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Billy Bob Thornton the actor from such films as Sling Blade and Monster's Ball might seem a little rough around the edges or perhaps even a bit quirky at times. He certainly doesn't come off to most as the type as the focal point of a death curse. In fact, Thornton who recently disclosed that he suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder also admits to being afraid of anything remotely spooky. He's even reluctant to use antiques from certain periods or anything that looks like it came out of a castle.
There are some points about the actors that do seem a tad weird including the fact that his mother claimed to have psychic abilities. Then there was his strange courtship and abbreviated marriage to actress Angelina Jolie during which they both wore vials of each other's blood as a necklace.
Also mentionable are the bizarre roles he's played in movies such as the mentally handicapped murder Karl Childress in Sling Blade, or the demented shopping mall Santa Claus in the 2003 hit Bad Santa which illustrates the actor's ability to play the strange and unusual.
As great as his acting ability might be, or how successful his movies have been there is one big negative to being Billy Bob' co-star. The untimely deaths of those who've worked with the actor are mounting up at a pace that seems…well, weird.
The story of the curse goes back to 1996 when Thornton directed and starred in the movie Sling Blade. The movie didn't have the typical markers of a blockbuster, but it became an Academy Award winning film and critically acclaimed hit. J. T. Walsh whose other movies included A Few Good Men and Good Morning Vietnam played Charles Bushman in Thornton's film. Walsh's last two movies were both big hit feature films with Pleasantville casting him as the less than pleasant town mayor and The Negotiator in which he played the nasty Inspector Terence Niebaum. Tragically Walsh never saw either movie released as he died suddenly of a heart-attack at the age of fifty-five just two years after making Sling Blade with Thornton.
jim-varney was an unlikely star. The actor vaulted to fame bringing to life characters such as Ernst P. Worrell and Sgt. Glory, which were both actually created by a Nashville advertising agency called Carden and Cherry. These characters were initially used for commercials but became so popular Varney found himself to be one of the first stars to cast in a television show spun off from advertising. The series was called "Hey Vern, It's Ernest!" and it ran from 1980 to the early 1990s. The viral character then went to the movies with Ernest Goes to Camp. Hated by critics, the movie was a hit. In 2001 Varney started with Thornton in Daddy and Them, but he never lived to see the movie that came out in theaters. He died of lung cancer at the age of fifty-one.
Star of several hit television series and movies John Ritter was in the 2003 hit Bad Santa with Billy Bob. This was the second movie with Thornton for Ritter as he'd also had a part in Sling Blade. He died suddenly and unexpectedly that same year of an undiagnosed aortic dissection. Ritter was fifty-five.
Heath Ledger starred in Monster Ball with Thornton and was only a few months away from the release of the movie featuring his best role yet the character of The Joker in The Dark Night a sequel to the 2005 Batman Begins when the actor died from a drug overdose. The actor had been ill and died of accumulation of too many different drugs taken to relieve his flu. He was twenty-eight.
Bernie Mac like John Ritter was in the movie Bad Santa with Billy Bob Thornton in 2003. The television and movie actor had been battling sarcoidosis, a rare lung disease, but had recently told friends that condition was under control. On the morning of August 9, 2008 the actor died suddenly and unexpectedly from complications due to pneumonia. Mac was just a few months shy of his fifty-first birthday.
Some die hard curse watchers wouldn't doubt that the list adds Patrick Swayze, the dancer, movie and television star who succumbed this year after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He started along with Thornton in the 2002 Waking Up in Reno. Swayze was fifty-seven.
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65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Petit Verdot, 15% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc. The grapes used in making this delicious wine were fermented and barrel aged in French oak for a period of 15 months. The wine was then blended, bottled and aged for a further year prior to labeling. This limited edition wine is a deep purple in color with an aroma of blackcurrants, cassis, bitter-sweet chocolate and hints of smoke. It is full-bodied with a long, well-balanced aftertaste. The wine is ready for immediate consumption, but will continue to develop in the bottle. In order to preserve its full potential, the wine was not fined and only coarsely filtered prior to bottling.
Roast lamb, aged bard cheeses.
Elegant with an aroma of blackcurrant, cassis, exotic spices with a hint of eucalyptus.
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- 2007 is the fourth vintage of Carmel's premiere blend, Carmel Limited Edition (previous vintages in 2003, 2004, 2005). The 2007 Limited Edition contains classic Bordeaux varietals sourced exclusively from the Upper Galilee, aged separately in French oak barriques for 15 months and then blended together to produce this wine. This is a concentrated yet restrained blend that is flush with fruit and backed by a welcomed earthiness and pockets of toast. The mouth is supple and velvety with silky tannins that are so cleverly interwoven. Acidity is a bit low and it somewhat flattens the wine on the mid-palate, but overall this blend is graceful, elegant and enjoyable. Drink now and for the next 4 years. L'Chaim!
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- An awesomely elegant wine that I had the pleasure of tasting in the company of Adam Montefiore last October. An amazing blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (57%), Petit Verdot (31%), Merlot (5%), Malbec (5%) and Cabernet Franc (2%), all from Carmel's vineyards in the Upper Galilee and aged in French oak for 15 months with 13.5% alcohol. A smooth and generous wine with a ripe and extracted nose of rich and warm forest fruit, oriental spices, black pepper and some vanilla most of which follows onto a mouth filling palate of more fruit, some spicy oak, spices and some dark chocolate leading into a lingering finish. Highly enjoyable right now (especially in the right company), this wine will continue to develop for another year or so and should cellar comfortably through 2020.


