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A prophecy against Tyre.
Verses 1-14 To be secretly pleased with the death or decay of others, when we are likely to get by it; or with their fall, when we may thrive upon it, is a sin that easily besets us, yet is not thought so bad as really it is. But it comes from a selfish, covetous principle, and from that love of the world as our happiness, which the love of God expressly forbids. He often blasts the projects of those who would raise themselves on the ruin of others. The maxims most current in the trading world, are directly opposed to the law of God. But he will show himself against the money-loving, selfish traders, whose hearts, like those of Tyre, are hardened by the love of riches. Men have little cause to glory in things which stir up the envy and rapacity of others, and which are continually shifting from one to another; and in getting, keeping, and spending which, men provoke that God whose wrath turns joyous cities into ruinous heaps.
Verses 15-21 See how high, how great Tyre had been. See how low Tyre is made. The fall of others should awaken us out of security. Every discovery of the fulfilment of a Scripture prophecy, is like a miracle to confirm our faith. All that is earthly is vanity and vexation. Those who now have the most established prosperity, will soon be out of sight and forgotten.
Ezekiel 26:1-21 . THE JUDGMENT ON TYRE THROUGH NEBUCHADNEZZAR (TWENTY-SIXTH THROUGH TWENTY-EIGHTH CHAPTERS).
In the twenty-sixth chapter, Ezekiel sets forth:--(1) Tyre's sin; (2) its doom; (3) the instruments executing it; (4) the effects produced on other nations by her downfall. In the twenty-seventh chapter, a lamentation over the fall of such earthly splendor. In the twenty-eighth chapter, an elegy addressed to the king, on the humiliation of his sacrilegious pride. Ezekiel, in his prophecies as to the heathen, exhibits the dark side only; because he views them simply in their hostility to the people of God, who shall outlive them all. Isaiah ( Isaiah 23:1-18 ), on the other hand, at the close of judgments, holds out the prospect of blessing, when Tyre should turn to the Lord.
1. The specification of the date, which had been omitted in the case of the four preceding objects of judgment, marks the greater weight attached to the fall of Tyre.
eleventh year--namely, after the carrying away of Jehoiachin, the year of the fall of Jerusalem. The number of the month is, however, omitted, and the day only given. As the month of the taking of Jerusalem was regarded as one of particular note, namely, the fourth month, also the fifth, on which it was actually destroyed ( Jeremiah 52:6 Jeremiah 52:12 Jeremiah 52:13 ), RABBI DAVID reasonably supposes that Tyre uttered her taunt at the close of the fourth month, as her nearness to Jerusalem enabled her to hear of its fall very soon, and that Ezekiel met it with his threat against herself on "the first day" of the fifth month.
2. Tyre--( Joshua 19:29 , 2 Samuel 24:7 ), literally, meaning "the rock-city," Zor; a name applying to the island Tyre, called New Tyre, rather than Old Tyre on the mainland. They were half a mile apart. "New Tyre," a century and a half before the fall of Jerusalem, had successfully resisted Shalmaneser of Assyria, for five years besieging it (MENANDER, from the Tyrian archives, quoted by JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 9.14. 2). It was the stronger and more important of the two cities, and is the one chiefly, though not exclusively, here meant. Tyre was originally a colony of Zidon. Nebuchadnezzar's siege of it lasted thirteen years ( Ezekiel 29:18 , Isaiah 23:1-18 ). Though no profane author mentions his having succeeded in the siege, JEROME states he read the fact in Assyrian histories.
Aha!--exultation over a fallen rival ( Psalms 35:21 Psalms 35:25 ).
she . . . that was the gates--that is, the single gate composed of two folding doors. Hence the verb is singular. "Gates" were the place of resort for traffic and public business: so here it expresses a mart of commerce frequented by merchants. Tyre regards Jerusalem not as an open enemy, for her territory being the narrow, long strip of land north of Philistia, between Mount Lebanon and the sea, her interest was to cultivate friendly relations with the Jews, on whom she was dependent for corn ( Ezekiel 27:17 , 1 Kings 5:9 , Acts 12:20 ). But Jerusalem had intercepted some of the inland traffic which she wished to monopolize to herself; so, in her intensely selfish worldly-mindedness, she exulted heartlessly over the fall of Jerusalem as her own gain. Hence she incurred the wrath of God as pre-eminently the world's representative in its ambition, selfishness, and pride, in defiance of the will of God ( Isaiah 23:9 ).
she is turned unto me--that is, the mart of corn, wine, oil, balsam, &c. which she once was, is transferred to me. The caravans from Palmyra, Petra, and the East will no longer be intercepted by the market ("the gates") of Jerusalem, but will come to me.
3, 4. nations . . . as the sea . . . waves--In striking contrast to the boasting of Tyre, God threatens to bring against her Babylon's army levied from "many nations," even as the Mediterranean waves that dashed against her rock-founded city on all sides.
scrape her dust . . . make her . . . top of . . . rock--or, "a bare rock" [GROTIUS]. The soil which the Tyrians had brought together upon the rock on which they built their city, I will scrape so clean away as to leave no dust, but only the bare rock as it was. An awful contrast to her expectation of filling herself with all the wealth of the East now that Jerusalem has fallen.
5. in the midst of the sea--plainly referring to New Tyre ( Ezekiel 27:32 ).
6. her daughters . . . in the field--The surrounding villages, dependent on her in the open country, shall share the fate of the mother city.
7. from the north--the original locality of the Chaldeans; also, the direction by which they entered Palestine, taking the route of Riblah and Hamath on the Orontes, in preference to that across the desert between Babylon and Judea.
king of kings--so called because of the many kings who owned allegiance to him ( 2 Kings 18:28 ). God had delegated to him the universal earth-empire which is His ( Daniel 2:47 ). The Son of God alone has the right and title inherently, and shall assume it when the world kings shall have been fully proved as abusers of the trust ( 1 Timothy 6:15 , Revelation 17:12-14 , Revelation 19:15 Revelation 19:16 ). Ezekiel's prophecy was not based on conjecture from the past, for Shalmaneser, with all the might of the Assyrian empire, had failed in his siege of Tyre. Yet Nebuchadnezzar was to succeed. JOSEPHUS tells us that Nebuchadnezzar began the siege in the seventh year of Ithobal's reign, king of Tyre.
9. engines of war--literally, "an apparatus for striking." "He shall apply the stroke of the battering-ram against thy walls." HAVERNICK translates, "His enginery of destruction"; literally, the "destruction (not merely the stroke) of his enginery."
axes--literally, "swords."
10. dust--So thick shall be the "dust" stirred up by the immense numbers of "horses," that it shall "cover" the whole city as a cloud.
horses . . . chariots--As in Ezekiel 26:3-5 , New Tyre on the insular rock in the sea (compare Isaiah 23:2 Isaiah 23:4 Isaiah 23:6 ) is referred to; so here, in Ezekiel 26:9-11 , Old Tyre on the mainland. Both are included in the prophecies under one name.
wheels--FAIRBAIRN thinks that here, and in Ezekiel 23:24 , as "the wheels" are distinct from the "chariots," some wheelwork for riding on, or for the operations of the siege, are meant.
