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Young Adult Classics "The Giver" and "Tiger Eyes" as Major Motion Pictures
Posted: January 2, 2013 | Author: jwheeler1967 | Filed under: Authors and Poets, Books, Books & Movies, Novels, Teachers & Teaching, Young Adult | Tags: giver film, jeff bridges, judy blume, lois lowry, newbery medal, NPR, quizzes, studio 360, the giver, think with krys boyd, tiger eyes, tiger eyes film, young adult | Comments OffThere is good news for young adults (and parents) who are tired of lifeless, often commercially-oriented films. Two classic novels for young people, Lois Lowry's The Giver is in production and Judy Blume's Tiger Eyes was released in 2012.
Winner of the 1994 Newbery Medal, Lowry's The Giver is often required reading in junior high and it is one novel that most students enthusiastically embrace. Set in the future, Lowry's riveting tale revolves around Jonas and his "community." When Jonas is selected to be the new "Receiver of Memories," he discovers that the idealized life his community has created is horrific. Little by little, Jonas becomes increasingly aware that everyone he knows and loves, and everything he has been taught in his engineered, perfect world is evil.
For the film version, (the making of which has been rumored for some fifteen years) actor Jeff Bridges will play the lead. Auditions are still underway to fulfill the role of Jonas. You can listen to an interview with Lowry and the upcoming film based on her novel on NPR's Studio 360 here.
(Have you been assigned The Giver in school or do you want to learn more? Here at eNotes, not only do we have a comprehensive study guide for the work, but also individual quizzes for each chapter of the novel! Test your knowledge before your exam or just for fun!)
Another teen favorite which made its debut on the big screen recently is Judy Blume's classic novel Tiger Eyes. Tiger Eyes is about teenager Davey Wexler dealing with her father's sudden and shocking death. Like all of Blume's work, (which has won over ninety awards) the author treats real world concerns of teenagers with deftness but also includes her trademark humor which keeps even the most sensitive of topics from becoming overbearing. Tiger Eyes was released in April 2012. You can listen to an interview with Blume on NPR's Think with Krys Boyd here.
Want to learn more about Tiger Eyes? Check out our study guide and stay tuned for upcoming chapter-by-chapter quizzes for the work!
Readers, what other Young Adult novels would you like to see given a cinematic treatment?


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'Clases de baile' | Zidane's dance class takes final turn
Spanish paper El Mundo includes an interactive graphic titled "Clases de baile" (Dance classes), demonstrating Zidane's balletic movement. The feature breaks down Zizou's space-creating move, la ruleta ("the roulette"). See also the video collection at Real Madrid's official site (registration required).
Madrid | With pledges "to leave it all behind" and to start playing the game with children, archetypal playmaking midfielder Zinédine Zidane has announced his retirement from football following the World Cup finals. Typically, the 33-year-old player for Real Madrid and France looked sheepish facing the bank of microphones and cameras at Wednesday's press conference. "Yes, he is shy," said France teammate Thierry Henry in an Observer interview earlier this month,
but you know he can do things with his feet that some people can't even do with their hands. Sometimes when he plays the ball it seems like he is dancing.
Zidane's graceful movement has stayed a theme through his playing career with Cannes, Bordeaux, Juventus and Madrid. "Pure ballet," remarked Scottish Arts Council chief Richard Holloway of Zidane's sublime volley in the 2002 Champions League final in Glasgow (see 14 Feb 2005). We periodically replay the game-winning strike that came shortly before halftime against Bayer Leverkusen. The coiled anticipation with which Zidane greets the left-footed, hitched cross from Roberto Carlos still inspires.
"We're losing an artist and a great talent, a man who has left his mark on world football," says former France midfielder Christian Karembeu. With Zidane's exit, just six others from the 1998 World Cup–winning side remain available for selection. "I think he is a symbol who has brought happiness and peace to people."
Cue the videotape: Zidane about to make it 2–1 on 15 May 2002. |
Swiss journalist and photographer Philippe Dubath, too, calls Zidane an artist. Certainly, Zidane has been a muse for the author of Zidane et moi: Lettre d'un footballeur í sa femme (Zidane and me: A letter from a footballer to his wife), published in Switzerland in 2002 (Éditions de l'Aire). The 84-page chapbook takes the form of one long correspondence to the writer's wife, Nanon, explaining the meaning of football and its place in the male psyche: "Football has explained to me, completely and gradually," writes Dubath, "who I am: a child, who plays gladly, and an adult who loves this child he feels inside."
The book includes childlike illustrations from Lausanne painter and engraver Zivoslav Ivanovic, who uses the shortened Zivo. Although Zidane plays with a serious expression and often seems to be toiling, the idea of childhood attaches itself to him, perhaps because of his diffidence and self-conscious mannerisms in interviews. In his 2004 Observer profile, Andrew Hussey says that Zidane "sits delicately, like a girl, legs together, hands folded in his lap."
It is while in motion and while sparking creativity from the center of the park, though, that Zidane seems most to convey a tot's innocent joy in space. To his credit is the deceptively simple spin turn that he calls la roulette, branded "the Marseilles turn" in PlayStation games and also known as a double dragback. As a ploy to wrong-foot defenders, Zidane spins while shifting the ball quickly between feet, stepping on the ball to help propel a rapid change in direction. It happens much faster than the time it takes to describe. (An example occurs halfway through Dubath's interview with Swiss television program Sang d'encre. Such improvisations will also feature in the film making its debut next month at Cannes, Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle.)