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There's more to Hastings than groynes and medieval history: a wave of new openings and its megabucks pier are giving the seaside town a revamp
Gorgeous countryside, with a detour to see where 19th-century criminals were locked up
Next month's scallop festival is just one reason to visit the pretty seaside town. Exploring the old town's streets and a trip to the sandy beaches nearby make for an idyllic weekend break, too
From copulating plastic dinosaurs to crucified Ronald McDonalds and the severed feet of God, the arch-provocateurs' teeming macabre landscapes offer a powerful vision of modern brutality, writes Jonathan Jones
It's Goodwood Revival in Sussex next week, but you can enjoy a slice of retro action at the estate hotel all year round, says Pamela Hutchinson, who goes back to the 60s for the weekend
Brighton's boho favourite has the ambience of an arts centre, which makes it one of the city's most grown-up venues
There's plenty of hills to tackle and descents to enjoy on the Winchester to Butser Hill section of the South Downs Way
Country diary: East Beach, Selsey: The submerged pilings were encrusted with sponges, sea squirts, tube worms, barnacles, mussels and oysters
A 14th-century hall in deepest Sussex lovingly turned into a B&B by a chatty Manhattanite makes a – nearly – perfect bolthole, says Sally Shalam
From the South Downs' best walks and wildlife spotting, to great places to eat, drink and stay, ranger Tom Parry has the lowdown
Joanne O'Connor's great escapes Travel tips: stay in a Martello Tower or a double-decker bus, plus deals of the week
A bolthole on the Suffolk coast, and automotive accommodation
The De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, is a modernist gem in a seaside town full of vintage shops
Healers and tattooists, craft shops and comic shops, and dozens of cafes add up to a square mile that is utterly, uniquely Brighton
This Sussex cottage has just two rooms, a ramshackle air, and a less than manicured garden – all of which makes it simply delightful, says Sally Shalam
East London's Olympic neighbourhoods, Pembrokeshire hideaways and three foodie festivals to make your mouth water
You've heard of wild swimming and wild camping, but what about wild pottery? Frederika Whitehead heads to East Sussex to dig for clay and bake it over an open fire
Not all British seaside resorts have to go the way of Brighton and Whitstable … Lesley Gillilan seeks out 10 of the most gloriously traditional, with all the fun of the fair
Amateur sleuth Emma Kennedy begins channelling Sarah Lund on a vexing murder mystery trail in Eastbourne
Great cooking, shame about the concept, says John Lanchester
Country diary: Burton Mill Pond, West Sussex: A cloud of 50 pied wagtails drifts over the water in waves, calling seep-seep, seep-seep
This stylish pad in an 18th-century former rectory in Hastings Old Town blurs the line between hotel and B&B, finds Sally Shalam
Emma Kennedy takes a deep breath and descends into Brighton's Victorian sewer system – and meets two of the bravest men on earth
At a medieval style manor in Sussex, Emma Kennedy summons the spirit of Agatha Christie with a weekend of traditional games
Britain's obsession with knitting shows no sign of abating as the first 'knitted' hotel room opens
The English Wine Centre has a great restaurant and new boutique rooms, and makes a great base for exploring Sussex's vineyards, discovers Simon Burnton
Fancy sharing the bar with a ghost, or being all at sea at last orders? Mat Osman picks the more curious inns and taverns around the country
OK, she saw visions of Peter Andre in Tesco. But an ayahuasca detox in the Sussex countryside left Stephanie Theobald feeling mentally and physically rebooted
Whether you want to see the work of master photographers or develop your own skills, there's a holiday for you. Dale Berning zooms in on the best
Here's our latest roundup of (mostly free) ways of keeping the kids happy over the school holidays, from pottery classes in the Potteries to playing Sherlock in Shropshire
More beaches given the top rating this year – but slightly more failed to meet basic water standards
With a relaxed, beach-house vibe and a chef from Tate Modern, this new seaside hotel gets Sally Shalam in the mood for gallivanting


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MLB Free Pick: Chicago White Sox @ Texas Rangers 4/8/12
- Updated: April 8, 2012
The first installation of ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball betting action kicks off this week from Arlington, where the two-time defending AL champs, the Texas Rangers will take on the Chicago White Sox.
Manager Robin Ventura is going to have his work cut out for him to start off this season. He has to take a team that hasn't historically played all that well on the road into Arlington to start his first MLB gig in charge of a clubhouse, and he is going to be overmatched on the mound in all of the games in all likelihood. Gavin Floyd has a live arm that can do some damage, but in this instance on Sunday, it is hard to like his chances against a high flying lineup. Floyd has been consistently average over the last few years, and he has been the epitome of mediocre. He has between 10 and 12 wins and between 11 and 13 losses in all three years, he has between 45 and 59 walks, between 151 and 163 Ks, and between a 4.06 and a 4.37 ERA as well. The big bugaboo at times is the home run ball. Floyd allowed 22 dingers last year, and this is going to be a bad spot against a Texas team that he is just 2-3 with a 4.73 ERA against in his career.
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The Rangers just seem to have the perfect mix for this ballpark once again this year. We really hoped that this would be the day that Yu Darvish made his MLB debut, but in the end, we are going to have to settle for Matt Harrison instead. When you look at Harrison's splits, you really can't be all that impressed. At 26 years old, he has just a 30-19 record with a few good numbers out of the pen. A 4.49 ERA and a 1.44 WHIP are both average numbers. What this lefty does well though, is keep the ball in play. He is a groundball pitcher in every sense of the word, and though he struggled at times in the postseason, he did only allow 13 homers in over 185 innings last year. That's a great ratio in any park in the bigs, but especially with half of Harrison's games coming here in Arlington. This is a fly ball team that he is running into on Sunday though, and we think that that plays right into his hands.
The Final Word: Harrison has never been beaten by the White Sox in his career, and we don't see how that is going to start now. Floyd is always lined like an above average pitcher, but in the end, he is nothing more than mediocre, and we should be able to get a really nice price on Texas on Sunday night.
