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Haven't posted before and not sure I am at the right forum for these questions. If not, please advise where to post this..thank you. Years ago we put our Koi pond in and half of the side yard next to our patio is our garden. Over the years we mulched all of it and didn't let grass grow..that got old. So, we allowed the grass to begin and keep it well cut with weed eater. Of course some wild things grew also. Is there a safe weed killer to use around the pond? It's quite level and drainage doesn't seem to be a problem as far as chemicals draining in to the pond. I just want to rake in some weed killer of some sort to help the problem...wild strawberries and some others I don't recognize. Also..I've recently noticed that vinca is growing well and does this crowd out other perennial plants that I might choose to place in the garden? Any suggestions on border plants for around the fence..perhaps ornamental grasses that are heat tolerant? I looked them up and finding them is another story it seems. Links would help if anyone has any....I just want to spruce things up this year and get some more hardy but less invasive plants out there. I planted my first roses last year and they did well. We had the worst disaster in Ky history this past winter with the huge ice storm. Seems that the roses have managed to get through..not sure about my hostas however. For some reason they didn't come back well last year and they were before that..huge. Seems the vinca has filtered around them and I wouldn't have thought that it would smother them out..but don't know. Thanks so much...looking forward to advice as soon as possible with Spring around the corner!! :))))) |
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I wouldn't take a chance. There is one that is for "in" ponds that is supposed to be safe to fish and wildlife is used carefully. It works well, and might be an answer for around the pond. A better answer is to wet the ground and turn the soil with a shovel for a wide border around the pond. It will make quick and easy work of shaking and raking the weeds out. Remaining weeds should die with the next couple of frosts/snows because their roots will be exposed. Then you can plant a nice border that will help keep weeds out. Reality is...you have to hand weed. Putting down a serious layer of newspapers and covering with a landscape fabric and bark is an option. But be prepared to peel the landscape fabric back every year and replace it. Dirt and weed seeds will just grow on top of it and root into it. |
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Guide to Wabasha County, Minnesota ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
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Founded | October 27, 1849 |
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Court Administration has divorce, probate and court records from 1858.
Veterans Service Office has military records. [1]
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1849--Wabasha County was created 27 October 1849 from unorganized territory. County seat: Wabasha [2]
- For a brief history of how Wabasha County was named, click here. Then select Wabasha County.
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- - 1st Regiment, Minnesota Heavy Artillery, Company G.
- - 2nd Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company C.
- - 2nd Regiment, Minnesota Cavalry, Companies A and M.
- - 3rd Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Companies G and I.
- - 5th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Companies G and H.
- - 8th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company G.
- - 9th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company K
- - 10th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Company C.
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Minnesota tax records complement land records and can be used in place of censuses before 1820 or to supplement the years between censuses. Because only persons who owned taxable property were listed, many residents were not included in tax lists. There may also be gaps of several years in the tax records of some counties. For more information, see the wiki page Minnesota Taxation.
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See also Minnesota Vital Records or How to order Minnesota Vital Records. For information about restrictions and costs for certificates, see the CDC Where to Write for Vital Records site.
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Originally Posted by Erik Petersson These people love their cameras and are finding all possible and impossible uses for it. Just like APUG, isn't it? it's not a camera, it's a phone. would you get a surgery by someone using a kitchen knife? it cuts flesh, just like the scalpel does. what's the big difference?
These people are playing, not working in an area critical to someone else's health. Art is, in a sense, play.
Originally Posted by Erik Petersson These people are playing, not working in an area critical to someone else's health. Art is, in a sense, play. Ok, perhaps the example was a bit extreme, what I'm saying is that there's a tool for every job. Mimicking the tool won't get it done better. If at all.
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i didn't see on the site/sellling page, will it adapt it to my shoe phone
This is a great thread!!! Lotsa fun for sure.... I have a friend who uses her iPhone extensively and she has this nifty little set of lenses that attach *magnetically* on the back of her phone. She also is a Nikon aficiondo so the phone isn't a replacement per se - more like an enhancement. Within reason, whatever it takes to get images that are valuable (in one way or another) to the taker is a plus.