Such creations by Zivo illustrate Dubath's book. |
A clip from a Real Madrid training session has stayed in our minds. To return a ball to a teammate, Zidane drags a ball back beneath his right boot, flicks it aloft with his left and, again with his right, half-volleys the sphere cross-field. We have been trying to duplicate this move for the last four years. Says Argentina's Pablo Aimar: "When you are watching a Real Madrid game, it is worth spending an hour and a half in front of the television to watch Zidane make one cut with the ball." Another Argentine and Real Madrid's honorary chairman, Alfredo Di Stéfano, famously said that Zidane plays "as if he had silk gloves on each foot."
This close control is a Zidane signature, but he has been less able to control the cultural fallout from his role in France's '98 victory. Le Figaro, in the swell of World Cup glory, labeled the good feeling resulting from the team's multicultural hues "l'effet Zidane." Soon, the man of the olive skin and friar's tonsure could be characterized by a thumbnail sketch: the son of Berbers from the Kabylie region in Algeria, the boy from the hard playing courts of La Castellane in Marseilles, the face of new France. As a disastrous friendly between France and Algeria in October 2001 foretold, such tidy summaries are fair neither to the individual nor polity. Zidane was hooted, fans rushed the pitch in the 75th minute, and the match was abandoned.
Aspirants in the French underclasses sought Zidane as a projection for desires, but the wealthy man who speaks so softly that one must strain to hear does not suit them. He is a non-practicing Muslim; it is not known if he speaks Arabic. "Zidane is a fake," Hussey quotes an Arab fan of Paris Saint-Germain as saying.
"His image is too pure. He is afraid to say what he is, that he is a beur [Parisian slang for Arab] like the rest of us. And to say the truth about what it is like to be an Arab in this society." Other PSG supporters, Arab followers of "Mystic Tigris," agree loudly that Zidane is an ad man's dream, a triumph of style. "I support PSG because I am from Seine-Saint-Denis," says Joey, a large black kid who looks as if he would be more at home in south central LA than in this cold, bleak stadium at the heart of one of the most bourgeois districts in Paris. "But I don't care about Les Bleus, or Zidane. It's not my tribe."
Zidane, if healthy, will finish the season for Real Madrid and play at least three games at the World Cup. Any burdens on the man whose face lit the Arc de Triomphe on 12 July 1998 will likely cease to be known, and any questioning can be easily deflected, as he demurred when asked about the burdens of being the world's best player.
It is an easy burden to carry, Zidane said, "because I don't believe it."
On May 8, L'Equipe honors two Frenchmen on the front page. El Mundo hosts an excellent photo essay on its website.
On May 7, Zidane played his last match at the Santiago Bernabéu for Real Madrid, scoring a headed goal and coming off with three minutes remaining. Madrid and Villareal tied 3–3. After the game, Zidane walked reluctantly to the center of the pitch for a five-minute ovation. Clad in an undershirt, having exchanged jerseys with Juan Román Riquelme, he looked fragile, almost birdlike. Writing in the Guardian, Sid Lowe takes it from there:
For all the ceremony, the banners and the scoreboard projections—which, by half-time had given way to credit cards and talking sausages—Zidane bowed out of Madrid Zidane-style. Timidly, awkwardly, humbly. Without a hint of arrogance. By scoring a goal in a magnificently open match (a goal which Raúl, desperate after a 16-game drought, very nearly took off him), by departing with three minutes left, almost embarrassedly applauding the fans as he left, and by waiting quietly, patiently in the tunnel to swap shirts…. Above all, by needing to be literally pushed back out on to the pitch, where David Beckham was still alone in the centre-circle applauding the fans, to receive a huge ovation before turning, head down, a tear in his eye, and departing the Bernabéu for the last time, slipping quietly away from the stadium without a word.
With the debut of the Zidane film approaching, Gary Younge, again in the Guardian, learns of filmmaker Douglas Gordon's affection for Albert Camus and of the relationship between existentialism and the Zidane oeuvre. Naturally there is the Algerian tie-in, but throughout the film Zidane's comments, used as subtitles, reveal a football player "trying to make sense of his working life." In conversations with Gordon and collaborator Philippe Parreno, born in Oran, Algeria, as with Camus and Zidane's family, Zizou's utterances show gnomic quality:
The game, the event, is not necessarily experienced or remembered in "real time." My memories of games and events are fragmented. … I remember playing in another place, at another time, when something amazing happened. Someone passed the ball to me, and before even touching it, I knew exactly what was going to happen. I knew I was going to score. It was the first and last time it ever happened.


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The opening half turned out to be a back-and-forth affair between the Lady Statesmen (7-3, 2-0 GSC) and the Lady Bulldogs (7-4, 2-1 GSC), with each team attempting to take control of the game by building a slight lead. Amy Phillamlee put Union on top 8-4 at the 16:57 mark to give her team their largest lead of the first-half after connecting on a deep range three-point attempt.
The Green-and-White fought back from the four-point deficit to keep the game close behind the play of sophomore Rhandi Ball and holding Union to 10-of-26 (.385) shooting. Ball finished the half with nine points on 4-of-6 shooting from the floor.
With five ties and 13 lead changes the Lady Statesmen ended the half down 28-31 on 12-of-25 (.480) shooting. Seneca Walton went into the locker room with six points and six rebounds while Chelsey Rhodes and Brooke Rhodes chipped in five points a piece.
Shelby Ashcraft paced the Lady Bulldogs with 12 points and five rebounds with backup from Phillamlee who connected on 4-of-8 for 11 points.