Chicago White Sox @ Texas Rangers Pick: Texas Rangers
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LIC is asking for post mortem report, magistrates certicate, statement of witness, FIR report , Local doctors,report even after submitting a number of papers like death certificate, doctor's statement in the prescribed form of lic,
This is a vicious circle. After submission of papers a new letter comes asking for something new. the policy is of 40 000 Rs. I requested them to give me back the amount of paid as premium, they say it is not possible because the policy is joint and the other partner is dead. I have foolishly invested around 46000 in various policies. I have stopped paying and discontinued all other policies as i am sure my nominees cant get anything as the procedure is dam slow, complex, non cooperative, and even agent does not take any interest.
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Shortly after they were married in 2003, Kenney was deported back to the continent because his student visa had expired.
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Joseph Heller, Darkly Surreal Novelist, Dies at 76
Published: December 14, 1999
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In 1988 Mr. Heller published ''Picture This,'' in which he reflected on such historical figures as Rembrandt, Socrates, Plato and 20th-century American presidents. Richard Rayner of The Times of London said that Mr. Heller attacked his main themes -- that power and intellect are incompatible, that politicians wage disastrous wars for no good reason and that humanity learns nothing from its mistakes -- and got away with it most of the time because he was funny. ''He refuses to take institutions seriously; or rather,'' Mr. Rayner writes, ''he takes them so seriously they become hilarious.''
A Grumpy Wit With a Skewed Outlook
Mr. Heller, a handsome man with a great shock of curly white hair, was a tummler who enjoyed sampling Chinese food around Manhattan with friends like Mr. Brooks and Mr. Puzo, who were used to his barbed wit and crotchety ways.
Barbara Gelb once described her friend for The New York Times Book Review: ''For 20 years now I have managed to overlook his frequent sulkiness, his gluttonous table manners and his tendency to growl 'no' before he even knows what the question is. I have stayed on good terms with him largely because I relish his aberrant sense of humor and his skewed way of looking at life -- an outlook he insists has changed little since he wrote 'Catch-22.' ''
Said Mr. Heller, ''In all my novels, there's concern with the way people use and misuse language to obscure and confuse and build barriers, the way that words are corrupted or the way words contradict themselves.''
In addition to his wife, Valerie, he is survived by a daughter, Erica Heller of Manhattan; a son, Theodore M. of Manhattan; and a sister, Sylvia Heller of Florida.
Mr. Heller's agent, Deborah Karl, said he had completed a novel called ''A Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man,'' to be published next fall by Simon & Schuster.
Asked once what his biggest fears were, Joseph Heller replied, ''I fear death, nursing homes and vaccinations.'' But he came to grips with death, he said, explaining, ''Everyone else seems to get through it all right so it couldn't be too difficult for me.''
A Phrase Is Born Summing Up the Absurdity of War in an Insane World
''You mean there's a catch?''
''Sure there's a catch,'' Doc Daneeka replied. ''Catch-22. Anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn't really crazy.''
There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind.
Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.
''That's some catch, that Catch-22,'' he observed.
''It's the best there is,'' Doc Daneeka agreed. From ''Catch-22'' (1961)
''Do you know how long a year takes when it's going away?'' Dunbar repeated to Clevinger. ''This long.'' He snapped his fingers. ''A second ago you were stepping into college with your lungs full of fresh air. Today you're an old man.''
''Old?'' asked Clevinger with surprise. ''What are you talking about?''
''I'm not old.''
''You're inches away from death every time you go on a mission. How much older can you be at your age? A half minute before that you were stepping into high school, and an unhooked brassiere was as close as you ever hoped to get to Paradise. Only a fifth of a second before that you were a small kid with a ten-week summer vacation that lasted a hundred thousand years and still ended too soon. Zip! They go rocketing by so fast. How the hell else are you ever going to slow time down?'' Dunbar was almost angry when he finished.
''Well, maybe it is true,'' Clevinger conceded unwillingly in a subdued tone. ''Maybe a long life does have to be filled with many unpleasant conditions if it's to seem long. But in that event, who wants one?''
''I do,'' Dunbar told him.
''Why?'' Clevinger asked.
''What else is there?'' ''Catch-22''
''I'm nuts. Cuckoo. Don't you understand? I'm off my rocker. They sent someone else home in my place by mistake. They've got a licensed psychiatrist up at the hospital who examined me, and that was his verdict. I'm really insane.''
''So?'' Yossarian was puzzled by Doc Daneeka's inability to comprehend. ''Don't you see what that means? Now you can take me off combat duty and send me home. They're not going to send a crazy man out to be killed, are they?''
''Who else will go?'' ''Catch-22''
''Old truths are the best truths, Mr. Finegold. I think you'll always find that so.''
''My name, sir, is Gold,'' Gold corrected a little less tolerantly.
''Fine.'' Conover nodded weightily and looked up at him with a smile. He resumed after a moment in his quiet mellow voice in which the rounded vowels of the South were euphoniously interblended with the distinct consonants of the best English tutors and preparatory schools. ''I hope you will not allow an occasional extra syllable from an aging mind to be the cause of any serious misunderstanding between us.''
''Certainly not, sir!'' Gold assured him with candid fervor and stepped back a pace to feast his eyes again upon his host. More than ever, Pugh Biddle Conover appeared the quintessential gentleman-statesman of his maudlin ideal. Pomposity was absent. A keen and cultivated intelligence presided. He was good as gold.
Conover asked, ''Would you like to geld some horses?'' ''Good as Gold'' (1979)
In those 20 more years we will all look pretty bad in the newspaper pictures and television clips, kind of strange, like people in a different world, ancient and doddering, balding, seeming perhaps a little bit idiotic, shrunken, with toothless smiles in collapsed, wrinkled cheeks. People I know are already dying and others I've known are already dead. We don't look that beautiful now. We wear glasses and are growing hard of hearing, we sometimes talk too much, repeat ourselves, things grow on us, even the most minor bruises take longer to heal and leave telltale traces. ''Closing Time'' (1994)
Photos: Joseph Heller (Jonathan Barth/Gamma-Liaison)(pg. A1); Joseph Heller in the 1970's, after his novel ''Catch-22'' had become an antiwar classic. (Photofest)(pg. B12)


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Big Screen Berkeley: 'Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine'
It would be churlish indeed to say something negative about the deeply personal Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine, a new documentary opening at Rialto Cinemas Elmwood on Friday, March 20. Directed by Michele Josue, a close school friend of Shepard's, it's a criticism-proof film that makes up in emotional punch what it lacks in cinematic chops.
