTAR is a paradigm shift in the strategy a mattress is designed. The truth is, mattresses have been available generations. And just like autos and houses, the method in which one is built in the present day is different than it was generations in the past. Across just about all industries, people are consistently exploring and making completely new discoveries. From working on and also putting into action cutting edge substances, to advancing on a design and also establishing a totally new one, the process where we conduct things transforms with time.
Traditional mattresses comprise of a set of box spring as well as a mattress. The box springs go underneath the mattress, supplying a supplementary layer of support to the mattress. The mattress is made with columns of coils all throughout to give support. Then on top the coils is some sort of "topper". Several years ago, this topper was stuffed with numerous sorts of stuffing or cushioning, as well as in more modern times different layers of foam. There are lots of brand names who have been producing mattresses for many years such as Serta, Sealy, Jamison, Sleep Number, and Amerisleep.
What changed?
The design of traditional mattresses were greatly improved upon across many decades. In spite of this, with a mattress like NECTAR, instead of being an improvement to building a traditional mattress, it is an innovative new variety of mattress entirely. With better technology, the advance of top quality foams and gel layers has changed just about everything. All these mattresses are a fresh concept made on cutting edge discoveries over the past several years. Foam started making its way into traditional mattresses in the "topper" layer. Recall all of the the fad when Memory Foam first came around? Right at that moment, new technology was starting to trickle into traditional mattresses. Nowadays, NECTAR has introduced a completely new mattress, engineered different from traditional mattresses. There are absolutely no coils. The mattress is created with foam that is definitely tough, durable, comfortable, as well as breathable, combined with gel layers which offer superb support for an innovative new period of mattress. And even though there are alternative producers like Casper, Purple, Leesa, Tempurpedic, as well as Puffy that are creating foam mattresses additionally, all you need to do is try out a NECTAR mattress to truly feel the significant difference (So keep reading to learn about the extraordinary method in which NECTAR allows you accomplish this). Slumber Solutions Mattress And Pillow
They make pillows, too?
They make pillows, as well?
Yes. And they are just as cutting edge. However I will spare you the particulars. I will not tell you they are a pillow which is just as brand new as their mattresses. I won't share with you the quilted memory foam outer shell. And also I undoubtedly will not let you know about the Tencel cooling fabric and active ventillation meaning that you will be at all times sleeping on the cool side of the pillow. I most certainly will merely say that they are great, and every much a breakthrough in pillows as their mattresses are.
The only way to experience that you prefer anything would be to give it a try personally.
Absolutely. It's one thing when something appears great on paper or perhaps in a commercial, still it's a different to actually experience something for you. And with NECTAR, you are able to. Not only does NECTAR give a remarkable value, in addition to that they back it with a fantastic guarantee.
How frequently would you actually get to try out a mattress for even one night prior to buying it? You don't get to experience it on your own until you've already paid for it and even taken it home. I hope you made the right decision! Slumber Solutions Mattress And Pillow
But with NECTAR, the game has completely totally changed. Because they will deliver it at zero cost to your home, and you can give it a go for a night. And you can give it a go for a week. And you can give it a go for a month. And even 2 months. And 3 months. Exactly where am I going with this? With NECTAR, you can use it risk free for a year! You get a 365 night home trial. They deliver it to you for free. If you are actually not 100% happy, they will come and pick it up for free. But I doubt you will need them to.
Okay, what's the catch?
There is absolutely no catch. There is just NECTAR. Well, there is certainly far more than that. There's a better mattress with impressive value. There is a brand new paradigm in making a mattress, with new technology at every single turn. There's the ease and comfort and support that you deserve. There is pillows that stretches the comfort and ease from head to toe. There's wonderful quality and value. There is a great product, reinforced by a wonderful guarantee. There is an end to the zombie apocalypse.
So you wanna give NECTAR a try? Go ahead. Do it for a year. And do it worry free.
Try NECTAR today. Don't just sleep more. Sleep better. In fact, get the best sleep of your life. Guaranteed.