Chelsey Rhodes posted six points to led the Lady Statesmen on a 14-2 run coming out of the locker room, while the Green-and-White defense forced five turnovers to take a 44-33 lead at the 11:31 mark.
The Lady Statesmen stood firm on the defensive side of the ball to close out the game scoring 18 points off of nine second-half turnovers by the Lady Bulldogs.
Brooke Rhodes paced Delta State with 21 points on 6-of-13 shooting while Ball recorded a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds on the night. Walton finished with 14 points and eight rebounds while Chelsey Rhodes contributed 13 points.
Ashcraft finished the night with a career-high 19 points to pace the Lady Bulldogs while Philamlee chipped in 15 points.
The Lady Statesmen return to action on Saturday to face off again the University of North Alabama at home inside Walter-Sillers Coliseum. Tip is scheduled for 2 p.m. and will be broadcast on the Statesmen Sports Network.


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When word first spread through Dublin that members of the rock band U2 were planning to buy the Clarence, a dilapidated hotel in the Temple Bar neighborhood, and turn it into an upscale crash pad, visions of outdated excess danced in Dubliners' heads. The decoration would make Vegas look refined; televisions would fly through the windows; and the police would have to clear the street whenever the band shot videos on the roof.
So I decided to check it out before the vice squad shut it down. I hadn't visited Dublin in a few years, but I knew that for some time the ramshackle Temple Bar area, on the banks of the Liffey, had been scheduled for demolition to make way for a mammoth bus depot. There were only a few restaurants and shops back then, and a handful of pubs frequented by hard-core fans of Gaelic football-the national pastime, an amalgam of soccer, rugby, and the Road Warrior movies.
A friend living in Dublin told me that Temple Bar had changed dramatically. Now called "Dublin's left bank," it's the city's hippest neighborhood. Flying over for the weekend has become the in thing for Londoners and Parisians. And the Clarence has added a little Hollywood glamour: since its opening last June, Jack Nicholson, Tina Turner, and Michael Douglas have all checked in.
This renaissance of Dublin, where dark wood and brass have almost become dirty words, was still hard to fathom. After all, it's not your typical capital city. Dublin is intensely proud but defensive, eager to show you its beauty and charm but, in true Irish tradition, mistrustful of anyone too full of themselves—even U2, its rock-and-roll royal family.
I arrived at the Clarence at 6:30 in the morning, jet-lagged and skeptical, only to be hit by the certainty that the boys in U2 had ransacked a Terence Conran warehouse. The hotel was a symphony of pale brown with modest Art Deco touches. Tables were light pine; the darker leather chairs in the sitting room looked comfortable and unassuming.
Is this the usual lobby furniture?I asked the woman at reception. "As you can see we're extremely informal," she laughed. "Obviously, because of the owners"—no one at the Clarence ever utters the names of band members Bono or the Edge—"people in the entertainment industry want to stay here. We like to make them feel at ease."
She walked me down the hall to show off the Tea Room, an elegant dining room with a 20-foot-high ceiling. Dublin-born chef Michael Martin, who has worked with the Michelin-starred Roux brothers in London, is attracting attention for his determinedly un-Irish dishes such as quail with baby spinach. The Octagon Bar, instead of being the site of raucous jam sessions, looked rather sedate, with a fireplace and plenty of alcoves for tête-à-têtes. Either the rock lifestyle isn't what it used to be, I thought, or U2 has taken the Irish notions of quiet dignity and service-over-style to the extreme.
A few hours later, I awoke from a nap and stepped out onto the streets. Although Temple Bar has been compared to London's Covent Garden, I soon realized that it's more like a micro-French Quarter. The narrow cobblestoned streets teemed with a mix of tourists and Trinity students, impeccably dressed hipsters in Louise Kennedy (Ireland's answer to Anna Sui), and the jeans and T-shirt set. Music floated out of virtually every doorway-country at Bad Bob's, traditional Irish at Fitzsimons, the latest pop songs at the Norseman.
Wherever I turned I saw small, funky shops. Rory's Fishing Tackle, a wonderfully shabby nook that has anchored its corner for 37 years, was stocked with huge tackle boxes and shiny lures but nothing that seemed conceivably useful to those two French tourists poking around. I walked out, content to wander back in time, and ran smack into Condom Power, a decidedly un-Victorian boutique with the largest selection of prophylactics on the Emerald Isle.
In need of caffeine and sustenance, I spied a place called the Temple Bar pub, located before a curved street named Curved Street (the names seemed to typify the no-nonsense Irish nature). I settled in with a coffee. The bartender filled me in on the hot spots, as I watched bohemian types writing in notebooks or sketching on pads. Temple Bar has become the artists' quarter, and nearly 20 galleries are scattered throughout the compact area.
One of the most prominent is the Graphic Studio Gallery, on Cope Street, which frequently shows the work of contemporary artist Felim Egan, as well as that of newcomers such as William Crozier and John Graham. A small shop named the Original Print Gallery sells limited-edition prints, etchings, and lithographs by, among others, local names Felicity Clear and Siobhan Piercy.
A few blocks away is the Irish Film Centre, on Eustace Street. Opened in 1992, it quickly became Temple Bar's anchor. Local luminaries like actor Gabriel Byrne and director Jim Sheridan are regularly spotted making the scene. On Friday nights in summer, the center presents outdoor screenings in Meeting House Square to crowds of 400-plus.
This part of town has appeared on the big screen itself. Movie buffs might recognize Temple Bar's winding lanes and narrow streets from Tom Cruise's epic flop Far and Away. Several scenes from Michael Collins were shot there, and Neil Jordan is currently in town shooting his latest film, The Butcher Boy.
