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- Publisher: Sony Online Entertainment
- Release Date: Nov 20, 2012
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Jan 9, 2013Impossibly huge in scope and scale. I can't believe that it's a free game. The fact that it's an MMO astounds me. Nowhere do I see the slightest gameplay sacrifices because of it, even though the game can support literally thousands of players in a server. This game is a gameplay gem, and a technical masterpiece. There just isn't anything else like it.
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Jan 12, 2013Perfect thrilling game! You only must learn to fight in this game and then everything will be all right. For a newbie this game will be difficult but when you fight together with your brothers-in-arm, when you step by step will study how to win the enemy then you will receive a lot of pleasure playing this game.
Nov 21, 2012Great game that will continue to get better! Love it...while there are a few bugs that need some ironing out, this game has a bright future ahead of itself.
Nov 25, 2012Not the best game, but definitely the most fun game. Actually I take that back, it's the best game.
Where is the 9.5 rating? I'll take away .5 for somewhat limited meta-game and vehicle options at release; however this is coming as the devs stated.
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Dec 1, 2012Planetside 2 falls short of Planetside 1 in about every category, but it's still a lot of fun and the best recent shooter out there. Be advised it's poorly optimized at the moment with some netcode issues, but hopefully when those are ironed out it will be fun for everyone.
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Nov 20, 2012Best FPS i've played in a long time. Do you like large open maps? Ok, how about an entire planet?? So much better than Battlefield games, and its FREE. Totally worth at least trying it out.
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Dec 19, 2012Free to play alone sells this game, but add to it high production values, massive maps, huge player counts, one of the most complex perk upgrade systems in any game i've seen, good graphics... the only real weak spot of the game is floaty controls but other than that, it's a must have for any PC gamer.
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Dec 6, 2012This is the best free FPS I have ever played. If your looking for a shooter and your tired of COD and BF3 you should definitely give this game a try. : )
Dec 3, 2012
Feb 22, 2013Most of the people that gave this game a poor score have not a PC that manages to run it properly. This is a fact. You need a high-end machine to appreciate this awesome MMOFPS to whom I can't find any real lack, a part a bit of lacking content. Its gameplay is fun and immersive and it just needs more development. Since it is fullt free to play I cannot give it anything less than a top score.
Feb 17, 2013If you have a good gaming PC that can handle the rendering of hundreds of players and like shooters like Battlefield 3 you owe yourself to play this game. I am completely 100% addicted to it and thing this game is a one of a kind experience.
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Nov 23, 2012Excellent free 2 play game. Factions (and overall gameplay) are extremely well balanced . Skill always wins over $$. Graphics and performance are good. Epic scale. This is my favorite hardcore mp shooter on the market. Well worth learning how to play if you are up for a challenge.
Nov 21, 2012
Nov 28, 2012I have no clue what people are talking about this is the best f2p game of all time no questions asked. Play it on a decent pc then come back complaining. There are no lag or bugs or whatnot people are complaining about.
Nov 28, 2012
Nov 27, 2012Planetside 2 is a game that has unbelievable polish for what is a free game. while i admit that it has lag issues and bugs there are moments in this game that are absolutely spectacular. Plus its FREE so go play it for yourself
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Dec 1, 2012The first few hours you play this game, you'll most likely be very frustrated. Once you figure out where things are, and how the world works. You'll have a great time, and It's unbelievable how well this game handles mass scale battles (300+ people in a small area).
Getting is a squad/platoon of people who actually communicates, and work together, can make for some insanely fun online times. -
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Nov 22, 2012Great game, played since beta. It's one major flaw is that's it's near impossible to unlock anything, even for a free game. You usually start with simple one point certifications, but then the price skyrockets to 100's for a simple bonus. In fact, there is not a single weapon in the game for under 100 certifications.
Nov 29, 2012The game is phenomenal. Its restored my faith in MMOs. There's nothing quite like shooting at a rational target for a change over NPC mobs with deterministic AIs. Player driven content is the future.
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Nov 23, 2012i have to give props to sony online entertainment for actually trying to make a triple-A MMOFPS title AND doing a great job at it!!!!!! most FPS games that come out now have a story mode and an online mode, while i believe that it should be one or the other (story mode OR online mode). if you love online FPS, you're gonna love planetside 2!!!!!!
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Nov 25, 2012This game is amazing capturing immersion and epic sense of war no matter what gamer you owe it to yourself to download it. It can make you rage but the pros far out ways the cons
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Nov 20, 2012A truely awesome, epic game. Everythign is well done. And these is just so much to do. You will not see huge FPS battles with tanks and planes Anywhere else. Love it!
Nov 21, 2012Epic mmofps . Thousands of players all on the same map.
The first planetside was revolutionary the 2nd is much the same. It's in my all time if not the best game I have ever played. I can't recommend this enough! First time player has a bit of a learning curve but get in a good squad and or platoon and the fun really starts! -
Nov 21, 2012Planetside 2, where do I start. First I must say that this game has revolutionized the way I have thought about FPS games. Most people work as teams, and this game has you making friends and following people into huge battles. This game is still amazing and I've been playing since priority beta. Good job SOE!
Nov 21, 2012One of the best FPS', if not games of the year. Want tactical action? Check. Large scale battles? Check! Vehicle and infantry warfare? It's all here. Free to play? That's just the icing on the cake.
Want some advice, get into a good squad and outfit as soon as possible. Even a small tactical squad of 5-6 will increase your enjoyment tenfold. -
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Jun 6, 2013I'm not a big FPS player, but Planetside has me hooked. A tremendously fun game that involves thousands of people battling for control of (at this time) 3 continents. All kinds of classes and 3 distinct factions. Absolutely awesome.
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Nov 28, 2012Its a great game and I would recommend it to any of my friends looking for a good fps to play.
The game has its fair share of bugs and problems but most should be fixed soon seeing as the game hasn't even been out for a month yet. Once you get started in the game and find a good outfit you'll find yourself sinking hours and hours of time into this game. -
Nov 29, 2012Huge scale battles and absolutely no game crashes or bugs. Huge scale battles and absolutely no game crashes or bugs. Huge scale battles and absolutely no game crashes or bugs. Huge scale battles and absolutely no game crashes or bugs. Huge scale battles and absolutely no game crashes or bugs. Huge scale battles and absolutely no game crashes or bugs.
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Dec 1, 2012Planetside 2 has epic scale. It is great for team play so I would recommend looking for an outfit. It has lots of potential and will grow as a game. There is no pay 2 win, as other have suggested, as all weapons can be purchased with XP. As such, the cash shop allows people to get stuff faster. Graphics are nice for an MMO and they are pro-actively fixing bugs which are only minor.
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Dec 6, 2012amazing game! best fun you can ever have :)
been playing it for 2 days , very addictive, great graphics, wonderful game play through out.
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Dec 12, 2012Incredible. A few bugs here and there but will be ironed out carving this game into a 10/10 no doubt. It's quite difficult to get into and is very confusing at the beginning but stick with it and you'll be fighting like the best in no time. The scale of this game really is like nothing you've seen before and the wide variety of roles will keep me playing for a long time.
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Dec 23, 2012This is the best F2Pfps on the web. Just due to the size of the maps and battles. Not very good to a person who has never played a fps on a pc. If you have played and of the fps games it will catch on quick. The vehicles take practice. Very realistic flight/battle UI. Sign up and step right in to an epic experience.
Jan 21, 2013Epic battles in an epic environment, with day and night cycle, feels like an MMO since there are no "rounds", its a persistent world in war. It gives you the choice to engage in big battles, small battles, or maybe camp in the nearby mountains sniping from a far? You choose. Best Battlefield I ever played.
Dec 24, 2012
Dec 27, 2012Ich finde das Spiel einfach klasse. Toller MMO FPS der sich super flüssig spielt auf riesiegen Maps und 100erten von Spielern und das völlig kostenlos. Bin begeistert und kann Planetside 2 jedem empfehlen der auch gerne Battlefield spielt.