Toting around a big tele and tripod for an iPhone makes no sense...bring a body too. On the other hand....the ones that just snap on and will fit in a pocket or purse are a good thing IMHO as the truth was posted above, the best camera is the one you have with you. If I'm going out to shoot pictures I will have film and decent optics, usually German, and generally a proper tripod. When I'm at work or running down to the shops or out on the bike then I don't have a bag of my good expensive cameras with me but I always have my iPhone and there is a compact pocket digi that always leaves the house with me because it fits my shirt pocket and I hardly notice it's there. Also because I am yet to find a Hapyucc and a source of 16mm film.... Some of my best photos were taken on the pocket digi simply because it was in my pocket when an unmissable shot popped up when I was at work or on the way to the supermarket and even when I've been out with real cameras there have been fleeting images that would be gone before i could get a film camera out of the bag, but in 5 seconds the pocket cam is in my hand and fully powered up for a quick shot. To get a good photo first you have to get A photo in the first place... There is no doubt though that given the choice I will take a photo through Zeiss Ikon, Schneider, Hexanon or Fujinon optics on some lovely film....
Originally Posted by jnanian i didn't see on the site/sellling page, will it adapt it to my shoe phone Would you believe... http://www.instructables.com/id/A-Ge...e-Phone-gen-2/
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- WILL MORTGAGE DEDUCTIONS FALL OFF THE CLIFF? ABC will take a look at a handful of specific revenue sources as fiscal-cliff talks continue, and today ABC's Shushannah Walshe reports on the home-mortgage deduction: The mortgage deduction has been fiercely guarded until now, although it costs the government over $100 billion a year by most estimates, because of the sentimental attachment to it and the idea that it helps middle class families afford homes. While those who benefit from the deduction, including homeowners and people in the real estate industry, are passionate about keeping the deduction in place, others say it should be eliminated because it overwhelmingly helps the wealthy and those who can afford to buy a home already. http://abcn.ws/SG8Gal
- CABINET SHUFFLE — GEITHNER ON HIS REPLACEMENT: With Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner wrapping up his time in President Obama's cabinet, ABC's George Stephanopoulos asked him if banking executive Jamie Dimon — who has billionaire Warren Buffett's endorsement — should be named the next treasury secretary, but Geithner declined to answer directly. "The president's going choose somebody very talented to lead the Treasury for his next four years. And — I'm very fortunate I've been able to work with him to help solve these problems in the country over this period of time. And I'm very confident he's going have somebody in place — in January to succeed me," he said. http://abcn.ws/SDY0Jw
- SEEKING ADELSON'S MILLIONS: Politico's Ken Vogel reports that the 2016 fundraising landscape is already taking shape: "A week after Election Day, three Republican governors mentioned as 2016 presidential candidates — Bobby Jindal, John Kasich and Bob McDonnell — each stopped by the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino to meet privately with its owner Sheldon Adelson, a man who could single-handedly underwrite their White House ambitions. Planning a presidential campaign used to mean having coffee with county party chairs in their Iowa or New Hampshire living rooms. The courting of Adelson, a full four years out from 2016, demonstrates how super PAC sugar daddies have become the new must-have feature for White House wannabes. … Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is meeting with big donors in Los Angeles this week and has a fundraiser scheduled for next Monday in the Washington suburbs. Vice President Joe Biden, Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) have been meeting with big donors, leaving the impression that they're ready to run." http://politi.co/TCHafq
- WHITE HOUSE WATCH: Here's what's on the president's agenda today, courtesy of ABC's Mary Bruce: This afternoon President Obama meets with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov of Bulgaria. Later, at 4 p.m. the president delivers on-camera remarks to the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction symposium. On the 20th anniversary of the CTR program, the president will note the progress that's been made in securing nuclear material, and thank Senators Nunn and Lugar for their leadership on these issues, according to the White House.
After a week when both Republicans and Democrats dug in in their heels on the fiscal cliff negotiations, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told ABC's George Stephanopoulos that the ball is "absolutely" in the GOP's court.
"We think we have a very good plan, a very good mix of tax reforms that raise a modest amount of revenue on the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans, combined with very comprehensive, very well designed, very detailed savings that get us back to the point where our debt is stable and sustainable," Geithner said of the proposal he presented to Republican leaders on Capitol Hill last week in a "This Week" interview.
Only problem is, Republicans say the Obama administration's proposal is about as far away from a "good plan" as you can get.
"I would say we're nowhere. Period," House Speaker John Boehner said in an interview on "Fox News Sunday." "We've put a serious offer on the table by putting revenues up there to try to get this question resolved. But the White House has responded with virtually nothing." http://abcn.ws/VpplQj
So it may not be surprising that the GOP is considering what ABC's Jon Karl is calling a "Doomsday Plan" if fiscal cliff talks collapse entirely.
Here's Karl's latest reporting:
It's quite simple: House Republicans would allow a vote on extending the Bush middle class tax cuts (the bill passed in August by the Senate) and offer the president nothing more – no extension of the debt ceiling, nothing on unemployment, nothing on closing loopholes. Congress would recess for the holidays and the president would face a big battle early in the year over the debt ceiling.
