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Hi-energy. Funny. Provacative. Go see it!
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This dude was awesome! I would highly reccommend this show to anyone. This show was worth much more than what we paid.
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Not ready for public performance. Very few thought-provoking insights about race, and many more superficial one, often drawing specious conclusions from selective data. There were some sharp, funny moments that demonstrated Kamau's potential. I...continued
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Bell is topical, edgy, honest and funny. He really connected with the audience. Plus the opening band Conjure rocked -- a nice bonus.
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"Don't miss"—SF Gate
"Best Comedian in San Francisco 2008"—SF Weekly
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W. Kamau Bell is without a doubt among San Francisco's most thoughtful and innovative comics. He frequently opens for Dave Chappelle in San Francisco and around the country. Called "in your face" by the San Francisco Chronicle, he has been on the cover of the Pink Pages as an "Artist on the Verge," and was recently featured on the front page of the Datebook section. He has appeared at North America's most prestigious comedy event, the "Just For Laughs Festival" in Montreal, and has been seen on Comedy Central's "Premium Blend" as well as the syndicated TV show, "Comics Unleashed." For more, click here.
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The Show Designed to end racism . . . in about an hour.
Just like Led Zeppelin, skinny jeans, and The Boston Celtics, racism is making a comeback in America. White people haven't talked this badly about un-white people since Martin Luther King had that dream. And since The W. Kamau Bell Curve opened last October (to end racism in about an hour), racism has redoubled its efforts. First the co-discoverer of DNA said that Europeans are smarter than Africans. Then Dog The Bounty Hunter tried to break Michael Richards record for the most 'N' words. Then an unknown golf commentator told a good old- fashioned lynching joke about her friend Tiger Woods. And recently it's become trendy to say, "I hate China!" And somehow in the middle of all this, America might elect its first black president… unless Fox News has it's way. (See Fox's coverage of Jeremiah Wright.)
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|Directed by
|Akira Kurosawa
|Produced by
|Minoru Jingo
|Screenplay by
|Akira Kurosawa
Shinobu Hashimoto
|Based on
|"Rashomon" and "In a Grove"
by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
|Toshiro Mifune
Machiko Kyō
Masayuki Mori
Takashi Shimura
Minoru Chiaki
|Music by
|Fumio Hayasaka
|Kazuo Miyagawa
|Edited by
|Akira Kurosawa
|Daiei Film Co., Ltd.
|Distributed by
|Daiei Film Co., Ltd.
|Release date(s)
|Running time
|88 minutes
Rashomon (羅生門 Rashōmon?) is a 1950 Japanese period drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa, working in close collaboration with cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa. It stars Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori and Takashi Shimura. The film is based on two stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa: "Rashomon", which provides the setting, and "In a Grove", which provides the characters and plot.
The film is known for a plot device which involves various characters providing alternative, self-serving and contradictory versions of the same incident. The name of the film refers to the enormous city gate of Kyoto.[1]
The film was released in the United States on December 26, 1951 by RKO Radio Pictures in both subtitled and English dubbed.
Although the film was released to only a small number of cinemas internationally, Rashomon introduced Kurosawa and the Japanese film to Western audiences. It is considered a masterpiece and has won numerous awards, including the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and an Academy Honorary Award at the 24th Academy Awards.
- 1 Plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 Style
- 4 Allegorical and symbolic content
- 5 Impact and Influence
- 6 Awards
- 7 Top lists
- 8 See also
- 9 References
- 10 External links
The film opens on a woodcutter (木樵り; Kikori, played by Takashi Shimura) and a priest (旅法師; Tabi Hōshi, Minoru Chiaki) sitting beneath the Rajōmon city gate to stay dry in a downpour. A commoner (Kichijiro Ueda) joins them and they tell him that they've witnessed a disturbing story, which they then begin recounting to him. The woodcutter claims he found the body of a murdered samurai three days earlier while looking for wood in the forest; upon discovering the body, he says, he fled in a panic to notify the authorities. The priest says that he saw the samurai with his wife traveling the same day the murder happened. Both men were then summoned to testify in court, where they met the captured bandit Tajōmaru (多襄丸), who claimed responsibility for the rape and murder.
The bandit's story[edit]
Tajōmaru (Toshiro Mifune), a notorious brigand, claims that he tricked the samurai to step off the mountain trail with him and look at a cache of ancient swords he discovered. In the grove he tied the samurai to a tree, then brought the samurai's wife there. She initially tried to defend herself with a dagger, but was eventually "seduced" by the bandit. The woman, filled with shame, then begged him to duel to the death with her husband, to save her from the guilt and shame of having two men know her dishonor. Tajōmaru honorably set the samurai free and dueled with him. In Tajōmaru's recollection they fought skillfully and fiercely, but in the end Tajōmaru was the victor and the woman ran away. At the end of the story to the court, he is asked about an expensive dagger owned by the samurai's wife: he says that, in the confusion, he forgot all about it, and that it was foolish of him to leave behind such a valuable object.