Jun 5, 2013I have been playing this game since launch and it has gotten much better since then! I have increased my score for the game because the devs have added so much to it since launch and because they continue to add new content every week.
Dec 28, 2012
Dec 29, 2012This game will change it everything, not more generic Call of Duty, in Planetside you will see the most EPIC and MASSIVE battles ever, maybe its not very good optimised but un January SOE say that they will be make a LARGE patch to optimise the game, this game is in TOP 10 in the best games of 2012, just look at the amount of prices it has!!
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Jan 8, 2013Amazing game. You need a new computer to run it though. Hard core battles with a mix of armor, troops and air. Highly addictive! You will spend hours and many bases or just one depending on the size of conflict and how important the base is. Yet to play a better game.....enjoy!
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Jan 18, 2013It Action the **** out of your brain, world war how you never see it again! Epic battles, huge maps, many vehicles to play! The best F2P Shooter since Team Fortress 2!
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Feb 14, 2013Downloaded the game today, HOLY it was awesome, massive battles, air, sea, land everything!, this game is like a dream, it's so epic, it's what games should be like. AND FOR FREE!!!
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May 10, 2013The shooter fundamentals are all there. The visuals are great but the progression just doesn't seem to deliver any payoff for players outside of the hardcore. It's not quite as much of a shameless cash grab as something out of Zynga, but it definitely sours the experience.
Feb 19, 2013Planetside 2 is a good free-to-play, strong functional and very funny, which does not envy anything to the founders of the first-person shooter genre.
Feb 4, 2013It might look overly complicated, but PlanetSide 2 is nothing more than your average class-based, objective-oriented competitive FPS. What makes it stand apart from other F2P games (aside from the huge servers, of course) is the co-operation factor with other players. [February 2013]


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State of Grace
by Chalda Maloff
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Digital painting; Archival pigment inks on gloss paper, face-mounted to 3/8 inch museum-grade acrylic
5″ x 7″
Edition of 12
Note: there are variations within an edition so that no two are exactly alike.
Art By Chalda Maloff
Chalda Maloff studied Computer Science in the early 1970's, when it was considered by many to be a quirky field of endeavor with limited practical application. She was told that her graduate degree in this subject would yield her even less chance of scratching out a living than her undergraduate degree in Art History. It took her decades to bring together in a serious way her two passions of art and technology. During the interim, she worked in oils, acrylics, aquatint, and clay. The facility she gained with the various mediums served her well, preparing her for a time when she would be using computer software that allowed her to switch from one simulated medium to another with the click of a mouse. Chalda Maloff has exhibited her art throughout North and South America. Recent juried shows include Honorable Mention in the "Beecher Digital Art Competition" at the Butler Institute of American Art and the Guerilla Painter Award in the Visual Arts Society of Texas 37th Annual Juried Show. Recent solo exhibits have been at the Houston Jung Center in Texas and Morris Graves Museum of Art in California. She holds a doctorate in Human Ecology, and lives in Austin, Texas.
My "Sea Jewels" series of artworks are underwater flights of the imagination, mini-vacations for the eye and the psyche. Each piece employs a mixture of aesthetic techniques designed to engage and stimulate.
Because I am a human ecologist, much of my art explores the interplay between an object and its environment. I often place a single marine figure in a semi-abstract, almost theatrical, setting and explore the various interactions that arise. An edge or boundary between two shapes or forms assumes pivotal significance in these interactions; it can act as sharp clean delineator, give rise to ambiguous prismic refractions, or melt into oblivion.
I chose the digital medium for its power to combine and synthesize various artistic effects, producing a host of visuals that would not be possible with any natural medium. Beyond this, the extraordinary options of art software allow for a superior inventive flow in the development of an image, making it the ideal tool for creating the fantasy cosmos depicted in "Sea Jewels."

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Array, or not to array? That is the Question, Part 2
May 11, 2012 11:08 AM, By Bob McCarthy
Understanding coverage stretching and pattern bending.
In part 1, we discussed the coverage shape of a single speaker and how we could use multiple speakers to create a similar shape. We demonstrated that a point source array can mimic our example 80-degree speaker by slicing up the coverage into segments of various sizes (from 2x40 degrees to 40x2 degrees). In this second part, we will move forward by using multiple speakers to create shapes that no single speaker can possibly create. The two avenues we will explore are pattern stretching and pattern bending. In both cases, as you will see, the traditional thinking of coverage angle will give way to visualizing coverage shape.
Coverage stretching: uncoupled arrays
When speakers are placed close together (coupled), there are three possible outcomes: the combined response will be wider, narrower, or the same as the individual elements. The decisive factor is the percentage of angular overlap. If the overlap is low, the combined pattern is wider than the single element. If the overlap is high, the responses converge in the middle and narrow the pattern. If the two forces are equal (overlap of 50 percent) then a stalemate results.
When speakers are moved significantly apart (uncoupled), the result is almost sure to be a widening of the pattern. Essentially, there are two array tools for widening the response: angular isolation and level isolation. Coupled arrays use the former and uncoupled arrays can use both; the level isolation comes from the physical separation and the angular can be added to that. If we can widen the response with either type of array, then what would be the reason to choose coupled or uncoupled?
A coupled array can be spread to a maximum of 360 degrees, after which it is chasing its tail. An uncoupled array can spread an unlimited distance, such as from Hollywood to San Francisco, (e.g., the parade route at Disney's California Adventures park). So if your audience is spread out sideways on a line, there is not a suitable angular solution. Additional examples of this type of application include frontfill arrays, underbalcony delays, and racetracks. In such cases we don't think of the coverage in angular terms. Instead we might think of the target as three rows deep and 40 seats wide. In order to move the mind toward thinking about uncoupled array shaping we have to reset our thinking about speaker coverage from the traditional "slice of pizza" angular thinking into length and width. In other words, how wide is my coverage at a given distance?
Let's start with a 60-degree speaker. At a distance of 10ft., it has a coverage of 10ft.—5ft. either side of center. This is a 1:1 relationship between length and width. If you want to extend a line of 60-degree devices and obtain even coverage, the spacing between the boxes should be the same as the distance to the start of coverage. If your first row is 10ft. from the stage lip, the 60-degree frontfills will need to be spaced at 10ft. intervals. This is shown in Figure 1a. If the speaker is narrower than 60 degrees, the spacing (for a given start distance) will be smaller. The opposite is true for wider devices. For example, a 90-degree speaker has a ratio of 1.4:1. If we kept the same spacing, the gap would close at 7ft. instead of the 10ft. (shown in Figure 1b). Alternatively we could use a 14ft. spacing to keep the start of coverage at 10ft. (shown in Figure 1c). Things get more interesting, however, when we combine splay angle and distance. If the speakers are splayed out, then they must be spaced closer together to achieve the same combination start point. A calculation program that tells you the proper spacing for any given speaker coverage and splay is available through my blog at www.bobmcarthy.wordpress.com.
Coverage bending: coupled arrays
In part 1 we mimicked a symmetric speaker with point source arrays of various types. Now we will use the coupled point source to create a family of asymmetric shapes of approximately 60 degrees. It is easy to define a symmetric speaker coverage shape: the coverage area (between the -6dB points) is a radial section of a circle. A coupled point source has a natural tendency toward the symmetric radial shape. How can we bend the point source to create an asymmetric shape? This will require either asymmetry in the speaker models, levels, and/or splay angles. But before we start steering the speakers, we need to define the target.