Two senior Republican elected officials say this Doomsday Plan is becoming the most likely scenario. A top GOP House leadership aide confirms the plan is under consideration, but says Speaker Boehner has made no decision on whether to pursue it.
Under one variation of the plan, House Republicans would allow a vote on extending only the middle class tax cuts and Republicans, to express disapproval at the failure to extend all tax cuts, would vote "present" on the bill, allowing it to pass entirely on Democratic votes.
By doing this, Republicans avoid taking blame for tax increases on 98 percent of income tax payers. As one senior Republican in Congress told me, "You don't take a hostage you aren't willing to shoot." Republicans aren't willing to kill the middle class tax cuts, even if extending them alone will make it harder to later extend tax cuts on the wealthy.
Still unclear under this plan is what would happen to the automatic defense cuts — "sequestration" — scheduled to go into effect on January 1 without a deficit deal. During the campaign, the President promised the cuts would not happen. As part of the deal to allow the House vote on taxes, those automatic defense cuts could be put off for a year.
Watch Karl's "Good Morning America" report: http://abcn.ws/R0Y60R
–TIM GEITHNER ON 'THIS WEEK': "I actually think that we're going get there. I mean, you know, just inevitably going be a little political theater in this context," Geithner said, when asked whether Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell laughed after hearing President Obama's plan to avert the fiscal cliff. "Sometimes that's a sign of progress. Think we're actually making a little bit of progress, but we're still some distance apart."
–SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM: "I think we're going over the cliff," South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said on CBS's ""Face the Nation." On the Democrats' proposal: "This offer doesn't remotely deal with entitlement reform in a way to save Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security from imminent bankruptcy. It raises $1.6 trillion on job creators that will destroy the economy, and there were no spending controls."
–GEITHNER: SOCIAL SECURITY OFF THE TABLE IN THESE TALKS. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner also told ABC's George Stephanopoulos that, while Social Security may need reforms, they shouldn't be part of the fiscal-cliff discussion. Geithner: "What the president is willing to do is work with Democrats and Republicans to strengthen Social Security for future generations. … But we think you have to do that in a separate process, so that our seniors aren't–don't face the concern that we're somehow going to find savings in Social Security benefits to help reduce the other deficits. … We are prepared to, in a separate process, look at how to strengthen Social Security, but not as part of a process to reduce the other deficits the country faces." WATCH: http://abcn.ws/YpFVFc
–COLE: REPUBLICANS DON'T NEED TO OFFER A PLAN YET. Rep. Tom Cole, who broke ranks with his party last week by suggesting House Republicans follow President Obama's proposal to immediately extend only lower-income tax rates, appeared on ABC's "This Week" roundtable, saying his party doesn't need a specific fiscal-cliff plan just yet. Cole: I don't think we need to put a formal proposal out on the table. The speaker has already said revenue is on the table. He has got an idea about how to get there in terms of not raises rates, but finding it in other ways through tax code reform. I think that makes a lot of sense, and that's a doable thing, but beyond that, you know, we'll wait and see how the negotiations go." WATCH: http://abcn.ws/YpHjYD
PRAISE FOR JAKE TAPPER'S 'THE OUTPOST.' With Republicans and Democrats divided on the fiscal cliff negotiations, one thing both sides seem to agree on is Jake Tapper's book, "The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor. (As a refresher, in the book Tapper explores one of the deadliest attacks in Afghanistan — the attack on Combat Outpost Keating by Taliban insurgents on the morning of October 3, 2009. Tapper's exposé closely examines the history of the camp and the heroic stories of these American soldiers and their families through first person accounts, photographs and extensive research.) http://www.tinyurl.com/OutpostBandN
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow called it a "…very readable, very impressive, well reported book." Fox News' Sean Hannity said "…I love the book. And it's really terrific. Very well researched. You went to Afghanistan, you talked to all these guys, 250 people. And it's really well done."
@newtgingrich: Jake tappers the outpost is a remarkable story of modern war. I recommend it highly
@BeschlossDC: Read Jake Tapper's mesmerizing & important THE OUTPOST–essential to understand the astonishing modern experience of our soldiers in battle.
@Seth Meyers21: I highly recommend @jaketapper's new book "The Outpost." A great read from a great reporter.
@MikeBarnicle: Definition of a rewarding time: Spending the evening reading Jake Tapper's book "The Outpost." Buy it.