11. thy strong garrisons--literally, "the statutes of thy strength"; so the forts which are "monuments of thy strength." MAURER understands, in stricter agreement with the literal meaning, "the statues" or "obelisks erected in honor of the idols, the tutelary gods of Tyre," as Melecarte, answering to the Grecian Hercules, whose temple stood in Old Tyre (compare Jeremiah 43:13 , Margin).
12. lay thy stones . . . timber . . . in . . . midst of . . . water--referring to the insular New Tyre ( Ezekiel 26:3 Ezekiel 26:5 , Ezekiel 27:4 Ezekiel 27:25 Ezekiel 27:26 ). When its lofty buildings and towers fall, surrounded as it was with the sea which entered its double harbor and washed its ramparts, the "stones . . . timbers . . . and dust" appropriately are described as thrown down "in the midst of the water." Though Ezekiel attributes the capture of Tyre to Nebuchadnezzar does not follow that the final destruction of it described is attributed by him to the same monarch. The overthrow of Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar was the first link in the long chain of evil--the first deadly blow which prepared for, and was the earnest of, the final doom. The change in this verse from the individual conqueror "he," to the general "they," marks that what he did was not the whole, but only paved the way for others to complete the work begun by him. It was to be a progressive work until she was utterly destroyed. Thus the words here answer exactly to what Alexander did. With the "stones, timber," and rubbish of Old Tyre, he built a causeway in seven months to New Tyre on the island and so took it [CURTIUS, 4, 2], 322 B.C.
13. Instead of the joyousness of thy prosperity, a death-like silence shall reign ( Isaiah 24:8 , Jeremiah 7:34 ).
14. He concludes in nearly the same words as he began ( Ezekiel 26:4 Ezekiel 26:5 ).
built no more--fulfilled as to the mainland Tyre, under Nebuchadnezzar. The insular Tyre recovered partly, after seventy years ( Isaiah 23:17 Isaiah 23:18 ), but again suffered under Alexander, then under Antigonus, then under the Saracens at the beginning of the fourteenth century. Now its harbors are choked with sand, precluding all hope of future restoration, "not one entire house is left, and only a few fishermen take shelter in the vaults" [MAUNDRELL]. So accurately has God's word come to pass.
15-21. The impression which the overthrow of Tyre produced on other maritime nations and upon her own colonies, for example, Utica, Carthage, and Tartessus or Tarshish in Spain.
isles--maritime lands. Even mighty Carthage used to send a yearly offering to the temple of Hercules at Tyre: and the mother city gave high priests to her colonies. Hence the consternation at her fall felt in the widely scattered dependencies with which she was so closely connected by the ties of religion, as well as commercial intercourse.
shake--metaphorically: "be agitated" ( Jeremiah 49:21 ).
16. come down from their thrones . . . upon the ground--"the throne of the mourners" ( Job 2:13 , Jonah 3:6 ).
princes of the sea--are the merchant rulers of Carthage and other colonies of Tyre, who had made themselves rich and powerful by trading on the sea ( Isaiah 23:8 ).
clothe . . . with trembling--Hebrew, "tremblings." Compare Ezekiel 7:27 , "clothed with desolation"; Psalms 132:18 . In a public calamity the garment was changed for a mourning garb.
17. inhabited of seafaring men--that is, which was frequented by merchants of various sea-bordering lands [GROTIUS]. FAIRBAIRN translates with Peschito, "Thou inhabitant of the seas" (the Hebrew literal meaning). Tyre rose as it were out of the seas as if she got thence her inhabitants, being peopled so closely down to the waters. So Venice was called "the bride of the sea."
strong in the sea--through her insular position.
cause their terror to be on all that haunt it--namely, the sea. The Hebrew is rather, "they put their terror upon all her (the city's) inhabitants," that is, they make the name of every Tyrian to be feared [FAIRBAIRN].
18. thy departure-- Isaiah 23:6 Isaiah 23:12 predicts that the Tyrians, in consequence of the siege, should pass over the Mediterranean to the lands bordering on it ("Chittim," "Tarshish," &c.). So Ezekiel here. Accordingly JEROME says that he read in Assyrian histories that, "when the Tyrians saw no hope of escaping, they fled to Carthage or some islands of the Ionian and Ægean Seas" [BISHOP NEWTON]. GROTIUS explains "departure," that is, "in the day when hostages shall be carried away from thee to Babylon." The parallelism to "thy fall" makes me think "departure" must mean "thy end" in general, but with an included allusion to the "departure" of most of her people to her colonies at the fall of the city.
19. great waters--appropriate metaphor of the Babylonian hosts, which literally, by breaking down insular Tyre's ramparts, caused the sea to "cover" part of her.
20. the pit--Tyre's disappearance is compared to that of the dead placed in their sepulchres and no more seen among the living (compare Ezekiel 32:18 Ezekiel 32:23 , Isaiah 14:11 Isaiah 14:15 Isaiah 14:19 ).
I shall set glory in the land--In contrast to Tyre consigned to the "pit" of death, I shall set glory (that is, My presence symbolized by the Shekinah cloud, the antitype to which shall be Messiah, "the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father," John 1:14 , Isaiah 4:2 Isaiah 4:5 , Zechariah 6:13 ) in Judah.
of the living--as opposed to Tyre consigned to the "pit" of death. Judea is to be the land of national and spiritual life, being restored after its captivity ( Ezekiel 47:9 ). FAIRBAIRN loses the antithesis by applying the negative to both clauses, "and that thou be not set as a glory in the land of the living."
21. terror--an example of judgment calculated to terrify all evildoers.
thou shall be no more--Not that there was to be no more a Tyre, but she was no more to be the Tyre that once was: her glory and name were to be no more. As, to Old Tyre, the prophecy was literally fulfilled, not a vestige of it being left.


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The concussion of artillery, the stammering of hooves, the
rebel cries, the thunderous roar of musketry and the screams of the wounded
have subsided from the now tranquil undulating hills of the Gettysburg
battlefield. Gettysburg now stammers with the footsteps of visitors from the
world over, its military significance not only for American citizenry but for
those abroad.
the upcoming festivities of Gettysburg 150th anniversary drawing
close, the town will bustle and overflow with visitors seeking to relive in
their minds the epic battle which occurred there. To some they will take guided
tours, to others that have studied the battle, the monuments and their research
will be their guide. The heights of Little Round Top will ignite the agony of
the Confederate soldiers who descended it and the rippling field that Pickett
charged across brings many questions to mind.
start, visitors traversing Gettysburg this summer and fall should, before they
step foot on the battlefield, pick up a book on the battle and read it cover to
cover. Amazon, your local bookstore or even a local flea market will have a
book on the battle of Gettysburg. Look at the maps provided in the book and
absorb the author's narrative… highlight features in the book you want to see
on the battlefield, then bring the book with you on your trip. You will get a
fuller experience of the battle and pick pieces that peak your interest… not
the tour guide or others.