I shuffled down one of those winding paths, past the buskers playing earnest-but-bad renditions of Van Morrison tunes in Meeting House Square, and settled in at Gallagher's Boxty House, the place in Temple Bar for lunch. I was finding it all a little disorienting. Not just ordering lunch—a boxty is a type of pancake stuffed with meat, fish, or vegetables—but this idea of a new Dublin where pub dwellers blithely sip their Guinness as they watch Daniel Day-Lewis or Sinéad O'Connor skulk by. Just catercorner from where I sat, tourists were being suckered into the Thunder Road Café, a Hard Rock-style monstrosity. Down the street I could glimpse the new Internet cafés, Planet Web and Cyberia.
After lunch I checked out Claddagh Records on Cecilia Street. I'd heard it had one of the widest selections in the city, and being of Irish descent, I was curious to see what traditional music they stocked. I wasn't disappointed: besides the Chieftains and other stalwarts, there were more contemporary bands like Anuna and the Afro/Celt Sound System.


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Hey, what are your favorite music videos that feature hot/buff/scantily clad guys?
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Hey, what are your favorite music videos that feature hot/buff/scantily clad guys?
I always remember Domino Dancing by the Pet Shop Boys.... haven't seen it for years... might be a bit dated now....
Found a vid of Domino Dancing:
For me, the one that comes to mind is "Quit Playing Games with My Heart" by the Backstreet Boys.
All I know is that guy who rides in the elevator with Natasha Bedingfield in her "Unwritten" video is smoking hot.
I always loved Olivia Newton John's Physical. Especially when at the end of it the guys go walking off together.
that is hot... so is their Being Boring video.Quote:
Originally Posted by BenBrowdersArse
there's this music video called, "Butterfly" - i can't remember who sings it - it's a male pop - he shows off his muscular body with tattoo on it.
does anyone here know what's the name of the band/artist? I was drooling over his body.
also, my other favorite video clip is by jemery jordon -again, can't remember the name of the song, and again he shows off his abs.
butterfly - crazytown
jeremy jordan - right kind of love or wannagirl
Originally Posted by sb
Oh THANK YOU!
too bad itunes doesn't have the clip from crazytown.
^^ saw the pet shop boys video . that was hot. ..|
christina Milian- dip it low
Britney spears- oops I did it again, Dont let me be the last to know
L L cool J- Mama said knock you out
mariah carey - dont forget about us
britney spears - i'm a slave 4 u
lindsay lohan - rumors
rihanna - if its loving that you want
mandy moore - cry
Maroon 5 - this love
any more music clips that you could think of with guys showing off their abs?
the guy at the end of mariah careys 'Honey' Video grrrrrrrrrr :sex:
destiny's child- Bugaboo
Britney Spears- Toxic
Salt and Pepa- Whata Man
Shania Twain- Man! I feel like a woman
Antonio Sabato Jr in "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" by Janet Jackson. Both of them are just HOTT in it.
Channing Tatum in "I Like That" by Mariah Carey.
There's other but those two came to the top of my head.
Must be Doing Something Right-A barechested Billy Currington
Britney-Dont let me be the last to know (Sexy shirtless manly man)
Take That-The video when there in the garage,that video made me realise i was gay....that said i dont fancy any of them)
TLC-Hands Up (Lots of sexy strippers)
Atomic Kitten-Ladie night (More lots of sexy strippers)
Geri Halliwell-Mi Chico Latino/Bag it up (Sexy pole dancers and Latin guys in nothing but tiny black trunks
Ill think of more lol
How about TLC's "Red Light Special"...I jacked off to all the naked guys in that video so goddamn much when I was a kid!!!!
gunther ding ding dong song
he looks for cock but no one gives it to him
The Britney "Don't let me.." Video made me soooooooooo horny. I putted mute. I only wanted to watch. What's his name anyway? Will he ever do us the favor of making some porn movies?? lol. ;)
Kylie Minogue - Slow
LeAnn Rimes - Life Goes On (the hottest guy I've probably ever seen in a music video)
These are the 2 I can think of atm.
Maybe our Euro friends can help with the title, it was french and I can't remember, here goes:
The video has costumes from the 1800's and starts in a palace with a reception and the lead singer chic is with her friends checking out two guys. The guys leave and the girls follow, the guys end up at a pond and strip to swim. Nice asses on both, they get out of the water with frontal nudity (yeah) and the guys kiss.
Don't know the song or singer and I saw it like 5 years ago or so and was pretty hot.
Wicked Game - Chris Isaak - yum :-)
the giuy in the swimming pool in britney n farrells vid Boys
does anyone here know who the male model is from the music video, "Bad day" by Daniel powter?
i know the female model is from OC. what about the male model? he's sexy!
The guy from Alanis' "Precious Illusions" video is pretty hot.
(Now if he would cut his hair and grew a goatee he would totally be my type lol)
His name is Jason Adelman. IMDB ProfileQuote:
Originally Posted by JumboJimmy
I saw this video too! I think its form the late '90. It was a french video, I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by mark1111
Also there was a video from an american band that were famous in europe that had scenes with them showering. Anyone know their name?
Kenny Chesney - No shoes, no shirt, no problem. Kenny and his band are in swimsuits through the whole video.
"It's Like That"? That's Wentworth Miller.Quote:
Originally Posted by RyanJ
Supermodel Christian Monzon in Pink - There You Go & Most Girls.