@samsteinhp: Just finished @jaketapper's The Outpost. Buy it. Great reporting, fantastic read.
@jdickerson: Congratulations to @jaketapper for his amazing book The Outpost.
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A TOUGHER POTUS. Comparing the president's fiscal-cliff posturing to his past methods in fiscal negotiation, The New York Times' Peter Baker writes: "His approach is born of painful experience. In his first four years in office, Mr. Obama has repeatedly offered what he considered compromises on stimulus spending, health care and deficit reduction to Republicans, who either rejected them as inadequate or pocketed them and insisted on more. Republicans argued that Mr. Obama never made serious efforts at compromise and instead lectured them about what they ought to want rather than listening to what they did want." http://nyti.ms/TD6guO
OBAMA: GOP HOLDING TAX-CUTS 'HOSTAGE.' In his weekly radio address on Saturday, President Obama warned that it's "unacceptable for some Republicans in Congress to hold middle class tax cuts hostage simply because they refuse to let tax rates go up on the wealthiest Americans," ABC's Mary Bruce reports. http://abcn.ws/TGPIiu
THE CLIFF SKEPTICS. Bloomberg's Julie Hirschfield Davis reports: "[A] small and potentially influential group of lawmakers in both parties is emerging as fiscal-cliff skeptics, willing–and some even arguing–to take the dive. … Senator Patty Murray of Washington, the fourth-ranking Democrat in the leadership, said her side is willing to push the debate into 2013 if Republicans refuse to raise taxes on high earners as part of the deal. … The doubters' caucus remains small, as most lawmakers are urging Republican leaders and Obama to reach an agreement and avoid sending yet another shock to the fragile economic recovery." http://bloom.bg/UBDag0
WHY GROVER NORQUIST STILL CONTROLS THE GOP. The Washington Post's Peter Wallsten reports: "Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), for example, might have seemed a perfect illustration of the trend away from Norquist's hard-line views when he said recently that policies backed by Norquist would lead to more debt. … But five days later, on the phone with Norquist, Chambliss was sounding a conciliatory tone. As Norquist read aloud a transcript of Chambliss's earlier remarks, item by item, Norquist recalled later, the senator repeatedly assured him on each one that he did not mean to imply they had major differences when it came to GOP principles on taxes. 'He said he'd wished he hadn't invoked my name and wished that he'd been clearer,' Norquist recalled from the Monday conversation." http://wapo.st/UkdS3D
J.C. WATTS FOR RNC CHAIR? With the Republican National Committee set to vote whether to retain chairman Reince Priebus in January, Politico's John Bresnahan reports: Former GOP Rep. J.C. Watts says he is being "encouraged" by supporters to run for chairman of the Republican National Committee, a move he says could broaden the party's appeal to minorities. Watts is not formally entering the race, and he is not critical of current RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, who has already announced he will second term in the post." http://politi.co/VfWbRu
MORE ON ADELSON'S MILLIONS: WHAT HE SPENT ON 2012. How much did billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, a megadonor to GOP super PACs, spend trying to defeat President Obama in 2012? Peter H. Stone reports at Huffington Post: "Sheldon Adelson vowed to spend as much as $100 million to defeat President Barack Obama and help the GOP take control of Congress. According to two GOP fundraisers with close ties to the Las Vegas billionaire, he made good on that promise — and then some. Adelson ultimately upped the ante, spending closer to a previously unreported $150 million, the fundraisers said." http://huff.to/TD1w8g
WOMEN IN POWER: TOP STATES. ABC's Jilian Fama reports: This year, 1,773 women will be taking the oath of office to serve in their states' legislative bodies. In January, after they are sworn in, women will make up 24 percent of all state legislatures – and the number may grow because four state legislative races with at least one female candidate in the running remain undecided. Colorado is leading the pack with the highest percentage of female legislators serving. In 2013, Colorado will have 41.5 percent state House representatives who are female (27 female out of 65 total) and 40 percent state Senate members (14 out of 35). Thirty are Democrats and 11 are Republican. Other states leading in female representation are Vermont, Arizona and Hawaii. http://abcn.ws/QBDVFn
SECOND TIME'S THE CHARM FOR CONGRESSIONAL HOPEFULS? "Running for Congress? The second time might be the charm," Roll Call's Shira Toeplitz reports. "Just ask recent victors such as Reps.-elect Garland "Andy" Barr IV, R-Ky., Ami Bera, D-Calif., and Ann McLane Kuster, D-N.H. They defeated their respective opponents on the second try. There will be an entirely new landscape in 2014, and some November losers believe they might have a better shot in two years. If history is precedent, the midterm elections will provide more opportunities for the party not occupying the White House: Republicans. What's more, in two years, many Democrats won't be able to count on the boost of the president's effective turnout operation. Accordingly, more GOP losers than Democratic candidates are already mulling comeback bids for certain seats. But there are opportunities for Democrats in 2014 as well. Republicans controlled redistricting in most key states during the decennial mapmaking process. The GOP didn't release maps until late in the cycle, forcing last-minute campaigns for otherwise competitive seats." Read Roll Call's list of possible "two-timers": http://bit.ly/R0Si7P