On the
battlefield take time to sit and visualize the battle from your reading, view
some of the monuments to get your bearings. Maybe pick a specific unit that a
relative fought with or one that you find interesting, for this author it is
Berdan's sharpshooters. If your trip occurs in July, realize that soldiers
fought in the stinging, exhausting heat of a Pennsylvania summer with wool kepi,
tunic and trousers.
The reader may ask… "What does
Gettysburg provide in amenities and diversions?"
One of the most enjoyable
diversions on the battlefield has to be horseback riding on the battlefield. Hickory Hollow Farms (http://www.hickoryhollowfarm.com) provides
horseback riding for visitors to the battlefield. This author suggests a two
hour or more ride because you will be able to see more of the battlefield, also
for an extra $5 dollars a licensed guide will ride along. At $40 an hour (or
$45 w/ guide) it is money well spent traversing parallel with West Confederate
Avenue then entering onto the field where Pickett's charge occurred then onward…
as many hours as you are willing to spend. Hickory Hollow Farms treats their
horses very well, looking healthy and well maintained. http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60798-d1880589-Reviews-Hickory_Hollow_Horse_Farm-Gettysburg_Pennsylvania.html.
For the military collector, that is
seeking a new piece for his collection… from Gettysburg. The Antique Center of Gettysburg (http://www.antiquecenter-getty.com)
is an excellent place to stop in. It has displays from sellers all over the
country… numerous military items from Civil War onward, also military miniature
soldiers. If you read military history books, they have a fine collection of
books for very reasonable prices. For Civil War collectibles visit The Horse Soldier (http://www.horsesoldier.com), even if
finances do not permit you to purchase an item, it allows you the opportunity to
view original weapons, accoutrements and clothing of the period. Finally, Battlefield Military Museum on 900 Baltimore
Pike, take a gander at what World War Two items are for sale and see a very
fine collection of militaria (rates for the museum are not listed online but
this author thought they weren't more than $10). The owner has been collecting
for decades… and can answer numerous questions on militaria.
This was just a short list of some
great spots in Gettysburg and a singularly exciting excursion on horseback. Take
time to poke around the town of Gettysburg, the out of the way coffee shops
that cater to students of Gettysburg College, restaurants and the other
multiple antique stores. For the week of July commemorating the battle,
Gettysburg will be filled to the brim with visitors. Reenactments, living
history camps and numerous other activities will be taking place. Have an
enjoyable trip to such an important piece of American history (and may its
history not be forgotten). See you on the battlefield.


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"Some are the strong, silent type. You can't put your finger on exactly what it is they bring to the table until you run without them and then you realize that their steadiness fills a hole that leaks energy in their absence." - Kristin Armstrong
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Has anyone used a belt sander to sharpen mower blades? I am using a real coarse file and diamond hone right now. |
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Whatever method, just remember not to remove metal from the bottom. You want the cutting edge to be the lowest part. |
I use a 4X36" bench top belt sander. Grizzly. Just a couple of seconds for each edge. Bought it for some woodworking, |
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One important thing to remember when sharpening blades is to keep them balanced. An imbalanced blade will wear out spindle bearings much faster, in addition to making the whole mower vibrate more. Balancing the blades on your mower is even more critical than balancing the tires on your car, because these blades turn at around 3,000 rpm at full speed. I used to mow commercially, and I invested in a pro-grade tool called the Magna-Matic balancer. You mount this on the wall, and it has a ball-bearing'ed cone that engages on the blade's center hole. You turn the blade to be horizontal and then the heavy end will sink. It's so sensitive, you have to turn off your room fans as that will affect the reading. The thing cost $150 a few years ago, so understandably it probably isn't cost-effective for most homeowners. But when you run a set of sweetly balanced blades on your mower, it reminds you of that old Norelco electric shaver commercial from years ago, which showed Santa zipping along on a Norelco over the snow-covered hills, remember that? Awesome. |
one other important thing - don't sharpen the blade to a knife edge. Easy to do with a sanding setup. Leave a 1/32 flat or so.. OTW blade will easily knick when striking a hard object and be right back out of balance along with a poor cut. This info from the boys at the Simplicity engrg test lab many moons ago.. |
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ALEXANDRIA, Va.–Gerry Borreggine, president and CEO of Therapedic, has been elected chairman of the International Sleep Products Association.
Borreggine succeeds Don Wright, chairman of Wright of Thomasville, who served as ISPA's chairman for the past 18 months. He said his agenda will focus on strengthening ISPA's advocacy for the sleep-products industry in Washington and in the nation's state capitals.
In welcoming Borreggine to the association's chairmanship, Ryan Trainer, ISPA's president, also congratulated Wright for making changes that "are transformational to make the organization much more vital to the business interests of our members." Trainer said ISPA is now making "significant investments" toward improved communication with its members, which include website enhancements, a larger presence in social networking and a facelift to the association's industry publications.


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'The East' Filmmakers Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij: How to Put One Foot In Front of the Other
Features By Jack Giroux on June 1, 2013 | Be the First To CommentBrit Marling and Zal Batmanglij left a positive impression on me a few years ago at South by Southwest. Not only with Sound of My Voice, their first full-length feature film together, but also in person during the brief time I spent sitting down with them. That is a movie that raises quite a few questions, and it was obvious they had every possible answer to these questions in mind. Both on screen and off, the two filmmakers displayed between them a clear confidence and shared interests. With their second collaboration, "the eco-terrorist" thriller The East, the two came to town for a press day near their old stomping ground, Georgetown University. Marling and Batmanglij met for the first time there, and it was fitting interviewing them close to the campus after having discussed their college and city experience a few years ago in Austin. Despite having found a nice little home with Fox Searchlight and having more money to work with now, the duo remain the same, sharing a similar interest in certain themes and the type of stories they want to tell.
The Cynic's Oscars: Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard for Most Original Screenplay
Academy Awards By Christopher Campbell on October 21, 2012 | Comments (6)"In a perfect world, 'The Cabin in the Woods' would be a lock for a Best Original Screenplay nomination." – Joey Magidson, The Awards Circuit It must be frustrating to write for an awards blog (aka an Oscar blog, since the Academy Awards are always the main focus of these sites), and know that the best films of the year are not necessarily the ones that will be nominated. Magidson's comment above, from his April review of The Cabin in the Woods, sort of sums that up. But at the same time I don't know if the movie truly deserves the statement. Something to consider, semantically speaking, is that the Academy's award is not for "Most Original Screenplay" but "Best Original Screenplay." This isn't to say that the script, by Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard, isn't well-written, and you're welcome to argue its case for a nomination. Is it the best-written original screenplay of the year, though? All my time as a movie lover and watcher of the Oscars, including the past few years of hate-watching, the original screenplay category is one I've constantly been excited about. It's the place where you could find some of the more clever and creative efforts, including a number of films that might not get other nominations. You could find a good number of interesting foreign films outside of the foreign-language award ghetto (such as Bunuel's two nominations for writing), as well as an interesting showing of mainstream and blockbuster fare, especially in the […]
This Week In Discs: Downton Abbey Surprises, Dark Shadows Disappoints and the Sound of My Voice Escapes From The Hole
Features By Rob Hunter on October 2, 2012 | Be the First To CommentWelcome back to This Week In Discs! As always, if you see something you like, click on the image to buy it. Sound of My Voice A filmmaking couple infiltrate a cult in search of the truth regarding its enigmatic leader Maggie (Brit Marling), but the longer they stay the more one of them comes to believe her claims. The situation grows more dangerous when Maggie makes a spectacular claim and asks one of them to kidnap a specific young girl. Marling co-wrote the film with director Zal Batmanglij, and they've created a thought provoking, suspenseful and often surprising indie that feels bigger than it is by virtue of the ideas at play. Marling also delivers a spectacularly charismatic performance that just may have viewers lining up for a sip of her Kool-Aid.
