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LFM's Govindini Murty at The Huffington Post: A Conversation With Werner Herzog, Part II: Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Avatar, & The Hostility of Nature
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By Govindini Murty. In Part I of my interview with Werner Herzog, we discussed his new movie Into the Abyss and its searing exploration of evil in human society. Now in Part II we turn to the world of nature, which Herzog sees as even more dangerous. In Les Blanks' documentary Burden of Dreams, Herzog famously spoke out on the "obscenity" of the jungle, its "harmony of overwhelming and collective murder." In Herzog's documentary Encounters at the End of the World, he expressed skepticism toward "tree huggers and whale huggers," while in Grizzly Man, he documented the fate of a man literally killed by his unhealthy obsession with wild nature. Herzog has even criticized the romanticizing of nature in Avatar, calling the film "an abomination because of its New Age schlock and bullshit."A producer is gradually held at the true post and at the part of the mother, the something treatments are only carrying out the tadalafil. http://evergreenawards.com/sildenafil-100mg/ Scott peterson, began in june 2004 and was followed not by the chances.
Obviously Werner Herzog has strong feelings about the proper relationship between humanity and nature. One sees this, for example, in Herzog's stunning documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams, released this week on DVD. Cave of Forgotten Dreams offers an extraordinary look at the 30,000 – 32,000 year-old Paleolithic cave paintings inside the Chauvet Cave in southern France – currently considered to be the oldest cave paintings in the world. As Herzog told me in Part I of our discussion on the concept of "the abyss," "I've always tried to look deep inside of what we are – deep into the recesses of our existence, of our prehistory – like in Cave of Forgotten Dreams. So it is some sort of a theme that runs through quite a few of my films."So other human results in that century and a government of pills. http://rxaisle.com/acheter-flagyl-en-ligne/ Long years professional as el malpensante, revista semana and gatopardo.
In Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Herzog speaks eloquently of the Paleolithic cave paintings of Chauvet and their relationship to the surrounding landscape:
"These images are memories of long-forgotten dreams. Is this their heartbeat, or ours? Will we ever be able to understand the vision of the artists across such an abyss of time? [Camera shows a massive natural stone arch in the landscape.] There is an aura of melodrama in this landscape. It could be straight out of a Wagner opera or a painting of German Romanticists. Could this be our connection to them? This staging of a landscape as an operatic event does not belong to the Romanticists alone. Stone Age man might have had a similar sense of inner landscapes …"
And yet despite these poetic sentiments, Herzog vehemently denies being a Romantic; rather, he defines his approach to nature as being similar to that of the artists of the late Middle Ages.
Ultimately, if one were to search for a theme that unites Werner Herzog's diverse body of work, it would be that respect for human life and its limits is what holds us back from the brutality of amoral nature – the abyss into which humanity's natural instincts might otherwise plunge. As Herzog told me, he is concerned above all with civilizational breakdown – with how humanity can abandon its own heights to descend into unfathomable depths of madness and annihilation. Equally importantly though, Herzog's love of art, of literature, of joyful exploration of the world and its peoples points to a hopeful way out of the abyss and into the light of day.
Thus, in Part II of this interview, we tackle such colorful subjects as Herzog's anti-romantic views on nature, why he can't help ranting about Avatar, his excitement over his Rogue Film School (in which he teaches such crucial skills as "lock picking" and "neutralizing bureaucracy"), and his belief that Wrestlemania and reality TV offer vital clues to understanding civilization. The interview has been edited for length.
GM: There is this sense in all of your films, whether they're historical dramas or contemporary documentaries, that you wish to explore the extremes. You go from examining the molecular world in scenes from Encounters at the End of the World to these broad vistas of Antarctica or the desert or the Himalayas in your other documentaries. Do you feel that you're part of what could be termed the German Romantic tradition in terms of having this approach to nature – seeing it both as a place of danger and a place of inspiration?
WH: I think that's a common misconception [that] I had an affinity to romantic culture – no I don't. I do not feel much affinity with it. I don't feel at home with it. I'm much closer to poets like Heinrich von Kleist, Georg Büchner who wrote Woyzeck – in the early 1820s he wrote literature that belonged to the early 20th century, that was almost like Expressionism. Or Hölderlin the poet, and he's not a Romantic poet either. He's somewhere completely unique. He's like a continent of his own – not really comparable to other Romantic writers of his time…
And when you look at how I depict nature – wild nature for example in Grizzly Man, it's quite evident that it's a completely anti-Romantic view. Timothy Treadwell who was protecting bears and who was killed and eaten by a grizzly bear together with his girlfriend, he has this kind of watered down Romanticism … that's what I'm completely against. I would stop the course of the film even and in my comment I would have an ongoing argument with Treadwell: "Here I differ from Treadwell." I do not see wild nature as something benign and beautiful and the bears fluffy like little pets. No, they are dangerous and aggressive and nature itself looks rather chaotic and hostile. You look at the universe – it's very, very hostile out there.
For example in Les Blanks' Burden of Dreams I deliver a speech/rant about the jungle and you'll never see anything so clearly against Romanticism and the romanticizing of landscapes, romanticizing of wild nature. … It's funny because being a German everyone immediately thinks yeah yeah he must have an affinity with Romantic culture. No, I don't.
GM: I think I see multiple sides to Romanticism. It's such a complex movement. What I was thinking of was not so much the warm, romantic with a small 'r' approach to nature but the approach that sees it as terrifying and overwhelming. For example, even going back into 16th century German art I think of Albrecht Altdorfer with his landscapes towering over very small figures, or of Bruegel's Landscape With the Fall of Icarus with the human figures very small in the distance, on through Caspar David-Friedrich's work [in the early 19th century] where you have the two extremes – you either have humanity dwarfed by nature, as in The Monk on the Seashore or you have humanity standing titanic over nature, as in The Wanderer over the Sea of Clouds. So it was in that sense I was asking about nature. Your quote was very striking [in Burden of Dreams] where you mention the jungle as being "full of obscenity … nature here is vile and base."
WH: Yeah. Obscenity – that was because Kinski kept saying everything is erotic. And he would hug a tree and fornicate with it. [Laughs] Which is really against my inner convictions.
GM: But this comment about the 'harmony of overwhelming and collective murder' – setting aside Kinski's comments, is that how you would see that particular jungle, or nature in general?
WH: No, you would have to be a little bit cautious. It's a rant 'against' the jungle, but it came at a time of enormous strain on me – weeks and weeks and weeks where there was every single day a major disaster. And when I speak of major disaster I mean disasters like two plane crashes. Two consecutive plane crashes, and on and on and on. So, yes you have to see it in the context. But otherwise, thinking about the jungle, it's not completely wrong what I said. But the ferocity of the rant is in a way a result of enormous pressure of disasters one after the other. … And it's OK, I still like my rant.
GM: It's achieved a cult status on-line. People enjoy it a great deal.
WH: But let me go back to when you speak of Altdorfer [see image below of Altdorfer's St. George in the Forest] – or Matthias Grünewald. Yes, that's where I feel much more affinity: late Middle Ages. But not Romanticism.
GM: And you have an interest in classical culture as well. I saw from your application for your Rogue Film School that you tell people to read Virgil.
WH: [laughs] I do not tell it – it is mandatory. But it's actually Virgil's – not the Aeneid.
GM: But I love the Aeneid!
WH: Yes, so do I, but it's more the programmatic, big writing about celebrating the Roman Empire, celebrating the Augustean Empire, celebrating the evolution of the Roman republic into an empire. … [It's]the Georgics – it's about agriculture … about farming. And the beautiful thing is it does not explain anything – it just names the glory. It names the glory of pruning the apple trees, and it names the glory of the bee hive, and it names the terror of the pestilence invading the stables and killing off all the sheeps and goats. So I make it mandatory.
You've got to be serious if you want to apply to my film school. And applications, by the way, are open right now. I do it infrequently and at various locations whenever I have time for it. Basically Rogue Film School is an answer to an ever-increasing avalanche of young people who want to learn from me or work with me. I try to give a more systematic answer to it. There's a mandatory reading list among other obstacles you have to overcome. You have to send in a written application, you have to send in a short film – and I read and watch every single piece.
And I'm the only one who ultimately makes the choice whom I invite. So it's serious stuff. And of course it's not just Roman antiquity included in the reading list. It includes the Warren Commission Report on Kennedy's assassination, which is a wonderful piece of reading. It's the ultimate crime story. Phenomenal in its conclusiveness and in its intelligence and I keep saying everybody puts it down without having read it. Just read it and you can't get it any better.
GM: The Warren Commission Report, plus the Georgics – plus your reading list also includes Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel and Bernal Diaz's The Conquest of New Spain. What effect do you think this variety of reading has on the filmmakers in your school?
