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Sunday, June 17, 2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Review
Much like the first sequel in the trilogy, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is a film with great effects, but otherwise should never have been made. What's even sadder is that even the charm of Johnny Depp and the sex appeal of Keira Knightley couldn't save this sinking vessel.
I find it very difficult to review this film's plot, as there really isn't one, and what there is is rather pointless and confusing. After about 40 minutes I leaned over to my friend and asked him if he knew what the heck was going on, to which he replied "no." And it just... didn't... end... Clocking in at nearly 3 hours, sitting through Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End feels like you're at the end of the world (and yes, this lame joke is funner than most of the humour in the film).
Now let's see, as I recall from the end of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) and the Black Pearl were consumed by the giant Kraken, which is the pet of Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) who captain's the near invincible vessel, the Flying Dutchman. Some snooty British officer, Lord Beckett (Tom Hollander), wants the chest of Davy Jones to gain control of him and the Dutchman to further Britain's hold over the seas, and Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) wants to rescue his father (Stellan Skarsgard) while at the same time being heartbroken over the belief that his beloved Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) has the hots for Jack when she actually set Jack up to die. And in the very end, some crazy voodoo lady (Naomie Harris) is hanging out with Capt. Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) whom we saw die at the end of the first film.
All sad fare unto itself, but Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End goes off on a completely different tangent and really just hurts my head thinking about it. It seems that these pirates have a nasty and uncanny knowledge of life and death, and to a point how to come back from it, as well as having some vast organized society and council in which they have the power to trap ancient gods in mortal form. Yeah. Oh, and don't expect to be terrorized by that Kraken, such a major plot piece of the second film, who is conveniently taken care of this time around.
Oh, and it seems that the producer's were able to get Chow Yun-fat onto the cast, and decided to come up with his forgettable character after the fact.
The film does boast some excellent battle sequences, though I must admit those wooden ships can take quite a pounding and somehow manage to stay afloat.
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl mixed humour and adventure with a great plot, and it was this simple charm that made that film such a huge success. The sequels, however, have been a clutter of junk thrown together to simply milk the franchise. The humour is re-hashed and half-baked, the characters bland and oft outright ridiculous, and even the sound track, something I loved in the first film, fails to inspire.
In short, Jack and crew should sail to the edge of the world and then off it, as you'll forget most of the film in a few days anyway.
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Thanks to Minneapolis's slow OK's for food cart vendors- those of us who work in dt St. Paul have been temporarily blessed. She Royal Coffee has been working towards clearance to operate in Minneapolis. I believe the latest hurdle has to do with previous walkway damage...
Anywho- they made an appearance on Livingston last Wednesday. Didn't have the opportunity to visit- but was told by co-workers (who knew I had sent out a group invite to go to Fasika that Friday to have Ethiopian) that they would be making an appearance on Friday in our neighborhood. We decided to skip Fasika and try the food cart.
Friday came and we took turns going outside to spot the cart- they never showed. A foodie co-worker (Dave) did some research and called them- we were told they would be there on Monday. Monday came and went. Dave called again- was told they had no plans to come on Monday. I was more than a bit irritated- I had gotten excited and then let down two work lunches in a row- and I LIVE for lunch...
Today Dave got a call from Sam (he who operates said food cart) letting us know he would be in our area. Dave was excited to try it- I vowed I would go with him but not order anything- principals and all that...but of course I stopped at the cash machine on the way out.
To split we ordered the Ethiopian Veggie Plate, The Ethiopian Steak Sandwich and 4 Sambusas. It came with an AMAZING green spicy sauce.
I loved everything. We sent out co-workers- they all loved it as well (seriously- not a single complaint- and we are quite diverse- Vietnamese, Latvian, Hungarian and your "average Minnesotan" of Scandinavian descent). So if you work in DT St. Paul try it out before they leave for their target market- Somali cab drivers in Minneapolis.
This is my first post- responded to maybe two comments previously- I'm sure I rambled- but have been an avid reader of you all (TDQ- giving you a special shout out). Please try if you can!

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Gardening Accessories
This is where you can buy protection from vermin, food for your plants and chemicals and other sundries. We stock pretty much everything you need to plant your purchase successfully. Broadly there are three types of planting accessories - Trees, shrubs and other plants need help to establish and grow away well at the time of planting. The obvious gardening sundries that fall into this category are things such as tree stakes and ties More...
Secondly, protection is required if you are at risk from what the average plant would describe as "vermin". Tree guards and spirals fall into this category. Young hedging plants benefit from rabbit spirals and canes while you will need tree guards for larger specimen trees and fruit trees. Fruit also need protection from crawling and flying insects and you can find fruit tree grease and grease bands as well as moth traps for plums and apples in this section.