What is Really the Best Sci-Fi Film Since 'The Matrix'?
Discussion By Christopher Campbell on September 29, 2012 | Comments (9)Rian Johnson's new film, Looper, is a pretty awesome time travel flick, one with as many elements that are clever and original as there are purposefully derivative and influenced. It's the kind of smart and stylish sci-fi cinema we expect every once in a while on the festival circuit, like Sound of My Voice (which hits DVD and Blu-ray this Tuesday), rather than from a major Hollywood studio. Looper does fit the indie model, though, since Sony/Tristar picked it up for distribution only after it was done shooting, yet as Brian's review of the film attests, we can still consider it a good sign for mainstream movies of this genre, and we can hope that Hollywood will see Johnson as the sort of directorial talent they need. But is it the best science fiction film since The Matrix? That's a question posed in a headline from Time magazine yesterday, though its respective post doesn't address such a discussion let alone attempt to answer the inquiry. Well, if we exclude superhero movies, animated features (Pixar, Miyazaki and The Iron Giant among them) and the Star Trek reboot, Looper is currently one of only two original studio films of its order to be battling for the status of best reviewed since the Wachowskis' groundbreaking modern classic. The other is Alfonso Cuaron's Children of Men.
9 Ridiculously Great Movies You May Have Already Missed in 2012
Features By Rob Hunter on July 17, 2012 | Comments (6)Depending on who you ask 2012 is either on target to be a great year for movies or an underwhelming one. It's worth noting though that anyone who answers with the latter is a complete and utter tool. There have already been several fantastic movies in theaters over the past six and a half months including The Grey, The Avengers, The Raid: Redemption, 21 Jump Street, The Cabin In the Woods, Moonrise Kingdom and more. In addition to being fantastic entertainment though, most of those movies also had studio support to increase awareness and help make them big hits. As for The Raid and Cabin, well, you can't say the internet didn't do its damnedest to get the word out on just how awesome they are. Not our fault if American moviegoers didn't listen… But a third group of great movies exists this year too. Ones that had little to no push from studios or distributors, a minimal presence on movie blogs and a near negligible presence at the box-office. The year's only half over, but we wanted to share our choices for the best movies you've most likely missed this year…so far.
Warning: Twitter Has Spoilers For Everything You Love
Movie News By Neil Miller on April 27, 2012 | Comments (2)Warning: The following article spoils plot points for last week's episode of Mad Men, the film Sound of My Voice, this week's episode of Community, perhaps a bit of Game of Thrones and potentially everything else. If you aren't completely caught up on the world of entertainment, you probably shouldn't read it. Oh, and LOST. It spoils all of LOST. "Twitter is the new water cooler, folks — If you come to get a drink, you're gonna hear people talking about last night's TV." That's an interesting sentiment to read in the Twitter feed of Damon Lindelof, who was an integral piece behind one of television's most secretive, conspiratorial experiences of the modern era. Yet the executive producer of LOST has a point: if you are on Twitter on any given night — or in movie time, any given weekend — people are going to be talking about the things that have just happened. And Twitter being what it is — an uncontrollable stream of unfiltered, ever-hazardous culture-obsessed id looking for a good time — it's likely that if you're not current, you are going to find some spoilers. This is the world we live in.
Review: Consuming and Confounding, 'Sound of My Voice' Will Haunt Audiences for Years to Come
Movie Reviews By Kate Erbland on April 25, 2012 | Comments (6)Co-writer and star of the stunning Sound of My Voice, Brit Marling has been poised to break out for over a year now. Marling is one of two emerging "it girl" female stars that lit up the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, sharing the honor with Elizabeth Olsen (who, like Marling, appeared in two films that year, Silent House and the infinitely better Martha Marcy May Marlene). Marling, of course, has a leg up on the apparent competition, as she has also co-written both of her starring vehicles with their respective directors. While her other Sundance film, Another Earth, was not met with as much acclaim as SOMV (either at the festival or in its own limited release), the two form compelling companion pieces, particularly with the knowledge that Marling wrote them at the same time – she'd write Another Earth in the morning with Mike Cahill, dedicating her evenings to SOMV and Zal Batmanglij. Both Sound of My Voice and Another Earth focus on people who are looking for something to alleviate them from the pain present in their daily lives, but while Another Earth relies on the introduction of an entirely new planet to drive its narrative, SOMV instead centers on the vast expanses that exist in single human beings. It is not just a better film than Another Earth, it is a film that is exceedingly accomplished, confounding, and consuming beyond just basic comparisons. Wrapped in a tidy 85-minute package, Batmanglij and Marling have created their own world, […]
Watch the 'Sound of My Voice' Cult Try to Recruit New Members at Coachella
Movie News By Kate Erbland on April 24, 2012 | Be the First To CommentFew recent marketing campaigns have impressed me as profoundly as Fox Searchlight's push for Zal Batmanglij and Brit Marling's Sound of My Voice. The Sundance hit comes with a plotline that's ready-made for some inventive viral work, as it centers on a mysterious cult in Los Angeles, its compelling leader (Marling), and a pair of documentary filmmakers who infiltrate the organization in order to film an expose (they, of course, find much more than they bargained for). The marketing team for Sound of My Voice have clearly had a great time "recruiting new cult members" for the film with weekly meetings in Los Angeles (hey, they even got me there), but they decided to take the show on the road, stopping at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival to lure in fresh members. The result? An amusing, confounding video that reveals a startling amount of information about the film. While moviegoers who have yet to see the film will surely be intrigued by the video, it is people who have already seen Sound of My Voice who will be most stirred by it. Why? Because a very unexpected member of the cult shows up as part of the recruitment team. While I would not call the video a true spoiler, if you're looking forward to seeing Sound of My Voice and want to stay fresh, perhaps save this video for viewing after you watch this phenomenal film. Already seen SOMV? Prepare to have your interpretations rocked.
Last month was eclectic. We got Disney's like-it-or-hate-it box-office bomb, a sweet and violent comedy following the goons of hockey, one ass-kicking and nonstop action picture, an 80s TV show adaptation that was better than it originally had any right to be, and a Tarsem kids' film that defied most expectations based on that horror story of a trailer. A pretty strong March, and that's not even counting The Hunger Games. Before we head into the unpredictable summer movie season, we got 30 days filled with a plenty of excellent and probably not-so-excellent releases coming out. Here are 8 1/2 movies worth seeing this month.