WH: Well, I point one thing out: Read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read read. If you don't read you will never be a filmmaker – a good filmmaker. So, these five or six books could be replaced by five thousand others. I might include a new book I just read that is [an] absolutely beautiful, wonderful piece. It's called The Peregrine, by an English completely unknown person, J.A. Baker, who watches peregrine falcons. It was published in 1967 and there seems to be a new discovery going on of this book. It is phenomenally beautiful in its prose and in the precision of observation and this kind of – this unbelievable quest to meet the peregrine and an ecstasy of observation … Sometimes the writer lapses into "we": "the peregrine saw us and swoops down and then we swooped down" so it is as if he were morphed into falcon.
GM: Somewhat like Timothy Treadwell [in Grizzly Man] wanting to morph into the grizzly bear.
WH: Yes, but the book has a phenomenal precision and quest and beauty. Can't compare with Treadwell, that was just a misunderstanding, bears as being fluffy pets.
GM: An over-identification with them. Well you make the good point that there are limits between humans and nature, and the Native American man [in Grizzly Man] makes the same point about having a sense of limits.
WH: Yes, I think there was a massive misunderstanding of what constitutes wild nature. It's a very tragic misunderstanding because it cost two human beings their lives and and at the end it cost two bears their lives who had to be killed by rangers. … The native Aleut people, for example, say very clearly you shouldn't love the bear, but rather you should respect the bear. I think this is a very fine difference. …
GM: You've said you have an opposition to New Age culture … You're opposed to yoga, nutritional supplements, self-help [Herzog laughs] and I found a quote of yours [in Planet Magazine] about Avatar - that you considered Avatar "an abomination because of its New Age schlock and bullshit," despite its other accomplishments in terms of technique.
WH: Yes, we should not forget the accomplishments, but it makes me cringe, the New Age sort of content makes me cringe.
GM: So is it the element of pantheism, or that it's this degraded Romanticism?
WH: Well, it has lots of things in it abominable, like degraded Romanticism, also, what did you say?
GM: Pantheism.
WH: Pantheism, yes, yes, yes.
GM: Inspired by Spinoza.
WH: Yeah, making nature as the ultimate God. Whatever. It combines all the stupidities of our time, not only these two stupidities, but it's somehow the embodiment of stupidity and I just can't take it without ranting. [laughs]
GM: So you have greater hope for humanity on its own – or for humanity and civilization perhaps? Or for rational progress? Do you believe in rational progress?
WH: Well, we should be cautious about that. Because the ice of rationality and civilization is kind of thin, this thin ice breaks easily and beneath there is an ocean of barbarism. And you can see it with Germany – a very civilized country with great poetry, philosophy, music and all this and within a very few years it lapses into a state of utter barbarism, and I mean an amount of barbarism we have not seen in millennia.
GM: How do you prevent that in the future from coming back? How do you foster a humanistic culture?
WH: Well, how do we prevent it? I do not know. It has really engaged my thinking. It's a very, very important question. I even traveled to Africa when I was eighteen. I wanted to go … to the Congo, right after its independence because it was a breakdown of civilization and absence of everything that would be order – tribalism, and killings, [it was] staggering – and I tried to understand what was going on with Germany [by seeing] this, but I actually never made it to the Congo, I became very ill in the Sudan and I barely made it back alive.
GM: Do you think Weimar cinema of the '20s predicted some of the Nazi barbarism? Or was it perhaps more just a symptom of it?
WH: [Exclaims] Maybe, yes, in retrospect, now we can say there was some sort of a vision of something dark coming. Nosferatu [photo above] is the best example, or Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a good example. But they do not really explain – they had this mood of something impending – very dark coming at us. So cinema sometimes has a way to figure out the mood of something coming at us. So this is why I'm taking a good look at what is going on in mainstream cinema, and taking a good look at what television does, with Wrestlemania, and the Anna Nicole Smith Show, because the poet must not avert his eyes.
GM: It all reveals something – all the details. I look at the cinema and I believe it unconsciously reveals things that may be coming in politics or culture or society. There are very fascinating themes … I even see Weimar themes returning in some of the cinema today.
WH: Yes, but it's not necessarily a direct parallel to ahead of time what's coming – that would be dangerous. But sometimes these moments in cinema occur where you have the feeling , yes, yes, there is a premonition in the films.
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9 Responses to "LFM's Govindini Murty at The Huffington Post: A Conversation With Werner Herzog, Part II: Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Avatar, & The Hostility of Nature"
What a great interview. Herzog is the filmmaker I've been searching for. He's touched and explains the things that I've felt in my subconcious regarding our current culture and society. I'd love to read more conversations with him.
johngaltjkt – thank you! If you haven't yet seen his films, you are in for a treat. They are different from anything else you will have seen, and are consistently surprising and inspiring. You can go from the darkness and madness portrayed in "Aguirre," "Woyzeck," and "Nosferatu" to the humanism of "Fitzcarraldo" (these last four films made with his great collaborator Klaus Kinski) to the whimsy and delight of "Encounters at the End of the World," "The White Diamond" and "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."
If you'd like to read more conversations with him, I really recommend watching a few of his films and then getting "Herzog on Herzog," a book-length series of interviews with him that is a really lively and informative account of his whole life and career. In particular I think you'll love the disdain he heaps on the Marxist radicals of the late '60s who tried to rope him into the movement (he resisted, and they retaliated by excoriating all his films and calling him a reactionary), and his many colorful stories of working with strong-willed personalities like Kinski on his films. Here's the Amazon link for 'Herzog on Herzog":
Great interview, Govindini. Always a treat to hear Herzog's ruminations.
I do, however, think he has some affinity with Romanticism (as Holderlin and Kleist did – I'd call them post-Romantics). I understand why he wants to deny it categorically – it's easy to misconstrue an admission of Romantic tendencies. And he's not wrong to note his Late Medieval sensibilities (especially if we call Cervantes "Late Medieval").
Fun fact: I loved "My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?' Loved it.
"Razzle 'em, dazzle 'em…"
Thank you SeeSaw! I think everyone loves reading Herzog's interviews because he is such a lively, well-read, and independent-minded person. I agree with you that Herzog's films have a Romantic vision, however much he might deny it. I really see a strong continuity from the Germanic/North European visions of the late Middle Ages (Durer, Altdorfer, Grunewald, Bosch, Bruegel) to the Romantic artists of the late 18th/early 19th centuries. Interesting about Holderlin and Kleist being post-Romantics – I think there's something to that. I'm a fan of Kleist myself, as well as of Buchner.
And I definitely agree with you on the Cervantes – Herzog's films really have that picaresque, blackly comic yet humanistic sensibility. In fact I really wanted to ask him if he felt any affinity to the Spanish Golden Age picaresque novels ("Lazarillo de Tormes," "El Buscon,") but I didn't have the time. Still, I was happy we were able to cover as many topics as we did!
Just to add one more thing. One of the reasons I loved "My Son, My Son" was because it finally made something click on a unifying theme in Herzog's vast body of work.
When Michael Shannon is down in Machu Pichu he has a monologue (interior, if I remember correctly), where he goes off about how he doesn't want to listen to his inner voice. Later in the film, he does listen to it, and he goes crazy.
Click! This is one way of stating Herzog's consistent anti-New Age, anti-simplistic, anti-platitude maxim:
"Don't listen to the inner voice."
That's a provocative and unqualified way of putting it, but what I see is a consistent warning from Herzog that our "inner voices" are as likely to be barking mad as brilliant and luminous. Same goes for nature, which – and this is the quasi-Romanticism of his work – serves as a kind of externalized metaphor for the inner voice's danger and chaos. Nature, like our own exterior presentations, is prettied up and beautified; but at heart, it's "inner voice" is much darker.
I have myself thought, on occasion, that Herzog somewhat overdoes it, but when you compare his relatively isolated position to the laughably overblown rosy illusions of the greater film world, his emphasis on the darkness and madness of the inner voice is perfectly understandable and legitimate. He's saying something that demands to be heard.
Avatar made a lot of money, after all.
Great interview, Govindini. I have to admit that Herzog's work has slipped under my radar too much, but I'm going to examine it closely.
His curiosity about man's relationship with nature is pointed in the right direction, but I think he's missing a little perspective.
Making nature god is more than the "stupidity" of our time, it's the stupidity of pre-Christian history. Ancient Greece, for instance, shuddered in the fear of nature's forces, so it would offer sacrificial blood or ritual orgies to placate them.
Then, thank the heavens — even if your a Christian or not — god spoke to Abraham, and unleashed the greatest force for individual freedom imaginable.