Third, even the best loved and cared for plant can become diseased. When that happens we offer a range of gardening chemicals to help recovery. Some, such as Scotts Roseclear Ultra have a prophylactic aspect and so can be used to prevent the outbreak of diseases like blackspot and rust. You can find our Garden Chemicals & Fertilisers here. Effective though these can be, do please remember that strong healthy plants resist disease much better than weak neglected ones. Your first line of defence should therefore always be to improve soil quality and ensure adequate watering at planting time.


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Everybody has at least one film they'll never forget because of where they saw it, who they saw it with, or how deeply its themes resonated with them, and for me, that film is Saving Mr Banks. And not just for one of those reasons, but for all three of them.
As if seeing a private preview screening of this wonderful film wasn't fortunate enough, I was privileged to see it two days before whisking the family off to Anaheim to visit Disneyland in person. My fellow critics knew this, and by the time the screening was over we were all squeaking with excitement at the thought of me walking through those same gates that Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) escorts Mary Poppins author, PL Travers (Emma Thompson), through in the film.
The movie, of course, concerns Disney's acquisition of the film rights to Travers' cherished novel, but much like Mary Poppins herself, Travers isn't so easily budged. Disney must work his famous brand of magic to understand the true significance of who Mary Poppins really is, and why PL Travers is so reluctant to let her fly solo. The journey is a telling one.
The film opens in Maryborough, Queensland, Travers' birthplace, then follows her through a series of notable childhood flashbacks, mostly concerning the relationship between Travers and her adored father (Colin Farrell). Her experiences reveal much of how she came to bring Mary Poppins to life when she later settled in London, England, and the reasons behind her reluctance to see her work adapted to screen. The gradual unveiling of this is what makes Saving Mr Banks so special, especially when you come to realise the dual meaning of the film's title.
Emma Thompson is marvellous as the curt, sharp-tongued Travers, and Hanks is superb as the legendary Walt Disney. Costume and production design are both outstanding, the script is snappy and hilarious, the visuals are glorious and the tone is genuine and warm-hearted. Moving and affecting with only a few spoonfuls of sugar, Saving Mr Banks is a must-see family film that, like Mary Poppins, is practically perfect in every way.
See it twice, like I did, and if you can follow it up with a visit to Disneyland then you won't get a more supercalifragilisticexpialidocious trip down Cherry Tree Lane than that. Just don't expect Walt Disney to be there waiting for you at the gate (Disney, a word please.)


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My last blog post was 10 days ago. There's a reason. I was so depressed that I didn't even pick up my laptop for a week. Considering that half my life involves my computer in some way, this was fucking awful. I literally spent hours staring at the floor, doing nothing, locked in my own head and unable to come out. I haven't been that bad in years.
The good news, I guess, is that it was a gray fog of depression and not the active despair of my normal kind. I didn't want to kill myself. I wasn't sad or hurting. I was just numb and disconnected from reality. It sucked, but at least I wasn't experiencing the usual emotional turmoil.
Friday I saw my pdoc and started titrating to Geodon. Yesterday I started feeling like a normal person again. It's been really nice. The fog is lifted and I'm starting to engage with the world again. So fuck Fanapt. Let's all hope the Geodon works.


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Claire D.
The Nebraska Corn mugs are perfect gifts for my friends and family who have moved away from the homeland!
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Animal Communication
Lost Animals
It is devastating to lose track of a pet. Whether they got out accidently, were chased by a predator and ran away in fear, were stolen, or mysteriously disappeared, the result is the same: feelings of grief, helplessness and fear for their safety. Not knowing is very hard to endure, making this a highly emotional time. Actively doing things to help find your lost friend is an activity that can give you back some sense of control. Postering, calling local shelters and vetrinary offices, and posting ads in the local papers and on the air are the first steps to take to find a missing pet. Animal communication can be another tool you can use.
I always explain what I can do for you in a situation like this (as I will below) AND that there are no guarantees of finding your lost friend—Animal Communication is s tool you can use to help you in your search. So please remember, like for a regular communication session, you have a choice as to if you'd like this service, and I will do my best to book an appointment for you as soon as possible that you can call back for.
I have many clients who ask for my help in situations like this, and I find it difficult to work with lost animals because it's very clear that animals do not look at the world as we do. They do not read street signs and if they go missing during a traumatic event, such as being chased, they do not always pay attention to what they have passed as they ran by. However, you can gain much info from a lost animal and here's how.
Are they still in their body?