OBAMA HOSTS KENNEDY CENTER HONOREES AT WHITE HOUSE. ABC's Matthew Larotonda reports on the black-tie event: Seven entertainment icons were hosted at the White House today for their contributions to the performing arts. Actor Dustin Hoffman, blues guitarist Buddy Guy, ballerina Natalia Makarova, and comedian David Letterman were given a reception with the three surviving members of Led Zeppelin before the annual Kennedy Center Honors gala this evening. President Obama welcomed the performers before they were presented their awards at the event later in the evening. The president joked that the motley crew's presence continued "a tradition at the White house by honoring some extraordinary people with no business being on the same stage together." http://abcn.ws/SrHXyD
HILLARY AND MERYL. A photo of Hillary Clinton and actress Meryl Streep at the awards event is going viral, ABC's David Muir reported for "World News.' WATCH: http://abcn.ws/SGgngV
CONSTITUTION WAITS FOR NO MAN'S INAUGURATION. Thanks to a calendar quirk, President Obama's second inauguration will come in two parts, ABC's Ann Compton reports: [T]he traditional parade with its bands and floats will not march on January 20th, the day the Constitution requires the President to be sworn in. That falls on a Sunday this time so by tradition there will only be a small Sunday ceremony for the oath-taking at noon. This calendar clash happens every few decades. For Ronald Reagan's second swearing in in 1985, a brief ceremony was held in the Grand Foyer on the state floor of the White House at 12 noon on Jan. 20, with a group of invited guests. It was televised live. But the parties and parades had to wait 24 hours. http://abcn.ws/RwauG7
OBAMA PLAYS GOLF WITH CLINTON. President Obama sought Bill Clinton's help the last time the Bush tax cuts were set to expire, huddle with the former president at the White House and ultimately handing him the podium at a press briefing in December 2010. ABC's Matthew Larotonda reports, Obama played golf with Clinton, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, and former Clinton aide/current Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe yesterday.
–MOVE ON MEMBERS CHIP IN TO PUT ELIZABETH WARREN IN SENATE BANKING POST. MoveOn.org members have contributed nearly $150,000 since last Wednesday Nov. 28 to stop the banking lobby's attempts to keep Elizabeth Warren off the Senate Banking Committee, according to a spokesperson for the group. Members received an e-mail fundraising petition saying, "Elizabeth Warren hasn't even been sworn in yet. She hasn't hired most of her staff. And already Wall Street lobbyists are scrambling to cut her off at the knees by keeping her off the Senate Banking Committee. According to multiple sources, Wall Street 'has been going nuts' to keep her off the committee.1 And it's not hard to see why. She's an expert on the issues. She has no conflicts of interest. She's PERFECT." Move On plans to use the money raised from what they are calling the "emergency campaign" to rally their members and run ads in support of Warren. Notably, Move On members raised more than $1 million to help elect her, the group said.
@edatpost: Welcome to the @twitter: @pontifex, better known as Pope Benedict XVI
@bethreinhard: Marco Rubio: Climate-change denying, evolution-questioning, Senate Science Committee member http://njour.nl/Ub7U2K
@HowardKurtz: Obama's Hashtag Army: A look at the president's use of Twitter and#My2K as an organizing tool in fiscal cliff battle http://bit.ly/UBANty
@ezraklein: .@jeffreygoldberg makes the case for Susan Rice as Secretary of State, and has a very amusing first paragraph:http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/11/why-susan-rice-would-be-a-plausible-secretary-of-state/265636/ …
@brianstelter: NYT publisher announces he's asked newsroom to "identify significant cost savings – including buyouts – throughout The NYT Media Group."


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Shanghai is a city on steroids, growing more dramatically than any other place in Asia. Almost overnight a forest of 150 office towers has sprouted in Pudong, the financial district, across the Huangpu River from the colonial-era waterfront. Suburban executives race to town on a new high-speed subway system and an expressway that plunges beneath the river, then shoots over the rooftops of old Shanghai. City dwellers live equally fast; they're packing the restaurants, pubs, discos, and galleries, with more opening every day. And striking new public spaces—the billion-dollar Pudong International Airport (with a 250-mph maglev shuttle into the city); Shanghai Grand Theatre, designed by French architect Jean-Marie Charpentier; Asia's largest library—just keep coming.