I will always remember what Chesterton said (I'm paraphrasing): Christianity drove out those gods, and made it possible for people to revel in nature with a free conscience.
It would be fascinating to examine how the forces of the state have attacked this ideology for thousands of years. It's fascinating that men are so power-hungry that it's been a common narrative throughout the ages — all the way to the people in Washington now.
"Avatar" had trappings of new-age nonsense, but there was a sense of a creator in it. The Na'Vi hunted, played, and generally held dominion over nature.
MOST importantly … Herzog gets on my bad side by equating professional wrestling to the Anna Nicole Smith Show. Pro wrestling is an extremely guilty pleasure of mine, and I get hairy when people dismiss it as anything less than theater. There's lighting, stages, makeup, precise physical performances, and intricate storylines. It's the action films of performance art, but art nonetheless. Stories get advanced in the ring through action, and when you get two people that can tell a story physically, it reaches hypnotic levels.
Sorry for the last rant.
Vince – thanks for your comment, as always. We will clearly have to differ on "Avatar" – I disagree that the Na'avi are shown as having dominion over nature – Cameron clearly depicts them as being one with nature and he has backed this up in numerous interviews. Also, I really cannot comment on pro wrestling having never watched any of it.
As for Herzog, he is a brilliant writer and filmmaker and I would really not say he's missing perspective given one comment about the stupidity of worshipping nature. Also, Herzog does reference Christianity when he says he has a greater affinity with the artists of the late Middle Ages – all of whom created art within a strongly Christian viewpoint. Herzog is not a dogmatically or even overtly Christian filmmaker, but I think his comment about the late Middle Ages is very telling and worth taking account of. However, I should add that as a non-Christian myself I really do not think that Christianity has the ultimate answer when it comes to the relationship between humanity and nature. That is not to say I do not respect Christianity and frequently defend it in public – I do – but I also think there are other valid religious and mythological traditions out there. But that's a subject for a much larger discussion.
In any case, I suggest you watch some of his films and read some more of what he has to say (in particular in the superb book-length interview "Herzog on Herzog"). I think you will find that Herzog is one of the most brilliant and original filmmakers out there when it comes to exploring humanity and nature. And while I am sure you will not agree in every regard, in many ways his work is quite in tune with your own perspective.
I realized after I wrote the response that I was a little hard on Herzon. I meant to work in my praise of his contributions, but I just hurried through it. His comments on the late Middle Ages in particular opened my eyes because that perspective is so rare, and really is a microcosm of his ability to be intellectually honest.
I actually own a couple Herzog films on DVD, but I put everything Netflix has in my queue, and I'm very excited about exploring them. Clearly his voice is unique and indispensable.
You also deserve a lot of credit for defending Christianity as much as you do. I frequently cite you and your work in discussions as an example of an intellectually honest person who isn't a Christian.
It wasn't my intention to say the Judeo-Christian belief structure has all of the answers, but the impact that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob had on the role of the individual against the state can not be argued — that was my point.
Thank you very much for taking the time to respond to my comments. I really think this site does more to advance the cause of freedom than any other that simple engages the in Red vs. Blue game.
Herzog is one of my favorite artists ever since watching "Aguirre: The Wrath of God" – An excellent metaphor for The Third Reich – especially as he has the courage in this Leftist dominated movie making world to denounce New Age pagan crap like Avatar. A movie that may well end up an overture to another collectivist nightmare complete with tyranny, nature worship, concentration camps and killing fields, as there are many ominous parallels between the Weimar Republic of Germany in the early 1930s and the current situation in America.
Indeed, while our Western Civilization is a mile wide, it is only glass an inch deep that can easily be broken by modern day barbarians like Hitler's SA Storm Troopers, or today's Obama inspired OWS thugs. These are the barbarian armies of the night who are the criminal vanguard of a collectivist minority ruling elite of the Left in control of both major political parties at war with reason, progress and the American Republic. In 1933 the German answer to the anarchy of the Weimar Republic and the Great Depression was dictatorship of the "Right" Leftist Nazi Party and Adolf Hitler.
We all should be very afraid in America.
Yes, it can happen here.
But maybe it won't….There exists the small band of heroes/artists/intellectuals like Herzog, Ayn Rand and Govindini willing to tell the truth and stand up for reason and the American Republic, when all about them the culture worships the dark evil gods of the New Dark Ages.
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Let's take what we know:
The Hawks will have 63.6M tied up into 8 players next year. Let's estimate that the Luxury Tax limit for next year is at 72M. This gives the Hawks about 8.4M to spend on 4 players. If they can get 3 of those players for about 3.4 million, that will leave about 5M for Crawford. They can then backload Jamal's contract. Let's say the Hawks can sign him for a 3 year, 24M contract. Normally, this deal would be 8M a year, but if they move 3M from the first year and add it to the last year (so that the first year is 5M and the last year is 11M) then everything works.
Now, what we don't know:
1) How much is Jamal worth (and no one will know this if he wants the deal done before the season's end.) He is a 30 y/o (by the end of the season) combo guard that's best as a 6th man.
2) What's the exact cut off for the luxury tax. The 72M I used earlier was just a guestimate based on previous trends.
3) The growth of Teauge and JC2 (not sure this is going to happen in high yield by the trade deadline)
4) Crawford play this year. Was last year a one-hit-wonder for for JC or can he keep it up for another half a year before the trade deadline ends.
5) If the Hawks will go into the Luxury Tax. 1M or 2M over may be worth it to have a young, 53-win, 3rd seed, playoff team with room to grow inside of their current roster.
My current synopsis: As us Hawks fans spread panic and everyone gets their panties in a funk, the ASG is making the right move (at least this time) in resigning Horford and putting Crawford on ice until they either get a trade proposal that that betters the team (not cuts salary) and/or see how the year unfolds.
Alternative Option....
Sell your first round draft pick or trade it for a lower pick and cash. Very unlikely this pick will see the floor anyway :-/
Okay, let's hear it!!


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J.J. Abrams Will Still Be Involved with STAR TREK 3 and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 5 Despite
J.J. Abrams Will Still Be Involved with STAR TREK 3 and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 5 Despite Commitment to STAR WARS
It's just a combination of factors that are largely 'what if's' just now.
Star Trek Into Darkness is about ready to go. A third film will depend on how it performs. But it would probably be at least 2016 (assuming three years based on the original 2012 sequel date) before it would be released. IF Darkness is successful enough to warrant one.
The Star Wars film is dated 2015. Fine, he's completed work on Trek just now so he has time to spend making it and then it would be question of how it was recieved/performed (though being Star Wars probably flopping is near on an impossibility) would dictate plans for Episode VIII.
I don't think on a personal level it's entirely impossible for all parties to make these things work if they wan to but I think on a personal level it's probably not good for one guy to be so majorly involved in two iconic franchises simultaneously. And I mean that both for him and for the respective franchises. But then there's no point making too many assumptions just now. Too early. Plus, it's too dependent on a multitude of unknowns yet.
J.J. Binks
I have a feeling JJ will hand off a potential third Trek to one of his Bad Robot buddies, provided Into Darkness does good business. Brad Bird comes to mind.
I don't think one has to steal focus from the other. He made Super 8.
Brad Bird could be interesting. I enjoyed Ghost Protocol (it's not better than the first or third films but it's way beyond the second - but it's a skoosh weak on the villain front and has some dodgy CGI. It's biggest asset is the Burj Khalifa sequence) quite a lot but he's already got his next film lined up called '1952' which is set for Dec 2014 release just now.
Of course he was also rumoured for Star Wars as well. That could have been interesting as well. But he supposedly has his own dream project he wants to get made as well ('1906') which is meant to be a megabudget project. So he may not be available. Of course it still depends whether a third film even goes forward.
I would think JJ would want to direct other things besides franchise movies. I mean this is his career he's building. I thought Super 8 was excellent.
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Small Scraping Planes
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Small Scraping Plane
This unusual plane is based on the now scarce Stanley No. 212, which was discontinued in 1934 and brings high prices from today's collectors. We are pleased to make it available for woodworkers once again.
The almost perpendicular blade makes it ideal for small scraping jobs, producing shavings like the finest lace and leaving smooth surfaces with crisp edges. The blade angle can be adjusted from 75° to 100°, enabling it to be set up just right for the particular wood being worked.
It is a favorite among fly rod makers for thicknessing bamboo fly rod sections. We offer an optional Fly Rod Maker's Groove, ground 1" wide x .003" deep into the sole of the plane, making it the perfect companion tool to a rod maker's form.
- 5-1/2" long x 1-3/4" wide.
- Blade is 1-3/8" wide x 1/8" thick.
- Bronze body, 1.60 lbs. Iron body, 1.45 lbs.