My worried clients want to know first and foremost if their beloved is still alive. I look for things such as hunger, anger, fear, pain, etc. I consider these lesser emotions and physical sensations, something animals on the other side never express to me when I am communicating with them. With this said, I will also say that over the years working with ill, injured or traumatized animals, that they have a beautiful ability to pull out of their conscious body somewhat, in order to disassociate from pain and suffering. I wish I could be able to manage that. So if we communicate with a lost animal who is in pain and is pulling out like this at the time we speak, there is a chance they will not share any of the key pointers I look for to tell us if they still have their body. It happens rarely, but it has happened.
It is possible, though rare, that an animal has just crossed over and not realized it. I have an example of that in my book, Crossing the Rainbow Bridge: Animal Journeys to Heaven. Nike the cat found herself in such a situation, but during our communication, she became aware she was not with her body anymore and finished her journey to the other side. This seems to happen when an animal is instantly out of their body and did not see it coming.
I had another example with a woodchuck who ran in front of my car. With an oncoming car in the other lane, I had no place to go and couldn't avoid the chuck. I quickly pulled over to the side of the road after hitting him, gathered my wits and
turned around to see if I could help the little guy. I saw, as I do when communicating with an animal, the little chuck 's body laying in the road, and his light/spirit body which was trying to drag his physical body off the road. I was astounded and grief-struck at the same time. I sent pictures of love, light an appreciation for his being to him, and after a few seconds, he suddenly bolted off in the direction he'd been heading to begin with. I sensed no pain or suffering with him, rather a feeling of confusion for those few seconds he tried to pull his body off the pavement.
How do they feel?
Finding out how they feel tells us if they are injured, where they hurt, are they sad or frightened, etc. Once we know how they feel, we know if we are dealing with sickness or injury, and whatever state they convey, we can then help encourage them not to give up.
Which way did they go?
I'm not sure how it works, but animals often share the direction they went in when they left. I usually get pictures such as, out the back of the house past the fence corner on the right and at a 2 o'clock direction. Many times a physical direction of NE or S comes with this info and I honestly don't know where it comes from. People often confirm this information if they saw their animal run off, or by sightings they may have had the fortune to be reported to them by others.
How far did they go?
Knowing how long it took them to get to where they are can give you a radius to work within. If they went in a vehicle, it means they are further out than if they'd gone on foot. Many times when they were in a vehicle, I've had animals describe going over bridges, through winding mountain roads, etc. All these things can help.
Why did they go?
It's sometimes hard to accept, but animals sometimes have life plans outside of their life with us. In the spring and fall, many animals will take off on a mission or an adventure. After a long winter in or before a long winter in begins, I find a number of missing animals are missing of their own accord. I recently had one such case with a cat named Uma.
It was nice autumn weather when Tara looked at Uma on the front step. Thinking to herself she should bring her in before leaving, she looked at Uma and Uma returned a glance which seemed to say, "Don't even think it!" Then she took off. Tara called me a week after Uma had left, wondering if she were alright and how to find her. Uma gave pretty clear directions as to where she was, along with the fact she was fine and thought she new how to find her way home, but she didn't want to come home right then—she had things to do. I got a clear feeling thought that although Uma enjoyed being able to go out, she was not the kind to want to rough it.
After a week, some sighting calls and bad weather, Tara called again to speak with Uma. The adventurous cat still seemed fine so we explained to her that her people missed her horribly, as did her companion cat Abbey. We asked that she please come home just so she could be seen and that no one would try to grab her and bring her in. Uma agreed. The next day she was seen sitting on the front step, but ran when she was seen. All in all, I believe Uma was out 3 weeks. Being a hunter she was eating, along with finding some neighbors who routinely left food out for stray cats, but just as Tara was giving up hope that Uma would ever come home, she found her sitting by deck door. Opening the door, Uma just walked in. Apparently her adventure was over.
We need to remember that animals are not always lost when the are missing.
What do they see?
Looking for landmarks helps make up for them not being able to read, but we need to remember that animals are low to the ground, don't always look up, or as in the case of a bird, look down at the world from a viewpoint we rarely see. When interpreting the pictures an animal sends, we need to keep these things in mind. A house may give the appearance of a tall or short building. A tower may look like a line into the sky. We can ask for colours, items around them and if the area looks remote or urban. What do they smell? Does the air smell like it does at home? There are limitless ways to ask questions.
Are they with people?
If they are with people, what do they look like? How many are there? How did they get there? If in a car, what colour? What did it look like going to the place they are now? Are there other houses nearby? Do they hear or see children? School buses? More traffic than they had at home? Do the people stay there all day or go away and come back? What is the room like they are in? Are there other animals here? Is there fencing, such as in a shelter or a back yard?
Are they outdoors or inside?