The two keys that define an asymmetric coverage target are the angular spread and the range (distance) ratio. The angular spread is found just as it was in the symmetric array. The range ratio is the difference between the farthest area of coverage and the closest. This is easiest to visualize with a flown system in the vertical plane, where the listeners in the rear are farther from the speakers than the folks in front. Here's a simple example: The last row is 100ft. away and 10 degrees above the cluster, while the closest seats are 50ft. away and 50 degrees under. The ratio is 2:1, a difference of 6dB in terms of sound level. The angular coverage spread is 60 degrees (from +10 degrees to -50 degrees). So now we have a defined target shape: 60 degrees of coverage with 6dB of asymmetry (2:1). The array will need to be shaped to throw 6dB more energy to the far seats in order to equalize the levels from front to back.
Let's change the cluster position. If we brought the cluster down lower, we might find ourselves just 25ft. from the front seats, but still around 100ft. to the rear. Now the range ratio has increased to 4:1 (12dB), and we will require a much stronger shaping to overcome the radial tendency of the array. An additional consideration is that the new position will most likely reduce the angular spread. Our 60-degree spread, 2:1 (6dB) level asymmetry original cluster may need to change over to a 45-degree spread with a 4:1 (12dB) range ratio. Conversely, if we were to move the speaker higher, we will find the angular spread increasing and the range ratio decreasing.
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Researchers say common packinghouse practices for fresh spinach are not sufficient to avoid outbreaks of salmonella-related illnesses and recently showed that irradiation eliminated almost all cross contamination from field and packing operations.
Scientists at Texas A&M University and Pusan National University in South Korea set out to develop a quantitative risk assessment model to evaluate microbial hazards during the processing of baby spinach leaves, according to their abstract recently published with their results in the journal "ScienceDirect."
Cross contamination is the most probable scenario for the contamination of an entire day's production of the leafy green, according to the abstract.
Even if initial contamination was low, the researchers found that cross contamination after washing at the packing facility could reach more than 84% of the entire lot.
However, when the spinach was treated with ionizing radiation at only 1kGy, the contamination rate dropped to one-tenth of 1%.
The scientists concluded that spinach growers and packers "can deliver a highly safe product in a cross-contamination scenario — on the field or packing shed — if the produce is harvested at 20°C (about 63 degrees F), stored for at least 5 hours, washed with water and chlorine at 220 ppm, and exposed to irradiation treatment with a dose of 1 kGy."
FDA requires foods that have been irradiated to bear this radura logo and a statement declaring the food has been treated with radiation or irradiation.Many growers, however, remain reluctant to irradiate leafy greens. Some have concerns about consumer perception because government rules require irradiated produce to carry a statement that says it has been treated with radiation.
Also, regulations prohibit the irradiation of organic produce.
Will Daniels, senior vice president of operations and organic integrity at Earthbound Farm, San Juan Bastista, Calif., said there is also concern about the impact of irradiation on the produce itself, as well as the logistics of such treatments.
"While irradiation may be effective at eradicating pathogens, there are questions about the practicality of irradiation large quantities of any leafy greens — how would they pass through the machine?" Daniels said.
Daniels"Right now, since there is no irradiation facility adjacent to growing and processing regions, how much time would the transportation and process subtract from the shelf-life of a highly perishable product? Importantly, how does irradiation affect the flavor and texture of leafy greens? These are important questions that we haven't seen the answers to yet."
In 2008 the Food and Drug Administration published a final rule allowing irradiation of iceberg lettuce and fresh spinach, saying the treatment makes the leafy greens safer and extends shelf life.
The FDA also stated that the nutrient value of the leafy greens was not decreased by irradiation.


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The LeBeaus, a father-son music ministry from Lexington, will perform at 6 p.m. April 7 at Ranlo Baptist Church, 1517 Spencer Mountain Road.
Tim LeBeau says performing with his son Timmy has been an inspirational experience.
"Timmy has added so much to the ministry," LeBeau said. "He reaches an age group that I sometimes can't. Young adults are more apt to listen to people their own age."
The feeling of admiration is mutual according to Timmy.
"We're a real close family," he said. "We're together all the time which I really enjoy. Most families vacation once a year. Our vacation lasts all year long. Every week we are in different cities and states meeting new people and getting blessed."
The duo recently completed work on a new CD title "Life's Railway."
Nursery will be provided.
Mount Hebron Baptist Church, 711 Mount Hebron Church Road, Gastonia, celebrates the Gospel Chorus 53rd Anniversary Reunion at 2:30 p.m. April 21. The church is inviting all current and past members of the church/chorus to participate in the reunion.
Choir rehearsals will be held at 7 p.m. March 29 and April 5 at the church.
A meet-and-greet event will be held at 7 pm. April 19 in the family life center.
The last rehearsal will be held at 1 p.m. April 20 followed by lunch at Amber Jack Seafood and Steaks, 4253 S New Hope Road, Cramerton
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Gaston County Sheriff's Office Explorer Post 566 holds its annual Professional Wrestling Fundraiser on April 27 at Forestview High School, 5545 Union Road, Gasotnia.
Money raised from the show will help cover the cost of a $1,000 scholarship that will be presented that night.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the action starts at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $100 each and can be purchased at:
The Gaston County Sheriff's Office, 425 N. Marietta St., Gastonia.
Munchies Sandwich, 209 S. Chestnut St., Gastonia N.C.
The expected lineup includes The Rock and Roll Express, The Barbarian, Al Snow and others.
Food will be sold.
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Firestone Wesleyan Church, 1700 Union Road, Gastonia, presents "Where Love & Mercy Meet," an Easter program at 7 p.m. March 30.


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Volunteering for 'Un Techo para mi País – Colombia'
An unforgettable experience I've had in Colombia was volunteering for 'Un Techo para mi País - Colombia', an organization that sends volunteers into the poorer areas surrounding Bogota and throughout the country to help construct emergency housing and implement social programs into these communities. We had close to 800 volunteers building 100 new houses in the south of Bogota, helping numerous families in need on the weekend I was involved. It wasn't an easy weekend by any means but the feeling of achievement and the gratitude from the family I helped was definitely worth the hard work.


text: I would never consider it a thrill ride, but it is one of my favorite attractions. The ride gives you this amazing sensation of flying which is just amazing, the wind in your face and the smells add to the whole experience so well. Also, the music in the attraction is spectacular, I listen to it all the time. I can't really put my finger on why I think it is amazing, but there is just something about it that it just pure Disney magic.


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- Studio: Focus Features
- Release Date: May 25, 2012
User Score
Generally favorable reviews- based on 562 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Mixed: 27 out of 562
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May 26, 2012This is the best of Wes Anderson's films, everything feels and looks just right. You may or may not like what Anderson does, but if you do, you will definitely enjoy this, and that's and understatement.
Jul 6, 2012
Jul 8, 2012Watching this movie I felt like a Democrat stuck in a Republican convention. I understood that everybody seemed to be liking what was going on in the movie but for the life of me couldn't figure out why. Liking whimsy and fair tales is a must for all Wes Anderson fans who, in my opinion is Tim Burton lite. Chacun a son goute.
May 25, 2012The best word I can think of to describe Moonrise Kingdom would have to be "Beautiful." The trailer is one of the greatest examples where a trailer is actually honest about the film. This film was really worth the trouble of finding the New York theater and I even skipped part of a class and I don't regret it, definitely a must-see, wether you're a Wes Anderson fan or not.
Aug 10, 2012Definitely an Oscar film, Wes Anderson's offbeat (and at times, dark) sense of humor sets this comedy apart, as do wonderful performances by both the name actors AND younger cast members.
Jun 29, 2013I can't get past the robotic delivery of the dialog...or the perfect wardrobe on everyone, or the perfect camera shot symmetry, or every delivery and set piece in perfect time. I'm dying in the rigidity. It bleaches the emotion out of the picture. I'm just not built that way.
Jun 4, 2012This movie is just another sad excuse for Anderson to waste time and money of decent film enthusiasts with his asinine and deluded films. I have yet to enjoy any of his films to date but everytime he makes a new one I try to give him the benefit of the doubt only to be let down everytime.