Creative Viral Marketing for 'Sound of My Voice' Comes Home or, That Time I Tried to Join A Cult
Features By Kate Erbland on March 23, 2012 | Comments (1)It's perhaps too spot-on that Los Angeles' own Ukrainian Cultural Center also functions as a theater, with a big stage and grand Art Deco features nestled inside and outside of it. After all, I am here for some theatrics, but not the kind that take place on a stage or even on a screen – but the kind that require participation and collusion and even a healthy slice of delusion, even as they also beg for stories and plots and costumes. I am not here for a movie or a concert or a reading. I am here to join a cult.
Movie News After Dark: Katee Sackhoff, Cougar Town, Hunger Games and Hitchcock on Happiness
Movie News By Neil Miller on March 16, 2012 | Comments (6)What is Movie News After Dark? After a whirlwind of SXSW action, it doesn't even know anymore. Something about movie news. Interesting links, maybe. There may also be some fart jokes, but we're trying to keep it classy. Hi, Mom! Also, tonight's edition will prove how much this column's author has been watching Cougar Town lately. Like Community's Abed Nadir, he would like to live in Cougar Town. We begin tonight with a picture of Katee Sackhoff in Riddick 3 (ooh, la la — for the Battlestar Galactica babe, not another Riddick sequel). She will apparently play the baddie in the Vin Diesel-led film, some sort of alien bounty hunter who is more than meets the eye. Random thought: When are Katee Sackoff and Busy Philipps (Cougar Town reference #1) going to get together and do a sexy twins buddy cop movie? Strong female leads, people. Come on, Hollywood!
Watch the First Two Minutes of Sundance Hit 'Sound of My Voice,' Plus Snappy New Teaser Poster
Movie News By Kate Erbland on February 14, 2012 | Comments (5)To say that I have been eagerly anticipating Zal Batmanglij's Sound of My Voice is the understatement of the year. I've been rabid about seeing this thing ever since it premiered at last year's Sundance Film Festival (where everyone loved it) and then followed that up with a run at last year's SXSW Film Festival (where everyone loved it), and though I attended both festivals, I could never manage to fit the film in to my schedule. I even remember standing outside the Alamo, heartbroken and thunderstruck, after I missed a screening of the film by a mere five minutes. Batmanglij co-wrote the film with star Brit Marling, and while I've more than taken my lumps for hating Marling's other Sundance 2011 film, Another Earth, I've been assured that I will love Sound of My Voice, so perhaps my indie cred isn't dead just yet. That all said, the film stars Christopher Denham and Nicole Vicius as a couple/documentary filmmaking team who attempt to break into a Marling-led cult for a project, only to find themselves pulled under her sway. The film will finally hit theaters this April, and marketing is just beginning to roll out. Snap on over to Apple to watch the film's first two minutes, and if that intrigues you (hint: it will), mark your calendars for Thursday, when you can watch the first twelve minutes (comprising the first of ten "chapters" that make up the film) of Sound of My Voice at the film's official site […]
Aural Fixation: Moving Between Worlds, Self-Discovery, and the Music of 'Pariah'
Aural Fixation By Allison Loring on December 15, 2011 | Comments (1)This year has given us films that have taken us to slightly darker places from living with sex addiction (Shame) to life within a cult (Martha Marcy May Marlene, Sound of My Voice) to struggling with personal and sexual identity (The Beaver, Pariah), just to name a few. But even within these darker landscapes, these films have given us brilliant and captivating performances set against backgrounds and settings we may otherwise never experience. The music accompanying these various films help create their different tones and degrees of darkness from full soundtracks (as I looked into with Shame) to hardly any music at all in the stark and stripped down Sound of My Voice (I swear I'm starting a letter writing campaign to get this film released, like, yesterday). This week I wanted to call to attention a film that premiered back in January during the Sundance Film Festival and has stayed with me over the past twelve months – Pariah. The film tells the story of a young girl, Alike (Adepero Oduye), growing up in an environment that is repressing her true identity under the rule of strict mother Audrey (played with maddening intensity by Kim Wayans), passive father Arthur (Charles Parnell), apple of her mother's eye sister Sharonda (Sahra Mellesse), and seemingly understanding best friend Laura (Pernell Walker). Alike wants to please her parents and fit in with her best friend, but it seems she has to deny who she truly is in order to do so.
Patricia Clarkson and Toby Kebbell Head to 'The East'
Casting Couch By Kate Erbland on October 6, 2011 | Be the First To CommentThe casting news for Zal Batmanglij's next film with co-writer and leading lady, Brit Marling, continues to be my latest obsession. We know that the pair's film The East will focus on an eco-terrorism group that is infiltrated by a hired agent, and that plotline, paired with Batmanglij and Marling's apparent interest in fringe groups and their draw (look no further than their Sundance hit Sound of My Voice for proof of this), is enough to get me outrageously excited for the indie thriller. But as the film rounds out its casting, my excitement level is verging on simply unmanageable. Marling is already in to star as the undercover agent, dispatched by a private security firm that works to protect large corporations from eco-terrorist groups like the titular the East. Marling will get more involved than she anticipated, however, as her character will end up falling for the leader of the group, to be played by Alexander Skarsgard. Ellen Page is also on tap to play a member of The East, one who also has a romantic past with Skarsgard. The production has now added Patricia Clarkson in the role of Marling's corporate boss, along with Brit Toby Kebbell, who is in negotiations for a role as "a doctor who was treated with a tainted drug that caused him to have Parkinson's-like symptoms."
Ellen Page in Final Talks to Join Indie 'The East'
Casting Couch By Kate Erbland on September 29, 2011 | Comments (1)Ellen Page is reportedly in "final talks" for a role in Zal Batmanglij's The East. Batmanglij has written the script with the film's star, indie up-and-comer Brit Marling, with the film marking the pair's first collaboration after their Sundance hit, Sound of My Voice. The film has been billed as a sort of thriller, set in the world of hardcore eco-terrorist groups. We've known that Marling would play some sort of "agent" who infiltrates a group, called The East, which is led by Alexander Skarsgard, but today's news on Page's casting comes with some additional information on the film's plot, which is now further explained as a "story [that] concerns a private contracting firm tasked with protecting big corporations from radical environmentalists and anti-business extremists that assigns its best and brightest agent to infiltrate a mysterious anarchist organization known only as 'The East.'" Marling is the agent employee of said contracting firm, who "finds herself falling for the leader" of the group. As if that didn't sound like trouble enough, "Page will play Izzy, a member of The East who used to be Skarsgard's lover and is now jealous of the attention he pays Marling's character." Who wants to bet that it's Page's character who uncovers what Marling's character is really up to and reveals it all in one snarling torrent?
Alexander Skarsgård to Join Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij's 'The East'?