If they are indoors, often animals can tell us what their surroundings look like, but may not know what the house looks like from the outside. But if they are outdoors, they can often tell us what the area is like, such as if they are under a bush near a building, an outbuilding, in a barn, do they see or smell other animals? Are they under a structure, or what is the ground like underneath them. What do they smell? Is it earth, water, chlorine from a swimming pool, manure, etc?
Are they with anyone?
Did they leave with another animal or meet up with one on their journey? What kind of animal, what does it look like, where does it live?
Do they want to come back?
Sometimes, just sometimes an animal leaves because it just has a need to move on. It often has nothing to do with us, such as having brought a new animal home which made them angry, or there is a new person in the house that they do not like? Sometimes they just feel they have a new job to go to. Sometimes they have gone off to die, to save us from that end time they feel may either upset us or they want a private exit from this existence. Finding out if they want to come back can help you better communicate to them that you love them and hope to see them again and that you'll do anything to help them get home.
Again, I want to say that there are no guarantees I can help you bring your lost friend home, but if you wish to book a session, I will gather all of the info that I can from your pet to help you in your search.
Finding Duke
Lisa, one of my horse clients, had called to ask if there were any way I could help find Duke, a little rascal of a Jack Russell dog who bolted on her mom while she was pet sitting him at her house."Right under the fence he went," Lisa's mom exclaimed when she called her for help.
A lost dog from home is one thing, but a lost dog who is visiting someone else's home is another. Duke had no idea of the neighborhood at all, but we set out to see what he could show us. Lisa wrote this to me after our consult that day.
"I called Rod's mother to tell her about our conversation. I told her about the red brick, stucco and stone faced buildings and also about there being a lot of other dogs and chain link fencing, and that he still felt close by her home. Then I went on to tell her that we knew he was ok because of him feeling well fed and that he felt tired with sore feet. This information, of course, made her feel better and gave her hope to continue looking.
"Ironically that afternoon she received a call from a gentleman regarding Duke. She followed up on that lead and went over to his neighborhood which is only a few blocks away. When she pulled into the neighborhood she took note of the red brick, stucco and stone faced homes that were in this particular neighborhood. She also noted that there were many homes with dogs and chain link fences. She told me thanks to your info, she felt confident that she might find Duke here.
"While driving around in this neighborhood, she noticed a woman and her son in their driveway so she stopped to speak with them and hand them a flyer. Fortunately, they happened to just see Duke minutes before she spoke to them and they had tried to catch him without success. So the woman and her son helped my mother-in-law track him down. My mother-in-law brought Duke's playmate in hopes of luring him to her, and it worked. When Duke noticed his playmate Dolly, he ran over to her and started playing.This allowed her to put the leash on him.
"A few other things I want to mention is when Duke was found, he was in great condition. Everyone in that neighborhood has dogs and was trying to catch him by throwing him food. He would run up, take the food and then take off again. His little paws were sore and red and he was tired.
"I just want to thank you for giving us this info... it helped in so many ways. Most importantly it gave my mother-in-law hope. Just having an idea that a pet is possibly still alive makes you not only feel better, but it give a person hope to keep looking. The info about the buildings and the dogs really helped because she had something to go on, especially because there happens to be a neighborhood of red brick homes a few blocks away from her. We both want to thank you again." January 5, 2008.
So working with lost animals is far more varied than one might first expect, and unfortunately there are no guarantees, but taking the time to find out why they are missing can go a long way toward understanding the situation better. Hopefully a reunion will be achieved. Don't give up.


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St. Joseph-Ogden joins school broadcasting program
ST. JOSEPH — The high school will begin broadcasting school events in the near future.
St. Joseph-Ogden agreed to enter into a contract with PlayOn! Sports, which provides individual schools with an education-based broadcasting program that enables students and faculty to capture, edit and publish original content.
PlayOn! will provide SJ-O with the software and resources needed to produce TV-like events such as sports, graduation, guest speakers, and award ceremonies for broadcast over the Internet.
"It is a great way to showcase your school to the community," said Tom Neiman from PlayOn!.
The broadcast program is available to high schools nationwide, with 30 schools in Illinois taking part.
The school will use a laptop, provided by the company, to edit and produce the videos. The company also will train teachers and students and offer 24-hour phone support.
The shows will then be placed on a website. The website would feature the school's colors and graphics.
"SJO controls the content," Neiman said.
There is a $3,000 fee for the program. The fee is paid yearly; however, if the school produces 20 or more programs a year, $1,500 is refunded to the district.
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>Racing>Tapering before a race...?
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She was not strong. She was valiant. Radiant. Brave and broken. The beauty she discovered in the aftermath was unparalleled to anything she had known before, because it had come at such a cost.
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Roads were made for journeys...