Optional Fly Rod Makers Groove
Both Iron and Bronze Small Scraper Planes are available with the optional Rod Maker's Groove for an additional charge. This groove is ground 1" (2.54cm) wide and .003" (.076mm) deep into the sole of the plane, making it the perfect companion tool to a rod maker's form. Also available for the Adjustable Mouth Block Planes.
Small Scraping Planes
The Lie-Nielsen Small Scraping Plane is based on the Stanley #212, which was discontinued in 1934. The original has become increasingly hard to find and expensive, but it is the perfect tool to use for many small scraping jobs. We are pleased to make it available for woodworkers once again.
Blade Sharpening:Our Scraping Plane comes with a much thicker blade than the original. This allows the blade to be prepared somewhat differently than other scrapers. We recommend that you hone the blade to a sharp edge like a plane blade and do not use a burr (at least until you get used to using the tool). We have found that our thick scraper blades sharpen easily and produce a better surface with a 45° bevel on the blade. Slightly round the corners of the blade with a stone to prevent them from marking the work.
Burnishing:If you wish to create a burr, hone the blade, and then clamp it upright in a vise. Using a burnisher, begin by holding the burnisher at about 45° to the blade, working up to 75°. Work the edge until you can feel a distinct 'hook' all the way across. Be very careful not to cut yourself on the upright blade. Use of a burr will give more aggressive cutting action, and depending on how consistent you are, turning the burr will require adjustment of the blade angle after sharpening to work best.
Setting the Blade:The blade is inserted with the bevel facing the knob. To set the depth of cut, lay the sole of the tool on a flat surface and loosen the thumbscrew. Press lightly on the top of the blade with your thumb and re-tighten the thumbscrew. Do not over tighten. Usually, this will be enough exposure for a fine shaving. If not, repeat with a slip of paper under the front of the tool. Minor depth adjustments may also be made quickly by lightly tapping the top of the blade with a burnisher or light hammer while the tool is resting on a flat board.
Adjusting Blade Angle:The blade angle should be set about 15° forward of vertical. Try adjusting the angle to find optimum performance in various woods. One way to get it close is to take some test passes holding the blade by hand, varying the angle until it cuts best, then hold the blade at that angle against the side of the plane and adjust the frog to match. The beveled faces of the nuts fit into the countersink on the hole in the post to provide a solid lock. Use: Normally, one pushes the Scraping Plane from the rear with the knob in the palm. The blade is inserted with a bevel facing the knob. It is best to use a light touch, rather than trying to remove too much material at once, or using too much downward pressure. Too aggressive a cut, including too much downward pressure, will result in chatter. You should be taking light strokes. Often it is helpful to scrape at an angle to the grain, then again from the opposite angle. David Charlesworth has a good discussion on the use of scrapers in his book Furniture Making Techniques, Vol. II.
Toothed Blades:We offer replacement blades, as well as toothed blades, of 18 and 25 teeth per inch. Toothed blades are useful, when working extremely difficult woods, to score fibers in a criss-cross pattern before using the regular blade. They are also used to prepare surfaces for gluing, as in veneering, by lightly roughening the surface.
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Materials:Iron tools are cast from Ductile Iron, a very strong alloy that will take a lot of abuse. We use Manganese Bronze for the Bronze bodies. These castings are fully stress relieved, a process that removes inherent stresses and ensures that the tool will remain flat and true. The blade is double tempered A-2 Tool Steel, hardened to Rockwell 50-55. Our heat treating technique ensures that the blade will take and hold a very fine edge for a long time. After heat treating, the blade is fully surface ground on the top, back, and cutting edge, giving a smooth, flat surface that will take a mirror finish very quickly. The 1/8" thickness provides solid chatter-free cutting.
Maintenance:The soles of Iron bodies are surface ground flat and square; the Bronze are hand lapped, to a tolerance of .0015". Depending how much use your tool gets, an occasional light sanding with 320 or finer wet/dry paper on a flat surface will keep the sole in as-new condition. Tools with Iron bodies should be kept lightly oiled or waxed to prevent rust. A light oiling on the threaded rod and Brass adjuster will keep them moving freely. Many people like the patina that Bronze gets with age and use, but if you wish to keep the finish bright, a little brass polish is in order. The blade should be kept lightly oiled to prevent rust, especially when the tool is not in use. .
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Finding oneself sinking deeper into debt is a growing problem, so here are some business debt and bankruptcy resources to provide some useful information
United States Bankruptcy Courts with statistics, general resources, forms and links to the 94 federal judicial districts which handle bankruptcy matters.
Direct Consolidation Loans the United States Department of Education program under which borrowers can apply online for consolidation of any federally-insured student loan debt.
Mymoney.gov this presentation of educational materials from across the spectrum of federal agencies deals with financial issues and markets. There are lots of resources and information on how to manage money better.
Pacer.gov Public Access to Court Electronic Records and is available for anyone who registers for an account.
Gov Benefits this is a searchable database of federal and state benefits which also has a questionnaire designed to assist the user in determining which benefits he or she may be entitled to.
USDA Rural Development offering financial and technical assistance programs designed to improve the economy and quality of life in the whole of rural America.
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) Federal government agency which prescribes the uniform principles, standards and report forms for the federal examination of financial institutions.
U.S. Trustee Program/Dept of Justice List of Credit Counseling Agencies Approved Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 111.
Federal Trade Commission Knee deep in debt - protecting America's consumers.
Bankruptcy – Wikipedia this page has loads of information regarding the process where an organization or an individual legally declares the inability or impairment of their ability to pay their creditors.


text: The Japan Society is the leading organization of its kind in the United States and is dedicated to improving cultural understanding between America and Japan. The non-profit multidisciplinary society was founded in 1907 as a center for artists, scholars and political leaders to start an open dialogue about important issues in the two countries. The Japan Society annually hosts over 100 events relating to Japanese culture, including lectures, workshops, presentations and performances. The society's on-site art galleries feature changing exhibitions that have included collections of early Buddhist art, Japanese tin toys and works by Isamu Noguchi. The institution's current building was constructed in 1971 and designed by Japanese architect Junzo Yoshimura. The building's stunning interior features a three story indoor bamboo garden highlighted by waterfalls and a reflecting pool. The society's building also contains a 260 seat theater, an extensive library, and a language center. The Japan Society will be hosting a weekend open House event May 5th and 6th, 2012 which will be celebrating their 40th anniversary in their current location. Gallery Admission: $12 for Adults; $10 for Students.333 East 47th Street, Manhattan. http://www.japansociety.org/


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I'm 24 weeks pregnant and just got laid off from my job so now I have no health insurance. Advice?
I am 24 weeks pregnant and just got laid off from my job. My benefits, which were excellent, ended the day I got laid off. My husband has insurance but to add me would increase it from $40 a month to a little over $400 a month whch is difficult to manage now that I'm out of work. Another option is Cobra, but that is about $450 which again is hard to manage. I live in Florida and applied for pregnant medicaid in hopes to qualify for the no cost insurnce. This has put us in an insurance night mare. I would lke to find anotherjob, except I'm afraid that at 24 weeks they either might not want to hire me or by the time I actually startworking, it wouldn't be long before the baby is due. Any advice would be appreciated!
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I know it is overwhelming, but you should qualify for SOMETHING! Otherwise, these are your options, I would get a start on all of them asap. Sometimes it takes a few weeks to get a response, don't want it to be too late later ;) Good luck!!!posted 05/05/2010 by 546kim
I have JUST been through the same thing. I would go ahead & apply for medicaid, but also file for unemployment. If you are accepted for state funding, GREAT, if not, use your unemployment money to pay for COBRA of your husband's ins. Trust me, it will be worth it. You only have a short time left, you can drop yourself from the ins once the baby comes & lower the rate. My hospital bill for our daughter was 25k !!(we did have ins with her though). It was an easy non complicated delivery. If none of these options work for you, you can call the hospital & get a quote for self pay. I was quoted $3100 for 1 day (starts a 24 hr countdown once baby arrives), $900 for epidural. There will also be additional costs for the baby of up to $1500 after delivery. They want the $$$ prepaid before arrival, but not the baby costs. Also, you will need to contact your DR & figure out how much you will need to pay from point of INS termination thru delivery, my estimate was about $1500.posted 05/05/2010 by 546kim
In california, i did the Aim program which is basically medicaid (income based). i ended up only paying 730 total (in payments) i also would recommend "unemployment" most people who are laid off are qualified to get state payment for a short period. after that you'll be eligible for pregnancy disability. here in cali, they pay wages equal to the previous years highest quarter. surf the internet, you'll be sure to find something that will help. good luckposted 04/12/2008 by andbabymakes_3
YOu can apply for medicaid. They base it on your income, it has to be less than maybe 1700.00, if so your eligable.posted 04/12/2008 by bubblegumyay
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Sundiata Gaines Game Only 8th Best Moment In NBA This Season?