The wife's story[edit]
The samurai's wife (Machiko Kyō) tells a different story to the court. She says that Tajōmaru left after raping her. She begged her husband to forgive her, but he simply looked at her coldly. She then freed him and begged him to kill her so that she would be at peace. He continued to stare at her with a look of loathing. His expression disturbed her so much that she fainted with dagger in hand. She awoke to find her husband dead with the dagger in his chest. She attempted to kill herself, but failed in all her efforts.
The samurai's story[edit]
The court then hears the story of the deceased samurai (Masayuki Mori), told through a medium (巫女; miko, Noriko Honma). The samurai claims that Tajōmaru, after raping his wife, asked her to travel with him. She accepted and asked Tajōmaru to kill her husband so that she would not feel the guilt of belonging to two men. Tajōmaru, shocked by this request, grabbed her, and gave the samurai a choice of letting the woman go or killing her. ("For these words alone," the dead samurai recounted, "I was ready to pardon his crime.") The woman fled, and Tajōmaru, after attempting to recapture her, gave up and set the samurai free. The samurai then killed himself with his wife's dagger. Later, somebody removed the dagger from his chest.
The woodcutter's story[edit]
Back at Rashōmon gate (after the trial), the woodcutter explains to the commoner that all three stories were falsehoods. The woodcutter had actually witnessed the rape and murder, he says, but just did not want to get too involved at the trial. According to the woodcutter's new story, Tajōmaru begged the samurai's wife to marry him, but the woman instead freed her husband. The husband was initially unwilling to fight Tajōmaru, saying he would not risk his life for a spoiled woman, but the woman then criticized both him and Tajōmaru, saying they were not real men and that a real man would fight for a woman's love. She spurred the men to fight one another, but then hid her face in fear once they raise swords; the men, too, were visibly fearful as they began fighting. They began a duel that was much more pitiful than Tajōmaru's account had made it sound, and Tajōmaru ultimately won through a stroke of luck. After some hesitation he killed the samurai, who begged for his life on the ground, and the woman fled in horror. Tajōmaru could not catch her, but took the samurai's sword and left the scene limping.
At the gate, the woodcutter, priest, and commoner are interrupted from their discussion of the woodcutter's account by the sound of a crying baby. They find the baby abandoned in a basket, and the commoner takes a kimono and an amulet that have been left for the baby. The woodcutter reproaches the commoner for stealing from the abandoned baby, but the commoner chastises him. Having deduced that the reason the woodcutter did not speak up at the trial was because he was the one who stole the dagger from the scene of the murder, the commoner mocks him, "a bandit calling another a bandit". The commoner leaves Rashōmon, claiming that all men are motivated only by self-interest.
These deceptions and lies shake the priest's faith in humanity. He is brought back to his senses when the woodcutter reaches for the baby in the priest's arms. The priest is suspicious at first, but the woodcutter explains that he intends to take care of the baby along with his own children, of whom he already has six. This simple revelation recasts the woodcutter's story and the subsequent theft of the dagger in a new light. The priest gives the baby to the woodcutter, saying that the woodcutter has given him reason to continue having hope in humanity. The film closes on the woodcutter, walking home with the baby. The rain has stopped and the clouds have opened revealing the sun in contrast to the beginning where it was overcast.
- Takashi Shimura as Kikori, the wood cutter
- Minoru Chiaki as Tabi Hōshi, the priest
- Kichijiro Ueda as the listener, a common person
- Toshiro Mifune as Tajōmaru, the bandit
- Machiko Kyō as the Samurai's wife
- Masayuki Mori as the Samurai, the husband
- Noriko Honma as Miko, the medium
Influence of silent film and modern art[edit]
Kurosawa's admiration for silent film and modern art can be seen in the film's minimalist sets. Kurosawa felt that sound cinema multiplies the complexity of a film: "Cinematic sound is never merely accompaniment, never merely what the sound machine caught while you took the scene. Real sound does not merely add to the images, it multiplies it." Regarding Rashomon, Kurosawa said, "I like silent pictures and I always have... I wanted to restore some of this beauty. I thought of it, I remember in this way: one of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film."[2]
Accordingly, there are only three settings in the film: Rashōmon gate, the woods and the courtyard. The gate and the courtyard are very simply constructed and the woodland is real. This is partly due to the low budget that Kurosawa got from Daiei.