I think you'd be wise to cut those back to 30s. I know you're looking forward to the 10mi in Sept, but that's still a ways off and you don't want to push too hard through this week only to get injured the week AFTER this 10K.. that would be more likely to have an effect on your Sept. race.
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Sssshh, don't tell anyone. It's our little secret.
I think it all depends on your goals. I don't taper for most of my races because they're part of the training plan. The only exception are the goal races. If my goal this season is to set a new PR for a 10k, or 5k for that matter, I would definitely taper. If I want a really good 5k, I'll take a GU 10 minutes before the race. Sssshh, don't tell anyone. It's our little secret.
Of course, everyone does tapering different, and I would love to read about how others do their tapers.
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Palliative care research in Australia has had a rapid period of growth and development as a result of support of a National Palliative Care Program (2000 - 2010) funded by the Department of Health of Ageing. The Program was implemented following the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council endorsement of the first National Palliative Care Strategy in October 2000. Research and project work was undertaken within each of four major focus areas and resulted in a rich, diverse and productive series of investigations.
One of the four focus areas in the program was research and quality improvement for palliative care services. This focus area included a joint initiative with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) called the Palliative Care Research Program (2001 - 2010). A second focus area looked at increased access to palliative care medicines in the community which included funding for a clinical research collaborative, the Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative (PaCCSC).
PaCCSC is a unique model for research. It is a national collaborative, based at Flinders University. Through the National Palliative Care Program, funding was given specifically to develop rigorous prospective multisite clinical trials so medications of importance to palliative care - if shown to be effective and safe - can be listed in the national Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule for a palliative care indication. In this way the studies will improve access to these medications for palliative care patients and improve patient safety.
Funded PaCCSC studies to date relate to conditions common in palliative care (pain, dyspnoea, delirium, bowel obstruction, and cachexia). They have all been designed to include quality of life outcomes, include new ways of studying health economic impacts of the study conditions and the treatments, and methodically look for adverse effects of treatments.
Other strategies included in the NHMRC Palliative Care Research Program were:
During this period of research focus, a number of specialist research groups in Australia have emerged, usually as collaborations between academic institutions and clinicians. These have contributed significantly to the development of the palliative care field. Some groups are specifically focused on palliative care, whilst others cross disciplines and are close collaborators with palliative care researchers. These include:
The capacity-building associated with the whole set of nationally funded palliative care programs has not yet been fully evaluated. However, over the last decade Australian palliative care clinicians have had greatly increased opportunities to become involved in rigorous clinical trials, well-designed qualitative studies and health services research. Practical learnings from this research program are being widely shared within the palliative care community, nationally and internationally.
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Bath Tub Caulking
Where the tub meets the wall, the tile seem is close to that area. Can I caulk the tub really wide and fat to cover this? Also, there is grout in this area, so it makes the area lumpy and imperfect. Any suggestions?
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Eileen Cronley
Eileen, Ideally caulk around a tub should be used where ever there are two unlike materials abutting themselves. This is simply because of movement of the two unlike surfaces. A tub can flex and move as we enter, use it, and exit it. Although this movement is very slight on some it can be quite a bit on others.
When the tub and tile were installed they used grout as the method of sealing. While this looks fine for a while, the grout as you have realized has begun to crack where it meets the tub, and perhaps even begun to fall out. This is because the grout is like cement, does not flex or move. So this makes perfect sense to use caulk.
Caulk can be pretty flexible if installed properly and quite stiff and hard if not.
The trick is to apply it properly. And this can be done both on the vertical edges where the tub meets the wall as well as along the top of the tub were the wall tile comes down to the tub.
First off you need to remove as much of the grout that has begun to fail. You do this by using what is called a grout saw. This carbide scraping tool can be purchased in any of the big box stores in the tile area. It has a handle much like a screwdriver with a little metal blade attached on the other end. By rubbing this blade back and fourth on the grout it will simply grind it away. Once done you want to clean this area well to remove any soap or dust left over.
Then take painters masking tape and run it around the tile leaving about a 1/16" of an inch or so exposed on the side your going to fill with caulk. Then you simply use a good quality bath caulk that has Microban in it to help prevent mold development and fill the gap. Then using your finger. Dip it into a glass of water and smooth the surface out. The water will prevent your finger from tearing the new caulk and make it glide over the caulk to get a smooth finish. Once you get the hang of this you will make a nice finish to the sealant. A little will go a long way, and the result should be that the caulk will just slightly higher (about the thickness of the tape) once done. After doing all the caulking, carefully remove the masking tape being careful not to pull the caulk out. If you smoothed the caulk properly you will find that there will be a very slight raised edge to the caulk were it meets the tile. Then using your wet finger with very little pressure, wipe down just that edge to remove the high spot. Clean up wait over night and your ready to use the tub again!