EATING IN SHANGHAI With the current influx of overseas bankers and exporters, it's only natural that Shanghai's trendiest food is fusion, albeit a sophisticated spin on East-meets-West with a natural bias for Asian ingredients. The hottest tables are at T8 (Bldg. No. 8, Xin Tian Di North Part, Lane 181, Tai Cang Rd.; 86-21/6355-8999; dinner for two $96). The skills developed by Australian chef Jordan Theodoros in Mediterranean, Thai, and Burmese kitchens are immediately evident in his caramelized salted salmon atop a green mango and longan salad, and crisp Sichuan king prawns with an octopus compote. ¶ Hong Kong—based restaurateur Michelle Garnaut delivers innovative Continental cuisine at M on the Bund (20 Guang Dong Rd.; 86-21/6350-9988; dinner for two $90), her seventh-floor dining room with spectacular waterfront views from its terrace. Executive chefs Julie and Michael Roper rely on Australian suppliers to maintain the exceptional quality of their slow-cooked, salt-encased leg of lamb, and wisely source their suckling pigs from Yunnan province, which produces the best porkers in China. ¶ The fastest road to Rome from Shanghai is Palladio, in the Portman Ritz-Carlton (86-21/6279-7188; dinner for two $90). Chef Angelo Sabatelli lavishes particular attention on his appetizers: marinated goose liver carpaccio, anchovies dressed with caper sauce. ¶ Across the river, the big predicament at the Grand Hyatt Shanghai is deciding which restaurant to visit. After drinks at Cloud 9 or the Piano Bar, one of the best choices is Club Jin Mao (dinner for two $100). The chef specializes in Shanghai cuisine (usually rich, sweet, and salty), preparing braised bean curd with hairy crab—roe sauce and pork dumplings flavored with crab roe. ¶ Even traditional Shanghainese restaurants are experimenting with fusion. The seven chefs at Bao Luo (271 Fu Min Rd.; 86-21/5403-7239; dinner for two $18) are mixing northern and southern influences to create dishes like hai xian juan, crunchy northern-style fried crullers stuffed with squid and shrimp and bathed in tangy tomato sauce.
WHERE TO STAY The most recent arrival is the sleek 434-room Four Seasons Hotel Shanghai (500 Weihai Rd.; 800/332-3442 or 86-21/6256-8888; www.fourseasons.com; doubles from $310). With only 12 to 16 richly appointed rooms to each floor, guests are assured maximum privacy; personal safes are large enough for a laptop. ¶ The St. Regis Shanghai (889 Dong Fang Rd.; 877/787-3447 or 86-21/5050-4567; www.stregis.com; doubles from $150) has just raised the city's standards for luxury by introducing 24-hour butler service. The 318 rooms are outfitted with jumbo desks and Herman Miller's Aeron chairs. ¶ A few blocks away, the Grand Hyatt Shanghai (88 Century Blvd.; 800/633-7312 or 86-21/5049-1234; www.shanghai.grand.hyatt.com; doubles from $218) offers killer views from its 555 guest rooms in the Jin Mao Tower, the third-tallest building in the world (designed by Chicago firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill to resemble a steel-skinned stalk of bamboo). Bathrooms have triple-headed showers and separate tubs—many set beside floor-to-ceiling windows. ¶ The Portman Ritz-Carlton Shanghai (1376 Nanjing Xi Rd.; 800/241-3333 or 86-21/6279-8888; www.ritzcarlton.com; doubles from $300) recently pumped $30 million into redesigning its lobbies and 564 rooms. Its atrium, front desk, and jazz bar are aglow in high-tech fiber-optic light, in sharp contrast to the refined dark woods and blue carpeting of the rooms. And the Ritz's location is tough to beat: the hotel anchors Shanghai Centre, an office-restaurant-retail complex that counts Ferragamo and Cerruti among its high-end tenants.