Jan 2, 2013Unrestrained whimsey does not a narrative make. Self-conscious directing, formal presentational acting and a broad sense of humor that shifts gears in an ungainly way makes character after character into unlikable buffoons. Last time I'm bothering to watch a Wes Anderson film. If you loved The Life Aquatic, this is more of the same with more of everything except story.
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Jun 30, 2012Very cute movie. Definitely different! Thought acting was great and the story was quite funny. Can never understand why it is so important for the film industry to blaspheme the Name of God, but the do several times in this movie.
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Jun 28, 2012Wes Anderson's latest takes place on a New England island in the 60s. A pre-pubescent couple runs off, while a group of family and others tries to find them. The director has taken his deadpan style and dense visual statements to it's extreme. I kept waiting to be charmed and amused, while everyone around me was delighted. It's an interesting stylistic escape, but just too twee for my taste.
Nov 2, 2012A great story but Wes Anderson's trademark tweeness and arty shannanigans just take me out of the moment. There's that air of unrealism that typifies most of his films. Also a bit dissapointed to see great actors like Bill Murray being wasted in shallow roles. I switched this film off when the two kids started dancing on the beach. Was too cheesy and made me want to vomit.
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Jan 9, 2013While its beyond quirky and weird script, acting, and direction has been applauded by many, I fail to see what is exceptionally great about this film. The entire concept honestly seemed intriguing, but it just felt too...well that's just it...I don't know how to describe this film. I am not sure whether I thought it was a unique mediocre film or a complete blunder.
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Jul 6, 2012Absolutely fantastic in every aspect of film making! Just about every element that goes into production that I can think of was spot-on. Whether it be the characters, music, story, tone, look of the film, or anything else really. This was my first Wes Anderson film, and he's acquired one more fan. A joy from start-to-finish, this is not a recommendation, this is a must-see.
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Jan 10, 2013Moonrise Kingdom isn't a movie, its is a disgrace to movies. Never has a movie been so brainless coupled with one of the worst directing jobs i have ever seen. The movie ask if the boy and girl need mental help, the real question is whether the people who made the movie need mental help. A movie i never want to lay eyes on again.
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Can someone please explain how watching 11 year-olds kissing and fondling one another is NOT pedophelia? This movie was disgusting. -
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Feb 8, 2013Didn't like the characters (the lead boy and girl), the flat 2D cinematography was nauseating (every shot is either side on, front on, top down, no angles, no depth), and the story was just a little too quirky for me, although I appreciate the attempt :)
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Jul 7, 2012Not particularly sweet or charming or clever, but rather a fairly stilted, posturing attempt to be all three (or at least the first two). A waste of a lot of talented (adult) actors. I loved the music, though (which, of course, was from Britten and others), and I thought the musical joke/take off during the credits was the best part (and maybe reason enough to stay to the end).
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Dec 8, 2012Quirky for the sake of being quirky. Too cute for its own good. Take the star talent from the film and it never makes the screen. I have to give this film a weak six. It is interesting enough to keep your attention, but weak enough to have your mind wandering on a regular basis.
Jun 22, 2012Can you walk into a movie theatre, park your logic at the door, and accept that a boy could be struck directly with lightning and just wind up with a dirty face and clothes? Do you think a 12 year old boy, not 15-16, would listen to a 12 year old girl describe a French kiss and ask for one without his going
May 30, 2012
Jun 30, 2012Always a warning when people really like the acting. MK is just such a movie. Several superb actors hamstrung by the script. (Spoiler alert: there are no characters that you really care about.) Go and enjoy the quirkiness but it will be like a meal that still leaves you hungry. Then re-watch Napoleon Dynamite, Donny Darko, Little Miss Sunshine, Coraline.
Jul 2, 2012This movie is really Anderson's best. Everyone in the theatre was laughing hysterically. MK is really movie of the year material.................................................................................................................................................................................................
Jul 4, 2012One of the worst movies I have seen recently. It is as though these talented actors intentionally acted as amateurish as possible. This is another example that "the emperor has no clothes."
Jul 22, 2012
Sep 30, 2012This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
Nov 24, 2012This was the first Wes Anderson movie I have seen, and I loved it. You know, it just shows you love can start at any age and last for an eternity. The filming was great. The actors were outstanding. The boy, Jared Gilman and the girl, Kara Hayward were so funny and I hope I see them in more films. Its just a fun filled loving movie that I will definitely watch again sometime.
Mar 15, 2014
Mar 16, 2013Wes Anderson films are just not for me. This one has some really good performances including my favorite Edward Norton, but for me like all of Anderson's movies I got bored.
Jun 8, 2014In a scene, the boy grabs both breasts of the girl and she says it'll grow. Killing a poor dog. Overall nothing interesting from Wes other than Child porn and cruelty movie.
May 19, 2013i know everyone has different taste .but the 2 movies that have been the least entertaining to me in my life are american beauty and moonrise kingdom i really enjoyed true blood and rushmore
Mar 31, 2014Genuinely the first film I fell asleep in, the start of the film seemed to be kicking off well, but the story is beyond boring and at times is really creepy. Especially a scene where they are dancing together/kissing. They're both barely out of the womb
Aug 14, 2012This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
Dec 30, 2012The more I see of the end-of-year blockbusters destined for awards, the more I appreciate this quirky, sweet film destined to be enjoyed and eventually watched again. The actors seemed to have fun and the viewer does, too. Giving it a 9 only because (in my opinion) it's not as great as "The Royal Tenenbaums."
Apr 6, 2013
Dec 3, 2012beautiful film. The people that are talking smack about this film are so stupid it makes me sick to my stomach. Someone even talked about pedophilia. OMG people can be so stupid I just want to punch them in the face.
Jun 23, 2012Absolutely the must see summer movie for 2012: sweet, funny, quirky, nails the time period (so for those of you 50+, you will walk back in time), great music choices and visually stunning - took my breath away over and over and over again. The acting by both adults and especially children is pitch perfect. You must see this movie!
Dec 10, 2012This film is a success, a blending of genres that created this film of children to adults in an adventure splendid film. With a little peculiar photography in these times and mainly as the direction I've been this script very well.
Aug 3, 2013
Jun 25, 2012I'm hard-pressed to find a bad thing about this movie. Well-written and well-executed. As always with Anderson, the cinematography is outstanding. Enjoy. (I'd put this in the top two for Wes's films.)
Dec 3, 2013This absolutely a wonderful piece of art. I am still in shock it was snubbed by the academy. Beautifully shot, magical art direction, well cast and portrayed, intelligent score and charming story.
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Oct 23, 2013Wes Anderson's best in my opinion. Typical style with the weird quirky humor and oddness but done amazingly well. Love his movies and this one is his masterpiece I think.
Jul 5, 2012
Jun 2, 2012I loved this film and laughed the whole way through. Wes Anderson's poetic moonrise kingdom will pull some in and make them laugh their heads off while others will feel alienated and cold. I was completely transported into the world of the characters through Anderson's great choice of music and poetic imagery. The only thing I could say is that it's the best film of the year so far.
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Jul 31, 2012Funny and delightful even on the surface. I remember laughing at the fantastic deadpan humor of this ensemble cast. This film endears at every turn, making this a worthy experience for your money.
May 28, 2012Fantastic film from Wes Anderson. I hope Moonrise Kingdom should get an Oscar for Best Picture next year. One of the best films since Fantastic Mr. Fox.
Jun 22, 2012
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Oct 28, 2012A very likable movie. It made me feel like I was a teenage again, The movie captured the whole idea, of how young people think. They both ran away from home, and the director filmed it in a way, that it seemed like they were on this great adventure! I only had a problem with the films ending, other then that, great movie!