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never first pick kayle! enemies will counter you for sure, kayle is not hard to counter...!
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Following the publication of a series of anti-Catholic articles in a magazine for the state-sponsored 'Vietnamese Catholic Church, a bishop has asked the government reconsider the role of the publishers: 'the Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics'. Soon after the Communists took control of Vietnam, the committee was set up with its 'Vietnam Catholics' and 'Catholics and People; magazines. The committee's intention was to promote a state-controlled Catholic Church in Vietnam. But it failed to attract support, while the underground Catholic Church has always survived, in spite of great difficulties. The Vietnam leadership has often repeated that the committee and its publications, is needed to help Catholics be good citizens and promote dialogue between the Church and the government. However, in a statement released on 1 March, Bishop Francis Nguyen Van Sang of Thai Binh diocese said that: "Without the committee, the faithful in my diocese are living as good citizens, and good Catholics. We live in peace, in harmony and have good relationships with everyone. That reality is recognized by everyone." "We do not need that sort of committee." said the prelate underlining that: "We are afraid that the committee only complicates things". He urges the government to reconsider the role of the committee saying "It's only a burden on the nation budget" while causing more suspicions and divisions between Catholics and the government. The Bishops in Vietnam have expressed concern that the tone of the two magazines is very hostile to the Vatican and distorts Church teachings in many ways They have asked the government to close the magazine. JB An Dang


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Stop KFC from Destroying Our Forests
KFC's paper packaging is directly contributing to the destruction of our Southern forests. While other fast food chains are working hard to use less, use more recycled paper, and ensure that their paper packaging is not coming from the world's endangered forests, KFC continues to make its famous buckets from the few remaining special places in our region.
KFC is one of the major purchasers from International Paper, the largest paper company in the world and a company notorious for business-as-usual destructive forest management practices such as large-scale clearcutting, conversion of natural forests to plantations, and reliance on toxic chemicals in forest management.
It doesn't have to be this way. As a Southern-based company and a very large customer of paper packaging from the forests of our region, KFC has a responsibility to ensure that its business decisions work to protect forests and not destroy them. Despite repeated attempts to engage KFC in discussions, we have been unable to get KFC President Roger Eaton to take action on matching the company's rhetoric with its actions.
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Your company website states that KFC is as committed to the environment as it is to its food and to its customers. I applaud this sentiment—but I believe that your actions are not consistent with your rhetoric.
Many of your biggest competitors have taken major steps to reduce the impact of their packaging, while KFC continues to source paper from endangered Southern forests like The Green Swamp in Brunswick County, North Carolina.
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Interview: Hajime Sawatari
Girls and Women in My Photography
Aug 10, 2016
Interviewed by Mika Kobayashi on April 6th, 2016.
Text: Mika Kobayashi
Photos: Sakiko Nomura
Translation: Yuka Katagiri
Hajime Sawatari had a profound effect on Japanese photography in the 1970s. He is known for his nudes of girls and women, with masterful works including Nadia (1973) and Alice (1973). In this interview, the veteran photographer takes us through his professional career since the 1960s and shares some stories from the past.
"The frustration of not being able to do what I wanted to do resulted in an explosion of creativity."
- When did you first get into photography?
- I lived in Yamagata Prefecture from the age of four to fifteen years old. I started using a camera when I was about fourteen. I took photographs during a school trip and then of screens in movie theatres. I used to sit in the front row and take pictures of movie stars like Marilyn Monroe with my 6×6 camera. I remember some photographs I took of grand sumo tournaments and singers, including Peggy Hayama. Eventually I moved to Tokyo and studied at the Department of Photography at Nihon University College of Art.
- What was your subject matter while you were at the university and when you were in your twenties?
- I dearly loved modern jazz back then and I photographed black jazz musicians. There was this lady, Barbara, who lived in the Yokota Air Base and she invited me there to take photographs of her and her children. I went to Washington Heights (a United States Armed Forces housing complex located in Shibuya) with Gasho Yamamura who was my senior at the university to photograph children in Halloween costumes. We also went on a shooting trip to Tappi, a village in the north of Aomori Prefecture. Later, I published a book of photographs from that time, titled Showa 35, Japan (2014).
- When I was a student, I took snapshots of everything and anything that captured my interest. I was influenced by various movements at that time, such as Nouvelle Vague films, modern jazz, Nouveau Roman novels, and the Beat Generation. It was then that I began to concentrate on children and women as my subject matter.