NEXT GREAT NEIGHBORHOODS The city's gracefully curving harbor, the Bund, is awakening from a half-century of slumber. Its imposing customs house and ornate banks, occupied by government functionaries after the Communists seized power, are now being transformed into swank shops and bistros. Architect Michael Graves recently turned the 86-year-old Union Assurance building into a postmodern pleasure palace named Three on the Bund. When the doors open in July, there'll be branches of Jean Georges and Nobu in the seven-story structure, along with a Shanghainese restaurant, art galleries, a jazz club, high-end luxury retail shops, and an Evian day spa. ¶ Just a few minutes inland, the former French-concession district, a five-square-block area called Xin Tian Di, has turned into a hot spot as well. Fashioned from century-old brick houses called shikumen, this labyrinth of flagstone alleyways holds art galleries, boutiques, nightclubs, and a dozen restaurants. Le Garçon Chinois (No. 3, Lane 9, Heng Shan Rd.; 86-21/6445-7970) is a 1920's Western-style house that has been converted into a lounge, a Continental restaurant, and a Chinese bistro with a menu that blends Sichuan, Hangzhou, and Shanghainese fare. ¶ A few streets away is Face (Bldg. No. 4, 118 Ruijin Er Rd.; 86-21/6466-4328, ext. 17), in a gracefully crumbling pink brick—and—stone manse built by a Japanese trading company in 1936. The ground floor bar is furnished with louche opium beds and overstuffed chairs. Up the grand staircase are two restaurants: one specializes in northern Thai cuisine, the other serves northern Indian curries beneath a rajah's crimson tent. ¶ Fuxing Park, where the French military once encamped, is Shanghai's busiest green space. Ballroom dancers, tai chi practitioners, and elderly men carting their beloved birds' cages now share its grassy expanses at dawn. Afternoons and evenings belong to the fashion-forward, who crowd into Baci, Tokio Joe's, and California Club (2 Gao Lan Rd.; 86-21/5383-2328), two restaurants and a disco sharing one address.


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A Brilliant Week of Blu-ray/DVD Releases Starts with 'Skyfall,' 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' and 'The Kid With a Bike'
Features By Rob Hunter on February 11, 2013 | 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. The Kid With a Bike (Criterion) Cyril (Thomas Doret) is a young boy in flux. His mother is long gone, and his father has dropped him at an orphanage ostensibly for a few days while he gets his job and house in order. That lie hides an unforgivable truth that Cyril simply can't accept, but through his efforts to reunite with his dad he comes under the care of a single hairdresser (Cecile de France) with struggles of her own. This French film is a deceptively simple tale of a lost boy at risk, but it becomes one of the year's most suspenseful experiences thanks in large part to Doret's incredible performance. His fragile emotional state teases as much danger as local teen thugs and Cyril's constant bike-riding do leaving viewers nervously awaiting a seemingly inevitable and terrible turn of events. But even as we worry we can't help but fall in love with the boy and the woman, their challenging and sweet interactions, and the film's effortless display of affection and humanity. I rarely buy Criterion titles at retail (because they're freaking expensive!), but like Broadcast News and The Game I'll be making an exception here. [Extras: Interviews, featurette, booklet, trailer]
AFI FEST 2012: 'The Sessions' Star John Hawkes Reveals His Secret Weapon
AFI Fest By Allison Loring on November 4, 2012 | Be the First To CommentOne of the highlights of any film festival is the panels and discussions that take viewers beyond simply watching the films into understanding the process behind getting them to the screen. In theaters now, The Sessions is a fictional story based on the real-life Mark O'Brien, who became paralyzed from the neck down after contracting polio and decided that, despite his physical limitations, he wanted to lose his virginity. John Hawkes brings Mark's plight and writer-director Ben Lewin's words to life through an unforgettable and transformative performance. The two sat down with The Hollywood Reporter's Stephen Galloway this afternoon at the Roosevelt Hotel to discuss the film, the challenges they faced in making it, and the impact the film had on each of them.
Review: 'The Sessions' Tackles a Difficult Subject Matter with Humor and Grace
Film Festivals By Allison Loring on October 20, 2012 | Be the First To CommentEditor's note: With Sundance winner The Sessions (formerly titled The Surrogate) hitting limited release, here is a re-run of our festival review, originally published on January 25, 2012. Based on the article, Seeing A Sex Surrogate, The Sessions takes you into the life thirty-eight year old Mark O'Brien (John Hawkes) who has lived with polio since the age of six. Only able to be out of his iron lung for a few hours a day, Mark is otherwise stuck inside with just his thoughts, poetry, and faith. Most would resent a life like this, but Mark finds the humor in his situation, always putting those around him at ease and never letting the fact that he can barely move his head from side to side limit his ambition. Having graduated from the University of Berkeley, Mark now has even bigger aspirations in his life – he wants to lose his virginity. Mark takes a shine to one of his aids and while it seems she seems to return his affection, when he expresses it, she gets scared and runs away. Mark jokes to his priest (William H. Macy) that he tried to go about his sexual revolution the "proper" way, but now he has another option he is considering – a sex surrogate who specializes in helping the disabled not only have sex, but teach them the tools and skills to have their own sexual relationships.