Kurosawa's relationship with the cast[edit]
When Kurosawa shot Rashomon, the actors and the staff lived together, a system Kurosawa found beneficial. He recalls "We were a very small group and it was as though I was directing Rashomon every minute of the day and night. At times like this, you can talk everything over and get very close indeed".[3]
The cinematographer, Kazuo Miyagawa, contributed numerous ideas, technical skill and expertise in support for what would be an experimental and influential approach to cinematography.[4] For example, in one sequence, there is a series of single close-ups of the bandit, then the wife, and then the husband, which then repeats to emphasize the triangular relationship between them.[citation needed]
Use of contrasting shots is another example of the film techniques used in Rashomon. According to Donald Richie, the length of time of the shots of the wife and of the bandit are the same when the bandit is acting barbarically and the wife is hysterically crazy.[5]
Rashomon had camera shots that were directly into the sun. Kurosawa wanted to use natural light, but it was too weak; they solved the problem by using a mirror to reflect the natural light. The result makes the strong sunlight look as though it has traveled through the branches, hitting the actors. The rain in the scenes at the gate had to be tinted with black ink because camera lenses could not capture the water pumped through the hoses.[6]
Symbolic use of light[edit]
Robert Altman compliments Kurosawa's use of "dappled" light throughout the film, which gives the characters and settings further ambiguity.[7] In his essay "Rashomon", Tadao Sato suggests that the film (unusually) uses sunlight to symbolize evil and sin in the film, arguing that the wife gives in to the bandit's desires when she sees the sun. However, Professor Keiko I. McDonald opposes Sato's idea in her essay "The Dialectic of Light and Darkness in Kurosawa's Rashomon". McDonald says the film conventionally uses light to symbolize "good" or "reason" and darkness to symbolize "bad" or "impulse". She interprets the scene mentioned by Sato differently, pointing out that the wife gives herself to the bandit when the sun slowly fades out. McDonald also reveals that Kurosawa was waiting for a big cloud to appear over Rashomon gate to shoot the final scene in which the woodcutter takes the abandoned baby home; Kurosawa wanted to show that there might be another dark rain any time soon, even though the sky is clear at this moment. Unfortunately, the final scene appears optimistic because it was too sunny and clear to produce the effects of an overcast sky.
Stanley Kauffmann writes in The Impact of Rashomon that Kurosawa often shot a scene with several cameras at the same time, so that he could "cut the film freely and splice together the pieces which have caught the action forcefully, as if flying from one piece to another." Despite this, he also used short shots edited together that trick the audience into seeing one shot; Donald Richie says in his essay that "there are 407 separate shots in the body of the film ... This is more than twice the number in the usual film, and yet these shots never call attention to themselves".
The film was scored by Fumio Hayasaka, who is among the most respected of Japanese composers.[8] At the director's request, he included an adaptation of "Boléro" by Maurice Ravel, especially during the woman's story.[9]
Allegorical and symbolic content[edit]
The film depicts the rape of a woman and the murder of her samurai husband through the widely differing accounts of four witnesses, including the bandit/rapist, the wife, the dead man (speaking through a medium), and lastly the woodcutter, the one witness that seems the most objective and least biased. The stories are mutually contradictory and not even the final version can be seen as unmotivated by factors of ego and face. Even the actors kept approaching Kurosawa wanting to know the truth, which he claimed was not the point of the film as he intended it to be an exploration of multiple realities rather than an exposition of a particular truth. Later film and TV uses of the "Rashomon effect" focus on revealing "the truth" in a now conventional technique that presents the final version of a story as the truth, an approach that only matches Kurosawa's film on the surface. Due to its emphasis on the subjectivity of truth and the uncertainty of factual accuracy, Rashomon has been read by some as an allegory of the defeat of Japan at the end of World War II. James F. Davidson's article "Memory of Defeat in Japan: A Reappraisal of Rashomon" in the December 1954 issue of the Antioch Review, is an early analysis of the World War II defeat elements.[10]
Another allegorical interpretation of the film is mentioned briefly in a 1995 article "Japan: An Ambivalent Nation, an Ambivalent Cinema" by David M. Desser.[11] Here, the film is seen as an allegory of the atomic bomb and Japanese defeat. It also briefly mentions James Goodwin's view on the influence of post-war events on the film.
However, Akutagawa's "In a Grove" predates Kurosawa's film adaptation by 28 years, thus any international postwar allegory would have been the result of Kurosawa's editing (based more on the framing of the tale than the events themselves).
Symbolism runs rampant throughout the film and much has been written on the subject. Bucking tradition, Miyagawa directly filmed the sun through the leaves of the trees, as if to show the light of truth becoming obscured. The gatehouse that we continually return to as the 'home' location for the storytelling serves as a visual metaphor for a gateway into the story, and the fact that the three men at the gate gradually tear it down and burn it as the stories are told is a further comment on the nature of the truth of what they are telling.
Impact and Influence[edit]
Japanese responses[edit]
Japanese critics did not like the film and it performed poorly at the domestic box office. When it received positive responses in the West, Japanese critics were baffled; some decided that it was only admired there because it was "exotic," others thought that it succeeded because it was more "Western" than most Japanese films.[12]
In a collection of interpretations of Rashomon, Donald Richie writes that "the confines of 'Japanese' thought could not contain the director, who thereby joined the world at large".[13] He also quotes Kurosawa criticizing the way the "Japanese think too little of our own [Japanese] things".