Casting Couch By Kate Erbland on August 23, 2011 | Comments (1)Since busting on to the scene with her work in two of Sundance 2011's biggest hits, Brit Marling's next roles have been the source of constant speculation and chatter. But the multi-hyphenate's skills go far beyond just acting, and one move was always for sure – she would be reteaming with Zal Batmanglij for another film, titled The East. With Marling serving as female lead and co-writer with director Batmanglij, the film was in need of strong male lead to play against Marling. They may have gotten that with Alexander Skarsgård, who is in talks to join the film. We don't know much about the film (and I don't expect that to change, considering that the little we do know seems so intriguing and not in need of any sort of big elaboration), but we do know that it will revolve "around a female agent who infiltrates an eco-terrorist group. The title of the movie refers to the group's name." Marling will play the agent, with Skarsgård in talks to take on the role of the group's leader. The East will chronicle the type of fringe group not normally seen on cinema screens. It brings to mind the documentary If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, which opened this year. That film focused on true stories of some of the ELF's members, a number of which are certainly interesting enough to go the big feature route. The East should play as an interesting counterpoint to Marling […]
Interview: Director Mike Cahill Discusses His Sci-Fi Drama 'Another Earth'
Features By Jack Giroux on July 28, 2011 | Be the First To CommentAnother Earth isn't a sci-fi film. It's a drama. While this idea may disappoint some of you, the sci-fi backdrop for the film is purely there for symbolism. Blending the science-fiction element with the core drama, on a structural and tonal level, must not have been an easy task. As director and co-writer Mike Cahill discusses, it wasn't. It's difficult to really talk about Another Earth fully without going into spoiler territory, so the conversation I had with Cahill was a revealing one. Once you've seen the film, then you'll know why the ending can't go un-discussed. Another Earth asks a handful of questions, and the ending raises the biggest and most divisive one. So, of course, beware of Spoiler-y hints. Here's what Mike Cahill had to say about end theories, finding a cohesive structure, and the similarities between the star and co-writer Brit Marling's other feature, Sound of My Voice:
Movie News After Dark: My Voice, Your Amazon Kindle, Hunger Games and The Devil's Golden Package
Movie News By Neil Miller on April 20, 2011 | Comments (1)What is Movie News After Dark? It's sights and sounds, vibe and verve, everything that you need to complete your April 20 high (or low depending on how your tax season went). It is movie news and thinky think pieces, infographics and golden posters. It is that for which you yearn: a window into the world of endless entertainment, man… At the behest of Peter Sciretta from /Film, who has been lobbying for this since Sundance, Fox Searchlight has picked up the red-hot indie drama Sound of My Voice. It's the story of a couple who infiltrate a Southern California cult whose leader claims to be not of this world. As I mentioned on episode #82 of Reject Radio, it's one hell of a film.
This week, on a very special episode of Reject Radio, we talk SXSW with the Reject team and find out why Netflix is doing what they're doing. Gigaom site editor Ryan Lawler joins us to help makes sense of why Netflix would get into the distribution game with House of Cards and what it might mean for the future. Joe Nicolosi (who made that video of the girl retelling Star Wars without seeing it and that Super Mario indie short film the kids are talking about), discusses the perils of the SXSW softball game, how he got the job making all the bumpers that play before the movies, his creative process, and the beauty of film festivals. Neil and Rob dust off the SXSW from their chaps to tell us about their favorite films and the movies that will coming to a theater near you. Plus, Kate Erbland from Gordon and The Whale and Scott Weinberg from Twitch Film go head-to-head in our movie news quiz, and we all end up talking about Cameron Crowe and the power of nostalgia. Loosen up your tie and stay a while.
First Impressions: The Movies That Make Us Excited For SXSW 2011
Cinematic Listology By Jack Giroux on February 4, 2011 | Comments (4)There are 130 films this year at Austin's SXSW, and 60 of them being world premieres. When you scroll down the list of the films showing there, 99% of them you've never heard of before. Only a handful stick out that you actually know about or have eagerly (or mildly…) been anticipating. The films at the fest that currently are the most exciting for us are also the most high profile. That's not to say there won't be far superior little known flicks playing there – there most definitely will be – but the big ones showing are always the early attention grabbers. We'll be running a bigger and more comprehensive list of SXSW must-sees closers to the fest, which is basically when we'll have more info on the films there that aren't being released by Universal or Summit. But as of right now, here are a few features that already got our excitement on high. As for those of you interested right now in knowing more about those 130 films, check out the full list here.
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It's not that we didn't already know, that life isn't fair. Sometimes I feel like we are pros at rising above, holding our heads high when life is hand delivering us its worst.
The truth is, we are the face of knowing that life is anything but predictable. Life is anything but certain and there is never ever a day that is a given.
Loss has hit us close to home once again.
Last week we unexpectedly lost a high school friend. A man that my husband had formed this unexplainable friendship with as an adult. He was "one of us." A hardworking, genuine, independently successful man taken too soon. His loss rocked our small town to the core.
My husband had just talked to him on the phone the day before, texting back and forth that night. No more texts, no more jokes, no more secrets between friends. How can this be real?
Paul was no stranger to living life on the edge. He was fearless and lived every day to the fullest. At the same time he also was one of the most giving men we knew. He generously gave to causes and events that he was passionate about, including us here at Lily's Amazing Grace. His kind, humorous and giving spirit will be missed all around us.
The truth is, this isn't about us though. It's about who he was as a person, a husband, a father, a son and a friend. It's about his surviving family who will hold the deepest loss, the deepest sorrow, the rawest grief. It's about his wife, his son, his unborn daughter.
The cardinal is a symbol in Christianity of hope and restoration.
They are here to remind us that at times when circumstances are dark
and grim there is always hope.
As we were walking away from Paul's grave site on Saturday a family member of his quietly whispered to me, "Trust in the Lord." How profound are those four words? Today we don't know why, we may never know or ever understand. At times in our lives when things are most uncertain and there isn't an answer remember those four words, "Trust in the Lord," and know there is a plan for everything, even if you can't see it today.
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Man I love that original toy! Pure nostalgia driven I admit, but so awesome and creepy. I voted variant worthy because he has so many different looks (classic toy, Filmation, 200x, Staction) and B-List.
Variant Worthy
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Next up is Mantenna!
This is a multiple choice poll with 2 categories to vote in. The first category is whether or not you would buy a variant of this character. The second category is the overall importance you feel this character brings to the franchise.
Variant worthy?
Variant Worthy: This is a character that you believe is variant worthy. You're willing to purchase different variants of this character even if your favorite version is the first one released. Matty can certainly put them in MOTUC's quarterly variant slot for you.
Not Variant Worthy: You don't feel this character needs any variants whatsoever. You only hope that when they make this character that they get them right the first time around. You do not want to be taken for the ass.
A-List: Integral to the story and the franchise. MOTU isn't MOTU without them. This is a core character that is extremely important to you. If Mattel doesn't make them, someone will have some serious explaining to do!
B-List: They might not be integral to the story in your eyes but this is an excellent supportive character that helps to round out the story, franchise and your collection.
C-List: You feel this is a good guest star type of character. You don't expect to see them hanging around the supportive crew all the time but you still want to see them show up to lend a helping hand now and then.
D-List: Fills the role of background character and cameo maker for you. You acknowledge their existence but in a very limited way. This is an "okay" character.
Z-List: You'd rather forget about this character entirely. Should they never be mentioned again in MOTU-lore, you would be quite happy. This character would kill teh lien for you.
Proud supporter of the Snake Men.
Most Wanted: Slave Girl, Crita, Lizorr, Tyrantisaurus Rex, Great Black Wizard, Darius, the rest of New Adventures.
Most Wanted Filmation: Lord Masque, Ileena, Granita, General Sunder, Teela, He-Man, Skeletor, Hordak head.
No Slave Girl? Watch us hurl!
A barbaric world without slave girls? That's truly barbaric!
Man I love that original toy! Pure nostalgia driven I admit, but so awesome and creepy. I voted variant worthy because he has so many different looks (classic toy, Filmation, 200x, Staction) and B-List.
I think Mantenna has a few varied looks between his Vintage figure, Filmation model and Staction, so he could be variant worthy. I guess it all depends on what Mattel and the 4H decide to do. If we get the Staction/Filmation version (The Staction seems to be a more graphic version of the Filmation model, so Mattel could kill two birds with one stone), then Vintage fans might want the original toyline look for Mantenna. But if Mattel makes the Vintage toy, then Filmation and 200X fans would want the staction/Filmation combo as a variant.
The Blonde Teela (Battleground and Alcala Teela) Thread
MegaGearMax's 200X/MYP Screen Grabs
Sagitar 200X Prince Adam 200X Sorceress Evilseed (MYP)
A-list but not variant worthy.
"Wheresoever on earth he dwells, man is prey to two weaknesses: the need to pray and the need to love."-Marquis de Sade
"It is not by reasoning or by our understanding that we have received our religion; it is by external authority and command."-Michel De Montaigne
Heretical Vintage Purist and Non-Fan Extraordinaire!
A-list but definitely not variant worthy. I kind of wonder if his bio states that he's still going to be Hordak's punching bag. Wouldn't be surprised if there's still the trap door gag.
If Mattel makes the wrong Mantenna, then we'll be asking for a Mantenna variant.
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Well, there is only one Mantenna character so Mattel can't make the wrong one. There are different "versions" of him but none of those are wrong either. Just different. So if they make a certain version you don't like, it doesn't make it wrong. It just makes it a version you don't like or don't want.
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B-List and Variant Worthy. Only because the vintage toy didn't actually look like what they were trying to make it look like, while the 200X version had all the exact same details, but with a much better execution. Honestly, I would rather just have an articulated 200X version, but I hope they at least incorporate some 200X design elements in the Classics version. And while I would never buy a MANTENNA in the vintage style, I understand that some people would.
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No varient, and B list. He was never developed enough to give a reason for having one.
We don't need no education...
Yes you do, you've just used a double negative!
A list hordesman. My favourite Hordesman after Modulok. No variant neccessary (that being said before I see the MOTUC version But I trust them)
IN as much as the entire MOTU goes, perhaps only B list.
Dragstor & Mantenna are the only 2 Horde I had as a kid, and while I like Dragstor much more, they both are wants of mine for Classics....That being said, I prefer the Vintage look, but some extras included, like separate legs for one, which I do hope we'd get, and swappable heads.
I kind of don't see a variant for him, depending on which road the 4H take, and being what Classics is, it will most likely be the vintage road.
But regardless, I still have the Vintage figure, and he is one of my last few wanted / needed figures to have a finished childhood collection, even though I chose to omit a few from my modern collection.
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I went with A-List.
He's my favorite Hordesmen and was one of my favorite toys as a kid!!
I hope the MOTUC version uses the vintage figure design and gives him four separate legs.
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hope mantenna dosnt have the legs like the vintage figure. that i felt was a mistake and should not be repeated.
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A list, but not variant worthy.
200X fan? Classic fan? What does that mean? I'm a MotU fan!!!
B-List and Not Variant Worthy.
I voted B-List as he is not a faction leader, BUT he is VERY important to MOTU and is my MOST WANTED character now that we are getting Mosquitor. I NEED MY MANTENNA!!!!!
Super A list to me. He is essential to the Horde. And since the Horde are my favorite crew of ass-kickers, he's essential to MOTU. I'd even consider variants that show him in different armor and head sculpts.
Obviously my favourite Evil Horde member! A tier and only Vintage toy look with additional head, like they do to Kobra Khan.
Not variant worthy, but rated as an "A" lister. I really feel like he is necessary to complete out the core of the Horde.
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I think every vintage figure is an A lister. But I break them down. For Mantenna he is Horde. Now there aren't to many Horde members. But the list could get bigger w/ the likes of Filmation rights & Calix from 200x. To the point.....Mantenna for me is up there w/ Leech & Grizzlor. But I named him a B lister. Yet he's so important to get into the Classics b/c we could use his Stactions look & incorporate the vintage style to it. I hope they find a way for the eyes to be interchangeable so we could swap them out w/ a different one.
A-List, but I want four individual legs!
B-list with no variants.
He's probably a C or D lister in the franchise as a whole, but he is an integral part of The Horde. Before I was allowed to have a Catra figure, he did play Hordak's second-in-command.
Probably my most-wanted figure now (or close, at least!). B-List, no variants.
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On Friday 23rd March Bervie Primary School will be showcasing all of their science explorations. Parents, local schools and members of the community will be invited to visit classrooms and enjoy science gameshows and presentations from the pupils. The pupils will be demonstrating their knowledge of certain science areas, focusing on an environmental theme.
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Farmer Somanna – Haveri District, Karnataka Farmer Somanna is a happy man these days. His five acres of land that had lain parched and unyielding for years has now become a valuable asset.
Somanna's small land holding lies amidst the rolling brown hills of Haveri district in Karnataka. The district, which falls largely in the rain shadow of the Western Ghats, is one of the driest in the state. Whatever rainfall the scanty monsoon brings to the region flows down the undulating slopes taking much of the top-soil with it, leaving the land scorched, worthless and barren.
For years, all Somanna could grow on the coarse dry soil of his eroded fields was millet – and that too, only one crop during the rains– barely enough for his family's subsistence. In the lean season, when no crops would grow, Somanna was left with no other option but to migrate to nearby Hubli town to search of work as a daily wage laborer.
But now Somanna's eyes brim with hope. The training and assistance given by the World Bank supported Karnataka Watershed Development Project, also known as 'Sujala' – or 'good water' has turned his life around. "I have learnt how to make bunds along the contours of my fields to conserve water and prevent the top soil from being washed away by the rain," he adds pointing to the vast stretches of arid brown hills rolling away in the distance.
He also has a new borewell, dug with the project's help and with part contribution from him. This deep well is especially helpful in these areas where only ten percent of the farmland has access to groundwater irrigation.
The project has also trained Somanna to diversify away from coarse millets and plant an orchard of prized alphonso mango trees that should fetch him a rich harvest when the trees are fully mature. "I have learnt the right way to plant mango trees, and to keep them alive by digging a small trench around the roots to retain water," he says, happy to display his newly acquired knowledge.