This September wasn't a bad way to get out of a summer slump. If any of you were disappointed by this past summer's films, last month should have picked up your spirits. You were either in awe or disappointment over Paul Thomas Anderon's The Master, but whatever camp you fall into, at least you more than likely had thoughts about it. Rian Johnson's Looper completely lived up to the hype, wonky time travel logic and all. And we got Dredd 3D and End of Watch, two B-movies which exceeded expectations. Not a bad way to start a new season. There are plenty of offerings for every taste this October including one with a bug-eyed, jacked up, and horrifying Matthew Fox who apparently will be taken down by Tyler Perry. Keep reading for a glimpse at seven other movies you should run and skip to the theaters for.
2012 Austin Film Festival Announces Titles, Including 'Not Fade Away,' 'Flight,' 'Silver Linings Playbook,' and More
Film Festivals By Kate Erbland on September 19, 2012 | Be the First To CommentWhile most of Austin, Texas is currently busy gearing up for Fantastic Fest (including our own Fantastic Fest Death Squad), we'd be remiss to not mention that another one of ATX's homegrown film festivals, the concisely-named Austin Film Festival, has just released their lineup. And it's a real beauty! The festival, kicking off in just under a month, will open with David Chase's Not Fade Away and will also include screenings of such buzzed-about titles as Flight, Silver Linings Playbook, The Sessions, Quartet, and The Sapphires. The festival has yet to announce their Closing Night Film, but with such an already-strong lineup, it should be a doozy. After the break, take a look at the current feature-length lineup for the 2012 Austin Film Festival and Conference, including listings for their comedy and documentary sections.
TIFF 2012 Review: 'The Sessions' is Completely Brilliant
Movie Reviews By Andrew Robinson on September 11, 2012 | Comments (3)American Pie and Fast Times at Ridgemont High would be the best examples of a film like The Sessions, if it were filled with more lust than honest sexual desire (and younger people). What sets it apart from the flurry of raunchy teen sex comedies is that, in those films, we laugh at the characters because we were all once like them, but this film allows us to empathize with the main character for a much different reason. This is not a case of a protagonist being a virgin by choice, but by design, and due to developments in his work life he finds himself poised to be in contact with a sexual therapist named Cheryl (played well by Helen Hunt) who handles disabled clients. It's a sex comedy for grown-ups. The humor in this movie is sharp, lovely and always great enough that its cute flirting nature is never left looking like cheesiness. The dramatic and romantic moments are heartwarming enough to spread out between every Lifetime film for an entire decade and still not run out. John Hawkes' – playing the man in an iron lung looking to have sex for the first time – has a great way of making the awkward moments not so awkward and the disparaging ones touching.
TIFF May Have Just Announced Its Lineup, But Here Are 5 of Their Films We've Already Seen
Features By Kate Erbland on July 24, 2012 | Be the First To CommentWhen we Rejects get let out of the cage (and it's a literal cage, a big one under Dear Leader Miller's desk, with a hamster wheel and everything) to journey to festivals far and wide, we tend to turn in some pretty comprehensive coverage. Along the way, we often cover some films that pop up along the festival circuit for months on end, titles that show up at Sundance and then journey west to SXSW, that premiere at Cannes before going American at LAFF, and those that parlay good buzz at one fest into showings across the globe. We've already drooled over today's announcement of the Toronto International Film Festival's first wave of programming, but buried within those 62 just-announced films are five we've already checked out at other festivals (including Sundance and Cannes). Want to get a taste of what TIFF will offer (hint: tastes like poutine and makes your mouth water just as much)? Hit the break to get reacquainted with 5 TIFF-bound films that we've already seen (and, in many cases, already loved).
'The Sessions' Trailer Will Make You Laugh at the Ravages of Polio
Movie News By Nathan Adams on June 29, 2012 | Be the First To CommentWhen you first hear that John Hawkes' latest movie sees him playing a character whose spine has been left so curved due to a battle with polio that he's completely immobile and even physically deformed, it sounds like it's going to be a depressing affair. Is The Sessions one of those hand-wringing dramas that hammers home just how difficult and painful disability is, for two hours straight, and then ends on some sort of bittersweet but life-affirming moment? Not at all. Actually, from the looks of the first trailer, it seems like it's a lot of fun:
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