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12 December 2016
Report from recent summit in Brussels regarding the impact of REACH Authorisation
On the 10th November 2016, a summit entitled "Impact of REACH Authorisation: costs and benefits" was held in Brussels, attracting 50 representatives from EU Institutions, Permanent Representations & Missions to the EU and industry.
With the European Commission's REFIT report scheduled for presentation in June 2017, this timely event was attended by SEA Chief Executive Dave Elliott who championed the concerns and thoughts of members and the surface engineering industry as a whole.
Dave Elliott was invited to speak at the event, as an industry expert at the forefront of surface engineering, and voiced a significant industry concern regarding the effects this legislation is having (and could potentially have) on SMEs. He disputed the real value of current REACH studies, which he believes do not present the real-life impacts these regulations are having on the industry and businesses trying to compete successfully within the global market.
Beginning his speech by stressing the impact REACH legislation is having on the industry, Mr. Elliott said: "Surface engineering is crucial for manufactured products and as surface engineering companies use up to 200 different substances to apply a coating to a manufactured product, the sector is profoundly impacted by REACH."
He went on to comment on the recently published ECHA study, which estimated that the total cost assessed for all the restrictions in the EU having gone through the REACH procedure is €290 million per year, with health benefits equivalent to over €700 million. He questioned the accuracy of this data and suspected that it is overestimating benefits and underestimating cost. However, he fully subscribes to a careful substance management, particularly for those chemicals that could qualify as SVHCs, which where possible should be removed from global supply chains if suitable alternatives are technically and economically feasible. His main message was to encourage the EU to ensure that their decisions are made on the real impacts of REACH on SMEs which currently would make them less competitive in the global marketplace due to the aforementioned issues.
Many of the attendees of this summit agreed that although REACH seems to have taken the right steps in looking at risk-based approaches, there are still flaws in the current legislation that should be carefully considered before the June 2017 presentation.
MEP Jens Hieseke (EEP, Germany) highlighted that substitution is not always the best solution, especially in cases where there has not yet been the development of viable alternatives. Similarly, Klaus Berend emphasised the aims to collect more robust data and information from the "real world", recognising that data is limited from companies who have already found an alternative substance
The meeting was concluded by encouraging the continuation of constructive debate of REACH between the EU Institutions and all of the relevant stakeholders.
To read the official report, please click here REACH Event - European Parliament
To see video of the event please follow this link www.nickelinstitute.org/en/KnowledgeBase/Videos/20161110-ImpactofREACHAuthorisation.aspx
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|A TASTE OF HONEY (director/writer: Tony Richardson; screenwriter: from the play by Shelagh Delaney/Shelagh Delaney; cinematographer: Walter Lassally; editor: Antony Gibbs; music: John Addison; cast: Rita Tushingham (Jo), Dora Bryan (Helen), Robert Stephens (Peter), Murray Melvin (Geoffrey), Paul Danquah (Jimmy); Runtime: 100; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Tony Richardson; Continental Distributing; 1961-UK)
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have been daring during its time, but is now
Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz
An intense offbeat "Kitchen Sink" school drama realistically depicting life for the British working class. Tony Richardson ("Tom Jones"/"The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner"/"The Entertainer") adapts Shelagh Delaney's acclaimed West End and Broadway debut play. The film introduces the 19-year-old Rita Tushingham as the 17-year-old schoolgirl heroine. Tushingham won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival for her no makeup sensitive portrayal of Jo, an uneducated slum dweller from the northern industrial city of Manchester who becomes pregnant after an affair with a Negro. The film is better in its parts than as a whole, as an overall tedium sets in that leaves the dramatics wanting.