May 18, 2013
Nov 10, 2012Finest script work and wonderful con-conventional typical wes anderson type powerful potrayal of a catastrophic incident in a calmly village. Do love it...
Aug 14, 2012After the lightning, I felt like the movie started loosing it's originality and perfect awkwardness. Overall, it's one of the most captivating, unique movies I've ever seen
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Jun 2, 2012This film is cute, amusing and entertaining. It has a funny title, sorta like all the fake books the characters read in the film. This film will not win any major awards.
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Sep 1, 2014Moonrise Kingdom is a magical journey painted by Wes Anderson and his partner-in-crime Roman Coppola. In addition to being one of Anderson's most stunning films, it is also unbelievably special. Moonrise is some of the best writing, directing and acting of the year.
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Oct 1, 2012El cine es un mundo que se va llenando de las llamadas
Aug 8, 2012I enjoy a unique movie going expeirience. Wes Anderson absolutely provides that. Yet Anderson doesnt always blend his unique approach to make a good movie, in my opinion. Rushmore was great, Life Aquatic was a masterpiece, this one falls somewhere in between. Rent at home, enjoy!
Jul 21, 2012The sets, photography were all from the point of view of a 13 year old. And it was done with a great sense of humor, and good eye for artful viewing. The movie was as much a Sendak style adventure as it was a teen's internal quest for autonomy, intimacy, and love.
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Jan 27, 2013Although i usually like to troll directors inert to stylistic changes and evolution, W. Anderson always manages to sneak up. And now, i must confirm that Moonrise Kingdom is an extra quality piece of Anderson's craftsmanship.
Oct 16, 2012Wes Anderson´s Moonrise Kingdom is one of his greatest achievements since Rushmore. This film is simply lovely, it´s intimate and original and it truly defines what love really is. The entire cast is fabulous, that goes from Bill Murray till Bruce Willis. The film is funny when it has to be and dramatic at the right moments, it´s the perfect combination.
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Nov 11, 2012I like quirky films, with odd characters and this film have both of these things. I was looking for more laughs but was a solid period based film. The casting is perfect as is the array of colors making the scenes jump off the screen. I would not call this a classic but recommended but a view or two.
These characters don't realize they're funny, and the actors are determined not to push it. Willis fares best, playing against in-control type; Murray fans expecting a comedy explosion won't find it here.
A thoroughly endearing journey, and one of the most enjoyable and touching movies to land in theaters so far this year.
The film is precious and adorable, but it isn't naïve, and the movie breathes so deep that Anderson even gets a real performance out of Willis (this is his best work in years).


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Kimberly Wright's morning started with her waking up to a very nervous stomach; the butterflies were punching to get out because it was the day of her senior recital and she had prepared for this moment for four years.
Wright is a senior music education major with an emphasis in voice at Delta State and as part of the requirements for her degree she had to perform a selection of songs to be judged by a group of teachers for a final grade.
She had already attended her hearing, where a group of professors in the music department listen to her performance to ensure she is prepared to have the recital, and she knew she was ready.
Careful with what she ate for lunch and taking a bottle of water with her everywhere she went that day, Kimberly met her mom and dad at the Bologna Performing Arts Center to set up for the recital.
Every person in the room knew that after tonight, Kimberly would begin an exciting journey with her first love. There were many many smiles but very tight lips throughout the afternoon as everyone tried to keep the big secret.
As Kimberly talked about the songs she performed, she explained how she and her professor discovered almost all of her songs were about love on different levels.
"It's all of my music that I had last semester, I could have chosen songs from my first semester but … sometimes with old music comes old singing habits. I really enjoy the songs I'm singing today and I think that's what makes the performance so much better; when you can connect to the music itself. When we picked my repertoire we just picked it. All of them do have this recurring theme of love but it's different types of love," she explained.
Wright said one song in particular about finding love connected with her.
"It's so simplistic yet has so much meaning. This character is saying 'come ready and see me no matter how late.' It's a person who's dedicated and longing for that love not yet found or experience. I think when I had it before I was in a relationship it really had meaning. It has more meaning now—I had connected with the love not yet found in the beginning and now I connect since I've found a love."
As she talked about her music connecting with her life on different levels and then moved on to talk about her very first love, Justin Hunsucker, she had no idea that in a few hours he would ask her to be his bride.
She said some of her songs reminded her of Hunsucker, especially the ones sung in French.
"My French songs are all very romantic. They are talking about being with a lover and how I am so content with just lying next to this person that I could die a little death, which means I could fall asleep on your chest and be content with that because that's how much I love you. So Dr. Payton actually makes references to (Justin) in lessons sometimes and asks me how I could relate to the song if Justin were standing right there. Not only do you get emotionally attached and have a personal connection with that song so it's easier to sing and portray that character. Freshman and sophomore year when I had to sing songs about being in love I didn't know how to connect because I had never been in love or experienced that."
With a little pushing and more questions about her music and love songs, as well the connections, a still completely unaware Kimberly explained how she knew she was in love with Hunsucker.
"They say that sometimes it's hard to say why you love someone so much because that's how much you do and that's how I am with him. He goes above and beyond for me. He puts me before himself; he never does anything out of disrespect for me. He respects me as a woman and I appreciate that because it's hard to find; he's still very chivalrous. He's been there through every breakdown, every rant, every musical frustration and every piano proficiency test. When he gave me a promise ring in Gulf Shores he held my hands and said, 'I love you and everything about you, I love your family, and I love what you stand for. But most importantly, I want you to know I'm in love with you and I've never been in love before.' That's when I knew," she said.
Hunsucker, a computer information systems major at DSU, had been nervous for weeks as he prepared for this proposal and acted as calm as could be every time he spoke with her throughout the day.
"I was so nervous I was going to act differently and I'm so glad she didn't think I did," he said.
Hunsucker set his bar high for this proposal because he originally asked Wright to be his girlfriend in a special way. After asking for permission from her parents to date her, Hunsucker set up a surprise for after dinner.
"I asked her parents first and then I put flowers in her house with a card without her knowing and I went to dinner with her family. When we came back the flowers and card were in plain sight and she looked at me all funny. She opened the card and it basically said that she was an amazing person and I enjoy being around her and with her family and if she would like, I wanted her to be my girlfriend," he explained.
Hunsucker said he knew very soon that she was the one.
"I basically knew she was the one for me before we started dating. Passion of 2013 January in the hotel hall after our late night worshiping, I sat in the hall with her, Patricia Thomas, and Mikel Sykes and just confessed to them some personal things and she never changed her opinion of me. If anything, it drew our friendship closer. Then later that month I asked her to be my girlfriend and it was the next day I told Patricia that she was who I would marry," he said.
As the recital came to an end that afternoon and the evening drew closer, Hunsucker left Wright for band practice and promised he would see her later for dinner.
Once Wright, Hunsucker, her best friend Patricia Thomas, and their families finished dinner, Wright went back to her house under the impression that her family was going home. She had said her goodbyes and settled onto the couch with her roommates to discuss the night's candlelight that had recently been announced to the Tri Delta chapter.
What Wright didn't know, was that her family was still in town and hiding out at Thomas' house.
A candlelight is a way for a sorority member to tell her sisters she is engaged. Traditionally, the sisters stand in a circle and pass a lit candle around three times, the first time meaning friendship, the second meaning a new relationship, and the third meaning an engagement.
The third time the candle goes around, the newly engaged sister is supposed to blow the candle out, signifying herself as the reason the candlelight was called.
As is with all candlelights, no one but the president and newly engaged sister know who will be blowing out the candle, so when the time comes it is exciting for all sisters.
However, with this candlelight, Wright had no idea she was supposed to be the one to blow out the candle, and by the time she arrived to the State Room on campus that evening almost every Greek girl in the room knew except her.