Influence outside Japan[edit]
The film appeared at the 1951 Venice Film Festival at the behest of an Italian language teacher, Giuliana Stramigioli, who had recommended it to Italian film promotion agency Unitalia Film seeking a Japanese film to screen at the festival. However, Daiei Motion Picture Company (a producer of popular features at the time) and the Japanese government had disagreed with the choice of Kurosawa's work on the grounds that it was "not [representative enough] of the Japanese movie industry" and felt that a work of Yasujirō Ozu would have been more illustrative of excellence in Japanese cinema. Despite these reservations, the film was screened at the festival and won both the Italian Critics Award and the Golden Lion award—introducing western audiences, including western directors, more noticeably to both Kurosawa's films and techniques, such as shooting directly into the sun and using mirrors to reflect sunlight onto the actor's faces.
The 1954 Indian film Andha Naal is strongly inspired by Rashomon.[14] The 1964 Western The Outrage, which starred Paul Newman, Claire Bloom, Edward G. Robinson, and William Shatner, was a remake of Rashomon, with Kurosawa acknowledged for the screenplay.
- Blue Ribbon Awards (1951) - Best Screenplay: Akira Kurosawa and Shinobu Hashimoto
- Mainichi Film Concours (1951) - Best Actress: Machiko Kyō
- Venice Film Festival (1951) - Golden Lion: Akira Kurosawa
- National Board of Review USA (1951) - Best Director: Akira Kurosawa and Best Foreign Film: Japan
- 24th Academy Awards, USA (1952) - Honorary Award as "the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1951"
Top lists[edit]
The film appeared on many critics' top lists of the best films.
- 5th – Top ten list in 1950, Kinema Junpo
- 10th – Directors' Top Ten Poll in 1992, Sight & Sound
- 9th – Directors' Top Ten Poll in 2002, Sight & Sound
- 290th – The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time in 2008, Empire[15]
- 50 Klassiker, Film by Nicolaus Schröder in 2002[16]
- 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider in 2003[17]
- 22nd – Empire magazine's "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010.[18]
- Woody Allen included it among his top 10 films.[19]
See also[edit]
- A Matter of Perspective
- Unreliable narrator
- Blind men and an elephant
- Kishōtenketsu
- Nonlinear narrative
- ^ Richie, Rashomon, p 113.
- ^ Donald Richie, The Films of Akira Kurosawa.
- ^ Qtd. in Richie, Films.
- ^ The World of Kazuo Miyagawa (original title: The Camera Also Acts: Movie Cameraman Miyagawa Kazuo) director unknown. NHK, year unknown. Television/Criterion blu-ray
- ^ Richie, Films.
- ^ Akira Kurosawa. "Akira Kurosawa on Rashomon". Retrieved 21 December 2012. "when the camera was aimed upward at the cloudy sky over the gate, the sprinkle of the rain couldn't be seen against it, so we made rainfall with black ink in it."
- ^ Altman, Robert. One typical example from the movie which shows the ambiguity of the characters is when the bandit and the wife talk to each other in the woods, the light falls on the person who is not talking and shows the amused expressions, this represents the ambiguity present. "Altman Introduction to Rashomon", Criterion Collection DVD, Rashomon.
- ^ "Hayasaka, Fumio – Dictionary definition of Hayasaka, Fumio | Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ^ "Akira Kurosawa on Rashomon — From the Current — The Criterion Collection". Criterion.com. 2002-02-25. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ^ The article has since appeared in some subsequent Rashomon anthologies, including Focus on Rashomon [1] in 1972 and Rashomon (Rutgers Film in Print) [2] in 1987. Davidson's article is referred to in other sources, in support of various ideas. These sources include: The Fifty-Year War: Rashomon, After Life, and Japanese Film Narratives of Remembering a 2003 article by Mike Sugimoto in Japan Studies Review Volume 7 [3], Japanese Cinema: Kurosawa's Ronin by G. Sham [4], Critical Reception of Rashomon in the West by Greg M. Smith, Asian Cinema 13.2 (Fall/Winter 2002) 115-28 [5], Rashomon vs. Optimistic Rationalism Concerning the Existence of "True Facts" [6], Persistent Ambiguity and Moral Responsibility in Rashomon by Robert van Es [7] and Judgment by Film: Socio-Legal Functions of Rashomon by Orit Kamir [8].
- ^ Hiroshima: A Retrospective
- ^ Tatara, Paul (1997-12-25). "Rashomon". Tcm.com. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ^ (Richie, 80)
- ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/How-Kurosawa-inspired-Tamil-films/articleshow/22355755.cms
- ^ "Empire Features". Empireonline.com. 2006-12-05. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ^ Schröder, Nicolaus. (2002). 50 Klassiker, Film. Gerstenberg. ISBN 978-3-8067-2509-4.
- ^ "1001 Series". 1001beforeyoudie.com. 2002-07-22. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ^ "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema – 22. Rashomon". Empire.