Matthew Shepard was, of course, a young Wyomingite murdered one 1998 night by a pair of pub crawlers. Josue takes a traditional chronological, biographical approach to telling Shepard's story – not surprising, as she's a neophyte filmmaker with no professional training.
The diminutive Shepard spent much of his short life on the move. After a stable childhood in Laramie, Matthew moved first to Saudi Arabia (where his father worked for an oil company), then to a swanky boarding school in Lugano, Switzerland. He spent time in Italy, Japan and Morocco, went to North Carolina for college, and lived briefly in Denver before returning to the ironically named Equality State. … Continue reading »
'Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles'
You don't need me to tell you that Orson Welles was one of the cinematic and theatrical geniuses of the 20th century. You probably don't even need Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (opening at Landmark's Shattuck Cinemas on Friday, March 13) to tell you that: even 30 years after his death, his legacy remains intact.
A giant in all respects, Welles seems as alive today as he ever was, and it's his avuncular presence that renders this documentary worthwhile. There's not a great deal of value in seeing that snow globe roll out of Charles Foster Kane's hand for the umpteenth time, but to hear the great man describe it as "a rather tawdry device" is illuminating, amusing, and rather telling. … Continue reading »
The Asian-American Film Festival comes to town
If it's March (and unless someone is playing cruel games with my calendar, it is), it's time once again for the Asian American Film Festival. As in previous years, 2015's festival includes a number of screenings at Pacific Film Archive.
This year's festivities get underway Friday, March 13 at 7:00 p.m. with a film I was unable to watch in advance, Iran's Tales. It's double-billed with Vietnam's Doat Hon (Hollow), a rather late contribution to the turn of the 21st-century Asian horror boom that relies overly on the now passé 'long-haired ghost' trope. If you're a fan of the genre, you could do worse; otherwise this is a very, very average example of the style.
Far more interesting is director Dean Yamada's Senrigan (Cicada), an endearing character study from Japan screening at the Archive on Saturday, March 14 at 8:15 p.m. What initially threatens to be one of those awful 'multiple perspective' storylines develops into a tight little tale about an infertile schoolteacher (Yugo Saso, good but perhaps a wee bit too old for the role), his unsuspecting fiancé (Hitomi Takimoto), and an unfortunate 4th-grade pupil (Houten Saito). It's a lovely little film anchored by fine performances all around and writer Yu Shibuya's slightly cheeky screenplay, which manages to blend elements sweet and sour to near perfection. … Continue reading »
Big Screen Berkeley: 'Gett, The Trial of Viviane Amsalem'
Regular readers may recall my late 2014 review of Volker Schlöndorff's Diplomacy. As stagy as that film was, however, it's been outdone by Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (opening at Landmark's Shattuck Cinemas on Friday, Feb. 27). How stagy is Gett? So stagy it could just as accurately be entitled Two Rooms and a Hallway – but don't let that put you off.
Viviane (the magnificent Ronit Elkabetz, carrying herself with the dignified aplomb of an Eleanor Bron or Irene Papas) is an Israeli woman seeking a divorce from her deeply religious husband Elisha (Casino Royale's Simon Abkarian). Unfortunately for her, there's no such thing as civil marriage or divorce in Israel, and their separation must be approved and legalized by a rabbinical court.
Though Iranian law is still heavily weighted in favor of men, even the Islamic Republic has civil divorce courts. Not so Israel, however, where men still hold all the cards. In Viviane's case – and despite copious evidence of incompatibility with hubby – proceedings quickly grind to a halt when Elisha stubbornly refuses to grant her her freedom. … Continue reading »
BIg Screen Berkeley: 'Timbuktu,' a film of beauty, value
When I was a wee lad, my grandfather would describe taking a long journey as 'going to Timbuktu'. I had no idea where Timbuktu was – in fact, I didn't realize it was a real place – but I can remember thinking that it was an awfully funny name. Every time Grandpa said Timbuktu, he got a chuckle out of little me.
It wasn't until many years later, of course, that I discovered that Timbuktu was real — a city in the West African nation of Mali (or in Grandpa's day, French Sudan). And now it has its own eponymous film: the Academy Award-nominated Timbuktu opens at Landmark's Shattuck Cinemas on Friday, Feb. 13.
Kidane (Ibrahim Ahmed dit Pino) lives in a tent outside the city proper, where he and his family raise cattle for a living. The pride of his herd is a cow named GPS, who Kidane intends to gift to adopted son Issan (Mehdi Mohamed) when the boy reaches manhood. (The cow's unusual name is never explained by director Abderrehmane Sissako's screenplay – or perhaps this detail was lost during the subtitling process.) … Continue reading »
She's Beautiful When She's Angry/Before and After Films
Mansplaining: it's something us guys do, sometimes completely unawares – heck, though I'm still not entirely clear on what it is, I'm probably doing it right now. So at the risk of mansplaining something to female readers that they already understand, I do declare that She's Beautiful When She's Angry (opening at Landmark's Shattuck Cinemas on Friday, February 6th) is a pretty decent documentary about the history of the modern feminist movement.
Directed by Mary Dore, She's Beautiful begins with the publication of Betty Friedan's revolutionary 'The Feminine Mystique' in 1963. Friedan's book sparked the rebirth of a women's movement that had, by and large, been dormant since the days of the suffragettes, and its impact on modern feminism can't be overstated. … Continue reading »
Big Screen Berkeley: Academy Award nominated shorts
It's time once again for me to thoroughly embarrass myself by incorrectly handicapping this year's short subject Academy Awards, which open this Friday, Jan. 30 at Landmark's Shattuck Cinemas. I think I have a perfect record over the last few years – let's see if I ruin it by actually picking a winner for a change!