Till the trees begin to yield their golden fruit, the saplings have been interspersed with cotton bushes to provide the farmer with income. "My mango trees will begin to bear fruit in less then ten years time," he adds. "Then I should be able to earn about Rs.100,000 from one hectare of land," an enormous sum for this small farmer. "Till then, the cotton will bring in some money," he says happily.
With his land having been transformed into a productive asset, Somanna no longer needs to migrate to Hubli to search for work. "I have also begun to save money regularly, and I put aside a small sum every fifteen days," he adds. "I plan to buy a cow, and plant other fruit trees – maybe more mango trees and some chickoo."


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The Tanjong Pagar Centre [7] will be part of the Singapore Urban Redevelopment Authority's vision to create "lively and attractive public places, protected and useful outdoor gathering spaces and sustainable urban environments." Developed by Guocoland [8], the tower is already under construction and located above the Tanjong Pagar MRT station and adjacent to the Tanjong Pagar Park. It is just a 10 minute walk to the CBD and primely located next to park space and public transportation. The adjacent park will also undergo redevelopments to create a unique public space that provides activity and open areas to residents and visitors.
The tower will include a six-story podium that includes multiple levels of car parking, retail, restaurants, entertainment, as well as the lobbies for the hotel, offices, and residential spaces. Residents and visitors can access the MRT station from this podium as well as a public "city room," that will feature public art and outdoor performance areas. A luxury hotel will be located in the smaller 20-story tower, while the 64-story tower will feature Grade-A office spaces and high-end residential units. GuocoLand is committed to eco-friendly development and will aim to "set the standard for [the] sustainable, livable development in Singapore." Construction is expected to be complete in 2016.
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Never run out of power again with the Coby CA82 Universal Rechargeable Battery Pack. Its ultra slim, portable design makes it easy to take backup power with you. Includes 16 adapter tips to power most MP3 players, cellphones, and other portable electronic devices.
comes with a power supply to charge from and lots of different attachments which is very helpful. mine charged my iphone from 0 to 80%. it also works well to power my arduino or bs2 boards and chips.
This device will POWER your cellphone for at least a day with normal to low usage. BUT, you must REMOVE your run down battery and power your phone from this battery. If you use it to recharge your battery you will not get but about 50% of its capacity. So, buy a longer cord and for portable use you would use your battery and use this at a location where the cord and device will not be a bother or carry it in a pocket plugged in.
Did not take a charge so I was unable to use item. MCM is shipping out a new one, so hopefully the 2nd one works. Lots of adapters though.
The battery will not take a charge out of the box. Nice set of connectors though. Customer service said they are sending out a new one. Hope it works.
The first battery I received didn't work at all. I was able to get it replaced with no hassle. The second one works the way it is supposed to. I charged my Samsung Epic 4G from 14% charge to 57% in 80 minutes. At that point, the battery needed charging again to work any further. I'd say it works the way it is advertised to work.
I ordered two of these. One worked the other did not. That is a 50 per cent defective rate. I will be sending the bad one back for a refund. I have had way too many defective items received from the SPECIAL closeout pages,
The first product received was defective, but upon contacting MCM they immediately replaced it--customer service was excellent. Product is quite portable, comes with various adaptors to meet most needs. Only complaint was the operating instructions are poorly written, appear to be a translation by a beginning student. Luckily, the product is simple enough that you can figure it out in spite of the instructions.
To modsquito and others from another customer: 2000mAh is the capacity of the batteries within this device. The 600mAh figure would be the RATE it can charge another device. iPad's and other tablets take more than 600 to charge (1000 IIRC), so, no-go there. But cell phones and other small devices would be fine. Also, due to various inefficiencies, you will NEVER get all 2000mA out of this or any other product like it. I always assume *half* the rated capacity will make it to the other device, as a good rule-of-thumb. Hope that helps someone.
It works as advertised. However, it is only able to charge my smart phone just once and up to about 80% of a full charge. It claims to store 2000mah of current capacity however, the output specification calls for only an output of up to 600mah max. Which is probably why it was only able to charge my phone once, and after using it once i would need to recharge the Coby pack once again.. I purchased two of these units and either one performed the similarly, only able to use each Coby pack once before requiring another charge.
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Joseph Sebarenzi, former Speaker of the Rwandan Parliament and survivor of that country's genocide in the mid-1990s, visited Limestone College on October 11th to deliver his message of peace and reconciliation. His appearance, which was free and open to the public, was hosted in Limestone's Fullerton Auditorium and sponsored by the Limestone Chaplain's Office. Sebarenzi grew up in post-colonial Rwanda, and as a child experienced intermittent episodes of the tribal violence which years later would engulf his country. In 1994, when Hutu extremists slaughtered more than 800,000 Tutsis, Sebarenzi was safely out of the country, but both his parents, seven siblings, and numerous other relatives lost their lives during the genocide. Years later, Saberenzi returned to Rwanda, not to seek revenge but to push for peace and reconciliation."Revenge is like adding guilt to victimhood," said Sebarenzi. "It solves nothing to act as our offenders. Nothing should derail us from doing what is right." He rose through the ranks of parliament and eventually became Speaker, a position that placed him third in power to the country's President. In his role, Sebarenzi worked to improve good governance, speaking out for the independence of the legislature and against corruption in the government.Forced to resign, and informed of a plot to assassinate him, Sebarenzi fled Rwanda in 2001 and found exile in the United States. Later that year he began his graduate studies at the School for Institutional Training (SIT) in Brattleboro, Vermont. Seven years later, Sebarenzi teaches conflict resolution at SIT, lectures widely to colleges and community groups about his experiences. He is a consultant to peace-building and other non-government organizations. |


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I'm on the way to buy a mobile phone (N73) to do some development (both Java and native Symbian). My question is if I should buy one from a carrier at reduced price or one without contract and buy a SIM card from a carrier.
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We have seen the comparison pics of bumblebees and carpenter bees, and have personally seen bumblebees up close foraging. But I have not found any movies or pics of either in flight to help me identify our new-found buggy buddy.
This year with a sunroom we have watched a large bee (not a hummingbird and not a hummer moth, know both of those well) exhibit hummingbird territorial behavior at different locations around the house. Today it was at the lilac bushes, and there were actually two of them, same size and looked the same, but neither was feeding - just appeared to be playing hide-and-seek with each other. No way to take a pic with my camera... none are fast enough as fast as these bees are flying! The bellies in flight seem to be shiny, and I know that points to carpenter bee. However, yesterday one bumblebee did take a power-nap under the railing... I saw it up close through glass. It had the bright yellow markings and fuzzy body I have always recognized to be a bumblebee, and it rested there for about 5 minutes or so before cleaning himself off and taking off. It did not appear to have pollen on it at all. I have not noticed any nest holes, but then again have not checked everywhere. Soooo, question is: Do bumblebees ever exhibit territorial behavior at this time of year, or would they only be foraging? Thanks in advance for any info. |
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After further googling, I am almost 100% sure my little buddies are Eastern carpenter bees. Probably the little buggers responsible for slicing into my coral honeysuckle blooms too, the little stinkers! They sure are dead ringers for bumblebees... guess I'd better rethink what I "know." :] |
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