- ^ http://collider.com/sight-sound-directors-list-quentin-tarantino/191040/?_r=true
Further reading[edit]
- Davidson, James F. "Memory of Defeat in Japan: A Reappraisal of Rashomon". Rashomon. Ed. Donald Richie. New Brunswick: Rutgers UP, 1987. page 159-166.
- Erens, Patricia. Akira Kurosawa: a guide to references and resources. Boston: G.K.Hall, 1979.
- Heider, Karl G. "The Rashomon Effect: When Ethnographers Disagree". American Anthropologist volume 90, March 1988. page 73–81.
- Kauffman, Stanley. "The Impact of Rashomon". Rashomon. Ed. Donald Richie. New Brunswick: Rutgers UP, 1987. page 173-177.
- McDonald, Keiko I. "The Dialectic of Light and Darkness in Kurosawa's Rashomon". Rashomon. Ed. Donald Richie. New Brunswick: Rutgers UP, 1987. page 183-192.
- Naas, Michael B. "Rashomon and the Sharing of Voices Between East and West." On Jean-Luc Nancy: The Sense of Philosophy. Ed. Darren Sheppard et al. London and New York: Routledge, 1997. page 63-90.
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Provided photo ¬ Melissa Jenkins, 33, of St. Johnsbury is seen in this photo provided by Vermont State Police.ST. JOHNSBURY Nearly a year after a Vermont community was shaken by the grisly discovery that a popular young teacher had been lured from her home and killed, Melissa Jenkins legacy lives on in memorials and in her family, students, friends and neighbors.
On Saturday, the community will gather at St. Johnsbury Academy, a prep school where she worked as a science teacher, to honor her life and celebrate her message to love those the most who need it the most. The day before, a move is on to have students and alumni as far away as California to wear pink Jenkins favorite color and the class of 2012 will decorate the town in that color.
Family members and students planned to speak at the ceremony in an effort to promote Jenkins message keep the focus off the crime, said Tammi Cady, the schools director of development. Relatives just want to celebrate her and what she stood for, she said.
The school has set up a memorial garden and a Jenkins Citizenship Prize awarded annually to a graduating senior who is kind, hardworking, and always willing to help, as Jenkins was.
The bond she had with the school is a sign of how much she was loved, said Marty Beattie, of Danville, who was Jenkins uncle.
She obviously touched all the kids lives and facultys lives, he said.
Around the tightknit community of Danville, where Jenkins grew up and worked at The Creamery Restaurant, people are still grieving and cant fathom the crime.
The 33-year-old Jenkins, a single mother, was reported missing on March 25, 2012, after her vehicle was found idling on her rural road with her 2-year-old son inside. The next day, her nude, strangled and beaten body was found dumped in the Connecticut River in a remote spot, chilling the community where violent crime had been rare. A man who had snowplowed her driveway and his wife were arrested in the killing.
Allen and Patricia Prue of Waterford are accused of luring her out of her house with a ruse about a broken-down car, beating and strangling her. Allen Prue, 31, of Waterford, told police that he was riding around in his car with his wife when he got the idea that he wanted to get a girl. He has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, and is being held pending trial, likely in October. Patricia Prue, 34, pleaded not guilty to a charge of aggravated murder, accusing her of killing Jenkins during a sexual assault or attempted sexual assault. Her lawyer has an August deadline to be prepared for trial.
A student at St. Johnsbury Academy who knew Jenkins and her family was so shaken up by the crime that she was determined to do something. She and her mother have set up the Melissa Jenkins Walk for Women, a network of trails and a wood-fired sauna on about 100 acres of their land in West Danville for women to walk, hike, snowshoe and cross-country ski and feel safe. They plan to add a memorial garden in honor of Jenkins near a pond in the woods, said Cheryl McQueeney.
Family and men accompanied by women are welcome, she said.
But the focus is on women: A place where women can leave their kids with their husbands and come for an hour or two and just have fun, and laugh and feel safe, she said.
The trails were a wonderful idea, said Beattie.
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The neutral: -Specialty restaurants were great some nights and mediocre on other nights. -Two Main dining room choices with only small to non-existent waits for seating. -Buffet had a nice variety and selection. -The unfortunate thing about Freestyle dining is never getting to know one set of dining table staff who will wait on you consistently and who get to know you.
Best suggestions: -Bring your own wine on long voyages and pay corkage fee to make sure you get the wine you prefer. This is a great option NCL provides. -If you find a waiter that you really enjoy in one of the main dining rooms, make a reservation for his/her table every night that you dine in that room. -If you have a chance always share a table with other cruisers you do not know. The insight they provide, especially if they have cruised to many ports, is invaluable. -Plan and use your time a sea wisely, it passes very quickly. -Consider doing transatlantic going from the east to the west. The port intensive visiting is then out of the way and you have six days to rest crossing the Atlantic back to the USA.