I'll start with the most clear-cut category, and by clear-cut I mean 'most likely to make me look daft when they open the envelope'. I'm talking about the animated shorts, and I have to believe that Disney's Feast, a cute tale of a hungry pup attached to last year's animated feature Big Hero 6 (itself a feature nominee), will win.
That's despite the fact that it's by no means the best of the five nominated films. In a perfect world, the barely two minutes long A Single Life would win for its delightful take on time travel via turntablism, but its brevity will prove its undoing: Academy voters don't like short subjects which are, well, too short. … Continue reading »
'The Duke of Burgundy': A stylish film, not to be missed
Because of a seemingly never ending litany of technical problems, I almost gave up on watching a screener of The Duke of Burgundy (opening at Landmark's Opera Plaza Cinemas in San Francisco on Friday, Jan. 23). For whatever reason, though, I stuck with it – and I'm glad I did.
Bearing a title perhaps more appropriate to a Francophone frock flick starring Isabelle Adjani, The Duke of Burgundy takes its title from a species of butterfly. Insects – and especially Lepidoptera – are front and center in this film, though their actual bearing on the plot is minimal.
The film details an unusual relationship between two women. Cynthia (Mifune and After the Wedding's Sidse Babett Knudsen) is an imperious, middle-aged writer and amateur entomologist, while Evelyn (Chiarra D'Anna) is a younger woman who at first appears to be Cynthia's simpering maid – a helpmeet who just can't seem to wash madam's underwear properly. … Continue reading »
Big Screen Berkeley: Double Indemnity
When it comes to leading ladies, I'm apparently a bit of a cad. I have no trouble telling my Alan Ladds from my Errol Flynns, but put headshots of (for example) Merle Oberon and Joan Fontaine in front of me, and, despite decades of intense movie watching, chances are no better than 50:50 that my ingénue identification skills won't let me down.
There are, happily, exceptions: I have no trouble recognizing women who specialized in strong or assertive roles. Bette Davis, Joan Blondell, or Joan Crawford are among my favorite brassy dames – and then there's Barbara Stanwyck, one of the greatest actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age.
Stanwyck garnered four Academy Award nominations during her career, but never won the big prize. Perhaps her best shot came via the greatest film noir of them all, Double Indemnity (screening at Pacific Film Archive at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 17 as part of the series "Ready for His Close-Up: The Films of Billy Wilder"), but it was not to be: Ingrid Bergman took home the gong that year for her performance in Gaslight. … Continue reading »
Big Screen Berkeley: Favorite films of 2014
Sadly, I won't have the opportunity to include Seth Rogen's The Interview in this year's list. Of course, as I find Mr. Rogen about as funny a case of shingles, it probably wouldn't have made the list anyway. Thanks, Guardians of Peace and/or the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, for sparing us all. Here, then, are my favorite films of 2014 (click on the title if it's hyper-linked to read the full review):
1. The Dance of Reality As magical and mystical as anything he's ever produced, Alejandro Jodorowsky's autobiographical feature manages to blend surprising nostalgia with his uniquely surreal vision of the world. As close to perfect as a movie got in 2014 – and probably as close to perfect as a movie ever gets. … Continue reading »
'The Babadook': Australian thriller aims to chill
Happy Halloween!
Oh, I'm sorry – is my calendar off? Last week's dabbling in the vampire genre must have got me into the seasonal mood a little late this year, because Australian thriller The Babadook is coming to Rialto Cinemas Elmwood on Friday, Dec. 12, primed to give you late October chills as the dead of winter approaches.
Director William Friedkin claimed recently that he's "never seen a more terrifying movie" than The Babadook, and distributor IFC Films is giving that claim pride of place in its promotional material. Is it typical hyperbolic ballyhoo, or is Friedkin – whose legendary pea-soup epic The Exorcist never remotely scared me, at least not since its original TV ad campaign – on target?
Amelia (Essie Davis, who deserves an Oscar nomination – really!) is a widow taking care of her six-going-on-seven year old son Samuel (an equally fine Noah Wiseman, who can scream with the best of them) while working at a South Australia nursing home. She's never recovered from her husband's death, which occurred on the day Samuel was born: his birthday remains a dark spot on the family calendar, a time of mourning rather than celebration. … Continue reading »
Big Screen Berkeley: 'A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night'
Is A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (opening at Landmark's Shattuck Cinemas on Friday, Dec. 5) truly 'the first Iranian vampire western', as its promotional material claims? Sadly, no – but that doesn't mean it's not worth seeing, assuming you can forgive the untruthful tagline.
First, however, let's take a brief moment to dissect that impressive piece of ballyhoo. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is actually an American film, not an Iranian one, and it is not a western, though it was filmed in Bakersfield. Thankfully, there is a vampire… but this is no ordinary bloodsucking saga, and anyone anticipating a routine horror movie is in for further disappointment. … Continue reading »


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Revlon Super Lustrous Creme - Primrose
100 reviews
75% would repurchase
Package Quality: 4.1
Price: $$
Package Quality: 4.1
Price: $$
on 6/11/2011 5:46:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Warm
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Blue
I love Revlon lipsticks. The packaging is always very sleek and black looking. The formulas are always on point. This color, of course, is no exception! The color reminds me of the discontinued "Pink Pout" from their matte lipstick line. However, it is more on the pinky/lilacy side and Pink Pout is more of a dusty rose. It's definitely not a long wearing lipstick but you can easily fix that with a lip liner. And to be quite frank, I don't mind reapplying this at all. I would recommend using this on lips that have been exfoliated because it can bring out any dry bits or lines you may have.