^^fuck he's hot...is he Latin?
he's American.Quote:
Originally Posted by james1200
there is a gorgeous hot beautiful really do-able guy in Tina Cousin's video... Pretty Young Thing (click to watch)
Chayanne - Torero (He is hotter than Ricky Martin, and he can really dance)
kim wilde had a video out in the 80's with the sexiest guys! anyone remember it? i think it was called "do you really want me" that video made me so horny when i was a kid!
Definitely the cutest guy I have ever seen on a video was Toni Braxton's Un-break my heart featuring Tyson Beckford. He's has all I've ever fantasized with in a man.
Olivia Newton-John - Physical
Kylie Minogue - Slow
Madonna - Express Yourself
toni braxtons-feel so high
those sexy men coming out of the elevator, especially the man when he shows his pecs dancing and the hot blonde on the motor bike
and he has a nice body...
Mariah Carey- My All
Shania Twain- You're still the one.
I know he's fully dressed, but the guy in the Evanesance song, "call me when you sober" drives me nuts. I'll put up with Amy Lee just to catch a glimps of him.
Celine Dion can be forgiven for her entire deplorable career thanks to this glorious, flesh-filled video. Gee, I wonder why he isn't really interested in Celine?
New Found Glory's "It's Not Your Fault" has a hot model named Teddy John from 8th and Ocean
In the video he starts out naked (not that you can see anything) from just hooking up and he dresses throughout the video.... hottt
Videos to add to your collection:
Kim Wilde 'Say You Really Want Me' (remix)(banned from MTV)
TKA 'Louder Than Love'
Martha Wash 'Give It To You'
New Kids On The Block 'Baby I Believe in You' (live) greatest hits dvd
Lisette Melendez 'Goody Goody'
Coro 'Fallen Angel'
Linear 'Sending All My Love'
Miguel Brown 'So Many Men'
Cover Girls 'All That Glitters'
Diana Ross 'Muscles'
There are some hot guys in the Written in the Stars video by Elton John & Leeann Rhimes.
Here's the actual video. If you watch closely towards the middle or the end, you get to see his crack. LOL
Can you guys watch it? It looks like a big, blank white space to me.
Mann Gegen Mann by Rammstein
The entire band, with the exception of Till Lindemann, is naked with only their instruments to cover their bits. There are also lots of naked body builders wrestling in the rain.
You can watch the video HERE.
britney spears - born to make you happy (who's that stud?)


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I could try this. It's 10PM my time so DD is in bed. Just hope I'm not too tired.
Bumpety bump! See you tomorrow bright and early!
Well, I am hoping to be back from dance exams by then - should hopefully be here!!
(Am actually getting a new puter today and returning this one to my girls but will put it off till after the speed scrap!!)
Shopped all day yesterday and I am ready to relax and do some scrapping today. This is a great time for me.
It will be in the forum...I'm going to start a new thread right now :)


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With big Mexican crop, Chilean avocado exports plummet
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What a shame over production. Maybe if avocados were picked with higher levels of oil meaning better maturity and they wouldn't cut black inside sales would be better. The biggest complaint from consumers on imported avocados is when they ripen they cut black inside Better maturity together with retail help would ease some overproduction
That's all the more consumers should buy Fla grown avocados when in season as the real look of an avocado is governed by the weight & ring size before any picking is done. A Maturity Committee sets the size, weight and calendar dates of the correct picking times. Then. Federal inspection inspects the size & quality of the shipment before trucks deliver to markets. This gives the customer a satisfied mature tasting avocado to enjoy.
I replied to the the DALE comment below
You will most likely see higher oil content and better quality from Mexico than Chile. Chile has, over the years, taken advantage of the US market because they that no competitors thus exporting what quality they wanted. We knew Mexico was going to change the landscape.
The reality is that the market for avocados is changing and some people are resisting the change. The avocado market has been a very small place for very long. A handful of handlers moved the majority of the volume and it kept prices fairly high and fairly stable. Mexico has opened the door to many non-traditional handlers to enter the handler circle and the traditional industry no longer has any control over volumes or prices. A large company like Mission or Giumarra now has to compete with brokers and wholesalers with large direct volumes now available to them. There is no hierarchy of avocado handling during this Mexican deal. I am sure the hopes of all the CA handlers is that order will be restored when the CA crop comes in, but that hope may not pan out. The market is growing faster than demand is this year and it may be like this for some months. Avocado industry needs to convince retailers to lower their prices in order to move more fruit through the system faster. Currently the retailers are keeping prices high and buying at the lower mark, leaving them a nice return. I'm sure its difficult to let that position go but in the spirit of partnership, they need to adjust to help the overall picture improve.
I agree with you Mike, but good luck with chain store support when supplies increase. Look what they have done to the tomato business. They will not pass lower prices on to the consumers
We're just a small natural foods store in Massachusetts but avocados are our #1 selling item in the produce department, selling about 1000 pieces a week (organic only).
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Not perfect animation but fun all the same
Not perfect animation but fun all the same
Where the hell have I been as far as this thread is concerned. It's my NEW favorite thread. Keep up the great work folks.
a few more from my vault. They are fun
Rapid hand job!
New York Straight Men - Doug gets a seeing to!
Vintage Randy Blue
^^ Awesome!!!
Swaggering US Olympic Gymnast Sam Mikulak
Absolutely fabulous!
Especially for rewind freaks like me.
I like these, might make one of myself in the next couple of days
Flower Power
Someone posted one of this guy earlier, but this one's a little different.
some more fun ones I have
Wow this is pretty intense
Wikipedia is so...educational.