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THE chequered flag is out for past and present stock car drivers, their families, friends, mechanics, helpers, supporters and track officials for this month's 20th annual Northern Stock Car Reunion.
The Veteran's Stock Car Association social event is being staged from 8pm on Saturday, February 22, at the Boarshurst Band Club, Greenbridge Lane, Greenfield, Oldham and it is free.
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A collision involving a lorry closed part of the A34 at Milton yesterday.
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On Friday, November 5, 2010, Nicole Porter, author of "The Break-up Cookbook: Recipes for Singles Who Aren't Getting Any ... Anymore" will be reading selections from her book and signing copies for shoppers from 7- 9 p.m. at Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Power Plant store at 601 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202.
"The Break-up Cookbook" is not your mother's cookbook. Described as the Ladies Home Journal meets "The Anarchist's Cookbook," "The Break-up Cookbook" lets readers embrace some of their baser human instincts--to maim, destroy, and devour. In addition to featuring more than 150 of the greasiest, sweetest, and most decadent recipes, "The Break-up Cookbook" is chock full of fun features, revenge-worthy crafts, outrageous mad-libs, and new and interesting ways to tell your ex to "kick rocks." "The Break-Up Cookbook" is your snarky best friend with the best advice for picking up and moving on. The book retails for $24.95 and was released by Nickel & Dime Press in September of this year. Homegrown recipes in "The Break-up Cookbook" include Guinness Brownies, No Banana (I'm a Lady) Pudding, Knock 'em Dead Flourless Chocolate Cake, Beet Red Velvet Cake, Lip Smack'n Mac n' Cheese, Cola Spare Ribs, Cheatin' Batter Fried Onion Rings, Southern-Style Crab Cakes, Baked Potato Pizza, He's a Chicken Salad Melt and more. For more info, visit www.thebreakupcookbook.com
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A push for the legalization of physician-assisted suicide is under way in several Northeastern states including Connecticut, where proponents say they see strong support for allowing doctors to prescribe mentally competent, dying individuals with the medications needed to take their own lives.
Lawmakers in New Jersey and Vermont are also considering legislation that would allow doctors to prescribe lethal medication to terminally ill patients in a trend that advocates say may be related to the country's aging population.
"The deep yearning for increasing autonomy for patients themselves to have a voice, I think now it's reaching a tipping point all across the world," said Barbara Coombs Lee, an Oregon resident and president of Compassion & Choices, a national end-of-life advocacy organization. "I think the Baby Boomer generation has something to do with that."
In Connecticut, which has banned the practice since 1969, a group of lawmakers said Tuesday that the legislature's first public hearing on the subject would likely be held later this month. At least two bills on the issue have so far been proposed to the Connecticut legislature.
If the state's General Assembly votes to legalize the practice, it would be the first state legislature to do so.
Oregon and Washington have passed right-to-die laws, but they did so through voter referendums. Montana's Supreme Court has ruled that the practice of physicians helping terminally ill patients could be considered part of medical treatments. Thirty-four states prohibit assisted suicide outright. Seven others, including Massachusetts, banned it through legal precedent.
Opponents claim the initiatives in Connecticut are being pushed only by outside groups like Compassion & Choices.
"There's no grass-roots cry for assisted suicide in the state of Connecticut," said Peter Wolfgang, executive director of the socially conservative Family Institute. "This is mostly an out-of-state organization that has targeted the state of Connecticut. They look at the Northeast and think this is low-hanging fruit: 'We can conduct our social experiments here in the Northeastern United States.'"
A measure dubbed "end of life choices" recently sped through the Vermont Senate Health and Welfare Committee but is expected to face a bumpier ride in the Judiciary Committee. Meanwhile, a public hearing is planned for Thursday on a similar bill in New Jersey. That legislation would ultimately be subject to voter approval.
Last November, voters in Massachusetts narrowly defeated a measure legalizing physician-assisted suicide for the terminally ill. Supporters of the concept said they hoped the debate would continue and marked the beginning of a conversation to improve end-of-life care.
In Connecticut, Dr. Gary Blick, a Norwalk physician who specializes in treating patients with HIV and AIDS, said he believes the time is right for state lawmakers to push ahead with this issue. In 2009, he and Dr. Ron Levine, of Greenwich, along with end-of-life advocates, sued to seek a clarification of the state's decades-old ban on assisted suicide, citing concerns about Connecticut doctors being prosecuted for giving medications to their dying patients.
A judge ultimately dismissed the suit, saying it was a matter for the legislature to decide.
The 1969 Connecticut law states that a person who "intentionally causes or aids another person, other than by force, duress or deception, to commit suicide" is guilty of second-degree manslaughter.
Blick said not every dying patient will want the ability to take their own life, but he said they should be given the choice.
"This is not for everybody. We do realize there are people that do not believe in this for religious beliefs, and I respect that. There are no issues over that," he said. "But there are those subsets of people that do not want to go through the suffering that they have to go through."