I will repurchase though I think this might be a LE lipstick from spring 2011. Not too sure though.
on 6/8/2011 1:48:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
Love this! It's MLBC - my lips but cooler. I was worried this would pull too lavender next to my neutral/warm skin, but I think it looks fantastic. I wish the coverage was a little less sheer, because I have pretty pigmented lips and it shows through the lipstick. I think the sheer semi-glossy finish of this lipstick makes it more comfortable to wear though (I'm usually a lip balm only girl) so I can't really complain.
on 5/15/2011 6:02:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Cool
Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Brown
Very disappointed in this. The color in the tube is TOTALLY different than when you apply it. It appears as a darkish rose color but when applied, it is a light pinky lavendar tint. Not that pigmented and very drying at first, until you get it going a bit, so to speak. It is almost identical to Revlon Matte lipstick in Pink Pout,which I have and dont' need two colors alomost identical!! GRRRR. So, back to the store it goes.
on 4/9/2011 2:21:00 AM
Age: 56 & Over
Skin: Dry, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Hazel
I read raves about this - apparently limited edition - color in some fashion magazines. I wanted to see it, but i couldn't find it anywhere. So i was happy to find it in an ULTA a couple days ago. One can't test Revlon colors, and although the top is clear, one doesn't get a good look at the color that way, but it looked like a nice pink, so i bought it.
Unfortunately, after trying this on, it turned out not to be a MLBB color for me, being both lighter and bluer than my natural lip color, nor was it extreme enough to be a fashion color - like some MAC lip colors. So far my MLBB color remains L'Oreal "Gilded Pink". I will still try Primrose again with different makeup to find a way to make it work for me, now that i have it.
Revlon and L'Oreal are my favorite DS lipsticks: great range of colors, moist and creamy going on. Yeah, they don't last as long as some HE lipsticks, but at $5 to $7 (US) they're significantly less than moderate to luxury brands at $14 to $50 or more, and for casual wear i really do like them. So it still gets 4 lippies, even though it isn't the color for me, because it's a good lipstick and a color i'm sure will work for others.
on 3/1/2011 11:50:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Tan, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I bought this because reviewers said that it was a dupe for MAC Cream Cup which is my HG and this was cheaper. The shade is not an exact match but it is close. Cream Cup is more pink while Primrose is more lavender. In regards to the formula, the MAC version is creamier and has way more lasting power. While Primrose glides on easily and has good pigment, it has virtually no lasting power and I am constantly re-applying every hour. I rated this 4 lippies because the shade is beautiful but I will not purchase again.
on 2/21/2011 8:56:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Olive, Warm
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Brown
Color: lilac pink
Pros: pigmented, creamy, long-lasting
Cons: none
This is a light blue-based pink with hints of lilac. Very pretty. It's pretty similar to Pink Pout, but this one leans more pink. I love it.
Will repurchase.
on 2/16/2011 11:20:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
don't let the name fool you.. its not anything near a prim rose. its a tron legacy fuschia. well atleast on me it was.. returning this the next day ....... for reference i'm asian nc25 with yellow undertones and this.. was failure......T_T
on 2/16/2011 2:48:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Normal, Medium, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Green
I can't believe i'm the first to review this! I love this color!! Its a very pretty light pink nude color! I love these lipsticks especially the cream formulations! This is my every day favorite color ever!!! It goes with just about anything! I like to pair it with a dark eye and its just gorgeous!!
on 1/26/2011 11:58:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Medium, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Brown
I bought this in rite aid because I found this mixed in with the primary line of revlon lipsticks. This limited edition was just 7.99. I purchased it based on a youtube review. And I am happy I did in fact I will be looking for a back up.
This is a sheer cool tone pink that is buildable. Its a "my lip but better" color. Wish it was a tad cheaper but still not bad. very happy with it
on 12/28/2010 4:39:00 PM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Dry, Fair, Warm
Hair: Brown, Curly, Fine
Eyes: Blue
Like other reviewers have commented, I read about this color first in Allure and then saw it mentioned in 2-3 other magazines so I was anxious to try it. I haven't bought a drugstore lipstick in years. I love this pinky-lilac color for a nude lip on me. I normally don't find nude lips attractive on me since I have fair skin (including lips with almost no natural color) and many times nude lips just disappear on my face. This lipstick has enough color to make my lips look natural but nice, a my lips but better look. I especially like this with Nars Turkish Delight lip gloss on top.