Swaggering US Olympic Gymnast Sam Mikulak
very funny!!!!
Come on people, keep posting! haha. BTW, Anyone know if there are any sites devoted just to these GIFs and where that might be, thanks
a few more. not much new out there.
^Umm, yeah. That image is ridiculously hot. Goodness. Any idea where it's from?
Here ya go!
He kissed me.
The F**** F****. pressed his lips against mine. He kissed me. I'm gonna have nightmares. He so kissed me. He caught me off guard.
Kissed by a man. What makes that of me? How can I keep on living with this stigma? And how could I miss this topic, it's awesome.
^^ Um, wow. Just wow.
Swaggering US Olympic Gymnast Sam Mikulak
I've collected some from over the years as well. Hear's some pg stuff. Great thread.
insane thread....i have never spilled so much seed in one thread...xxxpecially love the double-penetration pics....fuckin amazing


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Aug 13, 2012 3:11 PM, By Bruce Borgerson
Forecasting the Future of Audio Networking
After years of gestation in IEEE meetings and papers, Audio Video Bridging (AVB) is making the transition from engineering consensus to hardware reality. This standards-based specification for synchronized, low-latency networked transmission of streaming media has been hailed as the Holy Grail—or, perhaps more appropriately, the Rosetta Stone—of AV networking. Incorporating additional Layer 2 timing and routing protocols for improved synchronization, AVB also promises interoperability of devices from multiple manufacturers without relying on prepackaged networking solutions from third-party suppliers.
The long-term outlook indeed looks promising. AVB has garnered broad support through the efforts of the AVnu Alliance, an umbrella entity that supports the AVB standards and supervises certification of interoperability among devices from various manufacturers. The AVnu Alliance currently lists 45 companies onboard, representing not only professional AV suppliers but also IT heavyweights like Cisco, Intel, and Texas Instruments.
But what does this mean for consultants and systems integrators already looking at networking solutions five or even 10 years down the road? Will AVB-compliant solutions dominate the industry? Or will proven proprietary solutions still hold large shares of the market with guaranteed interoperability and one-source support?
Frankly, the crystal ball is foggy. To gain a measure of clarity, Sound & Video Contractor queried some major players among audio manufacturers, since these hardware makers will determine in large part what options will be available. Participants are Matt Czyzewski, executive vice president of operations at Biamp Systems; John McMahon, executive director of digital products at Meyer Sound; Klas Dalbjorn, product research manager at Lab.gruppen /Lake (part of the TC Group); Richard Zwiebel, vice president systems strategy at QSC Audio; and Steve Seable, systems design engineer at Yamaha. Lee Minich, president of Lab X Technologies, was invited to comment on behalf of AVnu, where he serves as marketing work group chair. All companies except QSC have signed on to the AVnu Alliance.
At least one thing is clear: AVB has arrived, with the first wave of products now in operation.
"In May we started shipping our Tesira product, which uses AVB as the audio transport protocol," says Biamp Systems' Czyzewski. "We have extensive plans for the future, with a road map for Tesira that goes out at least five years and spans a wide range of AV applications."
Meyer Sound is currently offering its AVB-enabled D-Mitri digital audio platform and CAL column array loudspeakers, according to John McMahon. "We plan on rolling out AVB across our entire product line in a structured fashion, with a focus on the installation market first, and then touring," he says.
And the future looks promising, as more companies support the technology and debut AVB-enabled products. "There's a momentum established from having not just AV product manufacturers but also chip manufacturers come on board," Czyzewski says. "They get interested when they see a wider marketplace developing."
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I'm currently horrified at the price of the L'Auberge espagnole soundtrack on HMV. £25.99? FOR A CD? Will it dance for me and make my breakfast too?
Yup, it will even throw in a massage.
I've seen cd's priced that high before, and I've always wondered who buys them. Oo
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They're asking you the price of a video game for a CD?
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Yup. I'm assuming because it's an import of the soundtrack for both films, but still, I'm cheaper importing cds from Japan at that kind of price!
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I saw "Inkheart" today. For an adaptation, it was pretty good, and they did a nice job of making it a happy ending. However, I was very disappointed with the casting. Most of the casting was ok - not great, but passable. However, Basta and Farid were horrible. The actors for both weren't great, and the characters were seriously downsized in the movie - which is a pity, they're good characters. They cut the plot back so much though that it was almost like I blinked and the movie was over.
I did like how they tried to incorporate other details from the second and third books though - like Meggie's writing and a mention of the Bluejay. That was fun.
So, it was good, but not great. I think they did a better job with "The Thief Lord".
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I thought Basta was an awful character Nu, in the book he's a serious, mean mostly competent character. In the film I just couldn't take him seriously. I think it was the mustach.
I also had an issue with a couple of plot holes:
At the end of the film all the characters get read back into their books, except Dustfinger though they didn't really explain why, I assumed it was because he wasn't close enough. So what the heck happened to Rapunzel? She gets dragged off and no-one sees her again, no-one seems to care either.
Second, more serious plot hole, I may have just missed this but Mo reads the characters out of Inkheart, then spends years searching for another copy of the book. What happened to the one he had? Did Capricorn take it when I wasn't looking?
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I agree about the mustache. The mullet didn't really help either - or the way it was slicked back. He looked almost exactly like a teacher I used to hate. They were both incompetent.