- After graduating in 1963, I started working at Nippon Design Center, Inc. At that time, the company provided photographic services mostly for corporate clients such as Toyota, Nikon and Toshiba. I wanted to take photographs of women and the job was not something I aspired to, so I decided to quit after three years. Nevertheless, I was absolutely fortunate to have got to connect with amazing people through my work, including the photographers Yutaka Takanashi, Masahisa Fukase and Taiji Arita, the illustrators Akira Uno and Tadanori Yokoo, and the writer Mutsuo Takahashi to name a few. Yoshihiro Tatsuki, who was working for Ad Center, used to give me work to shoot for fashion magazines such as So-en and Dressmaking.
- You started taking a number of photographs of children around that time.
- A Girl at Play (original title: Tonde goran, Prune) (1964) is a series of photographs of a mixed-race girl. Back then, it was very rare to see a Japanese girl who looked like a white girl and she looked just like a fairy. When I found her, I was completely taken by her beauty, so I asked her to let me photograph her. I also did the stills for a film, Nanami: The Inferno of First Love (original title: Hatsukoi Jigokuhen, directed by Susumu Hani and co-scripted with Shūji Terayama, 1968) and took photographs of naked children wearing tengu (a type of legendary creature) masks.
- For a fashion magazine, an-an, which was established around that time, I created experimental work focusing on children and unusual situations. For example, I shot pictures of naked children on a bus. I was able to publish this kind of work in magazines because photographers were allowed more freedom than we have today.
- The 1970s was the golden age of Japanese advertising, with lots of new magazines coming out and Japanese National Railways launching its phenomenally successful Discover Japan advertising campaign. What was your experience at that time?
- By then I was already fed up with advertising. I got tired of having to conform to all sorts of specifications by designers. Fashion photography did leave a little more room for freedom of expression than advertising photography, but there were always detailed instructions to follow, such as how to style and pose models. I was inspired by and wanted to take photographs like the ones I had seen in Western fashion magazines such as Harper's Bazaar and Vogue, but they didn't let me do that. The frustration of not being able to do what I wanted to do resulted in an explosion of creativity. It was through my desire to take photographs of women in the way I wanted without any restrictions that I started taking portraits of Nadia.
"I prefer to see how the subject interacts with the surroundings."
- How did you meet each other and how did you come to work together?
- Nadia loved Japanese culture and decided to visit the country to learn its history in 1970 when she was 21 or so. We met at work that year and we started working together in 1971. There was a high demand for mixed race models at that time and the Japanese had great admiration for white people. I was no exception and wanted to work with foreign models. Today, most models are represented by agents and it's a challenge to work within their restrictions. But back then it was much easier to be a model if you were a pretty white girl. I showed photographs of Nadia in Karuizawa to Shoji Yamagishi, who was the editor in chief of Camera Mainichi. He liked them and asked me to continue with the project. He gave me four pages every month for a year. I put everything I had into it, not because I became a regular contributor to the magazine, but I thought that was the only time I could capture those images. One time Nadia and I went to Italy, her home country, for photo shoots.
- Going through the pages of your book, Nadia, the range of emotions on her face is incredible. She looks innocent like a young girl or a pixy in some photographs and absolutely gorgeous and glamorous in others. There are ones in which she looks washed out. They seem to reflect her changing mood and her feelings towards you.
- She loved being photographed, and I tried everything that might work. She had no hesitation in showing her emotions, and that was what made her so special and very different from Japanese models. We travelled in Italy for two months, on buses and trains with heavy luggage. It was very difficult to be with her and her mood swings 24/7. We were together for about a year, but I took photographs of her several times after we broke up.
- In 1973, I published Nadia: Mori no Ningyokan and then Alice. The latter was shot in the U.K. and it was the fruit of years of working with children. Young girls have been the primary subject matter of my work and I see them as women, not children. I worked intensively through 1971 to 1973, when I was in my early thirties. And then the 1980s arrived. During my forties, I found myself in a slump. I wasn't sure how to go on from there.
- You came out of that period with Showa (1994), a photobook on the actress, Hiroko Isayama.
- When I turned 50, I was finally able to pull myself together. I thought I should just allow myself free rein to do what I wanted to do because I might have only about ten years left as a photographer. And I felt like shooting erotic nudes. During the 1990s, things loosened up and the pubic hair ban was lifted for books and magazines, so nude photographs of actresses and pop idols were flooding the market. We met in the same way I had met Nadia. We went to places where a cinematic story might take place with her as the heroine for the book. I was amazed by how she could tune into the atmosphere of a place. She was a real actress.
- As in your early days, you don't seem to control your subject, rather, you let them be themselves and wait for the right opportunity. One thing that really stands out to me is that you dig deep to uncover the real person behind the facade. The inclusion of hand-written letters from Nadia in Nadia and words by Isayama in Showa has the same expressive quality. They allow us to view the images with fresh eyes.
- I do have images of what I want to shoot, but rather than providing specific instructions, I prefer to see how the subject interacts with the surroundings. This helps me to listen to what they have to say and bring their inner world to life. I'm 76 years old, but taking photographs of women remains my biggest passion. I love the fact that I never know who I will meet.
- Mika Kobayashi
- Kobayashi is a photography critic and curator who is currently Guest Researcher at the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo.
- Sakiko Nomura
- After graduating from the Department of Fine Art at Kyushu Sangyo University, Nomura became a pupil of Nobuyoshi Araki. Her works are now part of the collections of the Tate Modern, London, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. Major publications include Black Darkness (Akio Nagasawa Publishing), nude/a room/flowers (Match and Company) and Flower (Libro Arte).
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Finding the True Jesus
Who was Jesus? That may seem like a simple question, but that was literally where I had to start. All I knew about Jesus was that Christians said he was the son of God, he was crucified for our sins, and that he rose from the dead. I really had no idea what that meant, and I hadn't really spent any time trying to find out. Sure, I had seen those "John 3:16" signs at enough sporting events over the years that I had actually looked it up. "God so loved the world that he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life". Here's what I thought that meant – God is sitting around saying "wow, I really love the world. I think I'll send my son there so they can kill him". Since that made no sense to me, I just gave up on the whole thing. Continue reading
Why do I believe what I believe?
Why do I believe what I believe? That is a question that I ask myself on a fairly regular basis. Don't get me wrong, I am a devout Catholic, who believes in EVERYTHING the Catholic Church teaches, but that was not always the case. I spent the vast majority of my life serving no one other than myself. Everything was fine as long as I was having "fun", despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. I was doing massive damage to my mind, body, and life with alcohol. I had entered into a marriage that I never should have, mainly because I had no idea what a marriage truly was, and that marriage quickly ended. And then I found myself in another marriage that I was promptly destroying by living my self gratifying life. I still thought that I was fine, it was just everyone else who had a hard time dealing with me. Then, one night in January 2009 it happened. I was sitting on the couch, minding my own business, when my wife, Emily, says to me "I want to bring our marriage into the Catholic Church." I had no idea how that was going to change my life. Continue reading
It's time to take the blog in a new direction (or finally give it a direction)
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My contraception argument goes down in flames
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ReviewI drive sports cars.
I frequently end up selling them due to not being able to use all their power and features on the road.
The GTI Gives real world performance.
You can utilize all the gears without committing a felony.
Well balanced. Powerful but not too much.
Power comes on smoothly from about 2000 rpm (when boost is entered) all the way up.
No need to keep it up at redline all day.
I finally have a car that is comfortable enough to commute in yet still sporty enough to take the twisty way home.
If you're a number racer, buy a Ferrari.
If you love to drive pick up the gti.
Easy real 4 passenger commuter near mini s performance.
Corners near red territory.
Best FeaturesSmooth power application across band. Great interior. Base model gets only those extras that are industry standards.
Worst FeaturesDitch the stock all season tires. No audible feed back. Good performance for a golf, horrible for a GTI. Boo Dunlop. Slick, soft side walls, poor, but reliable traction. No warning when you're on the edge. Rear camera should be standard. Rear visibility bad for parking. But not so big as to be problematic. Car comes with a noise maker in the firewall (apparently a German sport standard now, even on Carreras ) makes fake engine noise. Hard to get to, but easily disabled. Makes car quieter and real. Aural version of a fake hood scoop..
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- 1964
Palm Island, Queensland, Australia
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Angelina Noble was born in c1890 near Winton in central Queensland. After being abducted by an itinerant horse dealer, she eventually came under the notice of the police in Cairns, and was sent to Yarrabah mission. An expert horsewoman, she accompanied her Aboriginal missionary husband James Noble, in 1904, on a gruelling overland expedition from Yarrabah to choose the site for a new mission on the Mitchell River, where 1,554 square kilometres of land had been gazetted as an Aboriginal reserve. From there they went to Roper River for three years, to help establish a new church missionary society.
Further pioneering work began in 1913 when Reverend E. Gribble requested their assistance in establishing a new mission at Forrest River (Oombulgurri) in Western Australia. They stayed there until 1932, before returning to Queensland to assist with work on Palm Island. Angelina was widowed in 1941 and spent the rest of her life on Palm Island, dying there in 1964.
Sources used to compile this entry: 'Noble, Angelina (1879-1964)', in Australian Dictionary of Biography Online, Australian National University, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110730b.htm; Horton, David (ed.). The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia, Vol. 2, Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, 1994, pp. 793-794.


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