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The Hollister at Broadway and Houston Streets isn't quite living up to its promises of epic-ness since its opened last month. Not only did execs fly in employees to "support" opening day, but we thought the layout was generally awkward. And now residents in Soho seem unhappy with it, too. A "Go Home Hollister" banner appeared this week, dangling from a fifth-floor balcony across the street from the surf-style shop. Perhaps it's time for the store's shirtless lifeguards to come back. Surely they'll save the day! [Curbed]
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Draft speech—revision 3 USDA Forest Service Washington, DC Three Great Conservation Challenges of Our Time Forest Service Chief Gail Kimbell North American Forest Commission San Juan, PR—June 8, 2008 It's a pleasure to be here to discuss forestry matters of great importance to our countries, to our continent, and to the world. Forests are, in many ways, the green lungs of the world … the wellsprings of the world's water … and so much more. How vital they are to all life is especially apparent now, when the world is facing some very serious long-term challenges. Two years ago, Dale Bosworth, my predecessor as U.S. Forest Service Chief, spoke here about the impact of climate change. NAFC 1 Draft speech—revision 3 USDA Forest Service Washington, DC The bottom line, he said, was that climate change is one of the most serious problems facing us in the coming century. A related challenge is the quantity and quality of our water supplies, particularly as our populations grow. These related issues—climate change and water—will take generations to resolve, but children in our increasingly complex, increasingly urbanized societies are losing touch with nature. A third great challenge is to reconnect children to nature. Today, I would like to focus on these three long-term challenges—climate change, water, and kids. NAFC 2 Draft speech—revision 3 USDA Forest Service Washington, DC Climate Change History will judge the leaders of our age by how well we respond to the challenge of climate change. In the United States, we can already see the effects on forested landscapes: Fires are a natural part of most forested landscapes in the United States, but each year the fire season comes earlier and lasts longer. More hectares are burning each year than at any time in the past 50 years, and studies have shown that climate change contributes. Insects are also a natural part of forested landscapes, but now the insects—both native and nonnative—are spreading more rapidly than ever before due to temperature changes, faster breeding cycles, and reduced tree vigor. NAFC 3 Draft speech—revision 3 USDA Forest Service Washington, DC The warmer winters also affect water supplies. Snowpacks are far more variable, and snow comes off earlier in the spring. Waterflows peak earlier in the season, affecting riparian resources and recreation use. Droughty forest soils contribute to stress in trees. There are signs that many forested landscapes are undergoing long-term change, and the U.S. Forest Service is responding in three fundamental ways: mitigation, adaptation, and biofuels. With respect to mitigation, forests are tremendous carbon sinks. As you know, carbon is stored in forest vegetation, forest soils, and forest products, and we can manage forests to maximize carbon sequestration and storage, for example through NAFC 4 Draft speech—revision 3 USDA Forest Service Washington, DC afforestation or through more efficient milling operations for more carbon storage in wood products. There are associated market opportunities for private forest landowners, and we strongly support markets for ecosystem services, including markets for carbon offsets created by sound forest management. Carbon markets can create new income streams for landowners who use trees to pull carbon from the air. Another element of our strategy is adaptation. When we take a degraded, overgrown forest and restore it to a healthier, more resilient condition, we are also making the ecosystem more resilient to the stresses associated with a warmer, drier climate. Each year, public land managers in the United States treat millions of hectares. In the last eight years, our federal land NAFC 5 Draft speech—revision 3 USDA Forest Service Washington, DC managers have treated almost 10 million hectares, an area of land larger than the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. Our adaptation strategy has multiple dimensions. Forest Service scientists are looking for better ways of forecasting how ecosystems will change in response to a changing climate and how the changes will affect overall biodiversity. Through public/private partnerships, we are working to identify the landscape-scale forest conditions most likely to sustain forest ecosystems in a changing climate. We want to work through these partnerships to plan for managing forests on a landscape scale over broad periods of time. The third element of our climate change strategy is biomass utilization. Left in the woods, woody biomass can fuel huge fires NAFC 6 Draft speech—revision 3 USDA Forest Service Washington, DC or insect outbreaks and ultimately wind up as carbon in the atmosphere. Instead, we can remove some of this biomass and use it to heat homes, generate electricity—even power cars. This can replace part of our use of fossil fuels like coal and oil, which in turn will reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere. Water Issues You cannot talk about climate change without making the link to water—to declining snowpacks, retreating glaciers, and changing patterns of precipitation and runoff. Seventy percent of the Earth's surface is covered by water, yet about 1.1 billion people worldwide lack sufficient clean water, according to the United Nations, and some 2.4 billion people lack sufficient sanitation. NAFC 7 Draft speech—revision 3 USDA Forest Service Washington, DC North America, as you know, is also affected. In Mexico City, the largest metropolitan area in our hemisphere, groundwater pumping has led the land to subside by more than 9 meters since 1900. In our country, too, subsidence is an enormous problem. It affects more than 44,000 square kilometers in 45 states, including such major cities as Las Vegas, Nevada, and Houston, Texas. In 2002, a drought in eastern Ontario, Canada, caused severe water shortages, and water had to be brought in by train for local communities. Just last year, much of the southeastern United States was affected by severe drought, with water shortages in Atlanta, Georgia, and other cities. The United States has the highest per capita water use in the world, and the rates in both Canada and Mexico also exceed the global average. How Canada, Mexico, and the United States will work together to NAFC 8 Draft speech—revision 3 USDA Forest Service Washington, DC manage the water we use, partly by managing the watersheds we share—the Great Lakes basin, for example, or the Rio Grande— is a tremendous and growing challenge. As forest managers, we can help. Spongy forest soils are ideal for holding, filtering, and slowly releasing water. In fact, 53 percent of the water supply in the contiguous United States originates on forestland, even though forests cover just 29 percent of the surface area. As forest managers, we specialize in knowing how land management practices affect water quantity and quality, and we can apply that knowledge by restoring the ability of ecosystems to regulate waterflows and deliver clean water. NAFC 9 Draft speech—revision 3 USDA Forest Service Washington, DC For example, the U.S. Forest Service is restoring high mountain meadows, recreating their capacity to store water for slow release in summer. This offsets some of the effects of climate change and drought, such as reduced summer flows. It also cools the water, protecting aquatic species downstream. In some cases, it obviates the need to build new systems for water storage and flood protection. That brings me back to the 10 million hectares of federal land that the United States has treated since 2001. Those treatments were partly designed to restore the functions and improve the conditions of the watersheds they were in. Restoring an overcrowded forest to health and resilience improves hydrology, helping to regulate waterflow and filter water. In some cases, we NAFC 10 Draft