Bored schoolgirl Jo lives with her alcoholic footloose single mum, Helen (Dora Bryan), in the slums of a northern industrial city. While walking around the docks to kill time so mum will leave the flat with her latest boyfriend, Jo meets the ship's black cook Jimmy (Paul Danquah) and becomes pregnant with the sailor in a one night stand. He's on shore leave and leaves the next morning for sea duty. Her 40-year-old mother is about to remarry a man eight years younger that Jo doesn't care for, Peter Smith (Robert Stephens). Jo reacts to the news by getting a job in a shoe store and to avoid a quarrelsome scene, she opts to move in with her new gay friend from the shoe store Geoff (Murray Melvin). The perky gal forms a good partnership with the sensitive gay man, who gladly is willing to become surrogate father to the child. He is even willing to marry her. But Jo refuses and becomes increasingly depressed. Mum's new hubby soon abandons her, and Jo allows mum to move in with her and Geoff. This is a bad move, as soon the overbearing crude mum ruins the peaceful household and Geoff is forced to leave by the revolting mum.
It captures the grimy streets and empty life of the slutty working class types, but in the end has nothing much to say about their drab life except its lacking in direction and energy. The unfulfilled drama is more of a downer than it should be. It might have been daring during its time, but is now outdated.
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I'm an occasional blogger at best. Normally I just blog when I see something extraordinary, or if I'm at a conference and taking notes in my blog, or if I want to create a resource to point my teachers back to when they ask "How do I capture video again?"
But I was hearing Jeff Utecht speak about a blog he helped a teacher set up and the class system intrigued me. Each student is assigned a day of the month in which he/she will post to the class's blog: one blogpost a month, every month on a certain day. There are criteria, I'm sure, but it looks like students have a great deal of freedom in choosing their topic. The student comes to class the next day, stands before his peers, and asks "Any questions/comments about my post?"
It's fascinating. The audience has grown very, very large as teachers and students throughout the world are clicking to see what the class is up to now. Go take a look: http://blogs.saschina.org/pudongtok/


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No.G Gluten-free brand goes from strength to strength and secures Asda deal
Another small UK independent manufacturer that has made it in to the mainstream suppliers, well done to NoG who have got their pies stocked in Asda, Sainsbury's and Ocado.
The deal to supply six products to Asda has doubled the output at the Nottingham-based Riverside Bakery, NoG's brand manager Sam Benjamin told FoodManufacture.co.uk."We were doing about 8,000 products a week," he said. "With the Asda contract that will double our capacity to 16,000."There would be no need to create any more jobs on top of the 350 currently employed at the site, just a demand to "run the machines for longer", Benjamin revealed.Future investmentAlthough there were plans for future investment when the firm secures listings with other retailers, there were no immediate plans to invest in production facilities, he added."We work to where we are and when we need to invest in facilities or products further down the line we will," he said."We have a good relationship with all the retailers and are getting the timing right. We are doing one multiple at a time and doing it right."The brand is currently stocked in Ocado and Sainsbury. Benjamin estimated the brand would enter other retailers throughout the year.Asda's NoG's range will include Chicken, Bacon & Leek Pie; Steak & Ale Pie; Vegetable Pie; Quiche Lorraine; Cheese & Onion Quiche and Crustless Garden Veg & Feta Quiche. It will be available later this month at an introductory price of £2. A custom-built van will also visit a number of stores to give out free samples and boost brand recognition among consumers.Benjamin claimed the product reflected Asda's core business strategy.'Delighted'"We're delighted that Asda is stocking NoG as it extends its gluten-free offering to their customers at a time when more and more people are looking for interesting and delicious free-from products," he said.The brand – which is certified gluten-free by Coeliac UK – launched last April at the Food & Drink Expo event, where it scooped top place in its innovation award category.The brand plans to boost its reputation by appearing at a number of food festivals across the UK this summer including CarFest North and South and Kirstie Allsopp's The Handmade Fair.NoG was launched in March last year as the UK's first chilled gluten-free savoury pasty range. By June it had won listings with Sainsbury and Ocado.
via Gluten-free brand secures Asda deal.
No.G are the first gluten free brand to offer chilled pies and quiches and a selection are stocked at each retailer. There are many to choose from both sweet and savoury, but our favourite is the Steak and Mushroom pie, with a Chocolate and Morello Cherry Tart for desert.