Kathy Ludlum, of Manchester, a disabled-rights activist who has spinal muscular atrophy, said she is concerned the Public Health Committee has decided to hold the public hearing and worries the issue of doctor-assisted suicide will not go away soon.
"Until people are really educated about the issues, it's going to keep coming up, even if it's defeated this time," she said. "I'm concerned that it may keep coming up until we are more concerned about giving people a good life than giving people a good death."
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The Confederate Army began as an all-volunteer army, but soon found it could not maintain its numbers without the conscription of soldiers. A conscript law was enacted in 1862, and all men between the ages of 18 and 35 were required to serve.
A great number of university students rushed to volunteer for service in the spring of 1861. The student body, already greatly reduced in number, was further affected by the tightening conscription laws. President Swain and the Board of Trustees successfully petitioned the Confederate States of America to exempt the junior and senior classes. When enrollment seemed especially low, Swain wrote to the University of Virginia, hoping that the schools could band together in petitioning the Confederacy to end the conscription of students.
Some students used the substitute exemption to evade conscription and continue their studies. This exemption allowed persons subject to the conscript law to hire a substitute to serve in their place. Eventually almost all forms of exemption to the conscript law were repealed. At that point, Swain and the university were given an ultimatum by the district's enrolling officer; students subjected to the conscript law either had to sign up for service or face arrest. The senior class was ultimately comprised of only one member, William Curtis Prout, who was exempt from service in the Confederate Army for medical reasons.


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The house is in a quiet residential area with lots of wildlife to see, perfect for a peaceful, undisturbed vacation.
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The house is split plan, with the master suite off to one side and the other two bedrooms on the other side, you will be surrounded by all the luxuries of home as we provide a fully equipped house.
There is a queen size bed in the master bedroom with wall mounted TV and en-suite facilities. The second bedroom has a queen bed and a wall mounted TV and the third bedroom has twin beds both with ample storage space. These two rooms share a bathroom which has both a shower and a bath.
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GENERAL: Fully air-conditioned, ceiling fans in all rooms, linen/towels provided, telephone with free local calls, Wi-fi, hair dryer, Radio/CD stereo system.
KITCHEN: Fully equipped to include dishwasher, stove with ceramic hob, microwave,
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UTILITY: washing machine, tumble dryer, iron and ironing board. There is an outside clothes line and clothes pins for those who want, fresh air dried laundry.
LIVING ROOM: Seats 6 people comfortably on a large sofa and 2 love seats. A 42" wall mounted flat screen HD-smart TV with Netflix, DVD and Blue-ray player, with a good variety of films.
DINING: Dining table and chairs with seating for 6 people, leading out to the screened pool area.
BATHROOM: 2 bathrooms
BEDROOMS: The house is split plan, with the master suite off to one side and the other two bedrooms on the other side.
The master suite has a queen bed, and a wall mounted HD-TV and ample closet space. The en-suite bathroom has a step in shower.
Bedroom 2 has a queen bed and a wall mounted TV, bedroom 3 has twin beds, both have ample closet space. There is a family bathroom with a shower and tub, which is shared between bedrooms 2 and 3. All linens and towels are provided.
OUTSIDE: There is a covered lanai area, with plenty of shade.
Cushioned pool sun loungers and a large table with 6 chairs are provided for the perfect outside dinning, there is a gas and charcoal grill for your use. For your safety and peace of mind there are unbreakable glasses for use in the pool area. We have beautiful surrounding gardens and bird feeders to attract the wildlife.
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Golf...There is a nine hole golf course within walking distance of the villa and another eleven or so courses within a ten mile radius. Courses range from moderately easy to difficult catering for all handicaps. Check local newspaper's for money-off deals. Prices are much lower than the area around Orlando, always ask for offers when booking. Many courses are in outstanding rural scenery. Cart's and clubs are normally available for hire. Even if courses are classed as 'private' you can often obtain booking times with other deals.
Tennis... Is well represented in the area with many courts available
to the sports minded.
Fishing... Both saltwater and freshwater fishing are in abundance, but
fishing is only permitted after purchasing a Florida State Licence.
Ten Pin Bowling... There is a large bowling ally just a few miles south on US19 offering an afordable and enjoyable evening out for all the family.
Cinema's..... There are a choice of cinema's just a short drive away.
Boating... There are many opportunities up and down the Gulf Coast
offering both boating and sailing opportunities. Kayaking down the Weeki Wachee river is a must.
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A non-refundable down payment of 25% is required to secure booking, balance due 8 weeks proir to vacation.
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Top things to do in Spring Hill
- Play Golf
- Visit some ot the beautiful beaches
- Shopping
- Lots of good restaurants to visit.
- An Abundance of wildlife to watch.
Top things to do on a budget
- Relax by the pool
- Pine Island Beach.
- Visit the local Flea Markets
- Walk one of the many nature trails
- Enjoy an Alfresco meal
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VIDEO: Roadside litter is a disgrace, says driver
6:00pm Wednesday 30th January 2013 in News
Cabinet maker Simon Owens is so disgusted with the amount of litter strewn around Dorset he's making a film to highlight the problem.
He took this footage with a camcorder strapped to the passenger seat of his car as he drove down the A338.
He said: "I am tired of seeing the enormous amounts of the stuff strewn around our countryside, and particularly along the verges of our roads.
"Travelling down the A338 the other day, I strapped my camcorder to the passenger seat of my car and took some footage of the atrocious state of the verges on the A338 between the Ringwood roundabout and Christchurch turnoff. I am sure many people notice it."
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Letcommonsenseprevail says...
8:23pm Wed 30 Jan 13
Bournefre says...
8:54pm Wed 30 Jan 13
twynham says...
lilliputian wrote:Maybe because they didn't drop the litter!!!
Absolutely right! The stretch from Blackwater north to Ringwood is a disgrace. No doubt the respective councils of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Dorset will each have an excuse as to why it's not their responsibility!
9:06pm Wed 30 Jan 13
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1:03am Thu 31 Jan 13
Liberty Belle says...
In North Carolina (USA) civic clubs and other service organizations volunteer to maintain roadsides to keep them free of litter. The names of the volunteering organizations are posted alongside their stretch of roadway adding a bit of pride and recognition.Yes, we still have a problem with litter, but certainly less of a problem thanks to the volunteers who pick up the roadside trash. There are also costly legal penalties imposed on those found littering.
7:37am Thu 31 Jan 13
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8:23am Thu 31 Jan 13
Astrium says...
I recently had the misfortune to lose a windscreen as a result of stuff falling from one of these.
I also notice that when crashed cars are recovered, usually glass and bumpers are left behind.
Maybe these companies that move waste or collect crashed vehicles should take more responsibility, or as the Environment Agency may call it, Duty of Care.
8:27am Thu 31 Jan 13
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Crank says...
9:29am Thu 31 Jan 13
Hessenford says...
Bournefre wrote:You must have good eyesight because I couldn't see one fag end in the video.
Indisputable evidence that the council need to employ wardens to go around fining smokers for dropping cigarette ends.
9:35am Thu 31 Jan 13
rach74 says...
9:58am Thu 31 Jan 13
jeebuscripes says...
Of course! Look at the video.
Where is the council spokesman? Who is responsible for this?
8:32am Sat 2 Feb 13
m25roundabout says...
My personal opinion is that there is way too much litter strewn around our countryside, rivers, roads and beaches for the appropriate councils to keep on top of. The responsibility for the litter in the first place is down to the general public, that's why I am making a plea to those that litter to "PLEASE" stop doing it.
A very small percentage flies off the garbage trucks but I grant you , yes it does happen.
I think if we are to take clearing our lands up seriously then yes we should start sensibly, efficiently and safely blocking one lane off on the big roads and seriously cleaning the verges.
I sincerely believe we can turn this problem around but to do so we must take it seriously.
Major campaign to ask people to stop dropping in the first place, major campaign to clean up the whole country, major 'will' to maintain a waste disposal system that is efficient, cost effective and ongoing.
"Let's do it"!
I have contacted the appropriate councils to see if together we can clear up the A338 and if you see a solitary figure in a high viz jacket in a months or so's time, it could be me. It will get cleaned. Cheers.
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Inmates in one Arizona county's jails have been placed on a bread-and-water diet for desecrating the U.S. flags that hang in their cells, authorities said.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said 38 inmates at six county jails are currently on such a diet for destroying government property, Reuters reports.
"It's a disgrace to those who have fought for our country," said the controversial six-term sheriff, often referred to as "America's toughest," in a prepared statement.
Inmates determined to have damaged or destroyed the flags that hang in their cells are placed on a bread-and-water diet for seven days, according to the statement. A second offense brings another 10 days.
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A season ago, no Steelers defender reached double-digits in sacks for the first time since 2007. This season, it will take a strong finish for a Steelers defender to reach the nine sacks LaMarr Woodley and James Harrison notched a season ago in injury-shortened seasons. Both Woodley (ankle, hamstring) and Harrison (knee) have again missed time with injuries this season, and both have just four sacks in 10 games apiece, with Pittsburgh totaling 26 sacks in 13 contests — an output not in line with the production of other stout and standout Pittsburgh defenses of recent vintage.
The good news is that Harrison's pass-rush production has begun to pick up in recent weeks, with one sack apiece in Weeks 11 through 13. Also, Woodley, whom we hear has played to his normal standard this year, was slated to return for the Week 15 game at Dallas, which gives the Steelers' pass rush and run defense a lift, as defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau noted. Even without notching as many sacks as in recent seasons, the Steelers are still exceptionally stingy from a yards allowed standpoint. If both Harrison and Woodley both get into top form in the final weeks, it would be a boon to a defense dealing with some injury issues in the secondary, with CBs Ike Taylor and Cortez Allen hurting.