speech—revision 3 USDA Forest Service Washington, DC have brought back streams and aquatic ecosystems that had been gone for years. Kids in the Woods Our most important resource is not forests, vital as they are. It is not water, although life itself would cease to exist without it. It is people. The challenge of climate change and looming water shortages will not be resolved in a few years. It will take generations. Today's children—and theirs—will need to be able and willing to meet that challenge. For that, they will need a good understanding of why forests are so valuable and why a well-managed forest is so important. For generations, most children in the United States grew up with that understanding because they lived on or near the land and NAFC 11 Draft speech—revision 3 USDA Forest Service Washington, DC saw the importance of forests in their daily lives. Today, however, 80 percent of our people live in metropolitan areas, where outdoor activities for kids are often limited to supervised playgrounds and playing fields. At the same time, electronic gadgetry and imagery are drawing kids indoors. My concern is that a whole generation of kids might be growing up estranged from nature in a way they never were before. So what can foresters do about it? The answer, fortunately, is a lot. We can probably all remember the awe and wonder we felt as kids in the woods, how open we were to all the sensations surrounding us. Maybe we've actually taken kids into the woods and remembered through them, through their reactions and NAFC 12 Draft speech—revision 3 USDA Forest Service Washington, DC questions, how wonderful it was—how eye-opening the experience could be—and how deeply it can affect future lifestyles and life choices. Those of us who work in and with forested landscapes, who know something about the woods—we have a special obligation to share that knowledge with kids. We have the ability … and the responsibility … to get more kids into the woods. The U.S. Forest Service accepts that responsibility. We have long had programs for getting kids in touch with nature, and our newest program is called More Kids in the Woods. We work with partners on dozens of projects around the country to give kids opportunities to get outdoors, up close and personal with nature. For example, some of our projects are getting hundreds of inner-city kids out into a truly wild setting for first time in NAFC 13 Draft speech—revision 3 USDA Forest Service Washington, DC their lives. We even involve them in restoration projects, where they get down and dirty restoring streams or woodlands. We also have a partnership with El Valor to develop monarch butterfly gardens and summer camps for the Latino community in Chicago and to strengthen programs for conserving monarch butterfly habitat. As you know, the monarch butterfly migrates across all three of our countries, and many Latinos in Chicago have roots in the Mexican state of Michoacán [mee-cho-uh- CAHN], where the monarch overwinters. Through steps like these, multiplied many times, we can help prepare the next generation to become good stewards of the land. After all, these are the conservation voters of the future. NAFC 14 Draft speech—revision 3 USDA Forest Service Washington, DC Implications for Global Peace North America is blessed with an amazing variety of forest ecosystems. We have long understood how remarkable our forests are—how many benefits we get from them, such as clean water, habitat for wildlife, and opportunities for outdoor recreation. We have long understood the need to conserve the health, resilience, and productivity of forest resources for future generations. What we have not well understood until fairly recently is the scope and scale of the challenges we will face in the 21st century. The future of our forests is precarious unless we act, and act decisively, and soon. Climate change is perhaps the greatest challenge, partly because it will affect our water supplies, our most precious natural resource. We must be NAFC 15 Draft speech—revision 3 USDA Forest Service Washington, DC prepared—and we must prepare our children—to meet the challenge. Partnerships will be key—partnerships on a local and national scale, but also on a regional and a global scale. The importance of global partnerships lies partly in the implications for global peace. Climate change, population growth, and water issues all have profound implications for the distribution and abundance of the world's forest and other natural resources. Mark Twain once said of the water wars in the western part of our country, "Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting." More recently—and ominously—a Middle Eastern observer has noted, "You think we have bad fights over oil. Just wait until we start fighting over water." NAFC 16 Draft speech—revision 3 USDA Forest Service Washington, DC From its beginnings a century ago, conservation has derived its rationale, at least in part, from the premise of sustainability … from a shared understanding of the need to manage natural resources for the benefit of present and future generations … and from the shared belief that if we manage natural resources in this way, then there will be enough for everyone. Climate change and looming water shortages will put that premise to the test. I ask you to work with us through the North American Forest Commission and other international forums to rise to these great long-term challenges—to help us find regional and global solutions, for the sake of future generations. NAFC 17
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Upgrade to 27.5-inch wheels not in the cards? Don't believe all the hype and have a perfectly capable trail bike with ever-shrinking aftermarket support? Send a thank-you card to the folks at RockShox, then, because they've made their industry-changing Pike fork available in a 26in version, this one with 150mm of travel. The Pike took the bike world by storm a couple years ago, with its 35mm stanchions, long-travel attitude and short-travel weight. It sits just below the Lyrik, a much-loved but hefty coil-sprung fork, and it's made air-spring-lovers out of a lot of us. The RCT3 damper that's in this one allows you to tweak low-speed compression while also having three ride-oriented options at your fingertips.
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Christopher Smith
Love it!
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I bought this for my BMC Trailfox. This fork is extremely smooth and easy to adjust. I also like the torsional stiffness that the 35mm stanchions provide.


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2012 Ford F-150 for Sale in Sherwood Park, Alberta
2012 Ford F-150
- Stock #: 125075
- Trim: FX4
- Exterior Colour: Red
- Interior Colour: Black
- Number of Doors: 4
- Engine: NoneL V 8
- Transmission: 6 Spd Automatic
- Drive Type: 4WD
- Upholstery: None
- Odometer: 41,917 Kms
Black leather interior with stylish red trim and stitching, cruise control/Bluetooth/audio controls mounted on the steering wheel, fog lights, rear parking sensors, auto-dimming rearview mirror, a tow package, automatic headlights, USB/auxiliary inputs and plenty more Meet Motor Trend's 2012 Truck of the Year. The F-150 offers plenty of cabin space and a lot of innovative features that has left most others in this class playing catch up. The FX4, which is arguably the most popular configuration of the F-150 offers a ton of high tech equipment and added off-road capabilities. Equipped in this red and black beauty is Ford's 5.0L V8 engine which offers outstanding towing and hauling capabilities while still being very reasonably efficient. Stop by today and see why the experts are saying this is the truck to beat! PARK MAZDA is a well-established FAMILY OWNED and OPERATED DEALERSHIP located just minutes from Edmonton. We pride ourselves on our Excellent Customer Service and Fantastic Pricing on all of our vehicles. PARK MAZDA has earned DEALER OF DISTINCTION AWARD from MAZDA CANADA for the year of 2014 AND 2015! We are the only ALBERTA dealer to win back to back! We are located just off Wye road in Sherwood Park and can be reached at 780-464-0668 or toll free at 1-888-464-0668. AMVIC certified dealer. We have a 4.6 google rating. A+BBB Rating. Come on in for a TEST DRIVE and meet our FRIENDLY Sales Staff today! ZOOM ZOOM....
Park Mazda
983 Fir Street
Sherwood Park, Alberta
Phone:(780) 464-0668