"I heard about a time in Tri Delta where the girl didn't know it was her candlelight and the boyfriend walked out of the kitchen to surprise her and I wanted to do that, but I didn't want to steal his idea, so I made it my own. I met with Molly McWhorter, Marley Anne Schiele, and Ashley Clinkscales (the Phi Mu, Kappa Delta, and Tri Delta presidents) and expressed my idea and if it could be possible. Without hesitation they all said yes. So from there, I began the planning, reserving the State Room, picking out the ring, finding the songs, and all the other details. I wanted to do something that not only she would remember, but everyone would remember," Hunsucker explained.
Typically a candelight is for only one sorority and its members, therefore they sing one of their own songs as the candle is passed, however since this candlelight included all three of Delta State's sororities different songs were played.
Once the candle reached Wright for the third time, the song switched to "I Won't Give Up" by Jason Mraz, and after only two chords had played, Wright began to cry.
With her hands shaking she turned around to the main doors of the room and Hunsucker walked in, dressed in his best, with Wright's family, his family, many of her friends, and his fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Hunsucker then tied a blue ribbon around the still lit candle to signify her sorority and her favorite color, and then on one knee, he asked simply and sweetly "Will you marry me?"
The moment the word "yes" came from Wright's lips and Hunsucker blew out the candle, over 200 hundred girls began to scream their congratulations and surround her to do the obvious — examine the ring.
Hunsucker chose a white gold engagement ring from the Vera Wang Love Collection, which Wright had mentioned she adored because a collar of diamonds flanks each side of the bezel, which is set with two princess-cut blue sapphires, the signature of the collection and a symbol of faithfulness, everlasting love, and also her birthstone.
Wright was greeted by her family and friends as more people poured into the State Room to wish her their best.
While the two have no date set, they are incredibly excited to begin this new time in their lives.
"Kimberly has such a kind heart. She never raises her voice but she is still a leader because of how she handles situations. She gets her point across without being rude or disrespectful. I've never heard a bad thing said about her. She is someone that will listen to anyone and truly help them in anyway she can. Most of all, she loves me for who I am and not what I've done, truly living out the Christian lifestyle and how Jesus planned it to be," said Hunsucker.
After everyone had left, tears had been shed, the lights turned off, and the doors locked, Wright and Hunsucker said their goodbyes for the evening, knowing they had found not only their first love, but their one and only love, and now they had the rest of forever to look forward to.


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(10-06-2012 09:29 PM)sevans1979 Wrote: Nice luck! I wonder why that card was not packed out thou.
(10-06-2012 01:55 PM)dow714 Wrote: sucks for the guy who pulls a redemption for that luck card though.
(10-10-2012 12:31 AM)cybertrenz02 Wrote: +1
(10-10-2012 09:15 AM)turo650 Wrote: Yah but what about my Julio jones ?
(10-10-2012 09:28 AM)cybertrenz02 Wrote: Panini has a vast amount of surplus that they don't need to use the newest stuff as replacements....they have soooooo many legends and established players autos just sitting there with dust .....its great to see that it works out for the collector sometimes but not at the cost of a maybe future collector missing out on one of their biggest if not their biggest pull of their life.....I say shame on panini for that.


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Just wishlisting, I know... but high on my wishlist are optional rules for point but characteristics. I know, people disagree... random is fun/realistic/true to the setting/whatever. I don't care. When I sit down to create a character, I start with a vision of that character is my head. I want to be able to create that vision. Randomly generated characteristics don't support doing that.
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"Nice Collection of StoryCorps Vignettes"
An abridged collection of some of the best StoryCorps inteviews. If you are an NPR "Morning Edition" listener, you've probably caught a couple of Isay's StoryCorps recordings. My favorite aspect of this project is the relationship between the interviewer and interviewee. With most 'professional' journalism there is a structural distance between the two participants. StoryCorps quickly allows this distance to melt, because it is often a daughter interviewing a grandma, a son interviewing a mother, a father speaking with his daughter.
There are many aspects of this project that remind me of Studs Terkel (Isay seems to be a 21st century extention of Terkel in many ways). It is a people's history and narrative of the ordinary that is made extraordinary in its ability to communicate truth without being overly sentimental.
Thanks Isay and Audible for the Thanksgiving gift.
"Sentenced by a composer's sentences"
Paul Bowles masterpiece reminds me of some alternate, trippy, version of Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night, but instead we see the other side of the Mediterranean. Tangier and the deserts of North Africa take the place of the South of France. A different love triangle exposes different forms of loneliness, madness, love, and existential expats.
The thing I love about Bowles is he brings a composer's mind to writing. His novel isn't propelled forward by a strong plot (although it has plot) or attractive characters (none of the characters are very attractive), but the music of his language itself pushes and pulls, tugs and compels the reader page after page. It felt very much like I was floating limp and languid in Bowles prose as his hypnotic sentences washed over me and drifted me slowly toward the inevitable end.
Connelly captures the mood, the magic, the sadness and the tension of the book perfectly.
Most days, I don't feel a real need to read/listen to a book twice. But I might need to make an exception for 'The Sheltering Sky'.
"A Crazy, Hyper Dance From the Kitchen to the Table."
There is a certain thrill to being the first person to reach the top of a mountain, the first to eat at a soon-to-be famous restaurant, the first to discover an author, a band, a new food or experience. Well friend, the thrill of a late discovery (even when you are 15 years late to the party) is still pretty damn sweet. I might have seen Bourdain's books as I wandered through a bookstore. I might have seen him on CNN, the Travel Channel or the Food Network while searching for another show on another station. I didn't hardly notice him. He was, like that girl you know in class, but have never given much real attention to (only later to discover she is witty, wicked, and everything you want in a lover and fear in a daughter.
Over Christmas, while visiting and bonding my foodie brother in Arkansas, he introduces me to Parts Unknown on CNN. I am hooked. I love Bourdain. I'm addicted to the show. It mixes things that mix well: my love for travel, my love for food, my love for a good damn story with interesting characters. So, I figure, I might need to actually read his book. Yeah this one. The one that put him on the map. The one that turned him from an executive chef with personality to THE chef with personality.
The book is a quick read. It dances. It seems to operate with a certain mechanical, hyper-caffeinated efficiency. Whatever money it made Bourdain, he probably deserved even more. Right now, I've muted my desire to put it on the bookshelf next to my other just reads. I want my wife to read it first. Oh, I've got a friend who would love it too. My initial reaction to finishing this book is the same I get when I discover a fantastic new restaurant (Republica Empanada in Mesa, AZ) -- I want to take friends and family to it. I become not just a disciple, but a crazy-eyed evangelist.
"An eloquent man, and a patriot"
Not as good as Everitt's biography of Augustus, but better than his biography of Hadrian. Everitt is clearly passionate and good at classical narratives. His biographies are quick, easy, and summarize the subjects well. He doesn't add much new to the history. He isn't challenging or overthrowing assumptions about Cicero or the other major players, but he weaves a nice story and makes Classical history approachable.
Everitt does a fine job of balancing the different aspects of Cicero. His skill as an orator, his hits and misses as a politician, his defense of the Republic, his rationality all get their time and moment. Everitt also blends in Cicero's weaknesses: his vanity, his missteps/vacillation in politics, his zeal in persecuting Mark Anthony, and his cowardice.
The weakness of this biography is while Everitt might be aiming at a form of mild historical rehabilitation, I'm not sure Cicero was ever really in need of rehabilitation. While he was often unlucky during his life (unlike Julius Caesar the birds never seemed to be on Cicero's side) after his 'good death' Cicero seems to have flourished.
The volume and quality of Cicero's writings that survived the fall of Rome have made Cicero into one of the hero/gods of the Roman Republic. His genius survives. Cicero will always be known more now for what he wrote and thought than for what he did. Caesar may have been deified by decree of the Roman Senate on 1 January 42 BC, but Cicero's own writings have made him immortal. He lives on in Machiavelli, John Adams, Abraham Lincoln, and Winston Churchill. As Emperor Augustus observed to one of his grandsons upon seeing him reading a book by Cicero: "An eloquent man, my child, an eloquent man, and a patriot." Not a bad epitaph from the Caesar who had you killed.