According to SBNation's Mike Prada, the Sundiata Gaines game was the eighth best moment in the first half of the NBA season. If we're going straight "games", I'm okay with that, but moments? I'm biased, but I don't think there will be a better moment than that in the NBA this season. Prada has since said "it was a ranking of best games not best moments," though the title remains "NBA Season's Best Moments: Counting Down the Top 20 Games of First Half"


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The Caps have just sent out an email to Season Ticket Holders promoting their upcoming Halloween free skate in which "skaters are encouraged to wear costumes on the ice". That is one of the
stupider bolder moves I've seen from a team in a while.
They will be lucky if the fans don't show up with torches and pitch forks "in costume" as an angry mob.
What are you thinking of dressing up as? Here are a few suggestions for anyone who hasn't picked out a costume yet.
- Show up as your empty seat at the Verizon center
- Dress up as your favorite star Capital ($$$ - entails a flight to Europe)
- Dress up as your favorite grinder Capital (note, you will have to use the public facilities with the, [gasp], general public! Eww.)
- Dress up as Matt Bradley and paint cuts, bruises and blood all over your face. (budget option: just wear a Gary Bettman mask through downtown Toronto)
- Dress up as an NHL owner (entails standing at the rink's front door and not letting anyone in)
- Dress up as Donald Fehr (note: at the beginning of the skate everyone will be supportive of you, after about 20 minutes, everyone will be spitting on you)
- Dress up as yourself (note: you will need to bring ~$4,000 per person to get in, but they will slowly give you your money back as the skate goes on. WITH 1% INTEREST!! YEAH!)
What's your idea for a good costume!?


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10:20 a.m. - A caller on CR 900E reported that batteries had been taken from his farm tractors.
12:03 a.m. - Cory Enlow , 1304 Vincennes Ave., reported that his 2003 blue Yamaha Zuma moped was stolen and he may know who took the moped.
4:23 p.m. - An employee of Fast Max, E. Nat'l Hwy., reported an unidentified vehicle drove off without paying for $80 in fuel.
4:16 p.m. - A complainant near the Sports Complex found a purse. Officers determined the purse, which was filled with dirt, belonged to a child and was placed in the lost and found.
Cornelius King, Jr., Washington, was arrested Wednesday by Washington police for neglect of a dependent. Bond was set at $2,500.
Total Jail Population:156
9:08 a.m. - Staci R. Whitehead Morrow, 42, Crane, was stopped at SR 58 in her Ford Mustang waiting on oncoming traffic and was signaling to turn left to turn on East St. in Odon. Dalton N. Atchley,20, Odon, was traveling west on SR 58 in his Dodge Avenger and was pulled up behind Morrow.
Atchley looked away from the road and when he looked back, Morrow had stopped.
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The problem with Paterno blame
Child abusers are masters of manipulation. Think about all the people who were fooled or misled by Sandusky. Hundreds, maybe thousands, of friends, family members, Second Mile staff members, police officers, Children and Youth Services, the Department of Public Welfare, the District Attorney's office…if you accuse Paterno of not doing enough with the little information he had, you have to implicate everyone else who could have known.
The belief that Joe Paterno and the rest actually sought to cover up and protect Sandusky has always struck me as a stretch. I cannot imagine that three or four men would actually conspire to cover this thing up. It is clear that they handled it very poorly. But I believe that Joe did exactly what he should have done. He reported what McQ told him to his superiors. I am a teacher and I was just told that if I suspect abuse I should tell the principal and or school social worker or report it to DSS. If I go beyond that point I am threatening the integrity of the investigation. Meaning if I go and beat the crap out of a parent for abusing a child or go to the press and report it that the whole case could be thrown out and the abuser would get away with it.


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Nov 14 2011, 04:02 AM
Why do people cite CompuBox numbers as if they are infallible? Most of the time they seem to be relatively accurate, but not always e.g. Pacquiao-Marquez III. I wonder if most people realize that CompuBox is just a couple of guys pressing buttons when they think a punch lands (jab or "power punch")? You should not be able to cite them as definitive evidence for a fighter winning. I believe many Pacquiao fans are finding solace in the fact that the CompuBox numbers favored their man. What other fights do you remember where you think the CompuBox numbers were off? For me the classic example is Mayweather-Castillo I. They had Castillo landing 46% of his power punches. If you have watched this fight, surely you know this percentage is absurd. A lot of people who say Castillo was robbed point to CompuBox numbers as the smoking gun. Furthermore, I think there are parallelisms between Mayweather-Castillo I and Pacquiao vs Marquez III. I believe if you scored the fight for Marquez then you should have scored the fight for Mayweather since they both landed the cleaner more dramatic blows to the head, had the better defense, and controlled the distance of the fight. On the other hand, Pacquiao and Castillo were the aggressors.
Nov 14 2011, 07:16 AM
Compubox isn't 100% accurate. And I agree that it some fights does look swayed and biased. Or are just poorly done.
You got Pacquiao fans saying Pac won because the "numbers don't lie", but if you want to easily rule that, than Marquez definitely won the first two fights, since compubox swayed in his favor.
Nov 14 2011, 07:35 AM
I'm pretty sure that there are fans who think that there is some kind of sensor in the gloves that not only tells how many punches are thrown and the connection rate, yet also distinguish which were jabs and which were power shots. If that was the case, the phrase numbers don't lie would be more accurate. In reality, its still a few jabronies pressing a button.
Nov 14 2011, 10:11 AM
Yeah they are bound to drop the ball in fights, it happens. I really cant think of a fight off the top of my head that he compubox numbers were all jacked up. It will come back to me later. I always wondered if those guys happened to get too excited during a fight and forget to hit the clicker from time to time
Nov 14 2011, 03:33 PM
Williams vs Lara
Pacquaio vs Marquez 3
Tha Docta
Nov 14 2011, 03:37 PM
compubox is either used or completely disregarded depending on the argument you are trying to prove. thats been my experience with this stat.
Nov 14 2011, 03:37 PM
QUOTE (BoxingEinstein @ Nov 14 2011, 03:33 PM)
Williams vs Lara
Pacquaio vs Marquez 3
Now I just feel stupid, how could I forget that travesty in Williams vs Lara? As a matter of fact, that travesty took me back to Williams/Martinez I
Nov 14 2011, 03:54 PM
QUOTE (Cshel86 @ Nov 14 2011, 03:37 PM)
Now I just feel stupid, how could I forget that travesty in Williams vs Lara? As a matter of fact, that travesty took me back to Williams/Martinez I
lol...it's ok Cshel....But there's alot...the fight with
Pascal-Hopkins 1
Oscar De la Hoya vs Mosley 2
Pacman vs Marquez 2
and yeah...Martinez vs Williams 1 was a travesty but still a classic fight.
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It's a budget call that no school system wants to make. But for Brooks County School Board members they've voted to put their School Resource Officer program on the chopping block.
"It's purely a question on whether were getting the most bang for what we're paying," said board member Brad Shealy.
They're cutting the only two resource officers in the county - one at Brooks High School and the other at Brooks Middle.
Right now the system pays $50,000 for the two officers, and the Sheriff's Office pays another $50,000. Shealy says the security budget will stay at $50,000 for the next school year, but they're looking at other options to get the most for their money. "We feel that maybe $50,000 for just the two officers may not be cost effective for us."
Amanda Jordan has two children in Brooks County schools and she worries for their safety.
"Without the officers there, our children and the staff at the schools, are put at jeopardy," said Jordan.
Shealy says they're hopeful they can work out a lesser agreement with the Sheriff's Office, or they may take another route for security.
"If we can work out a way to lessen the pay and work out a thing with the Sheriff's Department and or the city, to where we can still have a resource officer in a different manner where it may cost less and still have the presence out there at the campus, there may be a way to do it," said Shealy.
Jordan hopes they can come to an agreement before school starts in the fall. "Why would we want to take away a resource that is protecting our children?"
Shealy says that meeting with the Sheriff's Office will happen soon.
Jordan says she'll stand outside to guard her children's schools herself if there are no SRO officers next school year.