As to the plot holes:
The Rapunzel question - It's assumed that every woman who is read out of a book is made to work for the Magpie (who was also casted horribly in my opinion. She's supposed to be scary and cunning, but she just reminded me of an aged Mrs. Lovett). If we assume this, we assume that she was present at the time of the reading, which means she was sent back. The creatures had been released and were at the scene of the reading too, so they got sent back. So everyone in the immediate vicinity was magically transported home - the only ones who weren't were Dustfinger and Farid. It fits, but the problem is that to make such an assumption in the first place, you have to have read the book. So we're assuming that we're supposed to assume that she was sent back. =/
In the book, Mo did have a copy, he kept it hidden and that's the main reason Capricorn was chasing him in the first place. Again, I'm guessing we're supposed to assume that it was stolen. It never really explains that well either. It's mentioned that the author's copies were stolen, but it's not mentioned that other copies were as well.
Basically, that's a lot of assumptions. If you haven't read the book you're left hanging with a lot of questions, and if you have you're confused over bits of plot that were snipped.
All in all, I think they rushed it too much. It was a sloppy job. They could have easily filled in some holes, it's not like they had to worry about movie length - I was surprised it was so short.
I really didn't care for how "kiddie" they made it. I guess that's why Basta's silly, instead of scary. You can't have a character competently wielding a knife and killing people in a PG movie.
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I just saw "Eagle Eye"and man was it amazing! It has bee a long time . . . or possibly never, since I've seen an intelligent action film. It normally bothers me how impossible action sequences in movies are, but these were at least feasible - that made me very happy. The plot was great too - I loved it!
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Well, the new
Friday the 13th
just had the best opening weekend for any horror movie ever...
So here's my review as posted to Slasherpool:
After the excellent My Bloody Valentine remake and a good trailer, I was hoping this movie would be good, or at least entertaining. Unfortunately, instead it's a boring, generic mess of a film with only a few redeeming qualities.
So that people who aren't so inclined don't need to read through the whole review, I'll give summarized pros and cons here:
+Some decent jumps
+Nice homages to the originals
+Some good humor
-Poor editing
-Rushed, but still boring
-Terrible characters
-A "Jason" that seems more like a bad Jason ripoff
Now for the meat of the review:
The movie opens with a flashback to June 13th, 1980. A camp counselor is pursued by a maniacal Mrs. Voorhees, and proceeds to cut her head off as she tells Jason to "kill for her". All this is in super-shaky-closeup-quick-shot-during-a-rainstorm and almost completely indecipherable, and lasts about 2 minutes.
Flash forward to "Present day" Crystal Lake. A group of kids are camping near the abandoned... well, camp. Their GPS screws up and they don't know where they are. One of them goes off to find weed and gets killed (In indecipherable super-shaky-closeup-quick-shot). Another couple goes out to explore the camp, and the last two have sex. The two in the camp find a building with Mrs. Voorhees' head and a locket with her picture, noting she looks a lot like the girl. The boy is killed (In indecipherable super-shaky-closeup-quick-shot) and the girl runs away. Back at the tent, the two having sex hear a noise. The guy goes to investigate, finds the weed dude's body, and then gets caught in a bear trap (In indecipherable super-shaky-closeup-quick-shot). Then the girl gets wrapped up in her sleeping bag and roasted over the campfire (In some surprisingly steady shots). Finally, the other girl comes back, Jason kills the dude in the bear trap and rushes the girl, fade to black. All this happens in about 10 minutes, and again is largely impossible to watch. Oh, and he's wearing a sack that looks kinda like the one from Part 2.
Flash forward about 6 months. A bunch of stereotypical, annoying teenagers are going to the jerkiest of them all's house on the lake. They run into a dude who's looking for his lost sister named Whitney, that one who looked like Mrs. Voorhees. They're all jerks to him except for head jerk's girlfriend. We're "treated" to some random scenes of the teens being stupid at the house and Whitney's brother riding around on a motorcycle asking locals if they've seen her while they act all foreboding. Eventually Jason shows up and kills one of said locals, who happens to be in a shed full of random crap that includes a hockey mask.
The rest of the movie is the typical "Kids do bad things and get killed" slasher movie, which in itself I don't have any problem with. What I DO mind is how poorly it's done. There is no suspense to be found, save for one short scene that turns out to be a bit of a cheat anyway. There are scenes where I could say "I'm supposed to be in suspense". The problem is, in the right hands and at the right time, silence can be scary. But these scenes were desperately in need of music if they were going to be anything but overlong and boring. Actually, the entire movie lacks music, and anyone hoping to hear Harry Manfredini's classic score will be disappointed - aside from a few "ki ki ki ma ma ma"s over the credits and sparsely dotted through the film, it's been replaced with generic "loud chase scene music".
A common complaint with Friday the 13th: Part V is that Jason's not the killer. Well, same here. Sure, there's a killer wearing a hockey mask named Jason, but it is not Jason. It feels like a cruddy Jason wannabe. They tried to make him more dangerous here - he is now a perfect shot with a bow and arrow (and has childhood trophies to prove it), a professional axe-thrower, a bear trapper, and - get this - he has an ENTIRE UNDERGROUND TUNNEL SYSTEM. Complete with an ALARM SYSTEM and hidden exits inside wrecked cars.
He's also back to his old teleporting tricks from Part 8... instantly appearing on the other side of the lake and a completely inaccessible roof. I didn't mind it so much in Part 8, which was tongue in cheek anyway (Remember the hockey team billboard?), but here I found it out of place and distracting.
Even when he sticks to the machete, it doesn't feel right - he goes through the motions without any personality, determination, or frankly, scare factor. And at the end, his "death" is the least convincing of the series - even somebody who'd never seen a slasher could've guessed he was coming back for a "last scare".
Oh yeah, and towards the end, there's a lot more of that indecipherable super-shaky-closeup-quick-shot crap again, probably influenced by producer Michael Bay.
To be fair, there are a few amusing jokes, mostly from the token Asian guy, and some decent jump scenes. But for me it just never added up to anything scary, entertaining, or even all that interesting.
Just because I like scary things doesn't mean I'M- okay, it kinda does sometimes.
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Ah movies, my personal favorites are musicals and fantasy, and to be honest, it's all about the villains.
Sweeny todd, excellent dark musical, truly evil villain an he's the one you're rooting for.
If the villain gets a song cue and the music is good, I'll probably like the movie.
I tend to prefer the stuff that came out in the 80's and 90's. Such as Krull, Dragonslayer, Princess Bride, Black Cauldron, Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, Original SW Trilogy, etc. There is just a style and a quality to them that I prefer to what is coming out now.
There are some more recent ones I love: LoTR, Ironman, the new batman movies, and most of the stuff put out by pixar and dreamworks.
Now that I've rambled on like a drunken fanboy, I will pass along a word of caution to all.
Do not, under any circumstances watch the animated Dragonlance movie unless you want to be dissapointed.
The animation is mediocre, the cgi is terribly jarring and the dialogue is just plain bad. The only thing that they really got right was the voices for the main characters. Overall the whole thing looks as if it should have been a made for tv special open for a series. Which would have been cool, I could have accepted that, but not this. Dragonlance deserved better.
Ok I've ranted and raved long enough, I'm going for food.
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Thred res so I can talk about Watchmen.
It was bloody brilliant.
And I mean that literally, there's lots of gore, lots by my standards anyway, fortunatly I knew when to look away so I avoided most of it.
The film is startalingly close to the graphic novel, they used the same dialouge, the same angles, same chronology, it's like they pointed a camera at the comic book.
The only complaints I can think of are that it's very long and the end seemed rushed, they didn't explain things as well as they could have. Other than that it was one of the most enjoyable films I've seen in a long time.
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Today I went to see Watchmen. Some good laughing bits; great cinematography. Thank god they shot whoever ruins most action films these days by putting a trembling camera in.
I found the blue glowing guy almost impossible to sympathise with, which is an interesting dualism to the state entertained by said character in the film. Not sure whether that was intentional or not. Most of the characters however I found really easy to sympathise with, so I guess it spans a decent range.
I felt the ending was a bit optimistic, but whatever it's nice to have a feel good film once in a while. And there was a bit that made the cynical Nem smile deep down inside. Unfortunately I could work out the main twist of ending about halfway through, and I guess if you're paying attention most people can too, not a particularly complicated plot. Which left me wondering why on earth the characters didn't see it coming; especially blue glowing guy; but then again they didn't have the god's eye view of the film like the audience did.
It's also an extremely long film, from the time I sat down to the time I got up was easily 3 hours including the trailers at the start of the movie. Considering the certificate of the movie I expected there to be more screaming a begging and so on to go with the violence and gore. Blood is just blood; in Nem's book it doesn't earn an 18 without an additional component of human suffering like those squicky traps in Saw.
Good film. I recommend you go and see it.
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Squee hasn't watched the movie or even really read many reviews of it, but...Watchmen optimistic? Eh? Gotta have changed the ending if it ended up that way, 'cause the comic Watchmen is the epitome of pessimism...
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In all honesty it probably has more to do with the fact that I idealise order than any objective aspect of the film.
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Saw this in part of the adverts for a film I went to see yesterday.
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@ Nem: I saw the previews for that, too. I mean, I love his work, but I'm just not sure....
On other notes, on Saturday I got to see 2012, it was...interesting...I'm not really a fan of John Cusack, so that probably didn't help.
Aaand, tonight I watched The Ugly Truth for the first time.
It was cute! I liked it!
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Here's a look at What's Going On in the Southland including in Chicago Heights, Flossmoor and University Park.
Library to host Teen Crafts program
Flossmoor Public Library, 1000 Sterling Ave., will host its Teen Craft Time event for students in sixth through 12th grades from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday in the library's Helen Wilson Meeting Room.
Students will help design cards for seniors in conjunction with the Kids Who Care program. Students will be able to earn community service points. Snacks will be provided. Registration is not required.
Information: www.flossmoorlibrary.org or (708) 798-4006.
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School to host Christmas play
CBC Productions will perform the play "The Gospel According to Mrs. Scrooge!" at 1 and 5 p.m. Saturday in the auditorium at Bloom Trail High School, 22331 Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago Heights.
In the play, Mrs. Scrooge tires in court to prove that Christmas is a sham and that God doesn't really exist. The cost is $20 for the 1 p.m. show and $25 for the 5 p.m. show.
Information: www.thespaa.org or (708) 785-7371.
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GSU to offer MOT program
Governors State University will host an informational session on its master of occupational therapy degree program from 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the school, 1 University Parkway, University Park.
Attendees are encouraged to bring unofficial copies of their transcripts.
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Mann introduced the new clear plastic platter in October. It shows off more produce and has 50% less packaging than other similarly sized party platters, Hernandez said.
Mann will not promote the tray with any Super Bowl-specific messages, but it anticipates brisk movement. With Christmas, the Super Bowl ranks among the company's biggest promotional targets.
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Mann also expects to sell plenty of its meat, cheese and vegetable combination trays in the runup to the game, Hernandez said.
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