"All Violence is an Exercise in Power"
Horror is not my normal territory. It isn't my alternate either. As far as genre fiction goes I probably reach for a horror novel as often as I reach for a fantasy novel. But this is Dan Simmons we are talking about. After reading Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion, I was intrigued. How poetic could Simmons make horror? How literate?
I liked the 'Song of Kali'. It was a good story. I'm just not sure I'd count it as great horror. It wasn't that scary. It was definitely more psychological and mental than most. It seemed like a strange mixture of H.P. Lovecraft and Stephen King, all with a big glob of Calcutta madness and poetic mysticism.
Anyway, I liked it. I'll keep reading Simmons when I want a vacation from the classics or an escape into literary genre fiction, but I don't think I will need to steel my nerves with any tonics or leave the lights on to go to sleep after I close the book at night. I might, however, rethink vacation plans to Kolkata and West Bengal. Screw THAT.
"A Kaleidoscope of Nabokov Bábochkas"
In someways reading/listening to Nabokov's stories is like swimming in a turbulent river of all his great themes (doppelgängers, the creative process, loss, nostalgia for Russia, the individual, obsession, dreams/reality, etc).
While there were some stories that were masterpieces, the strength of this book really is the ability it gives the Nabokov enthusiast to easily see the development of a great writer from the early 20s to the late 50s.
One only needs to read 'Terra Incognita' to see the seeds of his novel 'Ada: or Ardor'. This collection is a must for those who adore Nabokov, but also an interesting introduction to Nabokov for those whose only exposure may be "Lolita'.
Here are the stories as they appear in this collection:
"The Wood-Sprite"
"Russian Spoken Here"
"A Matter of Chance"
"The Seaport"
"Details of a Sunset"
"The Thunderstorm"
"La Veneziana"
"The Dragon"
"A Letter That Never Reached Russia"
"The Fight"
"The Return of Chorb"
"A Guide to Berlin"
"A Nursery Tale"
"The Passenger"
"The Doorbell"
"An Affair of Honor"
"The Christmas Story"
"The Potato Elf"
"The Aurelian"
"A Dashing Fellow"
"A Bad Day"
"The Visit to the Museum"
"A Busy Man"
"Terra Incognita"
"The Reunion"
"Lips to Lips"
"The Admiralty Spire"
"The Leonardo"
"In Memory of L. I. Shigaev"
"The Circle"
"A Russian Beauty"
"Breaking the News"
"Torpid Smoke"
"A Slice of Life"
"Spring in Fialta"
"Cloud, Castle, Lake"
"Tyrants Destroyed"
"Vasiliy Shishkov"
"Ultima Thule"
"Solus Rex"
"Mademoiselle O"
"The Assistant Producer"
"That in Aleppo Once…"
"A Forgotten Poet"
"Time and Ebb"
"Conversation Piece, 1945"
"Signs and Symbols"
"First Love"
"Scenes from the Life of a Double Monster"
"The Vane Sisters"
"An important piece on women and literature."
An important piece on women and literature. But more than that. ARoO'sO is a piece on education and literature, money and literature, space and literature. Woolf explores how money and space are essential to a person being able to have the things needed for art.
It isn't a complicated book, but it is revolutionary in its way. I loved it. It was, like almost everything Woolf writes, a river filled with diamonds. It carries you and occasionally drops luxury into your lap.
"Not with a bang, but a F--king Whimper"
Adam Mansbach first book, "Go the F--K To Sleep' was brilliant because it was shocking, funny, original, and the meter worked. This one has Bryan Cranston, but that is just about it. IT wasn't nearly as good and the novelty is gone. It just doesn't work. Unless you are a die-hard eater, or love the F--k out of Adam Mansbach, I wouldn't buy this. But since it is free, sure down load the F--ker.
"A Killer War Novel"
One of my favorite historical fiction novels of ALL TIME. I read this with my 13 year-old son and 12 year-old daughter and it was amazing. My kids loved it just as much as I did. It was tight, character-driven, and dramatic. Imagine my surprise when my kids are discussing the virtues of Team Chamberlain (smart, honorable, thoughtful, a natural leader) VS Team Longstreet (brilliant, ahead of his time, brooding, quiet).
The Civil War is one of those historical periods that is a bit anachronistic to me. It has elements of romance, chivalry, honor, gentility mixed in with the horrible stench of a modern, brutal war. There are characters like Lee, Chamberlain, Pickett, Stuart, etc., who seem to belong in some Arthurian myth/melodrama next to Longstreet and Hancock who could easily have been cast in some post-apocalyptic Battle Royale. Add to this, the fact that these were real men, with real failings, fighting real friends and the book almost seems to narrate itself.
Anyway, this is a top-shelf war novel -- it educates, it entertains (as much as a war novel can be called entertainment) and it is beautiful. There were some paragraphs I wanted Terence Malick to film.
"Surveys doubt with amazing narrative skill"
Hecht's historical survey of doubt is a lot of things and seems to do them all very well. It is a defense of doubt, a survey of doubt, a biography of doubters, a family tree of doubt's relatives. It looks at doubt both from within and external to belief. It examines the motives and believers and gives each its appropriate due.
I found the book to be highly readable. Strange to say, it was almost TOO readable. I felt myself slipping through the pages/listening to the narration* almost too fast. It has given me a whole new group of thinkers and philosophers to examine. I was very familiar with many of the doubters in Western and Classical traditions, but Hecht gave me a whole new group of Eastern, Jewish and Muslim doubters to get to know. Plus, even with those nonbelievers & skeptics I was familiar with (Lucretius, Montaigne, Spinoza, Cicero, Epicurus, Pliny, Gibbon, Paine, Jefferson, Bruno, etc.) she gave me whole new approaches and windows to see them through.
Finally, Hecht also found an appropriate way to thread the Book of Job writer, Jesus, Buddha, Qohelet (wrote Ecclesiastes), etc., into the framework of doubt. I think the book would have been crippled without it. Finally, she didn't avoid the negative, state-sponsored doubt period (Fascism, Communism) of the 20th century. Not all doubters do good things. Anyway, it was worth the money and the time for sure and will be re-read in the future.
* If you listen, I'd still get a hard copy. It is worth it just for the bibliography. You are going to want to be able to dig deeper on at least half a dozen of the men, women, skeptics and doubters she mentions.
"Meaning IS happiness."
"A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the "why" for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any "how"."
- Viktor E Frankl
I read an interesting article in the NYTImes a couple weeks ago that lead me to finally pick this book up. Actually, a couple good articles. The first was titled 'Love People, Not Pleasure' and it was about how "this search for fame, the lust for material things and the objectification of others — that is, the cycle of grasping and craving — follows a formula that is elegant, simple and deadly: Love things, use people." The author uses an inversion of this formula that DOES lead to happiness: Use things, Love People (also quoted by Spencer W. Kimball). This article + another recent one from the Atlantic titled 'There's More to Life Than Being Happy' made it clearly evident to me that I needed to finally dust of my yellowed, Goodwill copy of Man's Search for Meaning, plug in my earbuds and experience this book that the Universe clearly wanted me to read this week.
So, imagine a renowned Jewish therapist writes in 1946 (in 9 days) about his experiences at and survival in Auschwitz, and then adds his own psychotherapeutic method (Logotherapy), finding happiness by finding a meaning, a responsibility, a love, and ultimately self-determining. Perhaps it is a consequence of Frankl's work surrounding me in other writings, in popular psychotherapy, in various internet Memes and articles OR perhaps it is just a consequence of my own resilience to my own suffering that this book wasn't much of a revelation. I was like ... yup, makes a lot of sense. Good job. I think it is a great book for what it is. I just don't always get super-excited by self-help psychology books. This one is on the better end of the bell curve for this type, but I guess my problem is with the type. Other than that (minus 1-star for my type bias) it was a great book.