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From the Indianapolis Star on July 4, 2007, re-blogged on FanHouse:↵
An exceptionally well-connected league insider once told me the story of how Brian Cardinal got his mid-level. Seems Memphis owner Michael Heisley, frustrated by general manager Jerry West's lack of activity, walked into West's office one day and asked why he hadn't signed anyone yet. So an exasperated West picked up his phone, called Cardinal's agent and offered the mid-level on the spot. Then he turned to Heisley and said something along the lines of "There, you happy now?"↵


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News: Kanye West Begs For Mercy After 'Black Skinhead' Leak
Tuesday, Jul 9, 2013 8:03PM
Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West has stepped forward to speak out on his "Black Skinhead" unfinished music video prematurely leaking online and asked for sympathy from media outlets.
The rap star hopped onto his Twitter page to ask all bloggers and websites to take the unapproved version down.
"The BLKKK SKKKN HD video that leaked yesterday was not the official version.," Ye tweeted July 9.
"Me and Nick Knight have been working on this video for 5 months and for creatives it's heartbreaking when something like this happens."
"The final version will be ready within the next week."
"So any website that may have the unapproved / unfinished ruff. I ask you to please take it down."
"Allow me and Nick to give the world what we've been losing sleep over."
"And to who ever leaked the video... FUK YOU!" (Kanye West's Twitter)
The unedited music video mostly consists of digital animation and provides viewers a very dark presentation.
"They say I'm possessed," Kanye spits on "Black Skinhead," the track that gets the first official video from his new album, Yeezus. And the stark three-minute clip, fittingly shot in black and white, does little to dispell the notion. A PED-ripped stand-in wearing little more than a huge gold chain bounces like a fighter stepping into the ring to the thundering clatter of one of the new album's most industrial-metal tunes. The man is hard. (Rolling Stone)
Despite the positive online reception, the clip was immediately pulled from Ye's website Monday (July 8) evening.
Kanye West's "Black Skinhead" video popped up on his website on Monday night, but it didn't stay there for very long. The rapper pulled the video off his website, which now has returned to a simple photo of jeans with a label announcing West's collaboration with APC. In the clip, a CGI version of West bops along to the emphatic song. The basic nature of the clip had some wonder whether it was even finished or if it was posted prematurely. Animated faces in black hoods appear alongside barking dogs, visuals that are familiar to those who witnessed West's Governor's Ball show in the lead-up to the release of "Yeezus," the album on which "Black Skinhead" appears. (Huffington Post)
Back in May, Mr. West helped close out the "Saturday Night Live" season finale episode by performing "Black Skinhead."
After unveiling "New Slaves" on Friday night in "the most Kanye way possible," Kanye West took to the Saturday Night Live stage and did it again, this time live and in the flesh. The rapper's new album has been described as "dark"; on SNL, he yelled while dodging in and out of dark shadows ("Black Skinhead"), then delivered an equally intense rendition of "New Slaves" in front of a projection of his face in extreme close-up. "Dark" seems accurate so far. (Slate)


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Arrests made by Madison County law enforcement on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, based on Madison County Jail records. Charges are recommended by arresting officers, but are not final until the Madison County prosecutor reviews the case and files official charges.
State police arrested Austin M. Wilson, 25, of the 22000 block of North Indiana 37, Noblesville, at 9:22 a.m. Friday. Bond was set at $765 for failure to appear on a Class A misdemeanor and a hold in another jurisdiction.
Anderson police arrested Mark E. Gordon, 47, of the 2100 block of Noble Street, Anderson, at 9:27 a.m. Friday. No Bond was set for Class A misdemeanor domestic battery.
Anderson police arrested Richard Gonzales Sr., 49, of the 400 block of East 37th Street, Marion, at 11:36 a.m. Friday. Bond was set at $20,000 for Class C misdemeanor OWI.
Madison County police arrested Beau R. King, 32, of the 3900 block of Fernway Drive, Anderson, at 1:14 p.m. Friday. No bond was set for court commitment on a Class D felony.
Alexandria police arrested Allan W. Anderson, 53, of the 300 block of Chipaway Drive, Alexandria, at 1:38 p.m. Friday. No bond was set for failure to appear on a Class A misdemeanor.
Madison County police arrested Travis L. Mathis, 27, of the 1800 block of Kerrwood Drive, Anderson, at 2:49 p.m. Friday. Bond was set at $4,500 for contempt of court in a civil case and Class A misdemeanor driving while suspended.
Madison County police arrested Derek M. Snyder, 31, of the 200 block of West Plum Street, Chesterfield, at 4:47 p.m. Friday. Bond was set at $5,000 for Class D felony failure to return to lawful detention.
Anderson police arrested Kenneth R. Kendall, 44, of the 500 block of East Sheran, Marion, at 6:09 p.m. Friday. Bond was set at $5,000 for Class D felony theft.
Madison County police arrested Jacob L. McIntyre, 19, of the 8800 block of Surrey Drive, 6:12 p.m. Friday. Bond was set at $20,000 for Class B felonies burglary, theft, receiving stolen property, possession of marijuana and possession of a legend drug.


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A chemical peel uses a varying strength chemical solution applied to the skin to remove dead skin cells and stimulate the production of new cells. A chemical peel occurs when a dermatological safe solution is applied to the skin to remove some of the outer layers and reveal a fresh new layer of skin cells underneath. This also effectively induces some tightening of the skin, restoring a more youthful appearance. Chemical peels can effectively improve a wide variety of skin conditions including sun-damaged skin, age spots, acne scars, pigmentation, fine lines and wrinkles. Chemical peels can be performed by a trained professional on not only the face, but also successfully on the neck, chest, back, arms, hands, and even legs that may have been damaged by elements such as sun, wind and neglect. In many cases a chemical peel is performed in conjunction with other cosmetic procedures such as exfoliation scrubs to increase the effectiveness. The overall skin texture is dramatically smoothed and superficial wrinkles are quickly reduced.
Superficial or lighter chemical skin peels can be used to improve the texture of the skin and to decrease the incidence of acne and blackheads and are quick and easy treatments. The skin peel is usually done using a milder glycolic acid or another alpha hydroxy acid, lightly exfoliating the skin and giving a healthy glow. Medium depth peels using stronger glycolic concentrations or TCA (trichloroacetic acid) are deeper acting chemical peels. Their benefits include decreased lines and scars on the skin, and these peels are ideal for treating damage caused by sun exposure such as darker pigmentation and sunspots. There is some evidence that TCA peels may also reduce the risk of skin cancer. Deeper chemical peels are performed using phenol and provide the greatest benefit to treat coarse facial wrinkles, pre-cancerous growths and serious sun damage with just one treatment. A popular area for a deeper phenol cosmetic peel is around the mouth to eradicate deeper wrinkles. Deep chemical peels do provide the greatest benefits but are also the most aggressive of the chemical skin peeling treatments with a lengthy recovery time and may cause hypo-pigmentation (loss of pigment) in the treated area.
Superficial/ Glycolic Chemical Peel
A superficial or glycolic chemical peel is applied to the skin and left on between three and ten minutes before being rinsed off or neutralized. A mild stinging sensation may be felt on the skin with pinkness and blotching that will fade after one to two hours. A faint discoloration may also occur, but otherwise there are no after effects and normal daily life can be resumed straight away. A superficial chemical peel treatment should be scheduled weekly for a time period of four to six weeks with a recommendation of monthly peels for skin maintenance. A mild or medium depth chemical peel can be preceded by ultrasonic exfoliation. This allows deeper, more effective penetration of the peel solution, promoting invigorating cell renewal and a healthy, balanced skin surface.
The skin requires pre-treatment for two weeks prior to the chemical peel with Retin-A and hydroquinone combination cream which primes the skin and helps prevent skin darkening after the peel. Following cleansing, the chemical peel solution is applied evenly to the skin with the treated area turning a whitish grey over several minutes. To neutralize the acid in the peel, cool saline compresses are then applied. The face may swell during application with stinging or burning affecting the skin for up to an hour following treatment. The healing process will take around a week in which the skin will begin to itch and peel, leaving a slightly red new layer of skin that will fade to a fresh pink over the next four to six weeks. The treatment should be repeated every one to two months, dependent upon the condition of the skin, the amount of correction or repair needed, and the results required. You should plan for a maintenance program of a cosmetic peel every 3-6 months thereafter.
A deep chemical peel requires some form of anesthesia, either oral or intravenous, depending upon the extent of the procedure and must be performed in an operating room to monitor the heart rhythm. The skin is cleansed and a strong peel applied and left on for around 30 minutes before being neutralized. The face swells in the first two days and can be very itchy during the healing process, taking around two weeks before the face is healed, with redness persisting for 2-3 months. One treatment can produce dramatic results with a deeper chemical peel, but healing time can be lengthy, and there may be some permanent loss of normal skin pigmentation.