As they only launched their product in March last year they have done fantastically well in less than 12 months and have big plans for the future with the investment of a new van to promote their brand at food festivals around the country. We wish them every success with building their brand.


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The University of Arkansas study shows New York's charter students only receive 75 cents on every dollar in funding for students in district schools
Albany, NY: The most comprehensive nationwide study comparing funding for public charter school students to traditional district schools shows that New York state charter students receive nearly 25% less per pupil per year. The gap grows to more than 30% when weighted to compare charters to districts with similar demographics.
University of Arkansas researchers looked at 30 states and awarded letter grades based on the disparity. As a state with a disparity of least 25%, New York received a grade of "F".
The authors conclude that the persistent and growing inequities in charter funding are the result of structural problem in state K-12 policy. In New York, charters in private space do not receive building support—a major factor in why the funding gap is so large.
Northeast Charter Schools Network President Bill Phillips said:
"Today's numbers confirm what we have been saying for years – that charter school students are treated as three-quarters of a person when it comes to funding. This inequity has lasted for 15 years and continues today, largely because New York's charter schools, unlike all other public schools, have not received funding for facilities.
"The new state budget addressed this issue for some charters. But only half the students who attend charter schools in New York State will get new building support. For the other half, less money is available for their education because their schools have to divert their already lesser resources to pay rent. It is fundamentally unfair and needs to be remedied.
"The state needs to finish the deal and grant charter school students access to the same statewide building aid program that students in district schools already have."
The study [University of Arkansas, Charter Funding: Inequity Expands] examined data from across New York State and added a focus on three regions – Albany, Buffalo and New York City – which comprise 85% of the state's total charter population.
Buffalo fares the worst, facing a staggering difference of $9,811 less spent on a charter school student compared to a district student each year – a 41.7% gap. In Albany, charter school students receive $5,379 less than their peers, and in New York City charter students receive $7,623 less.
Charter school funding has been frozen since the 2010-11 school year, and the recently enacted budget provides only a modest increase for the 2014-15 school year. It also capped future funding increases, which will only grow the gap more, over time.
Joy Pepper, Executive Director of Tapestry Charter School in Buffalo, said:
"This study documents our crisis. Our children get 40 percent less funding than the children in the district school across the street. We had high hopes this year that the Governor would finally provide us relief through building aid. Not only did we not get building aid, we took a funding cut on our per-pupil dollars compared to what the Governor and Senate originally proposed. These decisions jeopardize the positive strides we have made in educational outcomes and will impact future growth potential."
Charlene Reid, Head of School for the Bronx Charter School for Excellence, said:
"New York City children in charter schools receive less per pupil, and 40 percent of the city's charters have to stretch those unequal funds even further to pay for our buildings. This is a glaring gap in the law that needs to be fixed."
Julio Vasquez, Founder and Board Chair of Eugenio Maria de Hostos Charter School in Rochester, said:
"For years our resources have been spread too thinly over all our costs. We're making it work, but after three years of flat funding followed by a miniscule increase for next year, I'm worried. We run a successful bi-lingual program that is in high demand and we'd love to add a prekindergarten. But when you are at such a funding disadvantage the possible sometimes seems impossible. How can we grow when we are barely making ends meet?"
About the Northeast Charter Schools Network:
The Northeast Charter Schools Network is a regional advocacy organization for the more than 200 charter schools in New York and Connecticut. Its mission is to support and expand high quality charter schools in the region.
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2012's First Big Trend: 'S*** ___ Say'
January 13, 2012
It's one that started back in 2011, with the "S*** Girls Say" series, which launched on December 12th. Episode one, below, has over 10 million views and overall the videos on the channel have over 17 million total views.
The series was so popular -- and simple in concept -- that it spawned all manner of parodies and remakes. We can now estimate that there are well over 500 instances of these videos on YouTube from the past month.
The topics vary from ethnicity to career to other social commentaries. Some people have been using them to promote their businesses as well. The playlist below contains a handful of diverse examples, some popular, some controversial.
(Use the arrows to navigate between videos or watch them all here.)
The most recent hit in the trend has been "S*** Nobody Says," a natural evolution that's now been seen close to 2 million times in the past week.


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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- High levels of a personality trait called harm avoidance -- which includes excessive worrying, pessimism, fear and fatigue -- is associated with a higher stroke risk, a new study indicates.
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It included 1,082 older adults without dementia who were rated on the 35-item Harm Avoidance Scale. During 3-1/2 years of follow-up, 258 of the participants died. Of those, 80 percent underwent a brain autopsy.
People who scored high on the Harm Avoidance Scale had a 2.4 times increased risk of microscopic stroke and a 1.8 times increased risk of a stroke that's easily visible in the brain.
The link between high levels of harm avoidance and increased stroke risk remained after researchers accounted for brain and motor function, cardiovascular risk factors and conditions, and neuroticism.
The study was to be presented Wednesday at the American Stroke Association meeting in New Orleans.
Because this study was presented at a medical meeting, the data and conclusions should be viewed as preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.
-- Robert Preidt
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SOURCE: American Stroke Association, news release, Feb. 1, 2012


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Decision to reduce marks from MCQ won't be changed: Nahid
Published : 09 Oct 2016, 17:36
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid today said the government will not change its decision on reducing 10 marks from Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) method at both SSC and HSC examinations.
"We will not change our decision on reducing marks on MCQ question.... We want to bring a qualitative change in question paper system through increasing 10 marks on creative question system," he told a press briefing after holding a meeting with educationists in the conference room of the Education Ministry.
Pro-Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University Professor Md Aktaruzzaman, Professor Zafar Iqbal of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Executive Director of Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE) Rasheda K. Choudhury, a professor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) Mohammad Kaykobad, attended the meeting.
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Happy Valentines Day everyone. Love is definitely in the air around our house. Hopefully the same can be said for you. We'll be out celebrating today but we wanted to give you simple and easy recipe to try with your loved one. This one is about as easy as it gets, yet flavorful and can be quite romantic. It uses Baileys Irish Cream and fresh fruits. That's it!. Check it out below, and enjoy the day with someone you love!
Baileys Cool Raspberry
- 1 1/2 oz Baileys Irish Cream
- 8-9 Raspberries
Place 4-5 raspberries at the bottom of a rocks glass and lightly muddle them. Fill glass with crushed ice. Pour Baileys Original Irish Cream over ice and garnish with three speared raspberries.
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Power Cell LiPo packs are engineered to give the punch and on-demand power to reach the top speeds Traxxas models are built to achieve. Premium LiPo cells developed specifically for Traxxas feature over sized discharge tabs for maximum efficiency. The cells are hard-wired with 12-gauge Maxx® Cable, eliminating the resistance and power-loss associated with plug-in wires. Integrated balance connectors make it simple to charge with the #2970 EZ-Peak Plus LiPo/NiMH charger with iD, and the Traxxas High-Current Connector assures total power transfer for higher speeds, longer run time, and more fun from every charge. The packs' semi-rigid construction results in a firm, rugged, and compact pack that does not require a hard case, and the center-wire configuration assures a pinch-free fit in Traxxas vehicles.
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Jody, Pencil on Paper
I've enjoyed drawing a couple of the guys at work so much that I've decided to go ahead and sketch all of them. My two bosses, Pat and Dennis, approached me and wanted to know if I'd be up for having them on the company's website. I think the idea is to have them accompany each guy's bio.
Here is a drawing of my friend Jody. He presented a bit of a challenge because of some very subtle curves and characteristics in his face. He was definitely a struggle to get but once I zeroed in on what truly makes up the unique qualities of his face, I felt I captured his likeness quite well.


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Learn how to Plate Spin, Juggle & walk on Cup Stilts. Plus, the first 40 kids receive a complimentary school holiday voucher*.
This interactive workshop has something for everyone. No circus experience is required. Lots of fun and games for kids aged 4 and over.
Located on Level 4 opposite Woolworths.
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