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The Executive Committee will meet Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 1:15 p.m. at the Belleville Public Library, Belleville, KS. (Noon lunch at Bel Villa Restaurant)
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: An Alaskan since 1969, Cecilia "Pudge" Kleinkauf is an attorney and a retired university professor. For more than sixteen years, her company, Women's Flyfishing, has taught women how to fly fish and taken them on guided trips throughout Alaska to find the best fishing for salmon, trout, char, Arctic grayling, and other species. Off-season, she leads saltwater fly fishing excursions to Mexico. Wide published on the subject of flyfishing, Kleinkauf is a regular at outdoor shows, stores, and clubs, where she gives clinics and demonstrations. She is a contributing editor for Fish Alaska magazine and a regular contributor to many other fly fishing publications. She has been "special explorer" for the Alaska Magazine Television series on PBS since its inception. Her Women's Flyfishing web site at http://www.womensflyfishing.net is the Internet's leading resource for fly fishing women.


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Since the first group of recruits reported for training July 1, 1911, more than 3.5 million Sailors have started their Navy careers right here in northern Illinois. Their experience in "boot camp" transformed them from civilians into Sailors, and it is an experience that continues to be a source of pride for all who have earned the right to wear the uniform of a United States Sailor. Naval Station Great Lakes is the largest military installation in Illinois and the largest training station in the Navy. The installation includes 1,153 buildings with thirty-nine on the National Register of Historic Places. Naval Station Great Lakes sits on 1,628 acres and uses 50 miles of roadway to provide access to the station's facilities.
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Seriously, that was the title of my note in my notes app – because seriously, who writes notes without a notes app anymore? – because I love draft week so much that it is somewhat irrational, as I have previously explained.
First, a few notes on the show itself. The Bud Selig portions kind of grated on my nerves. If he had addressed some of my concerns, such as why the heck are there two game series'? Or, why the heck isn't there Intergalactic Play? Or, Why do the Giants nev-ah have off days? Or, Are you secretly the mastermind behind the TSA? 'Cause I already know you are. Yeah. He didn't address any of that. I had my best frowny face on whenever he took the podium, which was kinda sorta extremely often.
The first player who caught my attention was Kevin Gausman who went to the Orioles, 4th overall. He's a right-handed pitcher out of LSU and… he eats four powdered doughnuts between each inning when he's pitching. Not terribly strong in the math department, but if he were to pitch a complete game, wouldn't that be, um, 36 powdered doughnuts? I will not question. He was drafted 4th overall. He obviously knows what he's doing. But might I suggest he move from doughnuts to brownies? Brownies are far more delicious, in my humble opinion.
In all of the draft previews I looked at, Albert Almora stood out to me as my absolutely favorite. He's 18 years old, an outfielder with a swing that is near identical to Ryan Braun (need I really say more?) and I had this irrational hope that he'd still be around when the Giants picked at #20 overall. No such luck. Apparently Theo and Jed and I all have the same taste in players, because he went to the Cubbies, sixth overall. I hereby renew my prediction that Chicago will win a World Series in under five years.
The A's went ahead and picked a high-school kid for the first time since the Bronze Age and he's a shortstop named Addison Russell. Most embarrassing song on his iTunes? Mean, by Taylor Swift. Billy Beane: I do not mean to question your wisdom, but… I totally do. (I kid, I kid. He looks pretty spectacular, in reality.)
According to tradition, a shout-out also has to go out to Stephen Piscotty who went 36th to the Cards as a compensation pick for Pujols. He's an engineering major from Stanford the only guy in the whole entire draft who was wearing a suit in his headshot. Future fashion icon right there, guys. And you heard it here first.
Courtney Hawkins, who went 13th to the White Sox, won the Best Draft Moment, hands down, with a backflip on live TV. I sincerely can't wait until he makes it to the Major Leagues because I have an inkling he will be loads of fun to watch. I was terrified as he backflipped, but in retrospect? Brilliance. If baseball falls through, he can just become a full time internet sensation.
Joe Torre kicked off the compensation round and his "now on the clock" is infinitesimally better than Selig's. If I can't be the new commish, can he, please? He's a veritable teddy bear, now that he's not managing the Yanks or Dodgers anymore. I have rapidly growing adoration for him.
If you've gotten to this point because all you really want to read about is the Giants pick, then you've finally gotten to the right place. They took a right-handed pitcher out of Mississippi State named Chris Stratton. I haven't been able to get a terrible amount of info about him, so for now I'll just welcome him to the Giants and say that, really, SF is not as beastly cold and foggy as they. We have, like, one sunny day a year and it's glorious!
I leave you with this MLB Network jewel…
Harold Reynolds: If you look at his statistics, he's just not quite there yet. [on newly drafted player]
Other Analyst Whose Name I Don't Know: Well, obviously, clubs don't draft based on stats.
Harold Reynolds: *stony stare*
Me: Er, what do they draft based on then, Einstein?
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Welcome to Art15, London's global art fair sponsored by Citi Private Bank.
The third edition of the fair takes place at Olympia, London from 21 - 23 May 2015. The 2014 fair, attended by over 31,000 visitors, attracted galleries from 40 countries with significant representation from Asia, the Middle East and Africa, as well as Europe and the US.
The Global Private Museum Summit was attended by over 40 of the world's most notable private museum owners including Wang Wei, Li Bing, Dai Zhikang and Wong Shun Kit (all China), Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (Italy), Gina Diez Barosso (Mexico), Don and Mera Rubell (USA) and Dr Oei Hong Djien (Indonesia). A comprehensive programme of performance and projects included work by Yinka Shonibare MBE, Ai WeiWei, Leah Capaldi and Liliane Lijn, with a special artist commission by Lothar Gotz. The talks programme explored pertinent topics within the contemporary art world and beyond with a keynote talk from Julian Schnabel in conversation with Sir Norman Rosenthal.Art15 is now open for applications.


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Mountain building in Scotland
Some of Britain's most dramatic scenery is to be found in the Scottish Highlands. The...
Some of Britain's most dramatic scenery is to be found in the Scottish Highlands. The sight of mighty Ben Nevis, the desolate plateau of the Cairngorms, or the imposing landscapes of Glen Coe can unleash the call of the wild in all of us. Although these landforms were largely carved by glacial activity that ended some 10,000 years ago, the rocks themselves tell of a much older history. The Highlands are merely eroded stumps of a much higher range of ancient mountains. This unit is an account of the origin and demise of that ancient mountain range, based on the geological evidence laid before us in rock exposures.
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- describe the geological history of the Scottish Highlands;
- give examples of igneous, metamorphic and structurally complex rocks.
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- 2 Britain's oldest rocks: remnants of Archaean crust
- 3 Orogenies in the Proterozoic
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- 5 Arc-continent collision: the Grampian phase of the Caledonian Orogeny
- 6 Exhumation of the Grampian mountains
- 7 Sedimentation and tectonics at a mid-Ordovician to Silurian active margin
- 8 Multiple plate collisions and the end of the Iapetus Ocean
- 9 Sedimentation at the end of the Caledonian Orgeny; Section 10 Legacy
- Acknowledgements
Mountain building in Scotland
The unit gives a brief outline of the geological history of the Scottish Highlands. It offers the opportunity to study igneous, metamorphic and structurally complex rocks, indicating their natural settings in Scotland: the deformed rocks of the Dalradian basin, the Caledonian granites, and the Highland Border Complex. The materials are presented as a series of PDFs. Each file represents a section of the book. If you wish to purchase a copy of Mountain building in Scotland please contact Open University Worldwide [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] .
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