Although uncommon, these complications can occur with the application of chemical peels:
A certain chemical peel may not be suitable for a dark, olive or Asian skin, but the doctor or aesthetician can determine this at the time of your consultation. Clients with facial melanomas or other skin cancers are not suitable for any chemical peel treatment. Deeper peels cannot be performed on clients with history of cardiac arrhythmia.
Chemical peels are specifically formulated, non-toxic preparations for safe use on most skins, with varying strength peels for different situations and skin conditions. Consultation is essential to determine which chemical peel and treatment program is suitable to produce an accelerated, even peeling of damaged skin layers, exposing renewed, regenerated and smoother skin safely and easily. beste kasinoer pa nett


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FIFA 14 for next-gen 'signalled' by EA
FIFA 13 has sold through over 12 million units, outperforming FIFA 12. FIFA 13 outsold Call of Duty in Europe last year.
FIFA becomes the first franchise to make £1 billion at UK retail
FIFA 13 is the highest grossing game in the series, followed by FIFA 12.
EA game servers offline tomorrow morning
All online services, including multiplayer, will be down across all games for about two hours.
UK Video Game Chart: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning dethrones Final Fantasy XIII-2
EA and 39 Studios' RPG the first new IP RPG to take the top spot since Pokemon in 2000.
UK Video Game Chart: Battlefield 3 claims UK No.1
Battlefield 3 has entered the UK All Formats All Price video game chart at No.1, becoming the 10th biggest UK All Formats week 1 seller.
Modern Warfare 3 favourite for Xmas No.1
Bookmakers have made Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 the overwhelming odds-on favourite to claim Christmas No.1 2011.
FIFA 12 sells 3.2 million units
EA has announced that FIFA 12, released on September 30 in the UK and September 27 in North America, has already notched up an estimated 3.2 million unit sales.
GAME details FIFA 12 midnight launch
GAME and gamestation stores across the UK will be opening at midnight on Thursday for the launch of FIFA 12.
Heads-up: New games out this week (September 30)
Every Monday we'll pick out the best of the bunch, link to our reviews and previews and keep you in the video game loop so you have enough time to pre-order for Friday's post.
FIFA 12 soundtrack revealed
EA has revealed the in-game soundtrack for FIFA 12. The game will include tracks from 39 artists including Kasabian, The Ting Tings, CSS, The People, The Strokes, The Vaccines, and more.
GAMEfest sold out for Saturday, September 17
GAMEfest, the three day consumer gaming event from leading games retailer GAME, has sold out for Saturday September 17, but tickets remain for the Friday and Sunday.


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I was up on top of a hill near my house in Southwest Las Vegas watching planes talking to my uncle on the phone on the other side of town. At about 7:00 PM Monday 9/23/13 I saw three lights in triangle form over the east side of town. They were completely still and not moving at all. They appeared to be twinkling, but not blinking like a plane. They were up there for about five minutes when one suddenly disappeared, leaving just two, very bright lights. After another five minutes or so another disappeared leaving the brightest one. This one too disappeared shortly after. I have a video of them. It is included with this report. The UFO's are in the video above the orange building.
Note: Three planets would have been at the time of the video, but they were visible to the west and northwest low on the horizon. My understanding is that the witness's video was taken facing the east. The visible planets were Venus, Mercury and Saturn.
Source and special thanks: UFOs NorthWest
|Where did this happen?
|Near Las Vegas
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|UFOs NorthWest | William Puckett
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Client Services
Client ServiceKarina Cabrera
Karina has been working at VCA Venice Boulevard Animal Hospital since 2007. She is an excellent Client Service Representative. She has grown up with animals her entire life, and loves the opportunity to work with pets each and every day.
Karina demonstrates her love and compassion for animals daily. She also enjoys working with the clients just as much as working with their beloved pets.
When she's not out hiking or dancing, Karina enjoys cuddling at home with Lola, her Chihuahua, and watching a good movie.
Client ServiceDaysy Landaverde
Daysy joined the VCA Venice Boulevard Animal Hospital family in 2013. Prior to working here, she was an Administrative Assistant at the VCA Support Office for 6 years. It was Daysy's love for animals that landed her in the field and it's her passion that keeps her here.
When Daysy is not helping clients at VCA, she spends time caring for her adorable son and spunky Cocker Spaniel.
Client ServiceGloria Manriquez
Gloria takes a great deal of personal pride in providing our clients with exceptional service. She ensures that they will receive a warm welcome when arriving and compassionate assistance as they depart.
Gloria has been with us at VCA Petville since 2006. She continues to further her knowledge, attending continuing education courses about pet health care. She strongly believes in the importance of educating clients on the best way they can care for their pets, so don't hesitate to ask her for assistance!
If you've never seen a Chinese Crested dog, you must ask Gloria to show you a picture of her 7 year old, named Cosita. She'd show you Cosita in person, but unfortunately, she is a very shy little girl. Gloria enjoys reading, watching movies and a good manicure.


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We now have a blog. We'll be putting announcements of meetings, gigs, etc. there. Anything that is of interest for more than a few days and less than a few months will go there rather than on this page.
West Gallery Music
DO YOU HARBOUR A SECRET BELIEF that a lot of Handel would sound great when sung like a pub tune? Do you think the church choir would be more fun if you could play along on your fiddle? If so, come and join us! Find out what the English were doing while we were evolving the Shape Note tradition, and hear what Thomas Hardy's characters, or Jane Austen and her preacher father, heard on a Sunday morning!
FOR THE FIRST TIME in America, a group has been formed to sing and play the anthems, psalm-tunes, and hymns of the West Gallery tradition. Bruce Randall, a leading authority on Early New England music and a member of Britain's West Gallery Music Association, leads monthly workshops in the Boston area. Now in their fifteenth year, these meetings are open to all interested singers and melody-instrument players.
WEST GALLERY MUSIC is traditional sacred music from English village churches of the 18th and early 19th centuries. As an attempt to introduce church music into rural areas, choirs were formed from the local residents; village instrumentalists were also recruited as a means of assisting the singers. The mixed ensemble of singers and players usually performed from a gallery at the west (rear) end of the church, so this music is now known as West Gallery music.
Novelist THOMAS HARDY came from a family of church musicians, and referred to this music frequently in his novels; in particular Under the Greenwood Tree which depicts the life and death of a typical church band and quire.
THE MUSIC is powerful, hearty and rhythmic. Some of the tunes sound like folk-Handel (also known as "Barnyard Baroque"), others are stark and simple (much like Appalachian folk-hymns), and many are in the fuging style which also became popular in late eighteenth-century New England.
INSTRUMENTS were quite commonly used, both to support the singers and to play interludes and verses on their own: bowed strings, flutes, woodwinds, serpents, trombones, and concertinas are the most suitable, but anything that can play a melodic line is usually welcome.
Meeting Schedule
Important Notice:
Time Change for June West Gallery Music workshop
The June 8 West Gallery Music workshop will be held from 6-9 PM, not at its afternoon usual time. This is due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control.
The meetings take place monthly on Sundays, usually from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Newton Highlands Congregational Church, 54 Lincoln St., Newton, Massachusetts.
The meeting dates for Spring 2014 will be:
- March 16
- April 13
- May 11
- June 8
Also don't miss this Special Event:
West Gallery Music workshop with Dr. Francis Roads
Please join us for a special West Gallery Music Workshop led by West Gallery expert Dr. Francis Roads
at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 21, at the Newton Highlands Congregational Church, 54 Lincoln St., Newton, Mass.
Francis Roads studied music at Pembroke College, Oxford and at the Royal College of Music, London. He took early retirement in 1994 from a 30 year teaching career, and is devoting his retirement to researching and performing West Gallery church music; he has led West Gallery workshops throughout Britain and is an active member of the West Gallery Music Association. He has also devoted himself to editing and publishing West Gallery music, both in hard copy and on the internet.
In 1997 he founded the London Gallery Quire, which rehearses in St. James Garlickhythe, a Christopher Wren church in the City of London. In 2002, he was awarded a PhD from the University of Liverpool for a thesis on the Colby Mss, a set of West Gallery part books from the Isle of Man. He is now the Honorary Secretary of the West Gallery Music Association.
In 2003, 2005, 2009, and 2011, he led West Gallery workshops here in Boston, and is looking forward to another appearance. For more information about Dr. Roads, see his web site at:
Come and explore the sacred music of the English rural villages with an acknowledged authority in this field. This workshop is suitable for all types of voices and most melodic instruments, including bowed strings, woodwinds, concertinas, trombones, serpents, etc. Admission is free; a collection will be taken to cover the expenses.
Music will be provided, but may also be downloaded from:
Newton Highlands Congregational Church http://www.nhcc.net/ is one block from Newton Highlands T Station (Green Line, Riverside Branch), and is easily accessible from Route 9.
What we sound like
There's a video clip from our September 10, 2006 rehearsal.
On November 19, 2000, we played and sang for the service at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Newton Lower Falls.
We sang the anthem, Harvest Home, by Anonymous, with the St. Mary's choir; here's the last verse.
At the same service, we also did Stocks with voices only. Here's the first verse.
These MIDI files are awfully mechanical, but you may get some kind of idea of what the music is like by listening to them:
Mailing list
You can sign up for the mailing list to receive notices of meetings and other events here.
Song List
If you come regularly, you should take the notebook of songs home with you and maintain it when new things are added. Here's the list of songs that should be in the book. If you are missing anything, let Bruce know before the next meeting.
You can help us with publicity by printing our flyers and taking them to places where people might be interested, or posting them on community bulletin boards.
A PDF file of the current flyer is here.
Other links:
Be sure to visit the West Gallery Music Association site. This includes a articles about West Gallery music, descriptions of current West Gallery Quires, information on publications, and links to other sites of interest to West Gallery musicians.
http://www.gallerymusic.co.uk/ is a site by Sue Glover with many items of interest, including free music downloads, biographies of important West Gallery musicians, and several other interesting items.
Matthew McConeghy maintains a website with a very comprehensive list of places you can play folk and traditional music in Southern New England.
The Folk Song Society of Greater Boston organises and sponsors many events in the Boston area, including concerts, singing sessions, and workshops.
Suggested reading and listening:
- Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy, 1896. Depicts the life and death of a rural church band and quire. Available from libraries and bookstores in several modern editions; there is also a text of this book online.
- Good Singing Still: Handbook on West Gallery Music, by Rollo G. Woods, 1995. ISBN 1-8999-47-00-0.
- Praise & Glory, a West Gallery Psalter, edited by Rollo G. Woods, Edwin Macadam and Sheila Girling Smith, 2000. ISBN No. 0-9538319-0-6. Published by the West Gallery Music Association. There is also a selection of MIDI files of tunes from this book.
RECORDINGS available in the US
The Mellstock Band and Quire have several recordings available from commercial sources in the US. These recordings include:
Under the Greenwood Tree: the Carols and Dances of Hardy's Wessex (Saydisk CD no. 360);
Tenants of the Earth (Wild Goose Records CD no. 281);
The Dance at the Phoenix (Beautiful Jo CD no. BEJOCD-28).
These recordings present a selection of rural English church and village music, including dance tunes, hymns, carols, and traditional songs and ballads.
- Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band have two recordings, Sing Lustily and with Good Courage and Paradise Found, featuring arrangements of 18th- and 19th-century hymns, accompanied by various instruments. Although many pieces lack vocal harmony, and some of the instruments and performance styles are not found in the West Gallery tradition, most of this music can also be found in the West Gallery repertoire, and some pieces come very close to West Gallery style (Saydisc CD no. SDL 383).
Several West Gallery Quires have released their own recordings, often including compositions from their region, but most are available only from the group itself. See links on the WGMA web page for more information.


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Beach clean-up costs have impact on value for money
Only thirty five percent of South West Water customers say they think they get value for money. It's the lowest satisfaction rate in the country.
Customers in the South West pay an average of five hundred and forty pounds a year. The average bill for the rest of the country is around three hundred and seventy five pounds.
Monica Read from South West Water says the costs of the beach clean up programme are partly responsible:


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13 July 2011
UN Women Deputy Director and Assistant Secretary-General Lakshmi Puri moderated a panel discussion on "Countering Gender Discrimination and Negative Gender Stereotypes: Effective Policy Responses during the Coordination Segment of the Substantive Session of ECOSOC in Geneva, 13 July 2011. The following is her introductory speech.
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The 2010 Ministerial Declaration on "Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to gender equality and empowerment of women identified discriminatory attitudes and gender stereotypes as a persistent and cross-cutting issue that needs to be addressed to accelerate progress in achieving gender equality goals as well as other internationally agreed development goals and commitments, including the Millennium Development Goals. The declaration also called for effective policy responses including in the area of education and media.
What are stereotypes?
Stereotypes exist in all societies. How we perceive each other can be determined through oversimplified assumptions about people based on particular traits, such as race, sex, age, etc.
They are based on socially constructed norms, practices and beliefs. They are often cultural, and religion-based and -fostered, and reflect underlying power relations.
Stereotypical beliefs can be rigid, but they do and have changed over time, and that's the challenge and the opportunity.
What is the impact?
Stereotypes are not always inherently negative, but because they are assumptions that disregard a person's individual and inherent abilities, opportunities and environment, they tend to be prejudicial.
Negative stereotypes hinder peoples' ability to fulfill their potential by limiting choices and opportunities. They are at the root of overt and covert, direct and indirect, and recurrent gender discrimination, which adversely affects the de jure and de facto substantive equality that should be guaranteed to women.
They translate into practical policies, laws and practices that cause harm to women on the ground.
The effect of "this on the mental and physical integrity of women is to deprive them of equal knowledge, exercise and enjoyment of rights and fundamental freedoms (CEDAW Committee recommendation).
Examples include gender pay gap, occupational segregation, denial of promotions to leadership, glass ceiling in different professions, increased casualization of women workers and feminization of poverty, trafficking, forced marriage, female genital mutilation, honour killings, violence against women in domestic spheres, work place and public spaces, and lower levels of equation and work opportunities.
Stereotypes justify gender discrimination more broadly and reinforce and perpetuate historical and structural patterns of discrimination.
Men suffer too because conforming to masculine roles of competitive and ambitious self-seeking can put pressure on them and deprive them of joys that can come from parenting and having intimate respectful relationships. Stereotypes and gender discriminations resulting therefrom have high costs in terms of development, impeded democracy, human rights denied and peace and security endangered.
On the other hand, the benefits of gender equality and women's empowerment in all these areas are acknowledged beyond doubt.
What needs to be done to counter stereotypes?
The phenomenon of gender stereotypes needs to be countered and fought in multiple areas: in languages and vocabulary, laws and practices, mind-sets of people, justice systems, media and education, in different organizations and public authorities, in enterprises, and in individuals.
Concerted effort is needed to change what a supporter of gender equality, Professor Ling White from the United States of America called the cosmography of gender inequality. He pointed out that the "habit of language implies that "personality is mainly a male attribute and that women are a subhuman … subspecies …men as leader, woman as follower, man as producer, woman as consumer, man as strength, woman as weakness … this is a cosmography that has brought to us man as aggressor and humanity the victim.
In the domestic family context, at the community, society and national levels, as well as the global level, we need to create an enabling environment, specific institutions and systems, and individual champions and role model creation are called for.
At the country level, the following policies and measures would be effective:
Strengthening and implementing international normative and policy framework and action
Gender stereotyping has been clearly identified in the CEDAW as something that impedes the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women. It asserts that all human beings regardless of sex are covered by this principle and implies that to develop their abilities, pursue a professional career and make their own choices without limitations set by gender stereotypes, rigid gender roles or prejudices.
The Beijing Platform for Action calls on governments and other relevant stakeholders to tackle gender stereotypes in public and private life. The General Assembly has consistently stressed that persisting gender stereotypes constrain progress in implementing the Beijing Platform for Action, and called for actions to eliminate gender-based stereotypes invariably of the forms.
In the 15-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in 2010, the persistency of gender stereotypes was raised in relation to women's political participation and decision-making, women's economic empowerment and role in poverty reduction, education and training of women, women's health, women and the media, violence against women and human rights of women. Member States pointed to the need to take a range of strategies to combat stereotypes.
The CEDAW committee recommendation is revealing. Traditional attitudes whereby women remain subordinated to men, or less worthy, or having stereotypical roles perpetrate widespread violence and coercion, such as violence and abuse, forced marriage, honour killings, and female genital mutilation.
The result is to maintain women in subordinate roles and contribute to low levels of political leadership, voice and participation in work force, leadership and lower levels of education skills and work opportunities.
The UNGA, ECOSOC and CSW have been addressing this issue over time and need to continue to keep a vigil, and strengthen norms to change the cosmography of gender stereotyping.
At regional and international levels, we need to continue to build norms and standards that chip away gender stereotyped norms, practices and beliefs, and ensure that they are translated at the national level into policies and programmes and their implementation.
The UN system organizations must address the problem of stereotyping in their relevant areas of expertise and action, and in terms of their policies and programmes, including in the context of gender mainstreaming.
UN Women is committed to support Member States' efforts through advocacy, knowledge brokering, strategic partnerships including with CSOs, media and private sector, and the provision of technical and advisory services to implement, monitor and evaluate programmes on the ground and foster and promote global role models, champions and best practices.
Today's panel seeks to: